The Japan that Hearn portrays in Out of the East
A review of Lafcadio Hearn’s Out of the East contrasts Japanese views of marriage and gender with Western notions. It highlights the Japanese family as sacred, the restraint on affection, and the high value placed on filial piety and ancestors. The piece praises Hearn’s insight into Japanese art, poetry, and the feminine presence in culture, while challenging Western stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Holcombe
Middle Kingdom
Lafcadio Hearn
East
New York
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Scranton
M. Norton
Japan
Mr. Hearn
Mr. Hear
Uke
Christ
Paul
Littl
Kumamate
A Feminine View of Things in the Woman's Edition
The Louisville Courier Journal editor voices a fin de siecle critique of male governance and art. It cites Salvation Army, Jump to Glory Jane, Oscar Wilde, Green Carnation, and Beardsley, condemns dull religion, and urges readers to act, live, and prove vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Edition
Louisville Courier-Journal
Salvation Army
Jane
George Bliot
Aubrey Beardsley
Oscar Wilde
Ode to a laundress from Kate Field's Washington
A playful poem praises a laundress who keeps garments clean despite delays in returning a hamper. The speaker notes gratitude and courtesy, hints of a son making brushes for the state, and contemplates the value of the laundress amid occasional button shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purae, Inter
Scrip
Kate Field
Washington
Beholding the Unleaded O Me Fiowbye Bonnet Craft
A playful mock ode on millinery artistry describes a bonnet assembled from odds and accessories. The speaker praises the designer for transforming hodgepodge into a marvel while noting the surprising cost to the modiste.
Women riders learn to ride at a Bloomer era cycling school
A fragment from a periodical notes a female cycling lesson with a stern master, describing a hesitant start, a dramatic rise to motion, then a tumble as the rider tests her balance. It also highlights Scranton baseball figures, old pitchers, and athletic clubs in a bulky, era-tinged collage.
Jumping laddie cakes on Hudson ice dangers noted
A winter Hudson River scene shows children riding and leaping on floating ice cakes as the river breaks up. One boy, about a year old, stood on a rocking cake crying for fear of drowning, asking what would happen if it capsizes and his mother would punish him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Murriss
Punch
Lily Joka
Pall Mall
Frank J. Goodnow
Columbia College
Stevenson
Stone & Kimball
Coawell & Co
New York
William Ewart Gladstone
Henry Norman
China
Japan
Harvard
Francis Thompson
Goldwin Smith
Oxford
Charles Dickens
Essor
King's College
Witdsor
Powew
States
Zangwell
Ward
Providence
Galvin
Jim McCormick
King Kelly
Battery
Buffington
Boston
Jim Whitney
John G. Clarkson
Chicago
Clarkson
Keefe
New Yorks
Getzein
Detroit
O'Brien
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Ferguson
Pennsylvania
Rusie
Young
Meekin
Louisville
Nichols
Boutou
Killen
Pittsburg
Breitenstein
St. Louis
Rush
Mkveland
Mike Kelly
King
Billy” Bottenus
The
Buffalos
Albany
Vallena
Toronto
Elmira
Eagan
Syracuse
Barnett
Bangor
Hudson
Hoddy
Herman
Nashville
Buck Ewing
Cincinnati
Tiernan
Roger Connor
Griffin
Brooklyn
Norfolk
Springfield
Connecticut River
Baltimore
Menefee
Donovan
Niles
Donovan i
Savannnah
Anson
Pfeffer
Louisville Boys
Anse
Kittridge
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NEW
Hearn
Ike
Sir Edwin Arnold
Japas
Hyde
Bowdoin
Thomas Mardy
Tess of
Motley
Dutch Republic
Bohn
Robert Louis Stevenson
Biitney Colvin
B. A. Freeman
American Review
Bookman
Max Nordau
Robert Browning
Pauling
Jexne Jaggard
Liverpool
Blaenach
Wartburg
Singer
Venusberg
Michard Wagner
Berlin
Mr. Cary
George William Curtis
Henry D. Lloyd
Henry George
Jose de Behegaray
Spain
James Graham
Roberts Brothers
John Lato
Ledley
Avirey Heardaley
Mr. Lane
Heardsley
Hla
Ovcar Wille
Wilde
Appletons
Napoleon
Count de Sogur
Dana
the Sun
Joan of Are Serica
Harper's
Mark Twain
Misa Anna Dickinson
New York Tribune
Joan
France
Joan of Arc
Bonnet
Tia
Bonnetts
Mary
Norton Bradford
Gong
Rhapsody
Ile
New York Sun
Hilly” Barnie
Rogers
Patchen
California
Johnson, Brown
Delaney
Pax
Clarke
Whitehead
Sweeney
Etrady
Houle
Johnson
Hogan
Marty
Winkleman
Burnie
al Spalding
Spalding
W. A. Cummings
Bobbie Matthews
George Washington Bradley
Arthur Cummings
Hartfords
Cranks
Nolan
Indianapolis
John Ward
Louisvilles
Griffith
Lynch
Billy Darnie
Anyplire Campbell
Phillies
Harry Lyons
Grays
Lafayette
Ed Crane
Davia
Noche
Brooklyns
PT. Powers
Jen Whistler
Chattanooga
Newark
N. J
McGraw
Ln Kleking
Hud Powler
Colored Page Fence Giants
Whiter Gibson
Philladelphia
Farmersville
Lancaster
John Comiskey
Charlie
Maddock
Green Ridge
Olyphant
John B. Corser
Ernest Glimore
Harry G. Newman
Scranton Bicycle Club
Scranton Club
Agbury Park
Keystone Bicycle Club
Coney Island Boulevard
J. B. Anneman
Rigen
Brenfhca
Team Congrats of
Banger
Rite Aba Banne
Btears
John 8. Johnson
B.C
Corser
Carver
R. A. Gregory
Robert V. White
Gregory
White
Wilkes-Harre
Allentown
Binghamton
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton Driving Park
Richard Croker
Minnesota
Byron McClelland
Henry of Navarre
Crescendo
Lissak
Steve Judge
South Side
Mike Duddy
Old Forge
Weber
Taylor
Duddy
Judge
James Judge
Camden
Howard Gould
Niagara
Nat” Herreshoff
Dr. Rive
Simmons
Dr. Rice
Jack” McCarthy
Columbia Fencing Club
Dartmouth College
Amherst
Williams
Williamstown
Mass
New Jersey Athletic Club
America
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