Paris training for American sopranos shows growing costs
Two American girls from Kansas and Alabama describe living in Paris while studying voice. They detail annual costs around $7,000 for four years, including rent in mansard rooms, a charwoman, lessons, diction coaching, and social clubs, noting low pay and tough auditions in Paris.
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Paris
Kansas
Alabama
Mansard
America
Schumann
Schubert
Boulevard Montparnasse
Grroves
D'Eleves
Monnaie
Brussels
Scotch and Irish Dream Ends With Morning Shot
A humorous tale ends with a Scotch worker waking to music and an Irish foreman firing a shotgun, as a street piano provokes reactions from lodgers, a head clerk, and others in a morning routine gone awry.
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Andrew Carnegie
Ares
Canteloupe Lure Recalled As Promises of Flavor Ferocious
A reflective piece mocks the canteloupe as deceitful lure, warning readers not to trust its promises of sweetness. It compares rare perfect melons to buried treasures like Robinoor or Cullinan, suggesting only occasional luck redeems the fruit’s reputation.
Tyrant of words and syllables quote quoted praise
A brief quotation about a delicate ear and refined taste who habitually criticised all he saw and heard. It notes his reputation as the tyrant of words and syllables and a dying confessor’s misstatement about heaven, with Malherbe cautioning to say no more to avoid disgust.
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Malherbe
A. P. Russell
First Woman to Receive A B at Jackson College
Miss Marjorie Patterson of Franklin Massachusetts becomes the first woman to earn the A B degree at Jackson College. Tufts women’s department recently separated from coeducation last year. Patterson had begun college work at West Virginia University and faced potential sole teaching duties for the next three years as the campus enrolled only freshmen.
The Five Stages Of Boyhood Team Work
The essay traces boyhood social growth from indiscernible groups to selective chums. It outlines five stages: universal playmates, temporary attachments, near enduring friendships, paired chums, and first romantic interest shaping character and future life.
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Joe
The Boy in the Home and His Place Within It
A discussion on a boy's rightful place in the family. It argues for his own room and space, respect for his tastes and talents, and positive plans guiding his growth. Emphasizes balanced authority, constructive work, and nurturing partnership between son and parents to foster discipline and fulfillment.
Trained Nunes as SPEAKs for kidney and bladder issues
Ad copy notes remedies for backache dizziness bloating retention and other kidney bladder troubles. Mentions Dean’s brand sold by druggists and general stores, price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Front Line Food Aid Idea From Ladies Aid
Mrs Willis questions how to help soldiers at the front. Mrs Gillis suggests making meals at home using wartime recipes and sending them to the troops, reflecting a community effort to support servicemen.
Woman Cures Eczema After Four Months Using Cuticura Remedies
E L Cate of Exile Kentucky describes a four month course with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent curing a years long eczema like itching and burning rash that spread from arms to feet. He credits three doctors for misdiagnosis and notes no relapse in a year. A free sample offer via Cuticura Boston is included.
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E. IL. Cate
Exile
Boston
Nature’s voice in fish biology provokes debate
A provocative exchange questions how hearing organisms might alter perspectives on nature. A speaker imagines fish voicing reactions to egg laying to challenge human assumptions about animal life.
Careful claims and quotes echo in a fragmented rant
A garbled passage extols Castoria as a safe infant remedy then shifts to a philosophical riff about worth and chance. The text mixes promotional lines with literary allusions including Emerson and a stray critique of teens, ending in fragmented, unclear thoughts.
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Fletcher
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