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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
4
Stageland reports from Sydney where the Musgrove Grand Opera Company staged Ll Trovatore and Faust at the Royal Theatre. Agnes Junsop impressed as Carmen with plans for Lohengrin and Tannhauser, while Nance O Neil ends her season at His Majesty's Theatre.
The piece surveys acrobats training methods and dangers, noting long practice for acts that fail to please audiences. It recalls Rachel souvenirs for the Comedie Francaise museum, a new biblical drama by Mr. Tree and Mr. Phillips, opera notes, theatre strikes in Prague, and Shakespearian views on temperance as a social force.
An early Royal carriage umbrella, noted by French writers and linked to Louis XVI and Louis Philippe, sold at auction. The royal blue silk canopy with a Ching rose border features gilt bronze whalebone ribs and a stiff corkscrew handle, once kept at a Mayoralty for years.
Across Fargo Duluth Anoka Casselton Bismarck Sioux City St Paul and Leesa caution critics weigh public reaction to Sarah Bernhardt's Fedora appearances. Local papers praise bold artistry while clashing with concerns over language immorality and foreign influence.
The Hospital notes medical concern over the two inch average difference between the waist measured outside a corset and on the nude figure. It questions corset compression for beauty or comfort and urges health through diet and exercise rather than tightening.
A courtroom comic recounts George Chewing apologizing after being accused of drunkenness over a nightcap. The Recorder and Judge Broyles probe slang from the jailhouse tale as the officer explains a farewell drink led to George’s trouble. He admits spending all his money then insults a saloon keeper before being fined 6.75 dollars for the frills on the nightcap.
A Sunday school teacher asks if anyone made someone happy this week. A girl reports Mrs Highup had a baby and, after calling it ugly, praises the infant to the mother. The girl then jokes about receiving a Humane Society medal for her rescue effort and asks for a reward.
Marie Corelli writes to the Morning Post criticizing the plan to place Helen Faucit’s bust opposite Shakespeare in Stratford’s Holy Trinity Church. She argues the arrangement, funded by Sir Theodore Martin, desecrates Shakespeare’s shrine and urges public protest to preserve the poet’s memorial.
A Traveller in Pilot recalls Notre Dame’s vast nave crowded with worshippers during a feast. He describes the liturgy and procession as a living past revived, noting the Cardinal-Archbishop, jewelled crozier, and the crowd’s reverent awe amid plainchant and radiant sunlight on the Parvis.
The piece lists famous nicknames for leaders like Marlborough Corporal Jobo and Corporal John, praising their humanity. It notes Napoleon’s familiar sobriquet, Wellington’s lack of one, and references Nelson, Gordon, and a South Africa era commander as examples of popular military figures.
Bally's Magazine recounts a Black Country feud between Ephraim the Quaker and a stout John Bull. A heated dispute ends with John wearing Ephraim's hat for a week and later admitting he lied and cheated, not swearing.
Prepared by the proprietor Thomas Beecham of St Helens Lancashire England regarding a home remedy product. The notice mentions a bottle containing 56 pills and a small quantity of a related item. The language suggests a trade or medical preparation disclosure from the maker.
The text asserts that Dahomeyan natives now in Paris have longer arms than any blacks measured. It claims a gradient by race, linking shorter limbs to higher kinship to apes. Comparisons include chimpanzee and orang references, noting European limits and alleged differences among negro soldiers in drill performances.
A worried young man with a year old baby waits in a depot waiting room. A boisterous passenger teases him, guessing the baby belongs to a wife who will soon return. The man reveals the baby is his and the joke ends as he hurries back to the others.
A cousin of the famed Dr. Livingstone, Mrs. Macoray or Kate Livingstone, aged 108, resides at Salon Mull and recently marked her 102nd birthday, proudly displaying a silver brooch gifted by the explorer.
A tense scene unfolds with Mrs Shenderly trusting her husband’s income while a burglar menaces them. The professor questions life via movement while Iglar commands silence as danger peaks and the intruders press their hold.
A reflective piece notes happiness and misery intersect in daily life. It contrasts fortunes, hats, money, and comforts, arguing people switch between joy and sorrow regardless of wealth or want. The essay cites practical examples and ends with a general acceptance of choosing how to grasp happiness and misery.
An advertisement promoting Braham's Pills described as a remedy for giddiness and a restorative for health, marketed toward ladies seeking health improvement.
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