The Thin Red Line of Heroes and other literary notes
A review roundup covers The Thin Red Line of Heroes by F Matson, White Australia discourse by E W Cole, The Man from Mars by Tottenhof, and Winslow Phinma and other recent novels. It critiques writing style, religious themes, and linguistic pedantry, with opinions on Mrs Ward’s work and James Bryce studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Matson
John Strange
Grant Richards
Colonial Library
George Hoberteon
India
E. W. Cole and Company
Melbourne
Norking
Mars
E. Tottenhof
Kenslowe Publishing Syndicate
Belle
Benedick
Oceana
Byron
Lake School
Soudan
Cardinal Wolsey
Wiagara Falls
Erizes
Rome
M. Guillebert
London
Varinus
Winston Phinn
Angus and Robertson
Sarah P. M‘lean
United States
Mit
Pbharasahal
Winslow Phinma
Stageland Theatre Hash of London Entertainments Tonight
Numerous acts across Sydney venues with Magele Moore at Palace Theatre opening with Struck Oil under William Anderson. Lyceum hosts Man's Enemy. Royal stages A Runaway Girl with Mr Williamson. Tivoli stars the Boissetts. Neill-Frawley Company presents Secret Service in Melbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss Magele Moore
William Anderson
Sydney
Palace Theatre
Anderson
Lyceum
Williamson
the Royal
Boissetts
the Tivoli
Fitzgerald Brothers
Neill-Frawley Company
Wich
Melbourne
Secret Service
Mary van Buren
Daniel Frawley
The
Princess
Bland Holt
Drury Lane
John F. Sheridan
Queensland
Lady Slavey
Rickards
New Opera House
Rubinoff
Harry Rickards
Wellington
N.Z
Mr. Musgrove
Sweet Neil
Mark Humbourg
J. C. Williamson
G. R. M'Kay
George-street
Camperdown
Theatre Royal
Charles Holloway
Brisbane
Sydney Criterion
Vancouver
Barney Fagan
Henrietta Byron
William Hanigan
Rufus
Bessia Doyle
Leipsic Conservatorium
Arizona
London
Liebler and Company
New York
Kyrie Bellew
E. W. Hornung
August Manns
Paris
Bes
Opera
Opera Comique
Clyde Fitch
Maxine Elliott
Miss Elliott
Garrick Theatre
Mr. Goodwin
Brandon Thomas
Tempting Dishes Potato Shells Variant
A pretty way of serving potatoes uses cold potatoes warmed or hot mashed. Mix celery salt butter milk and stiff egg whites, press into greased shells, bake until brown, and finish by brushing corrugated side with beaten yolk.
Frosted Chocolate Cake And Other Domestic Recipes
A collection of kitchen guidance includes a frosted chocolate cake method with butter sugar milk and chocolate, a fig jelly with syrup and sherry, stuffed mushrooms with bacon and tomato, cocoa wafers with nuts, and a spice cake using treacle and raisins. The piece also covers wedding notices, balls, charitable events, and social gatherings from Sydney society, with details on venues, attendees, and entertainment.
Postal Cheese Clue From Kingston Letter Hidden in Cheese
A Kingston tradesman found a bottle inside a cheese containing a note from Elgin Ontario Canada addressed to the Pinder. The letter hints at a factory owned by the writer’s father and asks for details about the cheese origin country town quality price per pound and other particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Elgin
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Princess Gertrude Isenburg Takes Over Swiss Hotel
Princess Gertrude Isenburg announces in a Berlin paper that she now runs the Hotel du Lac at Romanshorn on Lake Constance in Switzerland. The residence of a German princely family she was born December 23 1835 in Wachterbach Hesse Nassau and has a history of two marriages and divorces with Adalbert of Isenburg Budingen and Baron Robert von Pagenbsrdt. Romanshorn is a Canton Thurgau village south west across the lake from Constance, and the Hotel du Lac is the village’s leading inn patronized by tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital
Alderman Miller
Mayoresa
A. J. Gray
C. Wilkin
G. Watson
Tressurer
Morrice
Lake Cudgellico
Besa
Royal Mail
Kearney
South Grafton
Brighton-le-Sands
T. M'Tageart
Scotland
Rockeale
Mersrs
R. A. Price
A. E. Edward
Hillwood
C. D. Matthews
Roarty
Tivgerty
Gibson
M'Tageart
Sir Hector Macdonald
Milg
Hinwood
J. H. Barsby
Paddington Town Hall
Lister
Cuseck
A. Heddell
EL Williams Mies L. Martin
L. Soul
Dege
Brown
Soutch
Alice Rawson
Roberson Clarke
Miss Burns
Colonel Burns
Lady Rawson
Currie Elles
A. Rawson
Misa Taylor Young
Storle Dixson
Fing
Taylor Young
Capetain Robertson Clarke
Mack Walker
Mack
Mrs. Finn
Mrs
Caro
Burns
E. C. V. Broughton
Willie Walker
Croker
May Browne
Bowman
Reynolda
Dave Walker
Tenis
James
Pringle
Doyle
Marshall
Luther Jans
Wiley
Wart
Mra. Davenport
Mise Buckle
Russell
Butterworth
Petal Arcade
Pitt
Daliv
Gertrude Philippine Alexandra Morte
Augustine Louise of
Isenburg
Berlin
Hotel du Lac
Romanshorn
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Ias
Europe
Ferdinand Prince of
Budiingen
Wachterbach
Hana
Hesse
Littl
Canton
Thurgau
Constance
Free Trade Effects on U.S. Shipping in Civil War Era
The Liberal Magazine piece in the Cobden Club pamphlet argues free trade harmed U S carrying trade. It notes U S shipping fell from 1 449 000 tons in 1870 to 880 000 in 1901, while Britain’s rose from 4 2 000 to 422 000 tons. The author highlights post Civil War years as most affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden Club
United States
The Girl With a New Hat Moves Beside a Subtle Scheme
A playful social note describes a girl who wears a new hat and seeks notice from two rivals, the man she fancies most and the girl she likes least, until both acknowledge her headwear.
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Miss Trxtz le Mar
Trixie le Mar
Miss le Mar
Dr. Wiliams
DE Williams
E. J. Ward
New South Wales
Canon Boyce
John Marshall
Balle Reynolds
Hutchinson
George Robertson
E. Beltoc
Mr. Beltoc
England
Times
Lord Nelson
James Bryce
Disraeli
Gladstone
Mr. Bryce
Parnell
Lord Acton
Stageland
Richard Canthony
London “Daily Express
Express
George P. Hawtrey
Charles
A. G. Poulton
Dramatic Company
Arthur Roberts
Landes
Bill Adams
Grand Theatre
Islington
Eart
Arthur Deane
Carl Rosa Opera Company
Alordano
Andre Chenier
W. H. Rotherham
Droughs
Forbes Robertson
Lyric Theatre
Puccini
Monte Carlo
Hirch
B. Sharpe
Doctor Hipp
M. Gustave Salavy
Theatre Francais
M. Salavy
Comedie-Prancaise
Montreal
Patrick Campbell
Beata
Kellinghausen
Metropolia
Sir William Treloar Han
London Exchange
Oliver Goldsmith
David Garrick
Turk’s Head Club
Ruhi
St. James’ Church
King Street
City
Misa Violet Grifths
Neville Griffiths
Ardee
Woollahra
H. B. Green
Liverpool
Carr- Smith
Letty Griffiths
Denise Griffiths
Eglantine Campbell
Griffiths
Mrs. Green
M.C.A
Pitt-street
Australian Board of Missions
Spencer Brunton
Bedford
Esther Roberts
Haswell
Lampard
Thea Stephen
Tennyson
Admirsl Kamimura
Fanshawe
North Sydney
Free Kindergarten Union
Admiralty House
Davidson
Malbon Thompson
Lady Lyne
Barton
Davenport
A. Milson
Greenwood
Mosley
Ross
Richard Arthur
Holmes
Clark
Kate and
Arthur
Miss Holmes
Kate Hoge
Mary Booth
Miss Reynolds
Wright
Troyal Sydney Yacht Squadron
Neutral Hay
Dibbbs
Dibbs
Gollin
Broomfield
David Mitchell
Savings Bank of New South Wales
Barrack Street
F. Whracegirdle
Erreegirdis
Kalkora
Balmain
Montefiore
B. D. Cohen
G. Michaelis
Henry Solomon
Phillipstein
L. R. Wilson
Bss
Oddfellows’ Hall
Redfern
Steigerwald
Pyrmont
Percy
Singleton
George A. Loder
Book of New South Wales
F. A. Bennett
Dr. Bowman, Mesers
R. B. Conolly
Bank of New South Wales
T. K. Smith
Commercial Bank
Alderman M
Katoomba
Masonic Hall
H. R. Goyder
New South Wales Artillery
Lancers of Honour
Starley
Johnston
Wells
M. Stewart
Major Pringle
Warren
Houlston
T. Evapm
Hanney
Lardner
M'Kenzie
Ballantine
E. Morgan
W. L. Johnstom
Stanley
T. L. Mullens
Pearce
Cowliston
Edmunson
Marsden
Alexander
Godfrey
Tooth
A. Champners
Princess and Publican
Freetrade
Golosh
Joe Gardiner
Oxford
Hyos Pass
Onur
Kong En Dir
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