Max O'Rell Sketches Interviewer Wariness In A Lively Tale
The long piece reviews Max O'Rell's Paris Figaro piece on American interviewers and recounts a comic Indiana encounter where a reporter harasses O'Rell, leading to a tense confrontation over whisky and soda and the reporter's retreat. The anecdote shifts to a veteran ex-reporter recalling O'Rell's visit and the press's discomfort with his romance.
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Max O' Rell
Paris Figaro
The
Figaro
America
Mr. O'Rell
Indianapolis Journal
Hoe
Soe
Republic of the United States
Max O'Rell
Journal
Kansas City
O'Rell
Shelbyville
Denison
New York
National Emblems and Their Historic Origins
The article explains how the crescent came to symbolize Byzantium and later various Muslim realms, noting its use in Crusader symbolism and by English leaders. It recounts Scotland’s thistle origin from a Danish night assault, Ireland’s shamrock legend from St Patrick, and the harp’s appearance on Irish arms dating to Henry VIII after receiving Brian Boru’s harp from the Pope.
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Marquise de Fontenoy
Philadelphia
Turkey
Tunis
Morocco
Muscat
Philip of
Constantinople
Richard Couer de Lion
Holy Land
Scotland
Ireland
St. Patrick
Tara
Henry VIII
Brian Boru
Henry
Erin
Keeping Accounts Turns into a Womanly Weighing Game
The Philadelphia Record prints a humorous scene where two women attempt to balance dozens of small debts with coins and stamps. They argue over pennies, quarters, and stamps, finally asking a Mere Man to arbitrate. The humor rests on the absurd length of the personal accounting.
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Philadelphia
Publishers Seek New Writers as Market Expands
The New York Mall and Express reports publishers are again courting manuscripts as competition grows. They note many authors must cover publication costs, with $60 typical for a novelette and higher for novels. Some writers publish themselves, while others risk firms that back experimental fiction to meet public whim.
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New York Mall and Express
New York
Gunter
Rider Haggard
Sarah
Andrew Lang
William Blake
Sellamy
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Ise
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Rockers
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Sale
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Black Silk
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f&Sc
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Oxford
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Ecru
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Fogo
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