In the Thick of It at St Andrews A Lone Golfer
Gerald Mortimer travels to St Andrews with Rashleigh guidance to pursue golf and sociability. He finds the town vibrant yet isolating, meeting few locals, facing loneliness among crowds, and learning the challenge of fitting in while pursuing the links. He contemplates his solitary effort amid lively clubs and famous players, enduring a sense of exclusion.
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St. Andrews
Mortimer
London
Rashleigh
Raehleigh
Gerald Mortimer
Rashiere
Sun Rashleigh
St. Andrew's
Ike
Scrooge
Owen Rashleigh
Mr. Leamington
Gibson Place
Gerald
Muriel Leamington
Muriel
M. SS
Mr. Eens
Mortimer and Leamingtons Bond Over a Hoax and Truth
Gerald Mortimer meets the elderly publisher Mr Leamington while holidaying at St Andrew's. A manuscript presumptively offered for publication leads Mortimer to suspect a setup and craft a candid rejection. Leamington discovers his own deception, seeks Mortimer's forgiveness, and reveals a path to romance with Muriel Leamington, cementing Mortimer's place in the Portland Place circle.
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Ben Anseren
Rae
Pele Ki
Mortimer
Muriel
Mr. Leamington
Portland Place
Muriel Leamington
Tie
Gerald Mortimer
Heaven
Leamington
Old Leamington
Strand
Mrs. Leamington
Papa
Mr. Mortimer
St. Andrew's Lodgings
Gerald
For Feminine Readers Fashion Talk of Summer Styles
A New York Sun inspired essay praises youth leading civic fashion this season, detailing summer's dress trends from shoulder-baring gowns to angel sleeves and fichus, and notes how French and English styles influence collarless bodices, surplice effects, and delicate trims. It highlights jewelry, pins, belts, and azurite gems as key accessories, plus evolving bag and chain fashions.
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New York Sun
Phyllis
Elizabeth
Fichus
London
Sybil Cuffe
Philadelphia Times
Diana
Mademoiselle
Alexandra
Park
New York Evening Sun
Madame
Fragmentary verse by Arthur Hugh Clough shows faith over reason
A fragmented poem reflecting belief over head and heart, hope guiding outcomes, and the idea that life’s fuller meaning emerges from shared effort. It notes faith, reception of the given, and a cautious optimism about true results arising from collective endeavor.
Plague of ornateness in cheap household goods
Good Housekeeping laments florid decoration on affordable items from pianos to matchboxes urging manufacturers to offer plain, practical designs. It argues for a large, unified effort by federated club women to advance civic beauty through education in architecture, sculpture, and landscape, linking school grounds and home planning to public taste.
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America
National Federation of Clubs
May Irwin's Salad Dressing Method and Serve Suggestion
The recipe outlines to cut six medium red ripe tomatoes into quarters and three cucumbers into thick slices. It adds a Spanish onion two apples and three green peppers. A dressing is made with mustard Worcestershire brown sugar salt red pepper oil and red wine vinegar. Rub a garlic clove in a bowl, mix dressing, let stand ten minutes, then serve with guava jelly and Rocquetori cheese.
Summer Fashion Notes Introduce White Silk Rose Trim
White silk roses with black velvet leaves adorn a white straw hat with black facing. Lace fibur and berthas pair with thin gowns and shoulder wraps. White petticoats in sheer lawn return, aiding decorative options. Gainsborough style hats trend on Duchess of Devonshire recovery. large hats remain fashionable. White linen or pique skirts remain essential for summer wardrobes.
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Duchess of Devonshire
Extravagant Dust Cloaks and Maple Cake Frosting Tips
The article describes lavish long coats or dust cloaks in various fabrics with heavy shoulder lines and intricate tuck work. It also provides a maple frosting method mixing maple sugar and cream, heated in a double boiler, plus a camphor based remedy to remove white spots on polished wood, with quick wiping and finishing with furniture polish.
Out of the ordinary notes on wealth, science, and travel
A mix of census figures, costs of weapons and public works, and notes on global wealth, population, and infrastructure. Reports include per capita wealth, Manila to Hong Kong freight costs, New York district apportionment, Austrian medical equality for women, large prison and hospital costs, and aging veterans in Missouri.
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San Francisco
Hong-Kong
New York City
Cook County
Minnots
Chicago
House of Representatives
Silteta
Austria
Spain
Philadelphia
Slonon
New York
Board of Health
United States
Europe
Abd
Brazil
Uruguay
Italy
Norway
Brooklyn
Indonesi
Methodist
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Switzerland
New Philadelphia Mint
Gideon Hawley
Erie
Seventh
Michigan Cavalry
Gilbert van Zandt
Kansas City
Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry
Early annuals by potato seed method in 19th century tips
A New York Tribune piece recounts an old farmer’s wife advice to plant annuals using hollowed potatoes as seed starters. It describes scooping potato interiors, filling shells with fine soil, sowing seeds, and keeping the sprouts moist with muslin and water to hasten germination.
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New York Tribune
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Techlman
St Andrew's
L. B. Walford
Paris
Arthur Hugh Clouga
Man and the Hat
May Irwin
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