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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1921
Page
3
The sixteen year old Mary Philbin, a Chicago girl, is developing into a movie star. Admirers predict a rosy future as she completes the preliminaries for a career in the dramatic art.
An essay on table manners and productive work contrasts refined etiquette with the power of effort. It argues that proper dining behavior signals breeding, while work and persistence yield results, fulfillment, and meaning. The piece blends reflections from Seneca and Carlyle with parables about Aladdin and the value of effort.
Investigation of scholars reveals Purim’s celebration aligns with spring. Analysts note its mid-winter timing signals the conquest of winter by the spring sun god. Some rabbinical exegesis connect Esther to Venus and Ishtar, suggesting Amestris rather than Esther as queen in the Persia tale.
The narrator contemplates passenger pigeons once common in spring skies and now vanished. He imagines the birds finding a blessed land free from murder and greed, awaiting the day humankind joins them in release from earthly night.
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