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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
6
Adele Moschener, once the model for Jean FranText Millet, died in Barbizon near Fontainebleau. She posed for Millet at age 19 in 1850 for The Angelus and earlier for The Gleaners, with later appearances in Waiting and other notes. She married a villager and remained known as Millet’s lifelong visitor, sharing memories of his sketches before her death.
An officer in the Russian army notes luxury among peers and the Czar responds by riding a streetcar publicly with an attendant, declaring himself the regiment’s Colonel to illustrate simple conduct. The scene, reported by the Philadelphia Ledger, underscores a rare imperial gesture toward frugality.
The piece surveys late style in fur garments with emphasis on ermine, seals, and decorative collars, noting popular forms like waist-length cases and Russian coats. It then shifts to a discussion of creole identity in the Gulf Coast, tracing origins, social patterns, and notable figures, followed by literary reflections on humor from Emerson to Lincoln and a front-row observer’s quip about Japanese students in a theater.
A fragmented reminiscence honors a poet described as comparable to Eliot and bits of W.B. Yeats. The piece recalls a memorial event marking a century since birth, with crowds listening to recitations such as The Deck and The Stately Call My Brother.
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