English Etiquette on Card Leaving Revealed in Tipsy Times
The article explains British card leaving etiquette for visiting ladies and men, detailing when to leave cards for hosts and spouses, and how to handle cases with absent hosts or mutual friends. It notes variations when a caller acts for another person and provides card formatting guidance, with examples from Philadelphia Times and New York Tribune.
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Mude
Herusband
Mr. Blank
John Blank
Philadelphia Times
New York Tribune
Saleswomen in New York Dry Goods Emprium Grievances
A group of New York salesgirls vent about their backgrounds and dissipation in their factory setting. One complains she would be happier if born different, another questions the value of stews as a life option. The exchange reveals class tension among workers in a bustling city shop.
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New York
Stews
New York Sun
Lewis Carroll Humor From Oxford Pamphlets
The Long Bow’s second number curates Lewis Carroll humor from Oxford pamphlet pages. It cites a 1865 Oxford election Euclidean definition and a note on examiners’ appreciation.
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Lewis Carroll
Oxford
Too Talkative Minstrel Busin ess Remarks
A brief exchange features Mr. Marigold and Johnny with Pa remarking Corked up, noting that being restrained might shape him into a better person. The line captures a folksy, conversational tone from a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet.
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Mr. Marigold
Johnny
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Execution of Maximilian Dictated Final Letters Before Death
The doomed emperor Maximilian faced a 3 pm execution on June 16 after a 4 pm reprieve. He dictated letters to Dr. Basch and his secretary, received last rites, and expressed Christian duty. He asked that Miramon and Mejia be spared, a request denied, and prepared for the end with calm dignity.
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Maximilian
Baseh
Senor Blasio
Padre Soria
Miramon
Dr. Basch
Mejia
Last hours of Maximilian before execution at Cerro de las Campanas
The account recalls Maximilian's final dawn and last rites before execution on June 19. He breakfasted at 5 45, walked with priest and guards to the plaza, and ceded the place of honor to Miramon before the single execution squad. The scene includes his stoic farewell to life and the crowd’s dense silence. The moral reflections on care and responsibility follow in a later editorial note.
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Padre Soria
Busch
Cerro de Las Campanas
Tudor
Baron Magnus
Babnsen
Miramon
Mejia
Maximilian
Oldest Wooden Building In the World Discussed
Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes of The Little Japanese at Home highlighting Japan’s earthquake resistant wooden architecture. She notes daimio stone castles, timber framed walls sloping inward to withstand quakes, and pagodas and Nara museum structures surviving for centuries, with ages reaching 700 to 1200 years.
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St. Nicholas
Ida Tigner Hodnett
Miss Hodnett
Nara
Prince Sacrifices for Mexico in A Nation's Call
An account recalls a Mexican leader pledging to die for independence as five soldiers fire at his heart. He collapses, last shot fired by an officer’s sword cue. In a separate vignette, a man and woman trade lines about eyes and a check book ending in engagement.
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Mexico
Cornelius Stevenson
Century
The Middle Aged Man on Different Frauds of Care
A speaker recalls childhood songs about driving dull care away and contrasts it with later experiences of carking care. He describes care as a troubling, sandpapery burden that emerges with age and reflection, noting how youth often masks worry and resilience fades with time.
Oldest wooden building in the world stands in Japan
A large oblong log cabin style structure built of keaki rests on wooden logs and loose stones. The roof, renewed only three times, is tile and about 150 years old. Likely the oldest wooden building in the world, it showcases remarkable Japanese timber durability.
Willars and Villiers Divide Property In Bantering Tale
A London Spectator correspondent recalls Charles Villiers witty exchange with a Radical elector. Villiers agrees to a property division yet jokes that there will not be enough for all, prompting the elector to suggest dividing again to solve the shortage.
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Willars
London Spectator
Charles Pelham Villiers
Villars
Turn About on a Great Western Train
A youth on a Great Western railway carriage to London disturbed passengers with loud inane remarks. Reaching Hanwell Lunatic Asylum he said he often admired the view from the railway. An elderly man retorted that one day the railway might be remarked from the asylum.
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London
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Lewis Carroll Grave Overlooks Guildford Ridge Panorama
The grave sits atop a high ridge offering a splendid view of southern England. From this crest you gaze down into Guildford with its red roofs and winding river, its ivy covered walls sheltering Chestnuts where Carroll rests.
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England
Guildford
Seagoing Battleship Indiana Details Revealed
The Indiana displaces 10 285 tons with a cost of 3 020 000 dollars and a speed of 15 54 knots. She carries four 13 inch guns eight 8 inch guns four 6 inch guns and 30 smaller guns. Her massive 18 inch guns are mounted in four turrets two forward and two aft.
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Indiana
Preserved view of Hudgeons and St. Martha's Churchyard
London News describes a gray wintry day near Hudgeons with white blinds visible and distant St. Martha's church on the hills. Canterbury pilgrims once lingered here as downs extend to the horizon. The observer lingers at Lewis Carroll's grave long after the procession departs, imagining summer or harvest moon light.
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London
Church of St. Martha's
Lewis Carroll
London News
Tricks of the Drama Brander Matthews on Stage Whisper Use
Brander Matthews argues that stage whispers aside and soliloquies are unnecessary in modern theater. He notes that actors must be audible to the audience and considers many critics biased against these devices. He compares Dumas Ibsen and Gillette and cites Moliere Shakespeare to show that good technique can avoid direct asides.
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Brander Matthews
Dumas
Ibsen
William Gillette
Secret Service
Moliere
Tartuffe
Shakespeare
Iago
Hamlet
Romeo
Juliet
L’ecole Des Femmes
Notary
Amolphe
Scribner's
Nine Years to Walk Through London Idea
A Ladies' Home Journal piece claims London is the world’s largest city with 4,250,000 residents spread across four counties. It estimates walking every street without repetition would require a ten mile daily trek for nine years, with the street grid long enough to circle the globe.
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London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Rome
San Francisco
Ladies’ Home Journal
Candidate asks veteran to vote. honesty questioned
A candidate asks a colored veteran to vote for him. The veteran replies he cannot, saying he lost his conscience in the last election, as quoted from the Atlanta Constitution.
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John
Atlanta Constitution
The Usufruct Literary Exchange
The author admits borrowing ideas for their work and defends it as legitimate. A cynical acquaintance notes the problem that the loan benefits the wrong person through interest.
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Washington Star
Valley Lodge No. 21 meeting notice at P O Hall
Valley Lodge No 21 A F and A M meets every fourth Saturday evening in P O Hall. All visiting brothers invited to attend. Officers listed include Hyatt W M Dr G W Gitta Bec y.
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F.L. T. North Star Lodge No
P.O. Hall
F. E. Romia
N. G. T. N. Aventis
Rec
Lee
Valley Temple No.1 Patriarchal Circle of America
Seasok
Pottarn
Masonic Hall Meeting Invites Townsend Members
Co. E. B. meets every second Saturday in the Masonic Hall all visiting members of the order equally invited to attend Mrs Marrie McCoumbe W. M. Miss Morum Mayneesy Secretary Townsend Montana.
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Masonic Hall
Order
Mra
Marrie McCoumbe
Morum Mayneesy
Townsend
Montana
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