Where's Bill and a Delicate Parkside Reunion
A disjointed reminiscence blends with a short dramatic vignette in which a lone narrator recalls a memory of a former friend named Bill and the graveyard on a hill. The piece segues into a theaterlike recounting of a chance meeting on a sleeping car, detailing a young couple reconciling after four years apart, their plans, social constraints, and a forthcoming reunion at a party. The narrator follows the couple’s dialogue about independence, social expectations, and a future visit while noting a later society writeup of the event or debut of Miss Josephine Van Buren back from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montior
Fred
Fifine
Miss van Buren
John
Josephine
Josephine van Buren
Sam
Riviera
Mrs C
Mrs. C
Europe
Edith Elmer
Demorest
Dog on a Boston car and a witty judge tale
On a Boston streetcar a dog caused trouble by jumping onto a passenger in a silk dress and soiling it, with the owner refusing to disembark the pet. Company officials accepted responsibility for the damage. A separate tale features a superior court judge known for wit as he defends a client accused under no license laws by urging jurors to judge the man by his face. A rural quip about rain schemes closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Fido
Boston Herald
Superior Court
Oston Herald
The Sleepy Partner and the Lively Woman in Society
A playful social sketch contrasts the burdens of long conversations at Boston parties with the cheerful role of the lively woman who brightens gatherings. It recalls a temperance anecdote of a bar scene and muses on sociable behavior, manners, and the balance between humor and empathy in social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jae
Eee Meeeratte Benet
Boston
Barbacers
Scylla
Charybdis
Charybdis of Setaeenating Eles Want To Frame of Mind? Usually She Chooses Scylld
Eut
Ann Street
The Abominable Spring Coat And Public Fashion
A critique of spring fashion describes a tight skirt era and a new coat named Tandem as an affront to slender and stout women alike. The piece mocks fashion rhetoric, cites styles with green cloth and brown braiding, and notes social pressure around appearance in a bustling urban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretelles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill
Billy
Minx
Abe
Willy
Mr. Carter
Ghost
Esid
Providence
Ome
Laover
Deane
George
Maria
Silas
Tom
Mim English
Yale Record
Arabia
Christian
Edward Nathaniel Lewer
London Stock Exchange
Hamburg
Ironage
Bane
Costa
Detroit Free Press
Peverty
Mr. Minks
N. Y
Science and Industry
United States
Everest
Gaurisacker
Asia
Lawson
British Geographical Society
Isle of
Pape
Mt. Hercules
Grenoble
France
Colorado
Bent
Lisbon
Mashonaland
Zimbabwe
Kent
Mazoe
Rhodes
Nicholas Tesia
Crookes
Torrey
Jericho
Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Harper's Bazar
Sinclair House
Shrewsbury
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
Palmer
Edward W. Bok
Koslow Home Journal
Potter Palmer
Thia
Montana
Helena
Duke of Clarence
Wresthear
Henry Wood
Great Britain
Lady Aberdeen
Chicago
Germany
Strausburg Cathedral
Sabina Steinbeck
Holland
Franline de Bosch Kemper
Amsterdam
Sweden
Bohemia
Marguerite
Italy
Japan
Chicago Journal
Plata
Butte
Mra Palmer
Nebraska
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Salrey Gampe
Betsy Priga
Newark
N. J
Seaage
Mar. Carolix Berrillon
Schulte
Jacques Bertillon
Hotel de Ville
Paris
Lyceum
Lycee Racine
Rocker
Many Witers
Philadelphia
State Insane Hospital
Norristown
Alice Bennett
Pattison
San Francisco
Lowenstein
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