Wit and wisdom from a late 19th century column
A sprawling collection of maxims and social musings on love, patience, ambition, manners, and daily life. The piece ribbedly surveys youth and age, gender roles, education, and the quirks of society, punctuating with curiosities about diaries, fashion, and public figures.
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Woman's Column
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London
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Dicken
Dorrit
Istill
Philadelphia
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South Africa
Jacob Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
New York
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Queen Alexandria
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Mary 0
Lytle
Wilhelmina
Infanta Eulalie
Spain
America
Editorial
United States
Uncle Sam
Varius
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Chicago
Mt. Swift
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Father Coffee
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Thomas Lipton
Ohio
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Gutavus W. Swift
Swift & Co
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Massachusetts
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New York City
Vurses
Canada
State
India
Belgium
Australia
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Pennsylvania Railway Company
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James Jawback Corbett
Booker ‘S
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South Dakota
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