What Is A Cad Distinguishing From Gentleman
Richard Grant White argued that dropping Hs would shield cads, but the idea fails as a cad is any pretentious person with mean instincts. A gentleman eats for pleasure, not display, while a cad proclaims taste through rigid rules and snobbish disdain for common fare, creating a formal, joyless dining scene. The piece, quoted from the New York Sun, critiques social pretensions and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Grant White
England
Lucullus
Parvenu
New York Sun
Speed and Safety on the Ocean
William H. Rideing argues in Scribner's that transatlantic steamers, despite fog, ice, and storms, are safer than city streets. Ships have grown from 5,000 to 10,500 tons and speeds from sixteen to twenty knots, with many cabin passengers rising from 200 to over 500 as fleets expand and safety is bolstered by greater speed.
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William H. Rideing
Scribner's
Plenty of Men for the Position in Denmark's State of Affairs
A merchant’s ad for a bookkeeper offering 500 dollars yearly and testing education versus trades drew 74 replies the first day. Many educated men sought clerical work at 10 dollars a week, prompting Joseph Howard in New York Press to ask if society favors schooling over trades and hints at something rotten in the state of affairs.
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Denmark
Joseph Howard
New York Press
Elevator Operator's Answer Franks a Crank
A brisk Equitable building elevator man replies to a curious crank about his toughest job. The man asks about his daily trips, but the operator says he has never counted. Ground floor. New York Times.
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Equitable
New York Times
No Sister to Him in Belfast Court Scene
A Belfast court witness testifies injuriously about her side prompting a sharp exchange with opposing counsel. The lawyer asks if Brother So-and-so has coached her, and she retorts that he isn’t a brother to her. In a separate quip, Miss Maud jokes that Mr. Sissie and the clock share a fate at 12, both going.
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Belfast
Bangor Commercial
Maud
Mr. Sissie
Miss Maud
Kate Field
Washington
The Swindling Book Agent and a Price Paradox
A book agent in a New York City setting touts a best selling ancient architecture work but is exposed as a liar by a buyer. The piece contrasts deceit in sales with a separate New York Herald observation on gender based price differences. It notes higher prices for women in dining and lodging, suggesting imposition tolerated by social norms.
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H-m-m
New York Recorder
New York Herald
Mistress’s Dinner Ends In Shocking Silence
A New York Evening Sun tale warns mistresses to tread carefully when wealth changes their status. In a suburban town a woman hosts a grand dinner with a silent clerical partner James, who quietly whispers that butter is not proper, revealing the social peril of conspicuous fortune.
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James
New York Evening Sun
The Fortune of Law and the Cribs Cracked
The Newcastle solicitor Mr. C. M. Dix gained fame in Silksworth eviction cases. After defending burglars in a Tyne area series, a book of “cribs cracked” included Dix’s own No. F- Road address, leading to a nominal sentence. The Worm Turns adds a storage bill quip about emptied bottles.
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C. M. Dix
Newcastle
Silksworth
Newcastle-upon- Tyne
Dix
New York Epoch
One of Coesar's Foes
A witty dialogue from the Pittsburg Bulletin contrasts Tom and Jerry over a seaside pun. The exchange hinges on mispronunciation and the punch line about a coast hotel proprietor seizing the shore in jest.
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Coesar
Tom
Jerry
Pittsburg
Staving Her Off Desperate Customer at Cloth Counter
In a cloak room humorous aside, a desperate shopper asks how to avoid an argument with his wife over a missing remnant. The clerk apologizes that the last piece sold yesterday, prompting the customer to suggest inviting a friend to dinner to avert trouble.
The Song of the Pine by James Buckham in Harper's Weekly
A verse meditation on nature and virtue in a April forest. The pine speaks as a herald of resolve, urging action for righteousness and a steadfast life. The poem contrasts the singing trees with a call to courage and moral duty.
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James Buckham
Harper's Weekly
Government Clerk Sees Little Thanks in Twelve Years
A Brooklyn Eagle piece describes a government clerk lamenting years of service with little appreciation. He notes department heads are figureheads, changes in leadership happen often, and advancement rests on political pull rather than merit. He hopes civil service reform will end the ward heeler era.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Musical Mayhem at Colonel Bigbug’s Mansion
A humorous tale from Texas Siftings describes Miss Birdie Bigbug and a guest genius at Colonel Dudy Bigbug’s mansion. Tom Bigbug admires her piano, only for the stranger to reveal the “atrociously” poor playing after a hospital reveal. The piece mingles witty dialogue with a cousinly family twist.
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Dudy Bigbug
Birdie Bigbug
Miss Bigling
Tom Bigbug
Solo the Newsboy Singer Delights City Crowd
A ragged young newsboy named Solo earns pocket money by singing to street comrades near the post office. His clear voice draws pedestrians as he performs classics like Annie Laurie and The Last Rose of Summer, with encore requests and skilled imitations of instruments.
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Solo
Annie Laurie
New York Herald
Old Estab lished Physician Sullivan Promises Cure All Diseases
Dr Sullivan, an old established physician and surgeon in Philadelphia offers treatment for private nervous and chronic diseases including sexual issues from self abuse and other causes. He guarantees cure of all curable cases and eradication of syphilis without mercury, with free consultation. Letters and stamps requested for question sheets and patient letters.
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Sullivan
Francis Sullivan
North Second St
Philadelphia
Gray Medicine Co
Buffalo
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Second
Liberty Streets
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Texas Siftings
Schumacher
Chicago
Akron
Chicago Mail
America
M. Eugene Bertrand
Grand Opera House
Paris
United States
Abraham
Alexander the Great
India
London
Kopf & Henry
Warren, PA
DR. R
Castoria
Parker
Lake Shore
Erie
LW. Carr
Roy
Sykes
J. K. Ronne
Ory Street
Struthers
Alron Works
Greenlund S
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker
Exchange Block
Boston
Diamond Block
Penn’a
NEW Furniture Store
the Diamond Furniture CO
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