ENGLISH PARLIAMENT SEEN BY A VISITOR IN THE GALLERY
A London Cor correspondent describes a Monday visit to the House of Commons at Westminster. He notes the sparse early sitting, the private bills pantomime, crowded side galleries, and the lack of writing facilities. He laments the idle business, questions, and long speeches led by Gladstone and others, ending with a bleak view of the Lords and a drifting nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Westminster
House of Commons
Stock Exchange
Mame
Little Pedlington
Mercy
Ireland
Lish
Dublin
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Parnell
Labouchere
Morley
W. Harcourt
W. Dawson
Sexton
W.chamberlain
House of Lords
London Cor
New York Commercial Advertiser
Private Theatrical Boxes at the Metropolitan Opera House
Alfred Trumble notes private boxes behind the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera House, originally yellow velvet now crimson and gold, with adjoining private rooms. Wealth has reshaped them into drawing rooms and flowered retreats, becoming fashion statements for levees and social events. Businessmen and ladies host and converse during performances, reflecting tastes and extravagances in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera House
Alfred Trumble
New York News
Tenor Niemann Prefers Cold Air After Arduous Role
Public Opinion notes Niemann the tenor favors exposing his throat to chill air and strolling streets after demanding roles rather than retreating to a carriage. The larynx gains tonic benefit, while detractors fear the cold. Also mentions Tony Barrios and Zavala, sons of Guatemalan president and a former regime, at West Point.
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Niemann
Tony Barrios
Guatemala
West Point
Young Zavala
Barrios
Adelaide Neilon Childhood and Yorkshire Origins
Adelaide Neilon born Lizzy Jones in a Yorkshire village rose from a barefoot girl to the famed actress Adelaide Neilon in five years, learning French and Italian and adopting a gentlebearing. Stories recount her early life, including a claim of humble parentage and a dramatic London journey at age 13.
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Adelaide Neilon
Yorkshire
England
Adelaide Neilson
Lizzy Jones
Nelson
London
Lizzy
London Bridge
Juliet
Philadelphia Press
Catching Runaway Boys and Chinatown Dude
The article notes police attention to runaway boys at Union depot with insight into their behavior and common escape patterns. It also describes Ab Spud the Chinatown potato peeler as a fashionable social figure, plus a brain surgery report and a remark on college entry age rising from 14 to 17 over a century.
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Pye
Union Depot
Globe- Democrat
Chinatown
Ab Spud
Spud
Ah Spud
San Francisco Chronicle
Letters to keep friendship alive and true
An anonymous plea for frequent letters as bonds of affection and truth. The speaker urges writing early, morning and night, to strengthen friendship, comparing letters to torches and links that bind truthful hearts and minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendsiuy
Tell Tale Books Destroyed by Hotel Registers Burned
A hotel scene describes how large houses destroy old registers to avoid legal trouble from divorces and witness demands. Clerks recount burning or selling pages, rare exceptions for autograph seekers, and a Boston visitor’s $35 bid failing to reveal a wife’s visit. the practice keeps rooms available and records light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
New Yor City
New York Mail and Express
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English
Lucille Western
Macduff
Macbeth
Lucille
Arkansaw Traveler
Heron Allen
America
United States
Oscar Wilde
Edgar Salcus
Hol. Heron Allen
New York World
Musin
Nebraska
Paganini
Denver Republican
Society of Volapuk
Philadelphia
Kaskine
What the
Glessner
Ian
L M. Glassner
M.D
New York
Prat
Walcombe
Med College
Kashine
U.S
L Ro Winte
Freeoene Hospital
N. Y
Joseph's Hospital
T, Francis Hospital
M.ehret, JR. & CO
Walnut Steet
Chicago
Awa North
Western Railway CO
Haa
Sonia
Charles E, Simmons
Tand
C &N W. Radway
Ill
Catar RH
Ely
Bain Colt Ae
Ely Bros
Gawero
Carl Pudenz
Main Treet
North Clarendon
Menthol Catarth Sau Co
Lwaminx
Warez
Onera
Racer Houpes
Rother & Thomas
Peansplrania Agricie Works
York
Saa Fare Ae Engines & Saw Mills
Ee Sender Ninatrated
The
A. S. Herenden Furniture Co
Bank St
Cleveland
Ohio
F. O. Pierce & Co’s
F.O Pierce & Co
F. O. Pierce & Co
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Warren, Pa
N. K
Second Bt
Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes
Warren
Flint’s
Boston Shoe Store
Diamond Block
Warren Pa
the Standard
Johns Asbesius
H.W. Johns Manufacturing Coo
Ischenios Ateant
Raof
TEL Gabe Star
Maiden Lane
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