A Fifth Avenue Party and a Brother’s Return
Irene Woolsey’s brother Clyde enters the scene at a glamorous Fifth Avenue party hosted by Mrs. Holmes. Miss Ethel Lindsay, a shy guest under family guidance, forms a mutual curiosity with Clyde as themes of art, dancing, and social strain unfold amid wealth and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Herrick
Meliba
Papal
Ethel
Alison
Mrs. Stolmes
Irene
Melbha
Clyde
Virginia
Meltha
Rena
Mrs. Holmes
Arcadias
Fifth Avenue
Ethel Lindsay
Valenciennes
Gerald
Lindsay
Clyde Woolsey
Mr. Woolsey
Meliha
Cirlin White
Mr. Llevrick
Papa
Rene
Darling
Keyne
Greenwood
Spliced by Window During Frigid Nuptials
In a cold town a young couple demanded marriage at a minister’s house after he declined indoors. To avoid a doorway confrontation, the minister called them to the window and bound their vows aloud from his post, declaring their union as thunder roars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Indies
Egypt
Japan
Dr. Heath
Spring Street
St. Nicholas Hotel
Burke
Squire
Night talk beside the moon gives editor and wife fare
A Western editor and his poetic wife stroll in moonlight. She admires the scene while he quips that even the moon costs more than their usual rate, joking a dollar fifty for twelve lines.
The Garden Encounter and a Witty Exchange
A garden scene features Sidney Smith with a young lady exclaiming about a pea’s perfection. He replies playfully about guiding perfection, while Mrs Partington reads the Fugitive Slave Bill as a statue and mocks the idea. A separate moment recalls a doctor’s stark remark about skeletons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Mr. Smith
Difference Between a Stagnant Water Dead Level and Pewter Devil
A terse riddle contrasts two images with metal and water motifs. One phrase evokes flat, lifeless water while the other suggests a dull pewter devil figure, framing a wordplay on material and mood without narrative context.
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Satan
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Old Bridge
Parthena Williams
Reformed School
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Sugar Grove
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G. N. Parmlee & Co
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Swan, Murray & Co
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Market Street
Church Alley
Willoughby and Woodworth
A. Willoughby
Columbus Va
Woodworth
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Exchange
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F. Henry
W. W. Dayton
P. Johnson
E. H. Danforth
Wetmore & Spencer
Treaven
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