American Girls in Europe Rectify Class Ties in High Society
A Washington Evening Star piece surveys American women who married into French and European nobility, praising their influence in Paris society and noting how marriages fund social projects like Musee Sociale. It highlights Miss Shonts, Miss Mitchell, and others, detailing alliances with the Rochefoucaulds, de Choiseuls, Chambruns, and Mingrelian royalty, and argues American women uplift Europe and America alike through marriage and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aris
América
Europe
Washington Evening Star
France
United States
Rochefoucacids
Uzes
Miss Shouts
Miss Mattie Elizabeth Mitchel
Oregon
Duchess d'Uzes
Francis de la Roche
Francis I
Paris Grand Opera
Duchesse de Chauines
Miss Shonts
Decazes
Haritof
Casino
Miss Hooper
Cincinnati
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Comte Horace de Choiseul
Duc de Choiseul-Prassin
Miss Forbes
New York
Hooper
Choiseul-Prastin
America
Miss Cousdert
Frm
Walt
Leanne
Sores Oss
Dalen
Zephira
Lovely
Mingrelia
Bordentown
Louis XV
Comte de Chambrun
England
Chambrun
Marquis de Chambrun
Rives-Nichols
Virginia
Washington
Miss Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Bonaparte
Baltimore
Edith Garner
Gordon Cummings
Marquis de Mores
Miss von Hoffman
James Gordon Bennett
Rita Bell
Paul d'Aramon
Miss Fisher
Leopold Mabilleau
de Chambrun
Harvard
Ufe
Marquise de Ganay
Miss Ridgeway
Philadelphis
Late Edmund Clarence Stedman Recounts Connecticut Dentist Tale
Chicago publisher recalls Edmund Clarence Stedman entertaining country journalism memories. He once edited a small Connecticut paper and told a poem at a New York dentists banquet about Jake the Connecticut dentist who pulled a huge tooth with rusty pliers, prompting the farmer’s reproachful remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Chicago
Connecticut
New York
Jake
Winsted
Proper Discrimination Among New Yorkers on a Virginia Fishing Trip
A party visiting Virginia for an extended fishing trip debates the best fish in the streams of the Old Dominion. The guide Zeke is asked whether yellow perch is the top species, prompting a discussion of local fishing lore and preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Durky
Zeke
Interesting Chemical Experiment for Home Use
A child friendly blowpipe test demonstrates how pure white lead yields metal globules under heat, while impure lead resists. The piece promotes purity testing for paint and notes National Lead Company offers free test equipment by mail. Includes a brief anecdote on raising boys and other misc. items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Lemon Pies Sugared By New Preparation Ad
A 19 cent lemon pie advert touts OUR PIE Preparation by D Zerta Co Rochester NY. A lady declares she will never again bake lemon pie the old way once using this product. Time is precious but truth is more precious than time Besernsfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Zerta Co
Rochester
N.Y
Besernsfeld
Tracher-Johnny Exchange Echoes in Playful Riddle
A fragmentary dialogue features Tracher Johnny asking if he can eat. Johnny replies affirmatively yet expresses reluctance, creating a lighthearted banter that hints at a playful classroom or street scene.
Washingtons birthday, a patriotic schoolyard moment
A minister speaks to first graders about Washingtons birthday. A child questions the day, and another quips that Washington never told two. The chatter then shifts to Miss Mainchants and Boxley, with gossip about marriage and widowhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
One of the Essentials of the happy homes
An advertisement extols a healthful living ethos and promotes a well known laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna by the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims world wide approval and urges purchase through leading druggists with assurances of genuine manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co. Aly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Mitchell
Ike
Due de Dino
Frederic Livingston
Sampson
Almanech de Gotha
Monte Carlo
Almanach de Gotha
St. Isabel
Haritoff
Barttof
Harriot
Maritoff
Rowlette
Harstoff
Musee Sociale
Lincolnshire
The
London Daily News
Dela Rand
Foucaula
Comtesse de Ghambrun
Billy Sanders
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus’ Magazine
A. M. Downes
Department of Fire
Reeder
Grump
Kansas City Times
Tracher
Johnny
Boxley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lillian Rows
East Sith
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel, Tar
Lydia
Pinkham
Ellen M
Olea
N. East St
Koiwanen
Til
Lydia Bi. Pinklam
Carterser Pills
Western
Canada
Trass Crewlscock Talaing
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ededta
Re "Heeme Ts
Anak
Thompeen’s
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