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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1888
Page
7
A collage of vignette anecdotes and musings from late 19th century sources. A wedding described with ritual detail, writer’s guidance on career vigor, Danish conciliation courts, French beauty sellers, and New York anecdotes mix with quips and humor. Notable names include Flora, Miss Grize, Mrs Birch, and C M Hammond.
In Paris a program shows young girls seven to fourteen in a petite class under Mme Theodore. A trainer insists on constant smiling as part of the technique, detailing bar exercises, pirouettes, and variations. Pupils, watched by mothers, move from the bar to center floor, then back to their humble Montmartre homes.
A maid recalls Miss Grigg, about to wed Mr. Birch, choosing to marry in her white dressing gown on her deathbed after a dramatic collapse over trunks and telegraph delays. The scene unfolds with heat, vanity, and a final vow to marry before dying.
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