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...curious about her sisters." But, culture being reflected in manners, these naive ones are of good report. "They are developing new resources in human intercourse." The Lady and the Carpet-More of the same mood, wherein globe-trotting female self-expressionists are contrasted with 1) a quiet, acute Circassian, the stay-at-home spouse of a ship's surgeon; 2) a self-made young business woman from Harlem who, gazing on Roman antiquities, simply remarked her preference for things brand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Benevolent Marbleheart* | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

When the tattooed man and the Circassian beauty were still listed among the "wonders of nature," and when darcdevils won fame by walking tight ropes across the Niagara River, walrus mustaches were prominent wherever cornerstones were laid or a political barbecue was damaged by rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PASSING OF THE HUMAN WALRUS | 9/19/1924 | See Source »

...hand-carvers in America, all told, and 157 of them are in Grand Rapids, though at one time they numbered there 375. The artists to whom the hand furniture industry gives employment are chiefly the Dutch, German and French. They work in all mediums-from redwood to Circassian walnut. They do not greatly resent the encroachments of the machine age, for they recognize its assistance to the craftsman. Machines rough out much of the work for the hand-carver to finish, and a composition of sawdust and glue is much used for the conventional work. The pieces displayed include every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Grand Rapids | 9/3/1923 | See Source »

...with wonder the performances of dogs, horses, men, and women, and with melancholy mortification the proceedings of some of our younger fellow-students who greeted the athletes with very peculiar shouts and cheers. It was our intention to tell of the Museum and Menagerie, - how we winked at the Circassian Girl, shook hands with the Fat Man, and solved the mystery of the What Is It; but our space is too limited for these interesting details...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

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