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Mrs. Gertrude Atherton has returned to Manhattan from San Francisco and is again becoming immersed in the lit-erary-social life of the metropolis. She is a very handsome woman, more striking than ever in a dark suit, a small dark hat, her pale yellow hair done close to her...
Fashion, or Life in New York. A milestone of the drama, this American comedy of manners was first produced in 1840 when the metropolis was only beginning to bustle. Its revival demonstrates how far the Theatre has advanced since its so-called Golden Age. Merely to recite its plot indicates...
The Extra Girl. While State after State was going anti-Normand to impress chauffeurs that the season on millionaires was definitely closed, New York (probably fearing the vote of the nine million taxi-drivers in the widely known metropolis) stayed silent. Accordingly Mabel Normand opened in The Extra Girl. It...
The much heralded youth Sidis, who could add aloud the figures on his nursing bottle and who at the age of 11 was describing to Harvard professors how most accurately to measure the fourth dimension, was discovered by a New York reporter to be working as a clerk in the...
In the vast, unfinished Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, a magnificent commemorative celebration was held. The occasion was the 50th jubilee of the concrete idea of building the Cathedral and the 31st anniversary of that Day of St. John the Evangelist when the cornerstone "of the...