Word: misses
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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CLUB TABLE.- One room vacant at Miss Cotter's, No. 10 Oxford...
...success. The well-known fairy story never had a better presentation, with its beautiful scenery, gorgeous costumes and brilliant transformations. The piece has been slightly changed since its last presentation here, and besides, new features have been added by music and ballet. The principal parts are all well sustained. Miss Ida Mule as Cinderella. is always welcome. The melodrama continues for two weeks...
...photographs have been taken making a chart of the sky from the north pole to 20 degrees south of the equator. Spectrit of stars as faint as the tenth magnitude have been obtained and umerous is important results obtained. The most interesting result has been the discovery by Miss Maury of a second star, Beta Aurigael, which is shown by the doubling of the lines in its spectrum at regular intervals to be a close binary, revolving once in about four days. The study of the star of this class previously known. Zeta Ursae M joris, has been continued...
...disks of glass for the projected Bruce photographic telescope have not yet been received from France, but the disk for the prism has been received and seems to be unusually free from defects. The important gift by Miss Bruce of six thousand dollars, to be distributed among astronomers of all nations should here be mentioned. It affords an example of using money so as to secure the greatest scientific return, which, it is hoped, will find many imitators...
...Miss Marie Tempest, who took the part of "Kitty," is a remarkably good actress and singer for comic opera. She first acted this part in London, and there, as well as 11 this country, she has had great success. She so outshines the other members of the company that one can sorcery remember anything about them, when the play is over, except that they did not act poorly enough to be conspicuous...