Word: wife
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...their own for selfish ends, the one to provide his daily food and lodgings, the other to secure a husband for his daughter. Interwoven with the main plot are the adventures of Marmaduke's god-son, Alfred Wemyss, who has got himself entangled in a love affair with the wife of a fiery Mexican, Don Guzman. The play is in three acts. The scenes, three in number, are laid in San Francisco, at the present...
Citizen's wife - F. von Briesen...
...account of the death of the wife of the superintendent of the Boston Industrial Home, no delegation was sent in last evening...
THIS is the second and last week of Pauline Hall's engagement in "Dorcas" at the Boston Museum. The original music by the eminent composer Max Hirschfeld, who personally conducts the orchestra, is sure to be appreciated. Miss Hall in her triple role of peddler, "mine host's wife," and Lady Honoria, never fails to elicit applause. Mr. C. B. Bradshaw as Lubin Mugby makes a most successful country bumpkin. The rest of the cast are well suited to the demands of the play...
...scheme is objectionable even for the homeless. - (a) The City Colony is objectionable. - (1) "Shelters" encourage vagrancy and dissolution of family ties by wife - desertion: Contemp - Rev. 62, p. 65-66, 70; Riis, p. 82. - (2) "Elevators" attract but few of them. - (x) Laziness: Forum 16, p. 754-5; Contemp. Rev. 60, p. 253.- (3) Occupants become willingly dependent on charity: Contemp. Rev. 62, p. 75-76. - (4) Labor bureaus of but slight advantage. - (x) Employers distrust applicants. - (y) Salvation sympathizers discriminate against other workmen: Contemp. Rev. 62 p. 71-2. - (5) "Salvage Brigade" no field for work...