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Friday, January 20, 2006
Dianne and Claire have been coming to the cafe from the first day we opened, they live in the NE area and have been great supporters of the Wilde Roast Cafe. Several weeks ago Dianne found out I was looking for an article from MINNESOTA HISTORY A Quarterly Magazine on Oscar Wilde's visit to the Twin Cities. Well, Dianne found it for me- THANKS!
The article chronicles Oscar's March, 1882 visit to the Twin Cities. His first stop was the Nicollet House, where he got a general reaction of curiosity. The March 14th, 1882 Minneapolis Tribune labeled him a "boss English sunflower" that was "in full bloom" when talking to his audience at his lecture at the Academy of Music.
His appearance was what most of the newspapers wrote about; "his long and bushy hair crowded in front of his ears and nearly to his eyes," ".... he wore a black velvet cut-away coat, and a vest of the same material, knee breeches, long black stockings and low shoes with bows, the poet had no flower in the lappel of his coat."
If you want to read the whole article just catch me in the cafe.
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