Paris society welcomes Mrs Corey and guests at Chateau de Vill gensis
Mrs W E Corey hosts lavish Paris party at Chateau de Vill gensis home of Jerome Bonaparte. Ice cooled lawns amuse guests including Grand Duke Boris of Russia crown prince of Greece and Grand Duke George of Leuchtenberg. The Coreys, long time Paris hosts, stage costly entertainments with royal attendance.
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Willam Ellis Coress
Paris
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Mabelle Gilman
Chauteau de Villegensis
Jerome Bonaparte
Westphalia
Boris
Russia
Crown Prince
Greece
George of
Leuchtenberg
Coreys
Love's Debt A Daughter Owes Her Mother
A list of duties for a daughter toward her mother emphasizing support respect and consideration. It urges honoring her tastes keeping her youthful spirit and assisting with burdens while not ridiculing her beliefs. The piece frames a daughter's role as nurturing and seasonably mindful.
BUNGALOW BOOKSHELF AND SALVIA SPLENDENS PLANT NOTES
A compact bookshelf design suitable for bachelors and travelers, showing portable, multiuse storage possibilities. Also guidance on Salvia splendens scarlet sage for summer beds with sun exposure and dark background to highlight red blooms. Sizes reach about 1.5 to 2 feet at bloom.
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Sumer
Points for Mothers Points for Mothers The Shy Girl
The truly shy girl is a nervous victim who shuns publicity and crowds. Even capable young ladies may shrink at the idea of public attention, needing sympathetic support rather than forced exposure to overcome her ordeal.
Children as Flowers and Home Entertainment Ideas
A magazine excerpt contrasts mothers and gardeners shaping children with the saying a baby is a delicate flower. It praises outdoor upbringing and simple fare. It also shares at home and travel tips for child play including a toy suitcase plan and a children’s bird bathing pool as entertainment.
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Mme
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
George Washington
Saving the Table with Paper Liners at Meals
A guidance note explains placing thin white oiled paper under a child’s plate to protect the tablecloth. It suggests buying sheets, cutting them neatly, and replacing soiled sheets by burning or discarding them for neatness.
Children and Patience Teach Gentle Parenting
The text urges avoiding constant fault finding in children and warns that harsh labels like naughty or stupid harm the child’s self esteem. It advocates using love and patience and maintaining belief in a child’s potential. It emphasizes constructive guidance over negative criticism.
Inquest at Squaw Creek Turns Mock Legal Drama
A mock inquest at Squaw Creek resolves that the Mexican's death was due to self action. The jurors elect a foreman and declare the remains dead in a tongue in cheek legal proceeding narrated with Western frontier humor.
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Squaw Creek
James Barton Adams
Theatrical Manager Questions Aspiring Thespian
A theater manager asks about experience and the hopeful replies he once played a loan shark in The Loan Shark and delivered a lifelike shark imitation that drew audience cries to get the hook.
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Jupiter
Chicago Tribune
Dashes Help a Lot in Expression Says Dr Kroeber
A Houston Post report quotes Dr Kroeber of the University of California arguing that minimal vocabulary suffices. He suggests using about 1 000 English words daily and believes 3 000 with many dashes can improve clarity.
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Kroeber
The
University of Californian
Nan
Houston Post
It Helps Some
A Toledo Blade reader quotes a preacher asking what brings comfort in trial and a quick-witted reply about a brow that should never have been admitted by the usher.
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Toledo Blade
Has Potluch Retired Actor Question Sparks Debate
A St Louis Post Dispatch item notes questions about actor Potluch's retirement amid a playful male vocal of vegetable selling. The quirky line hints at a local cultural moment without expanding into further details.
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Westend
Rocky Mountains
Newel
Mrs. Westend
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Potluch
St. Louis
Children at San Francisco Sunday School Convention
A group of Chinese children photographed at the national Sunday school convention in San Francisco. The children attend a Presbyterian church school for their benefit and are described as diligent and obedient scholars in the reported image.
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San Francisco
Presbyterian Church
It Game Among Jennie's Guests Delights Classmates
Jennie hosts a after school party where her class plays a guessing game called it. Three friends stay in the inner circle while others move to the next room. The left neighbor is it, players ask questions and answers determine who becomes it. The game ends when someone identifies it.
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Jennie
Counting Out Rhymes Through History and Folklore
The excerpt lists traditional counting out rhymes and children’s verses used in games. It cites variants like One flew east and one flew west and a tag version where the last touched child is "it." It also includes the chant All good children go to heaven and a toe-catch rhyme with Native American imagery.
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Europe
The Duckbill Creature From Australia Described
English travelers described a remarkable Australian animal with a duck bill and glossy fur. It swims and burrows with hidden ears, hears well, and makes a puppy like growl. When sleeping it curls into a ball.
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Australia
Preserving Plant Colors by Quick Boiling
To keep plant colors from fading the specimens should be plunged briefly in boiling water. Allowing plants to die slowly causes leaves and flowers to lose their coloration over time.
Virginian Dare: First White Child of Roanoke Island
The article recounts the birth of the first white child on United States soil, granddaughter of Roanoke Island's governor White. She was christened Virginian Dare, born on Roe 4, 187.
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America
United Steer
Whie
Roanoke Island
Virginian
Dare
Roe
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Meni
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Kentucky
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