Oracle Dinner Guest Spoiled by Prolific Talker
Winifred Black recalls a dinner where an overbearing Oracle monopolized conversation. The evening featured fine food and ambience but was ruined by the Oracle's relentless prophesying and endless anecdotes about trees, prisons, village legends, and political views. The piece lampoons constant self-importance and urges restraint.
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Amazon
North America
High Sierras
Sing Sing
Akhoond
Swat
Egrice
Love's Embers Absorbing Sequel to Revelations of a Wife
A tense scene unfolds as Lillian calls on a sheriff and a knightly escort to calm jealous strife surrounding Dicky and a famous theatrical product. The narrator resists an interview while sensing the others’ motives and a looming confrontation with Philp Veritzen. The dialogue hints at jealousy, power, and a quest for control within a constrained social drama.
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Lillian
Odd Facts and a Tangled Farmhouse Plot Noting
A collage of curiosities cites long London leases and early forest acreage in Algeria, along with literary auctions and a Norman introduction of rabbits. The narrative shifts to a conversation involving Lilian, Philip Veritzen, and Eleanor Lincoln, hinting at a hidden story intertwined with the Larches affair and a forthcoming explanation in the library.
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Philip Versteen
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Dicky
Eleanor Lincoln
Bok
Lilian
Philip Veritzen
Lillian
The
Hidden Power Behind Behavior and the Mind
The article argues behavior is driven by the unconscious and historical past rather than surface traits. It emphasizes exploring reasons behind actions, not just labels, and warns childhood training shapes output. Mind storage affects manners and social outcomes. observe underlying causes to master conduct.
Damascus the Eye of the East in history and craft
A travel feature extols Damascus as one of the oldest cities, famed for arms making in Diocletian’s era and the legendary Damascus steel. It notes damask fabrics, damaskeen inlay work, damask roses, and a story of Mohammed admiring the earthly paradise from a nearby mountain, with a closing nod to durable, lasting values.
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Damascus
Diocletian
Mohammed
Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie on social life and dating
A teen girl asks why popular boys overlook her and how to attract desirable male friends. Annie Laurie advises building a circle by inviting interested boys to informal gatherings, signaling interest without chasing them. An early twenties college student is urged to rearrange her schedule, join clubs, and cultivate friendships to expand her social circle and end loneliness.
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Annie Laurie
Bobby
Tefa
Scarlet fever risks and signs outlined by Dr Copeland
Dr Roy S Copeland explains scarlet fever affects all ages and can be mild or malignant. Key signs include sore throat, strawberry tongue, rash spreading from chest to body, and possible ear involvement. Onset after exposure ranges from three to twenty days. early doctor consult is advised.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Dotty Meets a Newcomer at the Zoo
Dotty discovers a new pen housing Mrs. Red River Hog and her five striped piglets. The elfin Happy Giggles introduces Dotty to the African hog, who enjoys life at the zoo with her babies and a kind keeper. The two friends plan to return another day before closing time.
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Red River Hog
Africa
Red River
Zoo Tower
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Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
The April 11 forecast notes unexpected activities and possible upheaval in personal, domestic, and business matters. It urges constructive effort while warning against fraud and misrepresentation, and cautions about small losses from theft or carelessness. A birthday year of activity, with advice on diplomacy for a child born this day. Notable nativity: Edward Everett.
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Edward Everett
Rose-beige chiffon frock with crystal buttons design
Vera Winston describes a rose-beige chiffon frock featuring black crystal buttons at neck and sleeves and black chiffon flowers. The gown has a full pleated skirt on a three-tiered hip line, a deep collar of chiffon falling over the lane and tied loosely in back, suitable for afternoon wear.
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Dheer
The Home Kitchen Health Advice for School Children
Jeannette Young Norton offers nutrition guidance for growing children eight years and up. She emphasizes balanced meals, varied lunches, and appetizing options including sandwiches with butter, meats, or fish, plus milk, fruit, and a warm substantial dinner. For lunch boxes and milk alternatives she suggests thermoses, broth or oyster stew, chops or meat, vegetables, salads, and simple puddings, while promoting cottage cheese, fruit salads with mayonnaise, and macedonie style salads as varied options.
Words of the Wise and Wit from Classical Authors
A compilation of aphorisms and maxims from Hall Horace Tillotson Coleridge Hegesippus Anon Hamilton Hebbes on wisdom patience restraint obedience and the pleasures of occupation, contrasting order with disorder and urging quiet speech. Contains reflections on prudence virtue and the cost of speaking ill.
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