There and Back with Dickens in London
Aunt Ella’s London trip delivers a vivid tale of walking Lincoln’s Inn and meeting Dickensian figures while a daughter recalls Paris and Iowa. The piece contrasts gloomy London with home and praises reading as a loan of joy.
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John
Iowa
Chicago
London
Ella
Lincoln's Inn
David Copperfield
Dora
Newman Noggs
Mr. Wemmick
Miss Miggs
Helpful Advice to Girls From Nancy Lee
A teen girl asks whether to attend a "wild" party with parental consent and which boy to date. Advice urges involving parents, choosing a partner by heart if no reasons oppose it, and balancing friendships, with a carnival outing suggested only if a mother approves.
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Nancy Lee
Red
Black and White Frock Styles Dominate Evening Wear
Fashion notes stress black and white frocks as staple evening wardrobe items with versatile pairing options. Descriptions highlight a black crepe satin gown with a bow knot and scarf decolletage, a circular hem, and slim silhouette, plus a white chiffon frock featuring ruffles and a green sequined coatee with a bolero scarf, illustrating season trends.
Hints From The Household Hints For The Household
Practical domestic tips on lemon storage stocking reuse chair wrapping and crochet sizing. Advice covers washing soil spots with thread, decorating rooms with light materials, curtain how tos, furniture caster protection, radiator cleaning and radiator brushes for crevices.
Great Moments In the Lives of Great People Millay Portrait
Edna St. Vincent Millay emerges as a gifted, anti artificial writer shaped by Camden roots and Greenwich Village bohemia. Her early triumphs with Renascence and A Few Figs From Thistles, wartime pacifism, and marriage to Eugene Boissevain frame a life of honesty courage and poetic reach.
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Rery
Edna
Millay
Camden
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Greenwich Village
Provincetown Players
Theatre Guild
Millay Menage
Miss Millay
Etina St. Vincent Millay
Vassar College
Inez Milholland
Eugene Jan Boissevain
Upstate
New York
Heart of a Wife: Bill Confesses Affection to Marion
In Adele Garrison's piece Marion and her mother observe Bill's shy, boyish confession of love to Marion. The scene contrasts youthful romance with adult restraint, as Marion gently reassures him while Mary guides the moment, urging not to miss the chance.
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Ople
London
Mother
Illinois
Ella
Petterson
John
Bill
Marion
Harry
Dicky
Lillian
Mary
Harry Underwood
Hank
Liz
Lil
Madge
Katherine
Stars Say For Saturday June 6 Forewarns of Fickle Fortune
The column warns of fluctuating fortune and business entanglements from contracts or writings, urging prudence and restraint. It predicts that justice may prevail and notes a birthday cohort facing possible slander or hostile misinterpretation, with calm firmness helping to avoid danger.
Green Dominates Spring Fashion in Fifth Avenue Windows
Retailers showcase an extensive green palette from hunter and emerald to olive. Green with white remains dominant in day, sports, and evening wear, including green lace gowns and satin ensembles. Notable outfits feature jade clasps, green gloves, and green velvet accessories for coordinated spring looks.
High Blood Pressure Demands Care in Diet
Dr. Copeland explains normal blood pressure varies with age sex and climate. He notes 120 mm Hg as typical for ages 18 to 40 and that higher readings may be normal or high normal. He warns high pressure risks and urges rest over strenuous activity and a temperate diet with reduced salts and spices.
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Copeland
Health Q and A Answers From 1931 Column
Readers submit questions on ear pain sinus trouble red eyelids paralysis daytime drowsiness and left kidney dull pain. Answers cite hardened wax catarrhal middle ear issues eye infection advice massage electricity constipation and gas, with a note to seek specialist or doctor guidance.
Home-Making Helps
Eleanor Ross suggests thoughtful hostess gifts suit the buyer's tastes. Pewter reproductions, garden baskets, flower containers, bird houses, and dainty tools appeal to travelers and homeowners. Novel smoking accessories and decorative bowls from Russia China and Japan also make tasteful, adaptable presents.
Words of the Wise and Fragments of Thought
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes. The lines offer reflections on truth suspicion and virtue from Tacobs More Gilbert Watts and Pope. The text contrasts perception and reality with insights on hypocrisy and reason.
Night Tales in Fairyland Shadow Play
In a garden shadow world the five shadow-children and Puck meet to hear of Queen Titania needing a butterfly for her carriage. Butterflies sleep in cocoons, delaying the royal travel, as the fairy tale unfolds with playful mischief.
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Mij
Flor
Hanid
Yam
Knarf
Puck
Shadowboy
Mil
Titania
Fairyland
Butterfly for the Queen in The Climb
Puck seeks a butterfly for the Queen to grant her carriage demand. The fairy crew agrees to wake a sleeping butterfly, guiding them to a towering oak where a butterfly rests high above, while shadows eagerly offer to assist in the ascent.
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Puck
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Adele Garrison
the Stars
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Mrs. Bickett
Fifth Avenue
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Eleanor Ross
Words of
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Pope
Shadow Song
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