Idiot Savants and the Mind’s Odd Pairings
A 1928 feature by Dr Louis E. Bisch discusses idiot savants who show high skill in art, crafts, or memory while remaining feebleminded in daily life. The Earlswood case illustrates rare brain specialization, with strong talent in drawing carving and model making yet dependence on supervision. The piece argues such minds challenge simple notions of separate faculties and suggests training can yield practical work even for many with mental deficits.
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Earlswood Asylum
England
Earlswood
Stars Say for Friday June 15
Predictions advise caution with signings and writings. Employment looks favorable while personal matters may take abrupt or sensational turns. Birthday individuals face lively changes and need prudence in new ventures. A child born today may have talent but must guard against fraud and intrigue in personal life.
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Snall
Hingsford
Love's Awakening Mystery in Marion's Secret Box
Adele Garrison tale follows Madge as she discovers Marion's hidden letters and a grandmother’s sandalwood box. A tense campus tale unfolds with questions of fortune, loyalty, and potential financial aid from family figures as Madge debates sharing or concealing the secret. The scene shifts between Marion's room and a garden walk as trust and motive intertwine.
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Love
Adele Garrison
Madge
Marion
Lillian
Worman
Tom Morton
Harry Underwood
Ailian
Katherine
Juniors
Norn
Junior
Walt
Name Origins Among Marylands and Midshipmen History
Maryland in America was named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles. The term midshipman arose in the British Navy about two centuries ago for cadets training to become officers, as they were assigned quarters amidships on the lower deck.
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Maryland
America
Henrietta Maria
Charles
Old-fashioned fireplace evokes homey warmth and cheer
Marie Marot celebrates a traditional fireplace as the epitome of hominess. The article describes rough bricks, hand-hewn oak mantel, pewter plates, brass candlestick, and colonial braided rug, inviting a slower pace and comfort even with a gas log option.
Advice to Girls TRear ANNIE LAURIE on teen choices
An anxious teen seeks advice about sneaking out to see a boy and whether it harms parenting. The adviser condemns early dating, urges obedience, studies, and suggests involving the father, while discussing handling kisses, Leap Year curiosities, and maintaining boundaries. The column then offers cautious guidance on friendship, thrills, and timing with the right man.
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Trear Annie Laurie
Henda
Gannet
Sacred Copacabana Virgin of Cuparatana image
In Bolivia a famed image of Our Lady of Copacabana sits in a shrine. A three foot statue, lavishly dressed in silks, is said to have been carved by Tito Yupanqui with the Virgin guiding the artist. Visitors confess and pay a fee before entry, amid wall offerings of jewels and mementos from Santa Cruz and other patrons.
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Copacabana
Bolivia
South America
Our Lady of Cuparatana
Tito Yupanqul
Advice Column Fragments On Breakups And Etiquette
A reader asks how to break with a girl kindly without hurting her, stressing they are twenty six and not engaged. Another note cites etiquette on walking sides, gum chewing in public, and boys asking girls to outings, with concise, dated guidance from a column.
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Narimat
Nailhead Fashion Forecast on Fifth Avenue
Seen on 5th Ave. by Miss Shopper notes nailhead decorations in vogue with a midnight blue twill coat model featuring a cape studded with gold nailheads, also seen in gray and beige with metallic accents. Large hats for informal evenings, horsehair styles, and light midsummer fabrics highlight a season of crisp stiffness and tight waists with full skirts.
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5Th Ave
Miss Shopper
Walking Is Cheap and Fine Exercise
A health column by Royal 8s. Copeland, M. D. urges daily walking to prevent back stitches and muscle flabbiness. He notes sidewalks and streets lack suitable uneven ground in cities, but walking costs nothing and strengthens leg and trunk muscles. He advises constant daily effort, even when wealthy, and suggests seeking parks or steps to exercise.
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Royal
Copeland
M. D
United States
New York
New York City
Cheese and Seafood Appetizers for Salad Tables
A vintage menu feature lists Cheese Pastry Fingers Cheese Rolls Smoked Salmon Sandwiches Caviar Rounds Herring Sticks Deviled Shrimp Eggs and Clam Fingers served with salad. Includes Roquefort cream cheese paste salmon bites and tomato salad with buttered mayo on toast.
Fashion by Vera Winston Wrap Coat with Black Trim
Vera Winston outlines a white Kasha Cloth coat with black stitching and braid for subtle interest. The simple wrap design features full sleeves at the wrist and a distinctive collar with black trim on triangular revers, mirrored on the sleeves with a matching motif. A white felt turban with black trim completes the ensemble.
The Queer Little Turncoat in the Orange Grove
Hoppy Toad and Belinda Beetle meet Chammy Chameleon as he shifts colors and demonstrates independent eyes and a long tongue. The tale explains his color changes with skin cells and his need to protect himself, ending with the two friends attempting to imitate his tricks and returning home.
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Hen
Orange Grove
Hoppy Toad
Belinda Teetle
Belinda Beetle
Hoppy ‘Toad
Stranger
Happy Toad
Daryling
Happy ‘Toad
Chammy Chameleon
Charmay Chameleon
Chammy Chameron
Chammy Cameleon
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Quotations on Wisdom and Fear by Classical Minds
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes from Weber Churchill Meredith Gascoigne Curtius Milton Watkyns and Plato. The lines reflect on wisdom cynicism ambition hope and conscience as enduring human drivers.
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Louis E. Bisch
Louis £. Bisch
The
Stars
By Genevieve Kemble
Marie Marot
Mak Annie Lal HI
Mate Heen Vou
Kak
Annied
Laurin
Temple Manning
Nuestra Senora
Sy Annie Laurie
Falar Annip Laurie
D.L
Jeannette Young Norton
Vera Winston
Blanche Silver
Words of
Weber
Churchill
Meredith
Hope
Curtius
Watkyns
Plato
Ina
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