Father and Mother Roles in Child Training Clash
A mother asks Elsie to judge a dispute over parenting duties and discipline. She describes a nine and six year old girl Rose who resists chores and etiquette, while the father sits passively, insults the mother, and endorses harsh punishment. The wife seeks guidance on shared responsibility, avoiding beatings, and how to handle a nonparticipating husband who undermines her authority.
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Elsie
Rose
Premier Syndicate
Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
Tuesday March 8 forecasts show favorable results if old lines are followed but warn against new ventures and secret deals with old corporations. Expect a potential abrupt situation to be met with caution and diplomacy. a birthday reader may have a promising year in established work, yet beware secret intrigues.
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Genevieve Kemble
Advice to Girls By Annie Laurie
A teenage girl in love with a young doctor asks if she should invite him to her home. The reply urges caution to distinguish professional kindness from personal interest and to pursue a call only if genuine interest exists.
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Annie Laurie
A Fashion Model's Diary of Spring Coat Discoveries
ANE, a bustling fashion model, tours wholesalers and shoots for a major magazine. She catalogues outfits, sizes, and accessories, admiring a black faille spring coat with wool and silk, smart tiers, and a pointed collar as a potential prize.
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Ane
Madamme
Jane
Then and Also Now
A reminiscence by Fanny Darrell contrasts a sixteen year old girl in a fluffy white crepe de Chine gown with ankle length dress and spun gold hair to a recent Paris inspired snapshot. The younger self recalls youth and fashion evolution through photos and hats hair and style.
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Fanny Darrell
Sweet
Inner Song
Paris
Wild Wind Brides and the Drizzling Kind
A 1927 column by Winifred Black contrasts two wedding brides, a drizzler and a stormy, spirited partner. The author prefers the storm and sunshine bride, predicting long-term happiness with a lively, quick-tempered wife over a dulled, wistful spouse. The piece blends weather imagery with reflections on marriage and personal resilience.
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Winifred Black
Grandroy
Miss Muffett
Storm
Serj
London family of nine totals 639 years among siblings
A London family of five brothers and four sisters adds to 639 years total. The article notes ages from eighty two to sixty two. It also mentions a device to guide trolley cars signaling stops and turns and a shift of ballet lessons replacing traditional ballroom deportment. It claims a fly wing beats about 660 strokes per second.
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London
Properly fitted undergarments for graceful movement
The article urges choosing wealthful underwear that avoids tightness and pink skin marks. It favors brassieres, flexible supports, and lighter corsets or abandoning corsets altogether for modern long waistlines, stressing comfort, fitters in stores, and healthful movement.
Temperance as a Role in Eating
Royal S. Copeland M D a United States Senator from New York former Commissioner of Health New York City argues temperance should shape dietary habits in public life and health policy.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Temperance and modern home making in daily life
A 1927 column by Wanda Barton links temperance to home life, arguing moderation in meals improves judgment for leaders and workers. It notes shifting living patterns from large homes to compact spaces, outsourcing chores to a higher quality domestic help, and outlines evolving methods for efficient household management and cooking.
Dicky Gets a Sudden Call to Go Out of Town
A narrator endures sleepless distress over marital estrangement as Dicky is abruptly sent out of town. After a tense night of focus on research, a call from Edith Fairfax reveals Dicky will be away until Friday and a messenger will handle his traveling bag.
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Dicky
Katie
Missis Bickett
Meester Graham
Edith Fairfax
Madge
Newspaper Service, Inc
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