Petting Dilemma: Mary Questions Modern Boy Behavior
Dear Elsie answers a teenage reader about the petting culture, noting girls endure brief petting to pace dates while boys push further. The letter explores whether true romance or pressure drives dating, with Mary asking if men desire genuine affection or merely conformity.
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Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie echoes teen romance guidance
A reader asks how to handle a married man who splits time between wife and lover. Annie Laurie urges giving up the relationship, counseling the teen to seek friends her own age, and cautions about risky “modern petting.” Readers are invited to write for column replies and share experiences.
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Giving the Doctor Full Information
Roy S Copeland urges locating in a community with eight healthful standards led by a first class physician. He advises choosing a doctor who is trusted and informed of past faults, then calling him at once when illness arises to ensure prompt care and prevention. He signs off urging readers to choose and rely on their own doctor.
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Seen on 5th Ave. Miss Shopper fashion notes
The article surveys 1927 fashion trends with geometrical cuttings, longer evening gowns, and back-heavy hemlines favored by Paris couturiers. It notes costume jewelry in aqua marine brilliants, a flower-printed taffeta evening frock, and mentions health and dietary Q A columns with requests for stamped envelopes for full details.
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Tomorrow's Horoscope Foretells brisk business and wary risks
Friday September 16 horoscope notes shifting lunar influences may spark new contracts and lively writing or publication activity. Birthday individuals may see a flourishing year yet face deceit and health concerns. Notable nativity James 4 Hill, railroad preacher and singer.
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Fashion notes from Vera Winston in today’s issue
Vera Winston outlines fall styles featuring a doublebreasted Serge jacket paired with a gray flannel skirt. She suggests jackets and tunics adaptable to a modern wardrobe and recommends smart sports frocks to wear with the ensemble, including a gray flannel two piece dress.
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Bright Dreams and Terrible Awakenings in Yacht Party Tragedy
Winifred Black recounts a party aboard a private yacht where a young dancer dressed for stardom drowns. The cause remains a mystery as guests claim shock and ignorance while the body is found afloat after sunrise. The piece reflects on lost innocence and public fascination with the tragedy.
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A Few Fall Breakfasts From The Home Kitchen
A feature on autumn breakfast ideas by Jeannette Young Norton includes baked sausage, broiled ham with potatoes, creamed fish on toast, and hot buttered bread. The piece blends practical recipes with a reflective digression on wealth, dreams of luxury, and a tale of a woman facing a life of glamour versus home comforts, ending with a lyric note from a mid-Victorian song.
Three Minute Journeys By Temple Manning The Crescent City
ENVY ORLEANS known as The Crescent City lies on the Mississippi curving toward the gulf and back north. The city’s heritage includes France and Spain with the French Quarter and the 1860 French Opera House stage where Adelina Patti debuted. New Orleans is a major banana port handling about 20 million banana bunches from the Americas for distribution across the basin and West.
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A Quiet Christmas Eve Reconciling with Dicky
In a tense social scene Katherine urges tidiness for guests while the narrator prepares for the party. Memories of Dicky resurface as Flo recalls a Christmas gift and a kiss, stirring longing and doubt about lingering happiness. The doorbell hints at an incoming reunion as Dicky’s train arrives.
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