Petting and Modern Morality in a Teens Letter
Elsie Marlowe answers two teen girls who praise petting parties as popular yet warn that such demonstrations of affection can erode emotional warmth, threaten future love, and harm wifehood and motherhood. The piece stresses retaining charm while cautioning that arousal may fade and personal worth decline if shared too freely. A separate anecdote about a daughter caring for her paralyzed father questions apparent virtue.
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Rose
Rita
Elsie
Elsie Marlowe
West Wings
Hull
Mrs. Jones
Spring Slip Covers By Annette Bradshaw
A note on choosing slip covers for spring and summer emphasizes matching color schemes furniture style and personal taste. The piece highlights variety in materials and designs with examples of a gingham green and tan chair cover a glazed chintz option and a cretonne upholstered easy chair.
Advice to Girls Annie Laurie
A young woman asks how to tell if a boyfriend likes her and if she should date others. The reply says attentiveness and invitations imply interest, and that not being engaged allows him to see other girls. A seventeen year old asks about jealousy and dating others. the advice urges fairness and mutual freedom to date others unless engaged.
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Annie Laurie
Blondie
Londie
Engagement Ends As Suitor Ignores Promise
A teenage girl laments her engagement with a young man three years her senior who now flirts with others and stops writing. The note advises acceptance of a broken promise if he fails to contact or visit. It frames him as unworthy of a gentleman and urges moving on.
Hat styles and gardenias highlight Vera Winston fashion notes
In the secn column Vera Winston describes a top silky beige felt hat with a rolled front brim and beige silk stitching. A green grosgrain hat features a flashing front brim and no back brim. Orange flowers reappear on the shoulder, with gardenias of pique in white and pale pink from Chanel.
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Chane
Colorful garnish ideas for spring meals and table decor
A Home Kitchen column urges home cooks to color score meals through coordinated foods and floral accents. It presents menus built on spring greens, yellows, reds, and whites with garnishes and tableware choices to create harmonious color effects. It stresses planning, budgeting, and stylish presentation.
Horoscope for tomorrow with caution on contracts
Forecast suggests a stirring day with many opportunities for success yet warns of distorted influences. Caution with papers and contracts, avoid rash moves, and seek calm consideration. Employment may bring promotions. publications flourish. notable natives include Immanuel Kant Kitty Gordon and an actress. Continuous diligence can avert fraud.
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Immanuel Kant
Kitty Gordon
Life and Power in Borneo in Early Colonial Times
The article describes Borneo under Portuguese discovery, then British influence via the Brooke family in Sarawak. It notes diverse populations, pirates, Rajah Brooke, and a landscape of jungles, mountains, and swamps. It highlights local industries, including beeswax, rubber, sago, and cigars, plus Chinese control of tobacco trade and frontier poverty.
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Orneo
North Borneo
British Colonial Office
Brunei
James Brooke
Brooke
Sarawak
Borneo
Orangutan Tales From Borneo Though Threatened by Hunters
A feature describes coastal towns with white bungalows and green palm trees, noting local football skills, and highlights the orangutan as the jungle’s largest ape after the gorilla. It mentions blowpipes, poisoned darts, and orangutans kept as pets by Europeans with short lifespans.
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Borneo
Catarrhal Deafness and Its Treatment
A reader asks about chronic nasal catarrh and ear involvement. notes steam engine noises and itching. Dr Copeland explains how catarrh from the nose spreads to the Eustachian tubes and middle ear, causing swelling and a hissing sound. He suggests climate change may help but proper treatment at home or by an ear specialist offers relief and potential deafness improvement if not long standing.
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Royal S. Copeland
M. D
New York City
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Georgia
Edison
Arizona
New Mexico
Doris Meets Fish Crow in a Coastal Tale
Doris encounters a glossy black crow named Mr Fish Crow who loves fish and shellfish. He confesses a fault of stealing eggs but promises to try to stop, while Doris hopes he will reform with her mother’s encouragement.
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Doris
Billy Black Crow
Billy Crow
Blackbird
Billy Common Crow
Fish Crow
Doris Dean
Mr. Fish Crow
Love's Embers Absorbing Sequel in a Sartorial Quandary
A narrator plans her Sunday city trip and outfit to meet Philip Veritzen, weighing attire in light of his sharp taste. Family dynamics unfold at luncheon as Dicky, Noel Veritzen, and Katherine shape the mood, while Noel visits with Jerry Ticer and his mother, hinting at the Veritzen family tensions.
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Philip Veritzen
Dicky
Junior
Lillian
Katherine
Mary
Katie
Graham
Noel Veritzen
Young Veritzen
Ticer
Jerry Ticer
Lac
Words of Wisdom Across History and Thought
A compact collection of classical maxims and reflections from Carlyle Butler Hazlitt and Longfellow. The quotes explore science spirit vanity aging and self assessment highlighting that thought and virtue shape human progress and perseverance.
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Black Crow
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