Why Society Still Wants the Chaperone-By Winifred Black
An essay on modern girls Helen and Louise opposing a chaperoned auto trip from New York to Chicago. Mothers resist, fearing gossip and social judgment, while two young men invite the girls without a chaperone. The piece weighs tradition against freedom, suggesting chaperones remain seen as necessary social guardrails despite desires for independence.
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Winifred Black
Helen
Louise
New York
Chicago
Hudson
Lakes
Wisconsin
Mama
Albany
Elen
Home Making and Matching Fashion Trends in Daily Life
Wanda Barton advises simple entertaining with buffet style and minimal fuss for guests while Annette Bradshaw notes a shifting vogue toward matching outfits across accessories and garments. Readers are urged to plan outings and keep guests comfortable with practical, coordinated attire.
Beauty from Happiness by Lucrezia Bori
A 1900s style column promotes morning routines to banish gloom. It describes breathing exercises, leg stretches, arm stretches, chest expansion, and a semi circle movement, followed by a cold shower to feel fully alive for the day.
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Beauty
Lucrezia Bori
Helpful Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie
Advice column excerpts discuss dating dilemmas among youths and friends. A reader asks about loving a friend’s pal and whether to pursue him. Annie Laurie advises loyalty to the friend and caution about romance. Another reader asks about reconciling after breaking dates and Annie Laurie suggests light fault and open attitude.
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Annie Laurie
Baggage master and a seventeen year old heart
A nostalgic reminiscence compares a young love to the girl’s messy first crush on a baggage master. The letter from Silly Seventeen urges cherishing youthful dreams, recognizing love as a sacred phase in the path to wifehood and motherhood, with timeless reflections on youth and life.
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Pal
Elsie
Premier Syndicate, Inc
Tomorrow's Horoscope Cautions on Sudden Changes and Rash Impulses
A day of sudden events under strong Uranian influence may derail plans. Wise counsel and deliberation are urged to avoid rash conduct. Those born today face a year of unusual undertakings, with a bold child likely to be inventive yet impulsive and independent.
Three Minute Journeys Through Turkish Life
Temple Manning describes Turkish life with focus on home conditions customs and marriage. He notes modest homes strict betrothal age limits and long wedding celebrations with dowry civil contracts and late first meetings between spouses. He also mentions old beliefs about the evil eye and limited polygamy among lower classes.
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Turkey
Rats and fleas spread bubonic plague at ports and beyond
Dr. Royal Copeland explains how fleas on rats transmit bubonic plague, noting fleas jump from dying rats to humans, seaports as gateways, and the need for rat extermination. He cites a Liverpool case and warns disease respects no borders, urging government action and pest control. He also promotes a medical Q&A column for readers.
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Bagdad
East
Liverpool
Orient
America
Dr. Copeland
Copeland
Royal
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Nose reduction by consulting a plastic surgeon
Question and answer exchange offer medical advice on nose size. The reply recommends seeing a plastic surgeon. The second question asks what a girl who is 18 years old and 514 feet tall would weigh, but no answer is provided.
Dicky Faces Bombshell About Madge’s Job Offer
Lillian presses Dicky on Edith Fairfax's audacious proposal and Madge's stance as the conversation reveals Edith's urging and Dicky's reluctance. Nicky asserts his own readiness yet questions the timing while Lilian taunts them, naming Philip Veritz and a Broadway drama pageant salary in a tense exchange.
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Lillian
Madge
Dicky
Lilian
Edith Fairfax
Mike
Lil
Lulu
Dicky-bird
Edith
Nicky
Harriet
Edwin
Mary
Katie
Philip Veritzen
Las
Croaker Green Frog Meets Asia Toad At Brown's Mill Pond
In a humorous tale from 1926, Daddy Croaker Green Frog hosts an Asia Toad visiting the American pond. They discuss differences in customs, including egg care, as the Asian visitors explain their mating and brood-keeping habits. The scene ends with friendly goodbyes and a playful moral.
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Daddy
Brown
Brown's Mill Pond
Good Old America
Asia
Croaker Green Frog
Asia Toad
Mr. Asia Toad
Daddy Green Frog
America
Mrs. Croaker Green Frog
Daddy Croaker Green Frog
Shallia
Quotations on Revenge and Secrets by Bacon
A compact adage notes that revenge harms the avenger and passing over wrong can show superiority. It urges frankness to preserve secrets and warns that the wisest grieves most for wasted time, a proverb about restraint and awareness.
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Bacon
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Mamma
Schiller
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Ecuador
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Portugal
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Westminster
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Temple Manning
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M.D
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