Whose Scheme Is It In The Dacey Farm Plot
A narrator plans to trick his mother-in-law into touring a new house via a staged car mishap and a lilac bush rendezvous. Lillian guides the scheme with cautions about disapproval and timing while Dicky acknowledges Tillian’s influence and the Italian flair in the plan.
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Tillian
Graham
Sag Harbor
Lillian
Dicky
Dacey Farm
Li- Han
Mother Graham
Junior
Lil
What Keeps Rickets Away Wise Mother's Baby Ad
Health guidance explains rickets risk for infants in crowded homes with poor feeding. It urges proper nutrition, sunshine, fresh air, regular meals, and medical supervision. Dr Copeland offers reader questions and emphasizes early care to prevent serious deformities and possible death.
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Copeland
R. S. Copeland
Wife shoots renowned French hospital head in suspected case
In 1921 a prominent French doctor, R Paul Louis Jaquelier, head of a major mental hospital, is shot and killed by his wife after a reportedly peaceful marriage. Police theorize mental suggestion from his nightly confidences about patients sparked the crime and insanity.
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R. Paul Louis Jaquolier
France
Jaquelier
Fashion sketches and talk of a designer Rose Darrel
An aging model recalls meeting Rose Darrel now a designer. They discuss her sketches and fabrics of a gray crepe de chine coat with rose linen, a tailored look, and accessories. The piece veers into reflections on influence, virtue, and warnings about negative company.
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Rose Darrel
Madame's
Madame’s
Rose
Answers to Health Questions in Wartime Advice Column
A reader asks how to help a eight and a half month old baby with a coating on the tongue. The reply suggests olive oil daily if bowels are inactive. A woman asks about dark oily hair and borax in water to lighten and frequent washing. Another asks why facial red blotches appear after washing and drying, with reassurance. A final query seeks advice for bad breath.
Entertaining a Week End Guest at Home
A weekend visit serves as a permanent community pastime with practical tips for hosting. It covers packing, outfits for the guest, budgeting for fares or small gifts, and a suggested agenda from Friday dinner through Monday departure including meals, dances, sports, and social activities.
Advice to Girls in a People’s Column
A 21 year old asks whether to marry an unambitious girl against his mother's wishes while hoping to escape a rut in life. The advice urges careful thought about happiness and future goals before a life commitment. A 16 year old seeks lost love. the guidance counsels forgetting the boy, urges social activity, and improves handwriting as self improvement.
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Annie Laurie
Annid Laurin
Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
Sunday's horoscope warns of ominous changes and possible delays and losses in material affairs under a sinister astral influence. Those with birthdays should handle business and finances with extreme caution while speculation and change are advised against. A child born today may be unsettled and fond of travel.
Spider Family Dreads Hunger and Plans Escape
A Mama Spider leaves her brood on a foraging trip to find food. Willy Spider and siblings debate disobedience, hoping to feed themselves. The tale hints at dangers from a vigilant wasp and a hungry web, as the spider family contends with scarcity.
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Spider
Willy Sy
Willy Spider
Wasp
Willy
Mama
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