Dressing to Please a Husband Turns into Art Session
In a playful plan to help Marion mentor Junior, a mother and her friend devise a schoolroom game. The narrator disguises herself in a motor hat and old-fashioned costume to test a new role as an artist’s model, earning a cheeky compliment from Dicky and a kiss, ending with mutual lighthearted release of tension.
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Marion
Junior
Lillian
Auntie Madge
Madge
Hall
Dicky
Mrs. Cosgreve
Griselda
Advice to Girls By Annie Laurie
An unhappy girl asks what to do about dancing while visiting friends next week. A reader replies that many dislike dancing and suggests waiting to see new peers and decide then, noting you may avoid dancing entirely.
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Dea Annie Laurie
Winifred Black on Marriage Rules for Widows and Widowers
Winifred Black argues widowers should marry widows and widows should marry widowers. She says a forty year old content woman should stay single, while men rarely recognize contentment and tend to marry, even at Methuselah’s age.
Women and men knowledge in love and marriage debated
The writer critiques Mr. Dan L. Camp's view that women learn with experience and that men stay childish. She argues men and women see life differently, that most women are not fools by forty, and notes a woman with three marriages who faced tragedy and later divorce for cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan L. Camp
Mr. Camp
They Rarely Mate and Other Pensive Reflections
A narrator muses on marriage, noting a woman’s attraction to lively men such as a circus owner and claiming unhappy marriages run in families. The piece blends social observations with witty, rueful remarks on love, fate, and personal impulse.
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Mr. Camp
Diary of a Fashion Model Seed Mourning Attire Sparks Reunion
The narrator meets Vera Corteyou in mourning dress and recalls an aunt who promised Vera an estate if she cared for pets. Vera greets with a cheerful “Good morning,” easing the uneasy moment. The brief exchange captures a light, personal mood amid somber dress.
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Vera Cortetyou
Vera
Tomorrow’s Horoscope and a Fashioned Funeral Scene
Readings promise strong prospects for growth and money if new propositions are accepted while changes and travel are discouraged. A subplot shows Vera choosing mourning attire, discussing a crepe dress, long waisted lines, circular frills, and a stylish hat as she walks with a companion.
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Vera
Dysentery diet advice for infants in early life
Dr Copeland answers readers on infant care focusing on dysentery. Stop feeding for 24 hours and give plain water, then advance to thin barley gruel for a day or two. Reintroduce boiled skim milk mixed with water, add orange juice if persistent, and avoid sugar and fat during diarrhea. Emphasizes antiseptic handling of bottles and feeding gear.
Famous Wits of History and Whiners is a Wit Race
This clipping recalls Shirley Brooks a Punch writer famed for wit and verse. It recounts his marriage to a much younger wife and a string of lighthearted quips about fashion, beauty, and female autonomy in a witty London milieu.
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Mark Stuyvesant
Shirley Brooks
Punch
London
Brooks
Himaelf
George Somes Layard
Household management by the hour and modern aids
A discussion on home making, hourly workers, and the rise of the household engineer. Advice covers planning, tools, and timing for efficient housekeeping. Anecdotes reference Mrs. Brooks and Thackeray family connections, noting superstition and literary pride.
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Grace Thorncliffe
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Royal S. Copeland, M. D
New York City
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W. EB
Copeland
R. S. Copeland
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Thackeray
Shakespeare
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Kia
Minerva
Jupiter
Eben Labuntur Apni
Horis
Doris
Tience
Adpethi
Joxlan
Doris Gide
Mama Sul
Mama
Mama Sum
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Mama Opos
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