Daysey Mayme Embraces Lent Sacrifice for Women
Daysey Mayme Appleton spends Lent in acts of service and personal sacrifice. She plans to invite 46 women to dine, aiming to fund a mite box and support women workers, followed by a chain of accepted invitations and self-imposed penances. Also a joke about a freshman quip on Nero ends the piece.
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Daysey Mayme Appleton
Women
Mayme
Paris to American skirt trend Tour de Lac noted in 1913
Olivette comments on Paris dressmaker Fritz Jouda missing the wave as American fashion leads with the Tour de Lac. The piece details spring fabrics crepe sicilienne mohair cotton silk poplins cretonnes and moire silks plus trims. It notes fuller skirts with knee emphasis, draped bodices long sleeves, evening gowns, sunshades and weatherproof tulle fabrics.
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YTV
Fritz Jouda
Paris
United States
America
Tle
White Marine
He Had a Reason Mother Willie's Quarrel Over Boy Next Door
A brief dialogue shows a mother questioning the quarrel with the neighbor boy. Willie explains the boy is afraid to fight, revealing a child’s dispute framed in a domestic vignette. The exchange hints at neighborhood tensions and parental concern without explicit violence.
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Willie
Convicted Afterward Benham Dialogue Recalled
Mrs Benham asks if a decisive answer was given when first proposed. Benham recalls the followed sentence and remembers the inquiry. The exchange hints at a past legal or marital dispute with uncertain outcomes and lingering questions about judgment.
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Mrs. Benham
Benham
40 is a Woman's Glorious Prime
A vintage ad urges women at forty to avoid pulling out white hairs and promotes Robinnaire Hair Dye as a restorative product. It claims the dye restores natural color, improves hair health, and is pure and harmless. Trial sizes and pricing are listed for Jacobs' druggists and stores.
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Jacobs’ Phar
Seuer
New Year's Eve misfortune and village commerce humor
A Yorkshire town reports two men injured in an explosion with facial injuries as night jokes unfold. The piece blends quips on nail trimming days, a comical tailor’s ball costume tip, a soup vendor’s advice, and a village signpost gag. An Irish English duo’s dog ownership ends in a disputed sale.
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Yorkshire
Somebody's Sister in Every Land
Poem laments the double standard that harms any woman who is somebody's sister. It urges men to protect all sisters, not only their own, noting the enduring harm when chivalry is limited by social prejudice and greed across laborers and ladies alike.
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