LOCAL ECCENTRICITIES Bobs The Paragraph Of Cathartic Verse
A playful poem consoles friends with bobbed hair amid a rash of haircuts on premises due to scissors. The speaker mourns the loss of girlish crops while noting the cheerful resilience of girls named Tootsie Bobbie Billy Peggy Alice Pat Olive Charlotte Helen Nina Leah Viva Muriel and others who sport bobbed hair.
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Tootsie
Bobbie
Billy
Peggy
Alice
Pat
Olive
Charlotte
Helen
Nina
Leah
Vivand Muriel
Anxious Mother Questions Barnard Advertisements
A letter from An Anxious Mother asks Barnard Bulletin printer to remove or correct an irritating ad for the Barnard periodical. A Dutiful Daughter replies with a long digression about spelling, manners, and printing contracts, noting Russell’s two I’s and the need for a stamped addressed envelope.
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Barnard Bulletin
New York City
Barnard
A. L. Russel
Russell
Barnard Faculty Praise vs Printing Mistakes Letter
A Barnard College communication highlights professor praise and printing errors. The writer defends instructors from floor seating rumors and mocks printer misreads of names while noting student behavior and editorial pride in decorum. The letter closes with Priscilla Prim's signoff from New York.
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Bulletin
Miss Straus
Barnard
Priscilla Prim
Quote targets readers over feet in heated comment
A heated exchange erupts as a speaker berates a group, claiming they should lift their feet to keep skin on. The remark highlights blistering tension and a harsh, confrontational tone.
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Miss Reimer
Sonnet
William T. Benston
New York
A. L. Russell, Inc
Stone Street