Christmas Books for Children Brighten War Years
A 1918 holiday books guide highlights colorful illustrated titles for boys and girls. E Boyd Smith’s After They Came Out of the Ark leads with vivid pictures and playful animal scenes, followed by My Self and I and Sunny Bunny. Other notable works include The American Boys Book of Signs Signals and Symbols by Dan Beard and Knowing Insects Through Stories by Floyd Bralliar, with sewing and silk making books for girls and adventure tales for boys.
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The
Ark
Putnam
E. Boyd Smith
Mr. Smith
Ararat
Noah
Myself and
Helen van Valkenburgh
Sunny Bunny
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Volland
Maginel Wright Enright
Johnny Gruelle
Lippincott
Dan Beard
Funk & Wagnalls
Floyd Bralliar
Fabre
Earth
Mr. Bralliar
Louise Frances Cornell
Old Connecticut
Penn
Alice Turner Curtis
Republic
How I Made Jim Like Spinach With Al Sauce
A homemaker details turning a spinach dislike into a craving. She cooks spinach with bacon fat until tender, chops it, seasons with salt and pepper, and adds a generous serving of Al Sauce, garnishing with hard boiled egg slices. Jim asks for seconds, praising the sauce.
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Jim
Poem Fragments on Futures from Locksley Hall
Readings from Tennyson’s Locksley Hall in The Catholic Citizen describe the poet’s seventy year old forecast as eerily matching present world upheaval and future warfare. The excerpt cites visions of global commerce fleets, aerial navies, and a parliamentary world federation, with science advancing slowly and humanity facing a widening sense of purpose.
A Feminine Point of View Mee ane by een Wilhelmina Stitch
An unsigned wartime piece extols women's contributions during war. It celebrates "farmersettes" and munitionettes, praising their efficiency and urging continued use of women's skills after the conflict. The essay casts women as capable and purposeful, ready to work alongside men in peacetime.
Birthday Bio Briefs Daniel Boone Born Navy 1734
Daniel Boone born February 2 1734 near Reading Pennsylvania. He grew up on his father Squire Boone's farm moved to the western frontier of North Carolina in 1751 and hunted and trapped. He joined Braddock's army as wagoner and scout and founded Boonesboro Kentucky in 1775 before later adventures with Shawnee captors and escape.
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Daniel Boone
Navy. 2
America
Reading
Penn
Squire Boone
North Carolina
Daniel
Braddock
Florida
Boonesboro
Boonesaboro
Red Men
Boone
Santa Claus and Truth in Child Rearing Reflections
Letters discuss whether to tell children the Santa story or the truth of God and birth. Contributors urge honesty, explaining myths may confuse young minds, while others share memories and the joys of holiday traditions in a Sewing Circle context.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Santa
God
Jennie
Mregards
Santa Claus
Nick
Symphony concert thrills Boston with varied program
Pierre Monteux conducted the Boston Symphony in Symphony Hall for a second program of the season. Beethoven’s seventh symphony opened a strong concert followed by Loeffler’s tone poem La Bonne Chanson Franck’s Les Eolides and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, all performed in Boston for the first time. Miss Florence Easton sang recitatives and arias from The Marriage of Figaro and L Emp infant Prodigue as featured soloist.
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Boston Symphony
Pierre Monteux
Symphony Hall
Beethoven
Loeffler
Franck
Ravel
Boston
Florence Easton
Metropolitan Opera Company
Dove Sono
Azae
Azael
Debussy
Monteux Triumphs In Boston With Beethoven And Ravel
The Boston concert series showcased Pierre Monteux in a strong Beethoven symphony and Verlaine inspired Ravel piece. The program featured rich orchestral tone, masterful color, and an enthusiastic audience that honored the conductor and the 32-voice chorus trained by Stephen Townsend in a behind the scenes performance.
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Franck
Stephen Townsend
Daniel Boone’s restless life and posthumous honor
The article notes Boone lost land due to vague titles and legal matters, fought at Blue Licks, held various local offices, and preferred frontier life over settlement. After his death in 184, his remains were moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, where a monument was erected in his honor.
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Arate
Blue Licks
Boone
Frankfort
Be Careful How You Judge War Guidance
Charles Franklin Jones argues readers should resist snapping to conclusions about the war. He praises government effort, urges trust in authorities’ broader view, and warns against assuming error based on partial facts. The piece uses a traveler tale to illustrate misreading situations.
Spectral Pagan Music Delight at Local Symphony
The review lauds Ravel for a strikingly original score described as modern French music. Monteux conducts from memory delivering a superb performance while Miss Easton impresses with a sincere, richly voiced solo. The orchestra’s chorus handles difficult passages as the audience cheers the gifted conductor.
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Ravel
Monteux
Miss Easton
Samantha's Bit in Old New England Garden
In a shaded New England lane a quiet aunt, Samantha, tends a white house and a lush garden. A young couple, Roy Wentworth and Beth, reunite after a quarrel as Samantha helps them, reflecting her quiet civic “bit” aiding Uncle Sam’s soldier.
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Old New England
Samanthy
Samantha B
Uncle Sam
Samantha
Father Sun
Roy Wentworth
Beth
Elizabeth
Roy
Mrs. W
Bethie
Sam
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BY C. M. Payne
Willie
Loonwirt
Coormonr
Iwillie
Sara Ware Bassett
Marguerite Murphy
John Goss
Sandman
Harry W. Frees
MacMillan
Roland G. Usher
Priscilla
John Alden
New England
New York
Elsie Marty
Honey
Scribner
Joslyn Gray
Nancy Lee
Margaret Warde
Ethel C. Brown
Merryton
Red Man
Joseph A. Altsheler
Appleton
Northwest
Altshelter
James B. Hendryx
Connte Morgan
Mounted
Yukon
Mounted Police
Canadian Northwest
Broadway
Mr. Hendryx
Lawrence Perry
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Parliament of Man
Federation of the World
Ane
Wilhelmina
Lucille
BY Olin Downes
Mr. Monteux
Mr. Loeffler
Verlaine
Ring Lardner
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Norfolk Yarn Company
Boylston St
Charles Franklin Jones
Hort Story
Sunday Post
Genrose R. Weaver
Linden St
Arlington Heights
Montta
Moorhead Knitting Company, Inc
Harrisburg, Penn
J. A. Towle
Bedford St
Mass
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