Poems For Pour Scrap Book Lines to a Ghost
The speaker reflects on losing a cherished book to the afterlife and laments separation from Cowley whose poetry inspires devotion. The verse praises Cowley’s learning and reverence, recalling how his voice guides the speaker to solitary rural peace and timeless songs.
Advising A Second Theda and Unappreciated Replies
In letters to A Second Theda and a rival, two aspiring women claim strong resemblances to famous screen stars and discuss dreams of acting fortunes. One contends with low pay and office drudgery, while the other jokes about Boston politics and popularity to gain support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scteon
Impor
Ben Turpin
Boston
Brides Will be By Lucille Van Slyk
Merriam narrates a domestic comedy during the early days of marriage. A droll Cairn terrier named Rags, a witty Latin instructor posing as a pupil, and Merriam's playful schemes with shoes and fudge reveal the uneasy humor of newlywed life. The tale ends with a promise of another installment tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille van Slyk
Metropolitan, Arate Service
Rags Lindsay
Lindsay
Rags
Mirriam
Ragsy Lindsay
Merry
Merriam
Horace
Raesy
RECIPE S OF NEW ENGLAND HOUSEWIVES DELUXE
CANNED PEA SOUP with peas onions and ham bone or fatty meat. Boil until onions done, strain, season. Pud ding uses 1 quart milk beaten egg yolks sugar corn starch and coconut, cook five minutes then cool. Whip egg whites with sugar and mound on top. Signed by Mrs Bessip Kelly Addison Avenue East Saugus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessip Kelly
Addison Avenue
East Saugus
Shoddy Alyn and the Memory of Alyndale
The aging George Henry Alyn on his veranda recalls a life shaped by wealth and greed. He watches his grandson and Susie Roberts's daughter play as the name Shoddy echoes from his youth and a vow to seek his own path remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henry Alyn
George Henry
Alyn
Susie Roberts
Stewart Roberts
Susie Stewart
George Henry Alyh
Roberts
Susie
Stewarts
Alyndale
Sus‘e Steward
Alfred
George
Stewart
Nate
Rumblings on Banking and Letters in a Patchwork Page
The piece blends Walt Mason verse praising a village banker who foresees good times with a series of reader questions to the Editor of the Post. It juxtaposes verse on finance wearily balancing optimism against light Qs on public figures and class topics from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
West Virginia
Encyclopedia Britanniica
The
Statesman
Backwards or backward in old style writing
A note on whether to add final s in backwards and forwards versus backward and forward. The text cites Shakespeare and Lowell to illustrate varied usage and asks which form is correct in modern writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespere
James Russel Lowell
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Winter
Cowley
Oewing Sen
Smatter
La-La-La
LA -La-La
SWAW
Lace Indigo Blue
Gloucester
Atlantic
Maine
Gorton
Gorton-Pew Fisheries
Mass
Recipe's of
New England Housewives
Sunday Post
Margaret Ade Sweeney
Warren Street
Roxbury
France
Richard
Plantagenet
Cambridge
Wentworth Institute
Forsythe
U.S.A