Puffs and Pugs at Sunny Beach Ball Debacle
Stella Roberts bets on professor Harrison to escort her to the Leap Year party. Stella shaves her hair into a pug to win the wager, vexing Richard Avery who ends up escorting her to the club house, amid amused classmates and a playful confrontation on campus glamour.
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Stélla
Pércy Harrison
Stella
Richard Avery
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Percy Harrison
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Liza
Harrison
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Lleibert
Jane
Old Steady
Stella Robertson
I Am Fixed for Winter Now by Walt Mason
A rustic speaker declares his barns brim with winter sustenance after a year of toil on spinage corn and slaw. He ignores political rhetoric, tilts toward farming tasks, and notes his wife’s furs and diamonds as winter nears.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Gap in crowd sparks laughter at railside scene
A crowd watches as a man stands by the rails laughing while a young poet in immaculate evening dress sits down street, nervously handling the manuscript of his newest poem as a shout rises nearby.
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Street
The Boston Post Sewing Circle Letter on Wives and Workers
A reader compares the fate of the average wife with a working woman earning 35 dollars weekly. She argues the wage earner works hard but gains little beyond basic needs, while love and home remain central. The exchange reveals marital discontent and divergent views on female work.
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Dear Sewing Circle
Love at First Sight in a Turbulent Marriage
A reader describes falling in love at first sight with her husband and marrying quickly. Despite enduring devotion, they battle daily due to opposite temperaments and fiery dispositions, leading to frequent quarrels and reconciliations.
Dear Sewing Circle Letter on Engagement and Past Lovers
A Falls River reader counsels a young woman to consider whether she is comfortable with a fiancé kissing others before marriage. The writer notes youthful idealization and imagines how former sweethearts age, admitting her own past love was later seen as unattractive. The piece ends with mortification at a husband learning of prior kisses.
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Fall River
Ideal husband becomes a drunken breadwinner in Back Bay
A woman reflects on marrying a bohemian man who turned to drink. She describes how her ideal life of literary dinners collapsed as she found herself supporting his children. She would seek a reliable, sober partner who pays the rent and is home by ten.
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Boston
Back Bay
Bleak House Ditties in a Four Square Manor
The Daly Ditt y presents Bleak House as a quirky four square manor where folly reigns yet hospitality lures travelers. Joy lingers despite gray skies, and a kitchen maid with a skillet becomes the beacon guiding guests to rest and appetite. The host promises comfort, while Maggie’s skillet signals morning awakening with sausage aroma.
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Bleak House
Memory and Money Sayings
A quotation contrasts how value shifts with direction and defines a good memory as the ability to forget unpleasant events. The aphorisms reflect a pragmatic view of time, value, and emotional resilience.
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Larkin
Far Out Song Fragment Inspires Sea Journey Image
Poetic lines describe a restless bar and troubled sleep as waters surge through straits. A shining pathway guides travelers across a lonely deep, suggesting an enduring voyage over a hazardous sea.
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Quick Beautifying Results
A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine claims to cleanse dust and oil from hair and scalp, reduce dandruff, stop itching and hair loss, and make hair grow long, strong, and lustrous with one simple application. The ad urges readers to try it at drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
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