Women career choices and home life debated in circle
The piece surveys advice to women on marriage and work. It quotes letters from readers and a columnist known as AN OPERATOR offering varied views on whether to pursue a home or office life. The discussion emphasizes personal fit and home foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lane
John Murray Gibbon
Oxford
Germany
Alsace
Belgium
United States
Canada
France
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and other war novels
A critical survey of World War I novels and narratives. Vicente Blasco Ibanez’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is praised for its depth and human insight, with mentions of I A R Wylie Towards Morning, H C Witwer From Baseball to Bodies, Wilbur Steele Land’s End, Allan Updegraff Strayed Revellers, Melville Post Uncle Abner, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Dutton
Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Madar‘aga the Centaur
Pampas
Taras Bulba
Marcelo Desnoyers
The
Marne
Desanyers
Marcelo
Julio
Desnoyers Chateau
Spain
Senor Ibanez
Small
Maynard
H C. Witwer
Ty Cobb
Edan
Land’s End
Harper
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Cape Cod
Azores
Holt
Allan Updegraff
Greenwich
New York State
New York
Hen Houghtyling
Uncle Abner
Appleton
Melville Davisson Post
Sherlock Holmes
Baker Street
Mr. Post
Abner
Books and personal notes shape a wartime autumn reading list
The Greenwich Village piece surveys children's books by Baum Duffield and Carey, plus sea tales by H. P. Holt, Harold MacGrath, and Gene Stratton Porter. It also profiles Helen Davenport Gibbons living in Europe with four children and hosting soldiers, and includes a poem and theatre fashion notes from town dinners and a Swedish actress debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Davenport Gibbons
Tarsus
Europe
Little
Gray House
Women Organize National Executive Committee for GOP
In Chicago on September 6 Republican women met with William H. Hayes to form a national executive committee to boost female participation. The new panel includes Mrs Medill McCormick Illinois as chair and members Miss Mary Garrett Hay New York Mrs Florence Colliers Porter California Mrs W A McCarter Kansas Mrs Josephine Corliss Preston Washington and Mrs Raymond Robins Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Party
William H. Hayes
Republican National Committee
Republlican
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Mary Garrett Hay
New York
Florence Colliers Porter
California
W. A. McCarter
Kansas
Josephine Corliss Preston
Washington
Raymond Robins
Knightly prayer for a steadfast soul
A short verse frames a guardian blessing for a knightly figure. It calls on divine protection on land or sea or air, to keep body, soul, and spirit pure and faithful to his sovereign. The tone is formal and devotional, suited to period manuscripts.
Everyday Etiquette Tips From Mary M and Ruth
The text advises eating in small mouthfuls to keep conversation clear. It suggests choosing a church and requesting a clergyman to assist with introductions. Ruth notes a simple bow and greeting when introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M
Ruth
Pear Pudding and Deviled Fish Flakes Casserole Recipes
Recipes for pear pudding and deviled fish flakes casserole appear with a paprika sauce. Instructions describe mixing pears bread crumbs eggs and milk then baking. The fish dish combines fish flakes bread crumbs eggs paprika chili sauce and a paprika sauce, with butter and mustard for finishing. Signed by Mildred Brymer in Gloucester and Neulie E Zackular in Everett, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Brymer
Brynman Avenue
Gloucester
Mass
Neulie E
Zackular
Baker Road
Everett
Prison for Victimizing Relatives of Soldiers
Washington Sept 6 two years imprisonment proposed in a bill by Representative from Massachusetts. The measure targets persons who seek fees from relatives of dead soldiers for collecting back pay and allowances and was ordered favorably reported today by the House military committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
One
Massachusetts
House Military
Innholder’s License Suspended Over Liquor Sales
The Licensing Board suspended Charles J. Lavis & Co. Inn at the Continental Hotel 25 Essex Street from 11 p m Saturday Sept 4 to 6 a m Thursday Sept 12 for selling and delivering intoxicating liquors to minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Lavis & Co
Continental
Essex Street
Leftovers turned into a comforting Al Sauce skillet
A family repurposes roast meat from Sunday into a spaghetti and stewed tomato dish flavored with Al Sauce. The cook bakes it slowly in a covered casserole and receives praise from Jim who vows to have leftovers nightly.
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Jim
Household Hints and Simple Kitchen Remedies
Household hints offer tips on polishing steel knives with coal ashes and avoiding laxatives by eating bran muffins. The recipe yields six muffins using graham, bran, sour milk, molasses, shortening, and soda. Boiled linseed oil can protect polished metals from rust when it dries on the surface.
Gee Whiz War Time Grocer Tale of Dick and Wife
A humorous wartime sketch follows Dick, a grocer’s husband, as he laments not going to battle while his wife urges thrift. They jostle through a crowded shop aisle piling cheap meats, butter, sugar and tea, claiming to save a dime for the soldier boys and the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groceteria
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on dating while apart
A young 18 year old asks if she may date other men while her partner, three years older, is in the service. The adviser says if not pledged, both may follow their inclinations and not refuse, noting the absent suitor may similarly enjoy others' company.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
I. A. R. Wylie
Helmut Felde
Germany
Miss Wylie
Miss Champagne
Boston Post
Aous
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CC. M. Payne
Pop
Enouug
Andrew Pascoe
Marines
John D. Rockefeller
L. G. Vogel
Detroit
A. 3. Dalton
Warsaw Ind
Harold Almert
Yoshisha Haraiwa
United Methodist Episcopal Church of Japan
Wilson
Humphrey Ward
Henry James
Kiping
McAndrew
von Hertling
Berlin
Dr. W. 8. Solf
Iiane Cerrara
Anna Held
J. M. G. Malleterre
Mangin
Nellie
Alfred S. Clark
Stories of
the Hills
Miss Ingalls
Gertrude Hall
Margaret Widdemer
Miss Widdemer
America
W. J. Dawson
Coningsby Dawson
Maria Thompson Daviess
No Man's Land
Harpeth Valley
Ann Craddock
Adam
Horace
Bakst
L. Frank Baum
Reilly & Britton
Scarecrow
Dorothy
Lucile
Sally
Elizabeth M. Duffield
Boy Scouts At Sea
Little, Brown
Arthur A. Carey
Boy Scouts of
Kendallville
Page
Brewer Corcoran
New England
Salem
H. P. Holt
Mr. Holt
Harold MacGrath
Gene Stratton-Porter
England
Jack
Hayes
By John Oxenham
John Oxenham
Fiery Cross
Doran, New York
Sunday Post
Castoria
Wlhelmina
Mildred Champagne
Ray
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