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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
5
A reader asks if eloping when families oppose a marriage is wise, sharing notes on parental protests, hasty engagements, and the consequences of running away. The piece reflects on cautious courtship, family sanction, and the risks of elopement versus waiting for approval.
The notice directs readers to address Miss Laura Jean Libbey at No 916 President Street Brooklyn New York for personal letters and cure attention. It specifies initials printed and that personal letters cannot be answered and that the address must be given in all correspondence.
A reader, 18, asks if a 24 year old fiancé who invites her to dances yet attends parties without her is behaving rightly. The response urges reciprocity, noting actions speak louder than words and that mutual respect matters in love.
A young woman writer asks Miss Libbey about mood shifts in love. She loves a man when he is away but misses him if he does not call, wondering if absence truly conquers love. The adviser suggests self-doubt may temper certainty in affection.
A reader asks for gift ideas for a young man in a long friendship. They seek non homemade options beyond candy, favoring experiences or thoughtful presents, and request guidance for a personal Christmas gift suitable for a youth year milestone.
A compact meditation on poetry by Louis Untermeyer in New York Tribune. The essay compares forms from Ode to Lyric to Song, insisting the soul of a lyric is the soul of the earth. It lauds April and passion, and ends with the lyric as God’s laughter.
A mixed recipe piece lists buckwheat cakes with buttermilk yeast and molasses, bean soup from dried beans, venison steak with currant jelly, vinegar pie and Saratoga chips. It notes the steamship St Paul arriving with 248 passengers and $5 million in gold from Liverpool and a House measure on cottonseed products.
A pretty negligee is fashioned from plaited old rose challis with empire shaping, puffed ribbon, and shadow lace draped into a bolero. Lace skull caps and old rose ribbon finish the look. Crepe de chine is offered as an alternative with matching mules.
Benny argues with his mother and father about stuffing versus filling as they prepare turkey. The family jokes about language, insistence on the name stuffing, and the festive meal tradition, ending with a Christmas banner from John ta. & Son.
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