Crowds and measures in wartime moods and musings
Ruth Cameron writes on loving crowds from childhood, cites Acts crowd dynamics and Dianases, and ponders modern mass action. The piece moves to postwar logistics with army trucks and mail routes between Helpar and Vernal, Utah, proposing cost cuts. It also includes a front-page war scene of American troops in France and a domestic dialogue about gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Panjeley
Harvard
Yale
Paul
Ephesus
Diana
Soma
Miter
Emerson
Post Diece Department
War Department
Helpar
Vernal
Utah
Department
Boston
Manipelagion
Congress
Chicago Trive
France
Meuse
America
Aoseoress Cussia
Clara's house party sparks remarks on appearance and travel
An evening at Clara's house party prompts talk of Militant Mary and Lieutenant Case. After lunch guests depart by car and train, with Miss Stevens accompanying Lucille. Clara notes the artist qualities of the guest, while fashion details describe a cinnamon brown cashmere velour gown with tailored lines, square-cut skirt, and bronze ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Iun
Miss Stevens
Lucille
Case
Matilda Pudmatt Faces Street Harassment In Frantic Moment
A fragmented daily vignette shows Matilda Pudmatt fearing a following man on a city street. She confronts him by breaking her spectacles in a dramatic, disjointed scene, while a stray domestic line about a wife and husband in unrelated routines appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Pudmatt
Matilda
Green blue fish and hothouse blueflesh debate at diner
Fragments from a periodical page show a bantering dining room exchange over a bluefish item on a menu, a war time social scene with a chaperon, a dog story, and light gossip clips about fashion and reading habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Home Journal
Tatter
Miss Pinkerly
Mr. Tutter
Doug
Fido
Exichange
Bits of Byplay by Luke McLuke from 1917 Enquirer
Bits of Byplay by Luke McLuke compiles humorous vignettes and social quips about marriage, age, fashion, and small town life. The piece riffes on female modesty, old jokes, and sly digs at social norms with a playful, newspaper cartoon vibe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke McLuke
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