Dreaming of a Day When You Will Reign
The verse speaks of a distant day when a girl becomes queen and rules with loyalty and kindness. It urges that true pleasure comes from doing for others and not from dreaming alone, implying personal duty as fulfillment.
Babette Finds Pierrot and Hope at Ellis Island
A fragile French girl Babette arrives at Ellis Island and bonds with Inspector Stanford over a Pierrot doll. After a hospital fire, doctors rescue Babette, whose battle with illness leads to an operation and a new home. Pierrot remains her cherished companion.
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Ellis Island
New York City
Great Bay
America
Great Marine Gateway
Uncle Sam
Babette
Inspector Stanford
Stanford
Bargée
Pierrot
East River
Great City Hospital
The Chipmunk Tale Ending in Fox Capture
A gay young chipmunk teases a sly fox with flattery and boasts of his coat and tail. The fox, pretending admiration, lures the chipmunk close and seizes him, ending the tale with the fox's triumph.
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Mansfield Townsend
Bats And Owls In Natural History Notes
A short natural history description explains the bat as a tiny nocturnal mammal with mouse like features and wing membranes, and details owl eyesight and behavior including barn, screech, and great horned species. It notes nocturnal activity, dusk hunting, and daytime retreats.
The Magic of Kindness
A reflective piece emphasizes warmth and gentleness overcoming harshness. It describes sunshine and a soft breeze dissolving resistance and notes that kindness can reach hearts immune to severity.
Clock Tries to Measure Moments in Hall
A short verse features a clock in a hall saying tick tock and measuring moments small. The stanzas include playful phonetic lines and initials M T ALLEN.
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M, T. Allen
Bright idea leads Edith Verney to write dream tale
Edith Verney, constrained by her father to economize, fantasizes earning money by writing for a magazine. She imagines a plot with a hero like Julius Staeger or Henry Miller and a heroine like herself, seeks Clarence’s critique, and plans a striking title inspired by The Century.
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Edith Verney
Clarence
Dunder
Verney
Sphinx
The
Mandy
Manthy
Jerry
Julius Staeger
Henry Miller
Edith
Constance
Teddy Trundrill
Rye
Adam
Hank
A Century Story Idea Sparks Romantic Draft Through Proposals
A female narrator conceives a plot for The Century featuring a virtuous heroine Constance, a secretary Clarence, and a fortune seeker. She improvises a love scene and provokes a real proposal, finding inspiration in Edith's happiness while the manuscript remains unfinished.
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Babette and
Elizabeth Raymond
Babette, Pierrot and
the Nurse
Carthur
Figo Ta
Vassar
Papa
Reginald
Algernon
Jack
Harper’s Magazine
Mr. Matthews
Century
Ralse