Parlor Arts and Homemaking Tips from a Bygone Era
A muddled excerpt discusses social invitations for housewives, recitations, music, and parlor games. It highlights recommendations for entertaining, choosing comic pieces, and the value of public performances. The piece shifts to advertising steam clams and broth preparation, then praises female musical talent and etiquette for gatherings. It ends with a domestic anecdote about interior color harmony and a house painter.
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Parmletey
Love's Expedient in a Curtain of Secrets
Marcia Ford, a quiet obedient daughter, is shielded by her mother from lovers of wealth and status. Detected only by the hidden lover Arthur, Marcia endures confinement as her identity and romance unfold in a tale of autonomy versus parental control.
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Marcia Ford
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Arthur
White Marcia
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Arthur Parke
Peter Ford
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Wallace
Summer Coat in White Linen For The Small Maid
A dainty and practical summer coat for a child, made from white linen or pique and designed to slip over a lingerie frock. The example features heavy butcher’s linen, a loose front, forward turning plaited seam, wide stitched hem, sailor collar with tabs, eyelet embroidery edge, oversized bishop sleeves, and a matching baby hat in white mull with blue ribbon accents.
Painter’s Botched Overhaul Sparks Household Drama
Fragmented OCR notes recount a homeowner hiring a painter who ruins rooms. The mistress confronts him as he brushes away, while a fugitive bird and a ruse involving a lover’s disguise unfold amid a newsprint collage of Society chatter and a political quip from Washington.
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