Social notes and dances stir Fremantle community
A roundup of social events across Fremantle and districts highlights business trips, dance nights, and charity efforts. Items include Mrs Farrington and Mr Lawton concluding trips east, the Girls' Friendly Hostel dance, North Fremantle and East Fremantle dances, a Cottesloe Parents Association meeting, and a Parkerville Waifs Home concert raising funds with Miss Cooke’s pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottesloe Parents Association
Kemp
O'Connor
Tiffie Cooke
Parkerville Waifs
Miss Cooke
W. H Kitson
M. L.C
John Cooke
Parkerville
What Wrinkles Mean
Analysis of facial lines as indicators of character. Lines on the forehead hint at mood and temperament, eye corner wrinkles signal humor or melancholia, eyebrow creases reflect authority and concentration, and mouth wrinkles suggest generosity if present when not laughing. Notable figures cited include Asquith and Sir Edward Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Asquith
Sir Edward Clarke
Dad Tries to Console Boy Amid Family Row
A father walking upstairs finds his young son crying and asks what happened. The boy confesses it is a quarrel with his wife, a moment of tension resolved as the man calms the child and addresses the domestic strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Taking Girl and Thefts in Sheltered Nooks
Poem narrates a girl who takes various items and affection from a man, culminating with taking the other guy. The verse references long past ailments and a brand mention, weaving playful confession with wordplay and a musical refrain about feeling gay and enduring weather.
The Well Groomed How Captain Cook Woman Died
A long retrospective on Captain Cook and his death on Owhyee 1779. It recounts his birth, voyage, and death amid clashes with natives, noting the failed shore landing and the brutal killing. The piece laments the marines leaving Cook and criticizes the decision to land unprepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Cook
Otaheite
Venus
Australia
Resolution
E. Clarke
Discovery
Cape
New Zealand
Sandwich Islands
Behring Straits
Aleutian Islands
Sandwich Group
Owhyee
Hawaii
Cook
Kavaroa
Kariopoo
Savage
Karemoo
Coho
David Samwell
Samwell
Corporal Thomas
Hinks
Fatcher
Allen
Nooah
Carrima-na-cooks
Eeapo
Elizabeth Atts
Yorkshire
Lizzie Batts
Street Sayings and the Songs That Shaped Them
A compact look at how comic songs and stage wits of the 19th century birthed phrases that entered everyday speech. It traces origins for lines like Not for Joe Fancy meeting you How's your poor feet and Ive got him on my list, noting performers Herbert Campbell Arthur Lloyd Nat Clifford Marie Lloyd W. S Gilbert and Charles Dickens.
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London
Herbert Campbell
Herbert
Arthur Lloyd
Campbell
Joe
Nat Clifford
Tivoli
Sydney
Strand
Clifford
All England
Old Holborn Royal
Earl's Court
Marie Lloyd
Gilbert
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Charles Dickena
Sam Weller
Also Mentioned on This Page
BR. Farrington
W. J. Lawton
The
Lawton Motor Company
Mr. Sanders
Collie Street
Essex and
Hudson Cars
A. T. White
Reg. Gill
J. M. Rees
England
Moreton Bay
Mrs. Noseda
Victoria Hall
Fremantle
Myra McIntosh
Fremantle Rowing Club
North Fremantle
Literary Institute
East Fremantle
Victoria
Hal Messrs Griffin
Cecile
Charley
Captain XK
Robert Greig
Beatrice Holloway
Captain X
Beaconsfield Parent's Association
P. G. Street
Harper
Williamson
Mesdames Embleton
McNeil
McIntyre Howard
Mann, Paden
Ulrich
Lyons Cole
Pollinelli
Mr. Cole
Parents’ Association
Goode
Mr. Hill
Misses McNeil
G. Williamson
M. Williamson
Willie Carmody
Baker
Buck Jones
Cowboy
Lionel Poole
Madge Higgs
Dolores Oaklands
Phyllis Needle
Isobel Warne
Pearl Baker
Mary Cambden
Juanita Oaklands
Marie Bitton
Pansy Melbourne
Iris McLean
Laura Capes
Titania and the Fairies
Kathie Duggan
Rita O'Flaherty
Youre
the One
Donna Deary
Fremantle Dramatic Society
Dad
Possession Island
New South Wales
Great Britain
Marston
Cleveland
Oddfellows' Hotel
Jack Visser
John F. Sheridan
Ben Webster
Quarrel
Swan Pale
P. V. Carr
Mandurah
Nicholson
High Street
Lewest
Arthur
Davies
Undertakerrs
Fremantle and
Claremon
P & O Hotel
Billy Nunes
Leseen
Hampton Road
Feemantel
Angus McLeod
Sea
C. James Cash Grocer & General Stone
South Street
A.I.F
Base Hospital
Chicago
Binas
Forrestal
Fremantle East
Hotel Orient
High-street
E. Parry
Proprietress
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