Social notes and cafe chatter from Fremantle columns
A miscellany of social events and home life in Fremantle includes Mrs Loveday and daughters resting after a European tour, a Fremantle Rowing Club dance planned, Miss McCabe hosting a Sailors Rest gift evening for Miss Bertha Willis, and Daisy Blinco’s eighteenth birthday. Practical kitchen tips on using apple cores and sago cleaning are given alongside gentle musings on women’s roles, chivalry, and literary excerpts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McCabe
Sailors’ Rest
Bertha Willis
Miss Willis
Endymion and Selene Beside the Meander Valley
In a mythic Valerian setting Selene wanders beside the Meander as the sun sets over Latinos Hill. She pleads with Endymion to join her but he refuses, preferring his peaceful hillside home, until she finally leaves him asleep on the marble temple steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhead
Endymion
Helios
Selene
Latmos Hill
Latmos
Liberty
Vale
Endullion
Endamion
The Bridge of Sighs and a World of Bridges
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on bridges, lovers, and travelers moving across timber spans. It mentions Fremantle Council, a Pontoon at Sancy Bridge near the Port, Colonel Pope and gangers, and the peril and joy of crossing timber structures from East to West and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saas
Fremantle Council
Uch
Sancy Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hir
Fremantle Rowing Club
St. Gerards
Canning Road
East Fremantle
Daisy
Frentham
New Zealand
Miss Barrett
Fielding
Cliff Street
Fremantle
W. G. Kennedy
N. Black
Market Street
Thone
Ibance
Neat
E. Cronin
South Terrace
South Fremantle
H. J. Scown
M. Hallion
N. Fremantle
Braham Bros
Roy G. Braham
L.D.S
A.C.D. Melb. Univ
Beisley
Tome Lad
Gibson
Prowse's
Cash Grocery
Alexander Road
Browns Boot Shop
Cottesloe Beach
Adelaide Street
the Bridge of Sighs
Lier
M. O. Griffiths
Alf
Wis
Stevenson and Finch
Freemasons’ Hotel
Corner Market
Henderson Street
C. Robinson
Mudewa
Swan Beer Ghly
Ealth Brack Davilak
Mandurah Reail
Routh Prem
W.n. Keane
Frank Bateman
Suburbs
Henry St
High ST. Fremantle
Pencess Theatre
Emantle
Wik
Bert Weaver
George Taylor
George Street
Madrid
High Street
Andinach
Watsons Supply
Watson's
Watson’s Supply Stores
Perth
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