The Stately Lady Hosts Oranges For Toy Makers
In a sunlit scene at the summer house hubris and humor mingle as the Stately Lady befriends two Bethune boys posing as builders. They scheme to borrow a dolls house bell, while she engages them with teases and offers oranges, hinting at a warmer, playful bond behind formal manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie
Redcannon
Troure
Bethane
Hubert
Jane
Hoge
Bethune Kitchen
Bark Gate
Dane
Joan
Dolla
Little Brown
Tad
June
Doller House
Vad
Colld
Brown
Jones
Yad
Ethelwyn Brown faces choice to stay home or return to Sydney
In August Ethelwyn Brown weighs leaving her beloved work to avoid a cheerless Sydney home. Rupert cheers her stay for morale, while friends discuss connections to Captain Smythe and a past life in Sydney with Dottie Bayles and Molly. The frame shifts between home life, football match chatter, and a search for an old acquaintance Edgar Smythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelayn Brown
Sydney
Howe
Muriel
Rupert
Ethelwyn
Bethunes
Hubert Allardyce
Dottie
Dottie Bayles
Allardyce
Dottie Suiyide
Smythe
Hubert
Tahik
Wim
England
Alvin
Mabert
Mra. Smyth
Edward
Edgar
Becuse
Edgar Smythe
South Africa
Australia
Miss Brown
Buster
Bransconbes Fu da Blue Mountains
Mr. Allardyce
Ike
Capt. Smythe
Molly
Ladies' Column Recipes and Mixed Kitchen Notes
A quirky assemblage of Victorian era kitchen guidance includes Swiss Cream-Redulred and various jellies, custards, and puddings with isinglass and sherry. Also features an omelette recipe, cheese soufflé notes, and a dramatic vignette about a father and daughter in a kitchen scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruyere
China
Alsin Pawuceplin
Seton S
The Home Beautifullit Glimpses and Anecdotes in A Quirky Page
A fragmented December column presents a mix of humorous vignettes and anecdotes. It mentions Nora the green coat, a pudding knife gag, Jed and aging, Edison, a fiancé secrecy pact for a year, a railway passenger remark, a navy lieutenant heart topic, and a matinee idol wary of aging in front of a young reporter.
Household Care Tips From a Cautious Homemaker
For careful housewives the article warns about dusting walls and handling wet gear. It advises drying boots away from heat and using oats to absorb moisture, protecting wood by placing felt under tablecloth, and repairing scorch marks with salt and salad oil before polishing with a soft cloth.
Wit and Humor Dialogue on Morals and Society
An English dialogue mix captures wit about papers and writing. It includes satire on philoso phers and a discussion of marriage, divorce, and social norms amid quirky exchanges. The piece threads literary names, occupations, and a humorous tone.
Household Hints on Cleaning and Maintenance
Household hints describe methods for cleaning lace with cold tea and ironing crumpled lace, removing grease stains from wallpaper, dry cleaning white gloves with alum and fuller's earth, brushing with bran and whiting, and cleaning furniture with a paraffin and vinegar mixture. A cheesecloth wrapped broom cleans wallpaper to reduce re-papering.
Tossing of the Pancake at Westminster School
On Shrove Tuesday the Westminster School cook tossed a pancake in the great hall. Before it touched the ground twenty boys wrestled in a chaotic heap. The victor was Tomlinson of the Under Fifth, who was escorted to the dean for a guinea reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster School
Tomlinson
Daily Mail
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Stately Lady
Hubper Allardyce
Ethelwyn Brown
Harold
Aftica
Mubert
Bouee
Misa Dottie
Tsay
Bethunes’ Garden
ApeLae Proctor
Avis
St. Stephen's School
Sknowale
Lim
Bristol
Paddington
Eng
America
Great Britain
Nigmama
Nora
Mer
Alabama
Jed
Tale
Nahi
Jet
Thomas A. Edison
Telly
Irland
Indy
Tommy
Issocletiaia
Barrow
Hostosy
Columbus
Tam
Ashe
Enid
Vw Wok
Reckitt’s
Bagblue
Reckitts
Syonez
Madame Spontini
Australian Union of Herbaliste
Bull's Chambers
Moore-street
Elvy & Company
Dresden
Manx
George Street
Guille & Company
King Strent
Newtown
Gall
Jonat
Steinburg
Schiller
Harmonia
Steiner
MATL
King Street
Lished
Drees
James Fay
McDonald & Co
Dalgety RD
J. Buchanan
Wood Turners &Cvy
Harris Street
Eo Roe
Watson
Paragon Hotel
Wine and Spirit Department
Circular Quay
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