Apple Gathering Night Danger and the Loyal Dog
A country girl Bessie slips out on a cold winter night to Aunt Mary's with dreams of a Jack o Lantern. She wanders into the woods, in danger of freezing, until Carlo the old Newfoundland senses trouble and leads a rescuer to her. Bessie recovers with care. Carlo earns a silver collar and town-wide praise.
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Bessie
Europe
Launtry
Iprer
Fairyland
Joe
Abby
Werher
Cinder
Jack
Kitten
Ark
Carlo
Wennie
Tommy
Will
Grandma
Grandpa
Aunt Mary
Old Carlo
Betsie
Arlo
Tme
Greenland
Squire Trafton
Mr. Spencer
Carla
Mary
Sid
Lessie
Louise Dupee
Ballou's
Our Young Readers Poem by George Cooper
A reflective verse asks if sunshine and smiles fulfill our maker's will and urges spreading joy to the weary and lowly. The poem wonders whether acts of kindness meet the mission of bringing cheer before autumn's end.
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George Cooper
Grand Lady Visits Prompt Gentlefolk to Dust
At two, after school, girls including Susie Roberts walk home on Main street. A European cousin boasts of fine clothes and languages while Susie defends home duties. Edith Grey learns a tea service lesson as a china set shatters. Susie and cousin confront ideals of housework and respectability.
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Maria Bogart
Susie Roberts
Main Street
Europe
Susie
Ells Redman
Mary Jamison
Osie
Edith Grey
Ellen
Edith
Susie Robert
Industrious Queens and Household Verse Spark Conversation
A New York Observer quotation features Susie and a narrator praising industrious women. They recall Queen Bertha of Burgundy and her famed spinning wheel, then cite Proverbs on homemaking and household virtue, highlighting the peasant pride in domestic labor.
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Bertha
Burgundy
Susie
N. Y
Kitchen Garden School Games in a Little Girl's Letter
A girl writes of playful lessons at the Kitchen Garden School where games teach lessons. She describes skipping with ribbons, broom games, arch bows, clothesline dolls, waiting on the door, and ring games with role play and names such as Mrs Brown. The letter notes Mrs Huntington and housekeeping learning as part of the fun.
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St. Nicholas
Kitchen Garden School
Katie
Kitchen Garden
Jack
Jill
Jil
Mamma
Katia
Baby Grace
Howard
Y Strong
Memory and Foote Ridicule of Macklin's Monstrous Memory
The scene at the Great Piazza Room where Foote mocked Macklin by reading memory verse lines. The crowd laughed at the absurd tale of a woman cutting a cabbage to make an apple pie and a bear peering into a shop, ending with the Grand Panjandrum and the gunpowder runoff.
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Macklin
Foote
Tavistock Hotel
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Hari
Besree
London Society
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