Miss Morgan in Kansas and real Americans
The piece follows Miss Anne Morgan visiting Emporia Kansas with Mr William Allen White. It contrasts her bohemian tour of the Midwest with real American life at home, arguing many Americans are closer than New York stereotypes imply and satirizing city curiosity about rural everyday workers.
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Anne Morgan
William Allen White
Emporia, Kas
Miss Morgan
Emporia
Old Prince
Kan
America
Metuchen
N. J
New York
Kas
New England
New Jersey
Ladies’ Aid Society
King’s Daughters
Bronx
The Modest Wish of a Modest Man
Poem by Nell Brinkley contrasts a modest man's dream of a small house with a large garden, a wife, dear friends, and books with the city’s urge for Eden. The piece blends nostalgic homey imagery with springtime renewal and celebrates simple pleasures against urban longing.
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Nell Brinkley
Nell Brinkeley
Spring Gardening A Paw's Labored Spring
A father starts a spring garden planting corn lettuce peas onions and potatoes. He sweats as weeds appear and critters invade. The tale ends with the confession that they may buy garden supplies from Chinese peddlers.
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Jackson
Paw
Jing
E. A. Brininstool
Los Angeles Express
Up-to-Date Jokes and Quips on Society and Cheese Fines
A collection of brief gags and witticisms touching on opera humor marriage dentistry and silly remarks. One joke recalls a $500 fine for coloring matter in artificial butter and a judge with dyed whiskers. Another quip features a bride and bridegroom reacting to false teeth. A child defines medicine as something that prevents catching a cold again.
The Secret of Happiness and Borrowed Trouble
A meditation on the sixth secret of happiness warns against troubling trouble before it arrives. It cites anxious rich men fearing bankruptcy, health hypochondria, and particularly women who dread aging and loss of love, urging calm and present effort over worry.
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Dorothy Dix urges readers to view a devoted husband as innocent when distracted by work and forgetting a kiss goodbye. The piece uses a humorous tone to highlight domestic affection and the humane side of marital life.
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Hubby
Wifie Goodby
Live Your Life to Its Fullest Extent
Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges readers to awaken and live fully, escaping mental dullness. She contrasts restless worry with proactive spirit, urging gratitude for employment, positive action, and kindness to others, while challenging suspicions about wealth and happiness.
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John Brown
Spring Magic in the Baltimore Street Child Song Echoes
The Baltimore Sun recalls a nostalgic poem about spring and childhood games like Eeny meeny miny mo. It muses on meadow thrills, fairy feet, and phantom children freed by April's touch, blending memories with the old folk chant.
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Eeny-meeny
Tippitoes
Dolly Varden
Baltimore Sun
Spring Fever and Comfort Hints From Beatrice Fairfax
Beatrice Fairfax writes on spring transitions advising lighter clothing while keeping some flannel, proper shoe fit, and loose corsetry. She urges daily foot care for mothers and children, water for people and dogs, modest spring shopping, and notes spring fever as a mild, shared malady felt by all with a sense of renewal.
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Beatrice Fairfax
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Madeline Bridges
Maachinery
Wiile
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