Meeting the Head of the Family Ends in Lunch Plans
Margery's father confronts Anderson Somers in a tense yet comic meeting as he gauges the proposed son-in-law. Somers maintains composure while outlining his future prospects and wealth, prompting a grudging acceptance from the skeptical paternal figure. The scene ends with an invitation to lunch to start acquainted relations.
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Margery
Anderson Somers
Somerses
North Side
Somers
Mothers need the ballot to guard home and nation
Dorothy Dix argues that child rearing and politics are inseparable and that women, especially mothers, must have voting rights to safeguard milk safety, child labor laws, education, and moral welfare. She contends the family and state intertwine, and mothers' influence will raise virtuous citizens while balancing duties at home.
La Mode Sketches of Fashion and Charm
A fragmented fashion piece describes a tight skirt shapeless coat spiderweb veil and striking chapeau with polka dot and blue silk details. The prose hints at Liberty charm and social courting amid afternoon and evening wear as a Boston engagement figure is referenced in a clipped tale.
The Music Makers By Arthur O Shaughnessy
The poem declares that music makers and dreamers shape worlds. It celebrates writers musicians and artists as movers and shakers who build cities and empires from stories and songs. It links art to power and renewal across eras, praising prophetic voices that usher in new worth.
Lack of Order in a Woman's Vices by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Victorian essay urging women to embrace neatness as homemaker duty. It argues order shapes home harmony, cites missing small items, and calls for daily routines, organized wardrobes, and a child’s early training in order and discipline.
When Age Comes by OW The Twilight of Life in Verse
The poem contemplates aging as shadows lengthen and impulse fades. Life’s pleasures fade one by one and past ideals seem unreal. As time deepens, ambitions lose their glow while love endures briefly. Youths seek pleasure, but the elderly seek rest, and laughter narrows to echoes from oblivion.
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Painter
Suggestion Talk In A Manicure Parlor
A humorous exchange in a magazine tale about mental suggestion. Characters discuss a cruel husband who covertly uses suggestion to push his wife toward morphine, and a wife who suggests his drinking. The dialogue shifts to a cousin named Wilfred and a vanity about editors and payments, ending with a note on disbelief and a riff on progress.
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George
The Sufferers By Berton Braley
Poem urges readers to share summer joy with children and provide open air and nature to the little ones, contrasting leisure for adults with the need for relief for tired babes and mothers.
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Berton Braley
Hints for Household Polish and Cleaning Remedies
Consumer tips discuss using coffee as furniture polish mixed with oil for scratches and tender feet care with olive oil and ammonia. Lemons freshen water jars, and a drop of ether helps canning jars resist breakage. The text also notes preventing hot desserts in cut glass dishes from breaking.
Weighing Society Trends in 1920s Attire
A column excerpt notes disinterest in ball games this season, remarks on women posing with hats, rising laundry costs, and attire choices. It discusses public image, modest fashion, lace veils, and society page attention, highlighting economic and social pressures on women.
Home Grouch Divorce Case Highlights Domestic Strife
A Cleveland wife seeks divorce over a husband’s home grouch driven by solitaire and sulking at home. The column notes men’s moods, cites laughter and social support as remedies, and argues the grouch must go for family happiness.
Sleep and Wellness Advice From a Reticent Voice
The text extols a regimen for balance through sleep from nine to seven, plus prudent bathing, eating, and exercise. It frames the remedy as restoring equilibrium via consistent rest each night.
Summer's Biggest Pest by Gene Lewis
Poem mocks a heat wave with a recurring line asks Well is it hot enough for you as a pest figure spoils summer life, office ice fails, the narrator flees to cool resorts, and all endure the hateful heat with satirical bite.
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Gene Lewis
Satan
Educational shift pressures girls toward college study
The piece argues that women lack masculine qualities due to old fashioned schooling. It claims ornamental education is being replaced and predicts a day when college education becomes essential for girls. It stresses mothers should possess knowledge, resource, character, and power to pass to the next generation.
Sweet Grass Baskets Come Versatile and Fragrant
Local notes praise sweet grass for fragrance and longevity. Readers are invited to gather sweet grass before crafting baskets that range from jewel size to larger works, celebrated for their charm and lasting scent.
Business Girls Should Keep Work Separate From Social Ties
The Philadelphia North American counsels that in offices women should focus on work not socializing. A brief courteous greeting suffices, with businesslike discussion for job tasks. Telephones should be used for business transactions, not personal chatter.
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Philadelphia
Fabric textures and sheer layers described in verse
The narrator extols fabric qualities focusing on multiple sheer chiffons and satin overlays while contrasting see through effects. The passage highlights translucent fabrics and their tactile impression, noting how several layers create a system of transparency.
Vacation Dilemma Plague by Family Dialogue
A conversational fragment shows Henry and a woman arguing over travel plans from Atlantic City to Lonesomehurst and Narragansett with fantasies of Canada or Cherbourg. The scene mentions motoring, clothing limits, dust, and a bee sting incident involving Bobby, with a push toward a stronger adult role.
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Atlantic City
Henry
Lonesomehurst
Canada
Narragansett
Cherbourg
Henry Jones
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Uix
Orient
Roosevelt
iQes
Indianapolis
the “Home
Grouch
Winifred Black
Cleveland
Jim
Nou
Bobby
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