Mirandy on a wife as a signboard of her husband
Dorothey Dix's Mirandy explains that a married man's character is shown by his wife. She mocks bragging husbands who buy expensive clothes to signal wealth, while the wife’s attire serves as a public gauge. The speaker Ike defends dressing simply to avoid harming his wife's credit and their standing in the community.
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Mirandy
Sgk
Jerusha Jones
Hubbard
Joshua
Yassum
Ike
Evver
Sedge
Evelyn Thaw
Stanford White
The Pretty Cook Demands Fresh Lobster In Defense
A witty dispute unfolds between Evelina the Pretty Cook and a grocery boy over spoiled canned lobster. The two spar over aging, smell, and quality while trading quips about tariffs, eggs, and a potential backroom rebate. The scene ends with the grocery boy agreeing to fetch a new can.
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Evelina
Mme
If So Where A Lodging Voice Search For Guests
A fragmented verse satirizes hotel lobbies bars barber shops and guest noise. The speaker laments unanswered calls and calls out bellboys and guests with mocking catalogues of names as voices fade amid crowded spaces and unfulfilled courtesies.
Transmutation by George Northrlp and Dialogue on Marriage
A poetry excerpt contemplates living beyond remembered names and a nameless noble deed, contrasting poetic immortality with personal sacrifice. The piece ends with a playful dialogue about marriage and money, with a casual assertion that wealth should not dictate a spouse.
Living in glass houses by Cara Reese IVE
Tranquility guides the glass house metaphor as a social ideal. The piece promotes amiable restraint, avoiding curiosity and meddling while suggesting a life of calm order benefits friends and customers alike. It argues hosts live openly yet quietly, inviting reflection on public and private conduct.
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Glass House
Humorous visit ends with April fool quip
A village humorist Amelia Affabel visits Little Bobbie's home and jokes with Bobbie's father. The exchange features quips about brains fashion and marriage, concluding with a prank suggestion about fooling a fiancé and a door joke as guests depart.
Can Man Die of Broken Heart
A BEATRICE FAIRFAX column from UT Chicago argues men do not die of heartbreak. It contrasts male and female grief, contending men cope through outside interests and work while women dwell on loss, citing a Chicago case and poetry to illustrate the gendered view of heartbreak.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Chicago
Resignation Conflicts Stirring Theatre Director Figures
OHN CORBIN, author and playwright, resigns as literary director of the New theater citing dislike of the pretentious air and the constant need to reject works. He laments making enemies and the unappealing pose of infallibility. A friend quips about Brynn's wife and a joking exchange concludes with a yacht signal about lacking a corkscrew aboard.
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Ohn Corbin
New Theater
Brynn
Brian
Ime
The Art of Being Graceful by Dorothy Dix
A portrait of Fraulein Gelker illustrates grace as the essential virtue for women. The piece argues true beauty comes from poise and practiced posture, not clothes, urging women to study graceful pose, hand movement, and bearing to project allure in daily life and public view.
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Dorothy Dix
Fraulein Gelker
Such a Trifle in a Colonial Barbershop Scene
A short vignette features a wife telling her husband about saving for a summer costume. She names pale green broadcloth and a price of 355 dollars, asks for help, and the husband asks how much she needs. A barber interjects with a question about oatmeal soap.
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James
Bargain Bates and a Quirky Courtroom Moment
A courtroom excerpt shows Howell asking if his wife cares about baseball and a judge remarking on a two game one admission deal. A matter-of-fact young man says he is seeking a wife after a brief acquaintance, met with a cold reply. A garbled closing line remains unreadable.
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Bates
Howell
Seven Wonders of the World. I Woman. II Woman. TII Woman
A fragmentary dialogue about women in an old town and hotel life. An old fisherman notes there are queer characters when hotels fill up, hinting at social tensions and a wife’s summer vacation amid husbands’ gambling debts.
The Returns in 1920 Women Vote Parade
A Life magazine note, quoted by Carolin Wells, highlights women heading to the polls in 1920. It mentions Mrs Mackay in violet voile and others in taupe chiffon, pink pique, and gray as they cast ballots in the morning, signaling a new voting era led by women.
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Files-on-Parade
Egg Sack Incident On Chestnut Street Car
A girl with a Gibson face wears a green feather and carries a paper sack aboard a crowded Chestnut Street car. She drops the sack containing eggs into a large man's lap as the car lurches while passengers stay seated. The man reacts, and the egg smell reveals the sack’s contents as eggs. she jokes about replacing them at their grocery.
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Louisville
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Solomon Hisself
Jerusha
Lal
Ted
Kennett Harris
Misterrr McHaggis
Dr. Doe
Thomas R. Ybarra
Puck
Vanis
George Northrlp
Cara
Little Bobbie
William F. Kirk
Amelia Affabel
Affabel
Teun
Beecome
Affabel Caim
Grace
Julia Marlowe
Powell
Wills
Skinner
Gilis
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