Are Women Unbusinesslike by Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues women are unbusinesslike due to lack of training and guidance rather than inherent inability. She cites ignorance of banking and finance, household management, and women’s uncertain income, insisting education, example from figures like Hetty Green and Mrs Harriman, and male instruction could develop business sense.
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Mr. Morgan
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Hetty Green
Harriman
Finnce
Massachusetts
Quotable Sunday School Jokes and Tiny Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes from a Sunday school setting includes a boy's reply about Jewish feasts breakfast dinner and supper a girl asking about sharpening slate pencils and a clergyman quizzing a student about ministry. Other moments feature Evelyn recalling christening marks Annie seeking a missing father and a child reacting to a cat incident.
Ballad of Easy Street Wanders in a town seeking path to fame
A traveler asks locals in a village where Easy Street lies. The yokel pleads for directions as elders boast of velvet lawns and fame while mountains and mire supposedly block the way. The speaker lingers, seeking the promised path to renown.
The Manicure Lady Encounters a Swell Fellow
A shop talk between the Manicure Lady and the Head Barber centers on a fashionable man who claims to have been a high jumper and discus thrower. They discuss class, marriage woes, and a future play by Brother Wilfred about husband wife morning rituals amid New York’s hard living for working couples.
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George
Caruso
Gallagher
Sadie
Washington Heights
Wilfred
Mother
Manhattan
Ben Hart
William Tell
New York
Hove
All Things End in Sleeping
Poem fragment describing cycles of life and love with images of roses thrushes and almond blossoms. It contrasts labor and joy with longing and hope, ending on the notion that love and life fade into sleep.
American home life in doubt amid foreign visitors debate
In a discussion sparked by Dorothy Dix and foreign travelers, two women dispute claims that Americans lack home life. They defend domestic virtue, describe American husbands as family‑oriented, and mock foreign criticisms as trendy prejudice.
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See
Baseball Jargon and Domestic Dialogue Collide in Skit
A comic scene follows Percy the Press Agent and a Show Girl as they joke about baseball slang and readers’ over-ornate prose. Joe the waiter deciphers phrases like smothered at third and bit the dust while discussing prices, cooks, and modern women in a lively page of banter.
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Waldorf
Oshkosh
Squeedurk
Cubs
Fercy
Percy
Seymour
Joe
Halley
At the Tailor's Pressing a Widower's Suit
A tailor remarks about pressing a widower's suit, reflecting a practical detail in a scene. The brief exchange hints at daily work filling a shop.
My Heavens Willie and the Ash Barrel Prisoner
In a terse exchange a boy named Willie is accused of striking Johnny Smith. The pair trade taunts about Sunday school morals as the punchline lands with Willie jokingly placing Johnny’s head in an ash barrel.
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Willie
Johnny Smith
The Cure That Healed A Complaining Man
A man who constantly spoke of aches and pains, dyspepsia, rheumatism, and headaches wears down friends. A clever woman ends his laments by noting aging dulls such woes, and he has no symptoms afterward.
An Answer in Kind
A witty exchange turns violent as a wife tires of her husband's heavy wit and throws a lamp at him, escalating a domestic dispute. The incident hinges on a clash of humor and temper within a troubled family dynamic, with consequences for both spouses.
Just Temporary Honest Skeinner Gossip
A clipped exchange from the Cathode Standard and Times questions Skinner's social standing. Wise insists Skinner may have merely leased a place, claiming he can vanish at a moment's notice.
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Skinner
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a family name and dread
The text presents a mangled exchange about a surname described as fae and a whisper of dying or dread. It lacks clear facts, names, places, or events to form a fuller, verifiable summary.
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Dorothy DIX
Forth Ave
Atttie Ruth
Tommy
Evelyn
Annie
Charles
Easy Street
Kennett Harris
LENOI
Canada
Piffle
Paris
Dr. Cook
Europe
Trestaurants
Avis
Hank
Ercy
Oplaion
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