Clara Barton as a Humanist at Roycroft Chautauqua
Elbert Hubbard hails Clara Barton as a humanist and towering orator at Roycroft Chautauqua. He surveys her life from teacher to nurse, wartime organizer, and diplomat, noting Lincoln’s praise, her moral courage, and tireless relief work across America and abroad.
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Clara Barton
Humanist
Elbert Hubbard
Roytroft Chautauqua
Booker T. Washington
John P. Altgeld
America
Terese
Altgeld
Gaza
Roycroft Chapel
Lincoln
Grant
Bismarck
Washington
James
Johnstown
McKinley
Echo in a Woman's Heart by Beatrice Fairfax
A reflective essay urges women to guard pride after heartbreak. It contrasts men’s and women’s responses to lost love, counsels dignified acceptance, and advises living with a courageous, dignified heart rather than clinging to a vanished romance.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Jealousy Never Pays Dorothy Dix Warns Against Green Eyed Monster
Dorothy Dix argues jealousy ruins happiness for both sufferer and victim. It fuels spying, nagging, and suspicion, it destroys trust between lovers and spouses, and alienates people from relatives. Jealousy is described as petty, selfish, and ultimately self-defeating.
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Jooes
His Bargain Is a Different Proposition
Kennett Harris argues that bargain culture fuels jealousy and contempt in marriages. He contrasts consumer pedantry with genuine affection, asserting jealousy stems from selfishness, not love, and that petty disputes over purchases corrode family bonds.
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Kennett Harris
When Cambridge Professors Tackle a Cornish Mine
Aged tales of explorers in a Cornish mine using rope and bucket reach surface with a miner noting rope frailty on ascent. A traveler recalls an audience with a king and a palmistry joke leads to a money prediction. A playful banter about kissing and school memories ends the vignette.
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Cambridge
The Woman Who Had Opinions
A talky young woman laments scarce independent opinions and cautions against quick judgments of others. She critiques social climbers who pretend insight while their loyalties shift with mood, noting the vanity of women and men led by prevailing opinion over substance. She concludes it may be wiser to withhold opinions altogether.
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Gretchen
Effect Follows Cause By Winifred Black
A reflective column mocks gossip and jealous marriages in vaudeville era society. It argues that reputations ride on actions and cautions women to avoid behavior that fuels criticism while noting the inevitability of public judgment and its truth in many cases.
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Winifred
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Horry
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Dr-Brown
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Mweis
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