Readings from Dickens and Shakespeare Inspire Better Taste
Beatrice Fairfax urges readers to abandon trash and embrace quality literature. She recommends Dickens The Pickwick Papers Shakespeare Mill on the Floss and other classics, urging daily fifteen minute reading to grow knowledge, imagination, and companionship through good books.
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Pickwick
Mr. Pickwick
Mr. Tupman
Mr. Winkle
Mr. Snodgrass
Dickens
Awakening and Spring’s Quiet Call
Poem describes the earth waking as buds, sap, and insects stir. Birds busy with mating, woods awakening, primroses and violets awaiting a message. The speaker feels drawn from struggle to the enduring wonder of ages at work.
School troubles prompt board led adjustment plan
A reader wonders how the school trouble will be resolved and suspects the Board is guiding the process. The exchange hints at administrative oversight shaping the adjustment.
The Bill Clerk's Way by Kennett Harris
A dramatic dialogue pits a bill clerk and a cashier over wealth and charity. The clerk touts generosity and fairness, while the cashier proposes philanthropy with loans and social responsibility, leading to a mock pledge on a subscription slip. The scene exposes money as motive and moral debate.
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Kennett Harris
Johnny
Parting By Francis Thompson Poem
A Francis Thompson poem reflects on partings and shared pain. The speaker recalls a beloved’s unremembering departure and the paradox of happiness and sadness intertwined. The verses explore enduring presence in memory and the idea that nothing truly ends without a cost.
Homesick Bride Ends Life Far From Country Roots
A young rural bride, homesick far from green country lanes, took her own life after marriage led her away from her familiar surroundings. The article notes her quiet origins and the impact of relocation on her state of mind.
Proudhon and the lonely wife saga in a 19th century portrait
The piece contrasts Rob ert G Ingersoll’s claim that thinking is hard with the life of Pierre Joseph Proudhon. It traces his rise from Besancon to the publication What Is Property? and notes the emotional strain on a wife left alone in a new city, highlighting loneliness as a female experience.
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Robert G.ingersoll
Proudhon
Stonehenges
Pierre Joseph Proudhon
Besapcon
France
Besancon
George
Pierre Joséph Proudhon
Cooper
Robinson Crusoe
Desert
Weighing Homesickness and Welcome Ties for City Brides
Dorothy Dix advises on loneliness of brides in new cities urging patient husbands and hospitable neighbors to provide companionship. She suggests delaying trousseaus, embracing classes like art or music, and organizing social visits and tea to forge friendships.
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Mo-Mo-Mo
Trousseau
Mother Always Knows By WINIFRED BLACK
A tired railroad station mother carries a troubled daughter and baby home to mother. The elderly mother’s instinctive understanding and enduring love turn a weary voyage into a return to safety, comfort, and acceptance. The piece celebrates maternal wisdom and the pull of home.
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Winifred Black
Up-to-Date Jokes and Stage Laughs Across Crowded Rooms
A collection of humorous exchanges touching on cross-eyed nurses, stage snowstorms, mixed beverages for family members, a hairdresser’s cue, actors and managers, a marriage proposal, and a playful question about kissing babies. The lines present jokes on manners, miscommunication, and social norms.
Double-Stopped. A Mother Praises Her Singers Voice
A mother comments on her son with a beautiful voice and notes that he has been taught the flute to accompany himself, highlighting musical training and versatility.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Public Library
Dickens, Thackeray
George Eliot
Georges Sand
Shaniel Hawthorne
Walter Scott
Robert Louis
Stevanson, Etc
Peare
Earth
Daysey Mayme
Pretty Papa T
Rose
Syoda
Lionel
ALL & Traveling
Harry
Francis Thompson
Thomas B. Gregory
Pierre
Dorothy Dix
Desert Island
Hove
Ding
Baby
Mrs. A
Mrs. B
Madame
Algernon