What Is a Good Match by Dorothy Dix
Advice on choosing a life partner valuing love respect and character over wealth. A good match blends joy, shared ambition, and genuine interest, urging women to marry for love and a man’s goodness, not money, and to seek partnership that grows together.
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Dorothy DIx
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A Flat or a Home By WINIFRED BLACK
A nostalgic critique of luxury flats in New York versus a simple home life. The piece contrasts 12 000 a year flats with a cozy yard, a porch, a cat, a honeyed breakfast, and old fashioned domestic signs of happiness. It laments modern apartments and invites readers to trade glossy life for real home values.
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New York
Andy
The Ages Of Man Jokes In Kansas City Times
A history class joke sequence runs through ages from Stone to Iron, ending with The Cold Storage the age of eggs. A license clerk asks for licenses, and a poet seeks a license to write doggerel in a Kansas City Times item.
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Kansas City Times
Percy the Press Agent by Hank
A theatergoer cries at a melodrama about a leading man who returns to his wife while Percy laments dramatic sentiment. A broken crutch on Broadway near city hall sparks mock sympathy as a boy salvages it, revealing the crowd’s pretended sob stories.
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Charles Robinson
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City Hall
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Chee
Joes
Jay
Joe
Red
Virginia the Matchmaker for Aunt Clara’s Makeover
Virginia guides Aunt Clara’s social revival through fashion and hairdressing, aiming to keep her charming and perceived as young. The aunt enjoys gowns, proximity to society, and moments with Virginia and Col. Aficock during a tea with roses present, while pondering classic expectations of age and charm.
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Aunt Clara
Directoire
Clara
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Rupert
Baby Rule and Gentle Deceit in a Mock Romance
In a breezy chatty tale, Beatrice Fairfax chronicles how a baby becomes the true master of a household, driving love and duty between Virginia, Aunt Clara, and two suitors. A game of secrecy and silent devotion unfolds as Virginia weighs happiness, obligation, and romance without naming the rival.
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