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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
8
A poetic meditation on a sleeping boy in the fields and the value of labor. The speaker contrasts idleness with toil and praises the boy as one who tends the fields of art and song, urging workers to honor the higher harvest of the soul.
The essay argues that modern parenting has advanced beyond ancient rulers like Herod and Cleopatra. It envisions a future where fathers and mothers approach parenthood scientifically, nurture children before birth, and cultivate morality, shaping children into exemplary citizens through careful guidance and education. It contrasts past neglect with a hopeful, progress-driven outlook on family life.
Mrs. Johnson had left home and returned in sorrow. On arrival she learned from her servant that the dining room floor yielded 30 matches 4 corks and a pack of cards as a clue to her Bold lace pin missing after the departure.
Poem describing a sail vessel seen from shore as waves surge and sun and shadow alternate on the sea. The pilot steadies the course amid breakers while observers on land watch the beacon and reef rocks. The speaker asserts resolve to keep the voyage true regardless of how they appear from the shore.
In a rural kitchen a grocery boy Harold whistles while the pretty cook Evelina scolds him for daydreaming and playful remarks. She orders groceries with sharp humor as he laments spring and nature. She threatens to dismiss him if he does not fetch items promptly.
Dorothy Dix argues men criticize women for gossip, dress, and inconsistency, then prefer lively chatter and exasperating faults in wives. She contends men benefit from women’s flaws, so reform is unlikely, as changing women would kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
A Washington Times quote reflects a father boasting about his now grown son. The father recalls twenty years of praise and claims the boy’s supposed brilliance, but the narrator questions if the child is a college student today, noting the father’s repeated lament over the boy’s supposed foolishness.
A witty exchange cited by the Washington Times features a challenge about Edward’s surname remarking on current history. The dialogue highlights the playful banter over royal names and era awareness.
A jumble of sketches mocks crime, theater, and romance with absurd gadgets. A fake plethysmograph would surface moods from whispered names, while jokes about jail breaks, dirigible balloons, and a sorority initiation tease social foibles and a busy home scene.
A mother questions her son in law to be about car trouble after he takes her daughter out in a new runabout. They fail to return for dinner, prompting anxiety. The daughter bursts in to announce the car broke down but that Jack has a plan, and a wedding is upcoming.
A collection of light vignettes and quips featuring John and Mary on a chair joke, a child visiting a butcher shop, a pun about an airship and a stiff neck, a quip on comets and streets, army duties, prison in a system, a doctor patient exchange, and slow insurance settlements.
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