Furnished Apartment for Rent Sparks Paw Pa Ma Visit
A humorous tale recounts a family ad in the paper for a furnished flat at the seashore. Prospective tenants from Illinois meet several visitors, including a stylish pair and a prying old maid, with questions about rent, references, and piano ownership. The exchange ends without a rental.
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Pa & Ma
Beekans
Ducky
Sven
Indianapolis
Illnois
Ninois
Ted
Illinois
Birdie
Beekays
Annual Attack by Bennett Harris on a Fishing Wish
The verse describes a worker enduring an annual attack amid streetcars and clattering typists and sirens. He fears layoff, clings to polishing, longs to fish, and imagines packing a beer case and leaving behind his angling gear. He watches the sky from above the roofs and laments may not manage to fish this year.
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Cavendish
Funny Little Things Children Say
A collection of humorous child quotes from a mother’s accounts. Albert aged four resists mixing race, Edwin ponders God’s seamlessness, Johnnie prays for brothers then laughs at twin arrivals, Jennie suggests surprising all, and Mabel fears butchers cut dolls. Edward prays for family safety across Europe and Cleveland.
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Jennie
Inklings and Thinklings on Arts and Scents
A humorous column mocks Harvard and other colleges with quirky remarks. It notes a Harvard professor praising buttermilk, jokes about a heart hearer device, a blue rose in New Jersey, two Japanese spies, Rembrandt’s Night Watch, and Harvard adopting arterial red as a football color while Yale defies with arpha.
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Ted
The Seven Love Dreams of Woman
A social essay tracing a woman's evolving romance goals from mad, passionate love to security and marriage. It outlines seven ambitions driven by home life and poverty, then shifts to how debutantes adjust as they learn the realities of love, power, and money in early courtship.
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Roman
Dorothy Dix on seven ambitions of a woman in love
Dorothy Dix analyzes a woman’s quest for an ideal husband. She weighs romance against practicality, seeking a genuine connection with a flawed, real partner. After trials with fantasies and disillusionment, she accepts life and love as they are, finding peace in a practical marriage.
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Loe
Tribunal of marital injustice in daily session
A narrator laments constant marital strife and gossip in New York society. A friend malitates a wife, encouraging bitterness and hindering reconciliation, while urging a wife to seek divorce. The piece argues unhappiness stems from vanity and poor support from partners and friends.
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New York
Plain-clothes Man Seeks Meaning From Merchant
A detective strides the avenue in distinctive attire as a merchant surveys him. The merchant, after a brief exchange, dismisses the curiosity with a sly remark about why the detective is called a plainclothes man.
The Unlucky Boy Pa Says I’m the Unluckiest One
A boy narrates his father calling him the unluckiest child. He recounts clumsy mishaps with nails, stones, and trip hazards, fearing cuts and bruises, while his mother suggests luck runs in the family and he is bonded to his father’s past misfortunes.
Society Woman and Husband Exchange Witty Fashion Quip
A humorous exchange from the Times highlights a society woman being labeled “one of fashion's butterflies” and her husband replying that moths would fit better given her frequent wardrobe changes. The quip reflects light social commentary on fashion and etiquette in the era.
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Lous Times
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Queen Mab
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William F. Kire
Fem
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L'Envoi
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Edwin
Little Johnnie
Johnnie
Mabel
Europe
Jesus
Papa
Cleveland
Ime
Wex Jones
Maine
Louly
Harvard
New Jersey
Japan
Great Britain
T. A
Rembrandt
Night Watch
Hunter
Yale
Gore
The
Bween
Monte Cristo
Dorothy Dix
Ike
Cupid
Great Society of Happiness Promoters
the Ave
James Ravenscroft
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