Why Women Lie Self Consciousness
Mabel Herbert Urner argues women lie due to nervous self consciousness and vanity, contrasting with men who lie only for deliberate reasons. She cites a London hotel slip as a cautionary example, detailing how one minor falsehood spirals into ongoing fear and deceit.
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London
Italy
Enughind
Victoria
Trafalgar Square
The Coquettes Progress No 1 She Discovers Her Power
Nell Brinkley presents a coy portrait of the coquette from infancy to adulthood. The piece traces a girl’s charm and social pull as she grows through childhood to youth while noting the lasting impact of eyes and flirtatious manner on both men and women.
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Coquette
Nell Brinkley
One Reason Why I Never Got Married
Dorothy Dix presents the Second Old Maid blaming spinsterhood on an overbearing family. She recalls constant chaperoning and critics from aunts and cousins, which repelled suitors and stalled her prospects of marriage.
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Marie Corelli
Emoa
Susan
Aunt Mary
Concin Sally
Mira
Aunt Susanna
Matilda
Buttinski
Little Stories of Bright Children
A collection of humorous vignettes about children and animals. Maya, Emily, and others share playful misstatements and childlike perspectives on pets, goats, rhinos, and imagined futures, with lighthearted misunderstandings and innocent humor.
The Seven Flowers of Paradise Prelude in a Garden Encounter
In Strathroy Miss Susan Burton, known as Susan, guards a famed garden while rumors of a New York fiancé swirl. Guardian John Deering visits Daisy Dennison and, drawn by Susan’s hollyhocks, steps into the shy girl’s life, sparking a delicate meeting amid blossoms.
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Daisy
Guardian
Sacco
Miss Susan
Susan
Deering
Julia Herring
California
Garden strangers become suspects of a mysterious romance
Deering courts Miss Susan using hollyhock seedlings and visits her garden daily. The affair heats as he discovers a conflicts with an unseen fiancé, while a sudden shower brings them into a colonial parlor where a shocking reveal unfolds. Miss Susan presents a gallery of his photographs.
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Miss Susan
Deering
Susan
New
York
Paradise
Maggie
Tome
Foolish Pride by Winifred Black
A country girl and her twin brother arrive seeking fortune. She works as a housemaid but quits after mistreatment and objects to being called Katie. Now she lodges in a shabby room, eats poorly, and fears aging beyond her years.
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Katie
Standout Speeches and Social Manners Debate
The piece contrasts sharp wit with necessary explanations, then shifts to a domestic vignette about workplace roles and gender expectations. It questions how women and men are treated in business and social settings and suspects differences in behavior between the sexes.
Up-to-Date Jokes and Witty Exchanges
A collection of humorous exchanges about tiaras wives prices publishers and a playful stage crew. One joke features a wife and tiara price while another quips about a Chinese magazine with a centuries long serial. The banter includes a book agent and a dressing room remark about a collar button. A punchy line about a celestial region and taxpayers also appears.
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