Daysey Mayme By FRANCES L GARSIDE
Daysey Mayme laments fairness and family memory recalling Rebecca of Gunnybrook Farm and her own ordinary life. She recalls a mother father mortgage free home and lack of dramatic events that would inspire a book. Her reflections reveal restraint and longing for meaningful experiences.
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Daycey Mayme
Appleton
Rebecca
Gunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Inspires Child's Dream Play Praise
A child narrates joy for a stage production of Rebecca of Sunnybrook, praising its heart and characters. She recalls wishing for a life like the book, noting the play united all ages with smiles and tears, and expressing envy of the story’s vivid, loved figures.
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Rebecca of
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Daysey Mayme
Rebecca
How to Retain Beauty by Mary R Alling
Mary R Alling argues beauty comes from inner character and self control. Cultivate high thoughts, temperance, and kindness to reflect beauty in faces, voices, and posture while suppressing vicious thoughts to evolve toward godlike humanity.
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Mary R. Alling
Love's Extravagance by Frank George
A fragmentary verse piece compares a beloved’s eyes to limpid pools and peaches in cream, describing longing, imagined tastings, and dreamy intoxication. A brief dialogue follows with Blake Smart recounting foreign experiences and Joney doubting their truth.
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Jove
Blake—Smart
Joney
Blake
Causes of Failure in The Determined Man
The passage lists traits that doom a person to failure. It critiques vacillation faint-heartedness and shirking responsibility. It condemns lack of belief in self and constant whining while urging decisive action and personal accountability.
Lace fashions define elegant 19th century outfits
Lace features prominently in garments and accessories with trimming, bands on dresses, silk stockings, and silver lace caps highlighted as notable fashion elements of the period. The text emphasizes lace as a defining material used across skirts hats and decorative details.
Obesity Health Effects and Control Methods
The article explains how obesity weakens disease resistance and heart function, notes fat’s role in the body, and describes how fat forms from nonfat foods. It advocates diet, daily exercise, moderate fat intake, avoidance of starches and sugars, limited alcohol, and regular baths, warning against extreme dieting.
Power of the Guarded Tongue by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
An exhortation on speech and thought within the home and community. It warns gossip and anger breed crime and discord, while praising kindness and constructive talk. The piece links parental dialogue to children's futures and urges guarding conversations at the family fireside.
Little Bobbie's Pa Ends Strike With Courage and Perspiration
A humorous tale shows Little Bobbie's father going to confront taxi drivers amid a labor strike. He exits with a gun and two blackjacks but returns defeated, winded and brandy-dazed. His wife teases him about overreaching, predicting his inevitable failure and urging rest.
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Mister Rosevelt
Love and reserve in marriage warned against as the spark fades
The piece contrasts male reserve with female ardor, advising couples to keep romance alive and openly express love. It notes the risk of drifting apart when men grow silent and encourages women to show support and seek genuine intimacy, ending with a light joke about debt and vanity.
The Girl Who Smiles By Ruth Warner
A short reflective verse encourages youthful optimism. It praises contentment and cheerful attitude, suggesting that a smiling girl outpaces the surly, spreading cheer and improving daily work through positive outlook.
Homeward Bound at Penn Station Gaffe
A drunken man at Pennsylvania station stacks his money and watch on a ticket window sill then asks the clerk which stations are available, declaring with effort that he wants to go home. The ticket vendor remains nonplussed as the traveler searches for direction.
DESPERATE DESMOND Continued Picture Drama of Love and Hate
A serialized melodrama scene unfolds with Desmond and a fleeing pair as a bridge twists on a pier and a knife figure threatens. A patrol call, dredges, and a rope cut propel the perilous romance toward a dramatic, perilous cliffhanger.
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Desperate Desmond
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