MISCHIEVOUS MATCHMAKING IN LOVE CHOICES
A women’s advisory column argues parents should support a daughter's right to choose her own husband. Open opposition can backfire, ridicule may sway, and the final choice rests with the daughter who must live with the man. Mothers offer guidance, but do not override her will.
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Mother
Akis
Tecan
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts’ Organization
Shaw
Gibson Girl
Walt
Henrik Ibsen Hag
Nora Hebler
George Bernard Shaw
Luman
Turner
Piaint
Paul Veronese
Jer
Nora Hebd
Nora
Beatrice of Dante
Dante
Transmutation Poem's Irreverent Nameless Deed
Poem argues that the speaker will not seek lasting fame or praise through known names and memorial days. They desire to influence hearts and nature anonymously, even to death, urging a nameless act to be praised after life.
If You Were Neighbors teases a girl’s plight and neighbor shame
A neighborly tale of a gifted girl in a stable home tormented by a drunken father. After juvenile court intervention the mother retains custody, but neighbors scorn the family, brutalizing the girl who once sang, leaving her humiliated and silent as they mourn the pink of her cheeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlo
Little Bobbie's Pa: dream of presidency and domestic musings
A humorous dialogue between a wife and father as a child narrates a dream of him as president. The piece riffs on presidents’ looks, domestic life, and imagined policies with playful dialect. It ends amid a busy domestic scene with a bell and a call to pay for services.
Frills Fade as Tennis Friends Forego Dress Codes
At Pine Lodge, Fellows and Frills explore informal summer resort life. Two tennis partners dispute dressing up for dinner then watch a mysterious rich guest in a lavender gown captivate the group. The evening ends with piano singing and dancing while two friends plan a dressier afternoon.
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Alice
Robert
Suimmer
Waldo
Bessie
Mary Garden Coop
Murtagh
Miss Blue- Eyes
Aliss Murtach
Hessie
Wei
Miss Murtagh
Causes of Divorce Highlight Lack of Romance in Marriage
A column outlines why marriages fail often due to the husband’s lack of sentiment and the wife’s craving for romance. It laments the grown woman’s longing for affection lasting beyond courtship, noting how unreadable gestures and daily domestic life exhaust the need for companionship and attention.
Men and women clash over sentiment in marriage
A Dorothy Dix essay argues men are unsentimental after marriage while women demand constant romance. It suggests compromise: men should express affection and offer real compliments, while women balance emotion with practicality, else marriage risks divorce and discord.
Inklings and Thinklings on Fashion and Scouting
A satirical column mocks fashion bans and smuggling notions aimed at women and girls. It questions common sense in girls schools and jokes about a proposed girls scout movement, noting wives and husbands in playful urban context.
Do You Wear a Hobble Skirt
A reader derides the hobble skirt fad, warning it makes women look ridiculous and immodest. She predicts cheap fabrics, hurried trends, and fashion advice from editors, while urging women to choose becoming outfits over stylish ones. Men notice fit and modesty, not exact fashion.
The Disagreeable Girl in Shaw and Society
A critical essay on George Bernard Shaw's Disagreeable Girl as a fixture of society life. The piece contrasts Shaw's depiction with the Gibson Girl and Nora Helmer, labeling the Disagreeable Girl as ubiquitous, vain, and undependable, influencing theater and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorge Bernard Shaw
Cluett, Coon & Co
George Bernard Shaw
Homecoming scene reveals a neglected city flat
Irwin Thomas narrates a weary return to a disorderly flat in which dust, empty bottles, ashore messes, and neglected plants fill the rooms after months away. The scene contrasts a worried husband with a forgiving wife who returns to a messy, lived-in home and plans to tidy.
Apprentice Tommy Seeks First Pay Rise
A generous apprentice named Tommy, only three weeks on the job, plucks up courage to ask his boss for a wage. He timidly taps at the door and pleads for a raise, but the boss answers with a sharp demand to double his current pay of nothing.
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Tommy
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