Do Not Lend or Borrow Money Advice Column
Blanche asks if her fiancé should pay for her board and trousseau while she plans to work and later marry. The adviser says she should pay her own way, save money, avoid borrowing or lending, and maintain financial independence. Do not accept expensive presents. if a man pays, avoid debt or obligation.
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Miss Fairfax
Sam
Ain
Blanche
Sacher
Usseau
Hus
Sartre
Trousseau
Unemployed Men Seek Town Hall Address After Dinner
A committee of unemployed workingmen asks a prominent citizen to speak at the town hall tomorrow night. They request an after-dinner address rather than a formal speech, hoping the talk can energize and inform the crowd.
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S. i
Clever device makes gown from cretonne for wedding
A penniless girl uses ingenuity to create a wedding gown from a yard of cretonne with medallions and garlands. She overlays them on a white silk slip to mimic a colored frock, enabling her to attend the event without buying a new dress.
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Ecru
That Dangerous Pin in Our Clothes and Rubbish
A brief caution contrasts the harm from careless pins and fragments left about with the risk they pose to housemaids laundresses and friends. It notes pins in waste baskets mail samples and small items can cause injury or annoyance and urges vigilance.
The Ethics of Flirting in American Women
Dorothy Dix argues American women possess strong “pec toral momentum” and love as she explains that flirtation before marriage tests character and compatibility. She contrasts American pre marriage flirtation with European post marriage flirtation, praising flirtation as healthful before marriage and as a guide to choosing a suitable partner.
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Flirting
Dorothy DIX
London
Emil Reich
From a Stormy Deck to The Rye
Fragmented narration blends a doomed shipboard moment with reflective questions about human longing. The boy on the burning Orient seeks his father’s word while the sea and flames roar, weaving a surreal meditation on courage and connection amid disaster.
Witness Breaks Down In Court Over Prison Echoes
A lawyer berates a witness asking about prison time. The man stammers and finally admits a prison term. The lawyer, revealing he served at Andersonville, weeps, saying he was there too.
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Andersonville
Eli Perkins
Woman Marries Amid Art and Divorce Grounds
A Baltimore note recalls a young woman once met who pursued an artistic career and married. She reportedly said she was wedded to her art but later faced divorce on grounds of non support. The anecdote highlights tension between personal ambition and legal titles.
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Baltimore
Fashion trends for fall silhouette and fabrics
The piece outlines a slender silhouette for fall, driven by Parisian designers. It emphasizes soft, lightweight fabrics, sheer materials, and velvets, with tweeds from Scotland, homespuns, and dark color mixes. It notes velvet frocks, changeable taffetas, and veiled effects shaping elegant indoor costumes.
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Paris
Scotland
Toa
Desiccated Ivanhoe teased as subway reading
A publisher plans a pared down version of Ivanhoe condensing the tale into quick punchy vignettes. Characters include Richard the Lion-Hearted, Ivanhoe, Athelstan, Cedric, Garth, Robin Hood, Rebecca and Rowena. The note hints at a brisk tournament sequence, fights, a castle rescue, and a final Anglo Saxon union.
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Ivanhoe
Richard
Athelstane
Wamka
The
Templar
Robin Hood
Rebecca
Rowena
Typewriter Etiquette for Private Letters and Proposals
The piece argues that typewriters should be reserved for business and should not be used for intimate letters such as personal proposals or condolence notes. It notes that while typing may seem natural to some, recipients often view it as odd and improper, stressing good taste and social norms.
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Boly
Sloud
Guvnor
Panne Cloth With Embroidery Leads Evening Wrap Trend
Panne cloth, a light broadcloth, remains a favored material for early fall evening wraps. Pastel shades with metal embroidery appear exceedingly handsome, while heavy cords and tassels finish armholes and fronts. Irregular wrap drapery replaces last season's straight line.
Prosperous Times Talk Among Two Citizens
A short exchange notes that prosperity is widespread with both voices agreeing that even the poor appear not to be getting poorer. The dialogue framing emphasizes optimism about the current era.
A Tale of Millionaires and a Harsh Home Love
A story from Yellowstone follows two girls who befriend at a hotel. One heiress laments her unhappy home, driven by a harsh mother and a loveless marriage, while a moral is drawn that wealth without love brings no happiness. The piece urges working girls to value independence, work, and the right to choose.
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Har
Min Woom
Ufe
Yellowstone Park
New York
Newport
Lving
Millonaire
Public Dueling Banter in a Rusty Scrapbook
A collection of clipped dialogue scenes featuring hurried marriages and social jests. Characters including Mildred Eleanor Frederick Rusty Rufus and Gladys swap wry lines about weddings, law, and society notes from the Delly Bread column, with jokes about roller skating and a breach of promise suit.
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Gladys
the Delly Bread
Nin Gillard
Exsa
Grace
Pietro Dangers in Florida Railroad Work
Pietro, a laborer in Florida with a railroad gang, ignored a rattler warning. While eating lunch on a pine log, he spotted a large rattlesnake coiled nearby. He lifted his legs just as the snake struck, shouting a curse as the bark bore the bite.
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Pietro
Florida
Big Rattler
Guna
Ybod's
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Eleanor
Frederick
Rufus
Timothy
Grer
Sharp
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Gyer
Jack
Juli
Tohn Turpid
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