Why Some Girls Are Awkward And How To Retain A Husband
Maud Robinson notes little everyday behaviors shape social ease in women. Scenes include a mother pressing propriety on Henrietta, overshadowed daughters, absentminded Sallie, and advice on shared perspectives with spouses. The column stresses small courtesies like prompt calls, prompt notes, and timely returns as key to friendship and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Mary Jones
Mrs. Jones
Mary
Sasaid
Maud Robinson
Household Comforts and Time Saving Kitchen Ideas
Jeanette Ward extols practical home improvements that ease daily chores. She praises an attachable ironing board, a repurposed chair as a top ladder, oilcloth floors, crotonne laundry bags, labeled canisters, in-stove salt and pepper holders, and a motto promoting neatness and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Ward
The Trials of the Servant and the Kitchen Mistress
Bridget declares her trials in service as she quits her job and reveals tensions with the mistress. The parlor maid questions the fuss while Bridget vents about daily work, early mornings, and a kitchen under constant scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
Humor Items From Historic Clippings Blend Weather Wit
A collage of humorous quips and gags from old newspapers recalls quirky weather lore and childlike anecdotes. Fragments include a Birmingham Age Herald spoof on winter forecasts and a Houston Post joke about a doctor and a talking child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ual
Birmingham Age-Herald
Houston Post
Comic Quips and Cartoon Fragments From The Era
A collage of punchlines and light gags from various papers includes jokes about teachers mischief bankers singing guests and spelling reform. The snippets parody social scenes and urban life with quick quips and caricatured exchanges.
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Sallie
Timbuktu
Afghanistan
Earth
Humor OF the Hour
Ifarry
Chicago
Hocord-Herald
Ike
New York World
Saswell
Jean
Figaro
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Washington Star
Walter
Wiener Caricaturen
Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Gerald
Geraldine
New York Press
Kenney’s
Kenney's
Lampa
China
George Allen
F.L. Belcher
D. B. Rigdon
M. D
Orran
Wheatland
Wyoming
Notaries Public
Tisch
Woromine
C. W. Goodrich
Nan
Colorado & Southern Ry
KE. Fisher
Denver
H. E. Hodgin
IEN
Wheatland Supply Co
J. W. Gray
Accra
Japan
Maso
Nteedy
Soot Dt Siactery
Wet Agency
Atterone
Basser
Ony
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