Beautys Daughter by Kathleen Norris
Victoria Herrendeen endures her parents troubled marriage and Magdas flirtations as she grows from a child to a nurse and wife. Victoria marries Quentin Hardisty and raises four children while Magda pursues romance with Lucius Farmer and other men.
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Victoria Herrendeen
Keith Herrendeen
Magda
Victoria
Keith
Herrendeens
San Francisco
Argentina
Manners
Nevada
Catherine
Europe
Ferdy
Vic
South America
Keats
Quentin
Marian Pool
Sex and loyalty test a married couple in crisis
Magda notes women pursue love beyond money as a sex war rises. Vic questions whether sex justifies ruining a home. Quentin explains how temptation tests a husband with responsibilities, while Vic fears the consequences and wonders if forgiveness is possible.
Serena Morrison Pursues New Life in Menlo Park Estate
Serena, English Dane by birth, moves with husband Spencer Morrison and daughter Gita to California seeking health. The family buys the Tracy house near Dr. Quentin Hardisty on the Menlo Park peninsula, choosing a spacious modern residence with plastered patios, tiled roofs, oak trees, and roses as Gita explores her curious, bold nature.
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Serena
Spencer Ashley George Morrison
Morrisons
California
Gita
Menlo Park
San Francisco
Tracy
Dr. Quentin Hardisty
Madeleine Hardisty
Hardistys
Gita Stewart
A New Neighbor at the Tracy House Opens a Quiet Scene
At a country club lunch Victoria meets Serena Morrison the mother of Gita and ailing husband Dr. Hardisty. Serena appears poised yet sorrowful as she describes her husband’s accident and her lonely life with a Chinese amah while their daughter and family nearby observe the scene.
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Kenny
Dicky
Bobs
Gwen
Sue
Victoria
Quentin
Serena
Mrs. Morrison
Phyllis Tichnor
Vic
Gita
Amah
Vicky
China
Tracy Place
Kenty
Mummy
Susan
Change of Cromwell Name During Restoration Era
The Cromwell name grew odious after the Restoration and many bore it changed to disguise lineage. Vincent Crummell, actors as Romeo in Nicholas Nickleby, illustrates how one man altered a famed surname to hide heritage.
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Cromwell
Vincent Crummell
Nicholas Nickleby
Romeo
Ancestry antics and the lure of noble lineage
Nina Wilcox Putnam humorously debunks pretentious genealogies and crest embellishments. She mocks professional genealogists, family trees pruned for money, portraits used to fake lineage, and coat of arms fantasies, urging readers to see ancestry as a bragging game.
Happy Hulda Teas Towels Cross Stitch Pattern
Happy Hulda invites crafters to stitch seven tea towels with a transfer pattern of seven motifs for each day. Pattern 1383 includes material needs illustrations of stitches and color suggestions. Send 15 cents for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Happy Hulda
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York, N. Y
Raillery quoted as dangerous yet beneficial wit
A quotation cites Raillery as a poison harming friendship unless tempered by wit and flattery. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple as effective for removing accumulated body waste.
Law of Sacrifice Reflections by Froude Cited
A brief quotation notes that in ordinary matters the law of sacrifice appears as a positive duty as described by Froude.
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Froude
Don’t Irritate Gas Bloating With Harsh Remedies
An old advertisement warns against irritant alkalies and gas tablets for gas and bloating. It blames constipation and toxic bacteria in the bowels for gas pressure on organs and related symptoms. Adlerika is promoted as a quick cleansing remedy that rids gas and four poisons without gripping or habit forming side effects.
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Howdare
Buzzard
Mr. Jones
Gummen
Jones
College of Heraldry
N. Y
Adlerika
Love's Base The Best Part of Love Is Friendship
A short reflective note states that the strongest foundation of love is friendship, praising loyalty, trust, and mutual support as the core of enduring affection.
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Chapter
Hal
Mother
Vickys
Phyllis
Paris
America
Rome
Gallo
Dr. Hardisty
The
Rogues’ Gallery
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Fixit
Sir Gummen
Passamaquoddy
Jones’ Coat of Arms
Arbothonet
Hoosis
Bell Syndicate
WNN
Hulda
Doans
WIU
Albert Still
Morrill Ave
Lincoln
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
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