Normandy Portraits from a Bygone Era
A National Geographic style tour of Normandy links long history to the coast and towns. Descriptions span Caen Bayeux Mont Saint Michel Honfleur and Dieppe, highlighting Conqueror era sites, medieval windows, Percheron horses, and aging monuments, urging swift preservation as old costumes and patinated streets fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Saint Michel
Saint Michel
Saint Aubert
Renee Rose
Normandy
Paris
Vail
Night Fairies Hold Spectral Ball in Moonlit Garden
A dreamlike tale follows twilight fairies in dark blue and purple dresses with silver crowns as they dance through pine trees at a midnight ball. Night guests, including shadows from Shadowland, arrive to join the revelry while Mr Moon, delighted, proclaims it the best ball of the year before dawn ends the magic.
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Linle
Stunderland
Sam
Carly
Mr. Moon
Ciusie
Mr. Soon
Barry
A Jolly Ball Game In a Ring Circle
Players form a circle and toss a small ball to the ground then strike it back with the hand. The ball must stay within the circle as players tie the ball while remaining in place. When the ball nears another player, they must beat it down until it passes on. The player who fails to rebound loses her place and the circle shrinks until one remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayeux
Msthilde
Normandy
Madame de Sevigne
Ile Ador
Jose Jeunes Lebingher
England
Savoy
Dives
Rouen
Barre
Vaudeber
Punctuality Lesson From a Sixth Grade Salute
A school moment records a late arrival by a little girl who is reprimanded for tardiness. Ordered to write on punctuality, she produces a humorous misspelling claiming punctuality is “kninging where I make stops,” reflecting a child’s earnest but clumsy understanding.
Tailored Linens For Children Fashion Trends
Julia Bottomley outlines practical linen and cotton child dress fashions with up to date styling. Zigzag seams, various tucks, appliques, soutache braiding, and color combinations define ensembles for younger girls, plus jackets, hats, and accessories.
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Paris
Never Too Late and a Sunset Observer on Fifth Avenue
Orlandt Bleecker nods from the Knickerbocker club window as a painted old lady in snakeskin heels walks Fifth Avenue. He muses that it is never too late to pretend while noting that friendship and confidence grow slowly.
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Orlandt Bleecker
Knickerbocker Club
Fifth Avenue
How Much Water Should Baby Get A Famous Authority Rule
Baby specialists say in the first six months babies need about three ounces of fluid per pound daily. For an eight pound infant that’s twenty four ounces. Later, two ounces per pound. Weigh before and after feeding to gauge intake, then add water to meet needs. Fletcher’s Castoria advertised as a trusted remedy for various child ailments with a gold standard signature and a forty cent bottle offering thirty five doses.
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Fletcher
Chas
B. Fletcher
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National Geographic Society
Wash
Rhard the Fearless
France
Henry
Isabey
Daubimy
Sans-Peur Anil
Saint Catherine's
Cairo
Brance
Havre
Honfieur's Harbor
Lisieux
Eleanor
Ing
Robert
Biater
Robert the Magnificent
Itobért
le Diable
Arlette
Saint-Etienne
Taaster Rodin
William
ABC
Gance
Night Fairies
Fas
Julia Bottomley
Ge 18Ski Western Newspaper Union
HCH
Berk
AMD
Beyer
Bayer
Ipierlle
Ruth Brittein
Allen
Lillie Allens
le Roy
Hanford
W.N. U
Sioux, ‘City
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