Married Life the Second Year
In a seaside summer drive the Stevens party, including Helen and Warren, confront tension after Helen’s fear in a near accident and Warren’s sharp rebuke. Mrs. Stevens tries to ease the moment as the car stops at a roadhouse, but Helen remains unhappy and out of place among the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Herbert Urner
Warren
Mr. Stevens
Helen
Stevens
Stevenses
Brooklyn
England
Mrs. Stevens
Will
John
Sue
Where Women Vote Is Less Waste
Dr Edwin F Bowers argues for valuing women’s suffrage as essential to state efficiency. He links human welfare to food, health, and education, praising New Zealand style public ownership and stressing dentist led school inspections and nurse led child health programs.
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Edwin F. Bowers
Maeterlinck
New Zealand
Horace Fletcher
Table Etiquette for Polite Dining
Rapid eating and noisy mouth movements distract at table. Sipping soup from the side and not finishing all prep before eating are criticized as poor taste. The piece warns against pre cutting or boning everything, which feels childish and disrupts dining harmony.
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks at a Mission Tea
Frances IL. Garside recounts a humorous afternoon with Mrs. Lysander John Appleton and the Foreign Missionary Society. The women discussed satirical resolutions on finances and social quirks, laughed at themselves, and ended with a light supper as Mrs. Appleton mused on the spiritual uplift from the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances IL. Garside
Foreign Missionary Society of the Church
Lysander John Appleton
India
Appleton
The Kimono Cape Fashion Feature
The kimono cape appears among the latest fashions as a charming finish for linen or pongee one piece gowns. It suits next winter in cloth or velvet with fur and offers smart, novel appeal with cerise tussor and satin facings. Harper's Bazar.
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Harper's Bazar
Where Do I Come In Protesting Beach Double Fees
A young man questions double charges for a beach day with a companion, reflecting on how working people pay more for holidays. The essay contrasts Jim and Katie with social and economic pressures, noting wage constraints, leisure costs, and the idea of self supporting women changing societal norms. Separately, German carrier pigeons are fitted with cameras to provide bird’s eye country views for potential wartime use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Corthope
Bath House
Jim
Katie
Mike
Public Service Corporation
Germany
Neubreuker
Crowberg
France
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Nell Brinkley
Good Housekeeping
Neil Brinkley
Mary Beck Stevens
Rockies
Western Wilds
Calgary
Alberta
Colonel Stevens
Canadian Rockies
Mombasa
Roosevelt
Boston
Daysey Mayme
Wellesley
College For
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