My Romantic Husband A Serial Obstacle in Dreamwold
Pat Dalton collapses after a storm maroons Jim and Pat at Dreamwold. Jim takes charge, Jeanie's temper flares, and a phone call from Brooke de Courcey hints at a deeper mystery. The narrator senses Jim's danger and Brooke's involvement as tension builds. Continued tomorrow.
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Pat Dalton
Dreamwold
Jim
Dreamahole
Deanie
Pat
Ine
Jeanie
Harrison
Matt
Arne
Tre
Old
Anna
James Harrison
Brooke de Courcey
Hing Feature Syn., Inc
Frog on the windowsill invites lunch time tale
A family narrator recalls a green frog visiting their dining room window each day, eating from Bobby’s hand and recognizing mealtime, with Bunny explaining animal time instincts and scientists' sun position ideas. The scene closes with a reflection on how animals seem to sense time.
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Bobby
Bunny
Mary
Ander
Bobbs
International Feature Service, Inc
Friendship Ended Over Wedding Gift Price Tag
Lucy Lowell recalls two girls who grew up together and fell in love, only to have their long friendship ruined by a forgotten wedding gift price tag. Alice and Margaret, once inseparable, faced an abrupt split as Margaret prepares to marry next month.
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Alice
Margaret
Alicea
Eamer
Gift Drives Silent Rift Between Giver and Receiver
A tale recalls Alice buying a lamp for Margaret after shopping carefully and cutting expenses. Margaret focuses on the price tag, misreading the giver’s effort as wasteful. The fable ends noting the moral about true generosity versus material cost.
Fashion's Facts and Fancies of the Season
A fashion note on matching satin slippers to gowns and subtle color contrasts. Discusses artificial pond lilies for corsages, new neckwear with lace and jabots, sport coat reversibility, white lapin outfits, silk handkerchief trends, bold printed designs, plaid kerchiefs, and a widened front pleat in slips for freedom of movement.
Polly Pops the Question and the Modern Marriage Debate
A column argues polly asks the question changes marital dynamics and raises broad issues of gender roles. It contrasts past restrictions with contemporary women who work and vote and weighs whether Polly should be able to pop the question or let the man lead in marriage.
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Isaac
Isaac Pieters
Los Angeles
Fanny
Isene
Helen Pieters
Sheba
Helen
Polly
Gentle Knight
Bementeneg
Marcel
Fred
Joe
Kale
Eddie
Lounge Lizard
Bill
Tos
Bal
Papa
Exidie
King Feature Syn. Inc
Who Said It and Where About East West Might Not Meet
The piece cites Kipling and The Ballad of East and West asserting no mingling of East and West. It recalls La Rochefoucauld Wordsworth Burke Shakespeare and others, noting misquotation and universal reminders to heed secrets and duties.
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la Rochefoucauld
Mazinus
Pointers on Manners for Dining Etiquette
Dear Mrs Beckman advises proper use of finger-bowls and service order. It covers delivering fingerbowls one by one, arranging dishes from soup to dessert, serving salad as a separate course, and coffee service from the right with a sugar tray passed from the left.
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Mrs. Beckman
Sending Flowers to a New Mother Invitation
A brief guide suggests sending a box of flowers to a new mother and a tiny white bouquet for the baby when the sender seeks good form with a slight acquaintance. The note cautions against other gifts and notes possible awkwardness.
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Mrs. Beeckman
Meditations of a Married Woman by Helen Rowland
A satirical piece riffing on expectations of married life. It lists humorous “ifs” for women about appearance, manners, romance, and aging, contrasting social pressures with witty observations on love, independence, and propriety.
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Helen Rowland
Bobby and His Pa A Skool Talk on Acting Ambition
A boy in school chats with his father about becoming a movie actor despite mockery. The father shares wry, misspelled lessons on ambition including a joke about a train robber and a joke about fame, with playful dialect and family banter.
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Bobbie
Ned
Berard Loyd
Adktor J
Yuro Noabel
The Rhyming Optimist in Sunshine Still
Poem by Aline Michaelis urges finding clear skies amid dark clouds and suffering. It emphasizes hope, faith in God, and that work remains to gladden hearts despite loss, aging, and loneliness.
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Aline Michaelis
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Lula
Iy King Features Syndicate, Inc
Directoire
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Til Ramotess
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Burke
Shakespeare
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King Feature
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