Showbiz dealings spark in Park Manor circle
Lucien Tremaine refuses Hawley commission plot while De Courcey and Tremaine clash over a potential big production. Hodking informs about a late business call at Tremain home as Anne and Matt Hawley join Frathingham for a meeting, leaving the narrator weary of life in theater strained by expenditures.
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Ceedre
Hawley
Clu
Pak
Lucie Lromaine
Lucien Tremaine
Hawier
de Courcey
Be J
Harv Jey
Lucie Tremaine
Park Manor
Hodking
Mr. Harrison
Anne
Timscrutt
Tremainis
Frathingham
Matt Hawley
King Feature Syn
King Feature Syn, Inc
Advice to the Lovelorn Dear Miss Pairfan
A troubled young woman confesses a troubled past with an arranged marriage and an unloving husband. The columnist urges self care, patience, and seeking gentle support from family, suggesting practical work at home, like typing, to occupy time, provide income, and rebuild happiness while the reader mentors herself toward a better future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pairfan
Siwars
Ston
Spotlight on Betty and Mama Spar Over the Stage’s Toll
In a 1924 piece the Juvenile Protective Association questions if Betty and her Mama profit from the spotlight. The essay condemns child labor and exploitation in performance, arguing fame harms young lives and invites speculation about money, moral costs, and societal values. It argues that thrill and profit tempt misuse, while urging limits on brutal exhibitions to protect children.
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Smiths
Thor
Betty
Juvenile Protective Association of San Francisco
children’s_ department of the State Board of Charity and Corrections
Juvenile Protective Association
Baby Betts
Shy
Xow
Baby Sorty
Greenriver
Xor
Beth
Mama
Mai
Lazey
Ctizens
Servite, Inc
The Rhyming Optimist Poem by Alize Michaelis
Saguner is gone from the woodland and field with her song and laughter. The speaker mourns faded beauty and bloom in a dead garden. Summer and fragrance linger as a ghost of the departed, while the speaker muses on longing and loss and the urge to fly southward with the fading season.
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Saguner
Flo
Office Methods at Home by Bess Carroll
Housewives urged to run the home like a business office noting that dishes dust and dirt age women. The piece proposes hiring a private secretary, using card indexes and adding machines to track daily tasks and expenses, and adopting an office plan to preserve youth and health while claiming gender roles evolve.
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Humpty Dumpty
White House
Habby
Womert
Who Said It and Where Phrase Origins in Classic Writers
A fragmented 1924 King Features item cites phrases from Winston Churchill, Thomas Carlyle, and a Burwer-Lytton work. It notes how praise or mischief comes from both enemies and friends and mentions a Victorian tone on merit and time.
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Burwer-Lytton
Prright
King
Ayn
Tne
Coral Island Tales From Foxy Grandpa
In a West Indies setting near Nassau the narrator and friends explore a coral island. They describe a white moonlit road, the coral substrate, and parrotfish feeding on coral worms. The tale highlights the parrotfish’s role in shaping reefs and supporting navigation by preventing dangerous projections.
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Istana
West Indies
Nassau
Bobby
Bunny
Buck Oy
Looking Over Furniture Refinishing Guides for Amateurs
The article offers basic furniture refinishing steps for amateurs including varnish removal with liquids or paste, washing with solvents, smoothing scratches, sanding up to 6000 grit, and applying shellac and varnish. It notes oiling, filler use for woods like mahogany walnut oak, and wax finishes as a popular option for a dull rubbed look.
Household Hints for Steamed Potatoes and Bacon Wrapped Sausage Balls
Steam potatoes for better texture rather than boiling. Wring a steamer over boiling water, place potatoes, and cover with a lid. Skin sausages, form into balls, wrap each with a strip of bacon, secure with a skewer, and fry slowly to a nice golden brown.
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Lady
Europe
Rhyming
Alize Michaelis
Bess Carroll
Churchill
Carlyle
Novalis
Paris
Good Housekeeping
Foxy
Amy
Astor Horlicks
Henry Terlow
Henry Tetlow CO
Philadelphia
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