Ambitious Tony Taft Seeks Writing Break in San Francisco
Antoinette Taft, 23, in a cramped San Francisco flat with her sister Brenda, brother Cliff, younger Bruce and Aunt Meg, hunts for work. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy of the Journal of Commerce who won’t hire a woman. Tony joins the newsroom scene, impresses Bellamy, and develops ties with Bess Cutter and Fitch while rejecting Barney Kerr’s proposal.
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Antoinette Taft
San Francisco
Brenda
Cliff
Bruce
Meg
Lawrence Bellamy
The
Journal of Commerce
Barney Kerr
Barney
Tony
Mr. Greenwood
Call
Joe Burke
Bellamy
Bess Cutter
Fitch
Bess
Understanding and Alibi Stir in Gordon Office
In the office Tony weighs a possible engagement with Barney as she frets over Fitch and his entanglements. Barney pleads to protect her, while Tony hints at an agreement and contemplates moving forward yet worries about other suitors and social expectations.
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Barney
Fitch
Tony
Vince Toller
Bismarck
Bessie
Mr. Fitch
Vince
Greeny
Burlingame
Debutante Dinner Turns Into Key Reporting Day
Tony, a reporter for the Call, joins a social gala at the Piedmont club amid glittering decor and strict press duties. She navigates charm, etiquette, and a demanding cameraman assignment while observing the juvenile pageant and the social season’s open market of marriageable girls.
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Tony
Juvenilia
Patterson House
Delighted home visit reveals social clashes and loss
In a gray shingled, vine-draped home, Mrs. Patterson and daughter Ruth host Tony from the Call while discussing a club party and the toll of a lost child. Tony comforts Mrs. Bellamy, whose seven month sorrow hints at deeper family strain amidst social chatter.
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Pattersons
Tony
Miss Taft
Ruth
Mrs. Bellamy
Mrs. Patterson
Ruth Bellamy
San Francisco
Irs
Old Brer Coon as National Animal Candidate
In the Journal of Mammalogy, Leon F. Itney argues the raccoon could be adopted as a national animal, praising its intelligence and nocturnal nature. Whitney notes its strong sense of touch, relative temperamental responses to cold, and limited sensitivity to noise, with tree-dwelling behavior shaping its traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon F. Itney
Journal of Mammalogy
Whitney
Photographic Psychology Reveals Faces by Time of Day
New York photographer G Maillard Kesslere asserts camera studies expose a person’s mood and peak hours. He cites Maurice Chevalier as dinner ready, Tallulah Bankhead and Jack Dempsey afternoon selves, Rudy Vallee at 4 am, and Princesses as morning glory. He notes men under studio lighting pose stiffly while women relax more, often smiling and mirroring themselves in mirrors.
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G. Maillard Kesslere
New York
Kesslere
Maurice Chevalier
Tallulah Bankhead
Jack Dempsey
Rudy Vallee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Prince of Wales
Irving Berlin
Glovann
Martinelli
Metropolitan Opera
Dom
Stony
Kensiere
Kessiere
Torture of Affectation Ruins Face and Character
The piece cites Arthur Helps on affectation, noting it ruins appearance faster than smallpox and harms character, with a warning that vanity brings general suffering for wishing to look different from oneself.
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Arthur
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Aidenoyage
Kathleen Norris
Rex
Miss Cutter
Miss Bruce
Wil
Essie
Big Hill
Eugenie
Greenwood
Piedmont
Isabella
Spike Mian
Spike
Shhey
Oakland
Walt
Dee
Andre Jacques Garnerin
Europe
CIA
Longeland City
Ah Aou Peeres
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