What a mess mess mess by Kathleen Norris
Alix confronts a tangled love web as Cherry loves Peter while Peter is Alix’s husband and Cherry is married to Martin. Dad is dead, and everyone faces social peril and personal remorse as the three cope with a dramatic, distressing family crisis. Kal Norris promotes Sisters as a showcase of her big story style.
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Alix
Cherry
Peter
Martin
Dad
Kal Norris
California
Cherry Strickland's Moonlit Choice in May at Strickland House
In May in California Cherry Strickland eighteen, just engaged to Martin Lloyd, bursts into her family’s home after a joyful, secret pledge. The Stricklands, including Dr. Strickland and sisters Anne and Alix, observe Cherry’s emotional rush and hint at potential romantic tensions with Lloyd and neighbor Peter Joyce as dinner and conversations unfold.
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Cherry Strickland
Strickland
California
Martin
Dad
Anne
Alix
Cherry
Wax
Martin Lloyd
Elie Enn
Dr. Strickland
Thy Lloyd
Apne
Alleen
Aidite
Pola Belo
Shane
Lake Eben
Amie
Murty
Wade
Peter Joyce
I National Institution
Hong
John Martin Lloyd
Miss Muffet
Can't Fool Em Fly Talk in Forbes Style
Two colored men discuss a fly that bothers one listener. The dialogue features a large horsefly and a punning exchange about being fooled, with the punchline hinting at the fly fooling “dem hoss firea.”
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Sam
Forbes Magazine
Painful Genteel Irony at Widow’s Postmortem Jest
A minister visits a grieving widow and gently asks about a postmortem examination. She replies with a dark joke that it would have been better to wait until her husband died, so he could be with her now. The exchange ends with her tears as sympathy turns to sorrow.
Like the Old Folks Foolish Bachelor Visits Newborn Parents
A bachelor visiting new parents admires the baby and, after a comic inspection, says the child resembles both mother and father. The mother asks for his frank assessment and he quips that the infant is wonderfully like both of them while noting intelligence is not yet dawned on the boy.
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Weill
Marie
Business Deal and a Baby's Hint at Trade Wits
A quirky exchange features a self described baby in business matters and a firm reply about needing a knowledgeable partner. Joe the Plodder endorses the idea of keeping fences and temper in good repair as part of practical prudence.
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Joe
Beggar Woman Defends Her Trade at New York Dinner
Secretary Lawson Purdy recalls a beggar woman who argued that begging supports her children. She says she would not need to beg if the children were truly hers, a reply noted during a Charity Organization Society dinner in New York.
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Lawson Purdy
Charity Organization Society
New York
Al'l
Jane
Ally
Dolr
Los Angeles Times
Embarrassing Moment Ends With Acorn of a Joke
A reader recalls a letter with the postscript Isle of View which they misread aloud at home causing immediate embarrassment and a quick retreat from the room as the family listened.
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P. S
Isle of View
Harry
Cbego American
Writer Judged by Style in Posterity
A quote from Isaac Dieraell asserts that style defines an author’s legacy, claiming greatness rests on distinctive writing rather than content alone. The remark frames style as the sole personal signature authors leave to future readers.
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Isaac Dieraell
Corn-Every Tongue in the College Wagged Yesterday
Gossip ran through the campus as Cousin Dick sparked chatter with playful lies and sly insinuations. Students whispered about who was involved while others dismissed the rumors as harmless mischief.
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