Kiss Scandal in Freeport Sways Town and School Board
In Freeport Long Island a kissing incident involving Superintendent Arthur E. Barnes triggers a year of turmoil. Janitors John Lewis and Eddie Smith testify while school board fights to retain Barnes amid protests, mass meetings, and a teacher’s dismissal appeal. Captain Dunbar keeps order as students strike and townsfolk push for accountability.
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Dunbar
Freeport
L. I
Albany
New York World
Arthur E. Barnes
Union College
John Lewis
Barnes
Inez Armstrong
Joseph
Lewis
Eddie Smith
Smith
State Superintendent of Education
Freeport Board of Education
Eoldie T. Smith
J. S. Cooley
Nassau County
Cooley
Barres
Freeport School Board
Roy Leon Smith
Samuel R. Smith
Eddie T. Smith
Captain Dunbar
Fascination of the Snake in Stillness and Gaze
South African traveler Ernest Glanville recalls how a large snake remained motionless with a raised head and gleaming eyes, fixing its gaze as a test of the human eye and inducing fear before it finally vanished when attacked with a willow branch.
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Ernest Glanville
Mr. Glanville
A Soft Answer Story on a North Shore Landlord
A guest criticizes coffee as rotten to a landlord on the north shore. The host thanks him but says he will skip the coffee this time and take breakfast first, proving courtesy over complaint in a brief vignette.
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North Shore
Dating Etiquette Advice For Young Women
A reader asks how a girl should handle a boy after a ride home and how to repair perceived rebuffs. The advice notes the girl may not want to imply rejection, suggests she discuss next steps, and says both should date others to see how they feel after a year.
Etiquette on congratulating engaged couples
The writer defends congratulating both partners in an engagement. She notes etiquette typically favors the man but argues it is reasonable and polite to offer best wishes to the woman as well, especially when all parties are well acquainted.
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Madame Merri
Asked of Miss Inquisitive How Young Is Too Young
The column advises a eighteen year old and her nineteen year old beau on propriety. It suggests parental input for social events and favors afternoon girls parties or mixed gatherings with girls and boys. It proposes simple party ideas like ice cream cake bonbons and light games.
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Miss Inquisitive
Questions From Faithful Readers
A reader column by a parent offering guidance to two fifteen year old girls about dating after picture shows. The writer urges parental consent, chaperones, and moderation, noting some shows are unsuitable and stressing caution with boys and late outings.
Birthday Party Planning for a Fifteenth Year
A school girl asks whether to host an all girl party or mixed group and seeks ideas for games refreshments and invitation wording for a birthday celebration this month.
Smart Costumes Feature Details and Materials
The left gray tweed costume displays a plain skirt, semi fitting coat with hidden hooks, satin faced collar and cuffs, striped silk trim, beaver hat with bow, and specific fabric needs including satin lining and buttons. The navy blue serge design mirrors the panelled skirt and double breasted coat, with tan cloth revers and black satin collar, navy hat with gray feather, and listed yardage and buttons.
Luncheon Menu From Rector Leaf Delights Old Dishes Reimagined
A Rector Leaf luncheon features a menu of elaborate dishes blending familiar flavors with new twists. Recipes include grapefruit cocktails, watercress soup, scallops en brochette, sweetbreads with glossy sauce, mushroom baskets, porcupine salad, Waltham dressing, Siberian Charlottes, and delicate lady fingers with lemon notes.
Scalloped Fish Delicacy From Fresh Trout or Whitefish
Prepare boiled fish by flaking and deboning. Layer with cracker crumbs in an earthen dish, alternating fish and crumbs with pepper salt and butter as needed. Top with crackers and enough milk, bake 40 minutes in a hot oven, then uncover to brown before serving.
English Dumplings for Stew
Simple dumplings made from flour baking powder salt and milk form a very soft dough. Drop spoonfuls on simmering stew and cook uncovered for 15 minutes then covered for another 15 minutes before serving.
Proverbial Advice on Character and Consequences
A reflective piece warns that actions shape fate and moral integrity. It emphasizes that talent and profession must be tempered by possession and virtue to avoid hypocrisy and ruin. The text urges self discipline and accountability for one’s deeds.
General Rules for Serving Etiquette in Dining Rooms
Noiseless movement and careful handling of dishes aid a good meal. Serve hot and cold appropriately. fill glasses to two thirds and avoid lifting. Finger bowls, table doilies, and coiners add refinements. Pass relishes and coffee separately. remove one service at a time. Maintain quiet mastication and never reach in front of a guest.
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Rector
Lfe
Peace and Passion in Gethsemane Poem
A fragment poem evokes restraint and redemption as a speaker contrasts serene peace with Edenic calm, affirming a life subdued by surrender to will and passion, referencing Gethsemane and the figure Jessie Rose Gates.
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Eden
Gethsemane
Desiccated Cocoanut at Home and Related Dishes
Household hints describe making desiccated cocoanut at home with dried meat ground and sugar, plus recipes for Cocoanut Cookies Roast Beef Sandwiches Pear Dessert and Uncooked Mincemeat. Also includes Potato Puffs with mashed potato and baking powder.
Willing to Be Persuaded on Government Ownership
Mr Dus tin Stax weighs government ownership, saying support depends on how much could be paid for the privilege of owning some of the things he controls. He hints at negotiation and value as the key factors in approval.
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Mr. Dustin Stax
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Traveler
Heriea
Waltham
Siberian
Charlotte
Jessie Rose Gates
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