Deaf and Dumb Love Across a Busy Street
Allan Merrifield, a young lawyer, saves a deaf girl named Winifred from a car in fall sunshine. She learns he is not deaf and they realize a chance encounter at the Sea Gull restaurant began a secret courtship. He pursues her name and fate as their bond grows against social odds.
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George Loveton
Allan Merrifield
Allan
George
Girl In Blue
Winifred
Allen
Robert
Jean
Woman as a Social Success and Tactful Influence
The piece defines tact as essential for a socially successful woman. It argues tactful women listen patiently, share humor appropriately, and shape interactions to gain goodwill. They often get their own way with husbands and others while seeming to respect others' autonomy, using careful persuasion and feminine tact as a strategic tool.
Impulsiveness risks serious trouble with bursting temper
The passage warns that impulsive people act without thinking and vent anger at others, harming sensitive individuals. It compares a rager to carrying fire near gunpowder, urging calm reflection rather than quick irritation.
Thompson Tact at the Hastings Club Ends in Reveal
Mrs. Jones narrates Thompson tact and brings the club to life as Robert and Jean stage a pretend engagement to win over Mr. Hastings. The scheme backfires when Mr. Hastings drops the pretense and reveals the ruse.
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Mr. Thompson
Mr. Hastings
Robert
Jean
Hastings
Rob
The Daughter-in-Law Who Shaped a Fortune
Granger Malon, a self made magnate, contemplates his son Hadley and the marriage to Inez Dartmoor. The elder man finally admits error after news of Hadley’s Paris wedding and sends a brief cable urging his son to return with his wife.
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Granger Malon
Hadley
Granger
Simon Daly
Sime
Marion
Europe
Granger Malton
Paris
Grange
Henry Delivers Candid Baby Observation
A four year old, Henry, views his new baby sister with blunt humor saying she is all brown and wrinkled and that the mother might end up with an old one. The remark appears in The Delineator.
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Henry
King Edward Receives Daily Medical Visits
The royal household includes 25 physicians and surgeons with four in Ireland and four in Scotland, called upon only when the court travels there. Five physicians are specially appointed, with Sir Francis Laking as the chief adviser. The king sees a household doctor each day for a brief formal interview, recorded in the medical diary.
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Edward
Ireland
Scotland
Francis Laking
Shakespearean Quotation Reframed in a Modern Echo
A compact note cites a line attributed to the Immortal Bard about rising by sin and falling by virtue, reflecting on moral reversals and fame through a Shakespearean lens.
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Bard
Bumped the Bumps at Coney Island Crowd Laughs
Hulbert Footner recounts a dizzying night at Coney Island where a crowd roared as a performer slid down a tall ride, narrowly escaping chaos with a shawl of humor and a $13 weekly offer from management to repeat the stunt.
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Coney Island
Lizzie
Bedlam
Iain
Empire State Express
Holt
Grandmother
Bashan
Hulbert Footner
Putnam's
His Wife the Boss. A Bargain Break at the Door
A man tries to leave after a bargain is broken. The doctor blocks the exit as the husband demands his property. The man offers to defer to his wife and ends the encounter with a silent, unresolved stand.
Tangled Home
Judge concludes a comic quarrel over wording between Mrs Hasker and Mr Wallman about being homesick and at home. The exchange centers on a misunderstanding of the word homesick versus home.
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Tangled
Hasker
Mr. Wallman
A Judicial Expert and a Courtroom Farce
A humorously told tale of Jim Simpson suing Abner Hawley for alienating his wife’s affections. Judge Musgrove instructed a verdict of six cents, sparking Mrs Simpson’s chair-throwing arrest. The joke rests on the judge being her first husband.
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Zeb
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Ty Harriet Lummis Smith
Coperight
Associated Literary Press
Thompson
Mrs. Jones
Robert Hastings
Bob
Jean Gilpin
John Philip Artle
Mary
Malton House
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Hadley Mallin
Inez Dartmoor
Inez
Granger Mahon
His Wife
the Boss
Chesterton Todd
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