Talking It Over by Emma Van Worner A Symposium by Canadian Housewives
A trio of Canadian housewives discuss paths for modern domestic life and female work. Mary Evans advocates community kitchens and cooperative services to free women from horse and buggy chores. Jean Pringle returns to outside work while Helen Stewart rejects extreme gender roles and prefers a balanced home routine. Abrahams tale and Thackeray quote punctuate the column.
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Mary Evans
Chatelaine
Toronto
Canada
Jean Pringle
Helen Stewart
Mme Casgrain Led Quebec Women S Rights Crusade
Quebec reformer Mme Casgrain championed married women’s civil rights and children’s laws. A long activist, she campaigned for women’s suffrage from 1928 to 1939, helped alter Family Allowance payouts, and seeks legal control of earnings and children for wives.
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Mme
Pierre Casgrain
Quebec
Mme. Casgrain
Sir Rodolphe Forget
Mme. Castrain
Parable Against Persecution by Benj Franklin
A fragment recounts Abraham greeting an aged man at sunset. He invites the visitor to wash, rest, and stay the night, but the guest declines and chooses to rest under a tree. The text presents a scene of hospitality and dilemma over hosting a weary traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benj. Franklin
Abraham
Cosmetics promise shine free skin with new liquids
Chemists tout a colorless liquid for oily skin drama free in summer. A pink tinted lotion dries quickly as a powder base leaving a soft finish. Best before bed after cleansing. morning wash removes residue. Also praised is a light water-like lotion to remove old makeup and dust for travelers.
Marcus Aurelius Thought on Harmony with Nature
A reflective meditation on harmony with the universe. The speaker emphasizes alignment with nature and acceptance of the right timing, noting that all things come from and return to the divine.
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Marcus Aurelius
Quotations on Wisdom and Value From Classic Thinkers
A compact medley of lines from Miner De Quincey Fielding and Shelley. The excerpt juxtaposes skepticism toward axe grinding and pragmatism in buying, with musings on wisdom, prospect before and after, and the sadness in beauty.
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By Emma van Wormer
Abretham
Heaven
William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Dickens
Counter
Charles Miner
Thomas de Quincey
Henry Fielding
Shelley
Carlton Berry
Optometrist
Chimes Bldg
Salina St
Selkirk Grace
Robert Burns
Francis Bacon
Personal Finance Co
Oroix
Abemer
Finance CO
New York
Syracuse
Everett Katz
S. Salina St
Addik Co
Fulton
Edward C. Worhr
First St
Tel
Oneida
Mahlon E. Lehman
Yes Man
Lenox Ave
Oswego
LeRoy J. White
West First
Children’s Apparel Department
Tiny Tots
Big Sister Sun
Heywood
Wakefield
Collier Keyworth
Child Mfg. Co
Saxa
Whitney de Luxe
Allen Weaving Co
Paramount Theater
Mount Vernon Brand
Altman & Green
Sterling
International Sterling
Qount Vern Bond
Royal Danish Ade
U.S
Richelieu
Royal Danish
Dane Okie
Mount Vernon
National Distillers Products Corp
N. Y
Altman
Greer
Jewelry House of Personal Service
East Fayette Stre
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