A Belle of the Sixties in the Delta Ball
In a Mississippi garret a young man seeks a suitable white disguise for a ballroom quest. Marion guides Billy toward a thirties style belle outfit from great aunt Lucy while weighing loyalty and romance against money and social fitting.
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Marion
Billy
Anna
Anna Clare
Lucy
Ensor
Delta
Elton
Pierrot
Lucien
Ashley
Duty to Seek Excellence in Art and Character
The text argues for pursuing excellence in all produced work, noting beauty's place in humanity yet requiring deliberate effort to uphold it. It cites Pericles, the Cinquecento, and Johnson as examples, and stresses that striving for quality, more than innate gifts, shapes achievements. attributed to William E. Gladstone.
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Pericles
Johnson
Boswell
William
Gladstone
The talking collie and angora cat tale
A dog and a cat recount a strange day observing two grown up women hopping on one foot while awaiting a trolley. The dog highlights the humans as curious, while the cat asks for its own tale and recalls the bathwater games the cat enjoys. Daddy insists the story is true and was told to him.
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Daddy
Nick
Nancy
Cat
Prairie yields seen strong across Manitoba and plains
Wheat oats and rye prospects look favorable across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Southwestern Manitoba near 1915 bumper levels. Dry spells helped some areas while rains and warm temps boosted central and southern districts. Farmers plant corn for fodder silos rise as outlook remains remunerative.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Canadian National Railways
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Becomes Habit Shapes Hours of Thinking
The text argues thinking is a habit and people perform best during their accustomed times. It notes children think best at school hours, writers at their daily thinking period, and newspaper workers on different schedules. It ends with the idea that no universal best time exists.
It Wouldn't Do at All Baby Show Exchange
A humorous exchange between Miss Neverwed and Mrs. Youngmother about entering a child in a baby show. Miss Neverwed declines, Mrs. Youngmother says they would win the blue ribbon, noting blue is not the child’s color.
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