Women in Japan Uphold Bushido Duty and Public Roles
The piece argues Japanese women share in national duties under bushido, noting their historic and contemporary public roles from governance to medicine. It highlights education for women, the Woman's University of Japan, and evolving suffrage, yet cautions progress is slow amid feudal legacies and Buddhas’ influence. It also surveys national finance, taxation, and defense costs postwar, stressing taxation as vital to pay debts and fund armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Murasaki Shikibu
Sei Shonagan
Kamal
Nurse Association
Red Cross Society
the Patriotic Association
Fukuden—Kwai
Ikei
Department of Communications
Woman's University of Japan
Maruse
Army
Navy
Corea
Formosa
Manchuria
Adachi Kinnosaki
China
Katoura
Millard
Superfluous Question Quipped About Wives in Conversation
A witty exchange explores superstition with a lawyerly reply. The speaker notes his wife is a woman, reframing the question as a matter of gender and propriety. The remark serves as a humorous social aside in a broader chat.
Punishing a Thief in a Modern Courtship Tale
In Thoroughly Up-to-Date Jack and Barwood discuss an engagement standoff after a woman proves too modern for a proposal. Barwood had not formally proposed yet learned she had sold rights to photograph the moment of proposing to a cinematograph company. The street exchange ends with the comic note of a drastic, life sentence for theft of a kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Halloa
Jellison
Barwood
Swallow’s Home Joke Sparks Class in Natural History
A teacher asks where the home of the swallow is and a pupil named Bobbie answers with humorous bluntness, declaring the home of the swallow is in the stomach. The moment elicits a long silence followed by a single hand gesture.
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Bobbie
Geese as Foolish Symbols Prompted by Conversation
A humorous exchange contrasts geese symbolism with behavior, noting a gander hoarding corn and pursuing goslings to imply foolishness rather than wisdom. The dialogue uses irony to question common metaphors.
Caution Ad Monition on Castoria Care Label
Public health notice urges mothers to inspect every Castoria bottle for the signature and confirm it has been in use for over 30 years. The appeal reminds that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
The Style of It Lunch Wagon Service Question
A dialogue asks how meals are served from a lunch wagon and answers that they are served a la carte. The exchange notes the practical approach to portioning and menu choices in a street eatery setting.
Local Color Parable and Promotional Snippets
A fragmentary collage features a comic exchange about a bag of peanuts a relation and a literal quip. It includes an ad for Red Cross Ball Blue blueing powder claiming top value and a wry line contrasting a cur dog with a thoroughbred.
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Roolz
Lormide
Basalyne
Tokyo
Yen Sake Distillers
Swallow’s
Maggie
Ady
Bright
Dean
James E. Poyner
Thompson Ave
Rossville
Ill
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
Luventa RB. Ruffin
Cauthornville
Resinol
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Pal Whittemore Bros. & Co
Albany
Cambridge
Manu Eourers
Edsores
Baton de Allen
Dept
AJ6
St. Paul
Minn
Lawrence Kavanaugh
California
Messrs. J. 8
W. S. Kuhn
Pittsburgh
Sacramento Valley
U.S
East
Italy
Panama Canal
Kuhn Irrigated Land CO
Pittsburgh, PA
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