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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1919

Page

8

A Birthday Turnabout on a Frugal Home Porch

Marcella, unhappy with diamonds, seeks escape after an argument with Bruce. She wanders to a cottage where Babs Binley hosts a birthday porch display of roses and gifts from a loving husband Ned and their child Billy. There Marcella learns fragile happiness comes from simple, meaningful tokens over wealth.

Bruce Marcella

Laurel and Daggered Dreams Behind Tenement Walls

Lindell, a displaced woman, moves from small-town happiness to New York toil. After failed searches for steady work she works in a shirt factory and buys a laurel bunch for ten cents from a street peddler. She clings to memory of home as she plans a return with six dollars earned and a one-day break to herself.

Lindell Laurel

Long Way Home Ends In Quiet Farmstead Comfort

A weary Lindell walks to a valley station and faints in woods. A strong young man named John West finds her, carries her to his wagon, and brings her to his white farmhouse. Mrs. West welcomes her, urging rest and a hoped for long, happy life.

Lindell Father Miss Prior John West Mrs. West John

Ailing Candace Finds Hope in Unlikely Proposal

Candace, widow and devoted mother, faces ruin as a rubber stock failing prompts anxiety over Gwendolen’s marriage prospects to Bobby Graham. Hubert Leeds unexpectedly returns, offers marriage, and promises support for Candace, Gwendolen, and Bobby, shifting the crisis toward a new union born of love.

Gwendolen Mr. Leeds Bob Mother Candace Bobby Graham Hubert Leeds Bobby

Corinne Webster Confesses She Is Not Playing Any More

In Crystal Springs Corinne Webster longs to be a summer boarder and even imagines a pink silk dress and a romance with Dr. Gordon. Her mother scolds yet hints at sending Corinne to Aunt Julia or to Crystal Springs for options. The doctor teases a role as summer gentleman as Corinne and he grow closer in a veiled romance.

Lindell Max Prior Mother Gwendolen Corinne Webster Corinne Julia Mrs. Webster Miss Elliott Pippy Crystal Springs

Frenzied Finance and Witty Marital Quips

A collage of comic exchanges about money and marriage. A wife boasts saving $900 on an automobile deal her husband thought he could buy. The bride six months in explores love, fashion, and humor about storms, right hands, weather, and loaves of luck.

George

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Lindell Prior Ned Billy Laun By Will Seaton Marsella Babs Binley Babs Ana Annette Anger By Walt Gregg Aries Helena Waters Leeds Bob Graham Elsie Endicott Corigne Dr. Gordon
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