Summer Social Life and Local Weddings
In a quiet midsummer column, readers learn of small urban social rhythms and a North Side couple whose marriage strains surface after the hair incident. A Lake Michigan resort anecdote follows with a glove and handkerchief dance misadventure. The piece then lists numerous summer outings and society notices of residents visiting relatives and vacationing at Petoskey, Mackinac Island, and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Lake Michigan
Will and Food Reform for Brain Work in Education
Cecil Rhodes’s late will bequest funds for Oriel College. Elizabeth Cady Stanton criticizes diet in schools and promotes Grape-Nuts and Postum Food Coffee as ideal for brain workers, arguing proper nutrition prevents indigestion and enhances health and mental faculties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Rhodes
Oriel College
Oxford
Siam
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New York Journal
Max Groszman
New York City
Board of Education
Listings of visits and travel plans fill social notes
Many locals entertain and travel for summer, with Mrs Travis hosting relatives and Ingler family members traveling to Bloomington. Miss Trimble plans a grand European tour via Kaiser Wilhelm, while Miss Murphy visits Shiel and Shiel's sister. Several gatherings occur at homes, clubs, and the Country Club, and a trolley ride honors Miss Lois Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
James Hawkins
F. M. Ingler
Bloomington
Showers-Mathews
Mr. Showers
Mary Lucas
Rockford
Delevan
Wis
Julia G. Sharpe
J. Ottis Adams
Hermitage
Brookville
Wequetonsing
Murray H. Patterson
Memphis
B. M. Gundelfinger
Chicago
Alan
H. Bak
Wilmer Christian
North
Delaware Street
Clarence Zener
Mary Murphy
Joplin
Alice J. Shiel
Mary Shine
Miss Shiel
Nellie Shine
Covington
Sadie Sheerin
Maude Kirkland
Stuart Dean
Washington, D. C
Dean
Mountains
Kentucky
Mr. Dean
F. W. Hays
Tom
Claire Shover
New York
Europe
Hays
Germany
Miss Shover
Euchre
Fairview
Thad Coffield
Holy Cross
Walcott Street
George H. Thomas Corps
Ensley
North Meridian Street
W. C. Whitehead
Sorosis Club
M. J. Allison
Woodward
Ethel
Mushrooms Not a True Vegetable Beefsteak After All
The Mushroom does not match meat in protein content and overall food value. Recent analyses show mushrooms have high water and potassium salts but far less protein than meat, making them less dietetically valuable than meat milk or eggs. Yet they remain easily digestible and a tasty dietary adjunct.
Rocking the Baby by Jean Ingelow
Poem notes a narrator listening to another woman rocking a baby nearby. The verses describe intimate domestic scenes, longing, and a prayerful response to a mother's sorrowful separation, ending with a reflection on fulfilling one’s own God given work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ingelow
Slimmest Meal Sparks Mild Domestic Exchange
Mr. Grouch-Well and Mrs. G engage in a terse kitchen exchange about meals and allowances. The dialogue suggests tension over a sparing share and a request for patience, reflecting a compact domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grouch
Mrs. G
John
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Mrs. Spectator
Adirondacks
Aed
D. M. Henderson, Jr
Will Dean
Noyes Beach
R. L
Mayme
Anna Smith
Petoskey
Lydia Mauzy
Rushville
L. R. Mauzy
Ida Johns
Kansas City
Gertrude Miller Brennan
Kendallville
John C. Dean
Henry van Hummel
French Lick
Rebecca J. Kuiz
Asbury Park
Passaic
N. J
Albert Sahm
Bloomingdale Glens
B. H. Izor
Albert
Lakeside
Charles George Lohman
Rome City
Edna Mae Wilson
Denver
Edwin S. Hardin
Mary B. Payne
Joseph Moore Bowles
Rye
N. Y
T. P. Haughey
Maxinkuckes
Henry Latham
John Hetherington
Margaret
Logansport
Lillian Atkins
Vassar College
T. D. Armstrong
Ruth
William Hassan Hall
William
Robert Scott, Jr
Maxinkuckee
Raymond P. van Camp
Charlevoix
Mich
Lucy Clapp
Elsie Appel
Boston
Albert Snyder
Gaylord
New Hampshire
Blanche Laycock
Miss Laycock
Sycamore
Charles Heyman
Clara Louise
Alice Fleming Evans
Brazil
William F. Coughlen
Litchfield Springs
Robert Walde
Atlantic City
Day Coleman Pattison
San Antonio
Tex
S. J. Pattison
May Wright Sewall
Ottawa
Kan
Ottawa Chautauqua
Philip Schaefer
Eva
Thaddeus Gorley
Albert Mason
Broadway
Lakes
Hawkins Bucklestreet Sketching Club
George Barbour
Milton, Ind
Barbour
W. F. Barrows
A. R. Edmunds
Walloon Lake
Michigan
Maude Travis
Pittsburg
John Morton
California
O. P. Morton
Jessie Benton Cooke
Anderson
Luella Kinnard
Stillwell
Burkhardt
John M. Shaw
Batiste
Dimity
St. Gall Swisses
Jacquard Swisses
Victoria Batiste
United States
Duplan
P. N
Kayser
Swan Sweet
Terence
China
Sidar
As's
Kirk
Hinds
Miles
H. P. Wasson & Co
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