The Townes Visit Shadows Over Jane Lantern Night
Jane immerses in the Townes scene as Frederick’s social circle maneuvers around Eloise and Edith. Jane weighs Evans’s fragile pride against her protective bond with him, while planning tea at the Willard to mark Evans’s new start in Washington and her role as his guiding influence.
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Frederick
Jane
Adelaide
Ricky
Eloise
Baldy
Mrs. Laramore
Adelaide Laramore
Miss Harper
Alexandria
Miss Barnes
Benny
Rock Creek
Edith
Sher
Judy
Townes
Evans
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
the Willard
Alice
Seamen’s Church Institute Mother Roper Celebrates 50 Years
Janet Lord later known as Mother Roper, now house mother at the Seamen’s Church Institute in New York, marks fifty years aiding sailors. She built missing-seamen lists locating many after years apart, with 5,327 sailors recovered. Her life began after meeting the Boston Seamen’s Friends Society, and she later married a Congregational minister.
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York
Janet Lord
Hanover Street
Boston
The
Boston Seamen's Friends Society
Destiny
Janet
Janet Roper
Seamen’s Church Institute
South Street
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Cairo
John’ O’groats
Ambrose
Mother Roper
Hudson
League of Nations Secretariat
State Department
Paris
International Law
Committee
World Court Bench
League Assembly
Cook Changed His Liking After a Bit of Difficulty
A humorous tale where a husband, left to fend for a week, boasts of becoming a fighting cook. He claims mastery of bacon and tomatoes for breakfast and steak or chop for dinner after admitting he was beaten at eggs sticking to the grill.
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Manley O. Hudson
Permanent Court of International Peace
The
Hague
Cambridge
Mass
Bemis
Harvard
United States
League of Nations
Cook
Nature Trails Inspire Camp Fire and Girl Scout Study
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Camp Fire girls and Girl Scouts explore nature at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. They use animal highway charts from bats to butterflies, study insects and plants, visit the Hanna star dome, name constellations, and earn honors for observing nests, stars, and planetary differences. Over 1,000 girls participate on winter Saturdays, gaining outdoor knowledge and enjoying nature games and meals in the museum auditorium.
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Belgium
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tanadoona
Hanna
Camp Fire
Drinkers Cannot Inherit Land in Court Ruling
A court handling farm land inheritance ruled that drinkers cannot inherit land and are deemed unable to cultivate it properly. The decision emphasizes eligibility based on sobriety and ability to manage property. Local officials note the ruling may affect succession cases and farming tenure.
Simple applique using cutting and pressing on fabric
Ruth Wyeth Spears demonstrates luncheon mat and napkin designs with green hems and bands. She explains cutting cherry and leaf shapes, pressing over a pattern for creases, and sewing pieces with fine hemming stitches. An offer invites readers to order two Spears books with 96 additional How to Sew articles.
Around the House: Quick Household Tips and Hacks
A collection of simple home tricks including washing mosquito bites with ammonia to ease sting, using a safety razor to cut delicate flowers, dipping shoe string tips in mucilage to stun ends for eyelets, bread in salty gravies to absorb excess salt, and folding sheets by size to avoid mix ups.
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YN Publ
Mother
Briggs
Rome
Ilike
Waldron
Barnes
Who's
St. Peters
Commonwealth
D’artagnan
William Sewell College
Liberty
Consolidated Features
WIU
By Lemuel F. Parton
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Uli Evan RA
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Rovar
Greadway, New York
John Foster
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Grocers
Emmanuel Kant
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