Beattler Hospital Plans Stall in Snowbound City
Bertram Wingate, a rising young architect, ends his day in a snowbound Nicollet Avenue, contemplating delays to the Beattler hospital project. He ponders calling for a carriage to Minnie Norton’s tea, noting weariness from postholiday life and club expenses as he heads to Park Avenue hotel rooms before boarding a car for the city center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram Wingate
Beattler Hospital
Wingate
Nicollet Avenue
Minnie Norton
Eighth Avenue
Park Avennue
Wingate Finds Real Worth Outside Society Mockery
Bertram Wingate, under social pressure and a longing for genuine status, discovers warmth and respect with the Dakota Whitcomb family after a New Year’s dinner setback. He learns a cottage life beats hollow displays, as Molly and Mabel’s circle reveals true belonging and professional talent shaping his future.
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Harvard
Dakota
Mexico
John Little
Charlie Leffingwell
Yale
Bertram Wingate
Mabel
Conservatory
Bob
Consolidated
Wingate
Bertram
Mrs. Whitcomb
Molly
Washington Home Magazine
Bon-Bon Boxes of Vegetables
A quirky write up describes hollowed turnips sweet potatoes beets and squash turned into candy holders. Cut tops with a slanted edge fill with candy wrapped in oiled paper and seal with wooden toothpicks, making a disguise as a ordinary vegetable bonbonniere.
New Year Chivalry Bureau Sparks Bachelor Club Plans
In a New Year scene Gen Friesbie Wiggins proposes a Bachelor club bureau to provide escorted companionship for single women amid city dangers. The plan unfolds with calls to Miss Clarissa Frey and Mrs Dexter Bloom as the Swampacket society and club members weigh publicity at a New Year spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Keene
Warren Gloom
Samuel Hiller
Gen
Friesbie Wiggins
Dexter Bloom
Mr. Hiller
Gem Wiggins
Bachelor Club
Mr. Keene
Swampacket Society
Wiggins
Bureau of Chivalry
William
Swampacket
Clarissa Frey
Phoebe
Keene
Gen. Fillesbie Wiggins
Globa
Taple
Salons Abolish New Year liquor Gifts
In a bold move the salon keepers decide to end the custom of presenting liquor bottles to customers as New Year gifts. The exchange prompts a wary humorous boast about sticking to resolutions for the year.
Santa Claus Delivers Regardless of Good behavior
In a playful exchange, Mamma warns Freddy that Santa will skip him if he misbehaves, while Freddy and George debate the scare. The paper captures a child's misunderstanding and a mother’s bluff, ending with the notion that Santa brings gifts regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Mamma
Freddy
Santa Claus
George
Puck
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Love Forinson
Charlie
Miss Redmond
Margaret
Papa
Norton
Bessie Shaw
Bessie
Aunt Madge
Miss Redment
Flo
West
Russell's
France
Park Avenue
Minnetonka
Mr. Boozer
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