Confessions of a Trained Aunt

It is of little consequence whether the word is spelled ant or aunt. In either case it is true that aunts are ubiquitous -even indispensable

Hymns for Christmas Day and Every Day

Is it an impertinent question to ask whether you have a hymn book in your home

My First Flight in the Pursuit of Beauty

For years I\u27ve heard my friends talk about having a facial. I\u27ve known vaguely that whatever it was it gave them no end of satisfaction; and I could see for myself that the immediate results were noticeable to the naked eye

La Chambre D\u27Ami in An Iowa Home

This phrase, which the French use to indicate the guest room, implies a number of things not included in our matter-of-fact English. It seems to imply that a room has been especially prepared for one\u27s friend the guest; prepared, with loving care and thought

Shall Mother Have a Vacation?

We have all told Mother that it is high time for her to have a real vacation. She admits she\u27s never had one; at least not the kind we mean. Of course when we were youngsters she used to take from one to four of us and visit Grandmother

Before the Bar of Science

There are valid reasons why we aunts should share either the blame or the glory that attaches to our niece. And we do feel that she is partly ours. Didn\u27t I make every bit of the chicken salad for the wedding and didn\u27t Aunt Lou use all of her scientific training when the baby\u27s mother had freakish fin? Any excuse is good enough for us to claim her, and since yesterday we are wreathed in smiles and the chances are even slimmer for our ever relinquishing our claims

Eda Lord Murphy Writes from Constantinople

My corona is positively illiterate and so I\u27m going to write this letter by hand if you\u27ll forgive me. I am sending this little article which is the true story of my trip to the city the other day to buy a few things for the department

Forgive Us This Day Our Idiosyns

Our sins of omission and commission have long been on our minds, but the little annoying personal traits, which for a better word we shall call idiosyns, have always seemed justifiable. They do not appear important enough to be forgiven, (except daily and hourly by a more or less loving family.