The Toy Box,
2015
Butler University
The Toy Box, Alice Aldrich
Manuscripts
When the Coopers came to call, I was elected to entertain their six year old twins, Jeanie and Joanie. On sudden inspiration I took the two up to the attic where there is a large toy box, half-filled with odds and ends of once beloved playthings...
It Ain't Etiquette,
2015
Butler University
It Ain't Etiquette, Forrest A. Dunderman
Manuscripts
...I do not condone coarseness at the table, but its adversary, "delicacy," has risen to such prominence that if the Duchess of Tweedleborn were to give vent to a belch, no matter how tiny or how Bacchanalian, the scandal would be earth-shaking...
The Understandenest Woman,
2015
Butler University
The Understandenest Woman, Emmett Mcginley
Manuscripts
WELL, SIR, THIS Mrs. Webb is the understandenest woman I ever run across. They ain't none other like her in my territory. It would sure make things easier if they was. The way things are now, it's gettin' so I just can't quite stomach this mail carryin' business. 'Specially since the war sneaked up on us. Seems like everybody is lookin' for a letter from everybody else. Mothers lookin' for letters from their boys, grandmas from the grandsons they used to bounce on their knee, daughters from their sweethearts, and the brothers and dads are in there too, but they …
Tolstoi,
2015
Butler University
"Shush,"-The New Password,
2015
Butler University
"Shush,"-The New Password, Kenneth Hopkins
Manuscripts
ESTIMATES OF THE intelligence of the average American ral~ge from very low to a little higher than very low, depending upon the amount of cynicism or the rosiness of the rose-colored glasses of the person computing the averages. These surveys may be well founded or they may be final semester theses knocked out by advanced students in pursuit of masters' degrees in psychology. In either case, and in direct and naive opposition to these averages, I am sometimes quite well impressed that the average American is rather intelligent and strives to keep himself well in formed...
Pink Frosting,
2015
Butler University
Pink Frosting, Sharon Collins
Manuscripts
THE YEAR WAS 1944, and the world was at war with Germany and Japan. People read the headlines and front pages of a newspaper instead of turning to the society and sports pages. War Bonds were plentiful, nylons were not, and new words had found their way into the American language. There were ration books and a shortage of materials of all kinds. However, one Madame Gabrielle, a clever French milliner, continued to find enough material, flowers, and feathers to create her original hats in her small salon on 5th Avenue.
Three Poems,
2015
Butler University
Three Poems, Frances King
Manuscripts
Poems include: Release, The Obsession, and The Obsessed
An Appreciative Study Of A Play Of Mode,
2015
Butler University
An Appreciative Study Of A Play Of Mode, Donald Barnes
Manuscripts
THE LONDON stage of 1667 was graced with the first presentation of "The Tempest: or, The Enchanted Island," a greatly altered version of the comedy by William Shakespeare. The play was designed to conform with the taste of the Restoration period, and certain characteristics of Restoration comedy are clearly evident in It.
Two Poems,
2015
Butler University
Love's Miracle,
2015
Butler University
Love's Miracle, Don Peterson
Manuscripts
A GROUP OF men were sitting around a table at the Press Club in Chicago after having attended a banquet for newspapermen from different parts of the country. One of them, John Rolf, began to tell a story. Everyone at the table took an interest, for Rolf had spent seven years in Paris as foreign correspondent for the Tribune, and as editor for several local journals, the largest and most important of which was La Revue Moderne. He had come back with many fascinating stories about the Parisians which, if compiled into a book, would have made excellent material to …
The Ring,
2015
Butler University
The Ring, Patty Lewis
Manuscripts
EDWIN A MARKHAM gazed around her apartment with obvious satisfaction. The room w.as pain fully clean, and sh~ observed rather smugly that each piece of her treasured furniture fully showed the care lavished upon it. She had polished her mother's silver service just that morning, and her cherished collection of antique figurines was ever artfully displayed behind the glass doors of two small cabinets. Even the white and grey cat, sprawled peacefully on her special cushion, in 110 way disturbed the prim atmosphere of the room...
Oh My Darling,
2015
Butler University
Oh My Darling, William Griffith
Manuscripts
THE HUGE BLACK cigar smelled horrible. The fat man who was smoking it, however,. seemed to enjoy it a great deal. . He chewed on it, putting it first in one corner of his mouth, then in the other. Clem watched him out of the corner of her eye. She was fascinated and disgusted by his appearance. His face was round and red. From it stuck a huge bulbous nose with tiny purple veins and red welts. The eyes were mere moist slits with a thin line of eyebrow above. The lips were large and purple. Once he smiled at …
To Jonathan Swift,
2015
Butler University
Fenner Street,
2015
Butler University
Fenner Street, Patrick J. Mahoney Iii
Manuscripts
THE BLACK BUICK came to a halt at the foot of Fenner Street The man behind the wheel sat smoking a cigarette until Officer Fogarty passed out of sight down Nelson Avenue hill...
"Sorry, Friend, I Didn't See Ya Standin' There",
2015
Butler University
"Sorry, Friend, I Didn't See Ya Standin' There", Chester Perkins
Manuscripts
I SAT IN MY usual corner booth at the Victory Bar, sipping a glass of beer and glancing about at people and things I had seen dozens of times before...
Mignon,
2015
Butler University
Mignon, Barbara Sims
Manuscripts
M. JULIEN FLAUBERT plodded homeward on feet that lagged • because their destination held no element of pleasant anticipation or even mild interest for their owner. The feet would bear him across the square, down four blocks to 23 Rue Heidelberg, and up fourteen steps to the flat he had taken in one of the more imposing apartment houses of downtown Paris. Once inside the feet would be caressed and purred over by Mignon, the female cat, and indeed the only female resident of M. Flaubert's flat. There was no Marie or Josette or Emilie to greet her breadwinner with …
Front Matter,
2015
Butler University
Love Is Blind,
2015
Butler University
Love Is Blind, Marjorie Wuilleumier
Manuscripts
...'But my dear, let me tell you,' this is my last blind date!
Volume 17, Issue 1: Full Issue,
2015
Butler University
The Harvest,
2015
Butler University
The Harvest, Marga Lee Carter
Manuscripts
There once was a tiny speck of the universe called World.
