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1 The Turning Point Ess Ess , 1929 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 24 September vol. 5 no. 44 1929; (p. 6, 50 - 51)

Phyllis meets her Uncle Dick at a cricket match. Noticing one of the players, Langdon Temperley, she tells her uncle how she persuaded Langdon to dress as his twin sister, Dulcie, after Dulcie sprained her wrist before a school cricket match. The trick was discovered and Mabel Campbell, the school principal, was furious before her sense of humour took over. Something Phyllis says about Mabel sends her Uncle Dick hurrying away to see the principal and Phyllis suspects she knows the reason why.
1 The Door-Mat Wife Ess Ess , 1929 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 23 April vol. 5 no. 22 1929; (p. 6, 50 - 51) A woman relates the story of her friend, Esther, a down-trodden wife who found the means to defy her dominating husband and mother-in-law.
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