Preventable Accidents Rise, Safety First Urged
Dr. Roy S Copeland warns of growing preventable injuries and deaths from auto crashes, falls, fires, and home hazards across ages. He cites insurance data on nonfatal injuries at home and in public places, urging parents to teach caution, enforce traffic rules, and expand playgrounds for children.
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Home Making Helps By Eleanor Ross Watch the Tints for Lighting
Eleanor Ross advises careful color choice in lighting. Green light can cast a harsh pallor. warm tints like cream yellow and orange are safer for living room lamps. For reading, opaque lamp shades with pale linings reflect light onto the page, while decorative lighting allows broader shade colors to blend with decor.
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The Stars Say For Tuesday August 12
The astral activities for this day are slow with material progress at a mediocre pace. Yet a tendency to rash or quarrelsome behavior under a malevolent Luna Mars aspect may disrupt harmony and affect personal affairs and a child born today.
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Garden Party Frocks Return on Brighton Streets
A magazine note celebrates revived garden party dresses offering full skirts and sheer lace berths. It highlights blue cotton net frocks with lace bertha and velvet ribbon girdle and a Point d esprit gown with white pleated flounces and pink silk roses.
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ARDEN
Love's Reawakening Amid Party Preparations
In Adele Garrison's story, the narrator weighs accepting lavish flower gifts from employer Philip Vertigen for Mary's party against potential conflict with Dicky. She recalls fears of Edith Fairfax's necklace gesture and the strained balance between duty, affection, and personal risk as events unfold.
Odd Facts in Irish Free State Directory Languages
A fragment discusses fish eating with cod noted as the staple and conger eel once a Roman delicacy. It notes New York skyscrapers rebound with redevelopment rather than safety issues and that transatlantic calls route via London exchanges. It mentions bride training schools in London for weddings and bridesmaids.
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A Soap Filled Sponge for Post-Shower Rinse
A compact sponge with a built in soap pocket and flap offers an easy sanitary post-shower rinse. The article advises using the sponge after salt or fresh water swimming to remove impurities, close pores, and protect hair from salt damage.
Johnny Dodges Mother's Invitations
A 1930 column explores Johnny resisting his mother’s downtown trips. He confesses love for home but hates being treated like a child in public, preferring to split shopping with Aunt Mary. The piece ends with a wistful note on growing up and maternal influence.
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Advice to Girls and Young Lovers From a Newspaper Panel
A 22 year old woman asks how to see her suitor more often as he calls infrequently and never offers to travel. The advisor suggests asserting needs, clarifying plans, and cultivating other friends while noting possible work or study limits. A 19 year old man laments jealousy over his partner’s faithfulness and is advised to set boundaries, consider neglect as a test, and evaluate the wisdom of marriage at a young age.
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A Fashion Model's Diary: New Ambitions From Madame Stimulus
Grace Thorncliffe records a shop conversation where Madame outlines plans to train Helene and her in fashion knowledge and early entrepreneurship. The diary notes rising ambition, weekly fashion talks, and a future owning a shop, with reflections on growing interest and staying current with trends. A crepe afternoon frock catches the narrator's eye but is deemed unaffordable.
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Helene
Madame
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Shadow Children in Mistress Spider’s Web Tale
In a garden tale, Shadow Song and Knarf discover a brown object in Mistress Spider’s web. It splits into 800 tiny legged fragments, revealing spiderlings that stay together for warmth and safety, prompting a reflection on family.
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Mistress Spider
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Words of the Wise Reflections and Epigraphs
A compact compilation presents quotations from Colton Holmes Seneca Hurley Wilde and Morley on knowledge wisdom and happiness. The lines urge listening learning independence and viewing evolution as a process rather than a force.
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