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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
12
A 1951 comic essay ridicules the tyranny of the word correct in math and fashion. It mocks perfect arithmetic and the obsession with correct hats gowns and houses, condemns rigid decor, and defends personal taste over imitation.
Eleanor Ross counsels careful gift choices for babies and toddlers. She warns against tiny trinkets and urges age appropriate, well made toys that engage imagination and reduce supervision. Big blocks and durable, safe options suit early ages better than many diminutive items.
The article offers simple stain removal tips. It recommends borax for stains on white fabrics by dampening the cloth over water and rubbing in borax. Ink stains respond to milk if treated promptly. For delicate handkerchiefs, boiling with lemon rinds yields snowy white fabric.
The era’s top fabric velvet dominates afternoon and evening wear. Black velvet gowns with classic lines rely on silhouette, minimal trimming, and a dramatic bustle bow. A second option uses blue chiffon velvet with draped bodice, floral spray, cascading drapery, and triple tiers of flounces.
For Saturday December 19 the stars warn of mixed influences with promotion and favors possible through power figures yet obstacles and danger of intrigue or sorrow loom, especially with the opposite sex. Notable nativity Henry C. Frick is cited as a steel magnate.
The piece profiles Henry Van Dyke born 1852 in Germantown Pennsylvania a Princeton educated clergyman author and statesman famed for peace work and his wartime service. It traces his career from preacher and professor to US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg and later a Navy chaplain and Princeton English professor.
The family returns from the pasture with a white flag and a Chinese letter found on the fence. Hank and Bill notice the top line while the younger boys insist on reading the document aloud, as Hank and Bill guard the letter.
Adele Garrison recalls a playful dispute over who should read a letter first as siblings negotiate fair play. Junior assigns sections while Roderick insists on sharing, ending with the line We shall not come to you again and a request to deliver the letter to the Chinese in your house.
A Montana farm covers about 150 square miles with no horses and uses gasoline power. The owner, son of a Scot, yields more wheat and flax than any other farmer. In Chambery, France, hotels ban loud noise from ten p.m. to eight a.m. and pronounce two English words with vowels in alphabetical order as abstemious and facetious.
A high school girl asks if a shy boyfriend’s silence signals attraction. Nancy Lee cautions affection can’t be forced and urges respect for parental limits while outlining love as based on trust, respect, and mutual care. A replying boy stresses that lasting love requires fidelity and focus on one partner.
Dr Royall S Copeland recounts a nasal polyp case affecting New York politics and explains polyps arise from chronic nasal inflammation. Removal via local anesthesia is simple, but lasting cure requires treating the underlying inflammation to prevent recurrence.
A reader asks about hammer toe treatment and cost, answered by a surgeon for direct guidance. Other questions cover liver spots and moles, peroxide skin effects, ankle strengthening, and morning body aches likely from rheumatism, with general advice and request for stamped envelopes for full details.
Knarf the shadow-boy asks a spider to spin a rope ladder so Miss Doll can be reached in the chandelier. The spider obliges with a fat blue bottle fly lure, but the plan backfires as the ladder entangles, leaving Miss Doll still stranded and a prank foiled.
Aline Michaelis presents a poem about love as a doorway to a wider world. The speaker begins with love as a confining cage then learns love opens to fields and heaven, yielding expansive joy and spiritual understanding through love. It portrays love as passage to a brighter, more generous realm.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on wisdom printing history and inner peace. The quotes discuss greeting time and place for every person and the value of questioning nature for happiness.
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