Homeward longing: travelers yearn for American comforts abroad
A homestyle travel column recalls Europe’s charms from Switzerland’s lakes to Italy’s ruins, but ends with homesick longing for corned beef, cranberry pie, and an American hotel clerk. The narrator cherishes familiar comforts of home as he contemplates distant shores.
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England
Germany
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Italy
Ireland
Scotland
Venice
Florence
Rome
Naples
Liberty
New Bathing Suits for Smart Resorts
Resort wear features silk frock like bathing outfits with short tunics and knickers showing beneath. Deep green moire ribbor and lustrous black satin ensembles use fringe edging and seagull applique. Bright colors and appliques evoke ocean themes and practicality for waves and sun.
Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kembla
The forecast highlights a lively day with Mercury and Luna forming excellent aspects and Neptune sending a supportive semisextile while Uranus visits may trigger upheaval or travel. Writing contracts and publicity work are favored and a birthday could bring a dynamic year with change. A child born today may be clever and restless.
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Home Making Helps By Wanda Barton
Lighting and electrical planning in new homes adds value and safety. Built in outlets for kitchens stairs closets and porches save later costs. Emergency lighting and night illumination can be installed during construction without greatly increasing bills.
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Wanda Barton
Furnae
Everybody's Doing It by Lucrezia Beri
The exercise routine strengthens the thighs legs and feet improving balance. It describes proper stance neck alignment and a Turkey Walk motion with steps and knee raises to cover walking across a room.
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Lucrezia Beri
Our Body a Machine How Diet and Exercise Preserve Motion
Physician Roy al S Copeland argues the human body is a movi ng machine whose welfare rests on muscles nerves and bones. He urges exercise fresh air and sunlight to keep muscles ready to act and warns neglect leads to soft flabby movement and impaired function.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Revelations of a Wife Sequel In Quicksands of Love
Adele Garrison's absorbing late chapter follows Aunt Madge as she helps Mary Harrison recover, avoiding alarms and sharing a late snack with Lillian. The scene blends domestic tension with odd snippets about radio fly power, ants, and wartime guns, all set in a quirky, serialized voice.
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Adele Garrison
Who Brought Baby and The Modern Mother's Dilemma
A 1927 column discusses how children question origins of babies and how mothers should answer. It contrasts old myths with frank, age-appropriate explanations, advising parents to share basic biology without graphic detail and tailor answers to a child’s age and questions.
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Gramma
Joeter
Elsie Marlowe
A. M
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Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie column excerpt
Annie Laurie answers reader questions about romance and self worth. She says men reveal their feelings when ready and gifts for birthdays are appropriate. She advises cultivating charm, being natural, and engaging conversation to attract affection, noting beauty alone cannot win love.
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Annie Laurie
Fifth Avenue Fashion Notes for Holidays and Spring
Seen on 5th Ave details chiffon dance frocks with shoulder garlands and matching raquettes for holiday festivities. French blue flat crepe used for daytime frocks with straight lines. shoe stores anticipate selling gray and beige for spring. evening wear features red, opera style. A gray wool jersey riding outfit with red trim and plaid wool breeches appears as a novelty.
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Fifth Avenue
Famous Actresses Dorothy Jordan Mystery and Love
The life of Dorothy Jordan remains shrouded in mystery from birthplace in Ireland to a Welsh origin tale. Her rise began with Miss Francis, under Daly and Tate Wilkinson, leading to a London debut at Drury Lane and a famed long term contract. She attracted praise from Byron Reynolds and Lamb, and a common law marriage with the Duke of Clarence produced ten children. A sudden separation rattled her, ending with her melancholy death in France.
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Tate Wilkinson
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Wilkinson
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