Unusual Vegetable Dishes Brighten Summer Verandas
The article explores meat substitutes using vegetables to boost health and variety. It describes a vegetable pie based on lima beans and potatoes with optional meat stock, plus hot vegetable sandwiches using kidney beans peas and celery, offering adaptable options based on market conditions and budget.
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Aseusses Bue
Bank Etiquette For Women Customers In The Bank
A guide stresses considerateness in banking for women, noting manners at the counter, proper deposit slips, and courteous greetings. It warns against arriving near closing, using desk space, and sending odd check amounts while urging prompt action when overdrawn notices arrive.
Twenty One Meals a Week and Shoes for Little Children
A combined column presents a weekly meal plan listing dishes from Monday to Sunday including soups, meats, and desserts. The piece then shifts to child footwear ideas advocating flexible soft shoes, moccasins, and keeping shoes properly sized to avoid foot issues.
Odd Rounding Advice for Small Checks
The text notes that for small payments under a dollar it is usually better not to pay with checks and that the amount becomes simpler in more complex figures. It emphasizes avoiding payment of tiny sums by check.
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DEAS
The Smiling Voice and Voice Training
The article argues that a pleasant voice on the phone is learned through training and self discipline. It notes that training for telephone operators is essential and that many industries value trained voices in call centers trading, customer service, and adjustment departments. American young women are highlighted as leaders in this trait.
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United States
Painting Your Own Floors
A vintage guide on floor finishing outlines options from carpet and linoleum to paint or stain. It recommends using quiet carpet for bedrooms, linoleum for worn floors, and plain wood tones, with emphasis on dust control, thorough washing, drying with windows closed, and careful edge work during painting.
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Houdant
Perfume in Fashion Moves From Subtlety to Demand
The article notes perfumes remain a fashion staple, with wearers choosing scents more carefully and paying higher prices. It highlights social norms against strong fragrances in offices, hospitals, schools, and among maids, while France sees perfume selling linked to wardrobe choices and the need for consistent, matching scents across products.
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France
Don't Run Forth From Noise Says Fourteenth Century Florentine Book
A Florence written fourteenth century work titled Book of Good Manners advises staying inside when sounds arise to avoid dispute and vexation and protect personal safety. The quote is highlighted as still relevant today.
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Cocoanut Tart Recipe Steps and Ingredients
Line a deep dish with pastry. Whisk three eggs and mix with two and a half cups milk and sugar. Cook slowly till thick, not boiling. Off heat add butter vanilla and nutmeg, then half cup plus grated cocoanut. Bake until light brown and serve hot or cold.