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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1955
Page
19
The article promotes dresses designed to be worn with or without a belt. It suggests trying both styles to choose the most flattering look and notes tips for preventing foods like rice or macaroni from boiling over by greasing the inside rim of pots.
Church women attend a bridge lesson titled two slam with a talk planned for November 1 dinner. The fragment describes bidding and play decisions including heart leads and trump management, noting South must draw exactly two heart tricks and avoid giving up the ruff.
A bridge puzzle asks South to bid three no trump after North shows two solid suits and East West pass sequence. The article discusses point count and the need to reach game with 14 points despite weak suit support, urging precise bidding.
The piece argues a woman impresses a man by earning with feminine talents such as sewing cooking and hosting while a man earns respect through masculine tasks like repairing or building. The author treats earning a paycheck as less impressive to a man than domestic mastery.
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