Household Hints And Gentle How To Tips
Practical home tips cover drying stockings without heat and hanging by the toes. Ideas include using bacon on liver loaf for flavor and vinegar to soften glue, alum to keep colors from running, and proper stocking care. Also notes on pressing wool with a cloth and avoiding laddering, plus a dental ad and a quip about mixing business with pleasure.
Mystery of Equanimity: Vance Investigates a Fatal Night
Philo Vance and district attorney John Markham dine with Prof Ephraim Garden and guests as a cryptic message hints at a troubling scene. A horse racing themed plot unfolds with bets and tensions until Joyd Swift is found shot dead, vault door ajar, police alerted.
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Philo Vance
John ¥. X. Markham
New York County
Vance
Professor Ephriam Garden
Professor Garden
Joyd
Woode Swift
Swift
Floyd
Kroon
Zalia
Vance Probes Swift Death as Family and Staff React
In a tense scene from a murder mystery, Vance questions Kroon about Swift’s death while arranging guards and coordinating with Garden, Graem, and Nurse Beeton. A privacy clash with Mrs Garden escalates as Vance asserts authority and seeks the truth before police arrival.
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Garden
Zalia
Vance
Miss Graem
Kroon
Mr. Kroon
Sneed
Woody
Zalia Graem
Floyd
Mrs. Garden
Dwelling on Grievances as a Curse of Speech
The piece argues dwelling on troubles restores their power and sows distress. It contrasts sympathy with practical help, noting listeners suffer and advice is rare. It urges avoiding trouble mongers and choosing pleasant topics to lift mood and benefit both speaker and listener. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Difficult Speaking Among Deaf Triumphs of Sign Language
Collier's Weekly notes that among mankind's great feats with disability are the "taddresses" by deaf, dumb and blind speakers to audiences of the same. A speaker uses sign language to convey to deaf mutes who then relay the message by hand pressure to their blind neighbors.
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Collier’s Weekly
Essence of Genius Reflected in Quiet Daily Excellence
The piece hints that true genius lies in steady effort and consistency rather than dramatic twists. It suggests insight comes from not shirking duties and embracing simple, honest work.
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