Polly's Pointers from Dear Polly in the Austin Daily Herald
Reader tips and hints on letter writing remedies and quick home fixes are shared. Submissions promise a bright new silver dollar if Polly uses ideas in Polly's Pointers, including red ink requests, child safety tweaks, and simple sewing hacks.
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East’s wrong heart play in Jacoby’s Bridge hand
Oswald Jacoby explains how East could have beaten the contract with a diamond lead at trick two after South’s heart try. The analysis shows a diamond opening by West would have set the hand, and East needed to lead a diamond earlier to establish a diamond trick before hearts could be set.
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Mature Parent Advice On A Boy’s Loyal Feelings
A reader seeks help as a 9 year old resists a sister’s fiancé and gifts from him. The adviser explains the child’s loyalty to an ex uncle, urges avoiding forcing feelings, and suggests writing the uncle to express affection while backing the boy’s genuine emotions.
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Brisk tour of Rome sets and Bronston film plan
Erskine Johnson tours Samuel Bronston's Rome set near Madrid to film The Fall of the Roman Empire. Bronston explains global rights sales, theater-group financing, and his view of Hollywood's decline due to antitrust and TV competition.
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All Men Have A Way With Women Not Their Own
A pithy remark notes that men often claim skill with women yet seldom use that talent on their own partners. The line suggests irony about flirting norms and personal fidelity.
State Flowers Across and Down Puzzle
A crossword style listing of clues for across and down entries about state and other flowers plus various terms including Dodecanese island soon constellation and more. The puzzle compiles clues spanning geography linguistics and botany in a themed word grid.
Her ald offers more bridge books for readers
The Herald announces additional bridge books including Jacoby’s new title. Copies are 50 cents in paper at the Herald office or 60 cents by mail.
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Ibsen’s Youth and Early Apprenticeship
When young Henrik Ibsen faced his father’s business failure the future playwright was apprenticed to an apothecary at age fifteen. To ease his misery he began writing poetry as a form of escape from poverty.
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