Polly Pointers Offer Practical Wedding Help
A column shares practical tips from Dear Polly on wedding and homemaking matters. Readers propose gift ideas for bride and groom showers, sewing tricks to avoid pockets sagging, securing jewelry while washing, exercises using a high clothesline, and organizing an accessory closet to keep items in reach. Readers are invited to send ideas for a chance to win a silver dollar if used.
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The Mature Parent Advice on Stranger Talk
A mother asks how to handle a child who talks to strangers and starts school with excitement. The guidance suggests revealing to the child that school brings both new friends and obligations, and that facing anxiety openly builds resilience.
Worldwide pop culture tour with Elvis, Jackie, and Disneyland fans
Erskine Johnson notes a global American influence in entertainment and fashion from West Side Story to Elvis Presley, Jackie Kennedy looks, and American television in Paris Hong Kong and Tokyo. He recalls an Italian Chinese restaurant misunderstanding where a Chinese ambassador was mistaken for the waiter.
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Jackie Kennedy
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Italy
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Disneyland
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Hong Kong
Frankfurt
Las Vegas
Rome
Freckles to Else A Crisscross Puzzle of Names and Clues
A dense word puzzle lists numbered clues across and down, pairing authors, places, terms, and titles. Solvers match each clue to names like American humorist and Dickens competitor, mapping to a grid with hints ranging from Latin phrases to chemical elements and classic literature references.
All Fifty two Cards and the Card Reading Method
A Marshall Miles book shows how a player can infer card locations from limited information. In a sample hand, four hearts are reached after West leads clubs and East signals spades. The suggested line is a spade finesse with careful risk assessment, illustrating practical reasoning without revealing all outcomes.
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Bridge bidding puzzle with a double response
In a four player bridge auction East West North South the sequence shows a one spade bid after a one cent bid and a hold by South with 4310 etc. You hold 13 high cards and good support for any suit. Partner responds one spade to your double. What now.
Win at Bridge by Oswald Jacoby available now
The Herald offers Oswald Jacoby's latest bridge book to help players improve. Copies are 50 cents in print or 60 cents by mail, with additional titles available from the newspaper for avid players.
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Early bone runners skating noted in 1662 diaries
The earliest ice skates used bone runners fastened with thongs. References appear in Scandinavian, Icelandic, and English literature. John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys describe watching skaters at St James's Park, London, on December 1, 1662.
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Two Women Share Dress at Social Gathering
Two women wore identical dresses at the gathering and chose separate corners to retreat briefly before returning with a smile.
Eisenhower College Planned at Noted Seneca Falls Site
A new Presbyterian related college is to be built on 300 acres at Seneca Falls New York. The institution will be named Eis enhower College in honor of the new President, a Presbyterian.
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