Polly's Pointers readers share homemaking tips
Readers offer practical tricks from window cleaners for camping vehicles to DIY wardrobe changes for children. Tips include using glass cleaner for night privacy, soap on hair ends, snap-on pockets for skirts, elastic sleeves, and ironing aids.
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The Mature Parent: Standing Firm Against Tantrums
Dear Mrs. Lawrence advises that ignoring tantrums teaches little to no lasting effect. The solution is for parents to give lovingly but firmly, resisting spoiled demands, and to provide consistent protective firmness to reaffirm safety.
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Jacobys Bridge West Play Analysis
Bridge note interprets a hand from Jacobs West showing North Queen seven in a high card sequence with spade and heart values, detailing opponents KI962 and RAST holdings and a 37 trick line. The reader is guided toward decision making on spade lead options and defense signaling.
Unusual no trump panel shapes a bridge hand tale
Oswald Jacoby explains a novel two no trump overcall of a diamond opening that aimed to reveal a heart club two suit. East bids three diamonds as a competitive move while South shoots to five clubs hoping to reach a slam. West doubles with 16 points, aiming for tricks rather than points, facing limited diamond prospects and a fragile heart line.
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Real Estate Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues
A newspaper puzzle list with Across and Down clues including land parcel dwelling court order and various terms. The puzzle credits Newspap er Enterprise Assn. and presents a grid style questionnaire of 15 across and down entries.
Mine Sits Atop Love Rivalry In A Japanese Inn Tale
Erskine Johnson recalls Shirley MacLaine's film My Geisha and a hotel room maid named Mine. The tale unfolds at the Yonewaka-So inn near Atami where Mine serves tea and meals, eyes a playful spark with the narrator, and triggers a humorous rift with his wife as he navigates cultural norms and a mistaken possessive moment.
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How to improve at bridge with Oswald Jacoby book offer
A reader asks about opening in bridge and getting a better response from partner. The Herald advertises Oswald Jacoby’s latest bridge book, with a copy priced at 50 cents in paper or 60 cents by mail, offering guidance to win at bridge.
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Horatio Alger A Famous 19th Century American Author
Horatio Alger rose from pew attendant and Harvard Divinity School to fame with rags to riches tales. He supported a New York lodging house for foundlings and runaways before becoming a prolific author whose works sold millions.
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Plaster Emerges From Soft White Sands In New Mexico
When baked, the soft white gypsum sum sand inside White Sands National Monument becomes pure plaster of Paris as chemistry highlights the mineral's transformation.
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