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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1954
Page
7
The text contrasts public smoking by men and women, noting it is considered in bad taste for women to smoke on city streets. It states that women should smoke "like ladies," reflecting strict gender expectations and how behavior is policed by social norms of the time.
An old advertisement offers a 32 inch boy doll pattern 7244 with transfers and easy to follow directions. It instructs sending 25 cents plus 5 cents for first class mail and provides a New York address for mail order. Additional embroidery crochet and sewing ideas are promoted with 20 cents for a copy and other thrift gift ideas.
A London dispatch notes pleasant weather lifting spirits and enhancing women’s appearance. Bond Street shops brim with luxury, prices remain high, and travelers can use export departments to buy cashmere and tweed shipped abroad. Pringle cashmere runs about 18 dollars, more than U.S. prices. t ies and silk scarves are costly compared with Paris or Rome.
In Pennsylvania a fully electrified farm is demonstrated with barns fed cattle and milking timed by power. The piece satirizes the electric future and questions the loss of traditional farm life, then shifts to a Jenner committee witness with Fifth Amendment claims, and ends noting Vernon J. Pick’s uranium fortune after a chance read.
Two Army nurses Lt Irene Kay Valent and Lt Elizabeth Quigley, driving separate routes from Fort Sam Houston to New York, collided near Charlottesville Va. The rear collision caused property damage and no serious injuries.
A reader requests Pattern 1193 from box 535 at the General Post Office in New York. The note lists bust waist hips measurements and circled sizes 12 14 16 18 20, asking for the designer pattern rather than standard measurements.
Column by Margaret Latrobe critiques Mrs Truman and Princess Meg as they pursue stage careers while avoiding suitors. The piece lampoons matchmaking meddling by friends and urges focus on the bachelors, noting both Margarets already attract attention and should leave marriage plans to themselves.
In Jackson Mississippi two young women Alberta Daily and Sarah Thomas grabbed Charles Brantley’s Bible containing 680 dollars. They fled dropped the Bible and money, then were charged with grand larceny. Police recovered most of the money.
A New York woman describes quitting smoking after a heavy habit and gaining 40 to 45 pounds. She seeks help via a 25 cent booklet on reducing, while advice covers dieting, exercise, and dental health. Dr. William Brady in California handles inquiries for further guidance and materials.
Misses' pattern 9142 offers a smart blouse jumper and coordinating pieces for sizes 12 to 42. Includes square neckline fitted bodice and easy skirt with a complete illustration and Sew Chart for a precise fit. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents per extra pattern to Manon Martin Pattern Dept Bridgeport Post New York.
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