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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
11
Lucra Bori explains poise as inner calm and outer carriage gained through simple home exercises. Stand erect with feet together and arms raised, then bend slowly to touch the floor or come as near as possible. Rest when tired and repeat after intervals to develop balance, suppleness, and a poised appearance.
Adele Garrison visits a remote upstate mountain hotel to check on Miss Claire Foster amid disapproving guests and a tense reunion. The narrator describes wary welcome, uneasy conversations, and lingering doubts about travel plans as Mrs Barker suppresses opinions while Miss Foster recovers from an accident.
Home candy recipes outline steps for apple taffy maple nut and other confections. Readers learn equipment tips and quantities for sugar honey milk vanilla nuts and fruits, plus boiling and cooling cues.
Fashion notes describe color accents in frocks and suits using printed insets and stripes. A white flannel frock features red and white printed silk panels with red silk button accents and seam bands. A gray-blue wool suit adds vivid blue braid trimming and a gray squirrel collar and muff.
A teenage girl asks whether a young man who promised to visit before leaving for college cared for her. The columnist suggests he may be busy and that both are very young, advises not to brood, to continue socializing, and to wait for a marriage proposal before confessing love. The piece ends with another letter about a long friendship now troubled.
A reader asks for guidance on love and marriage. Annie Laurie suggests waiting for a proposal and then honestly stating you do not love him while preserving friendship. Mary C answers that it is polite for the lady to speak first, sparking a playful debate.
A photo shows Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and her husband Clarence Thompson arrested during a spiritualistic seance at the Masonic Temple Chicago. Mrs Thompson claims to be the world's greatest psychoanalyst and an associate of Sir Oliver Lolge and Sir A Conan Doyle. An audience paid admission waited to witness the ghost walk.
In the South Pacific Fiji Islands residents are described as a hardy race once famed for cannibalism. Missionaries transformed them toward Christianity and gentler living. The system bans private property and promotes communal work under British oversight, with a Carnegie Library and orderly governance on Viti.
A compact moral meditation urges unity against a common foe and reframing mistakes as stepping-stones. It defines the true gentleman as tender-hearted, brave, courteous, kind to weakness, fond of children, and peacefully hopeful even when outcomes disappoint.
Tomorrow's horoscope warns of troublesome planetary alignments with Mars stirring impulsive acts. People in service may be favored and romance, home life, and social matters look prosperous. Those born today could have a dynamic year with self control guiding artistic inclinations.
International News Service reports a California Highway Commission survey shows the proposed highway from Summit to the head of Dunn Lake will shorten the current route by about half a mile and reduce the grade to 7 percent. The revised road promises a more secure route and, if estimates hold, will be about 44 days longer to open in spring due to southern exposure.
Winifred Black laments a would be writer who pursues a literary life with a world changing message. She faces rejection from editors while a lonely husband and a flirtatious stenographer complicate the scene. The piece weighs temptations of fame against honest craft.
Jimmy Grasshopper, a cheerful boy in a poor setting, helps Granny Cricket and a blue bottle fly rewards his kindness with a magic red berry. The berry grants jumping prowess and leads to victory in a meadow contest. His generosity is praised by a talking cricket fairy who appears as the insect helper.
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