The Fable of Her Folks and His Folks
A humorous domestic tale in which Ralph and Jessie quarrel over in laws and relatives including Lem and Uncle Bob. Tension builds through breakfast chatter at home and a club talk as they debate family pretensions, psychic phenomena, and financial schemes before a hinted divorce.
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Ralph
Jessie
Mirabelle
Robert
Anlewis
New England
Florida
Hora
Emma
Fitter
Lem
Walter Tillinghast
Notaner
Rowens
Bob
Brother Lem
Constant Changes Made in Word Laboratories
A Washington Star column notes language evolves in business and advertising as new product names and expressions enter common usage. It compares this to chemical lab curiosity, arguing most readers should accept coinages as language grows and stays vibrant.
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Washington Star
Paraguay Exports and Geography Overview
Paraguay, inland in South America, spans about 7 700 square miles with rich pasture and expanding pastoral industries. Key exports include hides yerba mate oranges tobacco timber meat cattle and tannin extract. Imports cover provisions hardware and fancy goods. Railways total under 500 miles. Principal cities include Asuncion Villa Rica Villa Concepcion and Villa Taquara.
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Paraguay
South America
Asuncion
Villa Tica
Age of the Earth debate at Yale cites two estimates
Yale physicists and astronomers offer differing ages for Earth. A Yale physics professor cites at least 1.852 billion years based on radioactive decay, while a Yale astronomer estimates about 3 billion years.
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Earth
Yale Physica Department
Yale University
Hats Rise With Taffeta and Velvet In Spring Fashion
Fashion notes celebrate bold brim angles and eye obstructions as the new spring millinery uses taffeta, velvet, and flowers. Derby–taffeta hats, velvet wreath trims, and low flat crowns dominate a trend showcased with several hat silhouettes and accessory matches.
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Indy
Paris
Talon
Capes and Checks In Spring Coats: Fashion Hints
Capes dominate spring coats with and without fur trims and many styles. Checks are in fashion across fabrics from fine wool to gray and white silk, with a model pictured. The soft heavy mix fabric in a gray fox border offers a winning blend.
Women Embrace Transformable Double-Duty Dresses
Women favor versatile outfits that convert from two dresses into one. Transformable clothes, once experimental, have become popular for their subtle dual use, rarely betraying their two-in-one origin. Modern designs blend the changeable feature with everyday style.
Designers Highlight All-Beige Costumes in Spring Fashion
Designers emphasize the all-beige look as a key spring trend. Early beiges, introduced mid winter, ranged from dark tints with greenish casts to beige gray blends. Current belges favor lighter cream tones, with many exhibited costumes appearing pale yellow or deep cream and a favored very pale belge resembling baby lynx fur.
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Belges
Black Chiffon Returns as Evening Wear Trend
Black chiffon, a long time favorite in evening fashion, is being revived in 1983. Many stylish women are adopting the look, adapting it for modern gowns seen at theater openings, with outfits featuring pure black chiffon or blends with satin and other fabrics.
How I Brokelnto The Movies Copyright by Hel C Herman
A memoir recounts a Baltimore youth’s obsession with cinema, moving to New York to pursue acting, starting as an extra at Famous Players, facing financial struggles, then touring stock theater before Broadway and Hollywood opportunities. Actor Samuel Goldwyn scouts him leading to roles in Potash and Perlmutter Flam ing Youth and a First National contract.
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Nolways
Baltimore
New York
Olf
Famous Players Studio
Iinally
United States
First National Conpany
Angela
Forgetting Their Woes at French Revolutionary Theaters
The article notes how during the French revolutionary era, vast crowds flocked to the theater nightly. Children of the revolution gathered to laugh at comedy gaps and shed gentle tears over poignant scenes, reflecting public mood and morale amid upheaval.
St Patrick's Party Planned by Saturday Evening Club
Gov and Mrs Ely head guest list for the Saturday Evening Club St Patrick's party at Hotel Statler Boston on March 17 with about 10600 members expected. The event runs from 8 p m to 2 a m with extended closing time and reservations flowing from 97a Newbury Street and across Greater Boston. Prominent attendees include Lt Gov and Mrs Gaspar Bacon Secretary of State and Mrs Frederick M Cook Atty General and Mrs Joseph E Warner Mayor and Mrs Malcolm E Nichols and other Boston leaders.
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Gov
Mrs. Ely
Hotel Statler
Boston
Eueste
Newbury Street
Ligut
Gaspar Bacon
Frederick M. Cook
Joseph E. Warner
Bradbury Cushing
Arthur L. Race
A. G. Munro
Malcolm E. Nichols
Cambridge Tuberculosis Sale Thanks Donors and Auctioneer
The Cambridge Tuberculosis and Health Association thanks Cambridge merchants for cash and goods donated to the Penny Sale run by the Sunshine Camp Mothers' Club. Thanks are to Mrs. William Halliwey and her committee for their efforts. Mr. William D. Swan Jr. served as auctioneer and treasurer for the association.
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Cambridge Tuberculosis and Health Association
Ita
Cambridge
Sunshine Camp Mothers’ Club
William Halliwey
William D. Swan, Jr
Penny Sale Promoted by Belmont Ladies Court
Our Lady of Mercy Court No. 304 sponsors a penny sale next Monday evening March 6 in Payson Hall Belmont. The committee has worked a month and expects a very enjoyable time for attendees.
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Our Lady of Mercy Court No
Payson Hall
Belmont
Central Square Theatre Offers Classic Pairing and Vaudeville
Beginning Saturday through Tuesday Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen reteam for Hot Pepper with Lupe Velez, after What Price Glory. Kate Smith headlines Hello Everybody midweek, co featuring Boris Karloff's The Mummy with Rita Johann and David Manners. Friday offers Publix Vaudeville Ladies Bargain. matinees Tuesday and Friday with 15 cent ladies’ admission.
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Hkdmund Lowe
Victor Mc- Laglen
Lupe Velez
Lowe
Mc- Laglen
el Brendel
Victor McLagren
Kate
When Strangers Marry Leads Keiths Saturday Show
RKO Keith's screens Jack Holt and Lillian Bond in When Strangers Marry a Far East melodrama about a young engineer and his English heiress wife who wed for a lark in Paris. Keiths vaudeville features Pat Rooney and Pat Rooney jr Howard Marsh Daphne Pollard and others with Larry Flint and his KRO-lians offering a new overture.
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Jack Holt
Lillian Bond
Keith Vaudeville
Pat Rooney
Howard Marsh
Daphne Pollard
Treen Comedienne
Far East
Paris
F Pat Rooney
Jrd
America
Heidelburg Boys
Screen
Comdienne
Paphne Pollard
NBSC
Aronson
Fayre
Lane
Irene Vermillion
Larry Flint
Kro-Lians
Oxford Mortarboard and Doctoral Cap Descriptions
The Oxford mortarboard is a black cloth cap with a black tassel worn for degrees. Doctors may wear a velvet cap with a gold tassel, wholly or partly.
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Oxford
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RKO Keith's Theatre
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