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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1954
Page
5
The nation's towering Christmas tree on the Ellipse near the Washington Monument shone as workmen tested the lights for the Friday night ceremony. President Eisenhower is to push a button to light the tree and inaugurate the Christmas season. The tree hosts a pageant of peace exhibition dramatizing the theme.
Henry McLemore humorously recalls wearing a doctor prescribed corset after a car accident and mocks the discomfort, stubborn lacing, and oddities of corset life while noting potential fashion gains and a humorous plan to conceal it with a retro bathing suit or corset covers from his mother.
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