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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1937
Page
17
Interior decorator urges parents to place photographs of the child's parents in nurseries and playrooms. He warns against cheap wallpaper and suggests practical, durable furnishings, including single beds, shipper chairs, hard flooring, low open shelves, neutral walls with color accents, maps as decor, and sturdy curtains.
A reader recounts life in a Greek household with five servants and formal dining rituals. She details family distance between mother and daughter, holiday celebrations, and visits to the Piraeus markets as part of Miss Murray’s festive letters.
Mr and Mrs J. T. Worcester of Middletown New York announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Worcester to Edward W Henningsen of Schenectady New York son of Mr and Mrs William T Henningsen Mr Henningsen works in the General Electric Company Schenectady and Helen is employed as a technician at a Schenectady hospital The couple plan a spring wedding
Mrs Frank Orr and Mrs John Battin plan a Thursday motor trip to Savannah Georgia for the tenth national convention of the American Association of University Women to be held March 15 through 18. Mr Orr and M A Smith will visit in Florida during the event.
A humorous essay argues sneezing is a natural release ignored in modern manners. It contrasts inhibited sneezers with hardy types and charts two groups hashew and kerwhoop, noting a famed noble hashewer who sneezed twenty times each morning while reciting railroad names between Chicago and New York.
Miss Helen Hartman daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Hartman of Mechanicsville and Raymond White son of Mrs Thomas White were married Saturday at 3 pm at the home of Rev W A Montgomery. The couple will reside at 212 Seventeenth Street NE.
A Cedar Rapids tailor with 45 years in business traces men’s attire from the 1890s to today. He recalls horse era fashions, bell-bottom pants, stiff shirts, and the shift from tailor-made to store-bought suits, noting hand tailoring costs around $60 now versus $30–$50 in the 1890s.
The notice lists numerous Cornell events and gatherings including tea in the Pent House Rood dormitory, Astraria club picnic, D A R Balliet chapter meetings, Westminster guild, Music Sponsors in the Little Theater, and multiple dinners and bridge parties hosted by faculty and families. It also mentions new officers at the Presbyterian church Woman's Missionary society and Chi Omega sorority at Coe college.
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