How to Improve Winter Snapshot Quality and Technique
Review your season by tallying exposure errors and sharpness issues. Track underexposed prints by time of day, adjust lens openings and shutter speeds, and use a pocket exposure guide. Improve focusing with practice and distance measures, and keep a ready viewfinder for accurate previews. A post-season inventory helps a stronger winter snapshot run.
McKenney on Bridge and the Suit Directing Method
Secretary William McKenney discusses bidding and play at the 12th annual American Contract Bridge League convention and national championship. The article notes Mrs. A. M. Sobel of New York aiming to regain the women's team title and explains the suit directing convention as a key signaling method in play.
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A. M. Sobel
New York
East
West
South
Cleveland
Sewing machine needle bending and banana browning tips
The text explains how to avoid needle bending by pulling thread backward under the presser foot when removing fabric. It also gives a method to dust and launder cement dust stained clothes, and notes to prevent banana slices from darkening using a silver knife and lemon juice.
Lovers Weigh Duty and Desire in Navy Romance
Judy Alcott faces a choice between Dwight Campbell and Jack Hanley as Marvel, Dwight’s wife, settles into Navy life near the station. Dwight begs Judy to influence Marvel while Judy recalls their friendship and her lingering heartache from Dwight’s marriage and Marvel’s place in the social order.
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Judy Alcott
Dwight Campbell
Jack Hanley
Marvel Hastings
Judy
Dwight
Marvel
Bells’ House
Bill
Campbells
the Coronado
Diane
Navy
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Lane
Academy
Texarkana
Jack
Diane Bell
Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Educational note listing common word usage mistakes and pronunciation tips. It defines half phrases, explains Yosemite pronunciation, sobriety of quotients, and includes a daily vocabulary goal with the word diversity and its meaning. It cites Seneca as source for diversity.
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W.L. Gordon
Yosemite
Valley
Seneca
Look and Learn by A C Gordon
The Batak dentist from Sumatra works in the open market with the patient lying flat. The questions mix trivia on Abraham Lincoln, music staff lines, and Mongolian skin color with a Batak reference and German context.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sumatra
Batak
Hypnotism roots traced from Mesmer to Dr Braid
The text explains hypnotism origins in Greece with the term meaning sleep. Mesmer’s "magnetism" is seen as similar to hypnosis, but real power came from suggestion. Dr James Braid formalized the term in 1848, noting pain relief during operations and various observed effects.
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Mesmer
James Braid
Braid
Great Britain
France
Etiquette Q A and Oddities From A Scrapbook
A collage of social guidance and curiosities includes how a sister should introduce a brother’s bride, candle color choices for centerpieces, and pirates’ bon voyage gifts. It also notes hypnotism and a staged theater scene, plus a leaflet offer on Famous Masters for scrapbook interest.
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Frank
Jean
Martha Dorothy Hudson
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Modern Etiquel
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