Thoughts on Gossip and Modern Life in New York
PAUL HARRISON surveys a storm of media and manners in New York, noting a lull in gossip about Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Mae West, Dorothy Parker, and Barbara Hutton. He riffs on journalism, advertising, streamlined clichés, everyday irritations, and urban quirks from iron will clocks to spikes on walls, ending with a wry portrait of city life and seasonal strolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harrison
New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Jimmy Donahue
Sunior Laemmle
Billy Selwyn
Mae West
Dorothy Parker
Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Manhattan
Union Square
Soil as Protagonist in a Family Farm Novel
A reader recalls a novel where soil is the central character and a farm hosts a contented family. The mother and father are part of the unit rather than its heads. Three daughters and two sons are described as partners in the farm life, with Hattie, sixteen, rising at four to bake the next day. Leah and Jess are among the others, shaping the family routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie
Leah
Jess
Noxzema Skin Cream Fights Blemishes Promoted
The advertisement touts Noxzema as a doctor prescribed treatment for skin faults and chapped hands. It claims quick clearing, snow white greaseless medicated formula, and a limited trial offer of a 25 cent jar for 15 cents. Also includes a human interest note on modern families and household responsibility.
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Chicago
Fire Department
Jack Dempsey
Ben Franklin
Saturday Evening Post
Sisterhood
Leon
Eddie
Madame Colette
United States
France
Ake
Scranton
Olive Roberts
Barton “Piss GY Rea Survice VC
Olive Roberts Barton
Teak Morton
Willet
Charley Hudson
Luther Peterman
Dee Fairman
Potts Place
Jennings Allshouse
Ren
Johnstown
Brice Peterman
Earl Blystone
Punxsutawney
Carl Miller
Vandergrift
Mel Blystone
Roy Blystone
Atwood
J. E. Blystone
Harris Adamson
Jean
Percle Wissinger
Betty
Carly Air Commerce
Iva Marlin
John
Glade Run Church
Dayton
Fred Gaul
Sagamore
Our Town
Charles Brown
Harmony
Grove Lutheran Church
Five Points
Ellen Fleming
Ethel
Allen McFarland
Indiana
Airgood
Melvin Park
Edward
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce
Gazette Classified Ady
J. Byhardt
Eng Kay
Leonhardt
Daugherty
Galary
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