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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1931
Page
8
A practical guide to preparing fruit cake for Christmas with tips to save time by dividing tasks. It suggests cracking nuts and chopping fruits ahead, measuring spices with flour, and readying pans, wax paper, and cloths. The method emphasizes long keeping quality and aging to improve flavor.
The note explains planning to bake and advises determining the number of cakes a recipe yields before starting. It emphasizes that scaling recipes for larger batches is not much more trouble than making a small batch and suggests considering the expected company or tea guests to avoid being unprepared for dessert.
A Kansas City Star feature recalls Mrs. John Sherwood of New York as an Emily Post figure guiding society etiquette in the 1880s and earlier. The story notes her kinship to local residents and outlines era rules on chaperones and social ceremonies in contrast to modern youth dances.
A writer praises Canada as a sane alternative to U S prohibition noting alcohol access and temperate social life there. The speaker rebuts the view, calling it a crooked notion and arguing prohibition harms individual growth and society amid broader questions about public policy.
A speech asserts that only prohibition can curb drink evils, citing history and Rome as examples, urging intelligent Christians to unite with scientists and scholars in a nationwide sober crusade. In Ames Iowa 4-H clubs plant 6000 to 10000 trees this season in a farm grove history contest.
The piece advises parents to resist constant instruction and instead share dialogue that invites a child's own thinking. It notes children may seek to reveal inner thoughts rather than be taught, urging parents to meet them on their level and listen.
A fragmented excerpt discusses originality and the self confidence needed to discover and follow one’s own bent. It emphasizes the solitary and inarticulate nature of such a journey and the difficulty of surfacing unique spirit.
The text argues that parental pressure, while well intentioned, can overwhelm imaginative and sensitive children and stifle individuality. It urges parents to be receptive to their child's unique capacities to foster healthier development in both imaginative and realistic youngsters.
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