Lonely college graduate seeks friendship with admired woman
Dear reader, the letter reveals a lonely former student two years out of college in a small town. She longs for Paula, a cultured musician, yet fears social gaps and isolation. The psychologist Mary Haworth advises facing reality, seeking religious and therapeutic help, and building ordinary relationships with available people rather than chasing an idealized bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haworth
Paula
M. H. Mary Haworth
Know How To Rich Cantaloupes
Gaynor Maddox outlines cantaloupe tips and serving ideas with Helen Goodrich from Los Angeles. Guidance covers selecting vine ripened melons by stem fingerprint and bold netting, plus a melon cooler recipe for six using lemon gelatin and mixed melon pieces served in lettuce cups or in melon halves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA Food and Markets
Helen E. Goodrich
Los Angeles
Black Makes For Contrast in Patterned Dress
Alicia Hart reviews color use in clothing with two women as examples. A black head to toe look lacks needed contrast and color lift, while another woman overloads with bright hues. The piece links mood, makeup, and soft contrasts to chic style and includes a pattern offer from Marian Martin.
Breakfast to dinner menu list in historic fare
The menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items including cantaloupe cereal bacon rolls butter coffee milk hot frankfurters potato salad cole slaw rye bread plum tarts iced tea and milk for luncheon and a dinner with chopped leftover meat or fowl on toast parsley potatoes bread butter green beans corn tomatoes onions melon cooler walnut cookies coffee milk and more
Keep needles and thread near ironing board
Advice to store needles and thread where ironing board is handy, encouraging quick repairs like resecuring buttons and fixing dropped hems and seam rips as they’re found.
Happier Marriages Through Outside Interests, Ruth Millett
The columnist argues wives gain richer homes lives when pursuing outside interests beyond homemaking. She endorses purposeful activity over gossip and warns against joining groups only for appearance. A constructive, learning driven hobby can refresh marriage and family life.
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Ruth Millett
Gosip
Varied silhouettes mark evolution of lucite bags
GAILE DUGAS NEA Woman's Editor notes plastic lucite bags have evolved from simple light or dark tortoise shell to a wide array of shapes and colors. New bags feature gold or silver trim, rhinestones, pearls, hand-painted flowers, and options like lace, lames, or integrated compacts and watches. Colors include smoke gray, mink, pastel blue, orchid, mother of pearl, ebony, and even pastel plaid. Silhouettes range from flat to tall, with rectangular, square, round, or oval forms and multiple compartments.
Crochet a Straw Basket Pattern 798 Instructions
Craft notice offering pattern 798 for a 9 by 15 by 4 inch crochet basket. Pulls details on material look straw yarn or cotton sugar starch, plus 25 cents postage for first class mail and address to News-Journal Needlecraft Dept New York. Also promotes Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with ten new designs and 20 cent copy price.
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Marian Martin
News Journal
Middletown
Ohio
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
The
News-Journal
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
Laura Wheeler
Cleaning and pressing tips for garments and household fabrics
Practical advice on garment care and housekeeping from fabric finishing to cleaning methods. Tackle pockets sleeves and bodice first when pressing a dress, press skirts on the wrong side, and use washing soda as a softener. Use copper sulfate for mildew proofing awnings, baking soda for dish and casserole cleaning, and the vacuum blower to dry rugs and upholstery efficiently.
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Beauty
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Johnny Salmon
His Orchestra
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
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