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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1952
Page
7
Advice column warns widow E P about fiancé Tony who would control the household and disapprove of her daughters staying overnight with friends. The reader’s tone shows Tony’s drinking and cruel insinuations signal an unfit stepfather, unacceptable in middle class family life.
Alicia Hart explains babysitting as a teen age vocation requiring full attention and vigilance. It advises discussing routines with parents, learning the baby’s preferences, familiarizing with the nursery, avoiding distractions, and keeping parents reachable for emergencies.
A speaker urges ending a relationship with Tony to avoid future misery. The note describes Tony as an exuberant flirt who mocks others and hints that marriage would bring tragedy for the writer and her daughters. The tone favors a peaceful early separation to prevent brutal unhappiness later.
New York based columnist Gaile Dugas explains how bridal fashion evolved from bright colonial fabrics to white gowns. The piece traces mid 19th century costs for dress and veil, Victoria era chaplets, Eugenie de Montijo’s lavish French wedding, and late 19th century American church and reception spectacle.
Readable menus from Girls' Clubs of America designed for 6 to 12 year olds highlight extremely low cost meals. Programs stress home making, with cooking as a popular activity, and costs kept near 25 cents per person. Featured menus include Bristol Connecticut and Springfield Massachusetts clubs, with sponsors such as J Edgar Hoover and Frances Perkins.
Breakfast includes steamed prunes cornflakes crisp bacon whole wheat toast butter or fortified margarine coffee milk. Luncheon offers Spanish rice whole wheat bread butter margarine green salad fruit cup cookies tea milk. Dinner features cold fried chicken leftovers scalloped potatoes peas with minced onion lettuce parsleyed carrots enriched bread butter margarine sponge cake with crushed strawberries and cream coffee milk.
Ruth Millett suggests wives can ease a shy husband’s embarrassment by sharing opinions, guiding conversations to topics he cares about, and building his confidence through shared activities. Encouraging expertise in a hobby can boost self assurance and make him more talkative in social settings.
Basil Willing receives a case that blends noir mood with a look at old New York society and a shop window glow on Third Avenue. The scene shifts from fogbound streets to a wedding era tableau featuring Vanderbilt grandeur and a crafty buyer dubbed the Eternal Sucker.
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