How to Be Fair and Other Humorous Fragments
A columnist shares a parsimonious fairness anecdote about elder brothers dividing a father’s estate, contrasts it with lawyers’ tastes, and drolls about cemetery pitches. The piece then probes julep lore, regional vanity, and a World’s Fair critique, ending with satirical notes on crime, defense spending, and geisha licensing.
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Anta Monica
Calif
American Bar Association
Hundreds of Russian Women Lead Science Conference
Five hundred scientists gathered in Moscow, Russia, with no men present. Speakers and association members were all women, including V. P. Lebedeva, a medical professor, and M. L. Rokhlina who cited a rise in women students from 16 700 in 1914 to 183 000, noting women now make up half of Russia’s doctors and that most women scientists specialize in medicine chemistry and biology.
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Moscow
Russia
V. P. Lebedeva
M. L. Rokhlina
Broadway Dream Tangles In Club House Tangle
Brooke and Mark in a lip tight confrontation amid a supper club opening. Sam and Daphne plot a Palm Beach future while Jed and Jerry Field stage a play. The audience, the waiter, and a bandit case frame the tense evening in New York.
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Brooke
Lucette
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Mother
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Jerry Field
Jerry
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Daphne
Jed
Jed Stewart
Mark Trent
Wiays
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Mark
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How to Upholster a Walnut Chair Modernized by Ruth Wyeth Spears
A Chicago home crafts feature describes modernizing a walnut chair by removing arm supports and reducing carving, replacing back padding with fiber board and a tufted cotton cushion. It highlights Mrs. Spears new book SEWING offering step by step guidelines for slipcovers upholstery and more, with a request to send 25 cents to 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois for a copy.
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Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Illinois
Fatigue Causes and Pride Mark Human Trends
A brief essay notes that curiosity led Adam and Eve to lose Eden. A statistician lists common fatigue causes in men and overlooks a 46 inch waistline. The man of few words fails to recognize weariness, while some admirable people hide unhappiness due to pride.
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Eden
Belief Necessary for Happiness Says Douglas Malloch
Quote asserts happiness requires belief in joy and meaning. Malloch emphasizes mindset as the path to happiness.
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Douglas Malloch
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