Character as compliment guides a troubled mother’s plan
Kathleen Norris quotes a reader seeking life advice after a string of personal losses. The letter reveals a widowed mother with two young children and a stepdaughter, asking how to regain happiness, balance duties, and plan a future while confronting financial and caregiving pressures. The advice urges moving forward, integrating with the mother-in-law, and arranging caregiving for Doris to protect her own children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Doris
Kathryn
Life Begins Now: A Letter on Courage and Moving Forward
A woman writes about facing a painful sacrifice as she raises another woman's child while her own live without a mother. Kathleen Norris argues that character helps a person forget the past and act from the present to shape the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Norris
STAGES SCREENRADIO AND HOLLYWOOD HAIR FADS IN 1940s NOTES
Virginia Vale reports on Western Newspaper Union items including Mary Martin’s new hair style urged by British officials for hygiene, plus Hollywood insiders and film plans. Notable mentions include Across the Border casting, The Moon and Sixpence options, Woman of the Year reception, Johnny Eager, Mazda lamp debate, and public figures from radio programs The Aldrich Family and Take It or Leave It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary — Martin
Jack Beddington
Ministry of Information
David Rose
Paramount
Great Britain
Phil Baker
CBS
Mazda
Zeus
Apollo
Industry Notes and Film Gossip from Crestfallen Manor
Bensom Sherman, owner of Crestfallen Manor, dubbed Lobby Bobby of the International Hotel Greeters association. Judy Garland’s next film is The Big Time about vaudeville. Mikhail Rasumny plays a gypsy in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Josephine the monkey marks 15 years as Canal Zone actress, 30th birthday. Cary Grant proclaims he is the screen’s worst dressed in The Gentlemen Misbehave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bensom Sherman
Crestfallen Manor
Bobby
International Hotel Greeters Association
Judy Garland
Mikhail Rasumny
Josephine
Columbia
Cary Grant
Practical repairs for concrete and home finishes
A homeowner guide offers concrete joint sealing with cement or roofing cement, patching cracks with Portland cement and sand, and keeping patches wet for strength. It also answers questions on waterglass rug issues, mahogany bleaching, painting flowerpots, garbage disposal by burning, removing refrigerator developer stains, repairing cracked enamel, lightening dark pine floors, and related prep steps.
Flattering dress and jacket pattern for sizes 36 to 52
A simple home sewing pattern offers an EW outfit with a low neckline dress and matching shapely jacket. It includes yardage for sizes 38 and notes suitable fabrics and optional collar, with a playful note on fit through side sashes.
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Gill
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Tony
Mexico
Mary-Lou
Povaies Ryay
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Chris Pin Martin
Warner Bros
RKO
Metro
United Artists
George Sanders
South Seas
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Katharine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Johnny Eager
Robert Taylor
Lana Turner
Sigma Chi
Chester Lauck
Norris Goff
Sum
Abner
University of Arkansas
Goff
Lauck
Aldrich
Air
Henry
Betty Field
Mary Mason
The
Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service
Park Avenue
Newark City
Batt
SRS
West Wacker Dr
Chicago
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