There Really Are Male Flappers In The Dictionary
A United States Labor Department Dictionary of Occupational Titles expands to about 60 000 job titles revealing quirky terms and roles from zangero and flappers to sage engineer and self service station attendant. The piece notes the listing omits fringe jobs and reflects evolving industry needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Northwest
United States Department of Labor
Joy
Ed Townsend
Christian Science Monitor
Sage Engineer
Sage
Labor Department
Hollywood
Chary
Misses’ Playsuit to Dress Pattern 4697
Pattern 4697 offers a playsuit that converts into a dress with easy coordinating outfits in cottons. Sizes 10 to 20, fabric needs 254 yards for size 36 inch, 3% yards for skirt. Send fifty cents to Anne Adams, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Spring-Summer fashion show announces new patterns for 1961.
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Anne Adams
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Harpo Marx Sells His Book With Odd Gags in NYC
The silent comedian performs stunts to promote Harpo Speaks in New York. In a department store basement he pops from a Coca Cola machine to grab shoppers and thrust a copy into their hands. At a party he even spoke briefly with his distinctive New York accent.
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New York
Harpo Marx
Harpo
Hollywood
Brendan Behan
Behan
Leonardo da Vinci
Daylight saving joy and wartime fears in Ginger Farm notes
The writer celebrates daylight saving and good weather while reflecting on wartime concerns from 1914 to the Eichmann trial. She recounts grandchild chaos, a spill incident, and warns against reviving race hatred. A German couple in Canada shares memories of Jewish neighbors and warns against holding grudges across generations.
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Cedric
Eichmann
Etiquette Qs on gifts initials and bowing
Tips from Anne Ashley cover writing names on wedding gift envelopes engraving initials on silver for a baby where to place a monogram on social stationery and the meaning of bowing for women as a friendly greeting rather than a formal gesture.
King of the Movies Still on the Job in Phantom Planet
Francis X. Bushman, once a major matinee idol, at 76 stars in The Phantom Planet with an $150000 budget and an eight day schedule. He oversees stunts, recalls a career spanning stage to TV, and draws a crowd while filming ends.
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Francis X. Bushman
Producers Studio
Bushman
Hollywood
Sessom
Rehton
Baltimore
Messala
Peter Gunn
Fred Gebhardt
Coleen Gray
Mr. Bushman
Marshall
Poe
Do It Yourself Upholstery and Needlecraft Catalog
Detailed instructions for repairing and upholstering furniture with step by step guidance. Includes pattern offer requiring 35 cents for Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto Ont. Also promotes a 1961 Needlecraft Catalog with 128 designs and free veil cap instructions.
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Webbi
Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
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Jordan
Muna al Hussein
Hronicles Ginger Farm
Ligent
Canada
Germany
Mary
Anne Ashley
Iancis
Rehion
Sauna Whedon
Nigel Sayers
Newick
Sussex
England
Barbara
Nigel
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