Dear Anne Hirst Your Family Counselor
A reader seeks guidance on balancing time between his wife and his mother living in Europe. The columnist urges not to forsake either, suggests housing the mother nearby, visiting, and maintaining harmony to avoid a shared clash. A second letter concerns a firm’s impending disbandment and an engagement plan during unemployment. The advice supports optimism, proposes patience, and endorses asking for help from Dear Anne.
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Anne Hirst
Europe
T.R
Weather Dominates Chronicles From Ginger Farm Diary
Weather remains variable with rain and thunderstorms forecast. The writer reflects on flooded fields, a near-vanished bridge, and a recent unintended but enjoyable Lake Huron district trip to Kincardine, meeting an old school friend through a coincidental connection.
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Lake Huron District
Kincardine
Crochet Swan Centerpiece Pattern 581
Pattern 581 offers directions for a swan centerpiece in pineapple crochet design. Body measures about 12 by 6 inches, using heavy jiffy cotton starch stiff. Send 25 cents for the pattern to Laura Wheeler at New Toronto Ontario with name and address.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New
Toronto
Paris Couture Pirates Move With Wartime Pressure
The article reviews fashion piracy in Paris from the prewar era to WWII, detailing countermeasures by the Deuxieme Bureau and couture houses. It recalls model renters, spies, and a dramatic chase to recover stolen garments, plus strict show entry controls and high viewing deposits.
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Strand
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