Wartime Advice on a Difficult Domestic Life
Kathleen Norris cites Helen Johnson's plea about a wartime move with husband in France and two children. Norris urges acceptance of harsh limits, praising in law their in laws, urging daughterly cooperation, thrift, and a summer break to renew outlooks, noting the proverb about finding life by losing it.
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Helen Johnson
Helen
Lewis
France
Lew
Sonia
Little Lew
Enduring Criticism Weighs On a Soldier's Wife
Helen, a soldier's wife with two children, lives with her in laws who nag over waste, economy, and childrearing. She depends on a government allotment, cannot work, and faces constant fault finding with no place to escape.
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Helen
Glamorous Fingernails Through Simple Home Kit
A homemaking tip advises using white iodine and hand cream to strengthen nails. Buy a small bottle of white iodine with glass stopper if possible and apply a drop under each nail nightly before bed, then massage cuticle with lubricating cream to soften skin and promote nail growth.
Convenient Cupboard Shelving For Quick Kitchen Access
A design proposes narrower cupboard shelves to fit about 175 commonly used items in one row. Shelves need 4% inches for most items and up to 6% inches for the rest, improving visibility and ease for busy households.
Fruit Spreads Will Help Ease Butter Shortage
A wartime recipe feature explains using light corn syrup or pasteurized fruit juice to make jams and jellies as butter shortages bite. It provides Peach, Raspberry, Blackberry jelly, cherry preserves, and winter spreads with measurements, processing steps, and storage notes.
Happy the Duck Pattern and Wheelbarrow Sketch
A pattern 258 offers an actual size Happy the Duck and ducklings with full directions for cutting painting and applique. Also includes complete wheelbarrow directions and dimensions. Price 15 cents including mailing. Address:
Jelly and jam making tips from Lynn Says
Wash fruits carefully and discard bruised spots. Cut large fruits and do not peel crab apples apples or quinces to preserve pectin. Boil hard fruits lightly and use minimal water for currants grapes and berries. Melt paraffin hot and pour over jelly edges to seal, rotating glass to coat edges.
Lynn Chambers Menu Features Hearty Pork Chop Dishes
Lynn Chambers presents Point-Easy menus with stuffed pork chops and potatoes au gratin. Green peas and onions, perfection salad, biscuits, jam, mint ice cream, orange refrigerator cookies, and beverages complete the offerings.
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Lynn Chambers
Maria Spelterini Crosses Niagara on Rope in 1876 Feat
Maria Spelterini, the only woman among five acrobats to span Niagara Falls on a tight rope, completed two round trips on July 20, 1876. She crossed a 2 inch rope stretching 1,100 feet between the American and Canadian shores at a height of 165 feet above the turbulent waters.
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Niagara Falls
Maria Spelterini
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Bell Syndicate
WIN
By Kathleen Norris
Lewis Jr
William Rainey
Steve Westwin
Ensign Davis
Level Hill Country Club
Steve
Navy
Recreation Committee
Pacific
Anzio
Naval Hospital
Army
Ellen
Ellen Davis
Davis
Western Newspaper Union
Happy
Appy
Verild
Lynn
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
McKesson & Robbins
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Aydin E
WNU
Doan
Doans
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