Broadway Wits Ponder World Affairs and Stage Echoes
A collage of witty vignettes and urban anecdotes. Observations on Stalin health rumors, subway fare politics, Edison schtick, a possible World War III society, playful theater quips, and celebrity encounters at Greenwich Village venues.
City Wife Betty Surprises Tim With Camping Skill
Betty, a city wife, handles camping chores after Tim injures his ankle. She cooks burned trout, brews coffee, organizes dinner with his family arriving, and reveals she learned camping from a Camp Fire Girl counselor. Tim admits he underestimated her prowess.
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Etty Hayes
Tim
Betty
Sweet
Red Cross
Halloos
Bill
No Woman in America Can Spare the Load of Life
Kathleen Norris urges women to shoulder wartime burdens without complaint. She warns husbands and households to endure the convalescence of national strain marked by overwork, inflation, strikes, and wounded soldiers, urging optimism and shared responsibility.
Sallies in Our Alley at the Waldorf
A noted ham actress famed for her concert visited the Hartmans at the Waldorf claiming a big Hollywood season and three scenes with Errol Flynn. Grace Hartman jokes about fights with everyone as Oz Nelson notes marriage as a gamble for many, while Hank Greenberg is likened to a Gimbel. Alan Gale recalls a funeral where an advertising exec who died led everyone to sing commercials.
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the Waldorf
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Grace Hartman
Oz Nelson
Hank Greenberg
Alan Gale
Exec
Laugh Off Troubles and Lessons From a Child’s View
A general piece on women bearing daily stress from crowded homes to war burdens. It highlights Betty Van whose life seems ideal yet faces a dreary mother in law who tells depressing stories. Experts say three to five year olds remain unbothered by gloom and benefit from grandmotherly care and guidance.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Ziegfeld Theater
James Stewart
Marie McDonald
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
George Jean Nathan
Stork
Sec’y
Henry Stimson
Pierre Passersby
Damon Runyon
Marion Murray
Candy Jones
Zanzibar
Betty van
Betty
Miss Norris
Feasts of the Lord outlined with Holiness and hope
A sermon notes the holiness of the Lord and the feasts of Israel. It covers Leviticus 20 and 23, detailing the Sabbath Passover Unleavened Bread Firstfruits Pentecost Trumpets Atonement and Tabernacles as types of sanctification faith and prophetic purpose for Israel and the Church.
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Israel
Christ
America
Egypt
Tabernacles
Lesson by Harold L Lundquist Moody Bible Institute
The Moody Bible Institute scholar Harold L Lundquist releases a weekly lesson via the Western Newspaper Union. The item notes his theological reflections and educational aims for readers seeking scriptural study.
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Harold L. Lundquist
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Lesson for February 3 Scripture Texts and Subjects
A bulletin notes the February 3 lesson plan subjects and scripture texts prepared by the International Council of Religious Education, indicating usage rights and permission. The notice emphasizes approved materials for teaching and study.
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Internation Council
Religious Education
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