Home Front War Reflections and Wartime Roles
Kathleen Norris discusses how home life endures war pressures as families cope with soldiers abroad. A letter from Walt Baker in the South Seas contrasts homesickness with service, while Norris notes women’s crucial wartime work and the need for balance at home. Also offered are fashion tips for a velvet ribbon headdress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Baker
South Sea Islands
Cave
Walt
Marshalls
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Everybody's Busy War Time Romance and Disillusionment
A soldier home on leave laments lack of time from his war plant busy family and girlfriend who distract themselves with other men. Miss Norris rebuts that public sacrifice is essential and that the war demands everyone pitch in to shorten the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Walter
Miss Norris
Household Tips for Everyday Maintenance and Safety
Practical advice on using paraffin to ease stickiness on windows and timing doses with an old clock. Helpful hints include storing tacks in a cork, opening jammed jars with hot water, keeping cookies fresher with jam, using coarse sawdust in a hen nest, repurposing an old blackboard as a family bulletin, air drying starches, using a garden hose to set clothes, and keeping sand for stove fires to smother flames.
Princess frocks and sun backs patterns headline fashion
Pattern No 68662 offers sizes 11 to 18 with ginghams checks and florals for teen dresses. Pattern No 8664 features sun back dresses and matching jackets in sizes 12 to 20. War demand slows some orders. shoppers are urged to place early.
Sewing Circle Pattern Seeks Bassinet for Baby
A sewing circle offers a Baby Bassinet pattern and instructions. Readers are asked to send 16 cents, their name, address and the pattern number, touting a handmade bassinet as a cost effective alternative to shop prices.
Pretty Girl Reaches Age of Discretion in Author’s Tale
A famous writer stays up late with a novel about a pretty girl in peril. His wife chides him to sleep, noting the girl is twenty three and should handle herself. The scene unfolds in the author's home after midnight.
Fragmented dialogue across a crime confession scene
The text presents disjointed lines from a courtroom or interrogation scene. A lawyer presses for full disclosure while a prisoner reveals hiding money. A character named Truth expresses distress over lack of appetite sleep and drink, and a woman asks why.
Landlady Rejects Delayed Rent in Cash-Only Window Gap
A quirky exchange shows a landlady insisting on cash in advance for prospective roomers. The window is described as too small for emergencies, underscoring strict terms and a no-delay stance.
Ain't It So Teacher Knows Sister States Riddle
A punny exchange presents the question sister states and their answer. The lines feature a teacher and students naming states in a playful manner with personified places like Miss Ouri and Ida Ho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Miss Ouri
Mrs. Sippi
Ida Ho
Mary Land
Callie Fornia
Louisa Anna
Della Ware
Minnie Sota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
WIN
By Kathleen Norris
Fleanor
Qne
Princess Charmer
Bassinet
Sewing Circle Needlework
New Montgomery St
San Francisco, Calif
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisco Co
Kellogg’s
Bos If
Eall
Epi
Good Housekeeping
Terre Haute
Indiana
Soretone
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Cutter
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Tter Vaccines & Serums
Zeke
Wis
Para
Fea
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