Christmastime Whisky Gift and Courting Pranks
A servant remembers a Christmas quart of whisky and calls it jes right. A bashful Charlie plans to court, returns after an hour, and admits he ducked behind a hedge to avoid being seen by the girl.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
7
A servant remembers a Christmas quart of whisky and calls it jes right. A bashful Charlie plans to court, returns after an hour, and admits he ducked behind a hedge to avoid being seen by the girl.
A rich man aimed for an arranged marriage and asked if he should reveal he is 50 to a prospective bride. His friend bluntly advised that 75 would improve his chances, delivering a dry, practical retort.
Pattern No 8989s for sizes 34 to 48 includes 3 1/2 yards of fabric and trimming. Due to high demand some orders take longer to fill. Send your order to:
A charming junior date dress with a figure forming midriff and full skirt, short wing sleeves, and narrow white ruffles at neck and sleeves. Pattern No. 8973 is offered in sizes 11 to 18. size 12 needs 3 yards of fabric and 24 yards machine-made ruffling.
Mrs Jones asks if marrying a young man after a few weeks is wise. Jennie reflects that he is well recommended and cites a prior engagement of a girl she knows to him, implying cautious optimism about the match.
Advice on reducing fatigue with sitting and proper tool placement. Tips include ironing while seated, readying supplies within reach, and choosing the right tools for each task. Also includes home hacks for dress alterations, carrot carotene, fishy odors, cleaning piano keys, removing wallpaper grease, and using peppers and celery with tomato sauce as sandwich fillers.
A rich man on his deathbed jokes with his long serving chauffeur about an arduous journey, noting it will be all downhill. In a separate scene a young bride fumbles her cookbook after her husband trips it, angering her as she tries to cook dinner.
Two husbands joke about stopping wives from spending on gloves. One suggests a diamond ring as a cunning fix, sparking the plan with a humorous misdirection.
A father laments his son’s poor report card with D grades for four months. He quips the boy may have a sixth sense, noting no sign of the other five. The tale shifts to a house-to-house sales pitch about deposits and six months of no payments.
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