Polly's Pointers and Practical Household Fixes
A column of reader tips from Dear Polly covers removing furniture spots with linseed oil and camphor, laundering woolen items, keeping wedding shoes white, and preventing musty ice in freezers. Also notes a pocket light idea, baby sleep guidance, plastic bag sealing with straws, and organizing machine bobbins for quick sewing. A Roosev elt national bank holiday is proclaimed in Congress.
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Polly
Evalina
Polly D
Designing a Childs Room as a Personal Studio
A mother's guide and expert opinions outline practical, stylish approaches to kid spaces. Designers advise durable vinyl wall coverings, removable papers, and age‑lasting styles that grow with the child, while balancing color, furniture, and play space. Joe’s San Diego room showcases color coordinated chests a blue bookshelf a Formica desk and art filled doors creating a cheerful personal retreat.
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Robert Tuggey
National Society of Interior Designers
Tuggey
Joe
Bathing as Beauty Ritual Through History and Today
A brisk survey traces bathing from ancient times to modern luxury. It notes the shift from simple soaps to beignoire rooms, champagne baths, and water therapies, highlighting the emotional and health benefits, cautions on dry skin, and practical tips like milky soaks and bicarbonate baths.
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Castile
Nero
Poppaea
Sappho
Madame de Pompadour
Aspasia
Pericles
Greece
Betty Canary on parenting never and always impact
A guide notes how using never or always can wound a child and trains parents in facial expressions like the Basic Grimace Martyred Mother Look and the I Pay the Bills Scowl to enforce behavior. It cautions repeating mistakes as a reason to use always and highlights common nagging targets and reactions.
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N.S.I.D
Allen Hughes
Expert skincare advocate urges minimal makeup use
European trained aesthet ician Mia Grossman argues American women overuse makeup and under clean. She details a European standard of minimal cosmetic use and thorough cleansing, recommending five minutes nightly and cloths washed until clean to keep skin free of grime and dead cells.
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Mia Grossman
Sves
CNS
Ted Winfield
Europe
Grossman
Appointments For Club Photos Mention Calls Georgia Stroud
Residents are invited to arrange portraits of their clubs or social activities by calling Georgia Stroud at 445 5475. Advance notice helps avoid conflicts with other engagements.
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Georgia Stroud
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Charles Vanderway
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Paris
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