Money Mad Husband and the Cost of Love
Virginia Lee Oh offers practical advice in a reader letter about a newly married wife who cannot obtain money from her husband. The column urges earning own income if possible and discusses the influence of the mother in law managing funds, while acknowledging emotional strain and potential options including leaving an abusive setup. The response encourages self respect and clarity, suggesting pursuing a healthier relationship and family happiness.
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Virginia Lee
Giant Autumn Flowering Crocus Brightens Indoor Garden
The Giant Autumn Flowering Crocus or Colchicum can be grown indoors in an open dish or saucer without pots or water. It blooms in a sunny window, with bloom time in September, making a surprising fall display when most window plants are quiet.
Regal Lily Produces 13 Blooms on Stalk
A Beverly Mass garden shows a Regal lily on William H. Cann’s property with 13 blossoms on a single stalk, four clipped earlier, totaling 17. The plant stands as a possible record, with a separate plant boasting 40 blooms. The note covers midsummer propagation by seed or division and explains garden terms slips and cuttings used in reproduction.
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Regal
Beverly, Mass
William H. Cann
Beverly
Mass
Young Folk Thoughtful Of Friends
Garry C My ers Ph D Head Department Parent Educate Cleveland College Western Reserve University notes children choosing simplicity over fashion shows admirable self discipline in families. He urges parents to model high standards, allowing gentle correction, fostering lasting affection and cooperation as children grow. He cites handling of dress and conduct as daily evidences of character.
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Garry C. Myers
Cleveland College
Western Reserve University
Tony
Poems That Live by a Summer Grass Reader
A gold-haired child pauses on the grass to ask why you read, and claims she could tell you of earths beauty herself. She questions the poet of old about beauty in streams flowers stars and dawns, and pleads for lived nature beyond printed verse.
Salt rubs and baths touted as refreshing beauty ritual
Gladys Glad touts salt rubs and salt baths as invigorating for nervous fatigue and skin tone. Step by step: dampen skin, rub with salt until rosy, rinse, dry, dust with powder. If no shower, a salt bath at 62 to 72 degrees with one pound salt, then rinse and towel dry.
Shorts Sail The Sea In Nautical Fashion Of The Season
The article highlights navy inspired attire for sailing women led by styles seen with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It notes silk oil skin ensembles, navy shorts with white stripes, Basque shirts, denim shirts and canvas shoes, plus fashionable swimwear including crocheted white suits with red and blue trimmings and striped one piece designs at a Paris water fete.
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Navy
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Paris
Three-in-One Frappe and Desserts From New Refrigerator
A vintage recipe note highlights using a modern refrigerator for frozen desserts. It presents a three-in-one frappe recipe with evaporated milk juice and citrus, plus steps to chill whip and freeze. The article promotes Ices and frappes as healthful options for summer.
Modernized Fashions From Elizabeth and Mary Day Rise
Modernized versions of fashions from Queen Elizabeth’s and Mary of Scotland’s era are being promoted for fall wear, blending period styles with contemporary fabrics and tailoring for a fresh seasonal look.
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Mary of Scotland
Man Finds Why Blood Circulates
Logan Clendening discusses the history of blood pressure from Stephen Hales to mercury manometers. He explains arterial pressure is higher under heart contraction, lower in veins, and that posture and activity alter readings. The piece emphasizes blood pressure is not fixed but fluctuates with conditions.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Stephen Hales
Hale
Puta
Letters From Readers and the Truth Behind Advice Columns
Readers doubt letters in columns are real, but editors insist most are genuine. A Philadelphia girl asks which initials to pick between J. H. and H. D. in a love dilemma, illustrating the tricky nature of romance advice.
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Virginia Lee
Central Press Association
Philadelphia
J. H
H. D
Stain Removal Tips for Grass on Clothing
The article advises removing grass stains by washing in warm water with a teaspoon of ammonia. If stains persist, cover with bicarbonate of soda and let stand until the stain disappears.
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Dean Halliday
Central Press
Jay Clark, Jr
Brooks
Arthur Davison Ficke
Gladys Glad
America
Jean Rogers
Vigor
Shorts
SAIL
the Sea
Girl Skipper
Mrs
Mary Morton
Sally
Curate
Central Press Associatio
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