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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1922
Page
5
The column notes 29,000 Chicago youths left school last month to seek work, 6,000 deemed unfit for work due to preventable defects mainly dental, nutrition, vision, and tonsils. It also warns measles contagion, calls for rapid reporting, and cites a costly school transmission incident in Cook County.
The text warns against smoking cigars to the bitter end to avoid smoker's throat and notes connoisseurs quit at three quarters. It also explains the origin of moon-eyed as a term from India tied to a drink causing temporary blindness from sunset to sunrise lasting up to nineteen days.
A broad survey compares global laughter styles from Chinese reserve to European gusto. It notes Arabian restraint, Persian social norms for women, and varying depictions of Italian languor German deliberation French spasmodic bursts English class nuances, and Irish rowdiness.
A look back at rigid manners notes women once avoided brisk walking as unladylike while today speed is tolerated. It contrasts past male behavior in drawing rooms with present ease, recalling a century old manual on bowing, sword handling, and seating posture to show social change.
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