Forgiveness and fault in Olga Nethersole contest
Readers debate whether a wife should forgive all wrongs by her husband as urged by a Star contest on Olga Nethersole's The Writing on the Wall. Responses argue across gender, duty to the child, and equality in forgiveness, with multiple readers offering verdicts and moral reflections.
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Elephant Bank at New York City Bronx Zoo Park
A reader describes the elephants at a New York City park with a bank for pennies. Ruth Clayton and her brother Lester feed the elephant and watch it push a trunk to drop coins and ring a bell. The elephant reacts by blowing back a button and later a real penny.
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Elephant Banker Delights Children With Penny Box
The elephant hunted for a coin stash and placed pennies in a box bank. Ruth asked the keeper what the elephant did with his money, and the keeper said he gave it to buy peanuts. The children, amused, added more pennies for the elephant to save.
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Ruth
How to Save on Beef by a Butcher
A butcher explains economical ways to buy and cook beef cuts. He notes shoulder meat priced at a low rate for pot roasts, braising with onions and bacon fat, and browning then simmering. He recommends brisket and rib cuts for cheap roasts and stuffing flank for an impressive dish.
Sunday Home Picnic With Quick At Home Supper
A Sunday home picnic supper saves time for church and family. Serve crusty tasty sandwiches with salad, canned fruit, cake, and hot coffee, finishing with ice cream. Recipes include Mock Crab Sandwich and Tartar Sandwiches with cheese and tuna fillings and a cheese butter mix.
Worth Knowing Practical kitchen and care tips
Tips on vinegar cleaning colored fabrics and storage. Advice on keeping flowers fresh with maltose and water. Methods to remove velvet dust with tissue paper and cleaning jargon for vegetables and meats. Explains roasting and boiling effects on meat weight and fat loss. Notes on digestibility and cost of vegetable oils and fats.
Women’s Spring Hats Debut In Fashionable Style
The report details fashionable spring hats for women with wide brims, turned-up crowns, and large bows. Descriptions highlight delicate trims such as chains of roses, maline fabrics, ribbons, and floral accents suitable for young girls and mature matrons alike.
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Maline
Nhemy
Dear Miss Grey Girl Questions on hair ribbons dresses and teeth
A reader asks about stiffening taffeta ribbons or soft silk, hair styling options for long jet black hair, and dress length above shoe tops. A second query covers teeth cleaning with pumice and peroxide and suggests braces and regular dental visits. A final note inquires about moving picture operator wages and how to determine pay scales.
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Miss Grey
Suede gloves and stoles dominate fashion notes
The suede glove is the must wear for street and evening wear. Heavy textured and wide inching styles appear in day attire while pale stoles and small neckpieces with heads and claws remain popular, outshining bulkier furs.
Pineapple Omelet and Banana Bake from Vintage Recipe
A vintage recipe fragment describes making a pineapple omelet with buttered toast cake and tea, plus a honeycomb pudding mix. It details blending sugar flour soda molasses, butter milk, and beating eggs, then baking slowly. Cream sauce cools with butter sugar vanilla and cream. Baked bananas use a banana dish with water sugar melted butter lemon juice and salt until red and syrupy.
Crab Curry and Delmonico Sweet Potatoes Feature
A recipe row presents Curry of Crab with onion, flour and curry powder simmered with crab meat served with boiled rice. Delmonico Sweet Potatoes are baked in a white sauce with cheese and cracker crumbs. Cream of Spinach Soup uses spinach, hot milk and pineapple dessert elements with whipped egg whites folded in.
Economy's the Word Says Wingy on Family Saving
A Washington report quotes Dr. Harvey W of the bureau discussing household finances during the crisis. He urges abstaining from luxury buys and shows how a 10 cent soup bone and common vegetables can feed a large family. Canned goods remain cheaper, and cooks are urged to learn thrifty methods to reduce waste. The piece notes fashion shifts with the turban replacing the picture hat at many gatherings.
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United Washington
Harvey Ww
Bureau of Housekeeper
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