Gentle and hostile traits found in wasp brood study
Washington researcher Austin H. Clark reports personality differences among wasps from a Virginia nest. The first female emerged fighting and irritable, while a larger sister was placid and watchful. Other females ranged between wary and calm, all generally good-tempered. Males showed less social behavior but learned to navigate their environment. Wasps sleep soundly in darkness and slacken on cloudy days.
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Washington
Austin H. Clark
Smithsonian Institution
Clark
Virginia
Mr. Clark
Flavor tips and kitchen how tos from the 1930s
The note offers practical household tips. It suggests adding whole cloves to lard for doughnuts, blanching oranges to remove skins, lightening claylike potting soil with sand, and washing small rugs in a machine without wringing, then air drying.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
Power of Vision by Leonard A Barrett
Barrett asks whether Rembrandt Kreisler and Roentgen owed their success to inspiration genius or something else. He suggests the most important element is vision a drawing spirit that drives fidelity to the patterns possessed by the thinker.
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Rembrandt
Kreisler
Roentgen
Vision and sacrifice behind artistic genius
The piece argues that vision drives achievement across history. It cites Fritz Kreisler Rembrandt the apostle Paul Shakespeare Lincoln and others as examples of unwavering dedication and sacrifice for artistic or moral ideals. It suggests genius is rare and must be a fundamental personal calling.
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Fritz Kreisler
Vienna
Rembrandt
Paul
Shakespeare
Lincoln
Fourteen year old Jean redecorates her bedroom in walnut and pink decor
Betty Wells notes Jean’s grown up room makeover as her parents celebrate her new status. The design features walnut wall panels, pink flower wallpaper, cream net curtains, lavender taffeta draperies, and a chintz bed spread with pleated ruffles. The piece discusses how dark walls can create a tranquil mood with lighter accents elsewhere.
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Ean
Helen
Jean
May Lee
Prudence
Cretonnes
Betty Wells
Vision guides labor to valuable craft and purpose
A reflective note from the Western Newspaper Union on vision as the force that sustains work and protects it from idle dreaming and worthless pursuits. It cites the proverb that though vision tarries, it will come, urging patience and purposeful effort.
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Western Newspaper Union
Early Ohio School Bell Drove Children to Class
A description recalls how in early Ohio schools a pounding on the building side or an old bucket with a stick served as the school bell to summon children to class. The noisy ritual reflects past classroom routines and local customs.
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Ohio
Dear ‘Ole Virginny
Long Island
Pauline
al Smith
The Rogues Gallery of Horses and Milk Wagons
Nina Wilcox Putnam humorously explores the return to horse drawn milk wagons and other horses in daily life. She notes horse quirks from self stopping to rubber shoes, jokes about race horses and cab horses, and recalls riding mishaps and misadventures with a playful, period voice.
Knitted Blouse and Skirt Pattern No. 5655
Pattern 5655 offers a blouse and skirt in sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with illustration and stitch details. Send 18 cents to Fourteenth St New York NY for the instructions and material list.
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New York
N. Y
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Power OF Vision
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Rancho San Luisey
Alexander Pantages
The
Rogues’ Gallery
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Broadway
Phooey
Bell Syndicate
Luden
Cora Orors
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