Wishes and missing friends on a rainy day picnic
Ada Crystal and friends imagine rain and long for Joe-Joe the lamb and other missing companions. Mr Todd forecasts rain and provides ideas for food and chores while they long for tools, ice cream, and Cooky. Clocky answers from afar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Joe-Joe
Crystal
Grandma
Angelina Adorable
Angelina
Jim
Jerry
Teddy
Mr. Todd
Adam
Mrs. Cackle
Nip
Cooky
Body Proportions No Sign of Intelligence
Dr William H Sheldon of the University of Chicago studied 450 entering students to test if body type predicts intelligence. He found that measured body proportions poorly correlated with intelligence tests or grades, and that a quick personal estimate based on ten minutes with a student was more predictive.
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William H. Sheldon
University of Chicago
Doctor Sheldon
Doctor Naccarati
Columbia University
Journal of Personnel Research
Cornflake Macaroons From A Simple Cookie Recipe
A short note gives a basic recipe for Cornflake Macaroons using 1 egg 1 teaspoon butter % cup sugar 1% cups cornflakes baking powder. Mix in order, drop on a buttered tin and bake in a moderate oven.
Bridge teaching yields $1000 a month for Chicago widow
Mrs. Virginia Tubbs and her husband moved to Chicago twelve years ago while seeking gold in Alaska. Six years after becoming a widow she learned bridge and now teaches Chicago's Gold Coast residents, earning over $1,000 monthly in her new profession.
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Alaska
Virginia Tubbs
Chicago
North Carolina Mothers of Confederacy Are Also Centenarians
Two elderly women in North Carolina, Mrs. Rachel Riddle of Barnardsville and Mrs. Juliana Pridgen of Currie, both decades beyond 100, are highlighted as living links to the Confederacy. Riddle outlived her sons and holds numerous descendants, while Pridgen, born in 1823, has six children and has received bouquets from United Daughters of the Confederacy and other Southern groups.
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Riddle
North Carolina
Rachel Riddle
Barnardsville
N. C
Juliana Pridgen
Currie
Alfred Pridgen
Wilmington
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Clocky
Bronx
Jeanne Ginsberg
Carter
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Huey
Sardinia
Ohio
K-R-O Company
Springfield
BAYER
Lumbago
Georgia
Mrs
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