Johnny Chuck Wonders If He Has Enough Fat For Winter
Johnny Chuck weighs his winter readiness on the Old Orchard doorstep. He weighs fat to last through cold months, since fat serves as blanket and food while he sleeps. Neighbors call him piggish as he stores fat, pondering whether Mistress Spring will arrive in time.
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Greatness Found in Simple Things and Silent Strength
A meditation on true greatness shifting from grand ambition to humble roots. The speaker contrasts a towering tree and a rose in a rock cleft with a celebrated financier and a defeated worker, then a public star who whispers offstage and a spotless mother whose songs endure.
Cosmopolitan Dishes From Americas Melting Pot Fare
COSMOPOLITAN DISHES AS AMERICA has been called the melting pot of the world, so are we cosmopolitan in our national fare. It is not strange, as our foods, drinks, condiments and fruits come from all parts of the globe. By association with foreign people, travel and reading, we are becoming international to our recipes as we have been with our frocks. At our breakfast tables we use tea from China or India, coffee from South America, and fruit from the West Indies. With the increasing transportation facilities, we will be able to enjoy many of the perishable fruits that have never before been shipped to northern points in America. Panama Salad. Place a slice of pineapple on a bed of lettuce, cover with alternate segments of grapefruit and orange, using six slices of pineapple, one grapefruit and two oranges. Fill the cavity in the center with a pitted date that has been stuffed with cream cheese, which has been softened to a paste with the juices of the fruits. Porto Rican Sandwiches. Cut slices of pineapples into halves, making them half their original thickness. Split canned pimientos into halves and drain between absorbent paper. Spread thin slices of bread-
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Boners and Blunders from a 1932 Bell Syndicate List
A humorous, nonsensical list of misstatements and definitions mocks politics and science. It mixes incorrect origins of terms with playful wrong answers about blood flow and anatomy, ending with a dated Bell Syndicate credit.
Pineapple Rounds with Mayonnaise and Pimiento
A 1932 note describes assembling rounds of pineapple with softened butter. One round is spread with mayonnaise, a second topped with pineapple, and a third with a round of pimiento. Western Newspaper Union.
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Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The story centers on a girlfriend who notes money speaks loudly when it is the wife who holds the purse. Wealth and social standing drive tensions as relationships unfold amid romantic and financial stakes.
The Glorious Christmas Firelight Reflections
A reflective piece on Christmas scenes, hearths, and the enduring theme of good will. The article links festive warmth to childhood wonder, family bonds, and the message of Bethlehem as a call to kindness. It emphasizes comfort, joy, and the motivation to be generous to others, especially children.
Real Christmas Spirit in a Wealthy Man’s Change of Heart
A young, well dressed man with holiday wealth gazes at poverty stricken children through a shop window as he laments the loss of Christmas spirit. A narrator urges him to believe in the star and child and to forget himself by helping others, recalling a rich man in an old tale who went away sorrowful.
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Why Xmas Abbreviation Notation Origins
The Detroit News explains that Xmas uses the Greek letter chi for Christ not a cross. The X stands for chi the initial of Christ in Greek, with Xn for Christian and Aty for Christianity, reflecting linguistic origin rather than a cross symbol.
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