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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
5
Dr Frank Chmelik debunks the notion that beauty equals dumb. He argues that attractive women can be excellent wives and mothers and that happiness in marriage depends on finding the right partner and mutual compromise. He suggests marrying after physical maturity and before mental rigidity sets in.
Dear Miss Mason answers questions on who should mend a quarrel first and how to capture a boy's interest. A reader asks about loving an older boy who only says hello. Advice suggests speaking up to intrigue him and recognizing burning infatuation in constant thoughts about the object of affection.
A teen asks if dating a woman four years older is okay at 17. The advisor says it is fine for casual dating, but warns that she may be too old for a steady relationship.
A reader asks about a boy who likes necking during dates. Dear Miss Mason suggests gently teasing him to curb the necking and emphasizes consent and comfort in social courting.
A reader asks how to handle a co worker who questions clothes costs apartment price and father salary. The response suggests avoiding blunt refusals and using humor to defuse the curiosity. If needed, endure the rudeness or consider a harsher snub to preserve boundaries.
Guidance notes that when leaving the table to dance in a restaurant the napkin should be on the table not on the seat. The admonition underscores proper napkin placement and etiquette, concluding with the principle that the napkin remains on the table.
A speaker suggests using a bright engaging smile to approach someone admired. The idea is to start with a casual greeting to ease into conversation and gauge mutual interest before deeper flirting. The guidance emphasizes warmth and confidence.
A reader asks if asking a young lady out is forward. The response suggests contacting her by phone or letter and notes she will likely be flattered by the overture.
A short advice item suggests that a girl can keep a man by using charm and winning ways. It presents a playful, moralizing tone common to domestic guidance columns in historical papers. The piece emphasizes personal polish and social ease as factors in romantic success.
A heavy snowstorm in New York City produced economic activity worth 1.5 million dollars and provided employment for about 20 000 unemployed workers turning a weather event into a windfall for the city's labor market.
Opinion notes that the familiar phrase Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong is proposed for replacement with One Hundred Million Americans Can Be Wronged to reflect modern sensibilities and critique national confidence.
A small New Year’s Eve party for five couples can use a buffet or seated supper with bouillon chicken a la king and relishes or fruit salad with cakes and coffee. Bridge for fun, dancing to break the ice, noise makers at midnight, and optional toasts plus attire choice are suggested.
Do not say I am pleased to meet you. The proper opening is How do you do. When leaving, use polite closing phrases fitting the scene and person.
The Rialto theatre hosts a New Year’s Eve midnight jamboree starting around 11:30 PM featuring Frances Woods on the Barton organ with Bits of Hits of 1982 and Me and My Gal starring Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett. Three specialty acts join the program in the Zastro Revue. Admission is 40 cents.
Jack Oakie, known for Madison Square Garden and Once in a Lifetime, is cast with Gary Cooper and George Raft in Paramount's Fly On, an air service adventure. Bogarters and Wallace Smith adapting an original by John Monk Saunders, author of Wings.
Clara Bow returns to the screen after a long break in Call Her Savage a stirring romance from a Texas ranch to Chicago. The film follows a fiery young woman learning self control while her mother’s revelation and a troubled marriage test her search for true love featuring Gilbert Roland Thelma Todd Willard Robertson Estelle Taylor Anthony Jowitt and Weldon Heyburn.
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