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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1949
Page
13
A sweeping rise in home sewing across America drives a postwar boom. Millions sew, with 25 million active sewers and 28 million sewing machines, pattern sales surging past 200 million, and women and girls spending billions on fabric, classes, and supplies as prices for ready-made wear soar.
A new projection television system offers a large clear picture from a small tube. The 2 1/2 inch diameter tube uses mirrors to project a big image onto a nearly any size screen, viewable at 7 to 14 feet with daylight comfort and reduced eye strain.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead suggests a weekly Saturday Father’s Day where fathers and children work and play together. The piece argues such time strengthens father child bonds, teaches practical skills, and models family responsibility, noting fathers often miss main jobs and mothers bear most weekday attention.
A guide to simple spring nature fun for children and families. It suggests observing blossoms and insects, watching caterpillars and tadpoles develop, collecting natural items, and small experiments like watching seeds grow and eggs hatch. Includes safe outdoor exploration ideas.
A reader asks how to rekindle a steady relationship after ending it. The column advises admitting feelings, inviting the date over, and gradually resuming dating to recover the steady pattern. Also notes confidentiality of readers and disguising names and identifying details.
A reader seeks guidance on coordinating living and dining room colors with walnut woodwork, blue and maroon rugs, desert tan draperies, and blue nails. Also asks for chair fabric colors and appropriate wall paper, plus advice for a guest room with white woodwork peach wallpaper and blue feather motif and a suggested sealer, bedspread and drapery colors. An unrelated note mentions cleaning cedar chests with alcohol.
A new washer wringer ironer combination promises to wash wring and iron all household laundry in one unit. The device enables a housewife to handle multiple loads with a single machine, switching attachments to iron and press as needed while preserving space in the home.
Educational toys encourage discovery of interests and aptitudes. A variety of construction and contentional playthings broadens a child’s skills while inviting neighborhood friends to visit and fostering teamwork. Junior can have a play partner, promoting social sharing and collaboration.
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