Green Thumb notes on cut flowers and care
A garden column explains why some cut flowers last indoors while others wilt after picking. It covers sharp cutting, evening harvest, hot water for stems, vase etiquette, and basic home made flower preservative formula. It also guides on making a rose jar, pruning clematis, and mulching with peat or sawdust.
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Duchess of Edinburgh
Child care and family support services debated in society
An opinion piece discusses day camps for city children and infant care facilities at stations and clinics. It argues for stronger planning to help families without embracing creeping socialism, recalling 1920s debates on childcare by trained personnel versus parental care. It also includes an odd digression about a poisonous plant and bees.
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United States
Decorating a Small Space Triumph in a Low Rent Apartment
A young couple in a low rent apartment conquers a cramped hall and dark space with pale gray walls, pastel paints, and a bamboo curtain. They furnish modestly with a charcoal sofa, glass coffee table, gray rug, cafe curtains, and a bargain bench, achieving an airy, budget friendly home.
Ice Bucket Utility for Summer Entertaining
During summer the insulated ice bucket serves multiple roles beyond cooling drinks. Use it to keep casseroles, reheat later, and serve indoors or outdoors while guests arrive. Choose a large lided sturdy bucket in teak, walnut, or bright plastic for salads, desserts, and chilling wines and sodas.
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Lynnelson
Brittle Nails Signal Vitamin Deficiency and Health Check
Brittle fingernails and limp nails warn of possible vitamin deficiency and insufficient rest. Seek a physical check up and ask your doctor which vitamins help you most rather than self prescribing. Also note that Pacific Northwest tree farms show over 100 species with 23 major commercial imports.
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Pacific Northwest
Miami Hotel Executive Runs A Trailer Lived Household
Anna May Reynolds, longtime Miami Beach hotel executive housekeeper, manages 82 maids by a glowing switchboard in her office. She and her husband live in a 5x8 foot trailer behind the hotel, reflecting a life split between a full city block hotel and compact mobility.
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Anna May Reynolds
Rustic Look Extends To Fashions
Rustic style moves into wearables for outdoor meals and summer outings. Denim and caligas inspire outfits with blue pink gray and white stripes. A sheath dress in striped ticking with a Failor collar, a red white and blue belt, and rugged ticking culottes with inverted pleats are highlighted for warm weather.
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Caligas
Ideal Companions: Youthful Sundress and Jacket Pattern
A square neck sundress and a cropped jacket pattern offered in sizes 8 through 18. Includes fabric yardages and trim notes. Price 396 with Palt-O-Rama. mail order to Sue Burnett The Troy Record New York. Extend offer for Basic Fashion book and Fall Winter 60 issue.
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Mice and Hubert the Mouse Teach a Lesson on Freedom
A narrator recalls befriending a house mouse named Hubert and the humane mousebag idea that arises from caring for him. Hubert learns to take food by hand and eventually seeks freedom, choosing the struggles of life outside over security. The tale frames mice as curious, funny beings amid human welfare reflections.
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