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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1949
Page
2
Architects favor portable lamps for decorative lighting while built in sources provide supplementary illumination. Today lamps blend practicality with artistry, offering warmth, drama, and ease of use. Proper lamp design aligns with furniture and eye level, minimizing cords and enhancing the decor.
A movie company notes lacing is returning to prominence, replacing slide fasteners hooks and snaps. A black velvet evening dress features pale pink velvet side lacings as a stylish detail reflecting this trend.
Garden note covers mulching strawberries with straw to protect fruit and promote clean growth. It also advises on starting cuttings in sand, window box soil mixes, pruning fall bloom shrubs, and rose care with late season mulch and covering. Includes straw types, potting, and temperature guidance.
A column laments modern women joining countless clubs to fit interests, noting it drains time from writing, learning, or personal projects. It argues auxiliary memberships replace individual growth with committee work, social rituals, and superficial pursuits, diluting personal aims.
Informal home entertaining boosts tea wagon popularity as hosts seek easier serving solutions. Modern designs mix bent plywood and metal or bleached wood, with removable trays and storage compartments. Some models feature sliding tops and concealed storage for drinks and accessories, reappearing in 20th Century and earlier styles.
Improve winter safety by inspecting heating equipment. The article lists practical steps: clean chimneys, install spark arrestors, replace damaged smoke pipes, ensure tight pipe elbows, and fit proper registers for air flow. It warns against tar buildup and emphasizes adequate cold air returns and ample openings for circulation.
Dr Earnest G Osborne urges parents to praise children's art without demanding exact likenesses. He notes nursery schools provide freedom with easels and paints and warns against asking what a drawing is, arguing this stifles creativity. Children grow toward representational drawing as they age if they feel free to explore colors and line work.
Troy area women packed a State Department of Commerce clinic to learn how culinary and needlecraft skills can become profitable. Experts urged choosing marketable products, long shelf life items, eye catching packaging, and reliable delivery.
A compact luncheon menu features chipped beef served in a sauce from condensed mushroom soup with cooked green peas. Accompanied by a crisp lettuce and cucumber salad and finished with fruit and cookies for dessert.
A reader seeks guidance about inviting a former boyfriend to a gifted party and avoiding embarrassment. Advice cautions against using the event to press romance and suggests asking another boy instead. In a separate note, guidance on thanking generous suitors emphasizes natural, heartfelt phrases that reflect gratitude for thoughtfulness and the gift itself.
A celebrity style routine suggests daily inspection of shoes and elevated heels. Regular checks and quick repairs, including sewing buttons and mending seams, extend clothing life, save money, and prevent last minute wardrobe embarrassments.
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