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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1921
Page
3
A first person vignette on Christmas toys where a child explains that everyday toys, clothespin and rag dolls, are favored for daily play. The grand doll remains for show while the rag and other dolls offer comfort, dressing fun, and security at night. The piece closes with a plea to tell Santa Claus.
Winifred Black discusses envy among office women the elderly widow, the pretty fiend, the single heart, and the plain worker. Each category shows green-eyed jealousy toward the new woman, while their personal lives and ambitions intertwine with office dynamics and social expectations.
Advertisement describes a ladies' one piece bungalow apron in sizes 36 49 and 44 bust with trim options of gingham or Chambray and braid, priced 15 cents. It also promotes The Fall and Winter issue of Fashion Magazine with over 300 styles and dressmaking lessons, priced 10 cents a copy, from Ione Miles Patterns Washington Post.
A Brooklyn Eagle sketch notes quirky facts about spending on cannons and shooting the moon. A geologist claims the world’s greatest pluffs lie not by the sea but in pedestrians. It takes a rifle bullet 2 seconds to cover 1,200 yards, while a runner matches that distance in half a second.
The trees around celebrate with colors for a North Wind party as Mrs Maple and neighbors prepare their children. Oak doubts attendance while Beechnut and Walnut discuss delays and the siblings race toward the meadows to join the festive gathering.
A sampler of astrology advice from Genevieve Kemple predicting an uneventful day for workers and careful spending. The card then shifts to a light, domestic scene with neighbors discussing children, leaves, and walnut trees, ending with a quirky radio-like Voice line from the Chicago Examiner about a gouty father planning a visit.
Adele Garrison continues her Revelations of a Wife serial as Kronish and his wife cope with danger after a tense evening. Col Travers praises Kronish’s wife while coffee and rolls ease nerves at the inn. Domestic tensions rise as Ted, Dicky, and Bess Dean join the escape and plan to head home with lingering questions about Lil.
A health piece explains adrenal glands regulate heart muscle tone blood pressure and mood. It notes laughter high spirits reflect healthy adrenals while fatigue or melancholy may signal adrenal issues and cautions medical supervision for adrenalin extracts.
A brief Home Kitchen note by Jeannette Young Norton explains easy candy making. It includes a method to boil sugar with vinegar and butter, test in cold water, add flavoring, and pour into a buttered tin to cool before cutting. A second recipe uses walnuts for a brittle chewing candy.
An advertisement touts Vinci as a superior remedy for run-down and debilitated conditions. It asserts a money-back guarantee and urges readers to try the product through O'Donnell's Drug Stores and People's Drug Stores in Washington, promising restoration of strength or a refund.
A vintage recipe outlines two candy variations. The first blends molasses, white sugar, butter, and water to a firm ball, with soda, cooled on a buttered plate and cut into squares. The second uses molasses, butter, vinegar, vanilla, and baking soda, boiled then cooled and cut.
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