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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1921
Page
18
A 1981 opinion piece urges teaching children to carry clean handkerchiefs and use them correctly to limit infections. It details proper use, care, and storage, condemning sharing or misusing tissues and stressing daily checks and a handkerchief basket to reduce winter illnesses among students.
In a morning tale Mamma Gray Spider argues with Mrs. Black Ant about relocation as wind tears her web house. The spider recalls teaching her children to leave home and fend for themselves while joking about junk dealers and rapid rebuilding.
A whimsical tale where Mrs Black Ant is shocked as a little web spun by Blanche Silver reshapes a home. Mama Gray Spider jokes about a junk dealer and the spiders’ independence while planning a move and a school upgrade.
A humorous column on romance, marriage, and modern era woes. It satirizes men and women, noting how society’s changes and prohibition shape relationships, with quips on neurasthenia, reform, and aging love in the 1920s.
The narrator recalls a moonlit outing with Dicky and friends by the Kronish inn, where jealous banter and playful teasing reveal tangled feelings. Dicky downplays an injury while Madge worries over his head, and Bess Dean tests limits in the group, with the night ending in a hint of future conflict.
An elder guide extols rugged living for health noting that exposure to sun, fresh air, rough foods, exercise, and open windows builds resistance to disease. Warns against overprotection and refined foods, advocates daily sun, jaw exercise, fresh milk and butter, and clean streets. Includes Q&A on hair care, contagious pleurisy, and jaw cracking remedies.
A pattern offers a brown or black duvetyn bag with ring top, embroidered or beaded, using plain brocaded ribbon. The bag size is fixed, with specific ribbon yardage given. Also advertised is the fall and winter tissue of Fashion Magazine with 300 styles and dressmaking lessons, priced at 10 cents, from Ione Miles Patterns via The Washington Post.
A horoscope notes unusual or erratic conditions today with Neptune as ruling power and flashes of inspiration toward new projects. Tensions may rise from a hostile Uranus Mercury aspect, while Venus blesses social and domestic affairs. birthdays face worry but may prosper in business. A recommended focus on amiability for children born today.
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