Elizabethan Furniture Styles From Tudor to Queen Elizabeth
The reader asks about the Elizabethan period in furniture and its background. The article traces Tudor influences under Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Italy’s impact on design, and how Elizabeth I popularized panelled walls oak furniture with bold bulges in legs and posts, noting medieval ceiling shifts and bookish guidance for further reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Mental Hygiene Testing For Freshmen At University Of Minnesota
University health service surveys freshman minds with questions about illness, teacher relations, and academic performance to identify students needing mental hygiene training. Experts warn questionnaires miss shy or withdrawn students, suggesting universal training for all. Also covered are ptomaine terminology updates, first aid for food poisoning, and questions on tuberculosis surgery and cattle malaria risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Service of the
University of Minnesota
An Aid to Resourcefulness in Stews and Hashes
A historical cookbook note on making stews from lamb shoulder and leftovers. It outlines first serving with vegetables and bread, cooling and storing meat, then using leftovers for a second and third dish. It discusses portion sizes for four and two diners, and hints at economical, dietetic benefits.
Daily Cross Word Puzzle From The Washington Post
Crossword clues listed vertical and horizontal with answers hinted in the clue set. The puzzle text notes Sherlock Holmes style word battles and cites a 1924 copyright from George Matthew Adams in The Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Washington Post
George Matthew Adam
Wives of Tomorrow solves a heartbreak dilemma in advice column
A reader asks Frances McDonald how to help a friend heartbroken after a fiancé he no longer will marry. The expert blames financial strain and youth culture for neglecting future plans, urging prudence, restraint, and self-respect as money and pride shape relationships.
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest Poem
A prior poem sits about a good boy who has kept the house, washed his neck, and kept order. He hopes his parents will be as kind to him on Christmas Day as he has tried to be all year. He asks for mutual kindness around the Christmas tree and to find his good deeds reflected in their behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tve
Bagar A. Guent
Poly
Polynesia
Africa
Jip
Filipino Club to Meet at YMCA to Address Articles
A mass meeting under the Filipino Club of Washington will be held at the local YMCA tomorrow night at 8. Principal speakers include Charles R. Evans former Nevada congressman and Vincente G. Bunyan director of the Philippine Press bureau. The Filipino String Circle will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filipino Club of Washington
Charles R. Evans
Congress
Nevada
Vincente G. Bunyan
Philippine Press Bureau
Filipino String Circle
Fragmentary notice on enrollment and religious rites
Partial OCR text shows scattered phrases about enrollment and religious figures. Core facts are unclear, with references to heaven and Saint Peter amid garbled terms. Summary preserves ambiguity while noting the damaged nature of the source.
Polynesia Returns In Doctor Dolittle Tale
In the Doctor Dolittle chapter Polynesia the parrot arrives back from Africa after five years. The Doctor, thrilled, introduces Polynesia to Thomas Stubbins and recalls how the bird sparked his interest in learning animal languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesia
Polynesia
Stubbing
Thomas Stubbins
Ball Trophy Presented to District Fire Department
A sterling silver baseball trophy donated by Mrs. Robert Mackenzie was awarded to George B. Watson, chief of the fire department, for the earliest three year 10 percent Red Cross membership record. Senator David I. Walsh presented it on behalf of Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. The trophy remains with the winning department until next year.
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Red Cross
Robert Mackenzie
George 8. Watson
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
John Allan Dougherty
Dougherty
Mackenzie
Bucky Harris
Washington
More Truth Than Poetry by James J Montagu
This piece riffs on proverbs and ambition noting practice can lead to a future seat of power, while acknowledging personal limits. It blends reflections on virtue, study, and luck with a light verse tone and ends with a playful, anticlimactic aside about radio, Santa Claus, and a crossword joke.
Thrift Lesson from Old Basting Threads and Closet Stock
Mary Elizabeth Allen reflects on thrift through anecdotes of seven year old basting threads, unused spools, and garments kept in closets. She argues to inventory clothing, refresh worn pieces, and repurpose items to maximize value, noting shoes, dresses, and scarves found in clever ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woridén
Nations’ Department
Hilla Wheeler Wilcox
Stadium Drive Committee Formed to Study Feasibility
A 29 member Chamber of Commerce panel was named to study a proposed stadium project after Gus Buchholz of the Occidental Hotel offered 1000 dollars to a stadium fund. He was named chairman with Léon G. Ulman as vice chairman and numerous other civic leaders on the committee. Also, eight new privates were added to the District police force by the commissioners.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gus Buchholz
Occidental Hotel
Buchtidiz
Léon G. Ulman
Quécat T. Wright
Arthur Mosés
Balderston
W. M. Dove
R. P. Andrews
D. J. Callahan
J. L. Leverton
B.C. Graham
Benjamin
Guy
George W. Hartis
Peter A. Drury
Morris Cafritz
Samual Ganse
J. ¥. Slaven
Charles W. Clagett
Gen. Anton Stephan
Julius Lansburgh
Maxz~ Fischer
George
de Neale
A. Gumpert
James B. Henderson
Rudolph
Hight
Thrift Campaign Scope Expanded in 1925
Local thrift committee plans a winter expansion led by treasurer A J Barrett aiming to raise about 5000 dollars, up from 2000 last year. Efforts include appeals to firms and individuals, school programs, posters in public places, and expanded broadcasting from January 17 to 23, with W C Hanson presiding.
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A. J. Barrett
Orgeniza
W. C. Hanson
Club to Celebrate Battle Centenary at New National Museum
Prof. Charles 8. Coltier of George Washington University and Dr. Al fonso Robledo will speak at the centenary celebration of the battle of Aygcucho. The event is under El Club Cervantes and will honor guests Ambassador Herfian Valarde from Peru and Maj. Victoriana Casajas from the Spanish embassy.
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Charles 8. Coltier
George Washington University
Alfonso Robledo
Battle of
Aygcucho
el Club Cervantes
New National Museum
Herfian Valarde
Peru
Victoriana Casajas
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Jane Eddington
Frances McDonald
Miss McDonald
Edgar A. Guest
Heaven
St. Peter Coil
Krimmer
Sofia
Adelaide
Polly
George Matthewa Adame
By Jay V. Jay
Mitzi
Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Ball
Oeadvertisa
Pagel
Washington Pont
James J. Montagu
Austria
Santa Claus
London Times
New York
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Southern Apparel
Mary Elizabeth Allen
Corinne Lowe
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