Brighten a dull room with bold color and accessories
A reader seeks tips to revive a dreary apartment living room with light cream walls and blue taupe furniture. Suggestions include a bright yellow bridge lamp, window boxes with ferns or yellow blooms, vivid pillows in red green violet and blue with black silk slips, plain cream net drapes, blue velvet or pastel drapes, and washable fabrics. Floral chintz slipcovers and bold wall accents complete the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgker Borg
Doga
Anthrax dangers and antitoxin in early 20th century care
A historical discussion on anthrax misdiagnosis and the value of antitoxin treatment, noting shaving brushes as a common infection source in New York and detailing patient outcomes. It covers diagnosis by microscopy, treatment protocols, and outbreak control measures through disinfection and product tracing, with supplementary Q&A on heart insufficiency and diabetic diet guidance.
Don't marry for looks or money say Edgar A Guest
Mary’s mother counsels her on choosing a sweetheart by substance not style. The speaker warns against judging by clothes and beauty, urging a partner with brains and stability, noting the man with a few pigs in a sty may be the better long term match.
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Edgar A. Guest
Mary
Mary McPhea
Brie
Mydgar
Edgar
Straight Talks About Money by Mary Elizabeth Allftm
A fiscal column urges readers to map personal expenses like a business calendar. It divides costs into two lists: heavy seasonal expenses and flexible annual outlays, then slots them by paydays to avoid financial panics and “broke” moments. It warns against neglecting budgeting and highlights tax, insurance, and holiday costs.
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Mary Elizabeth Allf
Brick
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clue List and Answer
A Washington Post daily puzzle lists clues for vertical and horizontal entries. Vertical hints include Flying machine Sky overcast with watery vapor and Toward while Enact Constituent of black powder plus Famous Irish Statesman and Beverage. The horizontal clues cover Heights Head cover Upon Pronoun Entrances Eager Point of compass Pastoral poems and the answer to Monday’s puzzle.
Paris Library Adds Electric Lighting
The national library has installed electric lighting after concession to patrons demands. Winter closing at 3 p.m. will end as 35 candlepower globes illuminate rare books and manuscripts, with fire fears overcome by new wiring.
No Mail For Houses Keeping Police Dogs
In Vienna Dac residents use watch dogs to deter burglars, mostly police dogs. Over nine months 38 letter carriers faced ferocious attacks. Postmaster General ruled carriers may refuse delivery. households must pick up mail at the post office.
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Vienna
Dac
Doctor Dolittle Encounters Parrot and Fireside Visit
The quiet doctor with a foreign bird on his shoulder stops to chat as he guides a soaked visitor home after a storm. Mrs. Stubbins greets him and the narrator notes the doctor’s kindness. Tomorrow’s tale hints at tending a wounded squirrel.
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Chee-Chee
John Dolittle
Africa
John Pobetle
Stubbins
Red Cabbage Relish for Holiday Hors d oeuvres
A historic recipe describes preparing marinated red cabbage as a hot or cold relish. Salted and bottled cabbage rests in a crock for up to two days, then mixed with onion, peppers, and spices in vinegar, drained, and finally heated in bacon fat for a hot relish, yielding a festive accompaniment.
Cross Word Puzzle Prizes Ban by Post Office
The Post Office Department ruled that offering prizes for crossword puzzle solutions violates postal laws. Newspapers engaging in such contests risk losing mailing privileges. Officials cite the element of chance and section 482 of postal laws to justify the ban.
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Athe Post Office Department
Richmond
National University Adds Short Story Writing Course
The College of Finance and Business Administration will add a short story writing course after the holiday. Prof William Boyd Craig will teach, with heavy laboratory work and individual manuscript guidance. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:45.
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College of Finance and Business Administration
National University
William Boyd Craig
Craig
Model of Steamship Donated to Smithsonian Museum
A six foot model of an American passenger and cargo steamship has been donated to the Smithsonian by the Emergency Beet Corporation and will arrive today. It will be placed in a glass case in the modern marine section. The museum already holds two other modern steamship models, the Aquitania and the Empresa of India. The new model represents a trans Atlantic ship type plying between New York and Liverpool.
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Smithsonian Institution
Emergency Beet Corporation
Modern Marine
Empresa of India
New York
Liverpool
Wives of Tomorrow by Frances McDonald
A reader Grace seeks advice on waiting for a married man with two children who asks for a divorce. The columnist urges against compromising herself, warns of consequences, and stresses self respect and delaying romance until the man is free. Grace is advised to cherish youth and avoid clouded happiness.
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Frances McDonald
McDonald
Tee
Tau
Grace
Community Associations Present Christmas Concert Tonight
The third annual Christmas concert by the Community Music Association will be at 8 15 PM in Central High school auditorium. Director Robert Lawrence offers carols chamber music dances and specials by Georgi McCauley and the Lawrence trio. Dancers led by Mme Vassilieff perform pieces from Italy England Russia Spain and China with Elena de Sayn String Quartet and guest artists. 1 500 free seats and 500 reserved at 95 cents. doors open 7 PM. children under four excluded. proceeds support expenses.
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Munity Music Association
Central High School
Robert Lawrence
Georgi McCauley
Bob, Jr
Willis Lawrence
Mme Vassilieff
Elena de Shyn
Violln
United Arts
Anne Haspelach
Arno Petrenko
Rosemary Edmunds
Pauline Pariseau
Mary Stuart Luttrell
William C White
Army Music School
Lawrence
Helen Burkhart
H. Clyde Grimes
Esire
More Truth Than Poetry By James J Montague
A dated verse about a tadpole turning into a frog and the cycle of seasons with a skeptical note on youth and brains. The piece contrasts hopeful spring with the harsher December, then shifts to a political jab at Congress and a quip about early guile and Santa Claus.
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More Truth
James J. Montague
Prizes Awarded by Radio Merchants Association
Awards for best insignia were announced by the Radio Merchants Association at its meeting in the National Electric Board rooms. First prize went to Walter F. Holtgreve for a Radio Regenoflex set. second to Constance Camburn for a Trirdyn long set. third to R. Theia for a two-tube portable. other prizes to Roy C. Miller, G. Watson Lambert, and F. Hoheff. The design featured Radio From the Ground Up with a Capitol motif and a black encircling band. Details available from secretary R. N. Grogs. The Y M C A drive for 1925 funds runs Jan 14–21 at the City Club, with Claude W. Owen as general chairman. A Swift & Company beef sales report for Washington week ending Dec 20, 1924 is noted.
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National Electric Board
New York Avenue
Clifford K. Berryman
Walter F. Holtgreve
Carolina Place Northwest
Constance Camburn
Trirdyn
Piardld R. Theia
Laurel
Roy C. Miller
Klingle Street
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G. Watson Lambert
Washington Barracks
F. Hoheff
Seaton Place
Omething
Neseo
White House
Bell
Capitol
Ridio
Washington, D. C
R. N. Grogs
Hlevanth Street
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