“Language is power,” according to Linguaphone, which offered home study courses in 19 languages that could help you win special assignments, promotions, and take advantage of “global peace time opportunities,” or so they said. Barbizon on East 57th St, was offering German and was approved by the GI Bill of Rights. Berlitz was “a good move if you are checkmated in business or social life.”
If languages were not your thing, you could take rumba lessons at Eva Le Norr's Studio, which provided private and group lessons at 150 East 55th St or from D'Avalos, Latin America's foremost instructor, and his expert Spanish instructors at 152 West 57th, next door to Carnegie Hall ; private classes were also available in the samba and tango and all social dances.
The National Association of Women Artists announced an exhibit, including demonstrations, at the National Academy Galleries at Fifth and 89th St. A subscription to The Saturday Review of Literature was $2 for 30 issues. Mystery lovers might be interested in Death Rides a Sorrel Horse a new ABC mystery from A.B. Cunningham. An ad touting “Carousel” urged readers to “ See the play! Read the book!” According to the publisher’s ad, Ivy Gripped the Steps was the first book of fiction in five years by one of England's greatest writers. The Book Shop in Providence had books on home building and improvements.
A true sign of spring were the Jamaica Races, an ad proclaimed. General admission was $1.60. The first race was at 1:30 PM. Children were not admitted. Special trains ran from Penn Station and Flatbush Avenue.
"Maine...the place to live," was a 36-page book available from the Maine Development Commission. The Fiesta Cocktail Tray, woven by “Mexican Aztecs” and decorated in gay colors was available by mail order from the Schilling Import Company in Wisconsin for $3.25. It had eight separate compartments so glasses couldn't slip or slide. Sanford said their Penit Ink was best for all fountain pens.