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READING ALOUD:
A quiet custom, nearly lost to modern hurry, is making its return among certain elderly residents this spring: the hiring of a steady voice to read aloud in the afternoon hours. Novels, family letters, and the day’s news are most commonly requested, though some ask for poetry, and others prefer simply the familiar sound of a page being turned.Those acquainted with the practice say it i...
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