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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1925
Page
6
A light verse traces a mother’s hairstyle journey from curls to straight, puffed pompadours, and eventual aging hair trends. The piece sits amid a Wellington Leader page with local ads and society notes including a fishing trip by several residents.
The piece surveys conflicting trends on ladies hair lengths noting women growing their hair while many are cutting into bobbed styles. It cites Queen Elizabeth of Belgium adopting a bob and reports salons selling bob covers. The tone mirrors a period fashion debate with no clear consensus.
The Senior Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church postponed their Monday party planned at Mrs. G. L. Kirven’s home at 105 Fountain Avenue until a later date.
Mrs. Margaret Proctor Smith of Louisville will sing Van de Water's The Penitent at the 11 o'clock service. The note notes the song is by special request after several readers expressed desire to hear it. Many readers heard the piece and will attend today. The report also questions humane treatment of animals after a dog group shields a wounded animal from traffic on Polk street.
A quip by a judge compares knitting to chewing tobacco, noting both give solace to women and men but neither yields real benefit. The remark frames knitting as a wasteful habit that harms yarn rather than the impetus of comfort.
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