Marriage Delay and Love Counsel in Dear Miss Dix Column
A reader seeks guidance on a 15 month engagement where the fiancé delays marriage to repay gambling debts. Emma echoes Dorothea Dix style advice, noting a man’s willingness to provide a home signals love, while delaying marriage undermines security and happiness. The column urges reconsideration and balance with trusted counsel.
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Avoid Moist Sticky Palms from summer skin tips
The article advises treating moist palms by patting the inner hands with toilet water or cologne. Evaporating alcohol lowers surface skin temperature, creating a cool sensation and boosting grooming confidence and personal comfort.
Lodge Initiates Three Members at Amarillo Moose Chapter
Amarillo Chapter 1150 Women of Life Moose initiates three new members Ella Mae Gibbs Edith Childre and Etta Dane at Monday Moose Hall meeting. Senior regent Mary Lou Haley presides. Officers host refreshments. An Aug 6 supper is planned at Moose Hall for members and husbands.
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Ella Mae Gibbs
Edith Childre
Etta Dane
Mary Lou Haley
Mesdames
Faye Middleton
Zola Kale
Mary Hinkle
Gladys Eskew
Nina Pike
Mae Higgins
Lucy Biggs
Bertie Kelley
Murillo Davis
Delores Ruth
Margaret Howard
Pauline Atchley
Beryl Johnson
Perkie Foster
Lucille Smith
Eula Weeks
Glayvdys Buttel
Bobbie Craven
Aline McCombs
Betty Tupin
Lorraine Burleson
Rosie Edwards
Tressie Bass
Girlie Ricketson
Zela Bryant
Mary Jane Stout
Advice for a teenage bride and unhappy marriage
A worried mother seeks guidance on her 15 year old daughter who married at 15 and is now pregnant. The column advises legal counsel, controlling allotment money, and possible annulment, warning the daughter may learn responsibility, with the mother urged to offer support until the grandchild is born. A second reader asks about divorce at 18, and the adviser urges self reflection, mature communication, and learning to share opinions with a patient husband.
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Council Hears Mrs. John Allen Amarillo Church Women Session
Evening Chapter of the Amarillo Council of Church Women met at Polk Street Methodist Church with Miss Dorothy Peery presiding. Miss Willia Neely was named nominating chair. officers to be elected in October. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will lead the Oct 29 program at First Christian Church. Mrs. John Allen of Tenth Avenue Methodist spoke on Why Not a Christian World. Seventeen representatives from five of nine member groups attended. Mrs. Alvia Richardson hosted the fellowship hour.
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