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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1931
Page
8
An article tracing how rickets was treated historically from superstition to science. It credits cod liver oil therapy to Dr. Copeland and explains how vitamins and sun exposure cure rickets, emphasizing advances in nutrition and public health over centuries.
A reader offers home tips on joint cracking caused by low synovial fluid and suggests warming massage with cod liver oil. Another reply cites cold hands and feet from poor circulation and advises overall health improvement to boost circulation. A third query notes swelling in the left leg below the knee and seeks guidance.
Seen on Fifth Ave describes autumn millinery moves with velvet crowns and black velvet bonnets, while next season’s hats favor simple lines and eye emphasis. The page also includes reader questions on health issues from kidney checks, gall stones, oily skin, salt intake, to nasal catarrh and eye care with brief expert answers.
Grace Thorncliffee documents a late night affair at the French Colonial Museum in Paris during the Exposition. She remarks on fashion, noting satin gowns, velvet wraps, jackets, and a standout white chiffon dress with crystal bead edging. She comments on theatre slang, civic pride, and chic outfits, including a chartreuse silk alpaca coat dress with a brown belt and distinctive neckline details.
The era shows a profusion of fashionable hats with both dramatic and simple designs. Younger buyers prefer rough straw wide-brimmed pieces, while ribbons give way to feathers next season. Featured sketches include black felt with rolled brim, chocolate bakon straw with pink ostrich accessories, a rolled Panama, and a pale pink eyelet embroidered garden hat.
A continuation scene where a writer confronts her husband about notes in a play. Dicky admits past jibes about Jack Bickett’s photo and jokes about being in love. The couple quibble over literary material drawn from their lives as the writer presses on with her manuscript.
A thrift minded woman Marcia laments waste while hoarding furniture clothes and fabrics. The piece argues hoarding excess is costly and healthful to recycle leftovers and suggests periodic surveys to identify needs and move surplus to where it helps.
A daily astrology note warns of dangers from a sudden visitation and a need for vigilance against secrecy and fraud in affairs. Personal matters will be lively, with potential surprises for those born August 15. A child born today may be restless and inventive, possibly secretive about projects. Notable nativity: Harry Lauder.
The essay catalogs beloved female names in classic songs Gretchen Margy Louise Kathleens Eileen Nellie Josephine Henrietta Wilamena Martha Lorena and more, noting how women are sung about while men remain unnamed. It laments that male names dominate song subjects and wonders if the trend will continue.
Mr Punch instructs shadow-children Mij Flor Hanid Yam and Knarf in a playful pie making lesson. He covers gathering a plate counting cherries pit removal rolling dough assembling filling and baking then falls silent, perhaps asleep.
A beauty column explains eyelash biology showing a paired growth cycle where one lash matures while its mate strengthens. It notes a three to five month lash life, possible bald eyelid rims, and an oil treatment using olive oil to stimulate new lash growth, with daily application for a week.
A reader asks if absence makes the heart grow fonder and about a larger age gap. Nancy notes unemployment shapes interest, that age gaps are minor when both are young, and that general rules fail for individuals. She urges focusing on other interests rather than forcing letters or visits, as empty victories follow coercion.
A compendium of quotes on wisdom fame and virtue. Line by line voices from Mill Burke Shakespeare Johnson Pliny and others reflect on thinking, delay, words, novelty, poverty, forgiveness, and love.
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