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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1924
Page
6
A 1924 Amarillo Globe column urges husbands to improve home life to boost prosperity. It argues a cheerful, well-fed, stable home with a supportive wife fuels ambition, while nagging, wasteful spending, and monotony saps morale and work performance. It cites letters from wives desiring respite and amusement.
The piece discusses decorative crown fronts with latticed ribbon and argues domestic reform via regular husband outings to refresh wives. It frames boredom as the root issue and suggests weekly dates as a remedy, claiming such changes would revive marriages and household happiness.
A illustrated pattern feature for a two-piece frock using wool jersey and contrasting fabric. Describes materials, yardage, and sewing notes for sizes 8 to 14 years with color combinations and style notes.
A collection of cosmetic and fitness advice covers treatments for pimples hair dye safety and general skin care. Tips include using sulfur sparingly on pimples, cuticle oil after reminders, milky diets for fuller muscles, peroxide or lemon juice for facial blemishes, facial exercises to reduce a double chin, and squatting routines to tone thigh muscles.
A reader is instructed to send 15 cents to the Pattern Department at Amarillo Globe Texas with name and address. The request will be sent to New York and a pattern arrives about ten days later.
The Globe invites original child sayings for a feature paying 50 cents per printed contribution. Submissions must be unique and not previously published. Write on one side only and mail to Bright Savings Editor Amarillo Globe Amarillo Texas.
In a string of brief local notices a nurse admits a baby boy to his new family at 2104 Taylor street while Mrs Mary James of 1811 Polk street remarks on the child’s unfinished features. Six year old George laments missing a sister but prays for a daughter. A boy offers humorous advice on how to obtain a girl and a child defends truth amid parental scolding in Claude Texas and Hereford Texas notices.
A 1924 Public Ledger piece by Dorothea Dix urges husbands to treat their wives with weekly amusement to reduce domestic strife. It argues that appreciating home, children, and harmony brings happiness and even financial benefit through improved domestic life and peace.
A city raised girl visiting the country mixes up chicken parts asking for the band stick. Mary comments on breeches while Mrs. B. Burton of 505 North Grant recalls the moment.
Mary James of 1811 Polk Street steps toward the parlor to greet her beau. Three year old Eugene loudly warns that the visitor will bite her, drawing the attention of neighbors.
A narrative fragment recounts a 3 year old boy Mrs W Husky talks with his grandfather about Amarillo and a nephew Billie Watt riding in a truck bed with his father when the vehicle hit a sand bed causing a jolt. remarks include a grim quip about moving and crook ed fate.
Esteemed short story writer John Russell author of Where the Pavement Ends signs with Paramount Pictures to write for the studio. He is also added to the scenario staff at Famous Players Long Island Studio.
Marian Colby pines for Alec Holden her aloof employer while managing flawless correspondence and a strict filing system in a city office. She dreams of helping him rise even as she hides her love for six weeks of separation and a suffocating subway routine at day’s end.
Paramount presents The Confidence Man with Thomas Meighan and The Heart of the North with Roy Stewart. A comedy The Fair features May McAvoy. Also shown are a Diamond Revue and a second comedy.
Authorities nab a young thief about twenty five after a run of robberies netting wealthy spoils. His mother, dying, had entrusted Corvan with recovered money, insisting it be returned to rightful owners. Victims urged to visit the Mission theater for missed funds. two thousand toy balloons used in Men scene.
May McAvoy shines in Her Reputation a sensational drama about media haste and murder on a Spanish don's deathbed ward. The film features two dramatic scenes a flood and a forest fire plus a reporter at the center of intrigue. Liner's Diamond Revue stays at the Fair with a comedy to follow.
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