Quick Weight Reduction Menace to Health
Dr Royall S Copeland warns against rapid weight loss methods as dangerous and unscientific. He urges slower, safe weight loss through balanced diet and regular exercise, cautioning against pills drastic diets and quick fixes. He cites dangers of starvation, misleading medicines, and costly, unsafe practices. He emphasizes nourishment, education on food values, and gradual, healthy progress.
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Copeland
California
New York
Health Q and A on Rheumatic Fever and Skin Ailments
A 14 year old with rheumatic fever reports morning yellow skin improving later. expert says heart likely not the cause, suggests sluggish elimination and diet, requests self addressed stamped envelope for details. Also explains pityriasis as skin patches with itching and fever, and notes calluses on feet require doctor guidance. requests repeat question and self addressed envelope.
Helpful Advice to Girls by Nancy Lee
A 15 year old asks if chatting with neighborhood boys harms her reputation. responses advise balancing sociability and caution. Another teen seeks popularity guidance. an expert urges natural charm, listening, current topics, dance, and modest dress to attract friends. A third girl asks why peers act distant. guidance suggests friendliness without overdoing and trying a new social circle.
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Nancy Lee
Ag Kid
Madame X
Nadame X
Mismated Drawn a cautionary tale of vanity and misaligned love
Dorothy Flack sketches a mismated couple where a home loving man faces a wife preoccupied with beauty and display. The piece warns that vanity erodes affection and leaves the husband lonely as fashion and status create a rift impossible to bridge.
Madge and the Stricken Chinese Speak to Memory and Delirium
In a hospital, Madge listens as a delirious patient murmurs a stream of Chinese phrases centered on the name Lee Chow. The scene shifts between memory and present tense as Dicky, Lillian, Katherine, and a surgeon weigh the patient’s condition while a wailing cry echoes through the quiet room. The narrator notes a fraying thread of thought linking past drama to current illness and records the patient’s delirious repetition of words.
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Lee Chow
Hugh Grantland
Dicky
Lillian
Katherine
Harry Underwood
Harry
Mrs. Bickett
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Fur Trimmed Fashion Takes Center Stage On Fifth Avenue
Seen on Fifth Avenue by Louise Duntley notes fur as an integral fashion element beyond coats. Fur trimmed wraps, borders, and edgings now appear on daytime suits and evening frocks, blending fur with velvet, lame, wool, and cloth for versatile elegance. The text shifts to a narrative about memory, delirium, and a surgeon taking charge as characters discuss a wounded man, hinting at a continuing medical drama.
Three Minute Journeys Getting Engaged in Bali
A Bali marriage custom is described with a father presenting his daughter, noting offers from suitors and a Bali kidnapping ritual that ends in elopement. The narrative covers negotiations, payments, parental anger, and eventual forgiveness as the suitor seeks wedding permission. (To Be Continued.)
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Bali
Papa
Mama
Our Daughters Are the Family Worries Today
In this 1931 feature by Winifred Black, parents reflect on how their daughters’ modern lives differ from past expectations. They admit concern over rising independence, new social habits, and generational gaps, wondering what kind of children future generations will become.
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Tom
Harry
Joe
Billie
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Upside-Down Apricot Cake From Dried Fruit Diet
Home kitchen guidance on boosting dried fruit use when fresh fruit is scarce. Encourages varied dried fruits, jazzed up desserts, and provides a detailed apricot upside down cake recipe with prep steps, ingredients, and serving ideas.
Stars Say For Friday October 9 Harbingers Of Progress
The Stars Say outlines a Friday October 9 forecast highlighting lunar transits to Saturn and Mars driving initiative and gain. It notes personal merit, steady possessions, and recognition for effort, with a productive year ahead for those with birthdays and a practical, enterprising child born this day. Notable nativity: Helen Hayes.
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Saturn
Mars
Helen Hayes
Velvet and Lace Dinner Dress Promises Popular Evening Wear
Today's fashion column highlights velvet and lace as a chic pairing for dinner dresses amid cautious spending. It features a two piece model with a white thread lace blouse and a black velvet skirt and sash, noting many women will favor multiple small frocks over one gala gown.
Shadow Children Face Hidden Animal Mystery
A surreal tale from 1951 where Mij Flor Hanid and Knarf confront a nameless giant creature. They shatter it into pieces and plan to rebuild it into several small beasts minus a mouth to avoid danger, illustrating clever problem solving amid whimsy.
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Mij
Flor
Hanid
Knarf
Yar
Yai
Animal Makers
Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
Words of Wise Wit and Fragments of Wisdom See Quotes
A collage of quotes from Campbell Horace Cervantes Congreve Thackery Napoleon Seneca Lowell and others. It gathers reflections on wisdom, duty, hope, work, and fate from varied authors and eras.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York City
Berrics, Inc
Dorothy Flack
Heart of
Wife
Adele Garrison
Madge
Fifth Avenue
Louise Duntley
Feature Serviee, Inc
Temple
Manning
Flora Dora
Daughter
Winifred Black
Alice Lynn Barry
Genevieve Kemble
Vera Winston
Maxtrell
Shadow Song
Words of
Campbell
Horace
Cervantes
Thackery
Napoleon
Seneca
Lowell
Smith
Macleod
Jonson
Emerson
D Johnson
Carlyle
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