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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
7
A tale of Missy Mousie leaving her cellar home to live with field mice. She learns to jump like a real jumping mouse from a tiny cousin and attempts to teach barnyard children, but a fall into an old well ends her adventure and teaches contentment.
The article notes black and white outfits suited for morning to evening wear. It describes a velvet onepiece frock with a white broad cloth coat, a velvet contrast design, and an evening look with a broad ermine scarf and black velvet gown.
A health essay urges avoiding placing coins and bills in the mouth. It warns money carries germs and contagions, urges thorough hand washing, and cautions against using the mouth as a second hand for everyday items.
Readers submit medical questions on hyperthyroid symptoms itching after bathing weight guidance and dreaming. Answers advise physician exams for thyroid issues, milder soaps and cooler baths, weight ranges for height, tricoma contagiousness and mercury safety, dreams from evening factors, and X rays for suspected tuberculosis.
A wealthy New York father abandons his wife and children after a failed marriage and lavish spending in Monte Carlo and Nice. He is arrested in San Francisco for desertion, jailed for two years, and the judge aims to set an example for affluent fathers. The piece muses on moral accountability and family duty.
A digest of festive desserts and methods from Jeannette Young Norton details two cranberry pie methods, an apple pie with molasses spice, a chilled pineapple-vanilla cranberry mold, a colonial style jelly mold with ladyfingers, a custard base with baked meringue, and a traditional holiday crochet of custard and meringue.
Astrology predicts auspicious planetary rulings that could bring unexpected opportunities and advancement, especially for employed or public figures. Preferment and honors appear, with recognition for industry and original ideas, though households may face disappointment. A birthday may bring yearly advancement despite domestic letdowns. A child born today may rise through clever effort but should be trained carefully early in life.
In St Gallen Switzerland the traditional visitor Samichlaus arrives with eleven companions. He wears a white outfit with a broad leather belt and a cardboard mask rather than a beard. The group bells and distributes gifts and candy to children as part of Christmas celebrations.
A healthful beauty routine emphasizes daily longer lashes and nails in good shape. The guide suggests warm baths, thorough brushing, nail care, hand oil, and a two night off per fortnight to improve sleep and overall appearance.
Adele Garrison's new phase of revelations follows tense social maneuvers around Claire Foster and Dicky Barker. The scene centers on Claire acting as a discreet maid to prepare a dinner party, highlighting etiquette, class friction, and covert sentiments within a strained household.
A reader asks how to handle a boyfriend who tests jealousy by dating others. An answer urges not fearing his outings and notes that age difference matters less than love and compatibility. The column invites letters from young women and promises responses from Annie Laurie.
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