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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
6
A mother explains raising two daughters who freely socialize with boys and girls. The piece argues against isolating children, urging an open home to monitor peers and guide behavior. It endorses balancing old and modern parenting to prevent vice and maintain trust.
Advice columns urge staying cool by avoiding talk about heat and adopting simple routines. Emphasizes baths, light wardrobe, tidy appearance, light scents, open footwear, and a light diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables for summer comfort.
Fashion note on tulle hats for summer wear describes brimless and sailor styles with multiple layered tulle and rough edge. Bonnet shapes suit youthful heads with back wearing and short veils. Evening hats include a brown black or navy tricorne with floral back accents.
In Pellmmer Alabama striking iron miners fired on by hidden sharpshooters blocked a United States Steel subsidiary plan to run three mines. Two deputized guards were wounded and 92 non union miners remained trapped underground at the Wenonah Mine as shifts were cut and pay shifted to tonnage basis.
Radio listings detail WLW CBS and NBC schedules with a wide lineup. Artists include Wise Crackers Bailey Axton Trask Orch Lum and Abner Penny Venuta Kate Smith Mary Pickford March of Time Willard Robison Crosby and Smith Orch. Multiple orchestras and acts appear across a packed program.
A simple home method uses lemon peel dropped into the boiling kettle to whiten strong white cotton items such as dish towels. The citrus reacts with the fabric to lift stains and revive brightness.
A note on culinary use says lemon juice enhances melon and avocado flavors and also brightens cooked prunes, suggesting its versatile role in fruit dishes and desserts.
A small amount of baking soda added to beaten egg whites enhances pie meringue by stabilizing it and helping it hold its shape during baking.
Edith Dustman, 19, sews costumes for puppet personettes of Marlene Dietrich Greta Garbo Beatrice Lillie and Joe Penner in New York. She trained as a tailor since high school and works late at night dressing puppets who imitate movie stars, finding her patient skill and creativity suited to the unusual job.
Palais listings for Tuesday to Sunday feature films including IT HAD TO HAPPEN with George Raft and Rosalind Russell, DANGEROUS WATERS with Jack Holt and Grace Bradley, CALLING OF DAN MATHEWS starring Richard Ariens, AFFAIRE OF SUSAN with Zasu Pitts and Hugh O Connell, MYSTERIOUS AVENGER with Charles Starrett, and ROSE MARIE starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Matinee Sunday at one at PLM with admission 100.50.
The text notes repeated wardrobe failures and rapid reoutfitting every two weeks for the Greta Garbo Hotel New Yorker show cast. It highlights torn gowns, puppeteer fret, and pressure on Mr Patterson and Miss Dustman as wardrobe staff struggle to keep the personettes properly dressed.
General Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski named premier of Poland. He inherits a nation dealing with labor unrest that toppled the prior cabinet and tests his leadership in a fragile political moment.
Paul Robeson, Princeton born, Rutgers graduate with Phi Beta Kappa, starred in Universal Show Boat at the Athena theater. An All-American end in football, he studied law at Columbia and acted in stage and screen works including Tabu Shuffle Along All Gods Chillun Got Wings The Emperor Jones Porgy and Sanders of the River. He sang Old Man River in the film and later toured 700 cities in Europe and America with a language hobby of seven tongues.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that exams should not be the sole measure of a child's capacity. She reviews the shift toward evaluating application, earnestness, promptness, and mental qualification, noting the needs of both fast and slow learners and the danger of overburdening students.
Chrysanthemums inspired cutwork doilies described as rich yet simple with tonhole stitch and no bars. Pattern 1158 includes transfer motifs sizes 11 by 17 and 3 4 by 6 by 10 inches with material needs and directions. Send 10 cents for pattern to The Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept in New York, include pattern number, name, address, and clipping.
Recipe outlines making juice from rhubarb and berries then cooking with sugar and fruit pectin to form jelly. It details chopping rhubarb, crushing berries, squeezing juice, boiling with pectin, and sealing with hot paraffin. Makes about 12 glasses of jelly.
The text outlines a lively day with chances of stabilizing fortunes through investments real estate and elder benefices. It notes birthday persons face a year of advancement and solid future prospects via insurance gifts bequests or diligence rewards. A child born today may be studious reserved industrious and successful aided by elders and higher authorities.
Dayton H. Frost federal relief administrator for Ohio will join the Federal Social Security board on July 1 as a field representative based in Washington.
Adele Garrison presents a scene where the narrator confronts Miss Marshall in Samuel Brixton’s office. Miss Marshall, longtime secretary devoted to Brixton and Helena Brixton, shows rare distress and fear, challenging her reputation for unflappable poise in trying circumstances.
Miss Marshall, secretary to Sam Brixton, pleads for help in locating Mr. Brixton amid rumors he might disappear. The secretary reveals concerns about Brixton’s ill wife Mrs Brixton and says Ronald Brixton could be the closest confidant if he reveals intent. The scene includes a strand of smoke and a sense of urgent peril.
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