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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
9
Columnist recalls Low and Burton Holmes among celebrities spotted on a voyage. The piece mentions Jacques Greber, Mrs Brooks, Countess, and other travelers aboard a French Line liner. It highlights social scenes on deck and in the hold, with travel talk, performances, and anecdotes about passengers and hosts.
A fragmented quotation discusses private business matters and art, noting a stance toward feminine or domestic spheres. It argues these domains should thrive despite annoyance, implying a gendered lens on work and culture.
A column advises planning picnics with nutrition in mind for all ages. Start with sandwiches fruit and a drink, then add salad and desserts for variety, ensuring salads offer bulk minerals vitamins and appeal. For home meal replacements add a hot dish such as macaroni or rice blends.
Alicia Hart advises women on lipstick technique to improve wear. Start by removing moisture, then apply color along the inner lip line, allow two minutes to set, blot excess, and smooth edges. Do not extend color beyond lip corners. center-only rouge can misstate appearance. Carry lip pomade for dry lips during rides.
The note lists a full day menu including breakfast items like strawberries cer eal cream poached eggs muffins and coffee and a luncheon of jellied vegetable salad rye bread with rhubarb tapioca pudding and tea. Dinner features hot baked beans Swiss cheese rye bread Boston brown bread tomato and lettuce salad olives and desserts as part of a picnic style meal with advice on keeping foods hot or cold using newspaper wraps or vacuum jugs. It also extols picnic hampers and watermelon as a refreshing dessert and discusses vacuum freezers and dry ice packaging.
Dr. Josephine L. Peirce of Lima Ohio told the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Detroit that women now fight for social justice at home as they once did on frontiers. She added the old order has changed and Western expansion is over, urging clubs to discuss controversial issues openly. Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson of Tulsa cautioned fewer women hold office but linked it to times of stress and change. Both doctors Peirce and Lawson, candidates for federation president, spoke at the convention.
Mrs B O Skinner wife of the state director of education and former Athenian served as pinch hitter for the educator in Columbia. Doctor Skinner was scheduled in Urbana for a speech and while he could not attend both, Mrs Skinner delivered a first class speech in Columbia per reports.
Bargain offers list nine coats in several sizes at $6.84 each from original $19.75, plus three more coats at $8.84 from $16.75 and a five coat set at $22. The ad promotes all pure laces suits at $4.84, navy brown ensembles, and women’s fast color frocks in sizes 14 to 48, with 89 cents each or two for $1.74.
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