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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1936
Page
6
A 41 year old man writes Dorothy Dix about finding love late in life. Her mail reveals happiness from a woman whose kindness and voice lift his mood and offer steady support as they share troubles and moral encouragement.
Readers explore enduring love versus youth infatuation while fashion notes promote the Anne Adams pattern 4011. The piece blends relationship commentary with sewing guidance, detailing two frock versions, fabric choices, and pattern sizing plus ordering details from The Athens Messenger.
Hollywood star Marie Wilson shares a 10 minute summer makeup routine designed to keep skin clean and cool. She urges thorough cleansing first, then liquid foundation, powder, and cream rouge, with mascara optional or limited to evenings to avoid a dull, grayish complexion from sweat and heat.
A compact preview lists acts including Odette Cetettie, Nellie Revell, Gene Arnold, and the Amos ’n’ Andy duo. The program features women’s clubs, choir hymn selections, and stage dramatizations by the Hunt Hymn Sing and the Reisman and Rowman orchestras.
New York fashion note on summer shirts and fabrics designed to feel cooler. Air conditioned effect touted for shirts hats suits and shoes with airy fabrics and openwork weaves. Patented process claimed to make fabrics more porous while preserving look. White dominates but striped checks baskets pique and stubbed weaves offer patterned options.
Olive Roberts Barton argues summer heat and loud appliances irritate nerves. A noisy home agitates children and adults, so mothers should teach quieter tones, muffling bangs with door screen rubber and placing pans softly. Darker rooms, order, and calmer voices aid children’s behavior in a busy household.
The Athena Theater screens Private Number starring Robert Taylor and Loretta Young in a romantic pairing that audiences praise as perfect. Patsy Kelly delivers comic relief as a chambermaid while Rathbone shines as a villain. Marjorie Gateson is also featured.
Harrisonville society notes record the Friendship Circle meeting at the Warner home with about 20 members, plus visits by Chase and Wiseman families, a rural letter carriers meeting led by Frank Gibson, and several local trips. The piece also notes Captain Anthony Eden shaping men’s fashion with his white linen vest and black homburg influence.
A crochet pattern describes a filet chair set suitable for all seasons with floral design and simple stitches. Includes directions, charts, materials, and an illustration, Pattern 1239. Send 19 cents and provide name and address to Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept. 2 Eighth Ave New York NY.
In Adele Garrison and Samuel Brixton’s melodrama, Lillian faces a tangled past with Robert Savarin as a dying artist leaves a fortune and a request. The tale tracks loyalties, romance, and a bequest scheme that could shape the lives of Lillian Marion and the narrator, against a backdrop of Paris, New Haven, and family ties.
A lively day forecast based on planetary influences highlights enterprise and secrecy in business and new undertakings. Individuals celebrating birthdays may enjoy a vibrant year with social and romantic emphasis. A rural survey of 10,900 homes in 33 states finds seven percent of farm women never take vacations.
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