Price of Procrastination in a Library Debt Tale
A mother teaches her son Mack a hard lesson about procrastination over a twenty cent library fine. The scene centers on overdue returns, moral courage, and earning money through chores to pay the debt.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
7
A mother teaches her son Mack a hard lesson about procrastination over a twenty cent library fine. The scene centers on overdue returns, moral courage, and earning money through chores to pay the debt.
Hollywood expert Pete Westmore advises oblong faced girls to avoid top hair height center parts and waves, add fluffy sides, keep brows natural, apply light circular rouge on cheeks, and use lip shaping to give a fuller lower lip at corners. Loretta Young is cited as a star example.
Practical tips for women approaching the change era to maintain appeal amid hot flashes mood swings and fatigue. Endorses fresh air sleep and Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to boost vitality and calm nerves.
Prom night at the campus features Paul Whiteman with a 34 piece band and four entertainers. Dorms shops and fraternities report dress rush, corsages, and hair styles as curtains rise on four hours of Whiteman music. Prom Queen voting closes at noon, King crowned around midnight with Spalding as guest.
A limou sine interview sets stage for Philip Veritzen's tale of Transvania secret history. He recalls royal grooming, his wish to work in theater, and his uneasy path beside Rudolph as palace officer while pursuing dramatic art. Olga arrives to alter the course of his life.
A feature urges transforming icy summer favorites into hot dishes. Recipes include hot grapefruit batter fritters, broiled bananas, tomato shells with Brazil nuts, and a hot spice grapefruit toddy. The piece notes serving hot versions of iced coffee and cold cereals for year round appeal.
A prominent New York oyster bar chef shares a tested method for perfect oyster stew. Start with a hot utensil, melt butter with seasonings, add clam broth, drop oysters for 1 2 minutes, then stir in milk and cream until just boiling. Finish with butter and paprika.
Martha Dodd, daughter of former U S ambassador William E Dodd, says Hitler set German women back a century by boycotting leadership roles while pressing them to work. She describes middle class women as poorly dressed, hypnotized by Hitler, and limited to childrearing and labor camps as Nazi schools indoctrinate their children.
The Women’s Auxiliary of Alexander Presbyterian Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Julia Ewing on Friday at 1 30 p m All members are asked to attend. London police to make cells more comfortable for intoxicated prisoners with rubber mattresses and pillows ordered by the commissioner of police.
Mrs William F Lee hosted the Social Sewing Club at 101 E Union St. on Wednesday for an afternoon of sewing crochet knitting and tatting. Refreshments were served by Mrs Ralph Wright and Mrs T W Gaston. The next meeting is March 15 at Mrs Gaston's home 9 Shannon Ave.
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