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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
7
A column promotes high kicking as a joyful exercise that strengthens the pelvis and waist muscles. It urges readers to start with a simple routine, alternate kicks, measure height, and practice daily to gain suppleness, grace, and elation.
A tense scene unfolds as Madge overhears Lee Chow returning to the farm with a laundry basket and a promise to talk with the sick lady. She contends with Mrs. Ticer’s prejudice while the Chinese servant waits, and Madge hurries to Lillian’s sickroom, only to glimpse Chow entering the chamber ahead of her.
A London University lecture by Dr Henry Campbell urges banning jams and candy as unhealthy. He says sugar is not essential and warns against pastries, yet readers defend indulgence. The column notes balanced meals and reading hazards, with Q and A on hygiene and recommendations from Dr Royal Copeland.
Reader asks how to reduce weight and remove freckles. Answer cites self-control in diet and offers to mail more details. For freckles, suggests mixing peroxide and lemon juice though warns it can dry the skin.
Lunar transits bring conflicting forces and a need for circumspection in social and domestic matters. Beware possible deception, false friends, and disappointments while new contracts may form favorably for those born under the day. A clever but unconventional child may pursue pleasure over business success.
A teen boy asks if he should resume with a girl who paused seeing him and whether two years of engagement is proper. The reply says to go with her only if he wants, avoid long engagements, and obtain parental consent, especially his mother's, for engagements or relationships.
Brown Eyed Vamp answers four questions about kissing before engagement meeting men outside without parental approval and riding with no chaperone. She says it is not proper to kiss a man unless engaged and that meeting or going riding without supervision raises objections from parents.
A reader asks if weekly visits with a handsome man are too frequent and if she is loved. The reply warns against seeing non engaged partners too often as it limits friendships, urging readers to keep broader social ties for richer experiences. Letters on feminine topics are welcomed through Miss Laurie at the paper.
Two new frocks illustrate day and sports wear for this season. A two piece frock features inset pleats and a silk underbodice with a tomato color trimming on the overblouse. A jersey dress in light lettuce green, available in blue maize yellow and gray, showcases flawless tailoring and smart podium hats.
Winifred Black relates Ned’s boastful skate ride and his belief that true enjoyment requires courage. He argues that facing risk is essential in worthy games and activity, contrasting it with trivial pastimes. The piece reflects on youth, risk, and the drive for spirited fun.
The piece argues courage as essential to participation in games and duties alike. It notes egotism and fear of defeat deter both youths and adults from engaging fully, urging acceptance of loss and resolve to improve as Ned faces life with cheer and determination.
The passage highlights Ned and his mother Aunt Jane, noting Ned’s love of skating and the mother’s cheerful resilience. Aunt Jane bears heavy burdens with silence and strength, inspiring Ned to follow her example of courage and joy despite life’s afflictions.
In traditional Chinese homes the back wall features a scroll to honor the goddess or deity, often the Goddess of Mercy. New Year scrolls with greetings may replace the shrine. The left wall bears handwritten scrolls, while the right shows scenes from plays or stories, with a square table or shelf acting as the shrine.
The passage outlines a typical Chinese household setup centered on a family tablet and incense altar. It describes a main scroll table with incense and candies, paired chairs or benches, side tea tables, a dark earth-floor kitchen with a kitchen god image, and a small bedroom with essential furnishings.
A collection notes King Canute at Southampton telling the sea to recede, a census tally of 211,969 US women as farm laborers away from home and 576,642 helping on home acres, Bohemian beliefs about lark flesh and eggs strengthening the voice, and sugar in the sap of about 200 plant varieties.
A Victorian style home kitchen guide shows eggs as versatile spring fare. Recipes include Exes au Miroir, Egg and Liver Scramble and Spanish Eggs with bacon and pepper, plus Eggs a la Mushrooms and rich variations.
Dotty encounters Squeedee the elfin and a meadow mouse family in a grassy hollow. They explore the scene and are invited to visit the mouse burrow where Mama Meadow Mouse serves a small feast of clover, bulbs, and seeds before Dotty returns home.
A fragmented collection of aphorisms and literary quotes on wisdom and moral behavior. The text includes lines attributed to Cicero Schiller Moore Shakespeare and others, touching on belief courage friendship patience and love.
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