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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
11
A May tidbit recalls a downtown tearoom scene where men discard pie fruit and a lighthearted pie crust guide follows. It shares a plain recipe for crust and berry fillings plus a brief essay on spring cleaning hearts and ending with a casual question about the current time.
This note advises checking overall health before a permanent wave. It suggests rest after illness or stress, hair conditioning routines, scalp massages to boost circulation, olive oil pre treatments, and a sequence of soins at a beauty shop to ensure hair remains healthy and responsive to waving.
A teen asks how to handle writing to a long distance boy who rarely answers letters. Guidance suggests sending a friendly note about a brother’s upcoming wedding and letting the invitation come via the brother. The passage then digresses into hair care and home permanent methods, offering step by step routines and cautions for oily or dry hair before a permanent.
A group of shadow children chase a bean shooter idea. Knart and companions launch a rubber band pebble toward the moon while the master shadow seizes control. The pebble misfires, sending Knart tumbling to the roof where he falls into a rain barrel.
Today's Fashion notes straw hats will largely replace felts for the summer. Straw looks more feminine and comes in two smart models: a stiff natural colored straw with green velvet trim and a close-fitting black felt model with self trim.
A reader provides home economy tips on whitening ivory and removing stains from knives and furniture. Advice covers turpentine whitening, onion juice rust removal, potato rub for fruit stains, lemon to brighten wood, benzine for wallpaper, oatmeal for white paint, damp cloths, curtains, rusty pins, and vinegar for cleaning satin items and odor from cutlery.
The writing warns that days ahead may harbor dishonesty and slander if speech and temper are not kept in check. It urges careful signings of documents, warns birthday readers of confusion and treachery, and highlights virtue as the true jewel of a person’s name.
Royal S. Copeland discusses ideal feeding for a 28 month old, emphasizing regular meals starting with morning juice or fruit, milk at main meals, varied cereals, eggs, bread and butter, vegetables, meats or fish, and desserts like rice pudding. He answers reader questions on weight gain, perspiring feet, and braces, noting balanced diet, rest, and hydration as keys to healthy growth.
A fragment notes offering honey or small jam with orange juice at bed time to please a youngster and suggests a light snack before sleep.
The article explains Malagasy fady taboo practices across Madagascar, including prohibitions on naming water sources and handling food, with notes on rituals at birth, death, and planting. It references Zanahary the supreme god and Vazimba protectors, portraying customs as arousing yet not sufficient to offset hardships for tourists.
A period piece discusses proper conduct for young men and women in social outings. It warns against a young lady offering to help a man with his coat or taking the escort’s arm, and suggests light guidance only by the elbow for stability. It also cautions that a gentleman may assist a lady across streets or stairs, but the inner need for physical clinging is discouraged.
Adele Garrison depicts Madge Veritzen and Lilian Underwood entangled in tension at a seaside inn near Which Princes Georgea after tea. Dicky Madget hints at hidden troubles and a masked smile conceals growing danger as Madge contemplates an impending luncheon invite and possible family schemes.
A collection of brief antique quotes about virtue duty and perception includes reflections from Reynolds Kingsley Pepys Burke Zangwill St Ambrose and Macaulay. The passages discuss doing one’s duty close to home avoiding grandiose quests and finding pleasure in art and natural insight.
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