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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
5
The piece advocates assigning children small real tasks to foster responsibility. It suggests toy brooms for girls and a toy gardening outfit with a plot to ignite imagination. Emphasizes shared libraries for parents and children and mutual borrowing to teach lending and care.
An article urges bold home makeovers including moving furniture, reconfiguring rooms, and brightening spaces with new decor. It notes mixing cushions is discouraged, suggests varied lighting with multiple lamps and stands, and praises tall tables and parchment shades to create dignity and charm in country homes.
A devotional excerpt prays for guidance and strength amid an uncertain path. The speaker asks for divine presence to stay in sight, courage to endure sorrow, and faith as the veil lifts daily guiding toward hope and fears.
The article suggests creating a child friendly garden area for outdoor cultivation and offering yearly prizes to sustain interest. It argues gardening keeps children outdoors, teaches self reliance, and fosters care for others property and generosity, including sharing books from the parental collection.
The passage extols craft discipline as foundational to character. It celebrates hands on work from carpentry to gardening, urges keeping children busy without time pressure, and recommends a good library of adventurous books whose stories center on a heroic triumph.
A description of a lightweight floral cotton dinner dress worn by Lana Turner. The frock features a shirted bodice and side panels, a snug fit at the waist, a smooth front panel, and a full skirt with puff sleeves tucked into a band.
The article advises a week long pre wedding beauty regimen. It covers cleansing and night cream application, skin texture improvement, manicure aid, oil rub for shoulders and arms, and posture exercises. It includes mirror practice, deep breathing, shoulder lifts, and a towel rub with dusting powder for feet.
Getting married prompts purchase of wedding cake boxes with card and tin for postal transmission under Commonwealth regulations. Offered at 5/6 per dozen post free, available at the paper office or United Press Ltd 971-3 Hay Street Perth.
A homemaking piece advises parents to offer children varied hobbies and support their creative drive. It also prescribes wedding day grooming including hair washing, scalp massage, manicures, pale polish, and a salt bath for energizing the body.
A historic recipe instructions for a sago plum pudding. It lists ingredients including breadcrumbs sugar sago soaked in milk butter mixed fruit and soda. The method requires mixing all but the soda adding milk if needed then steaming in a greased mould for three hours.
The article offers cosmetic steps for an occasion using foundation cream rouge powder and brilliantine to enhance natural assets. It suggests renewing pictures every few years and trying new vases and decorative bowls to refresh a room.
Blanch onions then boil until tender. Drain well and chop. Mix with dried sage breadcrumbs butter pepper salt and a beaten egg. Combine until stuffing forms and is ready for use.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pill as a blood builder. It claims the pill increases red blood cells to boost oxygen delivery, improving energy and mood, and urges readers to buy from chemists or stores.
A short suggestion for light summer breakfasts on the farm. Pour sweetened milk over shredded wheat, moisten, fill the center with stewed fruit or preserves, surround with the remainder, and top with whipped cream for a wholesome start.
A column offers seasonal home styling advice including flowers for a float bowl, Witching bowls in clear glass, new table mats, cushions matched to curtains, and instructions for manicuring hands. It outlines nail care steps from shaping to cuticle treatment, emphasizing care and neatness.
The article discusses the ancient art of palmistry and its contested truth. It notes palm reading has sparked debate for centuries, claiming influence over human destiny and evoking both joy and sorrow from the hands’ reading.
A list of manicure supplies includes orange stick emery board nail brush buffer and bowl for warm water. Also needed are nail cream cuticle oil polish remover cotton wool and hand lotion. Start by removing polish then wash and dry hands and shape nails with a file.
Grandmother won a prize with this pattern and it is praised as one of the loveliest quilts when finished. The simple patches are easy to applique and a block can be completed quickly. patterns suit pastels or bold color. Pattern 1458 includes patch arrangement guide, pattern pieces, cutting and sewing instructions, yardage chart, and a quilt diagram for single or double bed sizes. To obtain, send postal note or stamps for 1/1 with pattern number, name, and address to The United Needlecraft, PO Box 3190 X, Sydney.
The guide suggests softening cuticles with cream before buffing nails. Begin at the upper edge of the half moon and stroke toward the tips. Apply a colorless polish, then a bright color for a charming effect. Massage in hand lotion, wipe excess, and rub hands together.
The article extols cottons rise this year in dresses blouses beachwear and accessories. It highlights crisp ginghams voiles muslins and sheers for daytime and evening wear with trims necklines florals and appliqued colors. Beach ensembles feature play suits and striped shirts with suggested DIY cotton flowers and accessories.
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