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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1948

Page

5

Miss America 1948 Reveals Slimness Secret Through Work

Beatrice Shopp of Minneapolis explains how to stay slim without starving, citing farm chores, gardening, lawn care, and daily housework. She shares swimming in summer and skiing in winter as key activities, noting travel keeps her figure lean and active.

Beatrice Bebe” Shopp Barbara Flanagan Menneapolis MNS Vickie Draves Minneapolis Tribune

Calorie Count From Everyday Foods and Walks

A health note compares walking and food calories, stating brisk walking a mile burns about 100 calories and thirty six miles could shed a pound. It lists calorie counts for common foods like a breakfast bun 350 and ice cream soda 350, while beverages like tomato juice 40 and orange juice 85 appear as lower totals.

Willowy beauty opts juice over syrup to shed pounds

The passage urges choosing tomato or fruit juice over chocolate syrup to avoid extra calories. It notes a person would need to walk thirty six miles to lose a single excess pound, highlighting extreme fitness rhetoric.

Designing small shelves to break up long bookcases

Suggestions for adding built in mini shelves at sides of divisions to split wide shelves. Finish them in satin black or matching the bookshelf color or in a bright contrasting shade. Use the new shelves for small decorative objects or potted plants to lighten bulk and create a designer built look.

Ready-Mix Frosting Lets Bakers Decorate Cakes

Naomi Doebel outlines quick kitchen ideas for home bakers. A ready mix frosting in a tube allows writing Happy Birthday on cakes. She also shares fig and orange filling for layers and pale pink icing, plus a veal roulade with potato filling and mushroom gravy. A fruit cabbage salad and salmon fish loaf with parsley cream sauce complete the pantry suggestions.

Naomi Doebel

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