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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
14
Dear Miss Leeds answers a teen reader asking about weight, body measurements, and looks. The advice covers reducing leg size through exercise, hairstyle changes, makeup care, and safe bleaching tips, with a leaflet offer and cosmetic guidance from Lois Leeds.
Grooming guidance stresses small details in appearance. Lois Leeds provides a new leaflet, available by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Lois Leeds care of Charleston Gazette.
A reader asks if bleaching facial hair increases growth and notes attempts to lighten the hairs without success. She reports visible growth and substantial hair on the upper lip area and seeks guidance.
A comparing ad for Anne Adams sportster pattern 4029 aimed at teen girls and Twenties fashion. It promotes a back buttoning sun back or high neck version, pleated ease, and availability in sizes 12 through 20 with fabric estimates and illustrated instructions. Orders offered via The Charleton Magazine pattern department in New York for fifteen to twenty five cents.
Dorothy Dix defends thrift as virtue and warns against stinginess in marriage. She contrasts prudent spending with penny‑pinching, arguing thrifty husbands support families without debt while stingy men withhold, causing friction and unhappiness. The piece endorses thrift as a foundation for achievement and stable partnership.
In Parkerburg on June 3 a 14 year old boy Harald Farnsworth of Belpre Ohio drowned while his father, trying to rescue him, failed. The boy's 12 year old sister Doris was saved by their father as three other family members swam nearby near Blennorhasset islands while the father watched from the bank.
Alice Faye writes from Hollywood describing life in film circles. She lives with her mother and brothers in central Hollywood and notes mountains beaches and deserts are nearby. She attends theaters two to three times weekly and enjoys Cocoanut Grove dancing spots. She outlines her New York roots and rise from chorus girl to film star since 1934.
Guidance for preparing a family for a new baby shows the older child taking pride and responsibility. The article urges parents to emphasize the elder siblings status, involve them in care, and foster protective attitudes as the household adjusts to the arrival.
A light mood persists as a baby handles the prospect of a rival with calm readiness. The narrator notes the baby accepts the shift from being king of the nursery to sharing attention without shock or resistance.
The road commission revoked 263 driver's licenses in May, 16 for drunken driving, Paul Noel of the bureau said yesterday. Forty five others lost licenses for reckless driving, driving without licenses, and related violations. Seven were charged with permitting operation by drunken drivers. The commission revoked 241 licenses in April, 185 for drunken driving.
Rebekah Lodge No 61 will meet at eight o clock tomorrow night at the Odd Fellows building East Bank. Mrs Antoinette Newcomer Spring Hill district No 14 president will preside. All Rebekahs are invited to attend.
Arthur M Van Camp of South Charleston is reported improving at Coal Valley hospital after a motorcycle accident near Smithers. He was en route home from motorcycle races in Richmond, Virginia, when the incident occurred on Monday.
Ralph Cook, slightly injured when a truck he drove collided with a street car at Spring Hill, is convalescing at his home.
Luana hides a hand injury while pursuing her modeling career in Greenwich Village. Her lover Jimmy plans to sail for Europe, triggering jealousy, feverish illness, and a late night dash to catch him before his departure as Armand Yvonne and Madame Vandaveer complicate her life.
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