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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1938
Page
13
Hollywood June 9. A beauty column extols postnatal figure reconditioning, stressing health basics diet exercise fresh air sun and rest. It notes posture fatigue and abdominal weakness after childbirth and describes gentle exercises demonstrated by Virginia Grey to strengthen core muscles.
The text offers simple upstanding exercises to lift hips and tighten legs, advising gradual repetition to build strength. It notes these tips may widen social opportunities and even spark romance, and cites a Lois Leeds leaflet available via Charleston Gazette for more beauty tips.
Gelett Burgess quotes earliness of youth when upright as opposed to sedentary ease. Jean Tennyson, touring Switzerland, avoids “pipe stem” legs and endorses mountain climbing for thin ankles and hips. Chefs praise garlic as a key aroma and flavor enhancer with rare breath issues. Martha Raye remarks glamour carries a price in Hollywood.
Sally Norris defies Herbert Stanley and heads toward Gram after Andy Kay’s disappearance. She writes two letters to Andy, plans a visit to Gram in Vermont, packs hastily, and drives through Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania toward a farm near Wicksfield, seeking guidance and safety.
The Tyler Mountain 4-H club will sponsor a motion picture on June 23 at the Tyler Mountain school house. Miss Eleanor Bigelow will have charge. The group met Wednesday night at Mrs. Margaret Bowen's home with attendees Linda Ewing Thelma Genderson Mildred Henderson Marzella Gillispie Chessie Frazier Ellen Bibbee Freda Johnson Esther Staats Betty Stants Piggy Thaxton Alice Young Wanda Hamilton James Robinson Charles Robinson Junior Pitt Paul Henderson Jack Harris and Thomas Ashby.
A formerly awkward couple, Don and Lola, master tango with simple home diagrams. The 40 page booklet Social Dancing Self Taught offers instructions for fox trot rumba waltz and tango plus leading tricks. A farmer's wife from Stargard Germany has been sent to prison for chaining her daughter.
A benefit dessert bridge was held at Mrs. Dunn’s Edgewood Drive home to aid the St. Francis guild eye clinic. Hosts included Mesdames E. J. Cannon T. F. Conk James J. Duggan Clarence Dunn Martin Hopkins and L. C. Maddox with a large guest list of society ladies and reserve players attending the charity event.
The West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union installed Miss Gertrude Peterson of Weston as president for a second year at the closing of the annual convention. Officers include Guy H. McKee Marionstown? No, Marlinsburg, Rev. Allen S. Fields New Cumberland, Marion Brown Huntington, Miss Gladys White Princeton, world vice president C. C. Richman, Lucille Thrasher Clarksburg secretary, and QO. P. McElerain Clarksburg treasurer. Also mentioned: England beauty aids spending over $600,000,000 in the last year with listed categories.
Reader asks for 15c for a booklet titled Social Dancing Self-Taught and provides an address in New York for delivery to The Charleston Gazette. The message requests plain naming of sender’s name, mailing address, and booklet title.
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