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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
14
A vintage reader letters page offers beauty tips and how to requests from Lola Leeds and Lois Leeds. Advice covers skin bleaching myths, hand and arm whitening, height through exercise, and bust development with olive oil and massage.
Lois Leeds answers reader questions on building exercise routines to gain muscle and avoid fatigue while improving leg tone. She warns exercise won’t add fat to legs but suggests gradual outdoors walking and light stretching at morning and night. Leeds also discusses dieting for acne and skin care including facial treatments, vaccines, and X rays for stubborn cases.
A promotional note offers a summer program for light haired individuals and skin care tips for hot weather. It invites readers to request the material by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to The Charleston Gazelle care of the paper.
A mixed page of fashion guidance and personal advice. It discusses dress design emphasizing mature figures, lace at the neck, and a surplice line with a Fagian cape, plus pattern details for a silk or voile skirt. It also includes Miss Dix advice on marriage, jealousy, and maintaining varied social ties, and a Q A on attracting partners with reflections on why some women become more or less appealing.
Los Angeles June 12. The late Arthur Somers Roche’s widow Ethel Roche aided his final work before death. Fox has purchased Roche’s lost story Hard to Get to adapt as a mystery starring Warner Baxter with Mona Barrie and directed by Harry Lachman. The piece notes Warner's rising prestige and industry gossip about Paramount and Colleen Moore’s doll house premiere benefitting the Marion Davies foundation.
Irene sails through a date with Clarence Turner, a refined passenger who makes her feel seen yet avoids sentiment. A beach drive and elegant dinner set a poised, cautious pace as Irene faces her own vulnerability and a tense revelation about his wife. She ends the night unsettled, torn between romance and practical caution.
Laura Wheeler designs a easy one day blouse pattern using four balls of Shetland yarn. Includes plain knitted skirt directions and illustrations. pattern 047 offers detailed steps, materials, and attachments. Send 10 cents in stamps to The Charleston Gazette Needlecraft Dept New York.
The writer notes a rare silence on Fifth Avenue amid reduced horn use and praises New York police and anti noise efforts. He credits rubber tires and measures against horn honking for easing nerves and traffic stress, while criticizing persistent horn blowers and urging continued regulation.
An observer recalls Mussolini's anti-noise campaign in Italy and muses on the health impact of silence. The note hints at public annoyance in parades and hints at editorial mentions of Dr. Clendening offerings on indigestion constipation infant feeding diabetes feminine hygiene and hair skin care with mail order details.
The article advises parents to start a child with a small fixed allowance, increasing it gradually as they learn to budget and shop. It emphasizes hands on learning about materials, workmanship, and clothing, guiding choices while allowing independence to avoid mis purchases and poor budgeting.
Fragmentary daily recipe notes describe muffin making with reduced pans baked moderate heat for about fifteen minutes. Readily shows mixing flour sugar milk and yolks, stirring until thick and creamy, then adding extracts and salt. Chill and serve in glasses with cream nuts and cherries.
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