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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1936
Page
10
An advice column from Lois Leeds addressing facial shape hair styling and baldness. Readers ask about improving facial balance using Veda Ron Borg style bangs, hair wetting in winter, and remedies for premature baldness with scalp care and dandruff. Guidance emphasizes heredity and proper care, plus a note on consulting a hair specialist.
Advert describes Anne Adams pattern 2771 a striped cotton dress with short sleeves and bow neck for sports or spectating. Available sizes range from 12 to 42 with yardage details for size 16 and instructions. order to The Charlester Gazette Pattern Department New York.
Dorothy Dix discusses the dilemma of an American girl in love with an Oriental, torn by parental objections and race. She notes religion and culture often complicate union, cites examples of misalignment between creed and affection, and warns such marriages succeed mainly when both partners are highly intelligent and adaptable.
Dr. John F. Cadden of the state health department will head the rural sanitation program in addition to the vital statistics department. Commissioner A E McClure said Cadden will succeed Dr A M Price, who is taking similar work in California.
Exorbitant pay for film stars marked by Texas centennial buzz. Ginger Rogers offered 5000 dollars nightly with RKO talks. Julia Boles set for 7500 for two appearances. Gov Allred to cameo in King Vidor project. Greta Garbo rumored to consider Capitol. Ricky Cortez to star in The Case of the Caretaker's Cat. Hollywood chatter covers John O'Hara novelas and pairings, with multiple potential marriages and studio moves.
A vacation Bible school will open Monday at Sehwanth Memorial Presbyterian Church. Classes run for two weeks from nine o'clock each morning. The Rev. John M. Hart Jr., pastor, will be in charge.
Textile pattern notes advertise a kit titled Pretty Pussy Motifs Pleasing Stitchery by Laura Wheeler. It describes a transfer of a kitten head pattern for pillow-top or picture work, using cotton floss wool or rope yarn, with dimensions and a contact address in New York for the pattern packet.
A reader questions the misdiagnosis of gout and distinguishes it from chronic rheumatism. The piece explains gout as a systemic disease with joint involvement, notes common misattributions, and outlines dietary limits, uric acid changes, and kidney effects. It also mentions outdated and unsafe treatments and references reader questions on hay fever and pamphlets by Dr. Clendening.
Luana Vandaveer sues for divorce amid scandal after her marriage to the designer Jimmy Randolph surfaces in New York press. She contends with gossip, a perilous business boost, and a tense reunion with Jimmy as she confronts public scrutiny and the threat to her shop on East Sixth Street.
A guide describes converting an old Welsh dresser into a modern sideboard and a buffet into a ponkshett-table using wallpaper, rubber cement, Delft blue paint, and clear finishes. It advises varnish removal, shellac, wax, and enamel tones like ivory gray or sage green, plus bold shelf colors. An illustrated booklet promises step by step refinishing tricks.
In a fall afternoon scene Mrs. Vandaveer pressures Jimmy and Luana as Lorraine taunts and engineers a ruse. Jimmy, ashamed, realizes the Vandaveer rift and the sham of their marriage. Luana reveals her thwarted love and the costs of the doomed union to New York.
Request to send the booklet How to Paint and Refinish Furniture to The Charleston Gazette Home Institute at 109 Westh Street New York NY. Include sender's name and address and booklet name.
A guide on child crying behavior noting that most crying is a habit rather than illness. It emphasizes training children to seek attention appropriately, warns against letting tears be used as a weapon, and urges both boys and girls to learn restraint. It also critiques gendered expectations around emotional expression.
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