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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1938
Page
11
A quaint wedding fashion guide from Lois Leeds urges brides to choose flattering hues like honey white or tinted fabrics, avoid stark white, and shape gowns with semifitted bodices and soft, full skirts. It suggests veils and coiffures to enhance height and emphasizes balancing figures with vertical lines and tailored sleeves.
Lois Leeds offers grooming tips promising loveliness and manageable hands. The feature advises daily brushing scalp massages and a thorough pre shampoo ritual, plus a special rinse to bring out highlights, with mail requests for her 1938 article.
Emphasizing light fabrics and sheer textiles for hot weather wear. Pattern 40291 offers a versatile summer frock with gathered sleeves and a flare skirt in dimity voile and chiffon. Pattern 4829 provides dress-up options with fink buttons and a fitted bodice in multiple sizes.
Discussion of vitamins A B C D E K and their roles in growth and blood clotting. Notes on vitamin K in alfalfa and its use in reducing hemorrhage during jaundice and operations. Mentions vitamin studies by biologists and a Q and A column answering about peanuts as nutrients.
Ben Russell of the Fashion Institute of America urges men to avoid packing pockets as it dulls their suit’s polish. Tailors plan hip pocket removals next season to curb bulk. Russell suggests briefcases for papers, while Gloria Bristol coins a glamor substitute plow-girl for the era. A sun tan bracelet design brands initials on wearers after sun exposure.
Advertisement details a Charl eston Gazette pattern department offer with illustrated sewing patterns for Anne Adame and summer fabrics. It promises sea sonal outfits for women and children, pricing for books and patterns, and mail order instructions to New York.
Hermann Bernard Gieske of Charleston, a native of Germany, filed a petition for naturalization in district federal court. He came to the United States in September 1925.
Self taught tap basics explained in a 40 page booklet with diagrams. It teaches six core steps, straight taps, front taps, and practice combinations to match music. Includes full length routines and various dance styles like waltz clog and rhythm buck.
The booklet Home Canning offers all the tricks for preserving fruits berries vegetables meats fish and soups. Request a copy by mailing the coupon with a time enclosed for delivery from the Washington Service Bureau.
A reader asks for 5e for the booklet Self- Instruction I Top Dancing to be sent to The Charleston Gazette Home Institute 109 West 19th Street New York NY. The writer signs with their name and address and booklet title.
A home cookbook style item lists dishes for a summer supper including baked veal scalloped mushrooms potato salad and rolls. It provides step by step cooking directions for mushroom sauce and a baked dish with buttered crumb topping. The piece closes with a note about the king and queen of England attending a London theatre production.
Lecturer Lucie Rell urges builders to study ground conditions before framing a home. Test pits reveal subsoil quality and possible savings. Protect trees, insure accidents, bank excavations, and extend foundations for molds. Maintain clean sites and note the Charleston Home Show date change.
Albert Payson Terhune recalls Sunnybank's legendary collie Sandy known as The Old Gentleman. Once a show winner and guardian, age has weakened him over nearly three years. The piece reflects affection and a call to treat elderly dogs with dignity.
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