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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1930
Page
5
A 1930 feature questions whether beauty affects a lawyer’s success in France after a Paris automobile accident leaves a scar. The piece argues prettiness may sway verdicts, prompting reflections on justice, gender, and perception within the courtroom.
Miss Frances Blackwell and Mrs May participated in the event with Mrs Charles Harvey receiving the club memento. The guest sou venir went to Mrs May. Tempting refreshments were served in the afternoon. The club disbanded for the summer months.
The column lists residents and visitors with illnesses and travel. Notable items include Master T M Jones ill at his parents’ home on East Vine street, Miss Siphie Council traveling to south Alabama to visit relatives, and others such as Mrs E N Neill, Mr and Mrs John W Jones, and Miss Lena Mae Ellis visiting or staying with relatives in Huntsville Birmingham Memphis and Mobile.
A 1930 column notes changing taste in romance from matinee idols to Tin Pan Alley song writers. Women increasingly prefer the imagination over visual heroes and may ditch screen lovers unless writers of love songs deliver brighter, era-spanning charm.
The Saturday Club held its annual open meeting at the home of Mrs. 8. M. Thompson with co host Mrs. Sam Stephenson. About twenty friends attended as members invited guests enjoyed a social hour and refreshments served by the hostesses and helpers. The program featured Miss Wallace in The Wind's In The South, Miss Josephine Puckett in The Will, and Mrs. H O Troup in Chopin with piano accompaniment.
Anne Adams describes a delicate afternoon frock with pointed motif, yoke and tucks in the bodice. The 1914 pattern offers georgette or flat crepe fabrics in cream, pastel blends, or black and ecru, with sizes 18 to 42 and yardage details, instructions, and 15 cent pattern price.
Mrs Farley will attend the Madison High closing exercises and the grammar school operata directed by her. Roy Billings and W G Gardner are among those planning to attend the Alabama Bankers Association annual convention in Birmingham this week.
Sheriff B. E. Davis returned from Tuscaloosa with a mentally disturbed woman to be admitted to the state hospital for the insane.
Mello-glo powder is prescribed by beautiful women for a shine free nose and no irritation. It stays on pores and spreads smoothly for a youthful bloom. Produced by Thompson Drug Albany Drug Co and Alabama Drug Co.
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