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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
A historical excerpt offers dental care advice for daily brushing with chalk powder and camphor, plus monthly tooth checks and gleaming whites. It extols seduction through smiling lips and pearly teeth, recommending apple juice to whiten and a scented floss for fresh breath.
The passage advises never putting away worn clothes immediately. Hang freshly worn items to air for at least an hour, brush and fold before storage. Laundered clothing should be aired and turned inside out if not fully laundered. Air, water, sunshine and fire are purifying cleaning agents.
The article argues daily baths or at least sponge baths are essential for health and morality. It claims open pores aid toxin elimination, skin cleanliness improves digestion, and baths prevent fevers and contends hot baths cure internal inflammation and stubborn constipation. It warns against neglecting hygiene and recalls medieval fears of bathe abstinence.
A long reader letter page offers skin and hair remedies, diet plans, and personal care tips. Readers seek whitening, smoothing, wrinkle care, gray hair remedies, freckles, and hair growth solutions. Symes dispenses recipes for face creams, mouthwash, tonics, eyebrow care, and breathing health.
The piece outlines how to behave as a guest, stressing selflessness, punctuality, respect for hosts and guests, and courtesy to children. It warns against meddling, monopolizing resources, or overstaying visits, and advises polite note writing and good reading as part of refined hosting etiquette.
A reader requests a print of a green soap treatment recipe. The note describes mixing a solution with ROES ounces, using water as a base, and applying every other day. It warns the sap can irritate the skin and notes storage for a few months and relevance to acne care.
Woman seeks counsel on self improvement after feeling shy in company and inferior to her well educated husband. Advice requested on overcoming awkwardness and improving social ease as she reads daily papers for guidance.
A Western Girl advises telling a young man to remove his cigar when stopping to speak to you. She explains it brings a woman into unpleasant notice and shows lack of respect.
A discussion on mutual escort rights and obligations. A young man may escort a young lady as often as she allows, regardless of matrimonial intent, and no one may claim a right to the other's company. Women may refuse invitations. neither party may coerce the other into a fixed arrangement. If books differ from custom, follow custom with consideration to women as guiding standard.
When dinner ends by seven or earlier guests typically stay until ten. If dinner is served later guests should not depart before ten twenty.
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