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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1933
Page
6
Friends announce Miss Meek Beard is recovering at Long’s Sanatorium Statesville after a recent automobile accident that left a waist to foot plaster cast. Doctors expect release in six to eight weeks and she plans to return to city schools in the fall.
In New York the Loew's Lexington theater lobby hosts a makeshift summer aquarium service with patrons leaving bowls and even baby alligators. Gramercy Park caretaker James Hannon preserves pets for residents, returning them if possible. The piece notes humorous misadventures of roaming goldfish in crowds and homes.
The Hippodrome pivots from vaudeville to grand opera with Chicago Opera Company members Pasquale Ferrara and Louise Taylor, selling box seats at 99 cents as crowds swell. The theater, once famed for a water-filled stage and naval spectacles, survived bankruptcy threats and surreal productions since its 1890s birth by Elmer Dundy and Frederick Thompson.
New York, June 28. Cecil Maberry, a Middle Western theater owner, moves a bold opera venture on Broadway as the Met faces financial strain reliant on patrons. Maberry, who once eyed Verdi and vaudeville, plans to run shows with 25 cent admissions, challenging established opera franchises.
North Carolina textile workers plan a two day convention in this city with sessions on a permanent state structure and a mass meeting Saturday night. Delegates may register at the Central Labor Union hall with no fee. Notable speakers include Paul W. Fuller and Charles J. Hughes.
Flapper Fanny offers advice on daily skin care. Keep hands clean before cleansing, wash hair brushes daily, and store cosmetics in order. Avoid cluttered creams and maintain airtight powder puffs, especially ostrich ones, for better results.
A historical column urges women to inspect makeup tools like powder puffs for dirt and hygiene. It notes many neglect cleaning puffs between uses, jeopardizing facial care. The piece references Dillingham and a stage stunt where girls surfaced from water under guided ropes, then returned to the apron and wings of the set.
The article extols DIY facial masks using pantry items and even raw beef in Paris as an example. It notes time investment and the promise of a relaxed clear countenance after the process. It suggests binding beef with gauze and leaving it on overnight, with facial features left exposed.
The text advises using masks for two months or so, washing with warm water, and applying nourishing cream and tonic. Masks act as a mild poultice drawing out impurities and stimulating circulation, which improves appearance.
This guide explains mixing almond meal with buttermilk to create a facial mask. It advises using a tight muslin mask to hold the treatment in place while drying, and notes reclining helps keep the mask fixed for cleansing and skin stimulation. It also covers oatmeal masks using cooked oats with rose water and glycerin for a thick spread.
Ray S. Farris of the Charlotte bar told the North Carolina Bar Association in Wrightsville Beach that bankers and business men encroach on the legal profession. His address was the sole prepared speech of the morning session with no afternoon session planned. Tonight Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte in the fourth circuit court of appeals will attend.
Farris urged the profession to purge extraneous influences he said have crept in as debates on the proposed new state constitution began.
Jake Van derburg, previously acquitted in a family homicide case, was arrested in Gastonia on charges of immoral conduct and violations of the prohibition laws.
The note explains that shooting stars are meteorids before entry, meteors during fall, and meteorites after landing. It adds monoxide gas is deadly due to asphyxiation rather than being a poison.
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