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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1925
Page
6
MA Ferguson advocates modern child rearing and healthcare reforms to create healthy homes. She proposes daily child inspections, regular dental check-ups, birth and ongoing medical exams, parental health check-ups, home sanitation reviews, and proper diet and rest routines, urging nationwide adoption on National Child Health Day May 12.
Mrs. W es Wenney reports Bombay’s modernity compared with much of India, recounting travel from Colombo to Madura and Madras, noting irrigation, Hindu temples, gopurams, and crowded third class trains. She describes Bombay’s towers of silence, markets, and Arabian horse trade, with vivid impressions of people, attire, and daily life.
Lawrence Flower Club reveals a May exhibition prize list with ribbons for winners. The categories include multiple peony, iris, rose, and other flower classes, plus arrangements and garden subjects. The club notes exact date and venue to be decided. Also featured is a Parisian Swan Hat by Marthe Regnier in Milan straw with a white swan ornament.
A fragment notes flowers and irises as predominant elements, with a branch from a showy Taigst shrub suggested for landscape gardens. The text implies plant selections for decorative use in a garden setting.
Practical advice from Ralph Ward on planting hardy rose varieties now for summer blooms. Notes include Columbia Premier Madame Butterfly and Sensation as strong choices, with guidance on watering, pruning, and pest controls using tobacco spray and sulfur dust to combat pests and mildew.
Mrs Louise McDonald assistant professor of education argues in Holland's magazine that the supposed gulf between generations is a shallow generalization. She asserts that girls seek freedom not as rebellion but for opportunities to know life and warns that true understanding depends on imagination and viewpoint rather than age.
A fashion note from Lawrence describes new rubber coats bright as rainbow hues drawing girls to wear them beyond rain. A pale pink crepe dress with velvet ribbon trim includes a cape or tunic option, while shorter skirts boost demand for fancy hosiery and elaborate shoes.
The article notes delicate frills on gloves rather than the dress, pairing them with both sleeveless frocks and long sleeves. Gloves come in black or white, described as very feminine and suitable for the era’s fashion.
The town calls for residents to search homes for overdue library books and stray volumes. A notice lists reading material including Emily Post Etiquette and a long list of newly received fiction by various authors.
A brief note on decorating small tables to fit their intended use. The hall console is described as formal, guiding placement and styling decisions for domestic interiors.
The guide describes preparing lettuce as a background for salads and keeping it cold, plus several vintage salad recipes. Cabbage Pineapple Salad combines cabbage apple celery and pineapple with boiled dressing. Pea and Walnut Salad uses peas and walnut meats with French dressing. Vienna Salad blends celery apple green pepper with dressing and red pepper garnish. Potato and Nut Salad features boiled potatoes eggs walnuts olives and a seasoned French dressing with mayonnaise roses.
The passage discusses decorating styles for a small smoking table and guest room table, aiming for formal yet useful pieces. It mentions decorative writing pads as an enhancer, color schemes including black with pink or flesh tones, and gray putty shades with a yellow suggestion, plus varicolored flowers and festoons used on new felt hats.
Household discoveries cover cleaning piano keys with lemon juice and salt, preserving lace by sewing to muslin before washing, washing hosiery feet first, cleaning mirrors with lukewarm water and ammonia, and noting sand colored silk alpaca with tapestry pockets. Esoteric notes highlight tapestry as a popular handbag material.
Buffalo April 18. A Buffalo department store, advertising men’s raincoats from a New York maker at 3.97, acquired a mail order coat from an East firm for 14.65 to test value. The coats differ little in material and weight, with similar construction and five sleeve holes. the test aims to compare retail store and mail order values.
Miss Susan Friend and Miss Ethel May Aileh of the Lawrence City teaching staff attended a meeting of committee chairmen at Kansas City. Miss Friend chaired the junior high committee and Miss Allen led the geography group. Del Manzo returned briefly to the Liberty Memorial High School building for the first time since an operation three weeks ago.
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