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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
20
Jeanne Carmen, an actress of mixed heritage, demonstrates simple daily posture routines learned at a Fifth Avenue salon. The exercises, done with arms overhead and shoulders back, lift the chest flatten the stomach and reduce slumping. Jeanne performs 15 to 20 repetitions per routine about 10 minutes daily, noting a good posture improves health and clothes fit.
A luncheon menu lists Luncheon Seafood Salad with Tomato Aspic and Potato Chips, Hot Rolls, and Apple Betty with Vanilla Ice Cream. The Apple Betty recipe serves 6 to 8, using apples, bread crumbs, corn syrup, cinnamon, salt, butter, and water, baked in a 225F oven for one hour and served with ice cream.
A State Street Council survey of married women shows 45 percent favor short hair, 41 percent medium length, and 13 percent long. The findings note most women wear styles preferred by husbands and children, reflecting family influence on personal grooming.
An advertisement promotes pattern 4646 with sizes 2 through 10 for a sunfrock and blouse slip, plus a new to use slip. It details yardages and instructs sending coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept at Long Beach for order and the upcoming Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book with 25 cent requests and two batik sarongs.
A health columnist answers reader questions on exercise after 45, home cold cream, vinegar for thinness, and inheritance of body type. She stresses medical checks, slow starts, and practical diet and beauty tips, noting personal effort can overcome family trends. The piece ends with a request for a weight chart Leaflet No 46.
A home care note advises airing bed pillows outdoors in shade for at least half a day to revive fullness and test resiliency. It warns against renovating pillows and recommends replacing with a mix of goose or duck feathers and down for better comfort and longevity.
University of Illinois crop specialists advise watering vegetable gardens carefully. Delay irrigation for new seed beds until needed, then use light frequent waters. Water when plants wilt, soak at least half an inch, and water in the evening to reduce evaporation. Cultivate soil quickly after watering to save moisture and curb weeds.
Casa Wher These filet crochet rose doilies are ideal for a loving home. Pattern 561 includes charts directions and photos. Laura Wheeler’s improved pattern makes crochet simple with concise directions. Send twenty cents for pattern to the Press Telegram Needlecraft Dept Long Beach. Include name and address clearly.
A colorful luncheon salad recipe features shrimp asparagus lettuce celery olives and tomatoes. Combine shrimp asparagus lettuce and celery chill, mix oil vinegar salt pepper Tabasco and onion, slice olives, toss, garnish with tomato wedges, serves 5 to 6.
Deputy Mohamed El iharni Bey in the chamber proposes banning women over 16 from wearing bathing suits or walking arm in arm with husbands in public. The measure would also require men’s clothes to cover the whole body except hands and face, with fines of 20 pounds and a week in prison for violators.
A readable fragment outlines male psychology and desires in domestic life. It cites pride in a wife, ease entertaining at home, goal orientation, respect, privacy, and leadership, alongside a man's need for camaraderie with other men and disdain for overtalkative partners. The text ends with a mention of CAID tights reserved, NEA service.
A vintage advertisement promotes a guide titled Parties and Games offering ideas for teas showers anniversaries and children parties. It promises ready made party plans with games and entertaining tips and invites readers to order the book for 15 cents postpaid from The Long Beach Presse Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C.
Americans are turning toward control technology as two thirds of new homes planned this year will have automatic heating controls. Before the war only about a third of U S houses had thermostatic controls.
The article describes how angled metal chair legs can mar floors and rugs. A universal joint floor guide with chrome matching keeps legs flat on any angle, inserted into steel tubing, plus a hard rubber insert option to protect surfaces and outlast crutch-feet worn by angled contact.
A note describes using sour cream as a spread on crisp round crackers with a spoonful of smooth fish and seedless blackberry jam. The dairy product is noted as growing in popularity and dairy foods appear to be expanding in everyday use.
A California home economist suggests an overnight method to clean ovens. Place a saucer of soapy water with a tablespoon of household ammonia in a closed oven, then in the morning wipe away grease with little effort.
Home sewers note a new pinion swivel button offered in standard sizes and colors including sand gold and silver finishes. Made from metal and plastic with suede or leather options in mother of pearl, it is secured by a safety clasp to reduce wear on coats and dresses.
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