27 Dec 1933
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
1
The passage blends café fantasies and kitchen scenes with reflections on effort and progress. It contrasts casual meals and luxury with calls to discipline and foundational work, citing figures like Mrs. Morris and Robert Layton as linked individuals within a dated New York context.
Plough introduces a new face powder perfumed in Paris that emphasizes subtlety over gaudiness. Available in a gold stripe box for twenty five cents, the product aligns with Doma Fashion’s dictates for understated allure.
A local advert promises guidance on business condition and promotion, marriage prospects, moves and investments, and advice to win and keep a lover. It invites those in trouble or dissatisfaction to call during hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Catchy tunes snappy dialogue and lively romance mark the film Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as one of the best college life pictures in some time. It opens at the Paramount for a two day engagement featuring pretty girls and light hearted lovers.
Miss Vinita Branch of Alexandria marries Joseph Ramey in a private Tuesday evening ceremony at the Powers home on Louisville avenue. Rev. Jett officiates as Ramey, advertising manager for Monroe Furniture, and Branch, a LSU Baton Rouge alumna, begin life together in this city.
A holiday season tea dance at Riverside Country Club drew the Delta Beta Sigma sorority members and Delta Sigma fraternity guests with over two hundred young fashionables attending the Delta Sigma ball. Hosts and hostesses showcased glamorous outfits as holly and mistletoe decorated the ballroom and an orchestra played in a pine-and-smilax alcove.
Shoppers embrace lavish dinner and evening gowns with flounces trains sequins and brocade as holiday parties promise dazzling displays. Sleeves vary from none to long dramatic styles while black remains dominant and turquoise and tobacco brown appear as vivid color accents. Merchants celebrate a strong Christmas sales surge despite prior shortages and crowded streets in 1933 DeSiard Street scene.
Invitations announced for a New Year's Eve breakfast dance at Hotel Frances on Sunday night starting at 11 oclock with music by a noted orchestra. Reservations end December 20. Mr and Mrs R E Chaplin of Lafayette visited relatives here then left Tuesday for Natchitoches.
A practical guide shows pattern 1743 for sewing a frock and matching apron in one design. STEP art instructs cutting, assembling, and finishing with common fabric. The pattern aims for simple, efficient home sewing, suitable for hobbyists.
An Anne Adams pattern invites buyers to sew a matching apron and frock for home wear and hosting. Pattern 1743 comes in multiple sizes with detailed step by step instructions and a cheap price. The offer includes a catalog with both pattern and book for 25 cents total. Orders go to Monroe News Star Pattern Department in New York City.
Local notices list social gatherings including Ladies Auxiliary to VFW meeting at North Second Street club house Thursday at 7 30 p m. A script dance at the Virginia hotel features Eddie Jacobs orchestra. Junior Musical corps tea honors former members at Mrs Louis Hallum home from 4 to 5 30 p m. Rip Van Winkle by Children’s Theater at parish school auditorium 8 p m. Public invited. Friday includes Missouri Pacific Woman's club at Booster's hall 2 30 p m and Eta chapter Phi Kappa Christmas ball at the Virginia hotel by card. Saturday features Cherokee Nite club dance at Hotel Frances 10 p m to 3 a m with open house at Phi Kappa fraternity house on DeSfeld road. Sunday open house for New Year period on multiple homes. Junior Charity League New Year’s Eve breakfast dance 11 a m to 5 p m at Frances hotel and Virginia hotel. Mrs L T Hastings hosts Sunday school class Christmas party with carols and a Three Wise Men crayon picture. Christmas guests of Mrs Pearl Griffin include Mr and Mrs T D Griffin of Henderson Texas and Mr and Mrs Grady Morton of Meriva Miss.
A reader letter from Miss Vane discusses a four year engagement with a fiancé who claims love but faults in their relationship threaten marriage. The writer worries constant bickering over finances and matters beyond their control may ruin their future together.
A reader discusses the value of independence from in laws and the option to end a youthful engagement to avoid a life of luxury relied upon by a fiancé's wealthy family. Guidance urges the man to assert himself and stay rooted in his own work and future.
Nesta Riddell shadows a threatening late night plan to seize the Van Berg emeralds from a sleeping man. The encounter turns strident as Nesta probes his memory about the emeralds amid tension with Caroline Russell and others in Parkham.
A jumble of local names and addresses reports William Wan Monroe teaching and visiting, Mrs Calypso street and relatives during Christmas. W Oscar William at St F undergoes eye surgery, Irene Simms granted leave, and Sam Zipkes seeks treatment in Greer. Lee Childers of Ric remains confined as recovery progresses.
Covington Louisiana the Covington Bank issued statements after a state action aimed to reorganize and perfect a reorganization plan for deposits and certificates. The bank emphasized no reason for depositors to fear and affirmed its insurance status with the state.
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