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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
3
A reader’s lunch and supper ideas outline make ahead dishes to cook in the morning. Pineapple Upside Down Loaf, Tomatoes Stuffed With Macaroni, Buttered Fresh Peas with mint, Minted Pear Salad, and Strawberry Fluff precede a call to get Eleanor Howe’s Household Hints book by mail.
Pure cellulose curtains resembling printed linens and rare chintzes are redefining home decoration in 1939. They cost so little that an entire house can be redraped for under a dollar, and replacements are cheaper than laundering. The curtains mimic vellum and feel like fine percale, with durable drapery hand and sunfast colors in many designs, shipped finished with tie backs in three lengths.
Summer guests will appreciate a cheerful guest room with its own style and well chosen furnishings. The bed, chest of drawers, vanity, bedside lamp and table, chaise longue, good books and magazines create comfort. A good mattress and spring are most important.
Logs designed for apartment use are compressed from sawdust and shavings, dry and uniform at 4 by 12% inches with no splinters. Each log burns four hours and a month’s supply fits in a closet, alongside an umbrella and galoshes, producing colored flames blue orange purple or green like driftwood fires.
The text suggests using window screens to keep flies out while dining outdoors in warm weather. It notes that screens allow seating with windows on three sides and banish nuisance insects, keeping meals sanitary.
A home canning tip recommends melting paraffin until smoking hot to sterilize and seal jars. Tilt the glass to allow paraffin to seal around the sides and cover the top for a proper cap.
The piece surveys Irish born actresses making their mark in Hollywood from Greer Garson to Maureen O Hara. It notes O Hara’s Abbey Theatre roots and rapid rise in Jamaica Inn, and highlights Olivier’s ascent amid stage and screen work. It also mentions radio feuds as old drama and dismisses new squabbles as sensational.
Vintage sewing pattern description invites readers to choose between two frock designs 1767 and 1778 for summer wear. Details include fabrics material yardage sizes 12 through 20 14 and 40 for 1778, sleeve and waistline features, and required braids trimmings. Orders directed to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Ill with price 15 cents each.
A health note touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a general tonic for women experiencing menopause. It claims the product helps build up physical resistance, increases vivacity, and calms jittery nerves during the change of life.
A reflective line contrasts how anger rests with fools versus the wise, suggesting insight comes from restraint and inner patience rather than impulsive emotion. The ancient sentiment emphasizes measured response over rash folly.
Pat Friday, a 17 year old co ed from the University of California, is rising as a singing talent after performing on Bing Crosby s program this summer. Crosby heard her at a Beverly Hills amateur night and she has since coast to coast radio debut under his direction. Hollywood NBC switchboard flooded with inquiries and two movie companies offered contracts which she declined. ODDS AND ENDS noting Radio Guide poll honors for One Man s Family and Charlie McCarthy. Errol Flynn earns private pilot license. Bette Davis to shave eyebrows for Queen Elizabeth role and will need a studio vacation afterwards. Release a Western Newspaper Union.
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