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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
2
The article advises avoiding an artificial makeup look by choosing natural deep warm tones and applying powder lightly with a swansdown puff. It covers rouge placement to alter face shape, lipstick technique to transfer color to the lower lip, and ensures lipstick and rouge match for a cohesive finish.
Wartime architecture in Britain favors sombre colors and reinforced structures. New homes will include anti gas features, air conditioning, raid shelters, and concrete steel roofs to resist shrapnel. Old shutters and leaded diamond panes used for blackout and damage control.
Warsaw, now shattered, remains without a functioning capital as German authorities refuse to rebuild. After September bombing left three quarters of the city ruined and 100000 of its 4.23 million residents dead, Warsaw’s ruins are being cleared and boarded windows replace life. Krakow is named as Poland’s capital by the Germans.
The gross revenues of the entire Canadian National Railways System for the ten day period ending December 31 1939 were 122,485,480.606 compared with 122,455,374 for the corresponding period in 1938, an increase of 1,025,232 dollars or 23 percent.
A reader asks etiquette questions on gift giving bread and butter placement dress in a wedding party telephone temper and demi tasse pronunciation and a sample greeting for introducing a wife to an older woman. The answers cover when to present a hostess gift, how to place the butter knife, whether all groomsmen must match, controlling temper on the telephone, meaning and pronunciation of demi tasse, and a polite introduction for a wife to an older woman.
A collection of brief comic snippets ranges from a shipwrecked party reading newspapers to a courier pilot dropping leaflets over enemy territory. Dialogues touch on ironlike garments, misheard directions, and a joke about mush. The piece closes with a note on practicing peace in daily life and a surgeon’s call for sterilized instruments.
Scientists at Columbia University assert every atom in living matter emits detectable radio waves, continuing activity after death. They also refute the idea that the body burns fuel, explaining that proteins fats and carbohydrates continually react with or without food.
D Leo Dolan head of the Canadian Tourist Bureau says months of Nazi propaganda against Canadian tourism have been countered by notices to U S agencies. After war fears reduced tourist traffic from the United States, officials now expect a rebound with good Laurentian snow attracting winter sports enthusiasts.
How can I clean stained silks with lemon essence and turpentine? Prevent a double chin with a chin strap worn daily. Remove marble stains with soap lime paste and polishing. Evaporated milk stays fresh in a glass jar. Enamel drawer interiors ease cleaning with oilcloth bottom. Set colors by using ordinary table salt.
A guide for new brides on coping with afternoon calls discusses timing after three o clock, tea time, and etiquette for end of visits. It suggests offering tea near four o clock and leaving ecards to signal future visits, with both sides controlling visit length and timing. It also notes that first moves in calling etiquette are discouraged.
England resumes horse-drawn farming as gasoline rationing limits motor power. Farmers convert to draft animals to plant crops and keep operations afloat during the fuel shortage era.
An order directs all saluting points in Canada to cancel cannon salutes for the war duration. The 19 gun vice regal salute at the opening of Parliament is scaled down as standard wartime practice, affecting the Governor General’s ceremonies.
Officials announce that traditional salutes at provincial legislatures will be suspended for the war duration. The text notes that arrivals and departures will be omitted and includes a Browning quote about aging with time.
Lyons Furniture Co advertises a January clearance of dining room and bedroom sets with substantial discounts. Highlights include solid oak and walnut suites, extension tables, buffets, china cabinets, and leather or feather seating, plus a variety of Chesterfield and studio pieces. A money back guarantee promises satisfaction.
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