Hair care and prenatal guidance from a 1930s column
The piece blends beauty advice with medical guidance for expectant mothers. It promotes a salt pack hair treatment, detailed steps, and emphasizes brushing, rinses, and final lemon or vinegar rinses. It then shifts to prenatal care, doctor visits, husband involvement, recommended reading, and a sample daily diet for pregnant women from Harold Stuart and White House conference sources.
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Children’s Bureau
Washington, D. C
F. C. Irwin
M. D
The
Maternity Center Association
New York City
S. W. Bandler
Frank H. Richardson
Harold Stuart
White House
Blond Hair Rinse and Henna Advice Column
Answers describe Blond Hair Rinse using lemon juice vinegar peroxide and water. Henna from leaves is hair safe, but chemical henna with metallic salts may harm hair. Editor notes Miss Glad answers beauty questions by mail and offers pamphlets for payment.
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Marge
Symphony in Brown Cecilia Parker Dress Feature
Cecilia Parker shows a brown moving picture outfit with brown crepe dress a matching cape trimming collar and tie of brown galyak gloves bag and hat in a coordinated brown palette.
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Cecilia Parker
Geometric Patterns Shape 1935 Coiffures by National Hairdressers
Hair rules for 1935-36 call for shorter lengths from two and a half to five inches with many parts forming V shapes and triangles. Evening styles feature Renaissance dress, corkscrew curls, braids, and jeweled ornaments while Juliet caps and coronets add finishing touches. Deep red nails fall out of favor for Titian or reddish polish and precise false eyebrows trend.
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New York
New Liver Cooking Method with Parboil Tip
A new liver cooking method suggests parboiling beef liver before cubing and browning. Wash, boil briefly, drain, dry, then coat in flour. Accompany with celery cabbage salad seasoned with onion and salad dressing, plus apple cobbler and tea or coffee.
Liver Casserole and Apple Cobbler Recipe Card
Liver casserole with beef liver onions carrots potatoes celery and tomato puree baked 350F for 1.5 to 2 hours in a greased dish with optional liquor thickening. Apple cobbler combines sliced apples flour butter sugar cinnamon vanilla lemon juice and water with a buttered crust baked to finish.
Vases Reimagined as Lamps for Decorative Use
Beautiful old vases that do not hold water can be repurposed as lamps. Fit with a cork or light wooden stopper to hold shade frames and wiring, or seek a lamp shop if needed. Cracked vases can hold dried flowers or be repaired with appropriate cement for porcelain or glass.
Quick Midnight Hot Cocoa Syrup Mix
A practical guide to a ready syrup for late night cocoa. Blend two and a half cups sugar with two cups cocoa or eight finely shaved chocolate squares. Stir into eight cups boiling water, add a pinch of salt, then cook two hours in a double boiler. Use two tablespoons syrup per cup of hot milk.
Domestic duties and parental strain spar over tidy home
A young mother with two children describes constant quarrels over untidiness and rushing before outings. The piece urges understanding, shared chores, and patience, noting the lifelong toll of childrearing and the value of a calm home. It then offers supportive vignettes about a 16 year old seeking dates, a daughter listening to advice, and advice to a jealous wife.
Hairpins and Tacks Wear Vacuum Bags Faster
To extend vacuum bag life, remove hairpins tacks and other sharp articles before using the cleaner. Sharp metal bits cut threads reducing bag effectiveness at holding dust.
Noted Poems That Live On
A fragmentary poem tribute notes Louise Chandler Moulton verses about a child’s beauty, violet eyes and rose cheeks, tender, secret light, and a warning of love. It juxtaposes a young girl with adult longing, ending on innocence and potential heartbreak.
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Rose
Symposium Tells About Headaches From Many Origins
LOGAN CLENDENING M D reports on a clinic symposium listing several headache origins. Digestive, kidney, eye, nasal, nervous, and allergic causes are discussed with emphasis on nervous origin for chronic headaches. Digestive links include constipation fatigue and biliings type migraine like abdominal headache.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Menopause Question Sparks Circulatory Involution Hint
Mrs G B aged 51 asks about severe hot flashes not due to menopause. Answer says likely due to involution of the circulatory system, harmless if no other symptoms, and should fade after adjustment. Editor notes offer six Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each with SASE. topics include indigestion constipation and feminine hygiene.
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G. B
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Slim Star Helen Hayes Gorges Victoria Queen Role
Helen Hayes, famed stage and screen actress, plans to gain weight to play Queen Victoria in Victoria Regina. Once underweight and cautious about calories, she now embraces fuller meals after a London trip and a orange juice phase. Her last stage work was Mary of Scotland and she may abandon films for a radio series Little Penny.
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Helen Hayes
Mary of Scotland
Miss Hayes
Queen Victoria
Hollywood
England
Victoria Regina
New York
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