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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1935
Page
5
Dr Garry C Myers argues for a shift from timed testing to mastery of basic facts and skills. He urges eliminating rapid quizzes, redefining learning goals, and focusing on accuracy to raise scholarship levels across elementary to university education. He also criticizes education schools for lagging in reform.
A famed beauty and globe trotter explains Algerta Nautch dancers stand and move minimally. She argues limbering exercises forge a graceful figure, then details two routines and a cider vinegar water tonic. She offers pamphlets on beauty culture and care via mail.
Answers to queries cover lash growth with plain oil, pimples and pores in Beauty Culture guidance, liver spots treated with hynosulphite solution, henna safety for hair versus metallic salon varieties, a 110 pound weight ideal for a young girl, and vinegar rinse for hair highlights.
Poem excerpt The Owl and the Pussycat describes a whimsical voyage in a pea green boat. It features the couple’s cheerful pursuit of marriage with a ring bought from a Pig and completed by a Turkey. The verses celebrate playful imagery and rhyming charm.
A New York physician reports experiments on 12 normal children lasting up to 68 days with induced constipation. Despite symptoms like headaches and poor appetite in textbooks, the study found no harmful effects and even weight gain. The doctor warns against exaggerated claims.
The Paris fashion flashes describe black crepe afternoon gowns with white or scarlet accents, and velvet skirts paired with lace bodices or metallic lace. Velvet remains a major trend with velour chantant in rich purples, high necklines, and shorter daytime skirts. cocktail and evening gowns favor ankle to instep lengths with fur capes and beltless formal robes.
Mrs Mary Morton presents a flexible menu featuring luncheon dishes like ham omelette grape apple butter bread and a dinner option with tomato juice and Waldorf salad. It includes methods to repurpose meals for supper and shows several recipes for grape apple butter pickles and pickled string beans, with detailed steps and measurements.
A simple two person pickle recipe combines one pint cooked carrots one green pepper one red pepper three onions one cup string beans and one cup vinegar with paprika salt turmeric sugar. Mix and cook until flavors meld.
Virginia Lee answers a reader about whether marriages lacking deep passion can succeed. She advises basing marriage on respect, compatibility, and shared goals, noting love can fade yet commitment plus mutual effort can sustain a partnership. She urges both partners to contribute, nurture romance, and avoid choosing solely on attraction or illusion.
Gladiolus care tips: dig up corms as leaves yellow, cut tops three inches above corms, burn tops. Remove and burn thrips infested plants. Clean and store corms in dry sand. Small bulbs around the parent bulb can become flowering-size in time and should be labeled. Store baby bulbs separately and plant in spring, using a trench for sowing.
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