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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1933
Page
9
An arrest or accident reveals a supposed benevolent beggar was wealthy. Fraud harms the aged, misleads the public, and shifts suspicion onto frugal elders who save for old age. Impostors misrepresent fortune, prompting fear that any elder is a target or eccentric moneybags.
Patricia endures a violent night amid a shipboard kidnapping. Bill McGee arrives aboard, hints at murder and confinement, and Julian Haverholt’s death looms as Patricia fights to understand who controls her fate and how to escape. The tale unfolds with storm shadows, false leads, and a perilous reunion aboard the ship.
Beatrice Fairfax counsels a reader on dating style and suitability. She notes some men prefer serious, others prefer chatty partners and suggests tailoring conversation accordingly. She advises avoiding pretentious showiness and sticking to lighter topics unless the man shows genuine interest in literature and drama.
The article describes fashionable hair trends and grooming in KR women, noting updated coifs and added elegance to derbies. It highlights curling, wave patterns, fluid ringlets, and a sassy parting while mentioning growing use of spring permanents and interior preparations to transform straight hair into curls.
Fragments advise on beauty and hats, urging avoidance of drastic eyebrow removal and promoting satin and velvet hats. It highlights fall trends including elastic hats, jewel tones, coordinated accessories, and simple tailoring, offering playful styling tips for day and evening wear.
Instructions for a tela or scrap quilt using tulip motifs with a simple border. Includes cutting sewing finishing yardage chart and diagram to arrange blocks for single or double bed. Pattern 508 provides scrap border directions and materials list from A Light Needlecaralt Dept.
A guidance letter advising proper etiquette for addressing patrons at a dance. It stresses greeting hostesses and hosts promptly, introducing yourself, and offering brief polite comments about the occasion, decorations, or guests. The letter also notes the importance of knowing names to address patrons correctly and maintaining formal courtesy.
The article notes cooks avoid heavy labor in heat by serving cooler meals. It cites stuffed eggplant with bacon, French fries, and potato chips as examples and suggests advance planning and early preparation to reduce kitchen heat.
By Mildred Kitchen this recipe describes preparing baked eggplant shells filled with a seasoned bread crumb mix, onion, garlic and tomato sauce, topped with bacon. Eggplant is baked in a tomato hot sauce with water and optional garlic, until tender, served over hot patties with tomato sauce.
San Antonio Light advertises Marian Martin dress patterns for school wear. It highlights a pattern with yoke details, puffed sleeves, and prints, available in sizes 4 to 6, with yardage notes and included cutting and sewing instructions. Readers are directed to order by sending 15 cents and a style number, size, and sender address to Pattern Department.
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