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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1929
Page
15
A guide urges families to use vacation leisure for home crafts and cooking tasks. It covers teaching children to set the table, handle silverware, and arrange centerpieces, with step by step tips on napkin placement silencing cloth use and placing utensils. It also notes milk usage and budgeting for a five person family.
A fashion piece by Lucy Park, The Fashion Co-ordinator, highlights a black velvet frock by Lucile Varay. The gown features a bloused bodice with horizontal folds, a circular skirt, gathered sleeves, and optional throat detailing with self covered buttons.
Beauty tips describe hair shaping for shoulder length cuts and heat styling, with guidance on clipping, lip color, and avoiding overgrowth. It covers basic skincare, eyebrow grooming, and cautions against home remedies, recommending moisturizer and gentle makeup to maintain a balanced look.
A fragmentary historical piece discusses parenting and child mischief, focusing on a father’s reaction to a child’s Sunday school theft and candy habit. It explores honesty, discipline, and lessons learned about parenting approaches and moral development.
In a quiet Christmas setting Ann Marie faces awkward love doubts as Jim Goodwin tours a grand house. A chance encounter in the clubhouse dressing room reveals Leota Ingram with Larta Mackane in a secret kiss, stirring conflict and jealousy before a continuation.
This fragment discusses multivariate marriage norms among tribes and societies, contrasting polygamy with monogamy and exploring how wives and husbands navigate strife, fidelity, and social constraints. It cites marital dynamics, dissatisfaction, and the societal labels surrounding married life.
In a playful tale within Goodnight Stories by MAK Trell, Ting-a-Ling and friends meet Chinaman character Sing-o-Ling and explore why a sun shadow clock cannot tell the time on cloudy days. The group discovers a sundial's limits and the idea of measuring time by the sun.
Etiquette column discusses whether a bride should wear sleeves or sleeveless. The piece cites current fashion in bridal dress, noting long sleeves with extended cuffs and contrasting sleeve lengths.
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