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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1941
Page
14
A vintage guide touts witch hazel as a beautifier and astringent. It recommends mixing witch hazel with knolla for a paste, using it to tighten pores, refresh the skin, and form a whitening face pack. It also suggests simple tonics and compresses to treat oily skin and tired eyes.
Monday evening events include San Antonio Lodge Degree of Honor at 6 30 p m and Business and Professional Woman's club at 7 p m in Gunterbos. Thursday and Tuesday gatherings span Laurel Heights Methodist Church and Wesley Community House with multiple chapters and meetings listed.
A nostalgic column asks twenty somethings about letter writing quality, handwriting legibility, and charm. It cites historic love letters and famous epistles to urge improving prose, noting how telephone notice ended the era and praising classic writers like Prosper Merimee and Casanova for inspiration.
Pattern 9913 available in girls sizes 6 8 10 12 14 with listed fabrics and notions including Siva jumper cap teqtires and various yardage. Send 18 cents to the San Antonio Light Pattern Department. Winter pattern book offers free accessory patterns and home items, plus piano and instrument listings in the Light Want Ads directory.
A cluttered memory vignette describes a grand brick house with a white portico and old gardens, where two twin servants, Mar and Netlie, serve in a Duncan Phyfe dining room. The narrator dreams of a quiet life, while family legends of Burton and a troublesome son unfold as relatives discuss an inheritance deadline and a looming return that may never come.
A period style guide to making custard and brandy sauces. Details include ingredients such as milk eggs sugar and flavorings, and techniques like double boiler heating and constant stirring to avoid curdling. Tips cover substitutions with evaporated milk and chilling for cold desserts.
Instructions for making decorative pot holders with a canary design, padding, and appliqué. Includes cutting patterns from heavy percale, turning edges, stitching to form a cage motif, and padding for a quilted look. Also mentions related handmade gift ideas and ordering a booklet from the San Antonio Light Home Institute.
The piece notes Christmas cards this year emphasize traditional religious imagery over novelty. Mother and Child, Nativity scenes, Three Wise Men, angels, and hand colored cathedral etchings appear alongside Santa figures and festive symbols. The catalog also highlights note paper designs and greeting formats, urging readers to shop considerately during the season.
Mrs Charles Mason of Atts midvin Vashar returned home after a visit with her mother Mr Charles Gaunt and sister Mrs Nor vy Dickinson. Mrs Mason joined Mr Mason in Philadelphia and attended the Army Navy total anime there Salrcay. 2 a Ala MAXIGALY of the National Association of Letter Carriera will Huith at Eagle Walt Tieadag at 6 Row. Officers will be aleetert. Mem ber are Urged to be present.
Boots and Jeb discuss past dangers and a hospital visit after an accidental motorcycle crash. Miss Dwyer reads a letter about a potential agency job while friends recall kindness after Christmas. The scene closes on a terrace as romance and resolve settle under Manhattan night skies.
Rent ads appear. Dial F-12321 for advertisement.
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