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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1912
Page
28
Ayer explores a friend who clings to extreme beauty methods near age 50. She endures painful devices from Berlin like cork and muslin dog collars, steel finger clamps, and corset gadgets, hoping to defy time and look young. The piece mocks the endurance for vanity and notes the wearer still seems young and confident.
Hays Hair Health claims to restore gray hair to natural color and maintain it with a quick, reliable formula. The ad targets women seeking beauty improvements and is placed by Bexar Drug Co in Newark, New Jersey.
A cin ematograph scene at a St Petersburg theater shows a peasant couple recognizing an actress as their long lost daughter. The shocked man shouts My daughter while the curtains rise to reveal the actress who will soon travel to the theater for a reunion with her parents. The audience witnesses a heartfelt meeting as the family embraces on stage.
Meandering Mike sighs over bad roads and science. The narrator muses that the earth spins faster than a railway train, and contemplates a place to grab on to as territory slides by. The tone echoes a humorous Youth's Companion style.
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