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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1930
Page
16
Mildred Kitchen shares table talk on cherry season and fruit preservation. The piece includes recipes for cherry jam and an elaborate cherry pie, plus a dessert suggestion with layered bread and berries.
An old advertisement extols SH H H I THE BEAUTY PARLORS soap for shampooing fabrics, hair, and home cleaning. It claims the granulated vegetable content leaves a pale, lustrous shine and can be used on silk, woolens, glass, china, and laundry. It is marketed as a versatile all purpose cleaner available at grocers.
A garbled passage reflects on a fictional Balkan kingdom dominated by a queen and a dethroned prince. It hints at romantic intrigue and a return of a repentant prince, with references to Marie, Carol, and Privcess Jolene in a fairy tale tone.
A fragmentary column extols Italian beauty standards with Florence as the center while contrasting French women. It offers cosmetic tips, including skin care and hair washing, and notes seasonal needs for protection from cold winds and sun.
A fragment from a serialized tale shows Raquel in a seaside party setting with Alphonse. Dancing, jealous intrigue, and a jungle garden escape lead to a tense moment as a shadowy figure corners her in a moonlit stair.
A reader asks about tipping etiquette for resort staff and hotel services, including whether to tip after meals or at the end of a stay, how much to give, and whether to tip chambermaids, with guidance noting hotel type and service level influence the amount. The column also covers entertaining a fiancé’s family and proper wear of white kid gloves at formal dinners, advising removal of gloves during meals and suggesting formal attire as appropriate.
Dear Blea Fairfax Tam twenty and engaged to a young man who works in a flying field He hopes to be a flier but I want to marry rather than change to something safer for my sake Could you think he should do this and could I bear to have him play in danger There are two points to consider Does she love her sweetheart enough to marry him whatever his occupation and can he decide the best course for himself They must talk it out between themselves and not ask a third person to decide This is the Lovelorn advice in a period voice with cautious guidance on love and safety.
Mrs Solomon laments the nineteen thirties bathing suit as a dramatic fashion shift in women’s attire. The piece mocks the garment’s evolving design and its effect on modesty and public perception, depicting the bathing suit as a glamorous yet provocative symbol of the era.
A group of Shadow figures discovers a four propeller airplane on a bookshelf in a house. They plan a fantastical journey from their bookish room to Morneo and beyond while ensuring the plane can operate without gasoline. Father activates a control button and the shadows eagerly prepare to take flight.
The fragment advises reducing fat by limiting high fat foods and increasing exercise. It mentions avoiding potatoes, butter, cream, fatty meats, rich pastries, and heavy foods while favoring vegetables grown above ground and certain fruits. It also references broiled meats and fish as acceptable options.
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