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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1911
Page
16
A discerning review lauds Cecil Fanning baritone and mentor Turpin for a transcendent San Antonio recital. The critic highlights Fanning’s maturity, technical precision, and lyric warmth, noting flawless phrasing and dynamic contrast across German songs and Loewe ballads.
A column presents reader requests and responses on recipes and tips. It lists methods to prevent chapping with French glove paste, orange flower skin food, facial massage to reduce wrinkles, hair removal remedies, and camomile tea hair lightening. It also offers bunion relief with shoe fitting guidance and a soothing iodine lotion, plus henna tea for hair tint.
A medical tip outlines a tonic to enhance eyelash length using one ounce sweet almond oil and fifteen grains sulphate of quinine. Application should be careful with a sable pencil to avoid eye contact. Pearl promises an inexpensive formula for dry lifeless hair.
Letters offer skin care tips for nails hair and eyes and promise mailings of tonics lotions and bust developers. Advice covers oil soaks eye protection skin foods dandruff removers and a bandage method for elbow care with several readers requesting mailed recipes and products.
Elizabeth Harrison urges intelligent motherhood as nation’s hope, stressing individuality in children, avoiding premature sex topics, and teaching courtesy over etiquette. She warns against pushing vocations, advocates simple dress, and emphasizes home duties shaping future workers. Readers receive home remedies and beauty tips in a related column.
Cynthia Grey extols the neglected art of living in others homes with sympathy and tact. She warns of misery for dependents and urges guests to avoid officiousness, respect privacy, aid the mistress, win the children, and soothe conflicts. The piece ends with fashion notes on evening wear and French designer trends.
Describes velvet bags hung from the arm by heavy silken cords and tassels. Frames are finished in gold or silver and some bags feature elaborate beadwork.
Prominent use is now seen with cords replacing silken sashes worn loosely at the waist and at one side with knotted ends. Long embroidered net ties cross the back and tie in front with bow, ends reaching the waist. New evening slippers mix changeable tissues like silver gold rose lilac.
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