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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1938

Page

9

Café de la Cloche Night at a French Inn

Gregory and Rudd hide in a dim cafe after a car mishap while tailing a target in Calais. They observe locals, drink cheap brandy, and note a familiar thug from Trouville among patrons. A coded motor horn summons Carol, hinting a pending confrontation as the pair plan to move on after paying the bill.

Oryolf Brown Hades Weill Old Braga Calais Theo France England Gregory Gregors Rudd Trouville Mr. Corot Don Rudé Iter Carol

Tonic promise to restore red blood cells and energy

An advertisement touts 5.5.5. Tonic as a simple internal remedy to rebuild red blood cells, restore energy, strengthen nerves, and improve the skin glow. Claims include scientific backing and lasting weight loss, urging readers to try the tonic and expect compliments from friends.

Good Manners By MMS Dear Airs Cornelius Beeceman Dinner Details

A reader asks about formal dining service for eight guests including plate setup, napkin placement, soup selection, and course order. The adviser approves most placements, suggests omitting doilies, balancing forks, and recommends a thin soup with bouillon spoons for a substantial menu.

Mms Cornelius Beeceman Beekman Wilma

Fay King Champions Right of Daughters to Wed

Fay King argues parents should support both sons and daughters as they marry and form homes. She notes shifting resentments as daughters gain earnings and question family budgets yet insists children have a right to happiness and to establish their own households.

Fay King Fay Sont Naaily

Variety In Design Pattern 1704 Embroidered Towels

Advertisement for a transfer embroidery design pattern 1704 from the San Antonio Light Needlecraft Department. Describes color schemes, stitch illustrations, required materials, and sizes of two motifs and several others. Instructions ask send 4 cents in 1 or 2 cent stamps or coin with pattern number and name to the department.

San Antonio Ught Needlecraft Department

Advice to Lovelorn Dear Miss Pairfax

Advice column excerpt addressing jealous husbands, past lovers, and teen romance. A wife coping with extreme jealousy over a former boyfriend seeks guidance. The piece analyzes trust, calls for humor to ease tension, and reflects on adolescence and romantic trials in a newspaper advice format.

Pattern 9734 children's frock sewing guide and order offer

Marian Martin pattern 9734 for a child's frock with puffed sleeves in dimity or dotted Swiss. Includes fabric needs, bias sections, and a sew chart. Books and patterns priced. mail order details request name address and size.

Marian Martin Samantra Sai A

Ginger Carrot and Related Salads From Table Talks

A discussion on making salads attractive with appearance and flavor. Ginger carrot salad uses gelatin, ginger ale, carrots, cabbage, and olives. ginger cucumber salad blends pineapple, cucumber, nuts with ginger ale and gelatin. Ginger fruit aspic folds pears and cherries into a jellied dessert starter.

Hair Trends and Techniques for Lasting Waves

A beauty shop discussion explains why permanent waves differ in duration. Hair resists uniform patterns, so stylists must build strands upward to reveal a guiding design. Clients can influence the starting point of finger waves and the direction of each curl to achieve enduring shape. Befriend your head and its texture for friendlier waves.

B.D Tyre

Answers to Today's Test Items and Topics

A fragmented OCR excerpt lists test answers and topics such as fiber from casel, gasoliné production, natural history, botany, and folklore. It mentions drinking raw milk, toroid state, medical healing, dementia impacts on humans and animals, mosses, water decomposition, systemic effects, chanting, water phenomena, pottery, birds, antiquities, heredity, insects, and a parade week want ads for buying items.

Graduate Honor Guest at Dance And Supper

Mr. and Mrs. Omar Railiff hosted a buffet supper and dance at Lucille’s to honor their daughter Mary Madelyn Ratliff a graduate of Alamo Heights Junior High School The event featured blue and orange decor with bowls of those flowers and a list of attendees including Anne Taylor Joan Doebbler Barbara McFarland Dorothy Harrow Laverna Haley Marie Dulaney Mary Joyce Starck Joyce Rader Marvel Samuels Betty Low Grimes Fred Bramlette Harrison Lilly Billy Ramisdell Billy Chambers Harry Skinner Stenly Hutchins EB L Page Roy Scoby Walter Piper and Gus Pope.

Omar Railiff Luccille's Mary Madelyn Ratliff Alamo Heights Junior High School Anne Taylor Joan Doebbler Barbara Mc Farland Dorothy Harrow Laverna] Haley Marie Dulaney Mary Joyce Starck Joyce Rader Marvel Samuels Betty Low Grimes Fred Bramlette Harrison Lilly Billy Ramisdell Billy Chambers Harry Skinner Stenly Hutchins EB 'L Page Roy Scoby Walter Piper Gus Pope

Luncheon and Swimming Party Honors Two Graduates

Miss Gloria Andersen hosts a luncheon at Fort Sam Houston quarters on Saturday for Miss Sue Rucker of Alamo Heights and Miss Celeste Kerlstad a Thomas Dellorean High School graduate. A pool party at the Officers Club follows to honor the graduates.

Gloria Andersen Fort Sam Houston Officers’ Club Sue Rucker Alamo Heights School Celeste Kerlstad

Nine baby Bluffers entertain at Philadelphia zoo

Nine tiny possums in the Philadelphia Zoo exhibit perform playful stunts as keepers manage their care. The creatures hang by tails, pretend to attack, and show tame behavior around visitors, inviting public interest.

Philadelphia

Mrs Palmer and Mrs Smith Visit New Orleans and Princeton

Mrs Palmer and Mrs Smith travel from New Orleans to Princeton New York City and White in New Jersey to spend days with relatives and friends. Mrs Palmer plans to exhibit four Pomeranians at the Morris Essex dog show in Madison before visiting Washington DC on the return.

Grace. Palmer Charlotte. Smith New Orleans Princeton N. Y New York City New Jersey Palmer

San Juan actress tours in Gold 20 The Hints reach

Mrs Pierce Collier now in San Juan Puerto Rico occupies her spare time directing and seeking songs for Gold 20 The Hints by J Frank Davis seen at San Antonio Little Theater. The production has 581 performances nationwide with cast including Judy Drought in the heroine and Sid Gornetius in Hartford as the villain.

San Antonio Judy Drought Judy Sid Gornetius Ives Hartford Coin Bill ‘Burner William Melatash Lilian Caller Violet Coutter San Pedro Playhouse Lillian Carolyn O'Day

Social Calendar for S A. San Antonio Debutantes and Graduates

Thursday evening social events include Mrs Arthur Duir and Mrs Albert Steves Jr hosting a party at the Duir home to honor debutantes Gerry Praser MaterdIa Keckmann and Annie Terrell, with dancing at the Merediths’ country home for Miss Oliner Bohannon. A faculty of graduates is cited with teas, lunches, and events at hotels and private homes, honoring Miss Marine Braden and other graduates from Our Lady of the Lake college and St Anthony hotel gatherings. Continuous social rounds feature birthday observances and local college color themes, with attendees from Alexandria Laredo and nearby areas.

Arthur Duir Albert Steves Jr Gerry Praser MaterdIa Keckmann Annie Terrell G. ©. Meredith Polly Meredith Oliner Bohannon J. E. Doherty Wing Doherty Elaine Kagel Beatrice Wile Marjorie Lamm Alamo Heights High School Lewis Kempe Wilson College Honevard Pridsy Caroline George Rosewood Avenue Duphor Dela Wright Anne McAlpin Mary Katherine Armstrong Sarai Louise Adams Luuchtion Betty Dean Eleanor Cutter Jane Ridell Mimi Orden Margeret Shyder St. Anthony Hotel Marine Braden Our Lady of the Lake College T. A. Randal West King's Highway C. Braden Helen Conrad Ethel ‘Trawalter Snew Gravel Alexandria

Engagement Announced for Tasca Blount and Richard Davis

Miss Tasca Blount of Nacogdoches announces engagement to Richard T. Davis son of Mrs. Wayne Davis. Both graduates of Texas universities with ties to Phi Beta Pi and Sigma Nu. The wedding is planned for June 25 in Nacogdoches with Tasca noted as a San Antonio social figure.

Texas Eugene H. Blount Nacogdoches Tasca Richard T. Davis Wayne Davis Piph Sho East Texas Court of Enchantment Davis 5 Texas University Texas Law School Sig~ma Nu Order of the Alamo German Club Babs Davis Deb Alante Napier Rogers

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