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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1932
Page
7
By Fay King an observation on early travelers and the urge to explore beyond familiar regions. It notes primitive curiosity, the lure of distant mountains and lakes, and contrasts ancient journeys with modern comforts of travel. The author remarks that travel, even short trips, can be exciting if approached with attentive observation.
A tense voyage unfolds as Charlie controls a sailing craft while Sue, seasick and angry, resists his plans. He dictates household duties and navigates the Atlantic gulf stream, nursing her and maintaining authority as their fragile relationship strains under isolation.
Alice and Evelyn showcase tennis dresses praised for smart tailoring and freedom. Featured styles mix novel details like top flight triangle cuts, diagonal bodice lines, and pleated skirts. New pique fabrics with dotted weaves, epaulet details, and high necklines appear, designed for sunwear and exercise. Monday they shop for bathing suits.
The piece blends salon advice with social commentary on women’s appearance and independence. It contrasts amateur dyeing fears with calls for professional cosmetic care and notes evolving beauty norms. A domestic scene then shifts to a male narrator’s conflicted reflection on youth, desire, and legitimacy in a wartime setting.
Pattern 9223 offers a summer dress pattern with bodice and skin yoke lines, inverted ski pleats, and fabrics like shantung and linen. Available in sizes 14 to 20 and 92 to 42, the catalog cover includes pricing for the catalog and pattern orders and requests name, address, style number, and size. The ad promotes Marian Martin’s Pattern Catalog featuring 34 pages of current modes for women at home with dresses, lingerie, pajamas, and children's clothes.
A columnist suggests entertaining with a Spanish themed menu to economize and add flair. Recipes include tortillas, enchiladas, albondigas de gallina, frijole guisado, and Mexican sauces, with steps for dough, fillings, and simmering sauces, emphasizing affordable ingredients and homey presentation.
A recipe fragment by Mildred Kitchen details stuffing six green peppers with cooked rice celery tomatoes and pimiento then baking with butter. It also describes a pepper based sauce with garlic onion and cream likeness, notes heating by leaving pepper veins.
A letter from George asks if a woman older than her lover by four years affects compatibility. Miss Fairfax notes age differences like four years rarely impede affection if both partners are mature. She urges continued friendship and careful pacing rather than rushing into marriage, given shared values and readiness.
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