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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
15
A kitchen table menu from Mildred Kitchen highlights Cream of Celery Soup and several evaporated milk based recipes. It lists steps for soups, creamed chipped beef, stuffed potatoes, and date cookies with detailed measurements and substitutions. The text emphasizes evaporated milk usage and baking directions.
The feature describes new fall bags in calfskin and metal trim handbags with feathered details and monogram options, plus chic coats in rough wool and satin lining. It highlights price points around eight dollars for bags and under five dollars for monograms, noting modern stitched felt bags and varied color options.
Lily Lou and Ken Sargent mix social tensions and romance aboard a boat set near San Iota. Lily Lou faces gossip as Irene pushes ambitions, while Lily contemplates love, work, and a planned home wedding rekindling old nerves. The scene centers on class, aspiration, and the pull of romance amid seaside social currents.
A reader asks etiquette questions on wedding attire seating orders and hosting manners. Advice covers formal evening wear including white satin gowns, processional order with ushers bridesmaids matron of honor flower girls and bride, and suggestions for hosting a buffet reception.
The piece recalls life in San Antonio fifteen to twenty years ago with fishermen laboring in pods and heading to Berg's built on 60 South for a week of planting, contrasting past travel times with today’s quicker trips to seek work and return in minutes to a changed routine.
A fragmentary tale describes Never Finish Land where nothing ends. Three old men invite travelers to share a roast chicken and confess they have eaten it for years. They reveal they never finish anything they begin and lament the endless meal.
Tips advise cleaning asbestos fires with bellows and a dry salt sprinkle before lighting. A note says avoid marking by applying the match after the flame is turned on.
A fragment from The Dality Mirror notes Anis ssa pursues taste and experience to attract suitors. She resists touring publicly, hoping to share a life with a partner and explore the consequences of fame through restrained actions and charm.
Beauty advice notes from Helen Follett on facial grooming and body care. Discusses hair styling to soften features, pin ends as decorative aids, and forehead tactics. Recommends back sleeping with high support, throat muscle posture, and methods to reduce double chin with compresses and circulation stimulation. Mentions oil rubs and coconut oil uses and evening makeup tinting.
A reader seeks guidance on a love triangle involving a married friend and her brother in law. The columnist cautions against interference, encourages patience, and urges steady, respectful progress while avoiding overstepping boundaries. The advice notes the writer’s feelings and advises careful, principled handling of the delicate situation.
An ad touts Ironized Yeast as a double action tonic that adds weight and improves energy. It claims a 12 pound gain after three packages, with testimonials from Audrey Walters of St. Louis and mentions office colleagues using the product. The copy warns of imitators and guarantees refunds if first package fails.
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