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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1931

Page

15

Etiquette Q A Gentlemen and Ladies Dance Rules

A reader asks etiquette questions about opening doors, handling a woman's evening bag, and the proper way to share keys at a dance. Advice favored by tradition includes the man opening doors and the woman carrying or placing her bag, with emphasis on gracious, modest conduct. A friendly gift idea for a teacher includes simple crystal or keepsakes with monograms fitting a wedding gesture.

Lear Foy Courke Tewing Hymra Sue Tien Ace Ehich

Tintex Color Remover and Tintex Dyes Ad

An advertisement promotes Tintex Color Remover to strip dark colors from fabrics and then re dye with Tintex colors. It touts 35 shade options from pale to dark with easy at home use and mentions Tintex products for whitening and dyeing lace and fabrics.

Practical and affordable accessory ensembles emerge

A fashion piece notes how to assemble coordinated accessories in one color and material, featuring a Shammy-velour waistcoat jacket bag and scarf. It highlights a practical ensemble with a matching belt through a waistcoat, a versatile pellerine and muff set by Schiaparelli, and affordable pricing around five dollars for waistcoat and scarf, with color options natural yellow red or green. The piece points readers to The Gebt for locating items and mentions New York shops and designers.

Anil Jono New York Liev Jorge Mtores Rcur Veelye Henril Mike Newt Levins Uate Pellerine Ile Schiaparelli Wre Siglo Gliatt

Divorce Says Fay King on Troubled Marriages

Fay King discusses rising divorce as a modern problem caused by frequent disputes and hurried marriages. She argues many couples divorce and remarry multiple times, worsening unhappiness instead of improving marital harmony. The piece reflects social attitudes toward divorce and marriage in the era.

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Table Talks Part 3 School Luncheons

A 1930s school nutrition note discusses one child per city needing hot noon meals, praising vacuum bottles for warm lunches. It lists recipes including bean puree, cream of potato soup, cocoa for children, and a tabloid kitchen style guide with ingredients, steps, and yields.

Household Hints and Baking Tips From a Bygone Page

Moderately warm water cleans brushes and弱 strong soap should be avoided. Rinse with plenty of cold water to stiffen bristles. A touch of vinegar or lemon in water brightens cauliflower color. Decanters cleaned with vinegar and salt, swish rinse and drain upside down. Never place a casserole over direct flame. use a heat shield. Ground nutmeg helps brighten cretans rims. A dash of lemon juice in water lifts pantry stains. Cookie recipe includes LOVE DROP COOKIES with milk, vanilla, flour, oats, and fat for a 400 degree oven yield six dozen.

The Rhyming Optimist By Aline Mchael

Fragmented OCR yields a poem titled The Rhyming Optimist By Aline Mchael about happiness and a bird, with garbled phrases. referenced images of flight, loss, and a wandering sea. The text appears as a distorted verse with incomplete words and stray letters, offering no clear narrative or structured events.

High Speed Girl by May Christie

Laurel and Freddie share a tense, tender moment amid danger and pain. He consoles her after shock and injury, while she seeks reassurance and a glimpse of a better future. Their fragile trust deepens as she admits longing to swap places with him.

High Speed Girl May Christie Broddie Proddie Freddie Laurel Fats

Beauty Brevities From Helen Follett This Season

Colder weather prompts warmer makeup tones as complexion powders add rose to ivory, creating a sunless glow. Cautions note repeated full bleaches harm hair, advise solvent shampoos, and warn brittle nails from moisture and oil neglect.

Remember When By A. W. F. Blumberg

The piece recalls San Antonio’s rapid growth over the past decade with the City-Central building once a rare skyscraper. It notes the city’s transformation from a smaller town to a large urban center as postwar development accelerated and new structures rose.

A. W. F. Blumberg Clyde-Mallory Steaneship San Antonio Antonio Hes

Advice to the Lovelorn By Beatrice Pairfax

Advice column offers guidance on romantic entanglements and farewell plans. Readers 22-year-old discussing dating a repeat partner and potential love, with guidance to continue the relationship, and a separate piece advising on saying goodbye to friends after a marriage. It suggests contacting nearby friends and writing notes, then inviting close friends to a private visit.

Goodnight Stories By Max Trell Shadows Help Caterpillar

Fragmented tale follows Caterpillar aided by shadow children and insects to reach Dr Centipede for guidance. A gruff beetle dismisses them, but footsteps approach as the log door nears, hinting at a forthcoming encounter in a surreal woodland scene.

Mr. Flor Heng Yam Knart Manny Sust Koort

Aids to Beauty Bard in To Have Hair Care Tool Line

Aids to Beauty introduces a new hair care tool line described as a refined set of bristles and cotton used for powder application. The piece notes tapered ends ease of cutting and a cylindrical cotton delivery device with a top hole for snipping.

Nork

S. S. S. Blood Tonic Promises Vitality And Clear Skin

An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. blood tonic as a centuries old remedy to restore strength vitality and complexion. It claims to rebuild red blood cells improve appetite and fight infection using fresh vegetable ingredients and highlights price savings for larger bottles.

S.S

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