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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
6
Pillie Parker reports Billie Burke discusses her clown father, stage beginnings in England, years with John Dunn, and later leading her own company in New York. She notes being single, slender, with red hair and blue eyes, and emphasizes observation and self-care as essential to an actress.
The piece recommends a secular soap substitute of equal parts oatmeal and almond meal for sensitive skin, packaged in small bath bags. It also addresses premature graying, urging natural hair care with Hay's Hair Health to restore natural color and confidence.
Select cucumbers medium and smooth wash and pack in a crock layering dill vine leaves cucumbers and bay leaves. salt the mix pour brine cover and ferment two to three days drain scald brine return when cool keep submerged under brine with a weighted wooden cover until fermentation starts.
A reader asks if she should quit seeing other men or endure heartbreak to win back her fiancé. Cynthia Grey urges self respect, notes the fiancé may be honorable yet wrong, and suggests stopping flirtation while showing genuine affection, if love exists.
A reader confesses two year marriage with repeated drunken assaults and asks if leaving is right. The response condemns tolerating abuse and urges reporting to authorities, asserting the reader should stand up and protect themselves.
A reader asks about pursuing a lady who is already keeping company with another young man. The response says a girl may choose her company and invites him to take her out occasionally, but warns against demanding time or trying to control her every minute.
A brief letter notes that many correspondents lack names or addresses in the paper and urges readers to include a stamped self addressed envelope to receive a prompt reply. Cynthia Grey signs the message.
Instructions urge prompt physician contact and home emetic if poisoning suspected. Recommend mustard in warm water, plain salt water, or warm water to induce vomiting. After vomiting, give egg whites or sweet oil, a laxative such as castor oil, and a warm water enema. Advise lots of water and a milk and toast diet for 24 hours.
A 19 year old woman asks Miss Grey whether to demand explanations from a lover who has broken engagements and been seen with another girl. The reader suggests letting him go and not giving him another chance to hurt.
The text notes that a party filing for divorce must have been in the state for at least one year. It also states raffling falls under lottery laws and is prohibited.
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