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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
7
The article notes a shakeless handshake movement in El Salvador as a modern alternative. It recalls that joining hands historically signified peace treaties, offering a noncontact gesture while preserving a tradition of cordial greeting.
The article describes "Prince Oana" of Hawaii as a notable baseball figure and ethnographic notes on greeting rituals across cultures. It mentions Hawaiian origins, a coast league background, and various regional customs such as Chinese gestures, Banks Islands practices, and Ainu and Occidental differences in salutes and etiquette. The piece shifts to global kissing conventions among men and women.
The Safety Bureau head declares exclusive right views and casts dissenters as wrong saying he recently converted to Christianity to a theater audience that did not seek religious remarks. The speech appears uncalled for as listeners gathered for a performance.
A guide suggests stocking guest rooms with Current magazines for variety and short story collections to provide summertime literary appeal. It advises inviting guests to borrow books from the living room when shelves are limited and warns about gossip reflecting the speaker's character rather than the subject.
A humorous account of a misadventure in a motor car with six aboard including Estelle Gibble and Miss Leonora Peevy. Conflicting views on speed lead to a farcical chase as a speed trap ends with a $28 fine and a punctured tire.
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