Fashionable Men and Double Standards in Age Perception
The piece contrasts American and European views of age and allure, noting a double standard that praises men as attractive at 50 or 60 while labeling women as "old maids" at 39. It cites Hollywood stars near 60 and then shifts to a daily diet plan promising weight loss and health benefits with a 1050 calorie daily menu.
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Hollywood
Ronald Colman
William Powell
Herbert Marshall
Maurice Chevalier
Adolphe Menjou
Ezio Pinza
Fred Astaire
Clark Gable
Charles Boyer
Fredric Maron
Walter Pidgeon
Gary Cooper
Humphrey Bogart
Spencer Tracy
Daily Pattern Anne Adams pattern for mature woman
Pattern 4647 in sizes 34 through 48 described with youthful collar and slim skirt lines. Size 36 requires 4% yards 35 inch fabric and % yard contrast. Send 25 cents in coins to Anne Adams care of The Canton Repository Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Middle age for women hailed as best life phase
A 1950 King Features Syndicate column argues women should view middle age as the best, most fascinating period and rejects male focus on youth, urging individual self-acceptance and inclusive thinking for all women. It notes men marry younger partners, skewing statistics, and calls for shifting mindset to value middle years.
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America
King Features Syndicate
Buffalo Pastor New Cleveland Leader Succeeds Blanchard
Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in Cleveland named Rev. William H. Dudley of Buffalo as its new pastor to replace Ferdinand Q. Blanchard. Dudley, 37, has led First Pilgrim Congregational Church in Buffalo since 1944 and will begin in Cleveland February 1 after Blanchard’s resignation earlier this year.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Knights Templar Parade Opens Ohio Conclave in Columbus
The Ohio Knights Templar begin a six-division parade in Columbus as part of their three day, 108th annual conclave. A dinner and grand ball are planned with officers to be elected tomorrow morning. The gathering, which started yesterday, could attract about 10 000 members.
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Columbus
Ohio Knights Templar
Knights
Polishing Silver With Salt and Baking Soda
A method uses one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of baking soda per quart of hot water. Place an aluminum pan or aluminum pie plate under the silver to be cleaned and ensure contact with aluminum or another silver piece. Tarnish comes off quickly and the silver gains an exodized finish. A separate home remedy suggests warming milk with a pinch of salt and drinking it hot to aid sleep and relieve tired nerves.
Word Origins of Insects and Beasts in English
A survey of the etymology of common terms reveals bug from a Celtic root meaning hobgoblin and insect fears, spider from Anglo Saxon spinner, butterfly from butter colored, mosquito from Spanish little fly, beetle from Anglo Saxon bitula, tarantula linked to Taranto, wasp once waeps, centipede from Latin via French, cockroach from Spanish cucaracha, vinegaroon named for vinegary odor, locust from Latin locusta. The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
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Taranto
United States
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Sodium di chromate used with salt to clear streets
Small quantities of sodium di chromate mixed with street salt are claimed to neutralize the corrosive effect of the salt on automobile fenders and tires during winter road clearing.
Vargas Takes Near Million Vote Lead in Brazil Election
Former dictator Getulio Vargas led Brazil's presidential race by about one million votes with 1,726,681 to 838,281 for Lt. Gen Eduardo Gomes and 545,650 for Cristiano Machado. Observers believed the results signaled Vargas's strong position as unofficial returns continued.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Eduardo Gomes
Vargas
Gomes
Cristiano Machado
Vargas Eyes Victory in Brazil Election
Vargas, ruler of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and candidate of the Brazilian Labor Party, appears certain to win the upcoming election according to contemporary reporting.
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Vargas
Brazil
Brazilian Labor Party
Beetle Bounty Spurs Saxony Citizens to Gather Plague Beetles
In Saxony citizens collected fifteen hundred tons of beetles during a bounty period to counter a beetle plague. The effort saw locals unite to curb the outbreak and pay out rewards for the harvest.
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Saxony
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