Massage as a Cure Ambiguity and Historical Roots
A health column traces massage from ancient rubbing rituals to Swedish cure, noting believed aims, techniques, and historical figures like Ling and Weir Mitchell. It highlights forms such as friction and percussion, factors for effective treatment, and the need for proper room conditions and operator skill, ending with a teaser for continuation.
Short Cuts and Household Tips From a Vintage Page
A collage of practical hints on cleaning china with damp tea, creaming butter with a perforated wooden spoon, and storing brown sugar to prevent lumpiness. It also mentions mincing parsley with a bouquet and scissors, and attaching picture wire to frame sides to run straight up the wall.
Faith Baldwin Big Money Writer Profiles From Today
Faith Baldwin, wife of engineer Hugh Cuthrell and mother of four, rose from newspaper columns to magazine serials, earning about $300,000 in a year. Living in New Canaan, Connecticut, she writes 6,000 to 8,000 words daily, balancing family duties with fast paced love, adventure, mystery and crime stories. Her routine involves rising at eight, grinding through work till lunch, then late evenings before bed. Autumn color notes follow with fashion hues from Molyneux, Schiaparelli, Della Robbia.
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Hats With Dinner Dress Molyneux Sets Breton Style
Molyneux presents large shallow breton hats turned up on one side with ostrich curls along the brim, paired with dinner dresses for a refined evening look.
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Molyneux
Slim line evening gowns in Newport frocks of 1937
Formal frocks at private Newport dinners show slender and full silhouettes. The sketch features a pale blue chiffon gown with pleated accent and dark blue velvet detailing, illustrating the slim fashion of the era.
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Guide to Charm Hair Beauty Restored by Stiff Brush
Beauty high maintenance tips guide using stiff bristle brush to polish hair and boost scalp health. Emphasizes nightly cap use to preserve waves, resetting curls each morning, and soft rubber curlers for easy concealment. For straight or regrown perms, curlers help keep ends neat until ready to dress for an outing.
Hair care tips for brittle gray hair and home tonics
The letter advises against home hair dyes for gray hair and suggests hot oil reconditioning, a dry-hair tonic twice weekly, and daily brushing to restore life. It notes vegetable retouch liquids or simple rinses can tone gray hairs safely at home, plus glycerine mixed with rose water or hazel as a softening lotion.
Dishes for Today Steak Makes Ideal Meat For a Labor Day Picnic
Labor Day picnic planning with simple hot dishes that can be prepared ahead. Advice favors easy finger foods, outdoor cooking near shelter, and avoiding overly dry sandwiches. Includes a peach ice cream recipe with heavy cream peaches eggs and butterscotch-nut cookies.
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Black Again Leads Style Color Chart in Paris Openings
A fall fashion note highlights chic black as dominant, with all black or black embroidery items proving popular at Paris openings. Rich tones like cedar blue spruce and Tokay-like purples and reds shape the palette, with browns and terra cotta accents and bold three or four color blends remain in demand.
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l'Elegance Pavillon
How to Clean Shower Bath Curtains Properly
The article explains washing shower bath curtains to remove dust and fingerprints and keep colors bright. It notes most modern curtains shed water but can be washed like fine fabrics. For glazed or rubberized surfaces lay flat and sponge with lukewarm soapy water, then rinse. uncoated fabrics can go in a tub or washing machine.
Personal Trademark Accessory For Every Co ed
A gold bracelet with a unique monogram or a family heirloom locket, or an unusual jacket in unexpected colors becomes part of the wearer’s personality. The accessory functions as a personal trademark linking style to identity.
Dietrich Uses Gold Dust In Hair For Screen Role
Marlene Dietrich wore gold dust in her hair to accentuate blond highlights during a recent film shoot. The glitter was removed each evening after she left the movie lot.
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Marlene Dietrich
Modern Women Gaving on a Rainy Day
On a rainy day the modern woman finds chores to fit the weather while the stay-at-home man may linger in puttering or seek tasks. He might read, listen to radio, finish a thriller, or sort through wardrobe, creating a later need for the wife to restore order.
Parents must engage in their children's games truly
A mother and father fail to fully engage in a simple checkers game, causing Harold anger and a warning to improve. The piece argues that parental interest matters, and half hearted play erodes trust and future friendship. Genuine participation and shared interest help children enjoy competition and build lasting bonds.
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Dad
Welcome the Rainy Day in a Busy Woman’s Life
The piece argues that husbands should manage their own wardrobes, and women can thrive on rainy days by organizing, cooking, sewing, reading, and pursuing self-directed tasks. It spotlights a well known actress who keeps a large orderly home, reads avidly, and treats each day as a rainy day lived in her own organized, uninterrupted style.
Modes and Manners Q and A on charity etiquette and table manners
A reader asks if a woman may give alms in a man’s company and if the escort should refund it. The answer: a gentleman need not feel embarrassed. such acts are personal and the woman may hand the money to the beggar. A birthday gift situation: gifts should be opened after all guests arrive, with thanks to each donor as presented. Table manners: elbows on the table are not allowed during meals. between courses the posture may relax, but one should sit upright while eating.
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Della Robbia
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Louis Cintrat
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Er Eleanor Gunn
Marian Mays Martin
Aks. Martin
Jane Herbert Goward
Wecome