Why Sinus Cavities Shape Our Breathing and Health
Dr. Claud North Christman explains the function of the maxillary and frontal sinuses, how cilia aid drainage, and why a cold can worsen into sinus infection. He notes that improper drainage leads to inflammation, extended infection, and added pain, stressing prompt treatment and awareness of nasal obstructions in daily life. The piece links nasal health to voice, air flow, and even radio announcer reliability.
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Claud North Chrisman
Nature
Short Cuts for Cleaning and Mending at Home
Easy tips for preserving floors by waxing chair feet, using soap flakes in a dry tub for washing dishes, and mending a lace curtain hole with starched netting. Place net over the hole on the wrong side and press with a hot iron for a neat fix.
Gloria Vanderbilt Heiress in New York Court Ruling
The New York court has relaxed access for Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress to about 4 million dollars, allowing her to visit her mother at will. Her upbringing under aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitner contrasted with previous rulings, and officials note prior allowances reached large sums for servants doctors detectives and shopping costs.
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Giona Laura Vanderbilt
Gloria
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitner
Whuttes
New York
Glora
Tiny Pert Hats With Flowers Designed in Paris for Spring
Fashion notes from Paris show spring hats with flowers and Renaissance inspired shapes. Silhouettes include beaded veils, wide ribbons under the chin, and Spanish influenced trims. The article highlights demure chin straps, new brim lines, and delicate corsage-like floral effects as key spring styles.
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Suzy Pitt
Patou
Paris
Eleanor Gunn
New York
Orin
Reboux
Trimumnes
Hand Care Then and Now for Youthful Hands
A vintage advisory piece discusses long standing beauty tricks for hands. It cites Queen Thira beth’s delicate hands, oatmeal pastes, lemon slices, tomato rubs, cocoa butter, and massaging with creams to improve circulation, soften skin, and prevent wrinkles. The guidance encourages daily rubbing, forearm massage, and using strong hand and facial creams.
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Thirabeth
Dar
Dishes for Today Savory Potato Dishes To Vary Your Menus
A kitchen guide offers savory potato based dishes and side ideas from scalloped sweet potatoes to potato croquettes and German potato salad. It includes serving suggestions with cornbread, bacon, apples, and marshmallows, plus directions for cream batter and breadcrumb crusts.
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Bermuda
Schooling Helps Men Keep Jobs in Midwest Study
A Northwestern National Life Insurance survey of 4000 jobless in Minnesota and Wisconsin in late 1937 finds only 1 in 100 unemployed are college graduates. Among those under 40, 24 percent had relief, while over-40 workers report higher relief exposure. Education level shifts show strikingly similar job-type distributions across eighth grade to high school, with college graduates skewing toward office and executive roles.
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Minneeapolis
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Young King Farouk Marries For Love And Queens
A social column reflects on King Farouk of Egypt and Queen Farida, noting a love marriage, potential limits on polygamy, and Western views on harem customs. It describes Cairo society, fashion, and the couple’s lavish lifestyle in a city of palaces, shops, and luxury transport, while debating modern women’s roles and the queen’s future choices.
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Borer
Farouk
Egypt
Farida
Cairo
Paris
Oxford
Cambridge
Ruldes
Newport
Sahara
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Bolero Styles Highlight 1938 Frocks and Boleros
Copyright 1938 Fairchild. Boleros are featured with street frocks, pique trims and contrasting color dress tops. Boleros pair with all-over braiding, lime and feast tones with navy, and white pique with red bairels to create coordinated outfits.
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Fairchild Boleros
Modes and Manners: Etiquette Answers From A Church Wedding
A reader asks whether to pass dishes left or right and is advised to pass all dishes to the left with serving implements pointed toward the guest. Another inquiry covers napkin sizes, noting breakfast and lunch napkins about twelve inches square and dinner napkins twenty-two to twenty-four inches. A third asks where to mail a telegram of congratulations for a church wedding and guidance is to send it to the church so it arrives right after the ceremony.
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C. W
D. K
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Talbot Lake
Dots and
Oy Fetrehin
Pwr
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Miss Hunt
Luscheons
Marian Mays Martin
Jane Herbert Goward
Blaine
Ais Searles
Theo
Elaine
Mes, Miktin
Goward
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