Health Notice on Eczema in Children by Dr Claud North Chrisman
The article explains that eczema most often appears on the head and face due to exposure and skin vessels. It notes rare involvement of the nose and mouth, identifies the soft spot on a baby's head as a common starting point, and links wool clothing and diaper areas to flare ups. It discusses allergy, heredity, gender and hair color influences, and cautions about later risks like asthma and hay fever.
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Claud North Chrisman
Serer
Advice on pregnancy cravings and infant eczema risk
A discussion on how maternal cravings and excessive eating influence the baby, warning that indulgence may sensitize the child. It cites Dr. Lewis Webb Hill on egg protein entering the blood and links early eczema to babies fed broths containing eggs, suggesting hereditary sensitization may trigger dermatitis.
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Lewis Webb Hill
Hot Time in Old Town Was Metz Early Jazz Anthem
Theodore A. Metz, composer now with Edward B Marks Publishing, wrote Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight after McIntyre and Heath troupe sparked the line in Mississippi fifty years ago. The song’s rise during the Spanish War popularized jazz as a dance number and Metz also authored Ta-ra-ra-boom de-ah and Sweet Marie.
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Topsy
Theodore A. Metz
Mr. Metz
Edward B. Marks Publishing Company
New York City
Old McIntyre and Heath Minstrels
South
Mississippi
Old Town
McIntyre
Metz
Jaz
Marie
How to Mix Dining Chairs for a Livelier Table
A reader suggests avoiding monotony by placing six or eight straight chairs around a dining table then substituting two arm chairs to create a more inviting effect. This quick arrangement tip aims to refresh the room’s look with minimal effort.
Guide to Charm Some Ideas on Looking Cool This Summer
Practical fashion and beauty tips for staying cool in August. Emphasis on light fabrics, minimal makeup, cool color palettes, and easy laundering. Advice covers hair, scents, skincare, and two daily baths to manage perspiration plus a call to request Miss Hunt's leaflet Keeping Cool.
Beauty Tips for Norma Shearer Wave and How to Ask
The guide explains a permanent wave method to achieve a Norma Shearer style with smooth top and curled ends behind the ears. It advises parting and pinning the top, winding back hair and behind the ears with croquignole, placing the first curl about three and a half inches from the part, and spacing others closer toward the ears. Hair should be about two and a half inches longer before waving than the final look.
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Norma Shearer
The Very Long Wide Skirt For Dancing Here to Stay
New York notes the shift in fashion as very long and wide skirts dominate the dance floor. Full fluttery chitons, hip yoke sheaths, and circular flounces in taffeta or satin appear with evening wraps favoring hooded styles or long scarves. Headwear trends include halos berets and draped turbans with height and ostrich clusters enhancing turbans and toques.
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New York
Schiaparelli
Garnishing as Modern Art Enhances Everyday Meals
Dishes for today emphasize garnishing as a key element of modern dining. Edible decorations elevate simply cooked foods, with crackers buttered and paprika sprinkled, then toasted for color and zing. Parsley, tiny onions, olives, pickles, mushrooms, and capers are readily available and can be grown or stored.
Parsley Sticks and Salmon Cheese Loaf Recipe Notes
A regional food column describes garnish guidance and a detailed Parsley Sticks recipe. It explains shaping dough, butter brushing, and chilling then baking. It also outlines Salmon Cheese Loaf with canned salmon, American cheese, milk, butter, salt and pepper, formed in a loaf tin and baked.
Modern Women and the Pull of Matrimony in a Philandering Era
A columnist critiques so called modern women and the lure of casual relations, arguing marriage remains the ultimate goal for men driven by love or money. The piece cites travelers and a diverging scenario aboard a deluxe liner where a partially divorced husband seeks female companionship, noting accepted gestures like moonlit kissing as a social privilege.
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Mrs. Martin
Reno
Mae
Modes and Manners: Seating and Etiquette Queries
In luncheon seating use place cards so guests find their spots and congenial pairs sit together. For wrist watches with formal wear choose a dainty or jewellike piece. avoid sports models. On wedding gifts a card message is not required. the gift itself is the message and the card identifies the sender.
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B. H
Sanity Restored and Distant Romance Cautionary Note
Sally writes of regained sanity after a sea romance and daily meetings with a new friend in the divorce courts. She weighs safety and propriety, fearing mental cruelty and unclear motives, and asks for a disinterested opinion from a trusted adviser before probing the friend’s wife’s reasons.
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Sally
Shipboard Romance Caution in a Candid Letter
A correspondent urges caution about a shipboard romance noting moonlight kisses were a fatal error. The man faces a divorce and could be free soon, making marriage unlikely. The writer advises skepticism, suggesting the woman consider the man as potentially unreliable and warns against rushing into marriage.
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