Understanding coma as a medical state and its causes
The article defines coma as deep sleep with preserved vital functions and no conscious sensation, detailing how brain pressure from clots, tissue fragments, or tumors can induce it. It links coma to uremia, diabetes, and alcoholism, notes pupil dilation, slow pulse, labored breathing, and the importance of supportive care while warning about dangerous toxins and diet-related risks.
Modes and Manners on Checking and Table Setting
In dining etiquette, if one checking booth serves both genders the man handles both checks. If separate women’s and men’s booths exist the girlfriend handles hers and pays from her pocketbook. For table setup the service plate should be placed one inch from the table edge with all silver laid on a line away from the edge.
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Beauty Tips from a 1940s Home Advice Column
Readers ask how to treat dry skin lines and blackheads around the nose and mouth while avoiding heavy creams and soaps. The column prescribes a sequence of cleansing with cream then soap, extra moisturizer, dietary changes, and milk or nourishing foods to improve skin hydration and reduce lines. A second reader seeks guidance on bleaching rough dark hands from housework using lemon or peroxide, followed by nightly olive oil massage and a non oily hand cream to smooth and lighten skin.
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Profiles For Today ENATOR HUGO L. BLACK of Alabama
Profile of Senator Hugo L. Black highlighting his rise to the Senate, chairmanship of the Senate Committee to Investigate Lobbying Activities, and his fighting stance against utilities firms. Notes his Alabama roots, legal career, 1926 campaign victory over Bankhead, and affiliations including Baptist, Odd Fellows, Shriner, and Knights of Pythias. Also mentions his World War I service as a captain and interest in constitutional questions before the Supreme Court.
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Heel fashion favours high for formal wear in year
In formal afternoon and evening wear high heels lead, though popularity for low heels has grown in the past year. For informal daytime wear the most demanded style is a sensible heel just under two inches high.
Guide to Charm Remodeling Child Hair and Beauty
A mother counsels against forcing curls on a child with straight hair and sun freckles. Emphasizes natural beauty, gentle care, weekly shampooing, finger curling, and light heat from warm oil or oil-based sheen. Recommends avoiding harsh bleaches and permanent waves on children and suggests embracing the child's natural texture.
You and Your Child by Jane Herbert Goward
A mother describes a scene where a three and a half year old boy trips over a toy wagon and scatters books. The article argues against harsh scolding and urges gentle, cooperative training to teach shared responsibility for tidying up. It recommends praising effort and guiding the child to pick up toys together and gradually do more independently.
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Dishes for Today Best to Plan All Meals In Advance at One Time
Homemaker and busy professionals can solve meal planning by preparing all meals at once and buying perishables daily. A week of menus is outlined with breakfast lunch and dinner listings for Monday through Saturday, featuring varied receipts, beverages, salads, and desserts.
Styles Gain High Color For Spring
New York fashion note praises bold color trends for spring with vivid gowns and marabout wraps. It highlights stage and nightclub wear at the French Casino, where black dresses showcase dramatic pastel accents and contrasting prints. The writer argues fashion fads vary in beauty, urges tolerance for trends, and notes color against color remains popular.
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Topcoat suit with rude neckpiece and pleated sleeves
A dressmaker suit described with a popular neckpiece and elbow pleats. It features a high waistline with buttons, navy blue fabric, and a striped taffeta blouse.
Modern Women And The Parental Clash Over Allowances
A father laments indulgent children near adulthood and confronts a generation gap. The advisor argues family discipline failed long ago, urges the father and mother to restore authority, enforce budgets, and set firm rules to curb car use and refrigerator raids while acknowledging each family must tailor its approach.
Safer at Home and Family Boundaries Across Generations
This editorial urges maintaining open houses for friends of the family, arguing children are safer at home and that parents should align their pastimes with kids’ schedules. It defends selfishness as protection for children and urges clear limits to harmony, urging planners to set rules and model non interference in youths.
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