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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
21
The piece argues air conditioning is not new, tracing its evolution from cave overhangs to modern controlled air. It notes the shift from relying on natural air to engineered, regulated comfort with warmth, moisture, and contaminant control, and highlights health and ventilation regulations for homes and offices.
The piece notes two fads that involved opening windows at night to bring in cold air. It explains how the body must heat the incoming air, using energy, and cautions about warming air for rooms housing sick or elderly. It recalls muslin window screens used before air conditioning to filter dirt.
A reader asks how to soften abrupt good-bye on the phone and is advised to use the person’s name for a warmer tone. Another asks if reading a newspaper while dining is proper. the answer says it is permissible when dining alone.
Sigmund Freud of Vienna, aged about eighty, developed psychoanalysis the science of the soul. He argues mental disturbances cause many illnesses with no physical cause and has a long, costly process of dream and memory analysis to heal the body. His work, controversial since 1895, remains debated as he continues writing and lecturing despite aging health. He pursues hobbies of mushrooms, rare jades, bronzes, and orchids. In Austria he is viewed skeptically, but worldwide followers persist.
A 1935 Fairchild description features a aqua tone pure-dye acetate frock with a hand-shelling bodice frill and elaborate detailing. The button-back cuffs provide a refined finish to the short sleeves, shaping a delicate vintage silhouette.
A vintage guide advises women to dramatize makeup to disguise flaws and boost confidence. It covers shaping lashes, brow work, lipstick and eye emphasis, hair color adjustments, and using subtle color contrast to brighten eyes and mouth, with cautious hints for aging features and hairstyles.
Gladis seeks help for a dull hair shade and suggests lemon rinse or dyes. The guidance recommends a henna wash for a reddish gold look and warns against harsh at home dyes. Mrs F advises scrubbing shoulders with a bath brush, cooling rinse, and a lemon juice peroxide mix left overnight to brighten skin.
The article offers oven friendly meal planning for busy households with steps to prepare multiple dishes ahead. It lists baked ham with apricot glaze, beans and onions, orange mint cup, scalloped potatoes, buttered string beans, honey peanut cookies, and Spanish rice. It emphasizes baking schedules and keeping dishes at same temperatures to simplify cooking.
New York fashion notes highlight corals and pearls as comeback trends for sports wear. Sea motif jewelry and heirloom pieces pair with elongated sport pins, patent leather bags and matched belts. Designers emphasize coordinating bags with shoes, corset bodies, and hats in pale coral tones.
Marian Mays Martin writes that post prohibition many women frequent bars and cocktails, drawing criticism from bar tenders and wary husbands. A letter-writer laments his wife’s habit, urging tactful approach, not to forbid or nag, and to meet her at her bar to head her home. He argues equality but warns of excess, while advising restraint and gentler persuasion.
Jane Bheebet Howard observes a one year old boy Billy learning generosity through imitation and parent guided feeding. The piece argues children imitate, not yet understand giving, and discipline should model sharing. Generosity develops slowly with language growth and positive example.
The piece urges careful foot care amid changing fashion with toeless sandals and barefoot bathing. It stresses feet' role in efficiency and comfort for busy women and notes professional chiropody treatment for serious foot troubles.
A detailed description of a sailor’s cap features a wine red basketweave matt straw body with matching velvet trim and a crisp white pique edging. The piece emphasizes color, texture, and finish as defining style elements.
Tips to combat dampness suggest painting a concrete cellar floor and applying wax or varnish to linoleum in the kitchen. Light daily care with a long-handed damp mop extends the life of the finish until a fresh wax or varnish coat is required.
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