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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1938
Page
11
A lively column argues gender role shifts postwar era with women entering hairdressing and cooking, men helping at home, and women advancing in business. It mixes social observations with home care tips on repainting metal, starching slipcovers, and avoiding blues.
A mother mindful of courteous suggestion shapes her son David’s behavior. By phrasing requests positively she taps his better nature, avoiding fuss or resistance. The child volunteers action, seeing cleanliness as his own achievement. Wise parenting uses affirmative language and offers approval rather than commands.
A reader asks proper forms of address and wedding etiquette. Answers advise addressing an elderly woman as Dear Miss or Dear Madam in business or social notes, brides may walk alone or with the father, Justice of the Peace marriages suit bridal and groom attire, and businesswomen should schedule social calls Sunday afternoons or convenient evenings.
A vintage guide offers numerous sandwich ideas for buffets and teas. Recipes include Baked Bean Sandwiches with tomato and bacon, Salad Sandwich Loaf with cream cheese and lettuce, Nutbread topping toast, and Rolled Celery Sandwiches with Roquefort filling. Also suggests serving with soups, pies, and beverages for Sunday and formal teas.
New York fashion coverage notes a push toward long torso silhouettes with or without a voice for support. The trend favors figures with a slender waist and extended bodices over the hips, seen in slim dinner dresses and full skirts. Paris houses, notably Schiaparelli and Alix, showcase hip molding and lengthened waists in openings.
Mrs Arnold seeks help for a persistent facial breakout. The prescribed routine includes nightly cleansing with bland soap and tepid water, hot towel steam, eye cream away from eruptions, overnight acne treatment, eight hours sleep, morning washing, skin tonic, mild astringent, makeup limits, and weekly deep cleansing with hot soapy wash and thick acne cream left on 15 minutes to half an hour.
Connie Boswell, famed singer and instrumental expert, argues that hands gain beauty through character and practice. She shares simple routines for toning and expressive movement, noting typing can also strengthen hands and that training in any instrument boosts dexterity and stage presence.
A humorous profile notes Kansas City mayor Ralph C Mitchell of Independence crochets and gifts items at county fairs and to friends. It compares life expectancy stats, mocks crochet as arts, and comments on political image while recounting Mitchells hobby and quirks in a period voice.
From 1901 to 1936 life expectancy rose for whites, with males gaining 2 to 3 years and females more. By age birth to one year rise to 6.13 years, and at 16 a net standard remains. The piece links longer life to medical knowledge, sanitation, housing, and education, noting heart disease leads deaths with pneumonia and tuberculosis varying by region. It cites New Mexico pneumonia surpassing heart disease and automobile accidents as a major fatal cause for visitors.
The guide advises rubbing kid gloves with bread crumbs after each wear to keep them clean. To remove wax stains, place blotting paper or chalk on both sides, apply a warm iron, brush out powder, then sponging with alcohol, or use cold water followed by hot water and soap.
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