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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1933
Page
3
This feature by Cherie Nicholas Young-Looking explores modern hairdressing as a luxury and art. It highlights machineless permanents, type respectful styling, and flattering waves. The piece contrasts old hairpins with soft curls and discusses youth and age in beauty, ending with a nod to French poise.
A Paris chic Lanvin ensemble features a soft bow accent on one shoulder and a velvet cape in a pastel frock. The dark velvet cape contrasts the pastel dress as velvet capes of this new length gain favor with the smart Parisienne.
The piece notes a diamond shaped neckline trend using curled wire feathers by Schiaparelli. It explains how the feathered row creates a diamond effect from back to front and suggests adding Angel Wings to coats or jackets to look fashionable and team ready.
Fashion notes describe fall hats with fronts lowered while back rises. High crowned styles give way to front emphasis and high-back turbans, some with pointy or angular builds, others via quills and drapes. Satin or velvet berets remain the season’s big news worn low over the eyes with more height at the back.
A technician reports that forcing fabric through a sewing machine leads to irregular stitches and often indicates broken or bent needles. The warning comes as operators push speed amid routine repairs.
A quoted reflection from 1933 argues against rushing toward goals. It contrasts nine thousand miles per minute Earth rotation with human speed and urges valuing small, steady improvements. The piece presents two viewpoints and favors progress through persistence over frantic haste.
Excavators uncovered two slave guardians with iron weapons in an outer tomb chamber at Ballana on the Nile West Bank. The master lay in a semi contracted pose with a silver crown bearing Isis busts and silver earrings nearby. He held an iron sword and wore heavy silver on his left arm.
The text details bangles with tons heads on the left wrist and silver accessories on the feet including toe rings and anklets, plus a silver bowguard on the left wrist and silver disks on anklets.
Procter & Gamble promotes Oxydol with a nationwide cash prize contest aimed at housewives. Offer promises 488 prizes including $1000 to best phrase explaining why Oxydol is superior for washing, noting improved whiteness, reduced fading, and faster washing. Entry requires name, address, and grocer’s details by Sept. 9, 1933.
Readers are urged to believe in their chances as many winners began with doubt. Examples include a house wife near Chicago winning a Coca Cola prize and a stenographer from Anderson Indiana taking a $10,000 award. A Youngstown Ohio commercial artist won $20,000 in Liberty Magazine's contest.
A collection of basic advertising lines praising Oxydol for cleaning clothes in hard water. Phrases boast easier washing, whiter results, soft hands, and quick wash times, suggesting large gains from switching detergents.
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