California City Life and Style Features in Los Angeles
A vivid portrait of Los Angeles as a city of contrasts and impersonations. It notes the teen scene on The Strip, the sartorial tilt toward elegance, and the waistline of hair fashion with Buddy Francis highlighting the diamond shape and booming California barbering. A regional meeting of southern California stylists frames hair as big business.
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Los Angeles
California
Florida
Buddy Francis
Palm Springs
Mr. Francis
Beverly Hills
Paisley Party Pants Inspire Lively Wardrobe Additions
Everyone needs to liven up her life with Paisley party pants in multicolored patterns. Wildly wonderful options include matching or contrasting tops and stripes in varying widths for versatile styling.
Towels Made Into Children’s Jackets
Instructional note suggests converting terry cloth towels into kids jackets with optional hoods. Recommends lightweight to heavyweight towels, durable washing, and machine drying. Also describes cleaning an eggbeater by soaking in cold water and washing without ironing.
Pretty bow tailed dress with V neck for fuller figures
Sue Burnett advertises pattern No. 8184 Patt-O-Rama for sizes 34 to 48 with bust 36 to 50. It features a bow-touched style, V-notched neckline and multi-gored skirt under a trimmed yoke. Order by sending 50 cents plus 10 cents mailing to The Troy Record, New York.
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Sue Burnett
Troy Record
Ave. of Americas
New York
N.Y
Coed Youth Programs Gain Ground Across Nation
Article notes a shift from sex segregated groups to joint activities in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, YMCAs and similar bodies. Emphasizes benefits of adolescent joint work and play, arguing coed programs foster healthier relationships and future marriages, while still acknowledging value of some separate activities.
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Girl Scout Leader
Ymcas
Card aids parents test child eye vision at home
Amblyopia in children can cause permanent vision loss if not caught early. Illinois doctors developed a home vision test card with a hand drawing for parents to use around age three or four, prompting medical referrals when needed. In a trial of 32 pediatricians, six detected early cases, showing promise for at home screening.
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Illinois
Bureau of School Health
Illinois Department of Public Health
State Office
Springfield
Beauty tips and etiquette for teens face common hair and social questions
Teenagers seek guidance on removing facial hair and appropriate depilation methods. The columnist urges against shaving for girls of any age and recommends testing depilatories on skin, consulting a dermatologist or electrologist for permanent removal. An etiquette note advises eighth grade boys limit weekend parties to one unless holidays spur more events.
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Long Beach
Calif
Houston
Tex
Bridge Hands By Jacoby
North opens 2 diamonds? West and East not shown. South passes. West leads king. Auction proceeds with 4 hearts by fourth bid and no further bids.
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Jacoby
Mixed Knits Popular In Sunshine Lands
Acetate knits in patterns or lids paired with match-mates brighten sunlit fashion. Packing for vacations becomes easy as tops pants jackets and skirts offer a week of wardrobe options for the clever girl.
Rod Over Bathtub Adds Drying Space
An extendable rubber tipped chrome rod fits over a bathtub to provide extra drying space. It keeps towels and garments off the floor by directing water toward the drain, reducing mess in the bathroom.
Card Table Renewal Scraps Sagging Top Repair
A reader describes renewing a sagging card table by cutting a plywood panel, sanding the surface, nailing it to the top, and finishing the new top to restore use. The note emphasizes a simple, home workshop fix without new hardware beyond the plywood panel.
Corsages Flattering For Silk Or Wool Costumes
Corsages enhance ensembles with silk or wool costumes. Rose corsages stand out as especially flattering and stylish for formal wear and seasonable events.
Solarcaine Skin Pain Relief Ad
An advertisement promotes Solarcaine as a fast acting pain reliever for minor skin injuries. It claims relief from stings bites burns and irritations and emphasizes keeping Solarcaine ready in medicine cabinets and kitchens year round.
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Alto
Ungraceful Habit Afflicts Wearers of Headgear
A concise note on an ungraceful habit of fiddling with hats causing damage to the headpieces and frequent breakage. The item urges wearers to avoid touching or adjusting their headgear to preserve its shape and longevity.
Gift Wrapping Creates Shirt Look for Birthday Gift
Instructions describe wrapping a birthday gift to resemble a shirt using light gingham paper for the box and white paper for the collar and front, with a wide red ribbon called Snecktle.
Bridge strategy contrasts drop play and finesse analysis
Oswald and Jim discuss bridge concepts from a recent column. They compare the drop play versus finesse when missing four to the queen, detailing how leaders’ choices affect contracts and tricks. They critique queen over jack, symmetry, and singletons while stressing information about opponents' hands.
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Oswald
Jimi
West
East
South
Jim
Auxiliary Council To Meet Sunday
Rensselaer County Council auxiliary Army and Navy Union will hold a meeting Sunday at the rooms in the Chasan Building at 3 15 p m Miss Ann McCormick president will preside Following the council meeting there will be a committee meeting to plan the department president dinner to be held in The Hendrick Hudson Saturday May 6
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Rensselaer County Council
Army and Navy Union
Chasan
Ann McCormick
Hendrick Hudson
Lip Biting Habit Warns Against Poise Breaks
A short caution advises against lip biting as it signals a lack of poise and can cause lips to look chapped or dry. The tip urges conscious effort to stop the habit to maintain a smooth, confident appearance.
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U.S. Choice Steak Sale Porterhouse Steaks
RKO
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Brookfield
Campbell's
Moodle
Mushroom
Ena el
Armour Star I
Kraft Fresh
Hormels
Hyacinth and Merk
ASCOT
Creative
Ernest G. Osborne
TVG
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M.D
Jean Adams
Teen. & Forum
Llace
Sunshine Lands
Propa P.H
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PTA
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Hermits
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Wien
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