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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
2
Cedar Heights Woman's club held its annual spring luncheon at Hotel Russell Lamson with 43 covers. Guests included Mrs. Smith of Hockford and Mrs. Ferguson of Kansas City. The program featured talks by club presidents, musical numbers, and plans for upcoming events.
Edna Kent Forbes answers reader letters on bathing. She discusses soap use depending on environment and activity, suggests mild soaps or cleansing creams, and offers home recipes like oatmeal castile soap. Tips include face toning, lemon shampoo rinse, and simple exercises to slim hips and maintain suppleness.
A reflective column explores how people fault others for wrongs they themselves have earned in family dynamics. It contrasts how fathers react with worry when told bad news versus the quiet evasions of mothers and spouses.
A sequence of club events unfolds with Mrs. H W Clasen hosting a spelling bee won by Mrs Patterson guest Miss Dorothy Clasen readings by Sills Martha Dawson a song by Sills Martha Dawson and a cafeteria luncheon. Carnation club meeting featured Meg R J Kigler playing 600. High scores won by Mrs Clarence Ford and Mrs J B Cundiff. A B Hawver hosted a picnic dinner for D M M Co club with visitors Miss Viola Kratzer and Mrs B Gibbs. New Century club enjoyed dinner hosted by Mrs George Rath after an afternoon meeting. Silent club discussed constitution and bylaws with music by Mrs Fred Bross and Francis Salteck. Three course luncheon served by Mrs Selleck. Silver Leaf club hosted at Mrs Matt Thomas with five hundred played. winners included Wick Delagardelie Lewis Vollenwelder and Mike Erpelding.
A sunbeam lazy to work rests on a rose while a brown elf investigates a weeping plant hidden from sunlight. The elf seeks help and encounters a bee, hoping to save the plant from a life in shade and cold. The tale unfolds with gentle, old fashioned whimsy.
In a warm Christmas tableau Mrs. Burton plans a home celebration with Mrs. Tucker’s help while hoping for her son Tom’s return. David Burton discovers his son is alive after a brief German prison stint, and the family shares a joyful Christmas gathered in their little white house as candlelight glows in Tom’s room and bells ring.
A talking sunbeam and a brown elf help a cold violet by guiding warmth to its chilly garden. The sunbeam learns the joy of helping others and grows from lazy to eager, with a new day promising Danny Beny er Helps Mr. Fox as the next tale.
The Courier outlines a Waterloo cooking lesson by Miss Vera M Megowee with recipes for a range of salads and dressings. It includes sauce examples such as mayonnaise thousand island and tartare plus fruit and vegetable dressings and a fruit salad with nuts. The piece finishes with a short fiction vignette about Jennie and a returning soldier.
In 1916 a lonely handsome youth at a summer clubhouse falls for a beautiful artist who sketches his head. They grow close through the year before the war pulls him away, leaving unspoken love and a haunting sense of absence.
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertises up-to-date patterns available through the Fashion Department. Send patterns with 15 cents per pattern, and orders will be filed promptly with delivery expected about ten days after posting.
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