Physical culture and fashion drive a country woman to marriage
A column intertwines advice on personal fitness with fashion notes and social updates. The author champions home exercise routines for mental and physical vigor, laments cost and time barriers, and shares personal success and age reflections. The piece also reviews knitwear trends and ends with a cottage romance, noting an engagement reached on a log fire evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han Binck
Lahould
Wellington
Country Press
Fashions Old Lace in Evening Wear Highlighted
Patricia Collyer debuts in Paramounts Dude Ranch wearing black Chantilly lace over flesh tones with a sleeveless halter and seated flounces. Mini Collyer sports an ermine coat trimmed with fur and a fancy crushed collar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jany Collyer
Paramount
Mini Collyer
Keep The Flave Strong Through Exercise And Discipline
An article extols daily exercise as essential for beauty and health, stressing morning workouts and breathing habits. It cites Arbuthnot Lane and Norman Thorpe on proper technique, then shares personal routines such as wall pushups, leg swings, and chair-kick motions to maintain posture, slim hips, and youthful vitality. It also mentions fashion details from Sydney designers and notes the author’s acting work with Barrymore and Gable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tmormstrook
Arbuthnot Lane
London
Sydney
Lonel Barrymore
Clark Gable
Answers to Correspondents Impersonal Inquiries on Pension Help
The writer doubts pension eligibility but offers to make inquiries and suggests placing the patient in a home. They invite confirmation and propose to assist, directing correspondence to Marguerite at The Pinnacle, Castle Crag, Willoughby, N.S.W.
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X.Y.Z
Marguerite
the Pinnacle
Castlecrag
Willoughy
N.S.W
White Suede Coats Hit Fashion Demands in Hollywood
Hollywood fashion notes highlight white suede coats as key items for film stars. Kay Francis wears a three quarter length white suede coat with a white and brown plaid frock in The Vice Squad while Fay Wray features a suede jacket with a skipper blue crepe de chine frock in The Lawyer's Bracelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Kay Francis
Paul Lakay
Vice Squad
Fay Wray
Early ploughing and soil prep aid spring crops
For spring sown crops, thorough early ploughing and soil work are essential. Deep initial tillage and subsequent cultivation improve soil aeration, moisture retention, and fertilizer availability, ensuring better seed bed conditions and reduced reliance on rainfall. Continuous cultivation sustains soil moisture and releases plant food for years.
Woods Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds
An aged remedy advertisement promotes Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a trusted aid for coughs colds and influenza symptoms. The product claims quick relief and is pitched to households seeking simple home remedies.
Give of Your Substance and Spirit in Charity
Poem calls for constant charity to the sick poor and strangers, urging generous acts daily. Refrains emphasize giving from the heart, sharing joy, guidance, and good will, with spiritual overtones and reference to Grenville Kieser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne
Christ
Grenville Kieiser
Health Tips For Pregnant Mothers Counsels On Common Ailments
An article by the Assistant Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare debunks pregnancy fright tales and lists practical remedies for common discomforts. It covers morning sickness heartburn constipation and related issues with advised dietary changes, small meals, hydration, and when to seek a doctor’s help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathery
Boost Your Business Message From Grenville Kiuser
Advertising booster text urges steady effort and cheerful sales focus with bold promises. It promotes persistence and inviting buyers, though the garbled lines obscure the exact spelling and intent.
Take Up the Cross Theme Echoes in Keiser Verse
A fragmentary verse by Grenville Keiser urges believers to take up the cross and follow Christ despite hardship. The lines invoke denial of self, entry into the way, and casting away fear as dawn approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiat
Jons
Cross
Grenville Keiser
Words in endless streams of mighty verbal force
A fragmented poem praising words in many moods from calm beauty to loud power. It rattles through images of words steering thought, provoking action, and shaping speech, ending with an ominous roar of violent, overwhelming language.
You Can't Kill God. Bolshevists and Communists Poem
A fragmentary poem attributed to Elisabeth and Grenville Kisiner extols faith against atheistic tyranny. It proclaims that while mobs may murder people, desecrate churches, and burn Bibles, they cannot kill God, asserting enduring divine power amidst oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Elisabeth and
Grenville Kisiner
This Happy Woman Beauty Ad Claims Youthful Skin
A vintage advertisement extols Rue de Je Paix face powder promising a clear youthful skin tone that appears years younger. It targets women with claims of concealing faults and reducing signs of age, touting an immense sale and a two shilling box price, available widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australien
Weathering Winter Colds with Woods Great Penifint Cure
A persuasive verse urges readers to light a pipe and settle by the fire while facing harsh winter winds. It touts Woods Great Penifint Cure as the remedy to ward off coughs and colds during severe weather and promotes comfort through traditional home remedies.
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Teast
Woods
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Dorothy Jordan
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Snd
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America
Director General of Publicealth
Nustis
Yyrasse
Bulldog Courage
Alweys. Pays
Grenville Kiciser
Olympus
Adamson
Sre
Thos
Rosea Nursery
Ermington
Den
Atada
Wattat, Newcastle
Sun
Aunt Mary's
Tillock & Co. Lids
Kent
Liverpool Streets
Salta
Abby Lin
Hay
Elaine Hiner
Kia Ponlitys
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