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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
8
An Edna Egan article argues for muscular core development to replace or minimize corset use. It details standing and floor exercises, breathing, posture, and the benefits of a stronger torso for health and appearance, urging daily routines and proper room conditions.
Advice on protecting eyesight while reading. Do not read with sun glare or in dim light. Use proper lighting from the left, wear tinted glasses if needed, and avoid eye-washing habits. Schedule annual eye exams and treat fatigue early. Also contrasts with not icing hot cakes before assembling.
A columnist argues that wasting one ounce per American family daily wastes 1.25 million pounds of edible meat yearly. If repeated nationally, this would require vast numbers of steers or hogs to supply the discarded meat and fat.
A vintage style guide promotes facial routines and hair fashion with advice on eye care massages, corsets, shoes, gloves, and scented baths. It prescribes lamp-lit dressing, gentle eye washes, light meals, and lavish praise for olive oil and gasoline use for hair and skin care.
A woman advances from a modest start by reorganizing a customer and lot records, then expands to city-wide data, proving how quiet efficiency and steady determination lift careers. The piece contrasts distant ambition with practical progress and cautions against overconfidence in first impressions.
A collage of domestic guidance covers mending torn lace with thread and a buttonhole method, using yellow soap to heal fabric, and soap as a temporary gas-leak fix. It also advises celery for nerves, oil for skin, hot salt water gargles for sore throats, and limiting home study for children to preserve sleep and health.
From the leather and paper laboratory of the United States Department of Resources the article urges careful shoe maintenance to prevent waste of leather. It recommends oiling while wet, brushing, cleaning, warming oil, and drying in a warm place, with castor oil for polishing and linseed oil for soles, while warning against harmful polishes containing acids or solvents.
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