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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1940
Page
9
AJA North Chrisman recounts a multifaceted medical discussion on sugar intake and brain metabolism. Doctors Robinson and Shelton report 69 nervous or mental illness cases linking sugar deficits to brain disorders, advocating high carbohydrate diets with insulin to aid metabolism.
The method uses a patient’s blood exposed to ultraviolet light for nine to fourteen seconds before reinfusion. It is presented as safer than foreign blood transfusion and described as an “internal sun” that may help infections anemia and debility. Thousands of experiments nationwide report especially good results.
Storm Jameson known as England's leading woman novelist also serves as president of the English Pen Club. She is raising funds for refugee writers while her new book Europe to Let surveys contemporary international affairs. Jameson, born in Whitby, merges literary work with advocacy and a lifelong love of ships and the sea.
Short Cuts advises thumb tacks to space pictures from walls to hide removal marks. It suggests cleaning window shades with a rough flannel and flour. It explains rinsing pasta in a colander before boiling, then lifting to drain. It warns to wash clothing after gasoline use with soap and warm water.
Two hat sketches for a younger woman include a red camel hair cap with white rabbit fur edging and pompon and a black leather beret to match handbag colors.
Cooking tips describe baking corn in a 375 F oven with husks, frying eggplant into strips, and broiling with cheese. It covers string beans with side bits, cucumbers stuffed and baked, and includes a Yale Beets recipe list with beets, flour, sugar, and salt.
Three styles for fall woolen jackets coats and dresses for college students and at home sisters. A bloused beige black natural woolen jacket pairs with a black honeycomb dress. A large swagger coat in blanket plaid gold green rust with a matching gold cashmere jersey dress. Another classroom frock uses natural cashmere jersey with ribbed sleeves and pigskin belt color coordinated buttons.
Beets baked in a paprika butter sauce topped with a sweet sour glaze. The recipe uses orange and lemon juice with a flour sugar salt mix, baked 350 degrees for 30 minutes serving six. Also outlines a clove flavored bean dish using bean liquid vinegar and spices for a quick boil and finish.
Ruth asks if all tinted polishes stain nails and notes yellowing from deep tones. She denies smoking or cleaning duties, wears polish for work, and uses rest periods plus a base coat to prevent staining.
In New York shop windows the pinafore jumper dress and side-saddle model showcase contrasts of fabric and color for school wardrobes. Wool remains in demand despite cost, with hard surface weaves and wool jersey, while silk and velvet mixes and beading trend in evening wear. Tubular silhouettes intrigue, with fullness in skirts. Cleaning stove broilers with a damp cloth before cooling.
A style column advises redheads on skin care hair care and makeup to enhance beauty. It covers cleansing protectants tanning avoidance, sun protection, eyebrow shaping, and brushing routines to keep hair thick lustrous and healthy while minimizing freckles and skin redness.
Fall lace net curtains present sheer filmy options with unobtrusive patterns and soft tints. Rayon laces supplement fine cotton weaves, offering designs and textures to suit varying feminine tastes including schoolgirls.
A frantic husband writes seeking help for suspected infidelity. The reader cautions him to avoid accusations without proof, urges giving the wife the benefit of the doubt, and notes his insults have harmed their home life while the husband remains unnamed and the wife endures his torment.
A column contrasts reformers and laid back approach to life with a mother and child scene. Kenneth, a three year old, asserts independence by dodging his mother, illustrating how power dynamics and curiosity shape child behavior and parental responses.
The piece argues that unsolicited reform from others, especially wives, rarely changes a man. It stresses that reform must come from the individual, with support from loved ones, but without coercion. Standing by and offering help aids but cannot override a stubborn desire to stay as one is.
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