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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
4
Dr. Claud North Chrisman reports on the sulfa drug era noting sulfanilimide sulfapyridine and sulfathiazol reduced deaths from pneumonia sepsis and related diseases. A New York lab released sulfa cyanidine urging use early in illness and highlighting its intestinal bacteria destruction and dysentery prevention potential.
The article notes a drug that stays in the intestines to avoid systemic absorption, aiding colon and abdominal operations. It mentions effects in bacillary dysentery, including lowered fever, reduced white cell count, and less diarrhoea. Usage requires physician oversight and saturation before stopping.
Judith Wilson explains broiling techniques for fish meat and vegetables, stressing even thickness for even cooking. It covers brushing with oil or butter, greasing pans, and appropriate browning times for fish, meats, and vegetables, plus a grilled pineapple cheese sandwich and grilled scrapple rounds as examples.
Etiquette guide states the hostess serves herself after the last arrivals. Salted nuts go on the bread and butter plate. Luncheon at noon begins at half past twelve. Goblets or tumblers may both be correct. For announcements after a wedding, the bride's parents make them.
Immigrations Service collects speeches from naturalized citizens for a book titled I Am an American. Royalties go to the American Red Cross. Contributors include Senator Robert F. Wagner born in Germany, William Knudsen from Denmark, Claudette Colbert born in Paris, and Igor Sikorsky born in Kiev, among others. The piece urges readers to consider the diverse origins of Americans and to resist fears about foreign contamination.
A dinner listing features grilled hamburgers on toasted buns, a cooked vegetable salad with fruit cup, frosted cupcakes, coffee, broiled cod with special sauce, buttered carrots and peas, mashed potatoes, lettuce and tomato salad, lemon chiffon pudding and coffee. The menu emphasizes a hearty selection of entrees and sides.
Toast six rounds of bread with half ripe tomato slices topped by grated onion salt and pepper. Melt cheese with prepared mustard over tomatoes. Prepare beef and pork patties with onion milk and breadcrumbs then broil and serve on buns with pickle and fried onion. Special sardine butter for cod features sardines pressed with butter lemon juice and parsley.
In New York the shortage of silk stockings sparks talk of nylon and lisle as alternatives. With wool prices high and silk scarce, women turn to man made fabrics, while foreseeing wardrobe changes and new blouse styles with bold colors like Sweet William.
A magazine style Q and A offers a luminous makeup method for outdoor use including a thin film of oil and powder lotion, light rouge, careful powdering, and finishing with pressed oil on the cheeks for a protected, fresh look. It also discusses suitable lipstain shades for tan skin and notes Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker’s summer black ensemble and penny bracelet accessory.
Fashion adviser Tobe of an international service urges American women to slim legs to suit upcoming hose fashions. She recommends toe curls, heel touches, bench stretches for high heels, walking on tiptoe, dancing, and a wall stretch to strengthen leg muscles. She notes various fabrics may replace silk stockings and invites readers to request a slenderness leaflet.
A panic over hosiery shortage drives a flood of business at mend shops. Girls with a single run in their nylons wait in line at 10 cent and department stores as operators enforce a strict one run policy and charge twenty cents for repair.
A room with wheat colored furniture uses an Oriental rug in blonde tones with pastel or deep patterns. The description notes authentic Oriental designs reproduced in American made machine woven Karastans.
The article discusses mother-in-law dynamics and independence in families, stressing that modern mothers-in-law avoid being burdens yet support adult children. It includes a story of a girl Gladys giving to a beggar, warning that true generosity is a personal sacrifice and not coerced by parents. It notes elderly women work to contribute and prefer not to rely on married children.
The piece argues against living with in laws after marriage. It notes sensible couples avoid cohabiting with the husband’s family. It favors smaller homes enabling independence and warns the mother in law often chooses to live separately.
Fashion sketches show two headwear styles for fall. A buckle beret with adjustable head sizing uses stitched rayon velvet and a draped semi circular back. A black Persian lamb and felt swirled pillbox toque features a high back height.
An expert says women dislike wash day not the task but the gloomy space. Clean up the laundry room with bright walls shelves and plenty of light to transform it into a cheerful area and make wash day easier.
A woman fussy about details will love these shower curtain pins made of colored plastics. They come in many colors to match bathroom schemes. Each pin features a tiny plastic rosette at the front where it slips into the hole and can be washed regularly with soap and water.
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