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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
9
A medical article discusses hives or urticaria detailing causes and symptoms. It explains skin as protective, notes hives can appear suddenly and fade, and may be triggered by foods such as cheese pork lobster clams strawberries or by emotional stress.
Advice on recognizing hives and swelling beyond the skin, including throat dangers. Recommends heat or cold to the throat, adrenaline injections, vomiting aids, avoidance of triggers, castor oil for children, soda baths, calamine, digestion aids, and 2 percent salicylic acid ointment for chronic cases. Emphasizes consulting a doctor and avoiding careless exposure, noting higher risk in older patients with debilitation.
The world renowned cellist Emanuel Feuermann, marking his birthday with a late Carnegie Hall recital, finishes a grueling tour schedule across nine states. He travels with a $35000 Stradivarius cello, requiring extra berths on planes and ships. Feuermann, who began in Cologne, now resides in Scarsdale with wife Eva Reifenberg and daughter Monika, performing 11 times in New York this season.
After washing hands with soap water rub with lemon juice to remove onion or fish odor. Lemon juice also softens hands after dishwashing or rough work. For clean ice, place chunks in a small canvas bag and pound with a wooden mallet to crush.
A parish menu lists Hostess Dinners with lamb loaf buttered beets cream potatoes watercress and tomato salad grape cranberry pudding grape gem cups and broiled steak. Included are recipes for grape juice fluffy sauce grape gem cups grapefruit juice sherbet and a grape juice bread pudding serving four.
Morgan Jones explains technicolor make-up differs from black and white, stressing natural tones, precise shading, and careful blending. Steps include cleansing, base application, blotting, set with astringent, lip and eye shading, powder layering, and careful eyebrow and lash work.
A festive hot dessert combines grape and cranberry juices served with a grape juice sauce. Miss Wilson’s column provides recipes for the pudding and the grape juice fluffy sauce, described as easy to prepare and nourishing.
Judith Wilson explains making Concord grape juice at home by washing stems, cooking until tender, pressing through a sieve, and sweetening each quart with a third cup of sugar. She notes ready-made juice as an alternative and suggests a grape dessert bake with meringue, cherry preserves, and warm oven finishing.
To remove small grease spots from wallpaper, cover the spot with a white blotter and quickly run a warm iron over it until the spot is absorbed by the blotter. If the spot doesn't come out, rub talcum powder over it and, after several days, brush it off with a soft cloth.
The article notes women in New York embracing dog shaped handbags and the novelty item fashion trend alongside current evening gown fabrics. It contrasts young girls’ use with sophisticated shoppers and mentions sensational cellophane bags and Mrs. Roosevelt’s winter wardrobe fabrics and ball gowns.
A cooking tip notes sprinkling a little salt in the pan before adding meat or fish reduces splashing and keeps splatter to a minimum. It stresses careful hands and steady heat for best results.
A column argues parents influence vanity in children and should frame compliments to build modesty and effort rather than encourage self-importance. It urges praising abilities, teaching self improvement, and using looks as a starting point for good habits.
The piece argues that women who accept rides from strangers risk violent crimes. It highlights that many offenders are tall and handsome and urges caution, noting strict parents and limited opportunities to meet men. It ends with a warning to never hitchhike unless the driver is known.
A letter from a young woman asks if giving a Christmas gift to her boyfriend is appropriate. The adviser says yes with restraint, urging affordable, thoughtful tokens rather than expensive or possessive gifts.
A winter drink suggested as a fireside or after sports night cap. The notes describe mixing grape juice with lime gelatin and brown sugar, using one pint of juice as the base.
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