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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1940
Page
9
School hygiene should begin with the school board and the architect who designs the building. Teachers can help safeguard health by monitoring students for illness and ensuring sick children stay home. Health authorities and parents must collaborate to keep children healthy and in school.
The De Day piece highlights Howard Lindsay co author of Life With Father and star of the Broadway hit portraying the stern Father. It notes Dorothy Stickney as Mother and recounts Lindsay’s long theater career from Brest Stock to author director and actor with War era service and Skowhegan Maine work.
A fryer tip advises placing fried food on soft tissue to absorb fat and a marmalade spread for griddle cakes. Also noted is a method to iron out wrinkles in paper patterns. For poultry care a firm pair of tweezers is recommended to remove pin feathers from chickens.
The dress shown in the illustration is made of raspberry color wool and features a sable muff and hood as luxurious complements. It has a simple shirtwaist bodice and an easy swinging skirt.
A study of apple varieties notes which are best for cooking and eating and offers recipes for an apple omelet and a creamy jam sauce. It lists commercial and cooking apples by name and provides step by step instructions for the omelet and apple tapio-ca cream pudding including ingredients and cooking times.
A daily menu lists orange juice and ready to serve cereal with an apple omelet hot muffins butter coffee. Dinner features meat loaf buttered carrots and peas stuffed baked potato lettuce and watercress salad apple tapioca cream pudding.
New York reports a bright sweater trend as a favorite among younger women with bold bejeweled versions spreading quickly. Yellow mimosa tones emerge for resort wear while black and white checks like sharpies trend in later seasons.
A columnist advises teen girls to look natural and youthful, warning against heavy makeup. It recommends soft colors, minimal rouge, subtle lip and cheek tones, and grooming tips to preserve a fresh, age-appropriate appearance. It also urges restraint to avoid masklike faces and encourages blending techniques and eyebrow care.
In this piece a conflict between two women is explored, each quick to anger yet unable to find peace. A husband notes they are alike, while a parent advises careful storytelling to children, urging honesty about flaws and avoiding pride or glamorizing past misdeeds.
A columnist analyzes how two strong women clash when together and want dominance, noting how men often stay out while women relish rubbing against each other. The piece shifts to a New Year party inquiry from Mrs B. D. T. about timing, food, drinks, and guest list for about 20, with the birthday date cited and party planning anxieties.
Pretty Joan Perry of the movies credits hands as a key asset and uses hot oil manicures. She advises ten minute nightly olive oil massages and breathing exercises to improve posture and poise.
A 1939 Felichila creation features an all fur outfit with a fitted coat, cloth top, and a flared skirt. It is paired with a gold sneaded beret and a gold lame ascot, presenting a dramatic display of fur fashion.
Advice for hosting a New Year buffet with serving times starting 10 30 p m punch available all evening and tips to keep guests calm and well refreshed. Encourages not to worry about frantic details and to ensure plenty of glasses and care for empties.
The excerpt notes that Australian bushmen drink tea stronger than most groups, perhaps only Tibetans matching them. It mentions they boil it for hours using a billy can, a common Commonwealth term.
A home cook outlines practical methods to tenderize and cook meat to ideal doneness. Key tips include selecting cuts, marinating, proper heat, and resting meat to retain juices.
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