Eczema treatment guidance for babies and mothers
Dr. Claud North Chrisman outlines in-hospitalization for severe eczema, careful mother reaction management, and step by step skin care. Recommendations include bland oil to loosen scabs, permanganate masks, mild nonstinging lotions, coal tar ointment and zinc paste alternation, limited soap use, castor or mineral oil cleansing, leaner diets for overweight infants, lime water additions, violet ray, sun exposure, and nerve support for itchy dry skin with possible hereditary and allergic factors needing testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud North Chrisman
M.D
Modes and Manners Advice on smoking and hosting guests
The column answers polite social questions. Men in mixed company may join women who are smoking, but should ask permission if the women are not smoking. Dance typically starts at nine thirty or ten. For a weekend invitation specify Friday night to Sunday and include arrival or train details to avoid miscommunication.
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D. C
Chas. L
P.T
Blank Station
Tea Attire Described In Vintage 1937 Fashion Note
A 1937 Fairchild notice details a fitted jacket with pep lum flare paired with a short sleeved black linen frock in a white and yellow daisy print. White linen wide revers frame a high draped neck adorned with daisies.
Simple exercises for shaping hips and legs
Reader asks how to reduce hip size with exercises. Instructions describe rolling motions on a rug, then leg raises and side crosses alternating legs ten times each to target lower body fat and muscle tone. A second tip advises makeup to minimize prominent chin with tinted foundation and darker powder, plus soft lip color.
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D. J
M. L
Profiles For Today: A German High Diver's Winding Path
Helen Lube a forty five year old German high diver and stunt woman recovers from a severe back injury after a bank failure wiped out her savings she plans to resume diving in Atlantic City and to work as a waitress meanwhile she shares wartime nursing service and romance stories from her career in Hollywood plus beauty tips on scalp care and styling
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Helen Lube
Miss Lube
Florida
Atlantic City
Hollywood
Colleen Moore
Patsy Ruth Miller
Ruth Elder
Louise Fazenda
Arm care routine to keep arms smooth and fit
A wellness guide promotes thorough cleansing from fingertips to shoulders and nightly massage with creams to soften elbows and wrists. It offers upper arm exercises including wall presses and crawling planks to prevent flabby arms and improve flexibility.
Summer Dishes Feature Veal Seafood and Salads
Weekly menu highlights veal jardiniere and seafood dishes with light salads and fruit desserts. A sidebar covers flower border basics, massing blooms and background greenery to heighten color.
Style Twin Prints Dominate Summer Fashions
Reports show twin print costumes in crepe frocks and chiffons, with matching redingotes in dark lace and prints like Schiaparelli bumble bee and Donald Duck designs. Polka dots surge across outfits from shirts to bathing suits as navy and white, wine and white, and green with white dots color trends emerge alongside satin focused evening wear and ornate embroidery.
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New York
Paris
You and Your Child by Jane Herbert Goward
The article argues play is essential for physical growth self expression and emotional well being. It urges parents to value play seek safe public play spaces and involve trained leaders while noting calcium is important for nails and overall health.
Modern Women and the Lost Art of Conversation
A column discusses hosting parties without rigid plans and the value of conversation. It contrasts the talkative hostesses who foster dialogue with guests who merely attend and notes a shift toward engaging topics like religion and politics within polite bounds.
A Good Hostess Guides Informal Gatherings
A hostess should steer conversation without rigid rules. She might invite friends for tea or coffee and let discussion flow. If plans derail, she should improvise and follow the guests’ momentum rather than force the original program.
Short Cuts for Household Tips from a Vintage Page
Tips include packing soap under nails to keep dirt away while gardening and using nail White. Flouring techniques recommend sifting once and leveling. Starch gains from dissolving a bit of lard in it to prevent sticking. Potatoes for frying are improved by cold-water soaking. Turpentine in wash water whitens fabrics. An oyster shell in the kettle prevents lime buildup. Iodine used on furniture nicks followed by polish.
Spectacular Japanese irises bloom late June to August
One of the most spectacular iris groups is the Japanese, which flower in late June, July and extend into August. They differ from other irises with their huge flat blossoms.
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OB. Chrisman
Fairchild
Talbot Lake
Guide To
By Jacqueline Hunt
Miss Hunt
Judith Wilson
Jardiniere
Woodbine
Schiaparelli
Madame Schiaparelli
Mae West
Jane Herbert Goward
Willie
Usu
Mrs, Goward
Mrs. Martin
Marian Mays Martin
Ha’ Bridge
George
Georges
Georgettes
Ig World
RS. Martin
Garden Club of America
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