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SUPERFLUOUS HAIR \T this time of the year superfluous hair becomes a real problem. Short sleeve dresses, bathing suits and sleeveless dinner gowns become an integral part of the ward robe, and we must be perfectly groomed to wear them. It is unfortunate that the majority of women are afflicted with superfluous hair to such an extent that it must be removed before sleeveless frocks or bathing suits are put on. nawcver, we nave me co-opera tion of those who manufacture Kc n nt <• nM» 'tn-.o increasing . num ber of depilatories that has come on the market makes it possible for any woman to choose the method she prefers to remove this objectionable defect. There is only one draw back. Hardly any o£ these methods Ruth Corby is i/rriiiaiitruw, aim maity ui wicm are difficult to use. But we must make the best- of what we have— it will not do any good to rail against an unkind fate. I wish I could tell you of some marvelous new discovery that would banish the worry of superfluous hair * forever. But unfortunately if there has been a preparation of this kind made, I have not yet heard about it. The most I can tell you is what each method is supposed to do. and what you should NOT USE. But that is a pretty large order. First of all, I want to caution you against using any depilatory on i your face. You may irritate the sensitive skin, and undoubtedly you j will just make a bad matter worse, j If you have an alarming growth of superfluous hair on your face the electric needle is the only process that will help you. But unless you are made supremely self-conscious by this defect the only thing you should use is a mild bleach—such as lemon juice or peroxide. The hairs on the chin may be tweezed— but be sure that you sterilize the tweezers first by dipping them in boiling hot water. And be sure that you close the pores afterward with witch hazel. Depilatories may be used without difficulty on the arms and legs un less your skin is unduly sensitive. The trial and error system is the only one that will enable you to discover this. Some women find it easier and simpler to remove the hair by shaving. It will grow back again a little coarser and darker than before, but not enough to make any great difference. The important point to remem ber when using all depilatories is to follow the directions that are given very carefully. The manufacturer has a definite reason for telling you to remove the preparation after a certain number of minutes. If you fall to do as you aro asked, the skin may be in jured. It is safer to have a clock i with you when you are giving your self this treatment and to be sure that you do not take more time than is specified in the directions. It Is quite impossible for any wom an to allow superfluous hair to mar her appearance. No matter what the cost in time and trouble to your self, these offending hairs on the arms and legs must be removed be fore you appear in public. There is one exception to the rule—that is hair on the forearms. This should be treated like the hair on the face and not removed unless absolutely necessary. A good bleach can be made by adding six drops of am monia to two- tablespoonfuls of per oxide. Or any of the hair bleaches —such as white henna—will be found effective, too. BEAUTY QUESTIONS Will you please give me the for mula for a good astringent lotion to be used in reducing a double chin? Mrs. T. L To reduce the neck, cleanse the skin with either soap and water or cold cream. To be sure that all the grime is removed go over the skin with a pad of cotton which has been soaked in warm water. Then make up a lotion of 3 drams of boric acid, 4 ounces rosewater, 3 ounces orange flower water, 14 ounce cologne water. Saturate a square of cotton in this liquid and bind it under the chin with a strip of gauze, which you tie on top your head. Leave this on for half an hour, and then rub a piece of ice under the chin until the akin tingles. Give yourself this treatment every night, and within a week you will note a marked improvement. I have deep circles under my eyes. Do you think that a good nourishing cream will help me? And please tell me haw it should be used. MBS. J. R. You will need to find out the cause of those circles before you attempt to correct them. They often Indicate organic trouble, eye strain or some internal trouble that needs correcting. At the same time that you are building up your general health, nourishing cream is a good local application. But it is not a whole cure in itself, since it does not help the cause of the trouble. For personal reply please inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Copyright, 1931, hy New York Graphic,} LONELINESS AND IDEALS BEING alone in the crowd. There is no Sadder feeling. When a girl is alone in a big city and is unable to meet the kind of men friends she likes—should she content herself with those boys she considers “beneath” her socially? This is a problem which confronts girls in cities all over the country. The twentieth century and the young but ambitious working girl have together raised a social problem. How can it be solved? Marianne is only one of dozens—perhaps hun dreds. Away from home, she yearns for the comradeship of friends. Yet, she hesitates to cultivate the friend ship of those in her office. She writes: Dear Miss Lee: I don’t know ■whether or not you can help me solve my problem. But I am desperately lonely. Last fall, after finishing high school, I came to New York to get work. I have al ways lived up-state and had plenty of boy friends among my school mates. Very fortunately I got work in a dress house. My salary is very small—but even in the depression I have managed to hold my job against keen competition. However, the girls I work with are not the type" I am used to. They are not intellectual. The boys are worse. One young man, a shipping clerk, has made advances to me. But he is not the type of boy I know my mother would select for a friend. He has often asked me to go danc ing. I love to dance, but he frequents the public dancing places. Now I am not a snob or a prude. But I have ideals about my boy friends. And in this city. I have met so few Whom 1 Can admire. Those I would like to make friends with have their own social group and never think of in viting me out. Should I accept en gagements from this boy—the ship ping clerk? Do you think I could ever be happy? MARIANNE M. You say, my dear, that you are not a snob. I am afraid you are very near that right now. You should not rate the frieuds you meet so materially. A boy isn’t to be scorned because he holds a minor position. Many office boys have be come bank presidents. If you are going to build a barrier around yourself, you can never hope to make friends. As you grow older, you will find it Increasingly difficult It is not always necessary to limit your social conquests to your busi ness life. If you enjoy cultural things, there nre plenty of places where you can go to meet that type of boy. Why not take up an evening lecture course? If you enroll in a series of this type you are bound to meet young people who are there, brought by* the same Interests. You will never make friends by sitting around home moaning about your bad luck. Make an effort to go out. Somewhere you will meet those you can admire. One friend will bring another. Before you know it, you will have found something to admire in some one. Did you ever hear about "keeping your eyes to ward the mountains?” Those who do that always find something bright. Keep your vision and one of these days you will find your ideal. What Price Ideals? Now along comes Helena, who i thinks that I’ve been too hard on ! the girls. She feels that loneliness j is the best excuse in the world for almost anything. But let her tell her own story: Dear Patricia Lee: I often won der when 1 read your advice to girls who want to hang on to a man, or "run after” one, as you put it, whether they are not afraid, as I was, of being left alone. You talk about remembering pride—you ask the' girls why they don’t have a lit tle backbone—you say tha the men will never come back anyway. Well, you may be right, but at least when you are alone in the world there is some Interest in trying to keep a man. It’s better than staring at four blank walls. Anything Is bet ter than that. At present 1 am liv ing with a man and I know he will never marry me. But I have some one to talk to—even if we only quarrel! That’s what loneliness has done to me; I sympathise—and envy —those girls who have lost only their pride. HELENA. I nave only sympathy for you and far -iie other girls who write to me. Hut somehow I don’t believe that c<fen loneliness is an excuse for for getting our ideals. Perhaps I'm wrong, and you may be happier living as you are now' than you would be alone. But you don’t sound happy. Indeed, we can never be entirely unhappy or entirely alone if we are good friends with our selves. I don’t expect you to agree with me now—although in your heart you know I’m right. And I have no wish to say "I told you so.” But I would like you to write to me again when you have decided that loneli ness isn’t so bad after all. Then perhaps I can help you to get start ed on the road that is neither lone ly nor unhappy as 1931 Holds Its First Bathing Beauty Parade in Paris FIRST BATHING BEAUTY PARADE of 1931 took place, a* might he expected, in Paris while United States was still wonder in if the coal would hold out out until warm weather came. Note the new bathing suit mod els, which'll be the rage on the beaches this summer Strangr things are always hap pening in Hollywood. For years a certain beautiful brunette was try ing to get a break. Last year she marked a well-known star and this season she had several good roles, with the result that a few weeks ago one of the big companies signed her to a long-term contract. She should have been grateful. She was, but she was also a wife with a sense of obligation to her hus band, and this attitude soon brought its complications. One of her first assignments un der her new agreement was to take her on location to Honolulu. Her husband hadn't been working re cently, and, while he has plenty of money, he didn't feel ' he should spend money for an expensive va cation at this time. And he didn't want his wife to go without him. She couldn’t miss a chance for a featured load, neither did she want to take the chance on losing her husband. After all, a number of Hollywood marriages had gone on the rocks for less reason than a trip which the husband didn't want his wife to take. Regretfully she made up her mind. She went Into the chief executive's office and told him the truth. She said she didn’t want to go to Honolulu without her hus band. Then she went out and waited to be fired. That was ground for breaking any contract and she thought perhaps she had been foolish. Lots of girls would have thought up a better reason than that to tell the 1 -sses. She was not left long in suspense. She was called back and told that, since her husband didn't want to be separated from her, the com pany would send the husband with I her at their expense. J. S. DAINTY MODEL By RUTH BATES Style 290 can be carried out in a great many different fabrics. It all depends upon whether young daugh ter wishes to wear it for parties or everyday occasions. The yoke that merges into capelet sleeves is of contrasting material. Style No. 290 may be had hi sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 year*. To obtain 0 day's pattern, nTito to Ruth Bates and tnctoie 13 rents. Give the correct stir and br sure to write yoat name and ! address plainly. Address Ruth Bates, Bos •.*. Vanck street Station. Sew York city. 1 Please mention this paper % Your Handwriting And What It Tells ...Ky JANET WlNTON.. ACTRESS’ SCRIPT SHOWS PLENTY OF SNAP Blanche Bates Blanche Bates' signature re- j fleets a trait which is character-j istic of the body of her writing as : well—tapering words. This is aj distinctly feminine trait, though frequently found in the handwrit ings of men. It tells of an Impulse to sooth, serve and to fraternize. In women this is called the ma ternal instinct, When found in men, they make good contact men because of their super tact, didpm acv. ! Tlie forward leaning slant is an indication of an affectionate na ture. However, there is little of moodiness or emotional chaos in Miss Bates’ handwriting. She long ago developed logical habits of thought. Illustrated in interesting word connections. Her energies are well organized. She respects the value of form in the arts and in every-day life, appreciating that every course must have a plan, a system. Though not strictly what one might term conventional, she does observe and practice the social ; niceties which help give the Illusion | of charm to life. Her capitals in | particular show a love of elegance. There is kindness and tenderness In her nature, but she rarely spills I over. She always carries herself j with dignity. imagination abounds In her script, j Yet as sure, long, heavy "t" bars! show, she Is both forceful and de- j cisive. Indeed, occasional downward j slashing terminal strokes, shown In “1” In her signature, suggest a cer tain insistence upon her own Ideas, stubbornness in short. Miss Bates Is anything but a neg ative personality. She has a delight ful "way” with people, is univers ally well liked, colorful, original and strong willed. She has enthusiasms, too, and verve, shown In a tendency for the script to run uphill. Tall upper loops show an ever youthful spirit, hope and optimism, explaining 'her great faith in her ability to succeed. Hers Is an artistic temperament, especially insofar as impatience with pettiness, dullnes and detail is concerned. HOW TO BE ANALV/.KK For a general analvt.it of character at revealed In your script. tend tamale of Kveral llnet of your handwriting to JANET INTON, Graphology Editor, Box 77, Var lek Street Station. New York, N. Y. Write on unruled paper in ink. signing vour name. Inclote self-addressed stamped en velope and 10 eenti in silver or stamps to cover clerical expense, Please mention this paper. iisupyrigm, ay new iar* urapinc » FasPioh's Voice * *.— 4/ BENNE HALL — ~r FASHION IS KIND TO YOUNGSTERS AMONG those conspicuously absent in the recent Easter parade were fashions for children. Parents must have given the kiddies extra dozens of chocolate eggs and bigger and better bunnies to persuade them that the weather was too bad for them to wear anything new'. And since the weather was against them, why not wait until later and have snmpthincr verv new and Drettv? Swallowing the alibi, hook, line and sinker, the youngsters entered the grand march in their brushed up and rejuvenated winter togs and really seemed proud of Jhem. While the rest of the family, from de butante sister up, sported the latest creations from Paris. Grown-Up Styles Adapted But now that junior spring styles may be worn, they certainly do show something worth writing home about. Coats get the first show, but right beside them are frocks, chic little sports outfits, separa rate skirts and blouses, hats and original models in the cottons that look like silk and wash like the proverbial rag. Everything that is correct for .grown-ups has been adapted to the use of growing-ups. Colors are brighter, when it comes to coats, and they show certain decorative details such as braid bindings, tiny stitched bands, etc.. Invariably as sociated with miniature garments. Spongy woolens, crepes, tweeds— flecked and flaked—and knitted fabrics are fashioned into coats of appealing style. Most of the revers are rather wide, the coats are fitted over the torso and belts are more or less wide. Sleeve treatments arc quite fanciful in many instances. It is nothing unusual to see two pepluto flounces on the sleeve of a young “Copyright, 1931, by >y---------— girl’s coat, one just above and one just below the elbow. There are also more than the usual number of out-of-the-ordinary cuff effects. Nofelty Frocks Since scarf effects are so promi nently placed in the mode, it is to be expected that they figure con spicuously in the trimming of youth ful garments—frocks as well as wraps. When it comes to girls' dresses there are as many ingenious ideas exhibited in the treatment of the neckline as one finds upon frocks for older members of the family. There are adorably fresh models in printed voile, cotton crepe and muslin. Shantung, in polka dotted, plain and printed effects, is also prominently featured to the devel opment of girlish garments. Wash silks have strongly entrenched themselves in the favor of even the mt>6t practical of mothers, so that they are appearing in greater num bers in frocks made for spring and summer. Quantities of organdy and dotted swiss are used. Underthings meet ing the demand for something dainty to wear under sheer frocks are displaying much novelty. There are petticoats of batiste trimmed with frills of embroidery or lace. Dresses, too, are glorified with the feminine touches that make older models picturesque and romantic. There is novelty aplenty for the youngsters. Perhaps they are glad they waited for the weather man to be more kindly. New York Graphic.) Nomy-gnomeS By JEANNE SACK TINKLE TELLS A TALE Smokey fluffed hi* feath ers and made himself com fortable, ‘‘If I seem to be sleeping, please remember that I’m not,” he told Tinkle. “I can always listen better j when my eyes are shut.” The Npmy-Onome cleared his throat Impressively. It was plain I from Ills manner that rehearsing; cefore the puddle and watching his >wn reflection had made him bold. He looked at his cousin Lucky who was squatting at Ills feet and smiled, j then he looked toward the dosing j sparrow. j "Friends," he said, “after we sep arated the other morning each to go his own way to see what It feels like to be lonely, I started out for the lighthouse tower. I scaled the wall. Ah, but not so quickly as It takes to tell It. "Starting at the very bottom I climbed and climbed until I reached the first window sill and by then it was almost noon. And so though I was most curious to look Inside. I immediately started on my way again, up, up, up. “As I was nearing the top, I un consciously increased my speed. And It was lucky for me that I did. For by tills time I had slowed down considerably. "Finally, I reached a platform way up on the very top. It cannot be seen from here. But take my word for it, it is up there none the less. "I sat down to rest. Somehow rest wouldn’t come to me. The thrill of being high up in the air and able to walk and look around is much different from traveling through the air on the back of a bird. Some how the view is different, too. It made me dizzy, and gave me the strange feeling that I was a bird and could fly if I tried. “Looking far out to sea, I saw a tip of land. It couldn't have been the mainland from where you come, Smokey, for it was to the other side And all at once I realized that I had had a glimpse of China. “Then quite suddenly night came, and just as quickly the light in the tower started to blink Its way around in a circle. When it beamed on me, its ray was so strong, I—I lost my balance and went toppling down. Fortunately, I landed in the soft lap of the children's mother, who was dozing in front of the door. “All in all it was a hard day and lonely, for me. All except the glimpse of China of course. Movie Mail Box Please give me the full cast of "Sunny Side Up." E. DOTY. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, El Brendel, Marjorie White, Frank Richardson, Sharon Lynn. Mary Forbes, Joe Brown, Alan Panll and Peter Gawhrine. John G.—You'll have to write Tallulah Bankhead at Paramount Studios, Astoria, L. I. Where was Helen Twelvetrees born and was she on the stage be fore she went into pictures? Didn't she play in “My Man?” BERTHA V Miss Twelvetrees is a Brooklyn girl and was formerly on the New York stage. She played in “Her Man;” Fannie Brice was i “My Man.” t “LOVE KM AND LEAVE ’EM" ALONE! Every liuinhn tie but one depends upon give and take. This one Is the parent-child relationship. In which from tire start all the giving is a one-sided affair. During the early years while the child Is still helpless, we sacm will ing enough to devote ourselves to rearing him. We ask for nothing In return, but that he grow healthy and strong, that, he play and laugh and bask In our love. As soon as he grows older and his personality asserts Itself, we begin to regard him differently. We real ise that we are dealing wtlh a rea sonable Individual. And we begin to expect some return on our invest ment of love and devotion. Duty and the Child And so, as Is the human way. we begin to drop hints from time to time about what he owes us. partic ularly when he falls short of our expectations, when he is disobedient and requires correction. "Such an appeal can't fall to touch him and bring results,'1 we feet in our fool ishly sentimental hearts, And how disappointed we are when he dogs not understand his Indebtedness to us. As though such a reaction, were he capable of it. would inspire wholehearted co-op eration! Kindness, love and encourage ment are tils birthright. To the child any behavior which has never been discouraged Is natural. And as lie Is what he Is largely through Imitating his parents, he will return like for like In behavior and atti tude in due course. Pestering and nagging do not be get love and devotion. Many a child has tried to feel conscience stricken and remorseful for some transgres sion by telling himself over and over what ills parents have told him so many times, that he is mean and ungrateful. As punishment this has no cor rective value. The child is uncon vinced and unmoved. This often leads to serious results, as he may get the idea that he is unfeeling as well as ungrateful, and be in fluenced to act "hardboUed.” o«r I»«ty to Him For centuries now parents have been laboring under the delusion that filial love is inherited. Take a child away from his mother, how ever. early In childhood and give him to the care of a kind foster mother and he will grow up to love and regard her as his own mother In later years he might be curious about the woman who bore him. He may oven seek her out and call her ' mother.’’ But always the fos ter mother, who really mothered him, will have the first place In his heart. Filial love Is like a delicate plant and tenderness makes it grow. A child's happiness depends largely upon congenial surroundings. He first must be well-trained in cer tain fundamental physical habits For not until after they have be come mechanical will he be free from worry and our correction. He must feel secure In his home and in his parents’ love. For our part we must appreciate that the child did not ask to be born. Now that he is here we must treat him with courtesy and make him welcome. We have no right to expect a reward for our services and sacrtficles. We should regard it as a labor of love. And If we do It will save us many disappoint ments later on. (copyright, 1931, by New Yorl^ Graphic ! OUR COUNTRY DAY by DAY * ANNE YORKTOWN AND CORNWALLIS Perhaps it was foreordained in the book of fates that the American Revolutionary War was to end with the defeat of the British under Gen. Corwallis at Yorktown in 1781. The surrender of Yorktown was a stroke of strategy on the part of the American and French troops, and although the disaster resulted in resignation of the British ministry, Cornwallis escaped censure owing to royal favor. Notwith standing all this upheaval among the British leaders, York town was a victory for the English a« well as for the Amer icans, for it gave a death blow to the reattionary policy of the king and “his friends" and it taught England to look more generously to the welfare of her colonies. Gen. Charles Cornwallis was a statesman as well as general, and to him are accredited some diplomatic moves which saved Great Britain many hot fights. Although opposed to England’s carrying on war with the colonies he obeyed commands and went with his regiment to America, and the first successes of the British arms were for the most part due to his efforts. At one period Cornwallis in disgust at the mistakes the other British generals in America were making, sent in his resignation, but the King refused to accept it. Indeed his efforts all throughout the war showed great ability, and he was not averse to recognizing great ability in others. Were w’e to trace his further career we would find that he received the title of Marquis from the British King and rendered some very magnificent services to the British Gov ernment before his death in 1805. We can say of Cornwallis that he was a thoroughly ac complished general and a true statesman. (Copyright, 1931, by New York Qrephle ) Frocks for the Youthful Type l SHIRLEY JEAN RICKERT, member of “Our Gang,” wears one of the newest spring models. It is a frock of cotton print in modern istic design, with organdy insets and collar. The colors aire a gay blue, green and orange; the piping is of orange too. Mary Ann Jack son, below, has chosen a sprigged fabric for her latest model. It Is also trimmed with organdy col lar, sash and ruff. Quaint puff sleeves imitate grown-up style, but both young ladies arc evidently quite . out of sympathy with the long skirt fashion FASHION HIGHLIGHTS In Paris one cannot go to any smart place without seeing some elegant velvet ensembles. Over the velvet skirt a three-quarter velvet tuxedo trimmed with fur Is worn, and underneath it a long, pate col ored satin tunic, and matching this, the smallest velvet bonnet one can imagine. Chiffon is being used for the ton* evening mantles in which case it is employed without anv lining and ft frequently doubled
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