AtD (37) p.1043 cont. Scylla and Charybdis, worse than ever, face cream and hop

[Mark Kohut]

Scylla, the Astrologer: Scylla (pronounced /ˈsɪlə/), or Skylla (Greek: Σκύλλα) was one of the two monsters in Greek mythology (the other being Charybdis) that lived on either side of a narrow channel of water. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other - so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa. The phrase between Scylla and Charybdis has come to mean being in a state where one is between two dangers and moving away from one will cause you to be in danger from the other. wikipedia    

 I might speculate that the cycles of History are bounded by one or the other?? 

The next line about the RC makes me smile (but with sadness at TRPs vision here)...The RC--see the endless cycle motif--is worse than ever-- under new management, natch.  

Of course, there would be only an empty jar of face cream for such as Ms. Maraca.........

.50 cent in 1925 = about $6.00 tip today. (see inflation calculator).

hop = marijuana