This unusual copper-toned cos-
by tume worn
Patricia Ellis, screen actress, is styled on princess lines. The panels, which are dråp- ed around the neck and trail to the floor, may be wound around the arms and used as scarves,
Some New Screens
Screens need not always be tall enough to stand on the floor. Even the folding screen is sometimes convenient to stand on a little table, and screen the eyes from glare. In the screen, woolwork is finding a new opening. Nothing has a better surface for a display of colour, especially in the bright tones which are available to-day. Designs are chosen which admit of bright colouring. Besides flow- ers, there are fish, shells, birds, all of them having the definite forms which make for concentration of middle of the colouring. In the the screen there is a patch of bright colour. The rest is back- ground, often black,
A small screen with three wings can be made in woolwork with fish or flower designs forming more or less of a circle. Very artificial colours are chosen, since these used together produce the most striking effects. There are all the blue-greens of bright tones, the magentas,
forth. Thounia pinks, and so
colours can be tried on
a piece of black material to see their effect. Anything aquarium- like is chosen, and then come rows of solid black Woolwork back- ground.
It The effect is good. should be noted that, seen from distance, woolwork done one way only is more vivid in effect. For the screen which may be near the eyes it is better to work the background with a cross-stitch.
If A Cough Keeps You Awake
RESPIROIDS
No need to lie awake half the night' with a tickle in the throat-if you have a bottle of these pleasant-tasting lozenges by your bedside. The soothing essences with which the saliva becomes charged whilst a lozenge dissolves slowly in the mouth, flow gently down the throat and rapidly stop your cough. Respiroids are equally good for sore throat and bronchial troubles. From all themists.
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1937.
PRESENTS FOR
SMALL
CHILDREN
and gained greatly in muscular power, scissors can now be added to the CHILDREN berettend more of materials with active interest in everything energy. His motor co-ordination construct things.
A carpentry set will be much ap-" around them. Their gross bodily is more accurate, and finer move-
Books will also be development is good, normally they ments can be achieved. He will bepreciated.
from just "pic- can walk and jump and run with less clumsy and less destructive in much enjoyed
ture books the five-year-old will a fair degree of safety.
the use of materials. Their motor co-ordination is still He will enjoy simple wooden graduate to simple story books mosaics and which mother and he can read to- rather crude they need large, puzzles, coloured
will Hey
gether. also strong materials, not delicate, in-matching games. tricate ones. Especially they make good use of a wooden lorry need opportunities for the use of or wheel-barrow or a tricycle. their creative imagination.
Dolls and Noah's Arks and trains go without saying, But these should be durable and not too elaborate.
go,
FOUR TO SIX
will the
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Such materials as sand, water, Plasticine, bricks, crayons, pencils and paper should be available in every household where there is a
All the big houses are showing three-year-old. If this is not
From four to six many of these
gaily-striped dress. They are broad some of these make a very accept-materials mentioned above able present, for
stripes in all the colours of the they give the still be acceptable, because child opportunity to express him- child will use them in a different rainbow and they go round self in a creative way. The value way. His activities will tend to be middle as well as up and down.
creative, constructive and Most popular of all is a material of such raw materials" cannot be more
dramatic. He will create garages which has a dozen different too strongly emphasised. THREE TO FOUR YEARS
out of bricks, castles out of sand,lours, separated by narrow bands
Paint and of black.
From three to four the child has 'men out of Plasticine.
For Health all
Day and Sleep
all Night drink
"Ovaltine"
To be really health-giving and refreshing, sleep must be deep, natural and un- troubled. The best way to ensure such regular and perfect sleep is to drink a cup of delicious "Ovaltine” every night just before you go to bed.
"Ovaltine" is acknowledged to be the world's best night-cap. It provides soothing and restorative nourishment to the nerves and creates that physical repose which soon leads to deep, peaceful, energy-creating sleep.
OVALTINE
TONIC FOOD BEVERAGE
The World's Best Night-cap
But, it must be "Ovaltine"—there is nothing
just as good:
Quality always
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