THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1939
Denise Robins writes for the Woman whose Life is
ALL WORK NO PLAY
A few days ago I received a pathet! and bitter letter complaining that since marriage her life had been "all work and no play."
The wife in this case is "Jack." She has become dull. Dull and discon- tented because she has so little relaxa- tion and pleasure to make her work seem worth while.
"It isn't fair," she said. No. of course, it isn't. And, apart from the injustice of it, it isn't good for her.
The women in the "working classes" are possibly the greatest sufferers. A meagre wage and a big family, and mother has little chance to enjoy her- self.
Although it is wonderful what a lot of fun she does manage to extract! The average mother of a big family is a grand person, cheerful in the face of adversity and unselfish to the last degree. But the unselfishness should not be one-sided.
She ought to be given a chance to. slip off the... heavy" harness and thoroughly relax, somehow, sometime. It's all wrong for father every night to say he's "tired" and to light his pipe and go to sleep.
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Equally does the woman in a bet- ter position face the same problem. She may have servants and more time for amusement during the day than her poorer sister, but if she is fond of her husband she wants to enjoy herself with him.
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After all, she married him for com- pansionship as much as for anything, didn't she? And nine husbands out of ten return from work with that ex- cuse: "I'm much too tired to go out.
If she is of strong character and very unselfish she will stick it. If she is weak she may find some other man to take her out.
There is always that danger.
But the fact remains that no wife can be expected to concentrate all her waking hours on husband and fami- ly, and receive only an occasional re- word in the shape of an outing or an annual holiday.
here all husbands should remember the days of courtship.
Possibly he was working just as hard then, but he was always eager to dash home and take the girl-friend to a cinema, or out for a drive or walk.
He wasn't too tired then, while the glamour and the thrill of love-mak- ing were predominant. And she didn't always need to be "taken out."
She found it heavenly to sit quietly with him and just dream. So they
How's Your Hair?
and sports.
Here's a good hair dress for street
Section off the front of hair and pin it up. Take the two sides and put two rolls of pin curls turned down- But now let us look at it from the will make
ward, so that when they are dry each
a roll going under. man's point of view. Rich or poor, his back is arranged downward and roll- The "fatigue" excuse is invariably a gen-ed on paper rollers from ear to ear. uine one. He is too tired to rush out, Now take the upper part, which you after a hard day's work.
It is too much for him after expend-large pin curls (made over two fin- have pinned, and do in about fifteen ing all his energies on earning the liv-gers). Dry and take the upper part ing for his family, to be dragged to and brush it. Make it coil and let the theatres or parties.
forehead. ends come forward over the coil and
He asks for peace and quiet, and for his physical and mental health he needs both.
nice hairline, but she posed for this to illustrate our point.
If you have a poor hairline, front It all boils down to the old ques-Ann Doran happens to have a very and back, here is a complete solution. tion of "give and take." There must be allowances made on both sides. Mr. X mustn't expect Mrs. X to give up all her run for him, and she must not want to drag him out continually.
There should be
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evenings when
she have her outings, and evenings
when they should sit at home. And
WITTY KITTY
„(Released by The, Bali Hyndiente, Ink?
An optimist is he who thinks he can dance the night through and be as bright as the sun, the following day.
TO-DAY'S COMMANDMENT Spray a light solution of pre- pared lacquer or waving lotion on your hair to hold an
especially Intricate style in place. This will insure a well-groomed appear. ance under difficult conditions.
who have hairdressers to attend them neat. Even screen stars on the sets
all the time find it almost impossible to keep an elaborate hair dress neat.
the hair in place,
We sometimes use a barrette to catch or bando-line to stick tiny hairs up, and sometimes we are forced to use lacquer. You see lac- quer used for street wear, too, as well hair where it belongs, but you must as for evening wear, and it will keep remember that you can't touch it with the fingers or a comb after it's on, or the hair dress is ruined.
Lacquer is a light gum, sprayed onto the hair. It is sticky and contracts the hair, but the minute it's touched the gum shows and the only solution is washing.
See how neatly the little curls cover the hairline and how nicely the back roll takes care of straggling hairs that come down and make the prettiest hair dress unattractive. The great difficulty hair dresses is that they won't stay Sometimes we use a fine hairnet
with all high
What The Stars Foretell.
By MARY BLAKE
were always happy.
That happiness should remain, providing that both husband and wife make an effort to preserve- the glam- our. And glamour fades only, when discontent creeps' in..
Street And Sports
By HELEN HUNT
over the finished hair dress and then spray it into with lacquer. This may seem a heroic methods, but there is nothing so unbecoming as straggling hair hanging down at the back of the neck.
Next-Teen-Age Hints
This is another of a series of articles on hair styles, a most im- portant subject to all women. The series is written by Helen Hunt, famous Hollywood hair stylist and head of the hair-dressing depart-
ment of Columbia Studios.
OCOLA
Children And Sweets
Two "Don'ts”-To Observe.
Unless you take precautions to be affectionate, considerate and patient. open-minded and free from the pre- Your greatest danger might come judicial influences of likes and dis- from accepting as true some hearsay likes, you may find yourself very gossip. In business matters be care- combative this day. If you go around ful that busybody friends do not, un- looking for chips on other people's wittingly, induce you to do the wrong shoulders, to knock off, you may find thing. You should be fully capable thus regarding sweets "Don't eat too A wise mother cautions her children more than you bargained for. Smiles of forming your own opinions and many, and don't eat them at all unless and tactful witticisms are the best making your own decisions. Upon you know where they come from."
If, in spite of watchful care, your
worries.
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