THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST:29; 1940"
“Bringing Up-Father-
PARDON ME→
BUT YOU LOOK JUST
OKE MARGE-
HUH-WHAT'S THE IDEA OF
THAT GIRL CARRYING WATER?
WHY- ALL THE PAGES IN THS: HOTEL ARE
GIRLS NOVEL IDEA WHAT P
SILLY IDEA-ILL SAY- WHATEFOOLISH FADS
SOMB OF THESE HOTELS WILL ADOPT-
By George MacManus
YES-SEND UP ANOTHER PITCHER OF WATER TO ROOM. EIGHT --
Cope, 1940, King Festivos Syndicate, Inc., World sighna veserved.
A PAGE FOR WOMEN
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Bendings and Twistings Good for Slimming
A thick waistline is usually the
Repeat this exercise ten times,
result of physical inactivity, un-each side. less you are so proportioned in bone structure that your chest, waist and hips vary little in mea-: surement. Girls.
50 propar- tioned are usually very tall and very slim. The majority of women should approximate these, mea- surements:.. Bust twenty-nine; inches plus the number of inches; you exceed five feet in height.j Waist--eight inches less thar. bust ineasurement. Hips. two inches more than bust measurement,
Thus a girl who is five feet, six] inches tall should boast of these measurements: Bust - 35 inches, Waist 27 inches, Hips
~ 37 inches.
These rather normal (or aver- age) measurements
can be re- tained if you exercise sufficiently, eat intelligently and get the rest you need.;
To Attain Wasp:Waist
According to. Weils Bukh, whose famous exercises I feature. occa-. sionally in this column, the length- ened wasp waist,.so much in fash- ion-to-day, is achieved by stretch
Do this exercise in a rhythmi- cal swing as if it were part of a dance. Repeat ten times:
Part II
Now drop the body forward. limply, knees lightly borit, hands touching the toos. From this.posi- tion "bob" up and down five or
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and someone was pulling you up
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you.
Relax and repeat three or four times.
Household:
Hints
To avoid a hard shine on lin-
gerie, cover with a thin piece of muslin when ironing.
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To preserve. household silver
Stand in erect position as indi- which is not in regular use, pack
D
ing and twisting the muscles of cated in sketch above. With all the articles away in starch, com- the waistline. He has devised a the movement in the waist, twist pletely covering them. They will series of movements which, if the upper part of your body vi retain their brightness. done regularly and rhythmically, gorously to one side, pushing the tends to slim the waist noticeably shoulder as far back as possible. His theory is that these suggested (See dotted figure.) Then swing] twisting and bendings will remove the upper part of your body to the bumps and bulges of flesh other side pushing that shoulder a coat of varnish they will last which thicken the midriff of the back as far as possible. inactive body.
to other side.
If you give your-straw-mattings
Imuch longer.
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Divided Skirts For City Wear "WEETABIX"
Petrol rationing has pushed the or canary yellow-have elastic luxury car off the road, started; a tops. They keep up without sus-. new bicycling: craze; and sent all penders. Low-heeled suede shoes the London dress designers into go with slacks; wool-lined ankle a huddle.
boots with breeches or divided
Their job has been to design skirts. outfits which fit in with this new For cycling from town to coun-i kind of transport. They have. to try cottage, London designers sug- think out frocks which can go to gest a honey brown wool zippered the Ritz-on a bicycle and swea-suit with a matching jacket made ters and slacks which can stand with knitted sleeves to give free- up to a cycling, week-end in the dom of movement. A bright yel- low knitted hood and gloves go country.
They're finishing off what Mrs. with this suit-so do. canary yel-
allow socks which Angela Bloomer started just
go
the little less than a hundred years slacks. For cycling down to the ago.
village there is a little boy-model
underpants.
over
Masquerade
It is possible now to have an in misty blue tweed; made with ontire wardrobe which is based belted Norfolk jacket and knce-
· Affine wool on London's new obsession: Lin-length- breeches, gerie, too, Petticoats, suspender scarf twists up into a turban; is. Stand with feet apart as illus- belts, and sheer stockings don't fit matched by flame.. red. knitted trated with body completely re-in with cycles, and so we have woollen stockings.. laxed. Drop your torso to one feminine versions of men's long side, bending the knee slightly, and touch your ankle, with your
In fine pale blue wool, with But, in town, the case is, alter- hand (dotted figure shows how). mother-of-pearl buttons, they are ed. Designers,...plunging heavily Return to standing position, com- not madly, unbecoming and on breeches, bloomors, and-slacks; pletely relaxed, and drop torso they are very comforting. This for the country;; can't quite get| particular outfit goes under slacks, round thank heaven to the To wear. with short cycling same iden for London. breeches, designers have thought|| They do. divided skirts instead, | out a tailored shirt and pants tailoring them.so beautifully that Mustard that has dried up in which look very like man's they, masquerade as womanly the pot is a worry and a waste. running shorts and shirt. Pale skirts until: tho... commișsionaire To avoid this, get a suitably shap- blue ribbon, binding makes them wheels a bicycle up to the steps. ed bottle that can bo corked. Then rather gayer. ?-
| Then a flower printed frook-built} for cocktail dances-shows that Its pleafs disguise a divided skirt; striped suits,, bullt:for smart, lùn, cheon parties, show that they, are | modestly effective, on a „cycle...... Fine hand-knitted woollen Even Mrs. Bloomer's › opposars stockingsinrobla redbreast red, wouldn't look askance atilhoso,:
to dry mustard from the tin, add
Stockings
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vinegar to make a sort of mus Hand-Knitted Woollen tard "putty," Add milk, stirring| well. till the right consistency is obtained Bottle and cork the mixture, which can then be used to the very laste
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