THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1941. ~Bringing Up Fother
"MOTHER-YOU'VE BEEN SO HAPPY ALL DAY - WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ? :
MY DEAR-DON'T YOU REALIZE VOUR FATHER IS A MEMBER. OF THE FINEST CLUB IN THE CITY?HE IS THERE NOW- GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE MEMBERS-
THAT MUST BE HIM”. AT THE DOOR-VEL LET HIM IN- LAM CRAZY TO HEAR THE NEWS-
EEK!
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WELL-I MET SOME OF THE MEMBERS -1 HAD TO RUN,ONE MEMBER TRIED TO SELL ME A LOCOMOTIVE-OH-AND IN- CIDENTALLY - WE NOW OWN SIX LOTS AND A MERRY GO- ROUND AND AN INTEREST LÝN A BOWLING ALLEY-
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A PAGE FOR WOMEN
Vitamin C Easily Destroyed
Vitamin C is vital to the health of the blood vessels, it favours good bone and tooth formation, and cooperates with other vita- mins in building defence agamist infection and bacterial poisons. It stimulates growth through in- creased appetite,
A lack of sufficient Vitamin C may be detected through very pale or bleeding gums; poor re- sistance to infections including colds; defective, soft teeth; ten- der joints and digestive disturb-
ances
Vitamin C is found abundantly in these foods: red peppers, green peppers, horseradish, parsley, kolilrabi, collards, liver, turnip greens, watercress, spinach and tomatoes.
It is found in appreciable amounts in these foods: grape- fruit, lemon, orange and pineapple juices; brussels sprouts, average cabbage, cauliflower, gooseber- ries, yellow dried peaches, radish, green peas, turnips, cantaloupe, asparagus, tangerinès, strawber- ries, raspberries, bananas and upples.
Protect Vita min C Foods
Any woman's smile is great enhanced by a set of strong, white teeth, HELEN-PARRISH must have been fed sufficient Vitamins by an intelligent parent!
As you scan the above list of foods you will see that most foods containing Vitamin C may be eaten raw--and they should be eaten raw in juice form or as Aalads. It has been discovered that Vitamin C is quickly de- stroyed through cooking and by storing as air attacks it. Try to eat the fruits and vegetables list- ed soon after you get them from A large portion of Vitamin C is is done under partial vacuum. Do the market or your diet will be lost when foods
canned not discard the water from Vita- sadly deficient in Vitamin C. some remains however, if canningmin C canned foods.
are
Limber & Strengthen:
Spine
If your backbone doesn't res- pond to your bidding you arc bound to have aches and pains.
Your normul, healthy posture de- pends upon à limber and strong spine and if you suffer backaches the chances are your spine needs exercise and perhaps a new mat- tress!
Let's test the flexibility of your spine first. Place a straight back chair or bench in the centre of the room. Lie across it (as illus~;
Ing:leaves a person · krirfi:around more than A from the soolal
Stiff spines can be linbered by this simple back.bending
"exercise.
on
How It Is Concentrated
If your own common sense-con- vinces you that you might benefit by a larger supply of Vitamin C, you should include foods contain- ing it in two of every three meals.
If your physician determines that
you are woefully lacking this val
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uable Vitamin you may take it in OFF THE RECORD concentrated form. However, abundant fresh fruit juices and fresh vegetables juices (extract- ed by a juicer), or fruit and vegetable salads, are the best method of giving nature a hand and should be tried first. sons who suffer constantly colds have found sufficient Vita- min C to be the cure, Every housewife should acquaint her- self with the new hand or electric julcers which separate the juice from the pulp of any vegetable or fruit. With few exceptions the entire vegetable and fruit (in- cluding skin) should be put into the juicer after washing thor- oughly: Valuable nourishment is contained in most skins.
trated) so your sacrum rests the seat. Your upper spine is hard mattress, or on a softer mat- free of the chair and so are your treso supported by four-inch wide
legs from knees down.
slats. The slats are placed about Place Val
your hands on your hips They prevent the mattress. eighteen inches apart, across the and KEEPING YOUR FEET TOUCHING FLOOR lower your from sagging and thus your spine head toward floor slowly. Bend gets better support throughout the down as far as you can and then night. No person interested in slowly rise to sitting position good health should sleep on a soft Rehearse five times first day and or feather mattress,
add one count each day follow- Another cardinal rule to follow Ing. In a few days you should be is do not slouch when you walk able to touch the floor with your or stand. Your spine: desires to head,-and rise very, very slowly be held erectly. If you stand in to a sitting position.
good posture with abdomen drawn
At first, unless you are most in and up, shoulders; back though flexible, you will have to help relaxed, head nicely balancedron yourself up to the sitting position tip of spine, and buttockstudied Later all aid in tabul This exer under, you will sense a feller cise Ineldentally a splendid for from fatigue. While shopping or trengthening the abdomen mus-working about the house, PKURE UT clos, too.
moment to stand in good posture and it will amaze you how quick- ly fatigue will banish: If you can Breathe in fresh air for a moment Many weak-spined persons have or two as you thus stand, a physi found great reflef from back, aches cat we ing will be experienc- Vafter sleeping a few nights' on #led,
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