"By George MacManus
I'M GLAD I DIDN'T TAKE MY HAT.
IN THERE-
11 WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY IF I HADN'T DRAWN FOR HIGH CARD-
WE MUST KEEP HIM OUT OF THE CARD-ROOM AT
THE CLUB-
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A PAGE FOR WOMEN
Vitamin B Complex
The two articles I bave written about Vitamin A and Vitamin B. respectively, have been so grate- fully received by readers that I have been urged to write one oft Vitamin B Complex, the energy Vitamin of which we are beating
o much this year.
The Vitamin B Complex l; tablet or capsule contaming ex- tracts from food Cor synthetic units) which contain Vitamins BI- 2-3-4-5-6 Of these vitamins B2 is riboflavin and B6 is nicotine acid.
Through the courtesy of Doctors Funk and Dubin I quote "Fred- ing tests indicate the need for the entire B Complex, if growth and health are to be normal The ab- sence of 16 from the diet causes a pecullar skin disease."
Getting B Complex In Food
The chances are, if your diet is properly balanced and you
ent sufficient food, you may get enough of this wonder vitamin. But if a blood test and a physical examination indicate that
you in this Vitamin are lacking
}}} complex your doctor will order you to take it in concentrat forin which is a tablet or a capsule.
The most common symptoms of deficiency of this vitamin are. "peilagra skin Infection). Jack
of appetite, constipation, and ner- vous disorders. The vitamin is also thought to influence the in- telligence, and to affect the amount and quality of mother's milk.
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The Vitamin B complex is so new that the layman has not beeti generally informed about its fac-
Any lunch hour will find the Zurich Room of famous New York beauty salon filled with beauties
eating "health" luncheon, scientifically planned. Sufficient vitamins from im- portant foods is the secret.
furnish a goodly amunt of Vita- man 1 complex. You see this is
a
our vegetables and fruits in most instances. When one grows abemir, one's skin scales and
tors. But we do know that yeast, Why one should eat breads made pales, hair grows dull, energy lags. liver, wheat germ. whole grains, of whole grains, wild rice instead tomatoes and other vegetables, i of polished rice, and the skins of
Make Refashioning Fun
Don't sit and groan about your' covered to their surprise that the figure condition or wish you had same exercises are helping all of money enough to have it re- them! It is a good idea for other fashioned by massage. Simply re-groups of women. solve to have fun each day as you exercise
will not so you
mind spending from fifteen minutes to half hour limbering and re- modelling.
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Play With A Book
In Choosing Food
In selecting your vegetables and fruits at the market you should insist upon those which have been. sun ripened. Vegetables need the and there sun for full growth, just as do we from the sun on
is a chemical benefit plants and on the body which has not as yet been fully explored. Sun is very you necessary, get it whenever can. Refuse vegetables that have been picked young and ripened after they have been packed - that is if you want to get the most health and beauty for your money, Those of you who pick at food and have so many food dislikes are doing yourself an injustice and no one clse-not even the cook or mother. We need a well-balanced diet as I repeat and repeat. We need plenty of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables, we need whole grains, honey. some meats (especially liver), the dairy foods."
some fish, all None of these
Time and again, I have told women through this column, that You do not need to have a speci- it is the stretching that counts in fic programme even. Once you exercising. If you stretch your have limbered your body so it muscles and keep them clastic you doesn't feel as if it would break will have little difficulty in stand- in two when you pick up some- ing and walking and dancing in thing from the floor, you can correct posture. If you hold your pretty well add almost any self in good posture your figure movement to
your routine will benefit-it will grow prettier and benefit by it. Move and the flesh will distribute itself ment is life. sufficient Gody normally. If you stretch through movement will bring beauty to it. exercising faithfully and
A group of women wrote me your diet excess pounds will grad- that they have formed a "Tea-ually disappear. What weight re-need be prepared in fancy man- Time Exercise Class," and are mains should be firm and pleas- having great fun. Instead of ing in contour. meeting for bridge, or gossip, or cating between meal snacks, these neighbours meet to exercise. They
What Counts
watch
ner-in fact the more you eat simply cooked or raw the better will be your beauty!
push the furniture in corners and Instead of sitting down reading go to it with the aid of radio a book to-day and munching oed). Hold the book in position music and they write they are sweets, use the book to exercise without bending your knees the feeling fine and their figures are and have a little fun,
slightest. That calls for a good improving. The interesting part) Place it between your feet after stretching and to make it the first ís, each of them has
a specific your legs have been stretched out time you should sit erectly, grow figure flaw but they have dis-1 on the floor (Stretch I illustrat-tall from the waist, raise your
arms overhead and swing them forward to touch the book. Do this several times.
Your next exercise is a bit more difficult and take it easy at first. Hold the book between your feet without the aid of your hands and carry it up in the air and over in a semi-somersault. (See Stretch 2). Once you master this last one with ease you are well on the road to figure agility and beauty!. Benefits of exercises: Your spine and neck muscles are. stretched, your abdomen is train- ed in and up, your bust muscles are firmed, your thigh and hip measurements are streamlined a bit every time you make that semi-somersaulti
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