PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
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Today's witness is Stephen Potter-inventor
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STEPHEN POTTER is one of the few men since the war to cola a now word which looks like going Into the language: GAMESMAN- SHIP-the art of winning without actually cheating. Patter has a new book out applying the Ganttsmanship idea to the broader business of living. In calls it Le- manship or how to be ona up on your friends. Today he tackles Cluthes.
- When Too Much Vitamin C
o Perk Up Your Wardrobe--Refurbish Is Taken
With Velvet
B
ELVET, nylon or rayan, and Line .these with natching their sisters Velveteen and crepe to keep them soft and rduroy make ideal refurb!- pliant and avoid top stitching bra for last year's coat, suit when possible, as it is not al- ess or hat. They also make ways easy to stitch against pile. fart accessories in the form Have the pile or nap run the
collareites, belts, matching some way in each plece. ckets and belts, pill-box hats Be sure to baste with Filk d berets, carry-all bags, stoles thread so no thread marks will
capes.
pre expansive collars and cuffs
show on the finished article.
Now yokes for jaded dresses, Steam napped fabrics or last year's suits, a new waist- press them over a wire (card,
side down, so nap at for a too-skimpy suit, a ont facing for a worn coat marks can show.
Jese are only a few of the ways use these fabrles to revive a ed, dull or outmoded ent
KET-
Choice of Fabric
Silk velvet is the most ex- sive of all the fabrics men- gd here. Corduroy Is the Nylon velvet, not overly ive, is ever so practical. ce it does not
mar with ter
If a
no Iron
a
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
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S our knowledge grows, we are often required to make new estimates of well- 'ablished practices. One of these, wh
which has recently been questioned, concerns our liberal use of vitamin C.
The beneficial effects of this vitamin on connective tissues and bones have been known for long time. Since citrus fruits, such as oranges, lemons. and limes are known to be rich in vitamin C. their use in the diei hos
bear
constantly en- It has been couraged.
esti- mated that, for the best nutri- tion
and
the eating health,
of three or four oranges a
day would not be too much.
Recently, however, Dr
Hen-
ry Hicks, a Greenwich, Con- necticut dentist, has advanced the opinion that there may be such a thing as a too liberal use of fruits and juices taining vitamin C.
Connective Tissuas
con-
of GAMESMANSHIP
I
LIVE now your-friends creation, throwing in retreat. over the well-dressed females brought by your companions The remaining the susploton that their ele- years of my gance is bad form overdone. life are de- dicated to my work as Founder of Games- Lifemanship.
The huge subject of man- trapping therefore is of in- terest to me only as a theme, though the very important and
drawn by ROBB
of advice to the young. How to be one up on your friends, by the choice of the girl be- side you. How to suggest, by the clothes she wears, power and importance, genlus and magnetism.
in
Let the man be scen striding down a London street Pall Mall if possible-dressed (say) old suede shoes, flannel bags and semi-hacking jacket, white trotting by his side anxiously attentive is D tenderly beautiful girl, taller than himself dressed in a huge cable coat with hint of pearls and intensely expensive stock- ings.
She is taking notes with pen- cil and paper, of an odd word or two delivered by her escort in bored condescension, by way of giving her something transcribe In her spare time.
This scene shows the theme how a girl can help draw attention to
a MAN.
to
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For example if she enters restaurant bristling with good
with furs, glimmering
dia- monds, or leaving a fairly in- tense trail of scent, the chances arc that of 200 people who want to know who SHE is, one will want to know who earth you are as well.
But one in 200 13 not enough. It is possible that the room which the girl is to en- ter may already be full of dressy women.
on
To be one up on such people
harmful therefore; (a) Your com-
He believes that calling such foods in excessive quantilles can at times have effects on the connective tissues place the regular front in
velvel vestre Is to re-
of the mouth. Among such effects is oversensitivity of the dress, chalk line carefully beleeth to heat and cold, as well fore cutting so new vest will
as defects in the enamel of the be right in proportion to the teeth produced by the action tiross.
of acid solutions. In such in- stances, if there are fillings in the teeth, it may be noted that they project above the surface of the tooth.
width beyond chalk line.
Cut old front out a seam's Use cut-out section as paltern to velvet outside yoke line, cut velvet, allowing 1" on
and keeps its beauty er much wear.
This Slip
The colours are lovely.
the year to dress up a black
Use old front to make fitted facing for cut edge of dress. velvet under the faced edge.
Stitch back from edge
ss with sapphire blue, p- " to 4", as in A.
panion must appear in a black skirt and something simple on top without trace of ornament, Uke the drawing by This is a typical
Robb, one-up-on-
Christmas gift-buying Suggestion MANY of us would re-
Joice to find a small,
A number of cases have been studied over a period of 15 years in patients who hobi- tually drand large quantities of citrus fruit Julces. For example, one patient consumed
luxurious beauty gift on eight ounces of orange julce
our breakfast table pyn- daily between breakfast and lunch,
mld on Christmas morn- atc several
whole oss with green or a harmonis- shape a
The beat gift-buying Ing. oranges weekly, to
ns well
rule is choose something fruit 16 fits Dare lo be purple.
salads containing oranges gay sleeve and is size desired.
for somebody patient's
cl.se that and grapefruit. This
you would be glad to re- well- Cut a paper pattern of cuffs diet, in general, wo
ceive yourself. collar
Here are when an overlay balanced one supplying all the
Paper Pattorn for Cuff
cic
red, parrot
ster
CRK
vlolet-a
Kreen OF brown
CES
blue Use
with dark red, a
en choosing a new fabric to
ghten up an old
dress er and
Bias-Cut Velvet
paper as a pattern
fare cuff 30
scams
was a
08
the
ar velvet is to be
neces
vitamins used on
and collars and cuffs, as in B and C.
as well as other food lk velvet you can usually In
cutting velvet, allow purts. The patient complained cut on the bias. This is an generous
of a burning sensation in and catch- Pantage when applying stitch edges back,
gums which were found to be ads to cuffs and collars.
Press on n wire board
swollen, red, and puffy. The
casily on
slight Then slip-stitch gums bled
pressure Or brushing. The teeth were over-sensitive.
One Month
1/9 yd. of 43" velvet on the steam edges. aight grain will go a long way to coat or dress. retrimming a dress or suit You can
making a pill-box hat or using the new
K.
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scts.
ог
cover bultons by button-making
WITH
GIRL MAN-SIZED
A JOB
Selected to take charge of a and futuristic in character, and niaturo zoo which to be cages for the animals will be Fanged in London for the gally painted in rainbow stripes, hent of visitors to the Twelve girls will assist Miss Btival of Britain next year, Viney at the new zoo.
"Hip" Viney Mise
-year-old
Indeed girl with
a man-
job. At present she is
Mrs Walter Hutchinson has 2 supervisor of the Chil taken over the active direction en's Corner at the famous of the publishing business left
in London. The tiny by her husband when he died.
过
to bo bullt In She, is in the
By
In treating this
patient, eltrus fruits were eliminated for from the dlet completely one month and large quantities of cabbage, green peppers, and other vegetables rich in vita- min C were substituted. the end of the first two weeks) redness, swelling, puffiness, and bleeding of the gums had disappeared. At the end of 30 days, the mouth tissues had returned to normal and the oversensitivity of the teeth had cleared up..
Citrus foods are an excellent cource of vitamin C, and, this vitamin C is necessary for re- of the connective tissues.
Dalp!
early Aftles. However, an excessive amount
ttersea Park, London, on the This means that the House of may, in certain cases, be
th
banic of tho River Hutchinson is almost entirely ames in the gardens which controlled by women, Mra
being planned for the Katherine Webb, who has been stival. The buildings them 20 years with the firm, is the ves will be modern, original executive head.
PASTRY DECORATIONS (MEAT PIE)
"EST MO WATCH YOU DO THAT MUM
FOR THE LEAVES ROLL OUT A STRIP ABOUT 11⁄2 INCHES WIDE AND CUT IT -LIKE THIS-
MARK GACH LIKE A LEAF WITH THE BACK OF THE KNIFE PINCH ONE
GND BETWGGN FINGER AND THUMB, AND LAY THIS END
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE
PIE
de-
trimental. This does not mean that use of citrus frulis is not to be encouraged, but only that they be used in moderation if any symptoms are present.
FOR A ROGE, CUT A 4 INCH
BQUARE
FROM PAPER- THIN PASTRY
FOL
IN
MÄKE
A
2 INCH
OQUARD
some Ideas:
(for
SCENT SURPRISES. Full-sized decanter after use) of high quality eau de Cologne, a subtle scent in
a crystal stick magician's
resembling
Wand.
1
BATH PEARLS fat, multi-coloured lozenges
of bath essence in a round cellophane box. Washable silk chiton hanky puff, 18in. square,
Scallop edged,
trimmed with mother-of-peart with lu- minous band painted Gorner spray. Coloured sponges, peach, green and coral. Christian Carol lipstick in rolled-gold scroll with carols enfold- ed. tasselled, glamorous.
of
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE. Plastic non-spill travelling powder boxes, Glant interlaced pack coloured face tissues, finger-gripping frame for use while varnishing the nails, machet ball, sweetly soented, long-lasting, in white or pastel silk, hang, complete in minute vellophane hat box,
VRAR THIS
GQUARE
-AND THERS
AROUND A
ARE
FLOURED WOODEN GPOON HANDLE CUT A
ON THE
"TOP-
PRROS BOTTOM EDORS TOGETHER AND OPEN "FROM
MIDDLE OF CUT
to
(b) it in Just no effective if you can persuade a distinctly young girl farm up- ognin without ornament or jewels-
and spread the rumour
that isn't it marvellous?) she ip keeping herself on £3 6s. n
week and isn't
it sweat?) that £ her only dress.
Other women дто seen slir.
reptitiously to remove car- rings, wrist watches etc., in a Inst-minute effort to counter this gambit.
(c) and probably most fun- damental of all-if the women are too anxiously 1951 in style, bring a girl in a dress of 17th century brocade.
Is not this after all Basic Clothesmanship? Come to
the cocktail party in jodhpurs, as I remember we used to in my old Chiswick days,
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PASTE
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