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A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY
Yes-A thousand times every day your typist lifts her, arm to push back the carriage of her old - fashioned typewriter..
This is the most tiring movement in typewriting...
Ky
A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY
She Bits both arms to insert the paper and fiddle with the margin stops at the back of the machine.
This takes quite a bit of energy. too.
Both these movements are eliminated on the modern electric carriage Hermes Ambassador type- writer. Also, available with ordinary hand carriage at a lower price.
Other convenlances on this machine are:-- Double lightning margins
Touch control
Automatic paper insert
Full set of keyset tabulators
HERMES Ambassador
For a demonstration ring 32785
Costs no more than ordinary machines,
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 24, -1952.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
Hormones Are
The Answer
are
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D. MANY people have wondered why certain aged persone looke much 20 young and have as vitality as their children, while others with the came number of years, look every bit their age, lack energy, and apathetic about every-day activities. Hor- mones, the products of certain glands, seem to give at least a parial answer to this puzzle.
Мал In his search for the fountain of youth has. long sought some method of delaying Here, #ain the aging process. hormone treatment may give a perila! answer.
What happens
person
grows older? Oflen we observe that he develops a depressed and gloomy state of mind, and te- comes weaker in muscular! sirengih and energy, The skin ind ollier body tissues also show a lack of vitality and lose their
look.
norm:1ecently been shown
It has
that large amounts of the sex hormones, when given to
per- Mons of advancing years, seme- times help correct these dim- cultler of nging. Testosterone de ore euch hormone of the male, while those of the female in- clude the estrogens
When to Start
The hurmene treatment Should be started wher the aging processES Arst "become noticeable, because it is general- ly useless after the aging pro- Ly use
the huve
gone too far and
Many organs cannot respond. of the symptoms of fatigue, de- jection, nervousness and hof flushes can be corrected.In this
way.
Another discovery is that an aging skin can often be im- proved by an ointment contain- ing an adequate amount of hor- monal substance. The elasticity lost from the skin returns, end the "person may look younger. Of course, these preparations should be used only under the direction of a physician,
Loss of Calcium
A common complication of aging is the loss of calcium and other minerals from the tones.
It has been found that this con- is also helped by
dition hormones,
Period Patterns
adequate, supervised doses of HEN
W together with an
adequate, well-balanced diet,
GLASSWARE
· 83 JOAN O'SULLIVAN
you visit
the you're comfortably seated.. home of a new bride, Next, you'll be taken to
Of course, not every constitu- there are four things she's inspect her glassware, china tion will benefit from hormones, sure to show you, The and silver. Your physician is the one to de- wedding picture album will
These three items are the cide whether or not this treat-
home- ment is possible, and to deter- be first on the list. It will pride, of every young
maker because they're marks mine the domge and schedule. be whipped out as soon A8 ct gracious living that will deck her table for all the years of a happy marriage. They'll be used on special occasions christenings, birthdays, holidays and they'll be dusted off for chetalning.
MRS "COST-OF-LIVING" IS FULL OF STATISTICS
Mrs John K. Woodworth is
Idaho.
one
treasures, no doubt about it, and they should be chosen with care. Take glass
for example. ware,
There's more to the matter than just You pleking a pretty pattern. must also choose one that com- plements your other home fur nishings.
Handmade American ziasa
ful designs, making it easy for.
your
New York. wives, scattered across the na- Around her office on the tion who
extra arc carning west side of Manhattan, money by working about they call her "cost-of-living" out of each month.
The workers sample prices in Woodworth. Her pretty 58. cities, ranging from the na- head is fuller of statistics ton's largest to towns of 2,300 than a calculating machine. such as Sand Point, one of the 400 full-time workers Standard equipment for each comes in a variety of beauti of the U.S. Labour Departs researcher Is a list of com- you to find one that will go ment, bureau of labour statis moditles, usually around 200, to with everything else in tics, who help compile the na- be checked in the food de-home.
periment alone, they include cast-of-living monthly cere
Simple, clean-cut styles meat, dairy products, best for cereals
Modern interiors. The index, as defined by the eggs, fruits and vegetables, fats Some of this glassware has по bureau, is the measuring stick and olls.
"It the researcher's job also is like, that of a well-cut dress, decoration at all: Its beauty, for the rise and fall of retail to check other prices, she willes in proportion and graceful prices. To the housewrite, it's
Form, brilliance and the latest news about where look into the cost of Dad's over- tine. *coat.
Mom's hat, the price of clarity are her feed, clothing and shelter shoe repair, rent, dry cleaning, siderations. There are also
the prime dollars are going. To Lynn towels, brooms, cosmetics, Woodworth, it also represents at
and designs for Modern rooms. Oak least 10 miles of walking a day, movie house.
even the admission to the local leaves, ivy bowknots er Ine involving calls on as many as
classic' Greek-key pattern"
are for such simple and effective settings
tional index.
Just received
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A FORMAL AMERICAN handmade glass pattern is used in this 18th Century room. The glassware is handsome hand-cut rock crystal.
Best Lighting
For Sewing
The machine is in perfect Tunning order, the attachments [are? - doing: fine, there's a plenjens comer devoted to our | sewing activities, but chances are that something, hos been forgotten or neglected the proper light,
> Flaarescent Unite These experts cited, fuore- scent lighting units as among the best of all sewing lights, and others all certifed lamps
of similar type as giving good
of tho results, this because diffusing bowl, that softens the shadows, The only question mark was the fact. MLAB, 1 height of
most floor Ramps might bring the shade above average eye level and cribe ullozate discomfort, because of under-shade brightness in the
field of view.
Totally direct floor lamps with ndjustable shaft and wip-ar ith vertically were recommended
because
of
the advantage of enabling the sewer to bring light close to the work, yet keep it competely. out of the line of vision,
General Lighting." For the rest, general room illumination Was considered essential for comfortable, sewing light. It lessens sharp con- trast, between a brightly-lighted
working area and the rest of the room, and so is kinder to the eyes,
If the room lighting is of
.fconus the wall type, distance will" to machine'is too "great if the machine is placed on gla This
standard card table this
case; it is advised to turn the machine at right angles to the or a wall-mounted lamp with a wall, or to use a narrower table
swing an
REFLECTING THE CASUAL simplicity of family living today, this Modern glassware has generous-sized crystal bowl and a cup-shaped foot in colour.
goes well with the Unen place mats and plain pottery.
stores department stores, butcher shops, chain stores, the "Housewives are the ideal Tradideral reoras call for small grocery, the local appli price researchers," siald Miss ance store and the beauty shop. Helen F. Callahan, regional price more formal glassware
We, check everything which economist for New York, Newterns. Many designs tie in with IF A GLASS gets nicked, the Federal, Georgian or New use a piece of fine No. 00 affects the family's budget Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mrs: Woodworth explained. Delaware.
CONTINENT COVERED
You can atso gency motifs. "Long years of buying for her and etched handmade glassware. emery paper to rub the
with chintz-inspireti dower- edges smooth again. The bureau depends also on a own family make the home- patterns or with lovely TOSO staff of part-time workers who maker more price conscious
motifs.* concentrate on gathering food than anybody I know," she ex- prices. Most of them are house- plained.-United Press,
UNOX MEATS
Smoked Back Bacon Bloz.tin $3.60
Beef in Own juice
Braised Beefsteak
30 ox. tin $5.65
30 oz. Un £7.20
Pickups (Cocktail Sausages)
Sox tin 3200
Pork in Own Juice: 30 oz.tin $7.40 Hunting Sausage 0łox. dn $1.65
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even match all three, Lily-of- the-Valley and wheat designs Milk-white pressed glass, or are available in glassware, sil- opainscent glass is excellent for ver and ching. Previncial and Early Ameri- Take good care of your can settings. So 19. hand-cut · handmade glassware, once crystal in a Colonial pattern you've chosen it. If you should Inspired by the pre-Revolu- nick a glass, take a piece of 00 tionary era of Williamsburg. emery paper, rub it back and Another pattern, featuring the forth across the nick until it's puff-ball design of candlewick smooth. The "frosted" ap spreads, is a zout choice too.
pearance which results can bo
Be sure, of course, that your overcome if you put polishing glassware, sliver and linens rouge on a bit of leather and have an affinity for each other, repent the rubbing process. It dishes are elaborate, choose This will help remove that simple: glassware! You can "Frosted, look..
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WITH BEER
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1-12 lbs FILLET OF -WHITE FISH, -PUT IT INTO A STOWPAN IN ONS SPIECE IF: POSSIBLE
ADD 12 SMALL ONION STUCK WITH
“A CLOVE OR TWO, 1
A BAY LEAF AND SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE,
* AND BEING GENTLY TO
BOILING
HAND-PRESSED MILKGLASS faithfully conveya
the Colonial feeling of carly milkglass. It's at home In this maple china cabinet.
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