THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1952.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
The doctor and the hair-do
F
Designers
Months
Trouble: if the hair gets very swet
Think
Ahead
Five
• WHY people can go gray overnight after a alock
✪ WHAT happens to your bair when it gets really wet
• NOW to brush your bair
without burning it
that singelng serves no useful. purpose, for instance, There is no truth in the barbera bellet. that singsing freshly cut hair keeps it healthy by soaling up the ends.
Dr Savill believes that some- Totions containing sulphur. may help
to delay baldness. But massaging the scalp with the ingers or beating it with a hair- brush until it tingles is probably bettor.
Olly lotions may also help to
·ward off greyness.
Few people have really grey hairs Ih their heads, most "grey"
DIGHT on time for the bathing season a woman doctor air being a mixture of while,
describes today exactly what happens to your hair when you wet it.
black, and brown.
Frightoned?
can.
CAN hale turn white in`a And she throws in some useful tips for 'beauty-
night? Dr Savill believes it conscious women and balding men,
A profound shockt might, Thorough wetting weakens hair so much that it will stretch suddenly constrict the blood to one and a half times its normal length if pulled. Sodden, hair vessels supplying the roots of the also breaks easily. So rub your head as gently as possible hairs and so starve out their
colour,.. when drying it.
Hair which has been stretched and dried stays stretched. But when it is slightly moistened it springs back to its former length,
That is why a moistened comb quickly pula vome shape back into pillow-lousled hair.
If hair in stretched and then steamed for a few minutes. It violently, contracts
becoming much shorter than its original length and getting correspond- ingly thicker.
tinte.
with dried
off
But
a
So if someone could think up a safe way of steaming the head, balding men could have scissoriess trim which would thicken their hair at the same
In a shower.... HAIR stretched and shaped line or semi-fitted coala with when wet retains its form if it rapidly. small collary; small hais
rather contracts again when wetted, so medium-high crowns than tall crowns, though a tall that a slight shower washes out feather can be used to give water-waves.
Even dampness in the air is height. Choose plain colours or
definite
Wear death to most artificial waves, small
prints. heels as high as are comfortable but. It makes natural curls stili
but remember that too high curller. Tarton trews with five-inch heels destroy the balance of the cuffs, buttoned of the legs,
A white flannel blazer, piped with claret silk braid, for casual or evening wear.
Evening sweaters, with cap or long sleeves, worn on or off
By DOROTHY BARKLEY
London. the end in sight of the feminine trend we have been following since the
New Look
WILB
launched in 1947? This
on the outside
body,
Avoid two-colour combina- tions; contrasting gloves or bags: large collars; extreme skiṛt full- ness; wide or contrasting belts which cut the height and add
and heavy fabrics.
19 the question to bo the shoulders, Mostly they width; bulky furs, thick tweeds considered as London de- have scalloped necklines trim- signers show their collec- med with applique embroidery. tions for autumn, although Latest sweater shades are: pea- cock, tartan red, wild honey, it is still five months away. Brittany brown, rose rust
and
ADVICE GIVEN TO THE Parin grey. (The new names TALL: Chaose Aat shallow we keep pace with!)
hais, worn low on the head; long hair tylca; bulky top coats with high broad collars, full sleeves and wide skirts: wide belts at a natural or slightly lowered waistline. Choose horizontal lines, two-tone colour schemes, plates, checks and large prints, and costume jewellery.
feminine look.
it
THE SHORT
AND
Last season the entry of the straight hanging, no-waisted, square shouldered 'masher' Jacket, with its straight-lined
THE TALL akirt Indicated that the cycle of fashion was once more in motion
Those at either end of the this time away from the scale those under 5' 4" and
As designers
S those
over 5' 10" often com- show their new season's sy plain that they are neglected by is apparent that the swing the fashion world. To rectify over ti now becoming even
matters, a fashion magazine Avoid upturned hat brims, more pronounced.
Shoulders
of Jewellery, long this month devotes two pages little bits are more padded than they have entirely to them, and their necklacea and small stud ear been and skirts less full.
particular problems.
rings: very long skirts; plunge necklines; high heels or very low heels both draw atten- tion to the height; vertical and ADVICE TO THE SHORT: princess lines, and figure-cling- if the Choose vertical lines, straighting fabrics.
These collections continue until July, when they culminate In the Baute couture shows, Not unil then, though, will t
be known
defin
feminine look is me points from
But here are some
them.
current shows. Costs have big, deep-set sleeves, straight skirts. cloth is the Coarse poudle
material for popular They have fur trimmings-per- sian lamb, fox, silver lamb, and Moleskin--and velvet collars, collar facings and cuff linings, sometimes in matching colours, sometimes contrasting." Black on cinnamon is a good contrast shown by several designers,
Representative of
current
sults are these two from the Brenner Sports collection. For lown, they suggest a sheath suit in black barathen, with heavily braided
Pockets,
for
(left); and
country, a sult in pure wool saxony, striped in soft grey-
white and heather. It has short, moulded jacket, with a black velvet collar, and a flared skirt.
skirt, Although
The
is not as full as the- ticoat skirt" of the last few
years.
Separates always give scope for the designer's Imagination, Starred from the collections are the following:
LEFT: Sheath suit in black barathea, with ⋅ heavily braided pockets.
-RIGHT: But in pure wool saxony, siriped in soft grey- blue, white and heather. It has a short, moulded Jacket, with a black velvet collar, and a flared akiri.
PARTY FOR THE SMALL FRY
and
Q
the eye to
to a on
ner.
Fear of spoiling their hair-do's prevents many
from women
It
The doctor quotes one case of
п
a man whose hair turned black after
frightening night. But her most hair-raising hair washing their hair often enough story concerns some soldiers who - in the opinion of Dr Agnes had such terrifying experiences Savill, who has written a 310- at Dunkirk that their hair stoud page book on human hair. out like the bristles of a hedge-
The doctor condemns the hop for several months. brusque methods of brushing
Soven facts and combing used by many halr-
assistants. Nelthar • dressera
HAIR GROWS about three- brush hor comb should be forced quarters of an inch per month, between from the scalp to the ends of the growth being fustest
March and July. half method: Divide the CUTTING and shaving have
Dr Savill's
Theh, no affect on its growth-rate.... hair into several locks.
sweep.
while the left hand holds a lock MAXIMUM length of most a few inches above its free end, uncut hair is 25 inches, hair feet being the right hand sweeps the brush longer than three or comb downwards from just rare.... below the left hand. The
hand then gratus the lack a little⚫ A HAIRSBREADTH ever-
ages 1-400th of an inch.... higher up and the fresh part is THERE are about 140,000 brushed downward-and so on. hairs in a blonde head, Brunettes
Singoing? No
average 109,000, redheads only THE doctor accuses hairdressers 90,000.
A FORCE of seven ounces unnecessary of foisting
is needed to pull out a healthy treatments on their clients,
Her experiments have proved hair.
EACH hair may live up to The Hair and the Scalp" six years,
(London Express Service) (Edward Arnold)-25s.
EILEEN ASCROFT looks into the LSD of taking out a wife
NIGHT OUT FOR TWO
£4-and still going up
is becoming increasingly difficult for the average.
wife. Minimum cost of a theatre, and dinner in the now £2 for a modest West End afterwards for two; is evening-but £4 at least for an evening out in anything approaching the pre-war style.
An expense allowance for the family man,' for the maintenance of family goodwill, is a novel suggestion that may be put before the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
It was made by Miss Nancy. Secar, a member.. of the executive committee, at a recent Women's Liberal Federation meeting.
Although it brought laughter and cheers at the meeting, it is really no light-hearted Iden. Every human being needs, i relaxation, especially the housewlic.
Miss Sccar stressed this when she said: "the most devoted wife and mother will eventually feel she has seen too much of the Inside of her own house."
I ask 50 husbands
I HAVE conducted a quiz among 50 average- man husbands, all earning approximately £1,000 a year. They includo civil servants, young doviors, authors, and business men.
Most of them agree that they So husbands who feel that are having to cut down the it's time their wives had a family outings because of ex- Wight out should put the item pense. And a few were frank down to "family goodwill" enough
to admit that family and make the next treat SOON goodwill suffered in consequence, before the cost of entertaining
"We are lucky if we can goes up again. manage dinner and the pletures
once
month," one young
Husband cooks HUSBAND who insisted on taking over the housekeeping Another used to enjoy taking duties and cooking from his
husband sold to me. (£1 153. a
time pluses. for a baby-sitter). A
his wife and two children on wife, because he thought he was Sundays_for
Simone Bliva's six-change evening dress....blan talle over basic Halter tanets and tulle petticost. neckline is of white guipure lace. Bee six-change. Dress.
an occasional day" much more effelent house pay a ridiculous price, Today's trip to Brighton. Even with a keeper," has just been divorced price: 18, 98. ib. plenic lunch today it costs him nearly £3.
Food and wine
cruelty.
for
There were, of course, other.
Six-change dress
Instances of cruelty cited in the A GIRL who always gets her caso, but the husband 19 picture in the papers, Simone Silva, is a young actress with
]; ERE are three sample evening certainly not unique in liking to eas about clothes. She designs.
do the family cooking.
many other husbands do it for her own dresses and many are *fun, not
wives sit back in admiration.
efficiency, and their easy to copy.
She has lots of evening gowns,
veol, drew protesis from a indon. There is also one
out budgets: Husband No. 1 takes his wife out every other week and reckons to spend 24 on the evening; for theatro There is Tory MP for Wolver- but reduces their cost by having tickets 21 is; spray of flowers hampton, Mr Enoch John Powell, one petticoat base, made with Nowadays, many
fond By ELEANOR ROSS holes of varying sizes in 9-inch 28. Od.; taxla 6s. 6d., dinner in who
cooks breakfast every layers of pale blue taffeta
and mother, with an
paper plates.
Back cuch plate Soho with wine £2 69.; drinks in morning and is a curry specialist.
tulle. Over this she wears budget, decides regretfully that methods is to cut a 9-ounce with a cardboard casel, With the interval and programme Sa.
different bodices, with just one a' party just can't be afted in. paper cup on the diagonal for two children for each plate, and
Run, rabbit, rui layer of tulle in the skirt. Sky But that's a mistake, because, a strip
tiddly-winks each, neo 14 inches wide, and five
Husband No. 2 always fixes a
blue, royal blue, mauve, pink or a party means so much to a then stitch
6-Inch which child get all his or her theatre and dinner and dancing RABBIT, served Insland of
to them can add child,
because it isn't paper plate. Use green excelsior ammunition through the holes on birthday and wedding anni- necessary for a big cash expen to bed your baskets for cookies first, with a prize for the wine versaries, but cannot afford any party of Americans at a Loridon of black
face diture. Nice yet simple refresh that you yourself made,
thing more those days. ** Ho
Airport's restaurant. But though
hu sketched Simono wear ments Jolly Rames, clever little For something different, keep when youngsters, tire of spendo an average. £3 is an unwelcome in a restaurant, rabbiting, a forget-me-not. tulle tep out-of-the-ordinary touches are small fry amused with paper this one, then set them to work these occasions....158. theatre disguised as chicken or veal over
her
basle Polticoat. The the Larredients for a successful
plato gainea, Hung five paper witli crayons colouring whits seats; 3st colles in the loterval:
bodice is trimmed with white plates on the kitchen wall with
The fluted edge dinner for two with a half bottle can be useful, in home-cookie zuipure lace,The mauve top is
The back leg makes a
• And maybe you might cellophano tape one in the een paper plates.
strewn with mauve and pink want to do a pne
clever tre, the other four in a circle will serve as a frame for the of wine £2; taxis 75,
'bo Husband No. 3 likes to spend Tame rabbit must be used for velvet flowers. The pink one: mother did, and let paper plates around it. Arm each tot with masterpiece, which may take over.. Yes, that good, a panell Bliputold them each anall-frymond hung in the less and go out more often. Once these carloudage dishes (cost has a huge cabbage, rose at the useful household accessory is a in turn ana meer them towards all-fry's room,
a week he takes his wife to the between 3 and 4, at usually waist, with petals party giver and gour, 100
the target. Whoover marks Ala
Another idea for the girl with Colourful Invitations or her inuial et an the forms, of course, call pictures and they have a cold 168, or 10s, each). The plecer of the
the for paper plates which out meal afterwards in their local n wild rabbit are too small. An
one fur evening stolo....Simono For invatations welle, your mildir of the centro target dowka on breakage and work hotel. Umal cost is about 10s. Incidentally the wild rabbit ne se lining to tentan
oncia bid with thick colourful wins the big prize Youngsters After the parts, no piles of Unpleasant as it is for the population is on the.
increas crayon, something that the hilting the centre of any of the plates to be waited, no wropan, who have to say "No, we The Forestry Commissioner res dress, which clips in with presn youngsters will enjoy because it other four targets should going over breakages, no great can't afford it. It is even more port that more than 233,000 studs. Fur tails can be clippou
rabbit were killed in their on at each end. Luxury touch dent in the budget. Only 16 to for the women) is different. Instead of just refisolation prizest Sy
to ambroider her name in tiny- atore bought baskets, concoch. Another Patty Gamio.
Most wivch are working harder forests last year, a 33,000 Increase beads on every lining. of fun for the chlidren, Jess | nou of your For another equally on worle for mother, and big, big today in their own homes shan on the year before. But the World Coppertont Reserved.
Pathay, did pre-war
housewife In satisfaction all arofedi ? *
England, mustígil
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