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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
1953.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT -
Beauty Counter
IT lu a small plastlo, help of a spatula or, even a Acylinder (in. long)
that unscrews to ravaal sliced-off compartmenta
nail Ble.
I have had my kit nearly two years. And I'll est the
for foundation cream, rouge, contents if you can buy one cold cream, nourishing cream in London before 1954. That's 22 and powder.
the time it often takes for an Perfect for every secretary-idea to cross the Atlantic. who wants to put on a new Most recent example of the time-lap a transatlantic Idea: the
face dianar.
before going out
to
Ideal for her boss who does not like desk drawers filtered with make-up,
The quantities of cosmetic In the cylinder would carry the average
woman over a week-end away from home. IS OKTY Re-filling
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A Common Complaint Of Adolescence
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
ACNE is one of the com- monest disorders of adoles
It cent boys and girls. usually calls for a careful diet, which is outlined in a general way. More serious cases may require treatment with drugs, hormones от
lipstick cum lip-vitamins. brush which reached shops in London a few weeks ago. My version of this came from › New York, is also a perfume ♣ container and shorter than the ♣
It la two English version. years old.
JEAN GRAY.
Eye Trouble In Children
So
By CARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.
to pass or who lagged at school last term were handicapped by poor vision. Though most schools give visual tusta, these miss some serious eye defects. Besides, many children who migrate from one school to another miss the tests. Anyway, if your child has lagged at school you should have his vision tested, now by (1 competènt eye specialist.
Holds
•
Adolescence is a time of stress and strain for the whole body. as the tissues and processes of the child change to those of an adult. Sometimes these changes too are a bit too sudden
an Indlykuni rugged for lead to various upsets, physical and mental. Doctors are quite famillar with these Lemporary disturbances,
Cland Disturbance
or
and
both
Acne comes from a disturbance of certain glands in the skin," or oli known as the sebaceous
Et is seen more often la
than girls, though it is quite frequent in both. Its most usual location is on the face, shoulders, cheat and back.
and
NOME children who failed work. Stumbles or trips
over small objects.
After its onset in, adolescence, hook, small objects, play-the disease may continue for things close to eyes. Can't some years. Serious cases can be play games requiring dis- very disfiguring, and may even tant vision. Is very sensi- cause permanent scars
What are changes that at- tive to light.
tack the skin gland in this way? that the underlying is thought Appearance: Red-rimmed, on- It is
an overproduction of crusted or swollen eyelids. Because is curring stics. Inflamed or watery male hormones at this time. Re- member that the body begins to eyes. Cross-eyes.
Complaints: Cannot see well produce more of the sex hor- at adolescence, und to dizzy, nauseous, or has head mones
men, produce aches following close eye work, women, as well as Has blurred or double vision. some of the male hormones.
When any of these symptoms The
These
cause hormones
glands to over-secrete occur, they may be caused by sebaceous It's well to remember an eye or body disease. The child a waxy substance that plugs up may need glasses, which only the gland and forms a pimple. that while a child of any the eye expert should attend This type of plug or blackhead is present in all cases of acne. may complain
Pink Eye": When the eye Rorts of other things, reddens, burns
Well-Balanced Diet and smarts, rarely will complain sometimes with
The boy or girl suffering from discharge of
acne should cat a well-balanced about poor vision. Even pus-need Immediate attention if his vision is blurred or of the physician. For temporary diet of vegetables, fruit, milk,
vellet before he comes,
eggs and meat. Meat should be
age
all
he
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All Through the House
THERE'S NO NEED to spend a fortune on dining room decorating. A few in- expensive purchases-brown place mats, pumpkin napkins, set of white pottery with orange and brown design do the job.
WH
bo
By JOAN O'SULLIVAN THEN thore's decorat- she needn't spend too much ing to be done, the money here. The most inex-
pensive dining, table can seldam tell anyone about way the crusts formed on the water is also important-six to living room's apt to get all dressed up with a pretty clothi
secs double, he will might use sterilc water to wash eaten only once a day. Plenty of
the attention. It just isn't or smart place mats. Chica It. He just doesn't know lids. Train your child to keep movements should also be kept fair! The wise homemaker, needn't be a big budget item
keep eight glasses dally. The bowel how clearly
should his hands away from his eye regular. ho
because limited
there are many pot See that he has his own towel,
The foods to avoid are pastries, working with Every member of the damily
and low-priced. One set, for should
uch as pies and cakes, lee cream, budget, doesn't splurge it tery sets that are well-designed always use his own
fried foods, Jodised salt, peanut all on one room. Instead, example, which has an abstract Lowcl.
butter, nuts and chocolate. The
she spreads decorative and graceful orange and brown all through her pattern on white, locks charm- ing when combined with brown house, sees that each room burlap place mats and pumpkin
some attractive 'napkins.
gee.
Signs of Eye Trouble The alert parent recog- nises signs of eye trouble such as these listed by the National Society for the Prevention of Blind-
nesa.
One of the hardest things is
diet should also be light in sugar fats, meats, potatoes, bread, charm macaroni and cheese.
to teach the child not to ro his eye when dirt gets into it, This
has rubbing can scratch the cornea, jucreasing pain immediately, Ointments May Help even leaving a star ond caus-
washed touches. - The face should be
When it comes to equipment, ing partial loss of sight.
with a mud soap several times
When it comes to the bed-
of the house. dirt rady, but the person should not she shops the market, looking room, the lady When
a particle of lodges in a child's eye, lift the squeeze the pimples ordinck for the very latest designs selects--attractive furnishings Behaviour:
containing Each year appliances Improve, that offer plenty of storage Ointments Rubs eyes upper lid and pull it down over hends.
of or so it seems. Take the
the space for clothes and other be frequently, frowns, at the lower lid, allowing the tears sulfonamide are sometimes
of newest in sinks, as an example, longings. A bed with a storage
It's designed for middle-o
-of-the- tempts to brush away blur. to wash out the speck. Remem- help in clearing up cases
headboard ber that tears are Nature's own acne.
useful as well as Shuts or covers one eye, eyewash. If tears fall to do the Since this condition is so often tits or thrusts head for- job,' wash the eye with fuke- due to an excess of male hom installation, because it's corative. It offers space for a metal box that's paint-
believed that a a centrally locat-
ocat books plants, radios, linens ward when looking at near warm tap water. Hold the head mones, it has been found that ed sink saves steps unit is more and such, and It's a dress-up.
that the water will wash small doses of female hormones convenient for doing a variety item for the room. A matching colours in ΟΣ distant objects. Has from the corner of the may be of help. Careful tests of kitchen jobs. This particular chest that's roomy enough for trick. An unusual towel rack difficulty in reading or in, nearest the nose toward the side have shown that patients who model is set atop storage cabin- Mr and Mrs Items is vital, too. is another modest-cost decora other work requiring close of the eye.
ets that can hold all kinds of spreads and draperies, which lon. One could be made from uso of eyes. Blinks more mains in the eye, take the child mones rarely failed to
and a work counter.
Anis. Mra
match the colour scheme.. The so advises the National Society of vitamin A may also be of
The dining room is another
Homemaker Box itself holds Soap and irritable when doing close for the Prevention of Blindness, great help.
room that Mrs Homemaker provides a touch of beauty for brushes. Hooks at the bottom furnishes tastefully. Actually, her bath; Here, again, bright can be used for hanging towels,
If the particle re-
small doses received
of hor-
show
HANG YOUR HAND- SOME bath towels from
ed in bright shades.
int can turn the
than usual, cries often or is to a physician or eye clinic," | some improvement. Large dosen gadgets. It has two sink wells needn't cost too much, are the a metal mali, box painted, to
NEW NYLON TO MAKE FASHION HISTORY
Now York.
A new type of nylon soon may make fashion history,
By CAY PAULEY
fit, without puiting pressure on the body.
used in sweaters, gloves, lin- gerie, bathing suits and dresses. Eventually it will be available in yard goods departments.
company pointed that one of the advantages of
The The yarn so for is being pro- cessed by two New York com-
out
This fabric, according to the mokers, will just about elimi- nate the need for buying stockings, gloves, sweaters, panies, and is being used for the fabric will be its economy....
even dresses by size: One size
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