THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 1956.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
Stripes for the dress-ribbon striped cotton makes this lunic-topped dress by Horrockses.
CURVES FOR THE THIN GIRL
Get Rid
Was
Rid Of Faulty Food Habits!
El
.:
By IDA JEAN KAIN
ONCE upon a time, there a thin girl who often grabbed a hasty bite of lunch so she could squeeze in a little shopping at the noon hour. And to eke cut the money for a new bonnet or nylon sheers, she ate from the price side of the menu more than from taste appeal. Of course she didn't eat much breakfast either-she didn't have time, and besides she wasn't
in hungry
the mornings. And she lament- ed that it was
impossible
for her to gain an ounce!.
Could that description you! Well, on that pattern,
BREAKFAST
Chilled Orange Juice Scrambled Eggs
Crisp Bacon
(2)
with
Hot Buttered Toast-Straw-
berry Jam
Class of Milk
1 Cup Coffee, if desired
LUNCHEON
Plenty Of Stripes To
Enliven Your Spring Wardrobe
London. rent yet, though they promise
the not to charge "a penny more and despite a we must."
wedding material
is brocade; favourite
HATEVER
weather
Spring is the time when the what the poets say, Spring best-the-tax brides get married. means hard work for us. It Favourite is the time when we clean this year the house from attic to style, the dress that turns into a evening dress after The Day. cellar, turn out those cup Most brides choose a classical, boards, and tramp round full skirted style with a cover- the shops in search of new up jacket Many economise by.
making their own dress, and gadgets to brighten the
spend
some of the money so home or lighten the house, saved on a luxurious fabric work.
which will WEAT for years Spring is the time, too, without getting tatty. when we visit the exhibi-
tions to see what's new.
furniture
whether
Stripes for the hat ---- lime' and white striped seersacker is chosen for this boaier. Worn straight on the head, It has a "pointed brim and matching cravat,
Centenarian's
Advice For The Younger
Generation
Gardner, Mass. MERICA'S only living centenarian sisters say that the blame for much of today's juvenile delinquency les right in the home.
"They're pot budi children," said '102-year-old} Mrs Eutia Shumway. "They Just live a little too fast for their own good: I never did the things my mother didn't do and I worked out! pretty good."
Her kid" sister, 100-] year-old Mrs Nelia Lloyd,
we
This year the theme is one When it comes to setting up second. "An artist would zet
finds drain of using good paint on near to most of us how to home, this year's bride
the poor canvas," said one.
They furnish a small room ade. she is the luckdest since
end of the war. In kitchen and tell you not to despise the added: quately without overcrowd- household goods she finds mote good, old fashioned soap-and- In my time, we never saw ing.
-and- Tricks of the trade choice and better quality and water wash. It will not-dry-the our mothers smoke
fabrics, and
akin
If you choose a super-fatted which give an illusion of in
never did. she goes contempor- · soap and follow it with skin drink, so space: plain carpets, fitted ary or stays traditional, more food. Massage a scapy lather Children today seem to have from wall to wall; small Imaginative designs.
well in with a a soft sponge, for money enough to buy patterns on wallpapers and For a vacuum cleaner which only soap removes all traces of cigarettes but not enough the work of two, she cleansing cream and make-up. to give to their churches.". fabrics; low furniture, close does
chouses one which scrubs the They remind you to eat to the ground. Keep every floor and
The blue-eyed, white- the carpet, plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, thing on a small scale, and also, For
to avold starchy haired sisters both enjoy sturdy washing-up salads, and leave the high-backed, long bowls and noiseless buckcis foods. For an acid skin,
they
good health, "eat every- she likes polythene the un- recommend the juice of half a nice fat wedding cheque she morning, with no sugar and well-informed on Although your rooms will may invest it in an electric no cheating! not become palatial, at mixer, a washing machine or a leust
will you
not feel steam iron. cramped.
sweeps
legged chairs for the big breakable plastic. If she has a tomon taken first thing in the thing we want" and are
rooms.
Spring is the time; too, when we buy something new to ven our-wardrobe. Stripes arc everywhere just now on shirt- Spring is also the time blouses, en hats with cravats to match, on detachable revers for the Ideal Home Exhibi- and cuffs to make
a mock tion. This year's, attraction blouse under a suit. Here you has been the bachelor girl's see two new ways with stripes which are going into our shops flatlet designed for the wh
for spring. The dress has nar- Y.W.C.A. It is self- row ribbon stripes, white on a
Cream of Tomato Soup with contained, with living room, dark background, and is cut so
Croutons
Toasted Club Sandwich
Ripe Olives
Fruit with Cream
Class of Milk
DINNER
Baked Chicken
Whipped Potatoes or Rice Cream Grovy
Pens
Tassed Green Salad
Toasted Almonds
with
Cup Custard with Froz
fit Strawberries
mcale,
a
thin girl hasn't a ghost of a chance of adding curves. If you tend to slight your chances are your appetite is not very demanding. And poor appetite can result from a com- bination of factors chronic "overdoing," faulty food habits and irregularity of meal hours..
THE TEST
Let's start with the most im- poriant meal of the day... breakfast. The test of whether or not you eat enough breakfast is how you feel between 10 and 11. in the morning. On a good breakfast, you should be going streng until lunch time. No appetite for the first meal of the day is largely habit, promise
Here's a you will get up just fifteen minutes earlier and eat a leisurely, relaxed break- fest, you can add curves. To- inorrow morning, have a hot ercal with milk and cream, In place of your usual two cups of coffee, have only one cup, plus a glass of milk. Milk furnishes protein, and it's surprising the
that energy ta 'yover nem increasing the protein breakfast.
comes
at
of
At lunch, lake advantage the hot dishes offered. The day's specials often give the must for the money. Get away from the sandwich, pie and coffee routine. If you carry your vary the sandwich fill- ings, and even the bread
Junch,
Cor appetite appeal, Increase the calories by using both butter. and mayonnaise on the breed. Take along some mixed nuts, dates or figs, as well as a piece of juley frult and a molasses cookie. Have milk, if possible, as well as a hot beverage.
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RELAX !
For the next thirty days, plan
to use your whole lunch
hour
to eat lunch and relax after- wards...you'll look more rested and pretifer. You might take a leisurely stroll in the fresh air. Or if the day isn't going smooth-
drop into a quiet
jy,
lay. your burdens
church and
down. Sit
there relaxen for a brief quarter. hour and you'll come away re- freshed in spirit and calmin your mind.
If you have between meal pick-ups, they must be the type of food that is easily and quick- ly digested, such as fruit juices, egg nog or milk Skip the sweets,
for they blunt appetite.
It fa a definite help to rest before dinner it possible, even If only for a few minutes,
Dorothy Barkley
The Secret Of
Being Well-Dressed
a
a
events.
Early Riser
current
A talk with one is like a talk with the other, for both have the same likes and dislikes, both have a keen sense of huincerr and both are deeply religious. They credit their lang lives to one single factor, "faith in God."
Mrs Lloyd, who was born in Wellsboro, N. Y., while Franklin Pierce was U. S. President, maintains this, daily schedule:
She rises at 5:30 am, dresses, makes her own bed and cleans well- her room.
If
ime wake up to another |
and separate kitchen and that bodice and skirt contrast,
The
bat, a small boater with a
WHAT makes bathroom. The living room
is in randy dressed woman? 'pointed brim,
"Then I read my Bible," she has a bed settee, a dining striped seersucker and it has a
said, "And I thank God for let- corner with a hatch through matching cravat,
she will tell you how she
pe sleep so well and for to the kitchen, and french
In spring, too, we indulge in arrived at that state of dis- windows leading on to a an occasional luxury-it might tinction, she will say first of For breakfast she almost al-
good-looking ways has cornflakes, milk, gra balcony.
be a visit to a beauty salon. all that When I called in at one Lon- about doz salon, they told me that Woman should present a ham crackers, toast and fruit, picture of a charming face though she could eat bacon and
I had a mind to at the end skin treatment rather than an and figure, with everything The rest of her day is spent of the year. On the ground extra spring hat. They feel subordinated to that.
in chats with visitors, reading there is no point framing their and shops.
face with a pretty new hat if the complexion is not worth framing!
containin A block, fifty of these flatlets, is going women these days choose 2 up in Westminster
AN HOUR BEFORE BEDTIME:loor will be a club, coffee house
Class of Milk
Raisin Cookie
Note: One teaspoon
The Y.W.C.A. have not de- of codcided how to sort out the many
liver cil or ene Vitamin A & D applications that are coming in spault should be taken daily, and they have not fixed the
The experts emphasise that skin care comes first, make-up
A "LONG TORSO” EVENING DRESS
This evening dress with the long torso look sts by Julian phasised by bands of narrow black velvet ribbon. In spotted
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This means that clothes must her Bible and newspapers, never be conspicuous. Certainly listening to radio music (shu a woman should appear more enjoys the violin), and watch- interesting than her attire, evening through. her sitting room though it be an expensive num window as neighbourhood her right off the boat from children play. Paris.
She chooses colour to enhance her complexion, eyes and hair. If green is the fashionable colour of the moment, she will have nothing to do with it it it makes ber complexion sallow
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Go to Church
Does she have any advice for the younger generation?
"Oh, indeed I have. Go to church and Sunday School, be kind and considerate and, above all Ester to your parents,
today. spoken than when I was a little We had to mind OUT manners as well as our mothers
fathers. god
And we didn't have as many things as are available today."
She will avoid over-décorative hats. Simplicity is the rule this season, especially in frocks. To Children wear fussy things is to be out of style. There are exceptions to girl. this rule if one is young and lovely, a fluffy type.
are more
out.
Asked what she thought of
fashions. If she must have ornaments, 1955
Mrs Lloyd's she favours distinctive costume caustic comment was: jewellery and fresh flowers. I like clothes to cover me! Flowers are being worn in many Mrs Shumway, who lives in ways this seksom.
nearby Westminster, has been wrist bouquets with bedridden the past two years. Thy party clothes are cute as a baby's Born during the administration bonnet A bouquet at the waist, of President Millard Fillmore, calls attention to a trim figure. last of the Whig leaders, That quaint old notion that a does not like to recall details of girl should wear a rose in her the Civil War of her girlhood.
suppose we must hair is
is being revived, too.
she said. The well-dressed woman have knowe the prevailing fashions,
-great-grandmoother, keeps them in mind but departs from them when her experience she says her interests
God's
shë
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