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WEEK-END
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1957.
WOMANSENSE
Christmas Is Over—But Are You Prepared For The New Year Festivities? Take Stock Of Health
Give Your Table A
Look For The New
London.
LTHOUGH tradi-
tionally the festive board is 1 table groaning with stuffed
by HAZEL EVANS
hoar's heads, baked place un a saucer. Into sheets of white self-paper,
off in squares.
Party At Start Of New Year Year
just how difficult it is to! And good-looking, Inexpen-, sive holders for them.
The simplest way of mak- ing candles atand up safely is to core several apples and slice the bases so that they rest firmly. Stick the candles into these, and you have holders that are de corative, too.
For a very simple table decor, look out for Norwegian candles which are short and squat, Hitle taller than nightlights and put them in saucers.
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. THERE's a New Year's resolution I would like
all of you to make — and keep.
Make up your mind that from now on you will have a complete medical examination at least once every year.
A great many of us know more i about our automoblies than we do about our bodies. We take better care of our cars, too.
before going to the doctor. An
Don't wait unti you feel i
evaluation of your health at regular intervals can do much
to prevent needless deaths.
this are stuck branches of looks bright and unusual. hams, roast peacocks holly and sprigs of mistle- You may, of course, bo and lampreys, it is un- tue until the base in cam- dispensing with the table likely that many of us pletely hidden.
cloth altogether to give could today eat through
Other ideas are coloured your meal a more formal such an array. And halloons
on sticks stuck air. In keeping, table mats because we no longer into a vase, or - for # in gold or silver paper, cut
A Yearly Check buffet large inte giant stars, look very have such culinary fan- running
For more than a quarter of a You can get non-drip candles
century now, I have been going tasy, we have to think crackers marking the table well.
Tall, coloured candles do now and, if you are prepared to more, perhaps than any pay more for them, the most, Marc Cline at Rochester thing else to brighten the barley-sugar twists but figurines was anything wrong with my exquisite figured ones, not justMin, about once a year for a didn't think there checkup. I If you are giving a party table. But it is surprising and fantastic Chinese characters. health, but I wanted to be euro Hosts generally prefer to wrestle with the bird or
for the children. Let them joint in private, rather make their own centrepiece. than carve it in front of a They can line a tray with So for cotton-wool and build a hungry audience. dinner parties, inake up winter panorama on it with for the lack of a visible the aid of their farm-yard piece de resistance by animals, Handbag mirrors building a centrepiece.
up other ways of giving the table a festive look.
This can easily arranged on a small
CHILDREN
make excellent Inkes," and discarded eskimos and other.
be cake figures will form the tray, central figures.
conven-
EL
put in place when needed. Flowers
are the
Crepe paper, ironed so tional choice, but it is sure that it stays flut, makes prising what can be done good tablecloth for a buffet with fir-cones, candles and party. But be sure to put holly branches combined several layers of newspaper to make a bold display. underneath lest womething
'The
colour is spilled, and the quickest - made
stains the tabletop. centrepiece I know is a large potato cut in half and
HAVING
For an unusual effect, cut patterns out of the crepe paper while it is still folled. Then when it is opened nut, it will look like a giant
A red
paper doth
cut
A doily. NEW YEAR
PARTY?
By ALICE DENHOFF
MANY parties coming
up, n the Old Your steps aside to make room
for the Now.
What to serve for the night celebration? Many like to keep it simple in the modern style.
It is a pleasure to prepare favish trays of canapes and other. tidbils und Kive the arrangement a topical touch.
For onc such iden, arrange square crackers In the centre of a big troy, Arst live crackers,
then three, with four making p the bottom row. Top each cracker with a very thin stieg of yellow chcese,
Then carefully cut strips of green pepper and pimento und arrange them to form a letter on each cracker, spelling out, of course, "HAPPY NEW YEAR." Around these eruckers arrange a handsome display of cannpes and spreads on crackers.
Heat crackers in a 360 F. over for about 4 min. Lei cool before spreading with cartape mixtures. These crackers will keep flaky despite toppings, in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hr.
in this way, laid on
It's The Latest To Look Knitted
By JANE FIRTH.
but The newest thing is to look 'hand-knitted' —
not be so.
there wasn't.
Maybe you can't take the time
to go to the Mayo Clinic, but you certakaly
go to your family physicion.
can
Many diseases start slowly and insidiously and we may be un- aware of them. Your doctor may be able to correct these diseases if treatment is begun early.
By making an electrocardio- gram tracing he can determine the condition of your heart. He can find out how your heart re-
size is normal.
He can test your kidney exere-
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Welcome The
Year, But Don't Overdo it!
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
BIG party
tonight might very well mean a big head tomorrow morning.
A
You can toast the New Year In without any harmful after effects, or you can spend most of tomorrow morning nursing a hangover. The choice is yours. Moderation In Best
Moderation, of course, maltes the difference.
If you're in good health, one or two highballs probably won't hurt you. But if you follow one drink with another, and then
to cxercise, and whether as add more, you're going to have
Britain led the field recently when at the haute couture shows Michael produced a sheath dress and jacket which mystified the experts. It looked like a handknit in shades of black, white and grey but proved to be a tweed. Inspiring this new fabric design was Garigue, the London wool merchant who designs his blood. own cloths.
cont
France followed on. malching hat, all of which Hero's a Jean Patou outfit are in a loose woven woollen (photograph) of suit and tweed which again looks
with like knubbly hand-knitting. full-length
The full-length coat is fur- lined and judging by most of
outhis the
produced by designers, it seems that they are expecting a really frosty
winter.
Germany is in on this fashion fad too. There are many new weave woollen materials which almost exactly reproduce the stitches of hand-knitting. beige wool out looks
exactly ilke ordinary cable stitch, und The soft lines of the style are in
trouble.
pails
tions to see if your kidneys are ab cannot drink
You tall or fat persons probe any more working as they should. He than your short or thin con also get an indication of without feeling the same effects. how your kidneys are function-
Whether you're a big man or ing by determining the amounts
woman or a tiny one, you can't drink too much" alcohol without suffering.
of various substances in The
Special Textu
He can make special tests to see if your liver 19 working properly.
Maybe I can help case that suffering a little for you. Follow This Programme
When you get home in the He can take your blood pres. wee hours of tomorrow sure, and make other tests to morning, take a good drink of
lemonad determine whether your circula-water, ime juice ar
before going to bed. Then get tion is operating efficiently.
He can search for infection in plenty of sleep at least a full your teeth, tonsils, nasal sinusos eight hours. and, if you are a man, in your
the morning,
drink a couple of glasses of fruit juice prostate gland.
By carefully considering any
and other liquids (not Hot coffee is good complaints which you may have, alcoholic). he can decide whether additional as a stimulant. Take a laxative X-rays and laboratory studies and a good hot bath, jare required.
If Your Hoad Aches Through this health nudit, your doctor can determine
If you still have a headache. whether you need a special diet, lie down in a quiet,
darkened whether you need more vitamine zoom. Apply either heat or and minerals,
whether you cold. You can use wet cloths should exercise more or less, or a hot water bottle or an ico This new fashion givea the and whether you should hava baz. One or two aspirin tablets home handywoman two chelces. extra periods of relaxation. It also might help quiet the
She can look for one the any specific medical or surgical hammers pounding in new type fabrics by the yard frontment is needed, he'll dis- | head.
cover that, 100,
Hiccups are frequently asso- ciated with over-indulgence.
So, have a happy New Year's Evol And if you follow these few suggestions, maybe
you'n have a happy New Year's Day.
keeping. The small collar and matching beret are both in
black velvet,
or she, canı begin doing some chunky accotini.
knitting on her own
With all the modern methods at our disposal, we doctors can The newest knitting wools do a great deal to recondition a are catering for the expected person and, in this way, not only
to his life, but can One of these, which add years knits up extremely quickly, hastinuing life to his years.
demand.
a smooth finish more associated with woven fabrfe than kaltling. And suitable designs are also being produced-the newest of these being a useful, warm and light three-quarter length coat.
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A SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S PUNCH
By ALICE DENHOFF.
HE
TERE are some knockouts in the punch de- pariment, good notions during the holklays, for New Year's and a special midnight punch Eve. At one house we know this in served with special cooklen that go with it like a dream. So suppose we do this first, even if the ble night is some time off.
To make about 3 quarts of punch, serving about 24 smalt punch cups, mix 1⁄4 c. sugar with tap. powdered cloves. Add one e, strong hoi tea and 2 c. corn syrup: heat gently together un!ll sugar in dissolved. Cool. Add one pt. sape inloe, one c. lemon juice, 2 thinly-sliced oranges, one Pint water and one quart ginger ale or soda. Four over block of ice into punch bowl.
For thủ cookies, ml # tbsp, sugar with. 15 lap, powdered mace. Cream Cone ... butter, gradually adding the sugar, then 360, 'puro, unrulphured molasses. Stir in § c. sified enrichod four and 3⁄41⁄2 tap, mt. · Add one e, nula,, chopped, mis save out a few pieces to top each cooky. If desired.
Cut into rounda or crescents, or roll Into balls and fludiòn with fork into smsil: cookies. Bake at 400 F. for about 10 mln. Since these are 4chelous, rich, short cookies, they grease their glasses, and fop, with thep, whipped cream,
own pan, so please bake on ungreased cooky sheet. Makes about 6 doz cookies.
For a good stirrup cup, place in a saucepan 4 e swert elder, tsp, whole allspice, 8 whole cloves and tbsp. slick cinnamon, bruken. Hess slowly to boiling, strain, and serve hot, Berves 0.
For a pretty party punch that the young folk will enjoy, bell together for 10 mln. 4. sugar and 8 c. water. Cool, Add Juloo of 12 lemons, 1 c. pineapple juice, 24 maraschino cherries (quartered), orange and lemon alloet and 2 tlaned crushed pineapple and, Grally, 4 pls, carbonated water. Serve In large punch bowl with a 2-qi, block of orange ice,
RESOLUTIONS FOR HOMEMAKERS
FE
NEW of us keep the good
resolutions We
make
the Arst of every year, but undoubtedly the very fact that we make them regle tera in the subconscious mind, and this, in many cases, causes them to be at least partly carried out.
I every homemaker would make and honestly try to carry out the following resolutions, food bills would go down, family health would go up, and we would have a bumper crop of rested homemakers.
I resolve:
To make the best possible use of every food dollar.
To cook to save full $cod
Brazilian Chocolate goes over big with one values. keme-from-college group we know. It is rich, it' true, but the youngsters have as much energy they stem to work off the extra holiday pound. ago easily.
To store foods safely to avert Įspollage. 7
To respect left-overs.
To enlarge my repertoire of recipes.
To providd my family with meals nutritionally balanced for good health.
·To serve 4, eat 2 squaées unsweetened cho- colate la plecer and plion with one e, strong coffee in upper part of double boiler over direct heat. Sile until chocolate is melted and blended. Add darh of salt and S 'thrp, sugár, Boll 4 min., sirring constantly. Place over hoi wilen, Add place for my children. gradually 3 o. mlik, altering, constantly. When hot, beat with rotary egg beater unili ilgħak, and frothy, Coal. Pour over cracked - Ion in tall
To make the 'klichon' a safe
To re-arrange my · Kilchen to avold indoor marathons
By VERA WINSTON
FASHION and function combine nowhere better thần, in today's raincoats. · Culled from the latest crop, a nic choice for the traveler is this. raincoat with. `a..., detachabla hood. It la of" wool", Sermey
· made water-repellent. A knit- collar or impressive propor tions, flapped patch pockets) and brass buttons provide 1 'téreating detail'.
ON taj lalaly are separates
linked by color rather than fabric, as is the cam with this
twosome. The blouse is of maatta ferway in mink brown; the skirt id of matching brown but the fabrio se a soft woolen., A bédutiful neckline, with re- Tankt Eiche disappearing into the shoulder fine, distinguishen the blower. The mirt has a flying back panel to afiset ita
zilm linea.
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