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One, two, three, four One, two, three, four Baby is standing on the hoarthrug doing his evening. chante exoroisos, while Mother
shoftly to help him to kosyphe rhythm Updown. Up ""down" Little fingers touching little toas. Vory quietly and very gently, of Nothing at all ·herriod about it. Nothing to exaite him. No one looking on, except Mother, and she is too wise to admire him out loud.
coursa.
She knows his brain must be tranquil when he is tucked up in bis cot if he is to be sure of deep, healthy alcop. Just once again, opd. then the warm towels are ready for the nightly rub down ....and while he is still tingling with com fort and still feeling a little plea santly tired, he is popped into hi cat and off to dreamland, hand-in- hand with the Diabman. That's
nowadays.
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RECIPES FOR SKIN
PACKS.
HOW TO KEEP YOUR HANDS
BEAUTIFUL.
What face packs do for the com- plexion hand packs do for the
hands,
When Romps Must Casse.. For half an hour before bedtime proper, everything in the way of excitement is carefully offaced from the nursery. The tempo of the day" gradually slows down. Bedtime rops must be over and done with by then, or baby may go to bed a Hittle feverish and And difficulty in settling off to rest.
Not that this, half-hour is dull. Not a bit of it. Little nursery rhymes are sung to him in which the joins when he likes. But he is not enaxed to sing if he does not want do. Little stories are told to him which won't excite him but may be mightily interesting for all that. Most of the toys must be put to bed save one favoured. Furry" fof some sort who sleeps in his cót. Visitors are strictly barred from this time, because the best inten- tioned of thein are prone to make fuss of the young gentleman and and all the good work which is being done."
Baby's Exercises.
Then, just to make sure that the: circulation is good and that cold hands and feet sry out of the ques- tion, the little exercises are gone through after the bedtime routine of washing and so forth is over.
HONU KONG DAILY PRESE
WOMAN'S PAGE
STRIKING " NEW FASHIONS.
These little regalar movements, they YOUTHFUL NOTE IN PARIS. frock worn with the coat
are hardly more than that, have, however, an additional importance besides that of improving the air-
The new clothes this season have ulation or even of inducing that lost all that fussiness which laat jolly tired feeling..
winter threatened to drag us back The quiet harmony of limb and to the era of bustles and frills and brain of which Baby is quite ungenerally uncomfortable unitidiness conscious, but which is none the loss will help in the least the great army But it is not a simplicity which valuable for that, the gentle chant of copyists who are now eagerly which sonthes by its regularity, awaiting a sight of that the sensitive fashions. these ENKUTO young mind will enjoy real repose. They, smooth na it wore the wrink les from the day, and banish even the suspicion of discord.
When he gots into his cot, which has been warmed "by a hot water bottle, he finds his favoured Furry waiting for him and all ready to go One of the most popular hand in sleep as quick as you like. Packs in Paris this years is a glyce Furry has been warmed by the bot rine-quince compound with a de-le too, and is nice to cuddle. Good eiled bleaching action.. Equal quantities of pure glycerine and bay rum are added to finely powder ed quince seeds to form L thin paste, and this is applied to the hands at bed time and left on all night.
old Furry! With a sigh of satis faction he snuggles down and that is that Lights out, plenael.
Mother tiptoes to the window and makes sure that the air can
enter freely and also that there is another exit so that a fresh current is certain. She has ascertained
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the
Bew
Dressmakers have eniled all their cunning to their nid this year and skirts. and sleeves and neck lines, which look simple at first sight. are nctually achieved by the most intricate handwork.
H
New Shouettes,
Youthfulness is the note the dress- makers are stresaing this year. Both the new silhouettes-one fit-
ting and the other slightly looser
are only to wear,
A slightly higher, moulded waist; line is to be acon in several houses, modifed printers line. and one designer stresace, a new
Sleeves are extremely complicat- ed. They have inst that feeling of
The pack is applied to the skin after washing in fairly warm water. long ago that the ect is placed so the nineties which characteris- Gloves are then slipped an to avoid that draughts are out of the quesed them last season, and now have marking the bed linen. The quincetion."
sends are rendily obtainable from any good chemizt's establishment.
An American Traatment..
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From New York comes new hand pack for winter use, too. This pack is composed of egg, lemon and saten, these ingredients be- ing blended so as to keap, one's hands, arma and elbows in condi tion even during intense cold.
To prepare this pack take half a fresh ogg, add "a toaspoonful of
lemon juice and mix well togsthor, then add just enough as oatment to form a thin paste.
Once the hands, arms and elbows show signs of redness, bathe the skin woll with warm water, than rub over with the compound until a thin thyer covers the reddened part. Leave on all night if possible. The lemon counteracts any darkening effect of the skin due to the oil, while the latter prevents too draatio effect of the neid fruit juice.
Popular In Berlin.
In Berlio beauty salons this year the niline-boracic hand pack is proving extremely popular. Though considerably cheaper than many packs quite good results can be ob- tained.
To propare, take two ounces of Innobibu, raelt it, add a teaspoonful of warm rosewater and stir well un-
til nearly cool. Then sift in ubout
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Lady Moon Is Watching. Then she shute the door gently and Lady Moon slips through a crack in the curtains to have a linja of Baby. But that young person doesn't see her. He is nearly
sleep already.
a desert-spoonful of best boracic year, the Swiss cocoa butter pack
Bottled down to interpret the mood of the modern woma
Still it does not prevent them from draw- ing their inspiration from a dozen sources-and showing it.
Vera Boren, a new comer to the ranks of the great dressmakers, suggests the Italian renaissance in sleeves which are slit and puffed and gathered in a most interesting. and clever fashion.
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Most women will breathe a sigh of relief to hear that the jackets I have seen up to date" are no longer exaggeratedly short.
They
are usually hip length, but semi- fitting at the waist. Worn with skirt which are slightly flized there look extraordinarily jaunty.
Scarve Sashes.
Another kind of costume which. will be particularly becoming to English women has a little fitting. hip-length jacket and a seemingly | narrow straight skirt with pleats to
give it fulness.
Some of the looser jackets have elaborate scarves, in one or two colours, pass through slots in front and these scarves are so-ar ranged that they may be worn as twisted sashes on the accompanying frock,
Both frocks and blouses, sleeve- less or with short sleeves, will be wara with jackets this year, and all kinds of odd trimmings are being used to give a note of colour or to
powder, and work ap into a thick provides a quick one-night-curely dress on unusual material. cream by insans of a fork.
water
Wash the skin affected by rodness, chaps, roughness, etc. in nicely warm, dry quickly on a fair ly "rough towel, then ameng over the compound, slip on an old pair of gloves, and leave on overnight. Next morning wnah off in tepid. water to which a teaspoonful of alive oil has been added,
English cocon butter is identical Day arts aro a little shorter, and can be brought cheaply at any On the other hand, most of the now chemist's shop. It is generally sold cinema frocks and informal dinner in sticks. Of a hard nature, it and gvening dresses are of ample may be softened in a cup placed in length. Most formal evening gowne
bowl of hot water for a few reach to the slipper. minutes.
to
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Cinema Frocks, Take a small stick of the "but-` Mme Yteb has n'oharming dever and rub it well into the skin lopment of her cinema dregses of and leave on all night. This pack last soon. On one block” Jacq enn-elso be used for the arms and frock, for instance, there is-a-cream- elbows, as well as the neck. It is guipure ton with short sleeves and Whore, the skin of the hands is cheap, easy to carry in one's hand- bolera long-sleeved jacket in black. merely tough due to cold and in-bag, and should find a home among non efficient drying at this time of the one's winter beauty aid, either, at Another type of cinema dress is (Continued as foot of next column.) home or
made by another designer Over
A**One-Night Gate,”
a simple black orêpe frock sha, puta A white Ince and chiffce blouse. Over this again is worn a short coat with shoulder and elbows slit to show the lace. In the evening the blouse may be removed and the
Waist-length fitting evening juckets appear again in Some houses, but the jackets with the cape collar, which is thrown over the shoulder, is one of the most. graceful garments I have seen. provides a delightful frame for the face and in extremely comfortable.
It
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE'S NOTEBOOK
When peeling onions place in a large basin of water and keep hands, knife and onion under watar. This prevents the syes from being affected by the onion and the knife from smelling.
If you wish to cut butter into aven aquaros for the table uso a coarse, wet throad. This will out it cleanly.
To remove ink stains from the hande rub them well with the inside
of a banana skin.
MISS GRUVERS
CHEESE
Cream Crackers
Crisp and Flaky
made by
CARR'S of CARLISEE
W. B. LOXLEY & CO. YORK BUILDING.
PETIT
GERBER BLIMEs.1836
GRUYÈRE
Make tempting dishes with this delicious cheese"
There are heaps of the most tempting dishes to be made with this delicious Gruyere cheese. By itself it is a perfect dessert. Eat it with sandwiches-crisp hearts, of celery-coffee or other beverages. You will be delighted with its freshness and delicious flavour. Gerber's Gruyere is the finest cheese that Switzerland, a country famous for cheese-making can produce.
When the outer cover of the new Gerber's Choose tin hal been opened, it, sevadia sa inner lining. “The Ud oàn be replaced adšín after use, thus providing completely dust and damp-proof container. This haw`tła bas also the added asent of keeping the contents
free from inspott/
GERBER'S
SWISS PETIT
GRUYÈRE
CHEESE
Send for a copy of the Gerber's Gruyere Cheese recipe booklet to. Nestle's 14, Queen's Rd. Cent
Phone 80927.
"Learn to care for your skin scientifically to keep it young and naturally lovely Quicken the circulation that carries off poisons and
brings fresh colour, to the cheeks. Nourish the tissues to keep them firm and
round. Drive away all
ELIZABETH ARDEN
says,
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.
THE HONG KONG DISPENSARY
EST. 1841
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signs of age by holding
that natural contour and the
radiant sparkle of your youth."
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF
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ARDEN
NOSHINE A DELICATE PREPARATION WHICH PREVENTS THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF A SHINY NOSE-18.80.
PORE CREAM-A GBBASRIESS.
ASTRINGENT CREAM WHICH RESTORES THE SATINY TEXTURE OF THE SKIN- $10
ARDENA POWDER-THE PERFECT
POWDER-$450 -·-·
AMORETTA CREAM—A DELIGHTFULLY
BOET AND 8999
SOOTHING VANISHING CREAM $8.50 and $8.50
AMORETTA CREAM ULTRA-PRESERVES AND SOFTENS THE SAIN - $610 and 88 ACHE LOTION A BEAMING LOTION. FOR
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