THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1937.
CUP and SPOON
Baby Sits Up to
His First Meal
OME months ago I met a de- (lightful baby with the name of Leander; she was then ten daya her mother bad
" old, and"
cheerfully taken to the road; Inden with Leander and a heavy basket.
Yesterday I saw Leander again, a thumping no girl, aged eight months. with four teeth, clear of eye, straight of limb.
tosten
Crists
"Btt nursing her?" I luquired, but was delighted to receive the reply, "Only partly. Haby geln tastes of jois of diings now, you know."
The
Included spoonfuls of brutt from the family pl. scraps of cooked vegetables and thic clunk of lightly cooked meat out of which baby suelted the Julees, after which the realdue was thrown away.
The mother was actually following The method of weaning which is now
by recommended
modern baby-
specialists. 1hough In this case the rules was simply carrying out the witch cokon sense dictated.
The cubject of weaning often pis. Kents great terrors to mothers who re gand the change as upsetting.
Actually. 3 weaning is a gradual process and if solids are introduced at the right stage, it should work ame nmonths I am replying to averies ma this important subject this week, Country Mother
I les far from the Welfare Centre, but last time I as there Nurse tall met ruin weaning Emily when she lens aceru months old. I forgot to k with reich feed I should begins.
A STAMPED and addressed env.
Jope would have brought th prompt reply which this query
#red
I understand the difficulties of the country mother, for the distance between home and ellule may be very great and one can always, restent bar the necessary queries at the time.
My first weaning chart is specially Intended for babies who have been naturally fed vel for whom weaning has been ordered.
By following my three wenning rharts you will have Baby on a well- balanced toddler's dirt with meals it the plage of baby freds by the time alie 14 ti months old.
Gradual Weaning
I want to make no mistakes when weaning baby, who is four mouths old; hùth-toëlpht Gib.. present weight
early 1210.
EXPECT you have already intro duced fruit juice into baby's dietary. If not, give two teaspoonfuls of orange hire or four of strained tomato jure
in equal amounts of cool filed water?
Baby doesn't miss his bottle but takes happily to a spoon.
alightly sweetened with sugar, at 0
m. and 6 p.m. daily.
At five months introduce ene außer of bolled milk in two of water with u level teaspoonful of sugar before the 2 pm. feed preferably. This will be the plvat round which your wenning process will revolve later; it can be given with a cup and spoon,
A six months introduce a table. spoonful of good bone and vegetable soup before the 10 am. feed; lists can be replaced by a teaspoonful of sirved green vegdable in one of boiled milk and one of water to give variety.
Before the 6 pm. Tred give a ten.
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Her Mirror
"Have I
really vot a
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TIME
spoonful of the white and yolk of egg beaten well together. At seven months you could stars with my first weaning hart, but continue the extras in con- Junction with this.
Teething Problem
My baby is nearly nine months old and "ready" for weaning, but my neigh- bour has warned me not to begin us Baby is teething.
PEETHING does not come into the
question. If you walted unt teething was over, baby would still be waiting to be weaned at the age of two yearn when the cutting of talk teeth is normally completed.
I suggest that a baby of this age shouk! be weaned 'an to my second wenutog chart. which I will forward to you on receipt of a stamped and airf- dressed envelope. lie it too tur advanced for my first weaning chart.
Poor Enter
ALY toddler refuses repetabies mushed with gravy, únik is not keen on milk puddins. Aged 14 mouths. Three terth only.
You are, perhaps, making the mis
take of giving baby tod inuch sloppy food; this should be avoldest, its should tie habit of mushing up the child's dinner into an unpleasant, fastelers mass on his plate.
Keys the various things separate. and let baby bave, mayileruta tar
Max Factor's Postbag
DEAR Mr. Factor
I have a small beauty problem, but one which takes on tremendous proportions to me in my efforts to put forth a well-groomcel appear- My eyebrows won't lie down. They stick up in just a few minutes after I have finished making up, and spoil an otherwise nice make-up ↑ lave thought of plucking them all
ance.
Beauty
Problems Solved
out and just penciling eyebrows is just as you put them Indefinitely. It they should be. Would you re time this technique will train them rontmend this?
lo le smoothly,
Sincerely,
LUCILLE WRIGHT,
Dairen.
Dear Mr. Fuctor:
Never be so foolish as
blonde She has blue eyes and a inedium complexion, She brunette powder, blendeen
Wears
By our
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about. Also, keep his dinners on the dry side. for dry food is far better for him`now.
Vary the Flavour
My Arat child, aged four, is faddy about its meals. I want to avoid this trouble with baby, who is six months old.
Your aim must be to necustom Baby carly to all kinds of instes. Give her plenty of variety in the ingles of various foods.
Now she is xlx monitis old, vary the fruis-juice, for instance, and persevere pailently until she comes to take all flavours nicely. Provided you are satis fled that the fruit is cleni nad nound, the more you vary R. the better.
Do the same with other foods as she reaches the various stages; never keep to the same kind of cereal for pud- dings; avold giving the same kind of dinner (ton often potato moistened with gravy or else egu) every day,
Many mothers think because older children generally have acquired a sweet tooth, that baby's foods must be on the sweet side to be tempting. But baby has a liking for savoury foods, Loo, The gravy from a freshly cooked joint is specially good for him.
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To clean underneath the nails soiled, use ordinary "vinegar, If this does not do the trick, add one teaspoonful of ammonia to one table- spoonful of soft soap, mix thorough- jy op n and apply to the n
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It looks like a million dollars," but And don't stop at the wrist-- that doesn't apply to shoes, so spend think of your elbows. Times with a little more on shoes and less on out number I see women, faultlessly
and
am a housewife and hats, unless you want ot run your turned out by their dressmaker and do all my own work, I have always; tried to take good care of my hands temper, spoil your walk, and impair coiffeur, exquisitely made-up.
! with beautiful hands, but their They are never red or chapped, but your digestion. much of my effort goes in vain be-i
whole appearance apoiled by wrink- led, rough, and reddened elbows. cause my nails break off so badly,
The neglect of years. cannot be
to pluck I want to ask you a question just Is there anything I can do to keep you may, as I do, love high-
out of curiosity. I hope you won't them limber and prevent having] X heeled shoes, but if you find remedied in a few minutes, but you mind. I алт я great admirer of stubby-looking fingers?
Carroll. Could you tell Madeline
her eyes. me exactly what colour
skin are? hair and cosmetle colours?
all of your eyebrows. In fact, ba very careful never to pluck 100 many. The modern trend is de Anitely away from over-plucked eyebrows. You Can solve your problem very easily with a small brush and a bottle of bandoline. Molsien the brush with a drop of bandoline and brush your eyebrows into the shape you want them. When
What are her
or
your feet ache after wearing them can do a great deal to improve your Gratefully yours,
for a time,, give them a rest and elbows simply by rubbing in a little
preparation LOLA ADAMS, change to low heels. Low-heeled of your hand Hermosillo, Mexico, shoes are no longer the monstrosities greasy cream every night. If you take consistent care of they used to be. Really beautiful Nothing that an occasional visit to your hands It is logical to assume shoes can now be obtained with law an expensive beauty expert, chiro- podist, or manicurist can do for you lotion or medium heels. DOLORES MIRANDA, after you have had them in water. In your bath scrub the feels half as important ns the expend!- Ranengua, Chile. This is an important factor in briskly with a suff brush, rub gently ture of jual a little time and thought In a definite avolding broken nalls. However, if with pumice stone any places where every day in the matter of hands I add a natural they still break easily, soak them in the skin shows a tendency to harden, land armi and feet.
Sincerely,
Madeline
and
Carrolt may
fle bandoline is dry they will stay blonde,
Not too young to have found the way to
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fore using. If this fails to correct the condition, it might be well to
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Venezuela. Those who wear glasses must alter
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caused by a diet deflelency.
Dear Mr. Factor:
them. If you will be very careful not to apply your rouge so that it comes within the range of the lenses it will not look artifletal. The lenses magnify it and make " I have recently started wencing
You will also glasses. I never had any trouble laringly obvious.
have to alter the line of your cyc putting my make-up ол before,
brows no that they form a neatly but now my rouge looks unnatural, tailored line just above the lenses of although it la the same shade that your spectacles and follow the I always wore. My eyebrows don't general altape of them out to the seem to have the same becoming edges.
THE
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