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Manners By Post
11/HEN you write a letter, do you
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ever follow it in your mind's you to its destinationt Do oyo visualize the expression on the face of the recipienf when reading the contents?
You certainly ought to do so. for a letter can shine na vividly as a bright light before you, or it can weigh like a stone in your pocket. It can colour the whole day for the one who receivos It, or cast a grey mantle of gloom.
Which colour do your letters take with them?
If you cheek the habit of putting off an swering letters. Make it a golden rule to reply to nil letters within three days of receiving them. II you delay, your letter will have to consist mostly of an apology, and that won't bring back a very cheer- ful answer.
are al correspondent,
Friendships thrive on pen and for want of paper, but ade away
Strangely enough, the more you write the more news you will find to give.
response.
What to say is often a problem. But it ought not to be. Pick out all the happy bits of news to relate. Nover grumble or complain. If you have to mention illness or distres try to make light of it By the time your leller is delivered the trouble will probably be improved, and your friends will worry needlessly.
Write to your friends as you would talk to them. The essence of a letter is that it should be personal. Nobody will thank you for a dis course on the European situation. It is a little thing like the soule than did not rise, your new jumper, or your visit to the theatre that make interesting reading for your friends, When answering n letter, read it through carefully so that you can be- sin by referring to things mentioned in it before starting off on your own afairs. Always acknowledge money and invitations at once, even though you have only time to seribble a post
card.
What to Avoid
The
Never write unkind letters, urge to write and tell that person off" is often strong, Maybe he—ar she has said something nasty about in you or appeared to slight you some way or other. Spoken angry words can be forgotten if they are not said too often, but written words become photographed on the mind and live long to haunt us.
If you have a sick friend or one in trouble, make time to sit down and send a word of sympathy and cheer, It is the thought that mat- ters, not what you write.
Remember that a birthday letter
is doubly appreciated if you post in time to arrive on the right datel to avold Keep an address book having to omit writing a letter owing to lack of an address.
Regarding replies to invitations, remember to use the same form of
speech when replying. Third per-
Monday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 9, 1939.
PLAYTIME FASHIONS
1178
BIG
1177
sister chooses a shirt with easy fitting pleated
in their printed colton tub frocks. Baby is proud of the appliqued duck on her gay check rompers, while sonny, kneoling, looks very 'monly in
his dark linen knickers and short-sleeved shirt.
1176
for young boys
and
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girls
By MARY
GRACE
1175
1174
son walls for third person, a friendly, the time and date of an invitation in How often has an excursion been Are your feet
Infoanal note for such another the answer, whether the reply is spoilt by some member of the reply. It is always a safe and polite formal or the reverse.
rule to repeat the essentials, such as i
1. I.
·Hat and Muff Set of Fur
Buying
clothes
thrilling adventure,
New York. "Blond Bebe," "Marine Maggy," a"Vert Vitriol," and "Grand Grenot." always but 13 even
more so this season.
If you are a
good budget-stroleler you will en-
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Paris, Paquin presents youthful platd
joy the idea of owning a half dozen suits and claborated evening Kowns. That's the general Iden-a hat Spring-like collection features Cor-
hats.
for every costume and for every oc-beau blue for ension and. what's more, a inult to creamy tones. match some of them..
The new muffs are either of fur ut of corded or shirred velvet. Even- ing mulls made use of other fubrics while those bridesmaids carry often of flowers.
are
MUFFS ARE PRETTY Muffs are also kappy' combinations of fur and the same cloth as in the cout. Most of them are good look- ing if a bit spectacular in size and shape, it being the large mult as well as the large bag that is the present voruc.
The winter coat problem is proba- bly behind you, but if it isn't and you are looking for just what you want, it's encouraging to report that while some coats are iterally burled under fur, there are also very trim and stylish ones without. There has been a good deal of talk in fashion columns about coloured coats but they are not any too easy to find.
Among the many fashion show New Yorkers altended have been some confined to furs alone, and, S one might expect, the luxury angle was played up. At one fox dominated, at anollier ermine, but
Kels around
sees that ty Ofe smart women are wearing sable, mink and baum marteni scarfa made of three to five skins and adjusted nt will Fur hat or hats partially of fur are very much in vogue, but since hats seem to get smaller and smaller, опе needn't worry very much about the amount takes to make one.
of fur it
Paris..
Maggy Rouff's midseason collec- Lions contain many suits. Blouses in Batin or lingerie type accompany all suits.
Nowest silhouette sug- geats bustle outline through panel of gathered fullness at back of skirt.
Gay colour names feature!
A LOVE STORY SING
Of THE
evening-tweeds in Hoods in formal interpretations, combined with shoulder capelet. Ruches, em- braideries, fabric insets important.
zxpedition exclaiming, "I can't go any farther; my feet ache so!"
Although it is true that in some cases the catise may not be the fault of the individual, the vast majority of foot troubles are due to the person concerned.
Carelessness, Ignorance or pride are the chief culprits. People can- not be bothered to get suitable shoes for walking. Some do not realise that feet unused to long walks will not function itke those of an athlete.
Others have purchased shoes beenuse they lock nice or because they make the feet look small.
If you want shoes that will carry you over miles of country, over hill
A high-crowned hai la mänve feli with a wide edze' of 'natural'
BOAT. The same fur and felt repent in the muf.
"SPAWN NORTH"
******* GEORGE RAFT –
are having cold weather these days, it won't be long before the children will be throwing off their heavy clothes and demanding some- thing lighter. Why not start preparing now.
ALTHOUGH we
Now that the sales are on, you will And plenty of remuants from which the practical designa illus- trated can be made.
Look at these happy youngsters-- they play freely and easily as thete clothes don't worry them.
will
Twelve-year-old Tomboy daughter choose shorts us No. 1174. These are more femluline this year, with pleats back and front to give à skirt-like appearance,
Grey
tannict or light coloured linens are used with orange, bright green, or scarlet blouses.
Little Tommy in his short-sleeved shirt and dark blue linen knickers, No, 1175, is getting down to business. Holding Tomboy's hand Is Mary in a practical colton frock. No. 1170, with useful buttened bodice and knickers to match,
"Isn't the show great?" says eight- year-old Suc. She wears an easy-to- make frock, No. 1177, belted at waist and with contrast collar and binding on puff sleeves.
Baby can't spoil this romper, No. 178, and can tumble about in the sand to her heart's content. She will be well pleased it you decorate It with a small duck or woolly lamb,
Recipe
ORANGE AND BANANA TART
MASH three bananas with
a little caster sugar. Add a cupful of orange julce, the juice of half a lemon, and sufficient fine sponge cake crumbs to form a cream, Line a tort plate with short crust pastry, and bake with the inside weighted with rice 50 that it does not rise. When the pastry is cold, fill with the orange mixture, make a circle of very thin orange slices all round the edge, and sprinkle chopped blanched almonds over the centre.
SPOIL-SPORTS?
and dale, then buy a pair with thick soles and soft appers, a pair that really ft. Break them in a week or two before the holiday.
Those who suffer most from foot troubles are the people with thin bony feet, flat feet or feet that perspire too freely.
Size, Please
The first class should be careful in their choice of footwear. They require bigger shoes relatively than those with fal feet because the latter are already padded and the friction pi a tight shoe, does not affect them to the same extent. A thinly covered foot quickly chafes if shoes are too tight. ✪
Flat feet are those where the normal arch which gives a spring to the gnit has fallen and the patient instead of being held up by the clastic bands underneath the foot, walks on the more solid bony Joints of the foot,
There is no cure for flat foot in an advanced stage because the bones have changed in shape and nothing will ever alter that, but
considerable amount of relief can be obtained by wearing a soft spongy inner sole to the shoe.
In the early stages flat feet will usually yield to exercise, helped by the bullding-up of the shoe on its inner edge so as to throw the weight of the body on to the outer
By a Physician
side of the foot. Particularly in hot weather those who suffer from perspiring feet have an uncomfort- able time. Blisters form readily if care is not taken, the fect tend to swell and the shoes to pinch.
Strict attention to hygiene is essential, and if the condition can- not be entirely cured at least ita worst features may be lessened.
In these cases the feet should be washed in cold water containing a little washing soda every morning and evening.
After a thorough drying, dust the feet all over with a powder of starch, zinc and boric acid. Keep the nails clean and short. A change of socks or stockings 13 essential every day.
Useful To Know
GOOD way of freshening up a velvet frock or coat is to suspend
|It over the bath on an Improvised line then run the hot water Into the bath. Let the dress hang for a while in the steam. This is better than going
over the dress with steam from a Kettle.
A glove hint from Amerien is to put all new kid or leather gloves be- tween the folds of damp towel for an hour or so before they are worn for the Arst time. Then they will not be likely to split when put on.
Tinted Timepieces
COLOUR schemes are being in- mother-of-pearl dini and gold hands.
Iroduced Into
the
newest Another novel dress watch fits Inio watches. Dints are tinted in softest a case which is a minute replica of pastel shades and brightly coloured a cigarette ense in four shades of hands and figures provide a clever gold. contrast in shades.
A woman's original cilp-watch is The face of a watch may be cop- made of stainless steel in the form per-rose, dove grey or amber yellow, of a ship's wheel. Brightly polished The hands may be midnight blue, stainless steel is sometimes combined cardinal red or emerald green. The with dull gold to make an attractive wrist band may match either the wrist or pocket watch. A different dial or the figures. Black dials are effect is obtained with unpolished 0150 very fashionable with while, stainless steel and dull gold. red or grey figures.
There are some very small novel Mother-of-pearl, so much in vogue watches set in gold propelling pen- Afly or sixty years ago, is being ells, in the owner's key, or in the fused again for watch dials. A man's centre of a brooch thaped like a
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