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Children
Chilblains?
TO-DAY, with our chang-
ing notions of hygiene By Dr. Mary
and health, and especially with our greater possibili- ties for adequate home heat-, ing, the chilblain is far less evident than formerly.
But as it produces a winter crop of annoyance for so many we cannot afford to ignore it.
Theories
Anthony
tackled strenuously before hoping to put the blood stream and its vessels into such a buoyant state that win- ter cold and damp will geli exhilara- tion father than painful itchy masses
of chilblains...
Remedies?
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sufferer-but, as said before, a visit to the doctor is the wise prelude,
The doctor may decide to Justen the calcium treatment by a start course of "colloidal calcium" ajec tions. He may deelde (especially in the case of over-fat and rather dullisti adulescent girls) that thyrold extract called for. ile may order a course of galvanle hand or foot baths.
New Necklaces
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be short, are to JECKLACES
heavy, and elaborate this ecason. Plain beada seem to have gone out of Invour with the excepilon ci pearls, and theso are not worn in siunic sirinas,
When seed pearls are used some necklaces are made up of as many as slx rows. Where larger pearts are used three rows are considered suf Belent. Pink in the favourite colour, will have one necklace and often
the top row being three shades,
and the others be- palest in tini, coming deeper until the bottom row is made with pearla of deep rose.
The most fanblounble necklaces, however, are much more "barbaric" than these.
Heavy gold chains have large clusters of enamelled leaves and Bowers, small, dnt gold plates eut leaf-shaped, or filigreed gold balla hanging from them.
In feet or leg chilblains he may
Jewellery seta comprising necklace, recommend bundaging the lens (us in varicose veins) to help a rather ferble circulation in its work. And more than likely he will with to give bracelet, brooch, and car-rings in his patient a course of ultra-cietold thickly loaded with pearls, or ray treatment, both generally and directly on the affected chilblains,
Common Sense
It la cosy enough to say what a chilblain is, but it is by no means so easy to any, medically penking, what causes it. Patches of skat
But what is the pear sufferer to lo cortuin accus (on the toes, the fingers right now who finds hiuzelf rubbing the sides of the feet, either side of and reratching at hot painful chit the test, and oven cometlines on the blind?
not said a word So for 1 have considerable amount There is cars) react in a highly exaggerated
con do.. ri us take the about what we might call the com- manner to severe cold or damp. But that he
mon sense treatment of chilblains. what makes then do this is another simple home measures Brst.
Although above we reem to have. This in no bound up with the pre- inutter,
turned down the theory of calelum vention of chilblains that I wanted shortage as the origin of the trouble to leave it for emphasis,
that doubt whatever there is no
in giving calcium works wonders
And so a visit to the many cases. chemist for some calcium tablets is a wise step.
A visit to a milk bar for an extra half to one pint of mail: daily (to has secure
assimilated very easily form of caleton) makes another whe step. But must be remem- bered that for proper caletoun ab- sorption we need Vitamin D. so look to your winter sources of this pre- elous vitamin (fishsliver alls, fatty fish, egg, milk and bolter).
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There have been many theories, The popular notion that chilblains are due to a poor circulation is prul ably very close to the truth. hortage of caldun In the blood wna blamed for the trouble for
research but recent while proved that in most cases no short age exista.
Soine selentints contend that the root of the inatter lies in a delayed And clotting power of the blood. French medical minds see llon between chilblains and a pos- athle predisposition towards tuber- culonts
First Step
is
A child or young person whe
affected by childlains repeatedly should be thoroughly overhauled by doctor as a fint dep towards re covery. For although we have not yet pinned down the actual comic, it in well known that certain equditions of ill-health ure, frequently found in association with chilblains, and if them conditions are removed, the chilblains have a way of vanbhing as well.
Under nourishment; any source of chronic infection (such as septle
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Now the chilblain self must be attended to. If the skin is un- broken the following nukes an old and useful remedy. Sleep the affected part in a bowl containing equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and boiling water for (15 vols.)
30 mlantes once a day. from 5 to Dry thoroughly and friction gently Flen apply nathulating ointment (such as methyl afteylate ointinent or todes).
If this in carried out at night, the may be painted in the erihinin morning with varoren fodine (which does not stain) or with a paint of Friar's Bal and menthol (whichs can be purchased at any chemists).
Of course. It is quite a different tonsils, decayed teeth, etc.) en matter if the skin is broken. Then docrihu Imbalance Cuck as that the treatment lies in applying hot entised by a thyroid glanil
de hydrogen peroxide enmpresses, fol- Helency);
ctronic anremlo;
con- lowed by a southier alniment sprend stipation; any mill kidey or heart an clean at, And more vigorous Wndition, and, possibly, tuber treatment may be tried later when
at the skin is healed, · cular predlaposition: there or similar "below par" con- ditions of health may have to be
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A.R.P. ORDERS NO. 1
Instructions by
Director
For Coming Week
ARP. Orders by Win-Commander A. I. S. Stente-Perkins, on, Director of Air Raid Precautions:
RealenationN
The following irmation" Contre AR.P. Establishment in_notified:
Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Divisional Warf475, Fate Division, Hongkong.
Telepholste
There is yet a tremendous amount which ear be done for the chronic
Hints For Butter And Cheese Economy
WHERE there are growing boys Wand girls, the butter disappears like magic. Ifere is an excellent way «f-king-it-out
Take 1 h of salt bitter and b. margarine. Add a little more solt, and mix the two well together with your butter-pats, and you will find the misture a very good and cheap
Fiftyle Faglish-speaking Chinese are needed to out the AIL. Report Contres. Duties will consist of relaying Air Radajone.
·Names of volunteers should be tarwarsted
cure
The essential factor manking for of chil- the prevention and blains might be grouped in the fol- lowing list:
A full varied winter diet with an ample supply of vitamins-which similes plenty of milk, fresh fruit and vegetables.
amelied flowers are also popular, Oni set seen recently was decaralel with large, smoky pearls set in the form of bunches of grapes; while in another the neellace and bracelet consisted of four raws of small blue dalsies set on gok Hinks, with a breech and ear-rings of blue daisies
n geld to match,
Charining necklaces und bracelets are also rude of oxidised metal medallions in a conventional floral design, strung together on a thin in the chain. These, while bring most up-to-date tradition, have the advantage of being more cally worn by some people than the more tlam- boyant gold and gem jewellery,
From France come shell necklaces Lof various kinds, but all of them in
the new outsize form.
Suflelently warm clothing to pre-
fn ume of these pieces of mother- vent sudden chilling at any time.
Warin and suficiently loose stock-of-pearl the size and shape of a are strung on a thick silk ings and gloves-the silk-stocking mussel wearer who has failed to discover the cord. In others the mother-of-pearl cheap desh-coloured woollen under is cut in a fancy design, or is shaped winter deserves her like an oyster, with a tiny pearl fixed stockings for
to it chilblains.
There are some necklaces made up Indoor-heating-parents Adequate
shells with small scarlet should Insist on some form of cen-of pearl tral beating in every school that can cowrie shells lying in them, and some in which the pieces of mother-of- afford
peart nre interspersed with pearls and
Small pearl-linted bends,
periwinkle shells form uther necklaces,
D. L.
Shoes with atoit soles impervious to cold and damp-this applies es- peefally to children who change into slippers during school hours,
Fresh air ventilation in winter is perhaps of even greater import-
ance than in summer.
Indoor and outdoor exercise--ex- cellent "chilblain" exercises include skipping tap-dancing ballet-dancing. T skating and cycling-
House Hints
January 4, 1940.
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11347 sheared beaver in a flared skiri panel. The little doughnut col- lar 19 effectively echoed in A beaver bumper brim, hat. The fabrio is a smooth black wool- len coating.
Worth Remembering
MIE taste of burnt milk can be re- moved by adding to the milk whlist si hot a pinch of salt and a pinch of caster sugar.
If a mall piece of washing soda is added to the blue water when be no there will washing clalhes more streaky marks.
To shine shoes quickly do not brown or blanken. Rub over with a and piece of orange, let the juice dry on,
then polish in the usual way.
remove mould frpin furnilure, put two teaspoonfuls ammoni of into a pint of bolling water
sponge until dear. Wipe dry, and polish quickly with a rag moistened with polish to which oil of lavender
Sunlight every posible ry natural sunshine should be absorbed during the summer, and perhaps a course of sun-ray treatment taken in the early winter months.
Avalance of constipation.
Winter toning where necessary the thin over-energetle child may need the fattening comfort of the good old end-liver oil, whereas the plump, lazy dreamer may land, io benefit by a mineral tone,
Savoury Filling For Pies
IF you have learnt the knack of making a ple-crust 30n need never be at a loss for an appetising lunch or supper dish: You em vary your filings, and economy can be served In a quite agreeable way by Jeking out-meat-and-EH-with-odds.
and ends from the larder.
Damage Reports to the proper outlurities. To "spin out your margarine is tasty. in the Alt. Department, Lawn Albert also quite simple.
Rond, Hongkong.
Teinig
Here is
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Sliced onion and potatoes, raw or cooked, boiled macaron!, hard-boiled egg, grated cheese, and minced will not only make a filling go far ther, but also make your ple mare Here are some recipes for savoury cficacious method,
|plea-
To make steak and potato pie you Take 1 dessertspoon cornflour and
Break the require one pound of stewing steak, Penetical Course satrinationThe fol-one breakla eup raili lowing Instructors 4 alitted for
comfour dun to a smooth paste forge raw potato, two tomatoes und LALPS. Dugree at an examination with the mill, then plice both its seasoning. Trim the steak, cut it up. roll the pieces well in flour and seu- pan, and bring slowly the boil, Mr. M. Y. Adal, Mr. F. II. Chan, Mrs. Astirring all the time. When cold, soning, and stew till tender. Lay in Mr. D. W. Huma, Mr. Kwan Man-wal, hirierea the magazine with a wooden dish, alternating neat, with thinly iced potato and tomato. Pour hi the gravy, cover when cool with a nice crust, and bake for an hour ta a moderate oven.
cently held:
4. Everett, Mr. G. Front. Mr. G. Grover,
K. W. Leyden, Mr. La tempehorn. Mr. spoon und
slowly stir in vornflour
G. P. Murphy, Mr. Thing Mon-trol, tir. Clxture. Later make into pats.
K. Tavares, Me, Tong Sik-mlag, and Mr.
The Yankt
Forthcoming Lecturen in English for Warden-Club Luliano. Ice House Street,
Cheese Paste
Here is a good way of making langkong. Tuesdays and Fridays, 345B. cheese go nearly ns for us 1 b.! Pentamencing January 18. Lecturer: Mr. R. V. Boxer, 1. Sc.
Fish and car pie-One pound of enaked cod, two hard-boiled exis two boiled potatoes, some thick white sauce, a pinch of mace, pepper, and the fish, line a well-
Cut 1⁄4 lb. cheese into small pieces, for Bivak down I dessertspoon cornflour sall Bone Chinese Porthecming Lectures in Wardens Chinese Chamber of Commerce, to a smooth paste with 1 teaspoon buttered dish with potato sllees, on full. Cover with o Connaught Rond, Hongkong, Wednesdays mustard and 1 teacup milk. Season that fish, sliced egg, and sauce; repeat And Baturdays nt 7.30 p.m., commencing with pepper and a tiny pinch salt. till the dish
Mr. Lai Do- January 0. Lecturer: LAC.. South Chinn Athletic Association Bring all slowly to the ball, and boll rather rich crust und bake till golden School, Yue Won Street, Causeway Bay. minutes. Pour into sinali far, Tuesdays and Saturdays at 7.30 pan. rem-17 mencingJanuary 0, Lecturer: Mr. Paul Chuk, sazt,
The notice Imued in Orders No. 19 dated December, 20, regarding students who based an exasalnation at the Central Fire Statio
tion is hereby cancelled and the follow- ing batutes:
Examination Resuite. The following passed a Special AP Fire Brigade Ex- aluation, recently held, as under:
Fire Brigade Instructor Mr. Chung Wing-kwon. Mr. Ng Tong-yat Me, Wung Wal-tol, Mir, KI Iu-woon and Mr. Wond Peng-ho,
Fire Brigade Wardent.-C. W. Brand, Ko Tsak-yum. Leung Sik-hung, La Pak- kwan, Chung Yuk-mul, Lom So-man, Jackin Hau, & W. Brown, Blam Tak-ying. F. F. Bam, Lal Shu-han, Chan Chu-wal, wah, theyward Chan, Sung Ka-yui and E. C. L. Gan, Lak Yoo-hing, Ching Hal Greenwood,
• Altengah-Incrame
The following having qualified' are past ed to the A‚nă. Fatatilkfumont:
Wardens-Miss Yuen in-cung. Chan Lien-po. Pani Vik-kay, Ho Hingan, Li Wing, Misa Wong Yuk-yu,, Yuen long chai, Li Blu-tond. 1ung Pul-kwan. Wong Sund, Teang Take-gu, Leang Six-bun,
cu, Taul Chuck-yu, Ngal Nam-boung.
When cold spread on brend or toast instead of butter.
Isobel
Many Lives
Saved
brown.
Liver and bacon pie-One pound of ilver, several slices of bacon, come and good dripping, mashed potatoes one onion. Grease a ple-dish, put in thinly sliced liver, finely chopped onion, some potato and stasoning. Dot with bits of dripping, repeat the layers, and bake three-quarters of na hour. Then make a crust with mashed potato, n little flour and drip- Iplug, cover and brown.
Swiss ple-A pound of cooked veal, two ounces each of coelted ver« micelli and cold ham, a tle grated cheese, some
salt, white muce, London, Jan. 3.
pepper, and nutmeg. The exceptionally heavy demands
Grense a ple-dish, the with pustry. mode upon the services of the Royal press the vermicelli Into the postry National Lifeboat Institution during and then all the dish with the other the past four months owing to the Ingredients. Cover with.bort-crust brutal and indiscriminate use of and turn out when baked a good mines and torpedoes by Germany are rich brown. reflected in a review published to- day of the year's work of this great voluntary society.
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IL W. 8.
were awarded during the year to The Institution, which maintains a members of lifeboat crews. fleet of lifeboats and life-saving an Insitution put into kervice 17 new
The
il Blu-cheong, Mis Lut Bin-kwan, Young paratus round British consta and Is motor lifeboats and there are now. Miss Yuen Lin-chun Ho Yan served by fisherman crews, Is 145 of these and 15 sailing lifeboats Itoung Chun-pong, T Thu-kwan, 1 entirely supported by voluntary con stationed round British and Irish Mo-ynn, Au Iwong chung, Chow Chung tributions. During 1030. 1,338 lives contsts-Brittal Wireless,
in, Chan, Bal-chuck Muk Wai, Leung were saved, constituting a record in Moon-kwal, Wong Chee-bun, Mi Lay the
Chang-ng. Min Luk Yun-toon, Leung
history of the Institution, the
In order to effect these res-
Chi-wan, Lay Ying-young, Cheong Chunt previous highest figure being 1,348 in ying, Pak Lok-tin. 11oung-chi, Mh 1017. Tack Sau-mol, Miser Wong Yustaping cues lifeboats were launched 677| Bun-chuer Wong Chik-chee, Mim Cheng
and Wal-ring. Mi Pur Bal-hin, MIM TRangimes. Most of these launches Bhuk yee, lung du-kwok, Min Ho Yu-ennsequent rescues have been effect- hon, Loming-kwong. Yeung Tak-wah, Low Ton, Lt. Calu-quede; Lawwened during the war. Since Septem- chick, lo Chiu-font." Law Tul-sang, Chang ber 2 boats here been out 411 times Wal-hee, Chul Pel-Lak. “Mim Ng Roblesy, and have rescued 1,101 persons, an Chiu Kwan-yuk and Miw Law In-long average of 64 each
week war (gd) JL W. Leyden,
Warren Instructor. Twenty-four medals for gallantry
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To clean a solled clothes line, wrap
Washboard. and it round a with soap and water. Rinse under
Stiff paint brushes will again be the top and dry out of doors,
vinegar that is heated almost to boil- come pliable if soaked bristle-deep in
ing polit.
For dirty marks on distempered and water. Spread it well over the
leave to dry.
Reinave walls, make a paste of fuller's earth stains and with a course Banael cloth.
Medicine stains on silver spoona should be rubbed off with methylated spirit. Afterwards wush the poons in lut sonny water.
sate ind
Marks caused by hard water on be re- baths con white porcelain moved by rubbing with a cut lemon To renovate winter dresses and dipped in fire salt, bais, first dissolve que dessertspoon- Olive oil is a
suitable ful of table salt in half-pini cold water. Add one teaspoonful each of medium for polishing and cleaning used for bronze vinegar, methylated spirit, ammonia, orts of oxydised metals and
and chromium. and curn water, and mix thoroughly thould always be
D. F. together. Pour into a bottle und
required.
care tipy, and use this solution us
G.G. T. Liver And Spaghetti
PRUNE SALAD
PRY a large, chopped onion with PRUNE salad makes a delicious ac- 1 lb. liver cut into thin slices, -compumiment-to-cold mcat.dishes, toss them in seasoned flour and fry Soak 4 lb, prunes overnight in the liver nicely browned.
Then place all in a ple-dish and and pl. water and then stew then slowly
with chopped parsley the water in which they have season been soaked with the addition of 14 more salt and pepper if necessary. oz. sugar and the juice of half 3 Add 1 cupful sliced tomatoes and
ake in a slow oven about 4 hour. lemon.
tender. pas the prunes Cook 4 azs. spaghetti in bolling Drain it through a sieve and pile the puree pulted water till tender. in a dish Sprinitie with chopped and spread over the liver, sprinkle almonds and surround with water-with grated cheese and return to the
joven for 10 minutes longer.
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Here it is embodied in this
binch crepe dress. and the black suede sandals. hugging the feet clear up to the ankles. The model.
carries a richi silver fox. neckpiece and
wears a pill box int of the same fur. A lovely black quedo bag in alm in hourglass motif.
The antelope gloves are in a soft rose colour,
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