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Hands

Hands need special attention to keep thom soft and smooth. This

·glef shows a simple method of hand care. At left the applies rich hand cream, spreads it evenly and then works it firmly into the knuckles and between the fingers. This massage maken tho hands shapely and flaxi- blo. The fingers exorciso shown below adde polsa and expressiveness. Try it this way: Rost arms on table with fingers touching, hands raised. Lift each finger separately five times, holding other fingers firmly on the table,

Add Character To Hands By Routine

By JACQUELINE KUNT

LL too often, hands are either neglected altogether or pampered too much. Some women abuse their hands to a point where the skin texture is roughened, fingertipy stained anci nails grubby and broken, while others go to the opposite extreme, creaming, manicuring and fussing with their hands constantly. Surprisingly,

much-care-is-almost-as-bad-as- none at all, Hands tha! arc plumpish, white and unwrinkled re as uninteresting [18 a pretty bui vacant face. Hands, like faces, must have character.

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Keep them smooth and soft with rich creams and soothing lotions, make them glamorous and chile by

on

meticulous mall grooming-bal use them! Remember that the power of your hands to attract depends their individuality. They must be graceful in motion, but capable and polsed.

Improving Your Dive

¡IN

15

June 1, 1940.

Onion Recipes

IN the following dishes the onions are bolled or parbolled, so aʼnolo or two on bolling is necessary.

Peel the onions, put them in a pan with cold water, bring to the boll and strain. This removes the indigealible all. Then cover with boiling water, and boll til tender or otherwise, as the recipe directs. Scalloped Onions

Boll some large onions till lender, ond meanwhile make a good while sauce with 1 oz margarine, 1 oz flour, and a breakfastcupful milk. Season with salt, pepper, and either a little grated nutmeg or 2 tablespoonfuls grated cheese.

Drain the onions, cut up roughly, mix thèm with tie stice, diri place“ the mixture. In D fireproof dish,"

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Sprinkle with browned breadcrumbs SILK & COTTON

if nutmeg flavour has been used, with grated cheese if cheese was added to the sauce.

Place under the grill to brown or put in a hot oven for 10 minutes, Onion Rarebit

This maltes a tasty supper snack. Have large onlons (cooked), pint thick white sauce, i leaspoonful ketchup, 3 tablespoonfuls grated cheese, salt, pepper, and a litle made

Inustard.

Istard.

Chop the cooked onions and add to the sauce, along with the other ren- sonings. Mix well. Pour on to allces

of toast, sprinkle with cheese, brown under the grill, and serve at once.

Stuffed Onions

TN diving many people think that the

It When trying a new board aeme of perfection is to cleave best to talce a few practice jumps the water cleanly and with little or before attempiing to enter the water, no splashing. Of course that is of To get the inaximum beneft of its great importance, but there are a spring you must be able to wait for hundred and one minor hints that the board, that is, to start your own

Take 4 large onions. Skin and may help divers in the form they upward thrust at the precise instant parkoll. Remove the centres cares show before they even reuch the when the board starts to snap up. fully. Mix together 4 16 cold pork, water, Board form, for instance, is That is a matter of practice.

or corned beef or ham (minced), 4 an Important iradex to real ability.

There are twenty or more types of

ozs brenderumba, pinch of mixed First and foremost you must be dive. The ordinary front dive is the herbs, and.1 teaspoonful-finely chop et case on the diving board. A diver first move. You have seen young-ped parsley. Season with pepper and should never run off the board, IL sters standing on the end of a board salt and use to fill the onions,

Place

shallow stew- carefully in a IF eruct stoppers, mineral water in almost ruinous to balance, as it and just toppling off head first. That

about 3 teacupfuls tops, &c., become "Jammed,” they will tend to throw one off the board is the first step, and is really sopan, pour over bottle, &e, upside tan easily be loosened by placing the in a slanting position. It is best to elementary that it is not classed as Kravy or milk and water, and stew, lightly covered, for an hour till len- down in water, stand on the board for a moment to a dive.

der. the water just eming up to where make sure of your balance. You

Note: A vegetarian stubing is the

stopper 18, or Instead should be relaxed yet erect, without Off the Board apply a cloth wetted with hot water suggestion of tenieness.

good also, made from 3 ozs celery The swan dive should next be and 3 tomatoes, cut into small pieces. learned. To do well you have to Fry them in a little margarine, then

Worth Remembering

to the neck of the bottle.

Drawers that

The steps towards the end of the

offending drawer right out, and rub

stick---Take the board should be taken at a slow, thigh off the board. The arms and 2 table-spoonfuls breadcrumbs, the bottom of the runner with a wift easily determine the length and bent just a little behind the line of same as above recipe, and serve with walking pace. A few experiments are thrown out wide at a level slight-senson, and stir in just enough sauce ly below the shoulders, and they are to bind Ingredients together. Stuff liberal allowance of floor polish.

If this does not do the trick, then number of the steps. They vary the body. The head is thrown up souce.

with the individual. Once you have and back, which serves to arch the and wipe off all the polish

learned, you will mark the board coloured

children's chalk-your

mentally, and take the same nu back naturally. The legs are thrown Onions in Batter crayons will do on the runners.

ber of steps, starting with the same the curve of the rest of the body.place in Breproof dish with 1 oz drip- A vigorous rubbing with sand-

slightly to the rear to conform to Bol 3-4 onions 1 hour. Drain, and you of the surest means of impressing then apply more floor polish. or clumsy use of your hands chcals paper will generally do the trick foot cuch time.

The beauty of the swan dive depends ping. your personality on others,

upon the arch, which is governed by

You often use your hands un- consciously-and hand motions should remain spontaricous, a key to your personality. But give them a break! Often, nervous, self-conscious

Hand Exorcises

Learn to use your hands advan- tageously. Shake them vigorously to loosen muscle-bound wrists. Move them backward toward the wrist and forward as far as possible and around and around-when you are alone, of course to make them flexible and capable of expression. When you wash and cream them at night, give them an exercise routine to loosen and strengthen the muscles of the Angers and wrista.

Practice the following movements for at least five minutes:

Fling the hand from the wrist

and continue shinking, fingers loose

so they'll-snap against each other.

Streich the hards

hands wide, and carve

the Ingers to resemble

claw. Relax

and repeat, stretching the ingers as long you can each Time.

With the elbows bent, upper arms horizontal and fingers tightly Inter- locked, pull the arms slowly apart, resisting their movement with the tensed Angers. Then, gradually let them relax and slip apart.

Press the thumb and fingertip to- gether while the hands are drawn into a

shape. conical

Gradually spread the fingers out to their fullest length. Repeat five to ten times.

Consciously watch the movements of your hands and try to avoid making confused. jerky gestures. Don't let them fuss with your hair or handkerchief when you are sitting still. Don't wring them together or start a new motion before the inst one is finished.

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Wookly Oil Manicure....... Keep them so beautifully groomed that you're proud of them. This will help give them poise.

A weekly hot-oil manicure should be an essential part of your beauty routine. This is important for uny girl who wants to make the most of her pretty, expressive hands, but even moro important for the homemaker whose daily tasks often tend to leave stains and callouses.

For grime or stains dry a gentle scrubbing with one of the grease solvent preparations garage men use. These are a mixture of creamy soap and fine powdered pumice. Alter cleansing, rinse the hands thoroughly and work in your richest cream or toilet Lanaline. Or. If your manicure follows immediately, soak the hands a low minutes in warmed olive

for

oil or cuticle oil, then proceed

with

your manicure in the usual way.

ISOBEL..

rub

Blouses are now being worn over the belt as shown in this model sketched at Palm Beach,

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Gastric and Intestinal disorders, in- digestion, flatulence, lassitude, palas In the abdominal region, and billous- ness.

A cup after meals will relieve you

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The Important Part

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Bake 10 minutes, then pour a batter the head. It is essential here more over the entons made from 4 025 When you have reached a spot 12 than in any other dive to keep the dour, 1 egg, 4 pint milk, pinch of or 15 inches from the end of the head up and back.

salt. Bake in a moderate oven 38-40 board the Important part of the per- There are few things so exhilarat-minutes. This makes a delicious and formance comes in. The next move ing as the brief floating through the substantial lunch dish. is what gives you height of the air in that posture. The arms have board, an all-important factor. You to be brought forward on entering should throw yourself up and slightly the water, to provide a path for the forword, so that coming down your head to follow. As in all dives, the to the board. Then, on the rebound, should be extended straight above your body will follow the same path, the head, with hands and fingers which means a maximum height. together, to cleave the

The shoulders are an important cleanly as possible. Done rightly, two ounces of whole or ground help in this matter of height. The this eliminates that smacking noise step before

the rebound should be when the head hits the water. The accompanied by a downward, and legs and feet should be held together sithtly warward, sweep of the arms, and straight,

body will be exactly perpendicular hands break this path. The arms Milk Layer Puddings

water Is

On luiting the board, the arms and Some divers spoil their shoulders are quickly thrust down-forinances -

the board.

per-

MAKE a boiled milk pudding, using

rice.

semolina, sago. lapioca, or cornflour, and 12 pint of milk. Seelen It slightly and when a little

stir cool st in beaten egg and 2 ica- spoonful of vanilla or other essence. ___Mix_three_ounces, of desteented

us far as possible, and, at the sormances by relaxing-too-soun. It Mix

to remember that the dive is coconut with three tablespoonfuls of time, the knees, naturally bend with not really over until the feet are syrup, and spread half the mixture

jam, marmalade, honey, or

Halden submerged, so all the elements of form and poise should be maintained over the buttom of a greased pledish, The natural reaction when the right to the end.

Pour in half the pudding, and the board springs up is to follow through, There is no great mystery in div. rest of the jam and coconut, then the up and forward with the arms and ing. Poise and balance are neces-remainder of the pudding. shoulders, while the straightening of mary, and, as in everything the knees gives that last klek off the practice makes perfect. plank,

Fashions For

For Men

BY BARCLAY SWAIN

else,

J. 8.

THIS year, the batters have given pie of last season did not have the up trying to sell men miniature pinched front and had a squatty Christmas trees in the forn of hats look--some men oven went so far dizzy as to call them "pancakes." Tho

with alapes, thers,

tea- park-ple was becoming only to a cer- braids, inin iype of individual. The tele- nose clags scope is becoming to practically all and pleees of me.

broken mirror

for

Sucli

decour.

Here is a point to remember. head- When buying telescope hat, buy gear may still It with a brim' one-eighth ́ inch

he obtained wider than you usually wear. If

by

mon

tire who likes his Of all chemists and department|

plurnage bril- stores at $2.00 for a large package Contrasting Welt llant, but the

big news or 30.75 for a small package. Or

Is from the Golden directly

Grin the return of tin old favourite-the telescope hat. It's a more wearable type of pork-pic hat.

Medicinal Teas Company,

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Fulford Co., Ltd, sell a separate blond

Before a special party, or when of Golden Grifin Medicinal Tea for every you have a few minutes to spare, try. Each Tes contains et less than twelve a hand mask. You can apply your dietinet Logredients: and they are sold

under i miney-back guarantee,

favourite facial cream mask, a paste

of oatmeal or almond meal, or special hand' mack,' Any one will refine the skin texture of hands and arms and give them a lovely colour.

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A delegate to London Trades Council meeting said in his experl- ence A.R.P. demolition aquads con- sisted of "baakmakers, clerks and touts and every conceivable type of Individual outside the building in- dustry. A protest was made at the "small percentage of building workers in ̈ruch, squads.

BRASSO

METAL POLISH

FOR A REAL

POLISH

There will be the same old colours, and altempts at new ones, Khaki, n most serviceable and attractive | colour, is in signin. Blues and greens found,

Pinch Front

Over-Well Belm

you ordinarily

wear

a' two- and-one-half inch brim, make your telescope brim two and eighths. For reason, the telescope block needs

some

Ave-

the extra

width of brim.

Another, point. Some men don't

especially in like a factory-blocked hat. If you

rayish ure one of these, you can telescope. hades. The your own hat.

Here's how pugree band

It's done: Lay the uppients to us, hat, brim down, on a table. With but trick the ball of your thumb and a cir- Burde bands cular motion, work the crown in

buckles

aro too, too

much for our laste. Only good if you have a dozen

hals. Also, a saddle-stliched welt ist holling for you unless you have plenty of chappeaux. It's too tricky. And now, to diccum the revival of the telescope hat. There is a

difference between a telescope and a

pork-ple lat. The telescopo (ollown

generally the lines of the up-in- Baddie Stobed front, down-in-back black that has

until it looks like the inuide

of

saucer.

Be sire It'a good and deep. Then turn the hat over. With

tho sane circular motion, work the inside of the crown down until it's smooth and flat against

been so popular recently. The true the table. Pick it up pinch the front. pork-ple is flat on top.

Dol with margarine and bake in a moderate oven for about twenty minules. The mixture should not actually come to the boll, or the egg will curdle. If a more economicat pudding is required the egg can be omitted.

W. B.

The pencil silhouette få in- terpreted by, Madeline Carpentier

in slightly, and you have a hand- crepe. Feather plumes in this "cleverly draped Town of

make the pattern of the print in

The 1940 telescope la pinched in blocked telescope. The shape of front, giving it a smooth, well- the new crowns will automaticallyfrey, and royal bias. proportioned appearance. The pork- take care of the streamlining,

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