This Space Every Day
Women The
BEAUTY ARTS
By. LOIS LEEDS
Posed for Lola Leeds
Relax to free your mind and body. Lois Leeds gives you some ideas.
ARE YOU TIRED?
When you are tired and worried and feel depressed-too tired even to think of preparing for the guests that your busband is bringing home to dinner, or too tired to dress for your bridge club-take me out carlier in the day for a lille reat.
Untres, relleve your body of conficing garments and don a loose, attractive negligee. It is surprising, what a feeling of luxury this can give, you and what it will do la perk up your drooping spirits!
Seek solitude in a quiet room. draw the blinds and settle yourself comfortably Un
or in a couch lounge chair, with your feet raised on an ottoman-and just relax.
If a headache adds to your dis- comfort, get out a bottle of good quality which hazel and rub some of it on your forehead and temples
Minuti Maksys
& GABRIELLE
Steady is the hand which takes the best manleural Lay wrist dat on the table and cup fingers around a cold cream far laid on it's side. Extra support and elevation simplißes polish application. Before each stroke press brush against inside of bottle neck to remove excess polish. Use two coats for longer wear and allow ample drying time between ench coat. The best time for a man!- -cure is just before retiring You're less likely to mar the new polish.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1947.
LETTER FROM LONDON,
Bigger And Healthier Babies Being Born
BY JOHN SHIPTON
Britain's bonny babies, more grand work by the miners, a long term rebuilding plan for the City of London, the brilliant success of the British Industries Fair and a glorious spell of summer weather have thrown the pessimists and dismal Jimmies well out of their stride, and a new spirit of optimism seems to be abroad in these sunny days,
It was no surprise to me to of the five-day working their output learn that Britain's postwar was more than 4,000,000 tons-biguer hables were bigger and better than fer the last six-day week.
The miners, it is agreed, are justi- than ever, for I have first-hand tying the ave-day week, an is shov knowledge that mothers and by their continuous work-absentee their children are "nursed" byta being tower by half compared a benevolent Ministry of Health with the average for March and it Is obvious the coal cutters now have on a scale which cannot be ap-
u new Inspiration. It seems at long proached by any other country at that the miners are a contented in the world.
band of workers and the nationalisa- tion of the mines, one of the first steps of the Labour Government, appears an undoubted success.
For example, euch expectant in ther is granted one extra egit on the ration allocation, there are extra half rations of ment weekly, vitamin tablets and an extra pint of milk. After baby's birth, fruit juice, vita min tablets, and three extra eftgs per weck from six months tu two years of
age are available, moje,
Consumers, too, are playing their port well, for us I
I write nearly halt the target of six weeks' winter stocks has already been achieved. Although
DUMBBELLS
WHAT ARE THOSE BROWN SPOTS ON YOUR COAT
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IT MUST BE RUST THEY SAID THIS SUIT WOULD WEARİ LIKE IRON
America's
Tungsten Shortage
As the world's principal sup-
it is impossible to estimate how plier of tungsten orc, China can much coal has been saved since the easily recapture the United ban on domestic fuel consumption
In addition, there are child wel was enforced on May 5, It is under States market which is the fare centres in
every community.stood to have led to a considerable greatest industrial user of the with medical advice and sunrayving, helped more than a little by product, says n Central News treatment provided free, if necessary, the mild weather we have been ex-message from New York.
This is the main reason why the periencing since the end of April. Ministry of Health's makes Ruck intigorating reading. The main facts of it are that fewer
Intest report
Reconstruction of City
This comment Was further
be-
It is some months since I gave substantiated by a current report you the news of the new City of that Amerleen Industries are facing London reconstruction plan as out-an neute shortage of tungsten
Now the lined by Dr Charles Holden
ment's
stockpiling policy and Professor W. G. Halford.
a new clty from the of inadequate imports from scheme for
countries. As ing
a result, ashes of the old, forced mainly by ag traffic chaos and Luftwaffe bombs, shortage. Itas been reflected in the has been placed before the City sharply advancing price
rice of tungsten fathers and has met with general ore from US$23 per 20 pound unit
to US532, or an
or an increase of 30 per- approval.
cent, during the last six months,
Before the war, Chino,
and cause of the United States S
The
with your fingertips. Then wet a chlidren between the ages of one and cloth with some witch hazel and ap. 14 died from disease than ever be tore in Britain's history, and fewer to forehead, and temples, ply
than two mothers in every thousand This died in childbirth. Leave on for a few minutes,
The death rate will be cooling and soothing and
Was lower than 1839, in which year, will often relieve a headache, so pecording to the report, there were almost often caused by overwork, worry drereases Then considered
phenomenal."
The improvement in the growth
Among their proposals is a trafe Of course, if you have a headache rate, too, suggests that the children too often, you should see your phy-re of better physique than those of roundabout in place of the present
05 percen! sician and have him check up.
of the world's tungalen requirements. Youn40 or before the war. This cer- Mansion House, with the bullding Mninya furnished about urma, and stráin. med glasses, because of eye tainly speaks well for our much cri-of a new Mansion House in the res
Since then, tungsten production has ticised rationing scheme, and I must constructed Guildhall.
The
pla reconstruction new
been mostly concentrated in the point out that every schoolchild is
American provided with a bottle of milk a day divided into a long term scheine to United States and Latin or more of
provic
cover the next 30 years, with a les countries, such as Bolivia, Brazil and
Mexico. complete rest, get up and bathe and You will feel like aress leisurely, new perzon!
After hulf an hour
STYLES THAT DO DOUBLE DUTY
is a
Here are two fashions that do double duty This one dinner ensemble in slipper salin. The jacket can be removed to show bilm draped dianer dress with cap sleeves.
Moss crepe comes into the limelight in a two-way dress and cape from the Rosalind Gilbert collection.
The short afternoon dress will corded fringe epaulettes can be transformed intó a dinner gown with the black cape desbling as a ground-length skiri.
By Galbraith
16
DOPR, 1947 BY MEA BERVICE, WAG, 'T. II. RES. LL I PAY, ON.
4-29
"Mother, and Dad will be glad to know you're here last. time you came I heard Dad way, you certainly were a pair, jymto oboke of high-class boreal".
!
free.
Of course, every credit must be year programme for "immediate ac- A case tion. The latter part would pro- given to modern parents.
Child neglect is so rare nowadays vide for five "through carriageway" tukking that If a case is discovered it usualus the main arterial roads
traffic through the city. ly makes front page news.
One fact stands out, in this most encouraging report-that every baby the city for an adequate
to all new buildings and. born in Britain has advantages un-daylight to known to previous generations and a system of district heating-for cen- and domestle hot water
In of a long and healthy life than a de-
bullt areas. This is one reason, cade ago.
opinion, why the Banks ie Minors Increase Output
Because of tungsten's characteris- station plan should go through power Although they have their without further opposition or wrang tics for heat resistance and acld battle for the live-day week,
ling. After all, four new
powerproofing, it has become an important miners know that Britain's future stations will eventually be needed in metal both in time of peace and prosperity depends on them.
the Thames district and it is about increased output has been
This was because China's tungsten output was seriously hampered by the war and continued disrupled
Lion costs soared, and taced with the American protective thril
wali, many Chinese tungsten miners it unprofitable to mine, orers found
Provision is made in transportation facilities. As produe“ |
every ebild has a brighter prospect/tení ho for all premises in port.
won
the
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Important Material
maintained, and for the second week time the Bankside business was sol- used for high speed tool steel, lamp
FAR EAST
FILM TASTES DIFFERENT
tled.
war. Industrially, tungsten is being filaments and various chemicals. Militarily, tungsten 1s for mak-
Cen- United
of
hand.
The
trade
The Press seem to be unanimoun now, after an initial baiting of Mr
armour and armour-piercing Silkin, that the Bankside design s
shells, and is considered as a critical detract good, and that it will not
Ametal in military circles.
From authoritative sources, fran the beauty of St Paul's.
the has been wisely pointed out, Cathedral on one side of the river tral News learned that the
States has a great stockpile symbolises spiritual force, the power
metal on station on the other.sido represents tungsten ore and
But this stockpile, which is at pre- material force.
sent under the control of the Army and Navy Munitions Board, is in United
States Government will con- That the American motion Commando Guarderer for emergency use.
tinuc stockpiling this critical picture industry is evincing in-
For Atom Plants material for the next Ove years.
As the creased interest in deciding
case, the Board trained "commando That being Specially upon the type of entertainment best suited for the Far East is guards will keep watch over atomic fuses to release any of its stockpile
for commercial use,
According to the tungsten indicated by a report from New energy Installations in America,
C.L. Edwards, Director of the estimates, the United
States հոց York quoting the
comments civil service of the region, said he consumed nearly 2,500,000 pounds made to the press there by Mr had been advised from Washington
will
since the
the first
quarters of this year. Leon Britton. Far Eastern chief to recruit guards who
through a year of rigorous commando At
supply available in the of RKO-Radio Pictures,
Mr Britton has lust arrived in New mediately in the Colorado region for American market. Consequently, the Yorkt after visiting Amsterdam. several hundred security inspectors increase in American industrial use
to replace soldiers now guarding the of tungsten has left a wide gap be Paris and London.
tween the supply and demand of He said that films which draw big atomic Installations at Los Alamos,
Tungsten users are of the opinion. audiences in London and New York New Mexico and other western pro- this material. du not necessarily repeat this suc-perties.
The army, Edwards sold, has been that if China's tungsten ore output
augmented with Ceas in the Far East. In China, for unable to provide sufficient troops can be instance, a Tarzan picture does bet- and the Atomic Energy Commission technique and sold at the world price ter business than many a classic. belleves a continuous force can be level. It might be one of the prin On the other hand, a Walt Disney maintained with picture is certain of box office succinted Press,
The Chinese as a rule prejer more action and less talk, said Mr Britton.
Of the number of theatres in Far Eastern territories within Mr Brit- ton's orbit of operations, India lends with 1,957, with Japan rating second with 1:500. There are 250 cinemas in the Philippine Islands, 275 in China, 100 in Indonesia, 100 In Siam and the same number In Malaya and Indo-China.
training. Recruiting is starting im- montesent, there is less than four-
naw
civilians. Associpal resources to obtain United
States dollar exchange.
SHOWING
TO-DAY
THEY WERE
LASTNDAMIS
KINGS
AIR-CONDITIONED
“At 2.30, 5.10;
7.15 & 9.15 p.m.
BIG SMILE!
THEY JUST MADE A BIG PICTURE
Best-seller...Book of the Month... and now MOM's Picture of
the Year L
Robert Montgomary plays "Brick", in love with a boat... John Wayne is "Ruity'', In love with a girl... and Donna Reed la "Sandy", sweetheart of the PT fleeti
M-G-M-preventS
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
ROBERT
STARRING
JOHN
MONTGOMERY WAYNE
Donna REED
JACK HOLT. WARD BOND A JOHN FORD PRODUCTION Based on the Book by William L. Whila « Servon Flay by FRANK WEAD, Comdr. U.SH. (RM) • Auociate Producer Clší Reid- Directed by JOHN FORD, Captain U. 5. N. R.
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
DAILY AT
DAILY AT
2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M. 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M,
SIMULTANEOUSLY
SHOWING TO-DAY-
LOVE LETTERS.
To bi girl he did not, know-from a man.
she had sever met..
LOVE LETTERS:.. Pages of passion w with murder, between the
lines,
·CRITICS PREMCT ACADEMY AWARD!.
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Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten
In Hal Wallis racecTioN
"Love Letters
with Ann Richards and
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Phy byly and mathewThe Tumbler A Front Pleaset manati
SHOWING TO-DAY
LONDON MAN TO PLAN Cathay A1230, 5.15, 1.15 6 9.15 p.m.
CHINA'S INSURANCE
-One of Britain's insurance “wizards"57-year-old Tom Newman, secretary of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society has been chosen for the job of planning the biggest Theatres Destroyed
"cradle-to-grave" insurance scheme in history. It is the Chinese Government's insurance plan for 400,000,000 people. Practically no new theatres were bullt during the war period, taking
Mr Newman, a Londoner-he, the idea is to prepare un all-round the world as a whole, whereas thou- sands of theatres in the battle zones lives in Burcote-road; Wands insurance plan-nat unlike Britain's -which can go into operation as were destroyed. At least 25,000 werth has been appointed. na- soon as wat-forn China's soclbi and new theatres are required to
economic condition permits. care of the expanding world nudience, it is estimated.
QT
The total number of theatres
take
Honal insurance adviser to the film
Chinese Ministry of Social His work starts next In Affairs.
"There will be a health scheme, with sickness, disablement, maternity the world is estimated at 75,000, with month, when ho tacots Chinese and death benefits; an injury and ac-
estimated scaling capacity of
experts for the first full-dress cident scheme, old age pensions; and 45,000,000. The estimated number
unemployment benefits. That's a conference on the big plan. rough outline, but there are hundreds of theatre patrons is 2,000,000,000.
The number of people engaged in He told a reporter: "It will be a of questions to ask before I can get the motion picture business is not gigantic task-and an honorary one, to work." less than 1,000,000, with 80 percent engaged in exhibition and 20 percent In distribution,
shall eventually have make a Mr Newman has never been to trip to China to get a first-hand ple- China, knows little of the country ture of the people and, their needs; and nothing of the language.
Rupert and the Young Imp-1
sure
Returning from school one morn- ing Rupert finds his father gazing quietly up at his larges‘apple tree.
What
you looking at. daddy?" he calls. **Don't you see what a fine lot of blqueen there is 2 replica.... Mr. Bear, a l'art wondering what sort of, a crop we shall have. Then be pausea and listens. "There'a tak,motor-ham sounding out in the lane," ÈO RAYS” *** Put - your katchel 'down, Rupert.
and see who it lap It may be somer W pon who in wanting us. And then, - Pin Bask" quickly obeysekara
"But one thing is certain," he said. "There will be no complicated sys-, tem of stamps and cards in a country where thousands of families live 500 miles or more from the nearest post office."
The Chinese Government intend to administer the plan through, local a contral friendly societies, with council to supervise.
In 1020 Mr Newman worked out, single-handed, the file of Man's national insurance scheme. He is a barrister, a London JP, 'n member. of the Government - Committee; on!! Britain's own Insurance scheme, and bådổtrên with the million-pember, Hearts of Oak: Society: for more than 30 years, sk
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