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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948.
WOMANSENSE!
HUMBUG STRIPES FOR EVENING
by Patricia LENNARD
lilac,
-and 'washerwoman'
style for
day-time
WASHING
A GIRDLE CORRECTLY
one
By ELEANOR ROSS
MOST important garment in. under annarel and probably the in to receive the least care laundering in the girdio. All that loving care Inviated on slips and stocking and such, with a nice suday bath
But for the girdle.
It gets n
every daing only when it gins to look solled.
That's all wrong, especially when today's girdles are bits of firming clastic and elasticised net-scraps of daintiness that take to the tub with happy case. If mother could keep her foundation garment of strong brocade and firm whalebone imacu- Inte. surely it should be o cinch for daughter to do right by the girdle that does so right by her.
Here are the proper steps, the dos and, the don'ts of proper girdle care.
Start off with about half a handful. of soft soap flakes made into suds with the addition of tepid waler. No need for very hot water, which doesn't do delicate fibres any good. The ruds are squeezed through the girdle-no wringing-and a brush used for the extra soiled spots that get a dirty grimy look about the bindings. The brush is used with an casv circular motion-no rub-a-dub!
Ease the tarment out of the water. for a second or so, to allow water to roll off.
Thorough Rinsing
care.
Watch Out for "Lazy" Posture
Good posture and graceful carriage Elves Screen Star Ellen Drow
lovely shoulder contour.
By HELEN FOLLETT pleness of motion. Between theic joints are tiny cushions that loso WITH strapless evening gowns, tone and elasticity if one does not
shoulders have the spotlight on exercise.
them.
When you're all logged up, Letting the shoulders go forward nt to put the other woman's eye will eventually build for you a neat out, are you satisfied with yours? little hump on your upper back. You If not, it is possible that you'll have won't like that. The family will be to whip a lazy spinal column into forever giving you a thump, telling you to stand erect. Back thumping nction. The pose of the back hos is the supreme insult, especially to
of
overy
Shoulder Bracer
will
In all singes, handle with No bunching of fabric, no twisting. Do a thorough job of rinsing. Three much to do with shoulder contour. a young girl. But it is often coming rincings are necessary to eliminate Good posture and graceful carriage to her. completely any excess soap that may should be the ambition LTHOUGH stripes have dis, embroidered with clusters or wie remain in the fabric. Rinse until women. They make for style in ap
the rinse water absolutely clear,
no lovely dry goods
Nature provided us with shoulder appeared temporarily from For those who prefer the fited, Place the girdle on a clean turkish pearance as day dresses, British designers hobble-skirted evening dress, Wallace towel and knend the moisture out of will: They give body lines manner braces in the form of muscles, You can strengthen these fibres by doing (3) it by rolling it up in the fabric, and character. have brought them back in bas, made draped dress
not to twist. evening dresses-in
Unless the spinal column is held arm-swinging exercises which humble in glowing rose slipper satin, with an Here again be careful not
In the towel rolled in
eventually muuld your shoulders to hour-glass-silhouette. Apron drapery Keep the garment
for a while to absorb as much mols-correctly, the chest goes into a state pleasing lines. striped cotton.
over the hips is caught back into
so accelerate the of collapse, shoulders are, thrown
Double up your fists. Let them trails behind on the ground.
bang
at your sides. Bring them for- Attractive afternoon frock (4) from Victor the spring collections is Stiebel's grey silk foulard "washer- dress spotted in white, Woman" are
Sleeves and fly-front fastened bodice are closely ting, waist fight, over Another Hartnell model (2) is u double skirt. The top skirt is varlulion of his classic strapless drawn up and gathered into the waist crinoline in lehen green Scotch satin. over n penell.num underskirt so that The white satin bodice is hand-
and
Norman Hortnell's humbug pink. drapery that widens to the hem. I fure as possible for hanging the forward and, if you are a member
and-white striped cotton dress (1),
shirtwaist has
bodlee and full skirt crisping the curves of the New Fresh Look. Upper sleeves, bodice and wide inset cummerbund fucked.
it swells out like a ship's safls.
Infant With Whooping Cough
By Herman N. Bundosen, M.D. tions do not prevent the altuck, af least they make it much milder. TAVERY parent should realise that Even if an infant develops whoop- whooping cough is £1 serious ing cough, prompt treatment with condition in the young infant and this vaccine within a few days after one which may prove fatal in babies the symptoms develop, will help to under a year old. Though not as a lessen the severity of the symptoms, rule deadly in older children, it is At the Chicago Municipal Conta- most troublesome and distressing because of the prolonged coughing attacks, vomiting, and loss of weight and strength.
Whooping cough has a deceptive- ly mild start, causing, only a slight cough, with perhaps a bit of fever and a little nasal discharge at first.
gious Disease Hospital, it has been found that with proper treatment the dangers of this disease greatly reduced.
Fresh Air Important
are
or
ono
drying process, girdle over a smooth towel rod,
to dry on a clean towel of the skinny contingent, collar word on a line with your elest. laying dat
pop out and form Hitle Swing them to the sides, then for- case it quickly but carefully into bones
| shelves,
ward, touching the hands together. shape.
Twenty times of that.
Then, The whole process can be so quick- y accomplished, that there seems no
hand at a time, do circles, high, reason why the net elastic girdles co
wide and handsome as far back as The spinal column is the main you can. As this movement lifts the popular now can't get their nightly sudsing along with the rest of the support of the human figure. It has breasts, it will normalise them, be
thirty four joints that provide sup- they undeveloped or over-developed..
Ungerie.
Main Support
BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Things That Never Go to Sleep
-Christopher Cricket Talked to Them All-
By MAX TRELL
Chris-
You have no Idea,"
topher Cricket said, "how many things stay awake in the house after every one else 15 asleep. They talk and they sing- and sometimes they complain-and- yet, in the daytime hardly anyone pays any attention to them at all." The patient should be in bed for
shadow Knurf and Hanid, the at least two or three weeks. Fresh children with the
turned-about- air is important. When the patient names, to whom Christopher Cricket around, was talking, asked what things stayed awake when everyone else "the other sleeved Chris-
is allowed to be
Severo Coughing As_the_condition progresses, the symptoms become worse, and severe storms of coughing occur. Af the CORI
up and
sunshine will be of benent, Cold air, chilling, smoke, dust, overexertion and cold drinks all may bring on at- incks of coughing and
in
The house was
end of the coughing attack, the pa- hence should be avoided, ng, and topher, making himself comfortable
breath
tent usually draws in the sharply. This produces a crowing sound known as the whoop.
A vaccine is available which can
to the
on the edge of the rug in the chit- The food given
patient dren's playroom, "I decided to take should be
Easily digestible and a walk. It was much too cold out- should contain all of the necessary side, so I decided to walk up to the vitamins. If the vomiting attacks
be given to children to help prevent are severe the patient may be given attle and down to the cellar.
whooping cough. If these inocula-
EASTER BONNET
Spring hat in London for the Easter parade. Designer Dolores calls this one Cherry- ripe. In red felt, is trimmed with cherries and spotted velling, fes under the chin with black
* ribbon.
RED
velvet
RYDER
thick cereals, as they are not vom- ited up so easily.
com-
Quite Late
frozen
Why are you walking around at night?" the Stairs naked Christopher.
Thirsty for a drink, Christopher?" "Yes, thirsty for a drink, not of
"It was really quite late. Through
"Tho hinges?" said Knorf. "Were It does not seem possible to check the window I could see the moon
lite the stairs the coughing attacks by the use
beginning to sink behind the hills they creaking, too, of
pond. There and the boards in the floor?" medicines, and it is not well to at- beyond the
Christopher Cricket shook his tempt to
to stop these attacks
weren't any sounds at all from out- pletely since during the coughing side, except the whisper of the wind head. "They were squeaking. I heard distinctly. They were squeak- the secretions in the bronchi
as it blew through the bare branches them ar small tubes in the lungs, are brought of the trees in the garden. Then I ing that they were thirsty." up. Sedatives or quieting drugs like started up the stairs. the barbiturates may be used
"Hardly had I gone, up when I 10 promote sleep and rest when cough-beard the stairs creaking. First one water, but of oil. I hope they got it. ing interferes with them too much, creaked, then another, then a third, I didn't have any oll to give them. cellar, I 'Look here, Cricket, said one of the And downstairs, in the
thutters and the win- stairs in the mkidle, this is no time heard the
dows." for you to be walking up and down In recent times, what is known us on
"Creaking or squeaking?" Knort us. Isn't it enough that we're
and Hand both sald. "Or thirsty pertussis immune serum has been trod on, and stomped on, and for a drink of oil?"
Good Results
រ
used in the treatment of whooping jumped on all day long?' At first 1 cough and seems, to give good re- didn't know what to say. But sud-
Shade Was Shaking suits if injected early in the course denly they all started laughing of the disease. This serum is blood (though their laughter still sounded "Nelther. They were rattling be- Rerum taken either from persons sharp and creaky!), and presently cause the wind was blowing against who have recently recovered from the bottom stair said: We're not them. And the shade was shaking. whooping cough or from animals.
really angry at all. As a matter of And downstairs, in the cellar, I The
animals are given injections of fact, we're only stretching ourselves. heard the furnace making crackling the whooping cough vaccine Inter the blood serum is withdrawn
We always streich ourselves at noises as it cooled itself off. And of course I heard the cat walking, and from them and preserved for use in night
"So,
sald Christopher Cricket, the mice scampering. And at length, treating children. As a general rule was glad to hear that the stairs when I reached the playroom again three or four doses of this scrum
me for after my walk and was about tu are used, given at two-day inter- weren't really angry at
walking on them, but were only hut my eyes, I heard someone open vals,
a door and give three loud shouts}" "Who did that?" Hanid asked in amazement.
The chief danger of whooping stretching themselves. The bourds stretch themselves at cough lies in the development of in the floor
If you listen very care- pneumonia as a complication. The night, too. sulfonamide drugs' and' penicillin fully at night, you'll often hear are, of course, beneficial should them.
"Then, as wis pussing the door, pneumonia occur and it may even be useful in warding. It off.
I heard the hinges"
Just Some Bandits
HOWDY.BOYS? WHAT CAN I DO FOR
You
THIS HERE'S A HOLDUP. MA'AM! JUST HAND OVER YOUR CASH
· AND YOU WON'T
GET HURT?.
"The cuckoo who lives in the cuckoo-clock. She was calling out goes to sleep, the time. She never poor bird!"
By Fred Harman'
I'LL GET
IT FOR YOU?
GAMES AND
HOBBIES
PACK when grandpa was a boy Dhe carried a rabbit foot in his pocket for good luck. Rabbit feet ore considered lucky today, but good luck charms are unrestricted. A boy might carry a lucky penny. A girl may have a charm bracelet.
Here's what 'Betty Jane Burger writes:
"My good luck charm is a pup- pet who lost her strings and was thrown aside by the operator of a
puppet thentre,
When I 'adopted puppet It brought
the cost-of me good luck
and then
immediately. I picked up the pup-
bazaar pet at a charity I won a quilt and a box of candy,
"Later I won
a prize when I entered an advertising contest, due. wholly to my puppet's inspiration no doubt. I call my puppet 'Happy and have him on my dresser."
Rupert helps Dr. Lion-10
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After leaving Galler large Rupert moves toward Nutwood Commen and from a high part of it he looks out' acróza s'atretch of woodland to a round tower-like building. "Why, of courir, why didn't I think of this before?" he crier.
That's the He He's
home of the old Professor. knows almost everything. sure to know how to make the sun shine for Dr. Lion. I'll go straight to him." And running down from the common, he makes his way · through the thick wood,
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