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A FRECKLE IS JUST A LITTLE GOLDEN DOT
FRECKLE is just a little Golden Dot," says the poet, but to a woman freckles are a nuisance! They really are localised collections of pigment. Nature's effort to screen out the harmful chemien!. rays of the sun,
...
cases where freckies persist und chemical bose, (and most, of them take up a permanent abode, then unhappiness begins
If you have thin, sensitive, easy-to-freckle skin, stay out of sun and wind, or wear a heavy protect ive layer of foundation cream.
Now many of you are in doubt whether this bleach or that bleach well remove freckles. I chinol "Summer Freckles" disappear say as each skin conditon reacts in when exposure is ended. But
different way. Bleaches of il
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John and Mary Give Way To Robert and Barbara
NEW
By JOHN ROSENBURG
EW YORK-The arrival of Here are the lists of names in the
the stork rarely has order of their popularity: aroused New York parents from their conservatism when it came to nuwing their babies.
a report from the department of health shows.
For more than 50 years the millions of parents in the nu-
Ether Sarah tion's largest city preferred Frances plain Jobu or Mary as the first da name of their offspring, the report said.
Dinne Julius Margaret
GIRLS
1898
Mary
Catherine Margaret Antle
Hose Marie
1928 Mary Maric Annr Margaret Catherine Gloria
Current Barbar Linda
Patricia
Mary
Susan
Janu
Helen
Carol
Teresa
Jean
Barbara
BOYS
John
Willian
Joseph
Jumen
Bicharti
Edward
tubert
Thomas
Robert John James Michael Williams Richard Joseph Thomas
Jolin
In the last two decades John and William Mary have lost top preference but Charles the popular leaders in the bay and Grorge girl category, Robert and Barbara, Joseph still remain typically conservative,
Edward Jatnes
In 1998, Barbara was not listed Louis among the 10 most popular names Francis given new babies. In 1928, however, Samuel if ranked 10th and since then has moved to the top.
Robert also was missing from the 1498 st, but ranked seventh in 1928 and then moved parallel to Barbara.
John and Mary, on the ather hand, led the field in 1893 and again in 1924. The current analysis, how?- ever, shows John dropping to second and Mary to fourth.
The report revealed that parents experimented more with girls' names than with boys. Of 3,858 birth certificates for boys, there were. 845 different names. Ja an equal mim- ber of girl certificates, statisticians found 1,097 different names.
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are) are difficult to use yourself. I to not recommend them. Simple "home remedies" are wisest. It takes a long time to do a good job with a very mild, harmless bleach- ing treatment, but it Is the wise thing to do.
Remedy
Pure lemon juice is ideal for re- moving freckles as it is absolutely safe and harmless. It is effective be-
cause it reduces the freckle pl ment. Never use a strong chemical bleach on the face, Apply pure lemon juice, freshly squeezed, wit n camel's hair brush. Allow it to dry and leave on for thirty
min- ules, then rinse off with clear water. In addition to the daily use of lem- on julee, a lemon-oatmeal mask twice a week is very helpful. Make your mask this way..
Mix white of egg with Juice of one lemon. Bend in sufficient out-
Developing a Dress Sense
A prolly lower hat, topu screen size Joan Fontaine'a simple frock.
By HELEN FOLLETT
THE dress sense is П heavenly Two smart
T Kif. Some women have 11 graceful lines, aro of flattering
they
frocks that
have meal or almond meal to make a thin paste. Apply to face, nrms, back;
are worth moro thon wherever freckles gather, and teave who are pretty dumb about other colours,
amis- twenty haphazard selections. We are matters; they never make on until dry, then rinse off with
lake in selecting frock, a
miles away from the old notion that hat, warm water,
not be seen 100 purse or an ornament. The majority a woman should For Makeup for Freckles,
the of women who are accustomed to often in the same dress. There are distinction use their heads are blessed with women of wealth and freckled skin which simply won't
arc
clothes ¡because culture and good taste who bleaching yield to
wearing treatments outlined above, here is the ideal create a love for beautifül things, a bought five or more years ago. way to make up so that
freckles keen and grillent eye.
Beautiful Colours A foundation cream can't be seen.
There are women
who, having does wonders f
onders in disguising those
sense but haven't inken the time or developed a high degree of appre- freckles about which you worry go trouble to develop it. Their interest uation of beautiful colours, always much.
Choose foundation cream in may not centre on drygoods. That look lovely. They strive to strike a shade best suited to your type; is a pity because trumpiness or dull- the right note because they have that . your hair and skin tone. Tiess
ness of appearance is n handicap. Choose face powder to match your We judge Individuals by the clothes educated themselves foundation cream.
There are matters. Be sure that it they wear, and why not? Through select lifeless, dull tones, like cold
others isn't even one shade darker.
then they express themselves, in a select
or characterless browns or These women buy the first
Apply foundation cream in small dofs over Throat and face, then blend carefully with the fingertips.
Some women may have the dress
way.
Sartorial
who
who
trock that offers as long as it fits. Barshi greens. Somebody shoukl
Ease and Grace
take them in hand, A first class dressmaker could turn these drab- 打架 women into Indles
After blending the cream pai on A woman's attire should have looking face powder generously then brush ense and grace. Every detail should fashion. it smooth with a powder brush. And seem to bon part of her personali- then just forget about your freckly. Her dress should took as if it for a bit of-brain wórk: It is not a
likes her; her hat should be sultabie. task that should be taken lightly.
Ics!
Shopping for pretty dudo calls
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
The Pond's Swimming Teacher
-Beetles and Crickets Learned to Paddle- By MAX TRELL
to the CHIRPIE Sparrow came crumbs.
window-sli for his bread- While he was eating them Knarf and Hanid, the shadow children, with the turned around
hella.
ing
Mr and Mrs G. Mulder board- ed the "Francisville" for San Francisco
and
several of their friends turned
Up yesterday Queen's Pier to see
Bir to see them off. Aulder was General Superintendentes, came to the window to say of the Royal Interocean Lines here and has been associated
with
After greeting them with a chirp- this in Java for
good-morning, over twenty
Chirpic. company
said; you heard about Mr years......Popular Mra Van Vlier- den will be leaving Hongkong on the 28th of this month for Frisco en her way to Holland with her husband, where they will visit his parents. She hopes to return to Kungkong, some day.
"Have Grump?"
frog who lived on a white rock at Mr Grump was the name of the the edge of the pond, under willow tree.
the
5.28
Hanid said she
hadn't heard about Me Grump. Although (she aided heard him all last night,
An exceptional treat is, in store crooking and grumping." for Chinese opera faus 35 several leading Cantonese opera stars have consented to appear on the 16th, 17th and 18th of this month at the Ro -Shing Theatre in a combined effort to raise funds for the Women's Auxiliary of the Hongkong Society for the Protection of Children. HE The Governor and Lady
Grantham will be present at one of these per swimming and diving and, singing," formances,
Two of the leading artists
Mir
are
The beetle begged Mr. Grump To give awimating lessons,
QUICKWINK RIDDLERS
GARRET SPERLINGS
EASY FOR US
Baby sitters and comic books are things all of us know about. Here tre Quickwink Riddlers dealing with the topics. Try the puzzles, but if you don't succeed, look for the miswers below.
What is the difference between a baby sitter and a judge? One sits on an hourly basis and, the other, sits on #
Do the puzzle and find the miss- ing words:
T
T
T
wanted to know what there was to hear about Mr Grump. fish how to swim under water. Then
"Well," said Chirpie, "he's
But the come a
be they spoke to a seagull. teacher."
seagull said he could dive fine, but "A teacher?" the two shadows ex- he wasn't any good at swimming,
Read down: You are an up- claimed in amazement. "What is he Then finally they thought of tenching?"
Mr start if you sit on one. 2-A saf Grump because they knew he could movie may cause one to run down Swimming and Diving
could dive. swim and he
He your cheek. 3.-A trial. 4-A boy Chirple
likes to carve initials on onc. teaching seemed like the perfect one.
Quick-Tempered Knarf and Hanid asked Chirple "Well," said Chirple, "Mr Grump
said: "Ile's
50
nut
to tell them all about this, Min accomplished playwrights,
he is rather quick-tempered and Sze-tsing and Mr Sit Kok-sin, and said: "As you probably know. lois too good-natured. When they firs their own work will be performed of the folks who live around here ished asking him if he would teach on these nights.
ther the little folks such as crickets and the youngsters how to swim Among the other artists will be the talented wives of beetles and grasshoppers are al- dive, he shook his head and these two mun. Mr Wong Chien-ways tumbling Into
pond. swered no." sui, Mr Poon Ynt-on and Miss Tong They'd be hopping around, or rush- Shut-hing, are leading stars of the ing about doing one thing or a- slage and screen.
other, and all of a sudden, before they
the
it, there even noticed
Now read across the third row of letters for the missing word.
Answer
and
I. J N
S V-
a
江
Ꮮ
С
器
"Why did he do that?" Hanid wanted to know.
they
"He said he was too busy," "Doing what?"
the
"Catching Bles.
veim,"
XOSAY
Good News for Junior
And naturally, A former pupil of St. Paul's Col- were, failing off the bank into
they were all very disappointed lege. Mr Sit Kok Sin Is the author of pond.
"Most of them can't
until suddenly one of the mama- more than te plays of which the better known ones are "Come back Chirple went on; "so tumbling into beetles thought of a wonderful idea.
San Francisco. Your tooth Pigeons" "White Golden Dragon" the pond wasn't exactly the pleas Mr Grump, she said, if
If you'll
amenace to your and "A Love Parade." A rough
antest thing that could happen to teach our children how to swim and brush can be
teach teeth, a local doctor warns. Dr A. translation of the title of his opera them. In fact, now and then they'd dive, we'd also like you to
drown. and that's
something about thor which will be performed on the 17 even
else-something W. Ward said teeth should never is "Gold
beautiful 19 change
unpleasant 11
thing JES else that you can teach them better be brushed more than twice a day. can Jarly's heart." Mr Sit nims al
can think of. So very anybody
than a canary, better than a lark, "Injudicious" brushing, the dentist. high literary standard in his works fotof
sald, can damage tooth structure. the mothers and fathers better than a thrush. We'd like you which are based on classical lines. of the young crickets and beetles to teach them singing! Because, the most He is married to Miss Tong Shut- and grosshoppers looked around for Mr Grump, you've got hing. the actress, and they have a someone give them swimming beautiful singing-voice anyone son of nine, who cares little for stage and diving lessons. That wasn't os we've ever
at night. Tame and has set his heart instead | easy as it sounds."
"And of cou
Chirpie sald, as on a medical career.
"Didn't they think of Mr Grump he finished his last crumb, "r right
"Knarf asked. away?
Grump was as plensed as can be. He
sald But she
of
of
Mr Ma Sze Tsang met Miss Hung No, they didn't. First they spoke sald to send the children around at
n she once! So now he's teacher of Sien-nul, the niece of a well-known to the duck. actor in Kwongchowwan where he couldn't swim. She could only pad- swimming, diving and singing. He's fled after the fall of Hongkong. They die. Then they spoke to a sunfish. a good teacher, too-especially Joined a touring company which But the sunfish said he could only swimming and diving." catered for the troupe during the swim under water, and It wasn't war, and were married in Kwangsi.much good teaching anyone but a and flew off.
LOOK OUT,
CRABROCK?
Princess Remembers
AND NOW.RED RYDER. ME, FIREFLY GIVE YOU GOLD DUST REWARD FOR DOING AWAY WITH EVIL CHIEF«PINK LOUD, MANY MOONS AGO
And
Chirpie
By Fred Harman
chirped-a-laugh,
Rupert's Island Adventure―30
Stilt tollowing the old man's !!!- structions Rupert-and Willie''partly close the paper box, turn it over and do some more difficult folding, Then they grasp it and pull in opposite directions and, to their de- fight, an entirely new boat appears. Bending down the professor Lifts » along flap at each end.
"Those will do for sails" he amiles triumphantly, "and there's just room for one of you to sit in ft.** "I wouldn't dare to tail in that flimay thing," says Willie. "But I would aliouts Rupert, "when can I start?"
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