THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1948.
— WOMANSENSE-
Shown here are three little
snug hets that will not only Milliners Decree Small
Hats This Autumn
cling to a woman's head but to her heart this autumn.
JESTER'S HAT
REVERSIBLE.
SLIP-OVERS.
made of, fine alpacca in a usoful medium weight. Just the garment for the cooler 'Evenings or after exercise.
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Latest vertion at the 'eone nas by milliner Bainmond Thi- ona in fester trio. to to two tome felt one side vollow-green. the other side spinach-green.
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Four speckled birds cling to the brim of this autumn toque by the same designer.
By JAMES D. SHACTER PÚNICAGO-American women with be more feminine in this au- tumn's hat styles, Chleago`millinery experts believe.
IN TWO TONES
The brim is'in two folds and the colours are twɑ lone-browir and cream,
The back of this new Dolores hat is in Robin Hood style. am the crown is cireled by a cream cord.
TINY WHITE
SPOTS ON
THE NAILS
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
THERE has always been as good deal of curiosity
Exhibitors at the Millinery Dis- players Association's national att .tumn show sail the Industry was combatting current female "hatless- ness" by fenturing small headpieces designed to blend with suits and dresses,
The president of the Millinery Merchants Executive Association, said little hints definitely are coming back."
"Women who now go barchended will wear hats that are part of their. costume, but they won't be aware of them because, the hats are small and comfortable," she said,
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"It takes 20 years of a woman's appearance to have some, but not all, of ber hair show," she added.
One designer said this year's hats were co-ordinated with. hair styles more than in the past. The current short babbed haircut favourite has resulted in a great demand for small, snug tailored hats, she said. They fil closely on the head, unhampered by high hairdos,
Designers agreed that an impor- tant development is the hat that fits the heat, in contrast to the half- hnts and large blowy types that have been popular with: elaborate hair styles, New models called
Well-Cared-For Complexion
Will Stay Soft, Resilient
· Courbury Pond's
The girl with the pratty complexion, massages her face nightly with cold cream, follows with hot, then cold water."
By HELEN FOLLETT
bettes are especially designed to ONCE again we must sound the will, strengthen the issues, little
be worn with bobbed hair.
Displayers said the tailored types were almost as well-Atting as men's hots.
"Women with large heads will be able to and hats that fit them for the first time in years," an exhibitor salti.
New models also included shell carlots, visor berets, sallors, and pill boxes-all designed to be worn with short bobbed, hair.
warning siren." Fight wrinkles tines can't get a toehold.
get before you
them. Keep your Do circles around your eyes, stari- complexion in Arst class condition. Ing on the upper ld at the inner Keep the tissues firm and the under- end, sweeping out to the temples. lying fibres resilient, and you'll have doing several circles there, back un-
nice, smooth face if you live to be
der the cyc to starting point. 100, Foresee the havoc time can do.
Summer sunslife may have started Take out Insurance against the
Ittic sun rays. This treatment will blot them out. marks that he puts upon the coun- tenances of women who won't spare
entire facial the time
Over the ent
area, and for beautifying,
or feel the neck, too, do five finger exer- that it is time wasted,
eises as you would do them on the That
little jar of cold cream la plano, starting with the little finger- your good friend. Dip into it every of each hand. Over the checks and the forehead. Along the jaw line. Up and down the neck. Do quicic little hammer strokes.
Before starting this treatment.. wash the face well with worm sva- ier and a bland, soop. dry it thoroughly: cream is not us effective as 11 might be on a moist surface.
Black continued to lead the colour night of your life. rain or shine, no parade, but new shades includedmatter how tired or sleepy you may be. This bedtime ritual pays grand green, and coffee tan.ontinental dividends; It keeps you young in
to the white spots that some- times occur on the nails and, heavily
How To Wash perhaps for lack of other ex-
Slipcovers
By ELEANOR ROSS
planation, definite superstitions have grown up about them in some parts of the world.
In one locality, for instance, it is believed that the number of spots which can be counted on the nalla of an individual indicate the number of years he will live: in others, they are regarded as visible evidence of the lies he
stili has told and, in others, as that of secret kisses.
THERE, are several queries this of week anent the advisability laundering, slipcovers. Well, to re- peat our answer, we always advise having slipcovers handled by a pro-
Of course, nong of these things fessional dry cleaner unless there is true. As a rule, such spets in- is perfect assurance that the fabrie, dicate nothing in particular, but, in
is both colour fast and shrink-proof. Then, and only then, should laun- the slipcovers at home be considered.
If and when you have silp covers made, always have an extra
picce
of the fabric for testing purposes. But if you have purchased the covers ready made, and want Inake sure that the guarantor stand up, here's a suggestion.
many instarices, they have a mean- ing for the physician as an indica- tion of some underlying condition which should receive attention.
Common Causes
One of the most common causes to of these white spots seems to be in- will Jury to the nail when the root of the nali is pressed on, as is often the case in pressing back the soft tissue behind the nali in manicuring. This pressure and injury-may cause ile cells to take up an unusual quantity of air which is responsible for the white spots and stripes.
on
Find a place on the back or the under side of a seat cover that you can mark off into a square four or five inches wide. Draw the square lightly with pencil, then basic thread over the pencil lines. This is necessary because the pencil lines
will disappear in the lost.
Dip in Suds
Wet this portion thoroughly by dipping into a small bowl of luke-
sarma
suds. Let
and watch
for
stand
a
Another cause of these white spots is the result of a severe fever, While stripes or coarse ridges on the nails have been observed to develop during severe attacks of typhoid or typhus fever.
Nerve injuries are another cause. They may develop in cases of neu- ritis produced by an excessive use few of alcoholic beverages, or a neuritis
caused by arsente.
of
of the white spots on the nails can- In many instances, the exact cause not be determined. It would appear that there is a certain group people who suffer from constipation, indigestion, acne or pimples, and who also have white stripes on the nails.
minutes, squeezing several times, of any tendency colour to bleed or fade. Then rinse and lay on a soft cloth, patting with a second cloth to remove moisture. Press with a moderately hot Iron, measuring the square, and note any shrinkage. If no perceptible shrink- age is detected in the test and the dyes seem fost, then it is reasonably safe to go ahead with the launder- ing.
Whether
tub or automatic
Exccasive Sweating
It is also denoted that the white washer is used, prepare a good rich | spots are present in some persons 'suds with lukewarm water. Wash who have excessive sweating. They speedily, dousing the fabric up and may occur in those who have a skin down in the tub (never let sinnd) disorder known as psoriasis. Eczema, or by running the washing machine also, may be accompanied by for 5 minutes (no more).
changes in the nails including the formation of white spots.
Rinse immediately in clear luke- warm water. Put through loose wringer or spin dryer and hang in n warm, airy place. Before entirely dry, press on the wrong side with a moderately hot iron. Return im- mediately, to proper, place on couch or chair; adjust to fit.
thing of the past.
appearance.
Another exhibitor sald that Are there tiny lines between your ornamented hats were eyes? Watch out. In time they can
develop into frowns. When you np ply the cream, place the thumb at the lower end of the lines, the first Anger at the upper terminals. Hold the finger there, Iron upward with the thumb. By lifting the flesh you
"Women wore so much junk on
their heads during and after the war that they Just got tired of carting it all around," she said.
BOYS
AND GIRL
Mrs. Cuckoo Never Slept
-She Had to Stay Awake to Call the Time-
By MAX TRELL
and Hanid, the shadow- NARF A children with the turned- around names, were talking to Mrs Cuckoo who lived Inside the clack that hung on the playroom wall It was quite a pretty room with com- fortable old chairs and sofo, and long lace curtaing at the windows, and hooked rugs on the floor, Mrs favourite rocking Cuckoo had a chair in which she always sal, doing her knitting-except once an when she got up, opened her front door and called out the time.
hour
The clocka talked to each other at night.
Don't fall i
In the morning dash on cold wa- ter. If the skin is olly, apply an as- tringent or tonic lollon. And there you are! All set!
GAZINE
It was it very pleasant, old- fashioned room. But there was something odd about it. For there Knarf and was a sound in it that Hanid never heard in any other room. The sound was a loud tick- tock, tick-tock. It came from the
Kharf and Hanid looked at Mrs eellar, and it was the sound of the clock. Mrs Cuckoo kept careful Cuckoo in surprise. "If you don't count of every tick and every tock, call it for them, whom do you call She made 4 stitch for every tick- it for?" they bott asked. tock, and when she had enough of them, she knew the hour was and it was time for her to call out the time again.
up
Very Curious
Pony Express Was "Air Mail” Of Its Day
By Richie Waddell
MANY years ago a woman malled
aletler from St Joseph, Mo., and it arrived in Sacramento, Cal.. nine days later. This sounds slow nowndays, but then a crowd of people in California wildly cheered [The arrival of the letter." The leller had cost the sender a V.S.$5 fec. While it was just one of many let ters, it was un important letter in history. For this was the pioneer run of early America's first attempt to speed up the mail delivery sys- tem. The pony express was on the Job.
Nine days was record tíma in 1860 for mail to travel from the Midwest to the Coast. Often it took 13 days and sometimes the mail didn't go through at all. The ronds were wilderness trafls through plains,
deserts
and mountainous Agalp Mrs Cuckoo smiled. "It's country. Besides, hostile Indians
were curious," she
often encountered on. the Journey. house across the street, there's-on-thing from robbery to killings.
Such meetings meant any-
"Don't you ever sleep, Mrs Cuc- koo?" Hanid asked.
very
Day and Night
said. "In the
other old clock. It's quite a good friend of mine. It's a grandfather's
Mrs Cuckoo pushed her gold 'clock, and late at night, when every- The pony express was more than spectacles back on her forehead and one else is asleep, the grandfather's just a handful of brave and capable smiled. "No, dear. I stay awake clock and I talk to each other. We horeemen. The operating company day and night. I'm quite used to it. don't say much, just a howdy-two stations from 15 to 25 miles apart. had set up a system of 100 relay I've been doing it for many, many
. howdy-four There were 80 riders, and to on until the sun rises horses and each rider covered about using 500+
and journey,
years. Now and then," she added, ... howdy-three.
smiling, "I found myself drowsing. But that isn't very good. Because and everyone gets up for breakfast." 70 miica on his share of the jobs
I should fall asleep. I'd forget to
"I didn't know clocks spoke to call out the hours, and then no one each other," Knarf sald. in the house would know, what o'clock it was."
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"Dear me, yes!" said Mra Cuc- "But why," asked Knarf, "do you koo. "They all go. There's nothing have to call out the hours all night more friendly than a clock.. Just long? No one hears you. Mother and look at its big, round, open face and Father and the children are all fast you'll see what I mean. My good-
ness!" she suddenly exclaimed, she 'glanced down at her row "Well," answered Mrs Cuckoo, it stiches. "Here's another hour isn't Mother, Father and the chil- gone by!" And with that alle sprang dren that I call out the time for all up and hurried to the door through the night."
called out the time.
Excluding the cases which develop as a result of Injury, fevers and pole | asleep." sons, white spots on the nails of patients may be a symptom that.re- quires investigation, since they, may indicate a more or less persistent slate of ill health.
By Fred Harmun
and
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
Rupert & Mr Punch-I
RED RYDER
SO LONG, SHERIFF! TELL THE WARDEN TO TAKE GOOD
CARE OF THOSE BUZZARDS FOR THE NEXT FEW TEAR
Speaking of Desserts.
WELL, THERE SO THE GOWER BEND STAGE RODBERS TO PRISON, JAKE
THET WERS DUMB?
ROBCINA STAGE COACH IS ME FOR A SMART OPERATOR TED/ANDA STAGE LINE RUN] BYA WOMAN IS CUSTARD
PIE!
(FLO TESCOM AINYAN
ORDINARY WOMAN,
JAKE?
The summer is still very hot and Rupert wonders where all his pals.
"There's no cricket going on," he murmurs. "I wish
could find someone to talk to," Ho strolls towards a small pool on the common and is just thinking of paddling when he glances upward. "Hulio," he asys, there's somes one knoozing in the grass up there.. I do believe it's Algy. I'll go and ace."
And, leaving the pool, he' saunters up the short slope to see if he has guessed' rightä
ALL RIORTA AKSERVED.