THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1860.
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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
First Postwar Furniture Show Opened By Princess Elizabeth ANSWER TO TIGHT LIVING
You can't put a quart U-UE. It is, Drst and foremost, Д beautiful plece of modern into a pint pot. But you sitting-room furniture, lovely to can, if you're clever, put a look nt,
སྨ* perfectly sprung, full-sized home into a couple invitinga seliee-bed in fact, in of rooms. And you don't that order, with the accent on
the netice. And it is part of need to be a magician to do it, either.
it may not sound logic, but it's onc of the heart warming miracles just proved at the first postwar Exhibition of the Bri- tish Furniture Trade shown In London, Homen can be stretched
big
suite, either a normal sized two Cushion chesterfield, or a Juxurious davenport, with super springing and three loose seat curhions,
You would need to be
and changed about, and adapted. magician to guess, without being Two carefully designed rooms told, that with a couple of simple can do what four used to, in the movements almost forgotten
that sofa changes
days when a character and becomes, when
loungo was a lounge and a bed. you need it, room a bedroom and never the double bed." twain could
the
perfect modern By day or night Today, with it's top of the class for comfort
the aid of well-designed modern and good locks. You don't just furniture....1050 furniture for buy one article with powers to can disguise itself as something else. modern Pui-U-Up xpl guest-room where In the
two first-class pleces lerally no space to buy
1030 tight
even
there is
get n
living....you
Upholstered
in
the
whip a cat. And....this is the essential furniture for the price real mirnele of it....the room of one! loses nothing in good looks and comfort and good quality!
loveliest materials
they Bre within the Board of Trade price control, so that, for the very same price as any other Utility sufa of the same size, you get Once, and in the memory of this extra. A guest-room free, most of us, a "bed-seliee" was without paying extra rent and A hidden bed fer frankly a "bed-settee", a fold-up rates.
diseulsed as a energoneles and hospitality! If emergency bed
to n rofa because it looked more be- this isn't the answer coming that way. Today you hundred family problems, what couldn't say that about any Fut- Is?
If You Feel Your Heart Palpitating
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
So far as the doctor is con- sudden fright, and those who cerned. palpitation of the have suffered from a prolonged heurt means only that the patient linesa know that it is common in aware of the beating of his during the recovery period. own heart.
Whilfe unpleasant, palpitation
Thia consciousness of the 1s never associated with pain, throbbing of one's own heart to Sometimes, particularly if the usually an unpleasant symptom heart is beating rapidly, irregu- and one which causes much larity of the heart-bent may be nervousnesa and worry, often noticeable. This kind of palpita
Otherwise, in
which needless.
the lion is apt to come
harmless. By for the greatest most troublesome just when he, number of people who are is falling asleep. annoyed in this fashion suffer neither from heart disease nor
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noon
Afternoon Tea Special
¤ By ALICE DENHOFF *
I one has committee work to do, best way to get things done is to convene at an after
Whether ten
meeting. around the fire or basking on the porch, afternoon tea is a festive, delightful occasion, and a nice of introducing n guest or a cause to a gathering
WBY
or
The tea can be simple with just the thinnest of thin bread and butter or simple sweet or avoury sandwichea and plain biscuits or it can be quite an elaborate affair while the be verage itself can be served with cream or lemon or mint, ginger clove-studde Iemon or orange slices.
Whether you have a high tea with elaborate accompaniments. or merely a cup of tea with bread and butter and cake, R must be daintily served. A de- licate, translucent cup and spot- less napkins belong to it, even for porch or casual ten. Tiny ten sandwiches have crusts re- moved and are cut into fingers, triangles or rounds.
crushed banana pulp, one-third as much chopped walnut meat; add a little salt, and moisten with lemon juice. Spread between slices of buttered white thin bread or serve on small, round. nweet crackers.
Cinnamon Toast
For hot tea-table sandwiches, pinin teast (varying the brends) the orange and cinnamon toast, are always welcomed. Cinnamon toast, carefully prepared, is ond big delight. Wo know дра
ono
hostess who cerves beautiful, piping hot cinnamon
toast with tea accompanied by a
tray
of candied orange and lemon slices and crystalled grapefruit rind. Remove crusta
from 34-Inch slices of white bread, and tonat on one side only. On unionsted side, spread butter,
then a gen generous sprinkling of mixture of three parts of powdered sugar to one of ground cinnamon (about a level thap. to regular alice), Dot with a few bits of butter,
place in a warm oven for a few minutes, and practise
Attractive Silk Embroidered
Something Special watchful waiting until butter For something special combine melta into the cinnamon mixture: 8,1
equal quantities of preserved ginger and candied orange peel, minced very Inc. Add Just enough thick cream or cream cheese to make a paste, Sprend mixture lightly between lightly- buttered thin slices of white bread.
For another wonderful ten Uld- bit chop dates, figs or soaked prunes. Combine with an equal amount of chopped pecans or walnuts; molsten with fruit juice er cream, and sweeten to taste. on very thin, soft white or wholewheat bread, making
to six layers. four
Chill and cut in allees, giving a ribbon, layer cake effect Combine with coarsely-chopped, large, soaked
an equal amount
Spread THIS NEW FUT U-UT BUITE in rust-red tapestry has overy- thing a modern woman wants......A comfortable chesterfield with good springing and loose cushions, chairs to match yet to salt the family's individual needs. Note the chair in which a woman.can knit in comfort and, if she wishes, test her head. But there is something else you can't see in the picture. The chesterfield becomes, at night, a full-size double bed, spring mattress, overlay and all.
prunes,
FIVE MINUTES AGO this was a sitting-room and the bed a good-looking chesterfield. In- Now there is a alde, out of sight, was hidden all the bed linen but the elderdown quilt. comfortable bed for two ready yet not taking up valuable space by day. The back, folded up for the night has patent safety supporis, and can't fail down accidentally.
A
Child Problem
IF SPEECH DEVELOPS
TOO SLOWLY By G. Cleveland Myers, Ph.D.
grent majority of cases, it person is worried, and is often A
any other allment.
Palpitation may also be due
FEW children who some way showed his fear and were considered ready to enter
his mother regular school classes. don't begin to talk as displeasure when early as the average child. rst left him in the playroom, does may be hard of hear-
to excessive smoking and over-ing, may be retarded men-
with
Indigestion,
tally or may have sustained
the
to
of
If your child is noticeably late in developing speech have his hearing tested. Treat him as if he talked but never urge him to Talk to him about what talk. In other cases the palpitation indulgence in stimulating bever-
you are doing is due, not to any heart disorder, ages.
harm to his central nervous TN this play situation fears les he is doing or
with sened and the child gradually
him or
Rend for him. but to a disease affecting other formation of excessive amounts
to him every day, Holp parts of the body. In a very few of gas in the stomach and bowel, system. But many young
the children who have failed to learned to wait on ilmself and some
more independent him avold or overcame cares, palpitation does give evi- may be responsible for
palpitation. Persons dence of heart trouble.
with learn to talk have been
physically and emotionally. The Provide him with a serene, affec- gallbladder disease often fall in
to tonate hampered emotionally.
encouraged 1100 or lessening Nearly everyone becomes this group. Anaemia or
dependent fight back and defend their own Krow 1mosphere but help him aware of the heart-beat ofter of the colouring matter in the exertion or as the result of a blond, if it is at all severe, may produce palpitation, particularly fier exertion. Excessive secrc- tion from the thyroid gland or fuxic goitro is another cause.
This Week's GADGET...
... would
make a tiny gift for a housewife. It is an err- pastel anodized timer aluminium, which screwed on to the insida a cupboard door or on to a shell-to avoid mislaying
can be
of
It comes completes with two BCROWN.
-London Express Service)
May Clear Up
In every case of palpitation,
It is advisable for the person to
children were
and
on
feare.
You emotionally, A few years ago, at the Cleve. things and themselves. Gradually physically land Speech and Hearing Centre they learned to share and, later, Entourage him in creative fun of Western Reserve University to join in some simple games by Most of all, set the stage so lie an experiment was conducted, the whole group, gaining will play constantly with other whose results have hopeful, occasion to express their feel children of his age. If possible, helpful suggestions for parents. Inga, needs and wants in words, enter him in a nursery school or
kindergarten By the adult leaders, these children were addressed and treated as any speaking child. Naturally
speech began to bel associated with all the sounds, words and sentences, with games
+ry
THE
On
Though according to report,
Special Room In Theatre For Crying Babies
THE sixteen children selected have a thorough physical exam- for the experiment were all ination to determine just what over three years of age and all and objects. factor may be responsible. In were virtually speechless. some cases, if the condition is the basis of careful testing the children usually begin to play explained to the patient, it will children all "showed evidence of side by side, each in his own clear up with no further treat- normally intelligent behaviour."
way but at similar activity
A new theatry opening in ment. The giving of sedatives The parents were pledged to (parallel play) at about two Maynard, Mass, will have a or quieting druga may be useful co-operate. The Assumption
years of age, these children soundproof, glass-walled bal- in certain instances.
was that inhibitona of
mothers can best be released in a normal whose average age was 5.2 years cony room to which Since palpitation may at times play altuation, so the environ- had not yet developed to this con retire with crying babies, other Blage:
thus avoiding annoying be due to actual heart disease, ment provided for these children
patrons yet being able to con- Unue watching the picture,
speech
an X-ray should be taken in all was that of a normal nursery. Intances to determine whether
or not the heart is enlarged, and
Practically nil the children
En electro -cardiogram or tended to bave many fears, es-
with
electrical tracing of the heart-pecially fears of other children un play programme bent should be made just to be and of competition with them. theso 10 children lasted for sure that the heart is function- Every child in the group cafed or about five months, after which ing in a normal manner.
had a temper tantrum, or in 12 of them bad normal speech or
In Farmer City, IL, a waar- riage licence was obtained by a Miss Swallow and a Mr. Spar- row.
or slip under broiler for quick But whichever way, resulta
serve piping hot.
BEATING FIRES YOU DON'T WANT
By BOB SCHARFF
TVERY minute of the day fre
strikes somebody's home. Half of these could be prevent ed, and whether your home is next may depend upon the pre- cautions you take.
which
Here are four things will make your home fire-safe:
1. Check the
danger
#pots
Have
where are may start; 2. Bro-fighting equipment hands
and
sand bucket in the garage extinguisher in the kitchen; 3 Fire-retard the basement; and Install
a device to warn you the
minute a fire starts.
Defecilve heating plants cause
most fires. A yearly
check-up
of the complete system-furnace chimney-is essential for
to
safety,
Another potential fire hazard is your electrical equipment, Con-- stant watch should be made for deterioration of wiring and
cords. flexible appliance older houses have the
wirin
In
Inspected at regular periods and necessary changes made prompi- ly. Never overfuse any electric 'Ine.
Frequent Cause Another frequent cause of fire is spontaneous combustion. The only protective remedy is to clean out accumulated junk and rubbish from basement to attic. Since the majority of home Ares start in the basement, it should be fire-retarded. plaster-board cellor celling would hold back Are long enough for the family to escape and for firemen to save the rest of the house. Also have a arn- proof door at the top of the celiar stairway.
Personal Habits
Careless personal habits cause a good share of fires. Use of gasoline or other Inflammables for cleaning clothing, leaving may matches where children rench them,
Areplaces without fire screens and that old bugaboo, smoking in bed, are all dangerous.
open
Blouse
G.
by
(Kwong Kee)
8Wyndham St.HongKong
(RIGHT OPPOSITE 5. C. MORNING POST BUILDING)
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ny Hong Kong's chilly days approach, tho common cold comes out to play with renowed vigour
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