THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH SATURDAYS JUDY
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
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TO THE MARGARET LEIGHTON, against the BEDROOM
elegant background of her leisure hours,
poses for this John French picture
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AMERICA'S FINEST SWIMWEAR.
Revealing a work-bench dressing table
... gentle lights
IN HER BEDROOM with country view, actress Margaret Leighton has fashioned herself dressing-table that is twice as long as most.
What makes this the most elegant work- hench ever? Said Miss Leighton! "It'*.quile a simple idea. The top a long wooden plank painted white and covered with glass, Dratcers and legs are hidden under white broderie anglaise-perfect for the countrys I have a feeling it would need a lot more but washing in town.”
The all-white trestle stretches the-length: of the wide window at Send Barns, Ripley, near Woking, and takes everything a dress- ing-table should.
Venetian Touch
There is a table mirror with a carved frame ("I had that painted white to match the ret....a shallow bowl of flowers to make a pretly reflection in the mirror....a collec- tion of thin gold and glass Venetian scent bottles ("My husband and I bought those at auction sale miles away from Venice") 1 lamp
with a Chinese vase base big and bright enough to make-up by.
The curtaining at the end of the windows: makes
brilliant. chintz-on-white-twilly background,
Miss Leighton, star of "Tho- Cocktall- Party," poses in a dress to suit the room. The sille jersey material Is of palesi grey--- the main colour of the room.
Another of her furnishing finds-a screen is seen in the top picture, it didn't Look at all like that when my husband and I first law it at a sale. We covered the panels with material to match the curising, put some new plass in the
the small panes, and painted the
woodwork white,"
The hanging light, shaped like a birthday
cake, in the second picture is covered with
white broderie anglaise. "We hate a glaring By the double bed covered in grey linen
PICTURES BY JOHN FRENCE.
Notice the corner of a wash basin filled
centre Light, but we do like to be able to with a white frill round the bottom stands a on a white-wood table with welt-shaped nec. The piece stretched over the bottom big standard lamp. Tho shelf round the legs.
is a good compromtar, and makes for a soft base saves having an extra table for the round the front to hide those pipes-but I
Light"
telephone.
"I'm always meaning to put curiains
never got round to it.”
Just why can't you sleep?
THOUGH the
most na- Wo scarcely need a demon- dividuals, seem
ho is unlikely to more likely to is asleep, tural thing in the world, arallon to prove that continued develop it than others.
awaken untli he has had some lack of sleep is harmful, pro- atill remains some ducing such
Some persons attempt Bleop
the rest, Berious symptoms process of counting sheep Jump- thing of a mystery. All as unsteadiness," loss of mus- ing over a fence as a means medical men with the
sleep
ko
H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
Bet
there is addition to any If the proper
Property employed, of are familiar cular strength, faugue and, falling asleep, and this may of forse drugs,
no danger of various bodily Anally, exhaustion. Thus, the cometimes be helpful because drugs are selected and given in changes, such as a decrease person who fails to deep night- it scems to suppress brain ac- the right doses, they are entire- In and night-out needs alten- tivity. Rending a dull book may in the rapidity of the heart on.
have the sumo effect. Taking a hot ly out of the system by the time the patient awakens in the beat and
The ordinary a lowering blood
drink may pro-morning. If, on the other hand,
schso pressure, which occur dur- victim of in- rastamante By race duce
somnia is un- ing sleep, yet its true na able to
of contentment e pallent worries about taking and
the drugs, they may lose their well-bo ture and its exact mechan- because
and help
desired effect. ism have never been fully cannot
qulet over in Many patients aro sleepless rid
conscious thought active mental procesats.
because they are worried or when ho goes to bed. Drugs, particularly the bat have some sort of anxiety. Sleep in a practical way, however, He continues to turn over in his biturates, bromides, and alcohol may be
Impossible in such we know a good deal as, for mind the events of the day, and, also have a direct action in map- casos until the cause of the an- inalance, that different people as a result, the brain cells re- pressing brain activity, and may xiety is removed, although, in need different amounts of sleep, main active and sleep does not have some usefulness in tem- these paste, also, the proper porarily overcoming sleepless barbiturate may be helpful. Of and that these requirements All people scem to suffer ness. Drugs which act over a course, anything of this kind tend to grow less on the individ. from this state of affairs at one long period of time usually are must be used only, on a phy- nal grows older.
iline or another, but some in- not necessary. Once the patient-sician's prescription..........
explained.
occur.
of-
Learn How To Sew:
Today we prosent the first of a serios of articles on practical home sowing which will appear daily on our Womansenic page.
Your Sewing Serapbook
by
Mary Brooks Picken
Terry Poncho for the Beach
HIS makes a practical poncho
to wear over a bathing suit since it gives protection from sun and can be used as a towel afterwards.
Tike 2 medium-weight terry cloth towels 20" x 40". Cut one towel in half crosswise to use for front and back section. A centre side of second towel, as at A, make a slash in half the width, then cut each side of this slash in 2", as at B and C. This is for the neck opening.
Turn slached part back 2 Turn raw edges.in and stitch along edges as shown. Make narrow hem across the line to finish back neckline.
Take the towel that you cut in ball and centre one cut edgo 2 from back edge of shoulder plece, as at E. and F. Site.
BACK
20"
40
20"
20.
FRONT
front
Put poncha on, bring neckline edges together to make a V, as at A Pin the secand hall towel to front of shoulder
G to K plece, stitch ino shown. The size of the bust will influence slant of front stitch- Ind Mac G-H.
ns
Buy and yard of heavy card to use around waist. Cut in half. The knot in ono end of
cachi
piece. Sew other ends of cora pieces to each sldo of back section, at waistline. Sutch across cord enda & couple of times by machine or whip to place by hand. When poncho-is on, bring cord ends to front and tie as shown.
Many will find this Ideal to wear when shampooing their hair. A thoughtful gift for some- one golog on vacation,
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