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Heeping Fit

Take Care Of Your Ankles

D

ONT make the mistake of

trying to improve your figure by starting from the head with your downwards Start

ankles and work upwards. You will find it twice as easy-and the effects will be most lasting- fect and This is because the ankles are the foundation on which beauty of figure is always built.

To beautify your ankles start by loosening up the muscles of the feet. Stand in stocking-feet behind a chair, using the chair back as a place the which to support an hands, then raise one lez. placing the heel against the other ankle. and shoot this lex straight to the side, pointing the toe to the floor.. Repeat this to-the-side-and-back movement six to ten times, then similar other in The exercise TILA ZINAA

You will find that this vigorous shooting out of the foot not only reduces the ankles, but throws 49, degree, the instep to the proper thus giving poise to the figure.

The next exercise starts with standing with fect about 12 inches Bend the apart, hands on hips." knees outward but without raising the heels from the floor. Now rise straightening your. very slowly. knees, and raising the heels. Try to hold this position for at least ten insteps over seconds, sending the

as far as possible meanwhile. Then lower the heels just as slowly as you drew up.

to

- Improves Shape This is a popular Swedish more time, you will ment, and after a realise that it helps your ankes in a number of ways, improving their shape, correcting any tendency to "outsize," and assisting you

on light and lissem move about

That your arkles will ache feet. slightly after the exercise goes. But without saying, of course, after all, this is a good sign since it implies that your ankles are re- gaining some of their lost pliability. In time, you will experience ache at all

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By way of alternate exercises raise the heels slowly until you are standing arell up on the toes, then slowly lower to the floor again. five times Repeat this movement both morning and evening.

and improves strengthens arches, and gives an added poise to the figure.

It the

The girl whose ankles are rather fleshy, should massage them every night with the fingers dipped in a little spirit, stroking from the In- step toward the calf; then exercise the muscles by turning the foot with a circular movement and shaking it out from the ankle-joint.

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Before

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CHINA MAIL, HOME SUPPLEMENT

BEAUTY DIARY

YOU have lovely hards

that is a compli- worth having rare compliment. For really love- ly hands are few and far be

ment

tween

work In these days of manual

athletics women's and strenuous. hands tend to be larger and, I am afraid, arser, in appearance than formerly. Large hands are nothy - ing to be ashamed of; of course.*** but if one has the it is more than to have perfectly ever essential

ept, nglis

Perhaps it has never occurred to von how much can be done to coun- ternet faults in the shape of the hands and nails by nail shaping and nail make-up? - Yes. I mean that. For nail make-up to-day is a art, second in importarice: only -to facial make-up.

By now, nearly all of you know the usual aints about matching up your lipstick to your nail varnish and ice-versa. But how many of you who have broad nails have discovered the tips of brushing ou deeply in the your lacquer more centre than at the sides of the nail? Try it and see how the nail när rows before your eyes. The same technique should be used for a fiat mail

This is That a famone manicare expert says on the subject of Sing and tholes of colour for different - types of nius:

“No type of nail should be filed down at the side. More especially is this the case if the mail is broad. If only remen knew the harm they were doing their nails by this per- ricious practice! They think they are giving the chill a more slender appearance. Shall I tell you what By constant Eling they doing? down, they are exposing the tech at the sides of the nail and er. couraging it to grow hard and

• Esther-

You Can Have Lovely Hands

than all as

horny.

And worse they will find in time, the finger tips are becoming more spatulate, rather than the reverse.

"Whatever the type of mali, az oral shape is the deal to aim at Sharp talon-like points are finish-

"A broad nail can be coloured all · ever and, contrary to general opin- ion, the darker varnishes are the more becoming.“

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1935.

Slight Housekeeping

(Continued)

Bed-making, like dishwashing, is a task that can be postponed only so long. The temporary bachelor with a whole bouse at his disposal can play Goldilocks and sleep first in one bed and then in another- bat eventually the supply of fresh beds is exhausted. Then he must face realities and wrinkles.

Tune, the great healer, can do nothing for an unmade bed. Re,

an absence of a turn to it after week of cren a month and it will be as unmade as ever. Therefore after you have slept in every bed in the house, you might as well and one bed conine yourself to resign yourself to making it every. day. The great drawback to the system of rotating from bed to bed is that the beds themselves-jook as if they had been rotated, too.

Since bed-making is inevitable," every man should at least master the rudiments of the art. Experi- enced housekeepers do a great deal

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Eterally read the mattress and pillows into shape every morning. But this is done largely for effect, to create an illusion of busyness. For all practical purposes a few gentle tugs at the top sheet are enough to smooth out all the lateral wrinkles, and tucking it under the mattress at the sides eliminates most of the lengthwise creases. It then presents a slightly lumpy ap- pearance, but offers no hint of the actual disorder within.

Much of the success, of an amai- eur bed-maker depends on his man- ner of sleeping. If he turns and tosses like a slumbering dervish at night, he certain to have diff". culties with his dishevelled bed next day. Once the bed clothes become footloose and free, they may as- sume any shape from a rope to a rosette, and the big problem in the morning is bow to tell the top sheet from the bottom.

to sleep But if he learns how passively, like the well-known log. and retains the same position all night long, his morning after tussle with the bedding is mere child's play: one whisk of the top sheet and the job is done. Incidentally, this passive state may be induced by drinking a pint of whisky im mediately before retiring.

As for such miner domestic tasks as dusting the geranions. watering the goldish and Inseri5- ing billets-doux to the milk-man-- these can be postponed until the day before the real head of the house returns. After all, she's bees away before, and she under- stands the Amitations of the mas culine menage. Every summer she is impressed more forcibly by the truth of the old action that a wo man's work is never done. At least, not by her husband.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1935.

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Paris calling

Heading For Simplicity

In Just Four

Silhouettes.

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For

EART

UTUMN

Above.

is one of the new delightful "Zamknit" suits which has arrived in Hong Kong from England and will shortly be shown by us in our Autumn displays; “Zamknit" is a new light-weight knit, is beautifully soft texture, and made up in many shades; Moreover "Zamknit" is shower-.. proofed, a great advantage;

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THE ZAMKNIT IS TO BE POPULAR THIS YEAR.

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St George's Bldg.,

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Mode Elite

IMPLICITY has been the

SIMP

keynote all this year. Slipper-length gowns. and the traditional large hats varied with trim afternoon frocks, spell the greatest elegance. The lines that are the basis, of the smartest gowns are:-Full skirt and balloon sleeves: 1913 peg- top skirt draped at the side. and big, flat hat: tailored jacket in printed crepe.

One of the newest frocks much favoured by the debutantes of 1955 is neat and slim and printed A large, rather fat, straw hat does complete many an outfit, but it is well to remember that as soon as the season changes, a small bat trimmed with ostrich feathers flowers will just strike the right

zote.

or

The newest little frock suits will be just ideal,, for that time too. Such a suit may be carried out in uncrushable linen of the heavier The type or suiting shantung. Skirt is trim and tailored, but very often it has a deep inverted pleat down the front, open from just be- low the knees, with the skirt edges stiffened with rows, of machine stitching. The jacket is designed to give the maximum comfort as well as smartness. 'It is kept to- gether at the waist, beneath the belt (which need not be worn), by an invisible hook and eye, but the neck is left open over a trim

le blease.

Another type of frock designed on suficiently simple lines to look neat and unruffed in a yacht, and see its Jet frivolous enough to wearer happily through garden party occasions, could be carried ou in patterned silk-chiffon, crepe. de chine, or sük organdie. You could caught give it a battery neck down by a clip and a gauged shoul der-line to the full elbow sleeves.

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Adil gauging at the top of an inset have the panel in front and you secret of a most attractive si- henette. you like high neck- lizes the next time you have a linen frock plant three little pique Bowers beneath your chin to match A blue a sport jacket and hat. frock and white accessories would look well.

The old-time ball rogue for black open-work stockings, lingerie pet-

above all, ticoats, lace mitts and, ostrich-trimmed hats is well sti- of mulated in Paris.. And then course coiffures of the Gay Nine- ties are worn Sentimental jewel- bery, too, reminescent of the same period is being extensively reviv ed in locket" clips, pendants or brooches containing a miniature or a keepsake in watercolour of the wearer's boy friend. The smartest ones are framed in black or clear carved crystal Some are striking- ly mounted, others are hidden in a 2 concealed crystal case, which spring opens. Other novel pins are rectangular vold frames holding rows of pearis strung on gold wires, in the manner of arithmetic coun ters used in old-fashioned kinder- gartens: Two of these large pins worn parallel on the lapel of a plain tailored jacket are very smart-50, even with these quaint revivals, we.. need not say goodbye to our much- loved simplicity.

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SUMMER SALE

NOW ON

GAGE AND PARIS CHIC

STRAW

AT

HATS TO BE SOLD

REGARDLESS VALUES

AT

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CHINA MAIL HOME SUPPLEMENT

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3. 1955.

Make your own home

For DISTINCTIVE

FURNITURE AND

FURNISHING FABRICS

The Prefabricated

House

REFABRICATED

houses

. The walks are formed of panels, say four feet wide and the height of the room These panels are light and strong They are easily and

and erected economically, fabricated in the shop

are by no means new: the quickly joined to form a house of

But

› principle was applied in Ameria.

ea several decades ago. they were wooden ones and ther might be purchased from a catalogue or designed to fit spe cial needs-brought to the jgh in sections, propainted and pre- fitted with doors and win dows, and erected within a few days. What is new in the re cent examples is the use of new materials. important because they are fire-resisting and ver- min-proof.

tence"

Why did they come into exis- "Perhaps this question is most easily answered by quoting the United States Department of Commerce: "that the waste in the barding industry is 52 per cent.. 24 per cent. of which is due to poor in turn a result of management. lack of simplification, inefficient methods and obsolete machinery.” Prefabrication, briefy means that the materials used are made under the advantages of mass 'pro- duction in the factory, and merely Thus is assembled on the job.

of handling saved the expense small units that have to be cut and fitted as the house is erected.

This principle is applied to-dar in varying degrees. In the sim- plest form we have Shop-fabricat- ed parts which, although they may be small in size, are exact in mea- surement and do not have to be...

The house made to fit at the site.

.

is planned around these as modules: in other words, the dimensions of the house are exact multiples of these units.

of several Corkantele is one such materials which give a pre- fabricated construction: there are also steel panels which form the without the walls of the house usmai framing members.

Most of the materials used to-day in prefabricated construction per- form more than one function. They may combine sub-wall and insula- tion, sub-wali and frame: finished wall and frame and finished wall and insulation.

We have not as yet the complete- I fabricated house as it is pictured in a recent report on building de- velopments. This deal has tions as large as can be transport-

Knitted Goods To Wash?

A of

por

LONG with the satisfaction the many wearing varieties of knit dresses, suits, comes the sweaters and hats. problem of cleaning.

. If the cleaning of these is done at home, there are a few simple but rigid rules to follow.

First of all, be certain of the kind of yarn used-whether it is wool, silk tayon, linen, cotton or combinations of two or more. The single variety of yarn is compar- atively simple to launder; but some

one, two, or three storeys in height. having rooms of the desired num- The ber size and arrangement. fuors and root are also" pazels of about the same size as the wall Daneb. The stairs are completely assembled, ready for setting - in

The bath place in the building. room and kitchen may also be com- pletely assembled rooms consisting of foor, walls and ceiling, ready to set in place. All pipes duets and wire are built into each fabricat ed agregate at the factory, cos- nections being made after erection. waiters, Complete cicosts, dumb laundry chutes, etc.. åre placed in position as erection progresses. The chimney is in sections and, with complete fireplaces, is erected like the other fabricated agate. If practicable, both the exterior and interior surfaces of the walls will be fished ready for occupancy. if not, these surfaces will be finish- ed after the house is erected, using -speen! methods and equipment which will insure efficient and per- manent surfaces,”

Although all these requirements are not yet embodied in any one do exist in bouse, most of them various combinations and many of those not yet realised are in pro- cess of development. In the house the designed by General Houses chimney is integral with the wall parel: in both these houses and these designed by American Houses the panels are approximately 4 wide and storey-height. They are light and easily handled.

In both also the parels form the former outside wall With the

these walls innst receive a final coat of paint on the job. With the lat ter they may or may not be paint- ed. With the latter also the in- sulation is integral. Eathroom and kitchens are not yet delivered whole to the job, but they are approach- ing this point.

In the house made by American

the Houses

lavatory. medicine cabinet, extra storage cabinets and lights are all part of one steel unit, and in the kitches the equipment is integral with the room and not merely isolated furnishings. Elec- tric stove, refrigerator, dishwasher are all built in and a continuous metal counter connects them with each other and the wall.

(To be continued) '

of the mixtures may prove more difficult. If there is any doubt about the fibre or you cannot as- certain the type, it is best to use the washing directions for the most delicate.

If there is any uncertainty about: the colour-fastness, test it by wash- ing a sample. This should check the colour, and also give some in- dication of whether, the Sbre will mat and harden and lose its lustre.. Procuring this sample is easy if the apparel has been made at home. It is not so practical in the case of

a ready-knitted garment.

If the garment is of one solid colour, and the colour check shows only a small amount of Zading, the When garment may be washed.

MODERN DESIGNS

AT COMPETITIVE PRICES

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two colours are used, for instance, dark blue and white, and the col our check shows a fading of blue, it is best to have the garment dry- eleted

Knitted garments are apt to shrink, if the stitch is a close one, or to stretch if the garment is In addi- loosely worked or lacy.

tion some fibres are subject to shrinking. Wool and a few rayons, for instance, may shrink or stretch according to the manner in which they are washed, regardless of whether they are knitted or in a Double plain weave material. caution must be taken, then, in the way these fibres or any yarns that combinations of fibres are

are

washed.

After the colour check has been made, select the soap with thought- fulness. A mild neutral soap must be used, and it should be used wha- ott a water softener even if the water is hard.

(To be Continueil)....

little tricks.

Cleaning Painted Walls

A satisfactory solution for clean- ing painted walls or painted wood- work is ах follows: One part kerosene, one part vinegar, and one part hot water. Mix well and ap ply with cloth., Wipe dry with a clean cloth. It leaves the polish on the painted surface and does not injure the paint.

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