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It's Posture That Counts In The New Beach Suits

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DMITTEDLY beach clothes are very glamorous affairs these days, with perfect cut and fit that never existed a few years back. But their firmly

gripping qualities, fattering. though they may be to the slender, have one drawback- they reveal quite ruthlessly any faults of posture and denoort-

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So many women think that a sue-. ceful appearance in a noderm swimming suit degu nds entirely on how good a figure they hate. This is a mistake, A woman who cari ries herself beautifully and with pride will overcoin ca: fizienzies of figure, wherea; her more fortunate sister with bad deportment will he quite unimpressive.

The slogan uza well-known American physical culture expert is Posture Makes Perfect,"

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it takes a swimming suit to reveal to us how slack, we are in this res- pent

Get into your swimming-suit and estard in front of a long mirror. Be very critical of yourself and become aware of your own body and its pari ticular shortcomings. Let your self slump and see what bad pos- ture and flabby Proscles do to your fieure.

Now straighten up. drawing in- the shoulder blades and Buitening the back (which every swimming- suit leaves bare), bruge up the thigh muscles by Wetting the weight off the heels. feeling poised for action, am pull in at the waist. Here is. the root of the trombles faulty pos ture invariably centres round the waistline. Here there are several layers af strange muscles which when not used fill to give the natural support they were intend- throwing the ed for, as well as whole body out of alignment.

Lazy abdominal muscles are the usual cause of what is termed the niidle-aged, spread." a state of affairs that should never happen if - a le abitial figure discipline. were introdued into everyday life.

Waste no time in getting rid of that feeling that you do not look

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your best in your beach clothes by starting good habits in posture. Folds of Hesh round the waistline are probably nothing but, lack of control and balance will bring beauty of figure, for a body held- out of alignment looks misshapen. Every time you look into a full- length mirror or catch a glimpse of yourself reflected in a shop win." „dow, criticise your posture and cos

et it You are sitting out doors at the dining-table, in the theatre or cinema. Are you sitting well back in your seat, with your weight on your thighs and not on the base of your spine, with a cor- responding "doubling ap around the waist!

Practise the "standing tall posie tion while waiting for a bus or train. instead of the ustal one of out-thrust hip and samring knees.. and every step you walk can be a valuable corrective exercise if you; concentrate on that pulling in at the waistline and lengthening of the body.

Lacquer Lore

Some lacquers are better for two applications. With, others this is not necessary. When giving the nalis » double coat, apply the fint one thinly, and aim at getting a el-ar outline round the half moons, The arm can be steadied by resting it on the bic. Allow the founda- tion to dry and then take a full brush of lacquer, and blob it on...

be The brush must not pressed against the ail Let the varnish run down to the end of the nail and then wipe found with a strip of butter maslin.

Finally, a dream or oil should be applied to the cuticles.

House Proud Notion

When your guests open the drawers of their dressing tables to put away their belongings, they are usually confronted by snow-white paper linings.

This may be very clean and ng gienic, but a prettier idea is to line them with sheets of daintily coloured wall-paper which may be renewed as often as necessary-

Many housewives make most at-. tractive coverings for their piles of linen, which, apart from their ap- *pearance. also keep sheets and towels clean.

Each cover is made of chintz or linen, and it is usually square in shape. The pile of linen is placed upon it. cornerwise, and the four corners are lapped over tidily in .lace. When the covers are made of plain linen, they may be bound with another colour, or, a deeper shade of the same colour, with a monogram to match.

Sometimes the corner of the cover is secured by a band of linen which. keeps it neatly in place.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1935

BEAUTY DIARY

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portant nowadays. When ́ you hear a woman say that she finds the new necklines "trying" to wear. yon may be sure that she hasn't-preserved the beauty Then, the neck- of her neck. line of the dress draw atten- tion to this fact, and all is lost? "Old-looking Xecke

So it is more important than ever it was to keep our necks young and lovely, because, apart from any consideration of the dress itself uld-looking necks are much more ageing" than line, upon the face. Give your neck regular treat- ment, therefore, and if it is not as pretty as you would like at the moment, I am quite sure that you will see an improvement after a few weeks of special care.

Usually all necks need eleaning and whitening, and then, in addi to some need fattening and fil- ing cut, while others are too plamp alrendy.

Start the treatment at night, by covering the neck with cold gream ard massaging it well into the Skin, smoothing it from the throat to the chia and then from under the chin to the ears. Never draw the fingers downwards, and do not pull the skin, but run your fingers alop the musel gently though firmly. Now, wise of the cream with cleansing tissues, and repeat the massage with more cream and

more tissues.

Some people prefer a cleansing lotion instead of cold cream, and in this event you merely shake a few. drops upon a pad of cotton. - wool and smooth over the neck-with the same upward and outward. move- ment--not forgetting the back of the neck as well as the front.

When the neck is thoroughly elean it is ready for the next part of the treatment, which probably consists of a bleaching or whitening process.

Home-made Bleaches

You may whiten it by means of a bleaching liquid which is dabbed on and left to dry, or with a cream. Usually the lotions show quicker results, but they are all inclined to be drying, therefore the creams are probably the easiest to use, because they whiten, without drying the skin.

There are some excellent bleach- ing creams to be bought nowadays, or you can make quite a good one yourself by taking a pot of cold cream and mixing into it, drop by, drep. about two teaspoonfuls of strained lemon juice, and ten drops of peroxide of hydrogen.

This cream is then smoothed over the neck and left on all night, with perhaps a very light bandage wrap-

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The bleaching cream is used every fother, night, ungil it has whitened the neck, when once a week is suff- cient.

On all the other evenings a skin food is used instead of the bleach- ing cream, to fill out hollows and get rid of lines, and wrinkk si

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Pat Away Double Chins Here, to; there are many makes of feeding cream, some of which sive marvellous results: almond oil is good.

You can also buy a patter at most beauty shops to pat the cream-into the skin, quite vigorously, working again upwards from the throat and outward. This patting will stima- late the Lauscles, for sagging mas- cles are responsible for necks which are wrinkled and thin and also for many double chins....

Double chins should however, her treated a little differentix. The skin food treatment should be given every oftar night; and, on the re- maining nights astringent lotion should be given instead of the Fream. A good home-made astrin- rent consists of equal parts of witch bize and rosewater.

Helpful Exercises

And lastly, exercises benefit all kinds of necks, because they tighten up the muscles. Perhaps the best exercise consists of stretching the chin upwards and craning the neck slowly over one shoulder, and her over the other. Repeat ten ties. To tighten the chin mus eles, stretch the head back, then forward.

As in all Seauty treatment, per- severance will give the best re- sults."

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