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Heeping Fit

Madame, Can You Walk?

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be beautiful and wear lovely clothes, fat if you have a'clumsy way of walk- ing you are lacking in a certain charm and distinction that only graceful movements. can give you. What is equally, if not more important, incorrect walk- ing is definitely harmful to health, whereas correct walking is extremely healthful as well as beautifying.

Watch, as I have so often done. the people in any crowded street, and notice how badly the vast "- majority of women walk. There is

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jar in every step and progress is made at the expense of a lot of unneccssary muscular effort and nerve strain. simply because the while body is out of alignment. The saying, "Walking with heavy head," aptly describes one of the worst faults, that of letting the head poke forward so that a great - strain is brought to bear on the neck muscles and nerves in the spine. Instead, it should be kept upright and balanced on the spinal columa, so. that its considerable weight is supported without efort

Natural Rhythm

Shoulders, arms, back, and knees are too often moved in a jerky man- ner, instead of smoothly and quietly in natural rhythm with the princi- pal movement, which takes place in the hip-joints,

Stand well and you will walk well is a good motto, so begin by Facing your weight over the ball of the foot so that in walking you do. zot settle all your weight on each Leel as it is planted down. Keep your ribs slightly expanded to steady the spine, and draw the ab- domen in. Now try that excellent xercise of walking towards a long irror balancing book on your head.

Out of doors, pay a little more attention to your actual physical movements whilst you are walking The legs should swing easily from the hips along two parallel straight. lines, and your body from the waist upwards should be steady, easy, and uplifted. There must be no confusion between a balanced pos- ture which is right, and a stiff post-

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ture (if 33 straight) which is WIND. Keep your knees under control; they should, be neither stiff nor "wobbly, but merely give

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Chcomfortable shoes and too high heels are undoubtedly respon- sible for much ungainly walking. but the remedy is in the hands of the wearer, who should find no diff- culty in getting shoes tht are both comfortable and fashionable.

A daily walk should be as much matter of course, as one's meals, and at this time of the year there is every inducement tó walk, so it- is a good opportunity to learn the art Walk as if you enjoyed it, un- hampered by your body and feet. carrying your head with dignity under a sunny sky, and feeling that every step you take is bringing you health and beauty, as it certainly

My Daughter's Marriage

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Marriage does not stay steady as it once did.

It is not so sure."

It is more difficult to be and to remain happily married that ever it was.

Because it is an entirely personal matter, affecting the two people concerned, surely it is-wiser to leave them to their own folly, if folly it is? Quite often that same folly may be a brilliant success in the long run.

That is how. I would consider my daughter's marriage to-day if I were faced with such a problem.

I have lived long enough to see great changes in the world, to see how poor young men become rich ones and apparent fools become clever. It is a world of inconsis tencies:

Although I realise that in an on- happy marriage the woman has the most to lose, for all that I would tell my daughter to take her own "life into her hands, and to do what

she considered best for herself.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1935

BEAUTY DIARY

FEW seasons ago we were

so proud of the tan we brought back with us from the holidays that we just couldn't bear to bid. it good-bye.

Now that is all changed: This sea- son it will be anything but, smart to keep one's tan when the holidays are over.

The well-dressed woman, with her all-seeing eye already on the new Cautumn colours, has réalised in

flash that the combination of a tap- ned skin with plum or violet, or one of the new "sad" greens is too un- attractive to contemplate. Neither will brown, athletic. hands accord harmoniously with the romante movement that is starred in the autumn collections".

In the country, where a sports: make-up is permissible, it is easy to achieve a light tan with cosmetics. Two powders can be used: a deep rachel with a top-coating of bronze ever a powder foundation in one of those warm dusty-pink shades.

But when the day is done, this make-up is discarded together with tweeds and brogues.

Away, then, with our cherished

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It must not be allowed to drift through that depressing never- never-land of arid yellow muddiness. but like any other skin ailment must be given corrective treatment.

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a course of bleaching "treatments at the hands of an ex- pert is out of the question, remem- ber that it is a risky business rush- ing to remove your tan with dras- tic bleaches.

The first thing to do, then, when you get home, is to to put year skin on a really rich diet of the best feeding cream that you know of. You then work up gradually to the bleaching and toning, process. A Fght mask which contains ingre- dients like citron and egg can be applied and each time left on a lit tle longer; always remembering to. include with the bleaching treat- ment a generous appication of skin food.

A homely but effective mask can be made with egg, honey, and al- mond oil. Beat the whites of two eggs and add two tablespoonfuls of

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honey-mix well, add two tables- poonfuls of almond oil, and beat all "ogether.

The nape of the neck, whose "Praises the Victorian poets loved to sing, is coming into its own again on the map of beauty.. for hair will be dressed higher. So you see how important it is to use your hand- mirror and make sure that the back view of your neck is as good as the front. Treat your neck exactly as you treat your face and you won't go far wrong.

Rather more drastic treatment can be given the hands and arms, and for these, after a preliminary softening and cleansing with cleanse ing cream or almond oil, nothing is better than a reliable bleaching cream that can be left, on all night.

Beauty In Brief

The newest nail lacquers are opaque. They are more listing than the ordinary varnishes and have a cream base that will not harm the nails. In lovely coral and dark red shades and a very new "sun-tan" colour to go with bronzed hands.

The latest thing in bathroom ac- cessories is the coloured sponge, Useful ret decorative the new, specially-treated sea sponge can link up with your bathroom scheme of colouring, or add a splash of col- our if your bathroom is white. Available in pink,'green, coral, and, blue.

Beauty Secrets

From The Stars

Katherine de Mile, is a lovely brunette, and she prefers to em phasise her dark colouring rather than to try and make it appear lighter. She uses a powder of an olive tan shade which she blends herself.

She thinkseye-shadow is very: necessary for dark types, but even though her eyes are brown she finds. the contrast of blue eye-shadow and mastara more effective than if she used eye make-up to tone with her

eyes.

She has a variety of shades in rouge and lipstick to wear with different ensembles. With brown

she has rouge and lipstick with an orange tinger with black she wears a deep carmine: with white and pale shades she likes coral.

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Do your stockings have that ea- dearing little habit of springing a run at the most inauspicious mo ments? Some thoughtful widgit- maker has had just such ones as you in mind, for there is now on the market -Run-R-Stop" — a friendly gadget that does exactly what it says, and sells for the microsopic sum of 15 cents U.S.

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are probably aware that washing new stockings before you wear them seals them in some way we don't pretend to understand but are you washing them out? It does help prevent snags, and in- creases longevity. The young per sen on the rig in't fazed a bit by one of life's embarrassing mo- ments. A smudge on her stock ing doesn't mean that she'll have to go straight home for a fresh pair, for she simply turns around, and applies a touch of "Basa" (spot remover) and becomes immaculate:

Novelties Of

is said that if a woman has a vanity case to play with she is happy. and if the powder-box is any- thing like those that are to be seen now, no wonder! There are fascinating little novelties. of every description... handbags with new gadgets and intrigu- ing make-up cases.

I a powder-box or

The fitted handbag has a good- sized mirror in the box-like lid, a comb fitted in its own pocket, a cigarette-box and powder-box, with sifter and puff. a rouge compact and lipstick and, of course, a purse. These are all actually part of the bag, and are ready to hand without any frantic searching in hidden depths. They can be had in all kinds of leather for day wear and for evening there are models in petit-point embroidery and delicate coloured lacquers with marcasite clasps..

Lacquer and Chromium

However, for those who prefer their accessories loose rather than fitted, there are all kinds of new and attractive ideas. For example,

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one beautiful box with a shragreen finish, which it would take an ex- pert to distinguish from the real skin, serves a double purpose. The lip opens and there is a practical cigarette-case. The "box slides in half, up springs an under-lid, and there is a delightful powder-box, with puff, sifter and "mirror-com- plete. The whole idea is meat and very pretty and takes scarcely any space.

One very lovely powder-box for a dressing-table is finished in a deli- cate green lacquer with chromium handles. In front is the square box, the lid of which is a mirror with a movable handle; at the back are three neat little bottles for creams and lotions-altogether a deightful ornament, yet practical and com- pact.

Another useful dressing. table ornament is the little crino- line lady shown on the right.

The smoker, both man and wo- mar, is to be well provided for with dainty sets of ash-trays. Held to- gether by replicas of guarding dogs or futuristic women, they are de corative when not in use, and in- valuable for distribution round a dinner-table or lounge..