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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1938

Pleased With Jewels for Day and Evening

Your Figure?

If not, you can slim where you will, develop where you want, by doing these special exercises

(The pectorals

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Exercise 2-Like the first this exercise is for filling out and de-

left.

with

-They Gleam and

GOOD figure is just as essen-1 pectoral muscles.

tial to good looks as a pretty hold up your bust). Exercise 1.- face. A beautiful figure is perhaps Always stand with your feet rather This will the better possession of the two. Yet apart and knees braced.

Raise your we lavish untold care on our faces give you a firm base. and just grumble that we've got too arms in front of you to shoulder fat, and either leave it at that or level. Holding them stiffly, clench forgo necessary nourishment in a your fists and scissor them over rather feeble attempt to reduce! It and under each other. Do this about! is within the power of most of you forty times, to start with. to improve your figures, or if you have good ones to keep them so by

(a) Sit on the floor on your heels. the means of simple daily exercises.veloping your shoulders and bust. Of course it is up to you to make Fists clenched raise the arms al- Clasp your hands in front of you the daily effort and like it! If you ternately in front of you above head.and do not touch the floor

do Eight times each. next, raise them them. Roll off your heels on to the enjoy your exercises they will you a power more good than if you alternately and then both together floor alternately to the right and just take them like bad medicine. out sideways to shoulder level. Eight

(b) Take the same position as in First thing every morning, before times.

and Exercise 3-For developing the (a), roll off your heels to the right, your bath, is the best time,

shoulder shoot both legs in front of you in front of a wide-open window. It bust and flattening the

Touch the tips of your keeping your heels off the floor and is such a good way of starting the blades.

then bring them round to the left. Re- day. You will feel so fresh and in-fingers in front of you and vigorated that it will be well worth swing your arms round to the back peat only four times to start with.

Exercise 8.-Is to reduce your the effort of getting up fifteen min-in a circular movement, getting your

hands as far back as possible, and hips. Lie flat on your tummy and utes earlier.

Now exercises are just as good making the backs of them meet at cross your arms, Madonna wise over your bust, then roll slowly first on for the too thin as for the too fat. the back, if you can. Eight times. A

Exercise 4. This is for develop-tor your left hip, back on your tum- common cause of being either

over

underweight de-ing your bust, shoulders and arms. my and then on to your right hip. fective circulation and exercises Stand about three paces away from If you find it difficult, do very little will improve your circulation tre-a wall. · (This will vary according to start with. mendously, besides having a very to your height and the strength of good effect on sluggish insides and your arms). Keep your feet toge- on the health in general.

ers.

or

Developing Exercises

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They Glow

JEWELS BY DAY AND NIGHT. Evening toilettes says Paris, are enriched by jewels which glitter and scintillate, while daytime en- sembles are also enhanced by a decorative necklace or bracelet. -Sketched above is a group of fashionable contemporary jewel-

lery. A charming set of bows in platinum studded with 'brilliants is worn by the lady with the sculp- tured coiffure. The novel-shaped

handbag is of white satin embroi- 'dered with 'gold and pearls in a meshed effect, and matches, the cuff bracelet. To accompany a day dress is the massive bangle of gold set with glistening black pearls, or the copper clip finished with a gold tassel. Sapphire blue stars twinkle and flash on the cop-

· per necklace and bracelet, also for day wear.

YOU CAN MAKE THIS WITH HALF A CABBAGE!

It's a delicious dish for lunch, high tea or supper. Try it and

Here are two exercises for the abdominal muscles which, what- ther, elbows bent and palms of your ever size you are, will do you a lot hands in front of shoulders. Fall of good. Not only will they flatten forward against the wall and push the tummy but they will strengthen If you are underweight, you will yourself back to upright position by the abdominal wall.

Do this Exercise 9-Lie flat on the floor, have ugly salt cellars and a flat straightening your arms.

legs apart, arms above the head- chest, and possibly, stooping should-six times to start with.

in the shape of a star. Bend forsee. All these four exercises, allowing Here is an exercise to fill up the salt cellars and strengthen the for a pause and a couple of deep ward and touch your left toe. Lie breaths between each, will only take back, then bend forward again and you five minutes.

touch your right toe. Do this only As your muscles

three or four times to start with. become accustomed to them, so you

Exercise 10.—Still lying flat од will increase the amount."

So those of you who are under your back, keep your legs together. weight do incorporate them in your Bring you knees up to your chest and then shoot them, down again daily dozen and concentrate very Here is the recipe for

off the floor, a sweet carefully on them. Remember to alkeeping the heels that I tasted for the first time at a ways breathe deeply and rhythmical-Repeat four times. small dinner party the other night. ly while you do your exercises It is particularly attractive if you there is a tendency for people to like peppermint.

PEPPERMINT SWEET

You will need hold their breath while making any Tinfoil Tips

six medium-sized apples, four cups of water, 2 cups of sugar and a drop or two of peppermint essence and some green vegetable colour ing.

Make a thin sugar syrup

five minutes. To this add the pep- -permint essence and the colouring, but have a care about this for it is very easy to use too much.

physical effort.

Slimming Exercises

If you are overweight you will

CABBAGE PIE

Half large boiled cabbage, three- quarters cup chopped cold tongue, one pint white sauce,

and paprika, three-que pepper

cup

breadcrumbs, three tablespoons melted butter.

Mince cabbage roughly. Put a layer in the bottom of a fireproof dish. Sprinkle with grated cheese, pepper, salt and paprika to taste. Cover with a layer of white sauce. Repeat layers till all the in- gredients are used up, except the final layer of sauce. Before spread- Probably most of you carefully ing it over, put a layer of chopped have a rubber tyre (roll of flesh preserve tinfoil a selid it to be cold tongue on top of the cabbage, round the waist) and big thighs and turned into money for hospital par Cover with remainder of sauce, with hips.

poses. But tinfoil has its house-Sprinkle with crumbs. Pour over the water and sugar and boil for Exercise 5.For the waistline. hold. uses, too, and no one could melted butter.

Cook in a moderate oven till Stand feet apart, knees braced. Drop blame you for laying aside a small crumbs are brown. Serve as your body forward quite relaxed, quantity with this end in view.

luncheon, supper or high tea dish. then body roll slowly round. As you For example, to prevent soap

Enough for four or five persons. do this

will go forward, side-dish, place a piece of tinfoil under ples, wich must be cored and ways and backwards and the body it. This will give a smooth, dry ferns while you're away on holiday. Don't forget your pot plants and

surface which doubles the life of The most effective method of keep- Turn them gently every now and Exercise 6 —Also for the waist the soap, besides making it muching them watered is to make a few again to make sure that the colour line. Stand as for Ex. 5, arms

flavour will penetrate all shoulder level stretched out side of tinfoll wrapped round the end of them right round

more pleasant to handle. and

A piece loose loops of wool and arrange round.

ways. Bend your trunk sideways, My hostess told me that she uses sliding your arms as far down your a candle before it is inserted into plant. Allow a loose strand of wool the candlestick will allow the candle to hang over the side of pot, weight a large frying pan for cooking ap-legs you can get them." ples in this way to prevent them If your muscles are in a poor con- to burn out to the end. Should you the end with a button and drop it

dition please go very gently at first have an ash-tray which becomes in a bottle crowding or breaking each other,

[discoloured when lighted cigarettes | wool *** strand When the apples are tender re-and increase by slow degrees.

and Exercise 7 is to reduce your thighs are laid on it, place a piece of tinfoir ductor, move them gently from the pan and garnish with whipped cream and and is in two parts. It is rather on the tray and it will prevent fur-around the stem distribute the

dimcult but most effective,

ther damage.

| water evenly around plant, serve for dessert.

Into this syrup put the six ap-as far as ent drop your head wasting while it is lying in the soap

peeled, and simmer until tender. will follow it.

the stem of

of water. The acts as a con- the doose loops