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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1938.

Fago &

Madam -- Your

MANNERS!

The way a girl held her knife and fork and behaved attable used to be a sure reply to the question: "Is she a Indy?”.

But it's not like that these days. There's many a girl who thinks highly of herself, yet who lets herself down when she eats and drinks. There's many a girl who thinks that the importance of dainty meal- time behaviour is a thing of the past. She's wrong. If there's one thing that is never out of date-that thing is the charm that surrounds the well-mannered girl.

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If you live alone or are such a solitary that you never sit down to a meal table with anyone else but yourself then stick out your el- bows like this as much as you want.

But rubbing elbows with your mealtime neighbour is a painful and annoying habit for your neigh- bour and bad manners anyway.

It may help you to carve your way through the first course--but it won't help you to carve your way into other people's good books.

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Elbows out means that you're an ungainly, unpleasant and better avoided mealtime companion.

Elbows in is a habit easy to ac- quire if you practise, and means that you're a person who knows that, these so-called little things matter.

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Drinking your soup out of the side of the spoon is really much easier than trying to pour it into your mouth from the point of the And your table com- spoon.

Witty Kitty

SORRY

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GOT A

TERRIBLE

HEADACHE

Life would be chale

ays giving the It the run-around.

The table is there not for you. to lean on the chair should be all the support you need-but to sit at.

panions will much prefer it if you make it a noiseless habit.

Playing with the condiments and appointments of a table is another thing that isn't done. And crum- bling your bread might amuse you, but-Madam, your manners!

We know that when you have

a cold, you have to use your hand- kerchief con- stantly-- even at mealtimes. But that does

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not mean that... you have to use it like this. Turn aside from the table and don't try to keep up a conversationTM

at.

the same

time.

Hold your knife and fork like this---and

you're wrong

THIS IS

What The Stars Foretell

By MARY BLAKE

Trying facetiously to ruffle any one's disposition, or arouse a feeling of apprehension will be a dangerous pastime this day. Nerves are apt to be tense and tempers quick, with tongues capable of uttering. stinging words. In financial matters be care- ful not to overestimate anyone's friendship. Courage, in the heat of some excitement, might inspire some one to risk his life to save yours. The spirit of thriftiness, and fear of a pecuniary loss might cause the selfsame person to refuse a helping hand in time of desperate need: You will discover there is always more than one way to accomplish a desir- ed end. Married and engaged coup- les, as well as those seriously plan- ning a future together, will have to give each other the fullest amount of cooperation possible, to "make this day successful.

. ́. If a woman' and October 11 is your birthday, you ought to have plenty of push and staving power You are probably the type of friend that will stick through thick and thin to anyone who has won your loyalty. You apparently are able to reach decisions quickly. You may be inclined to do a great deal

of unnecessary worrying. Learn

to give things a chance to work

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themselves out satisfactorily, with-

out trying to force them through by strenuous efforts, that most likely take away from you a tremendous amount of vitality. You will be much better off if you make it a rule to "let Nature take its course.' Through acting, interior decorating, catering, confectionary, painting,

RIGHT writing, music, selling or singing

you may able to keep your pocket- book well filled. You are likely to find happiness in marriage.

Do resist, the temptation to make yourself really comfortable by propping your chin in your hand and leaning on one elbow. It's bad manners to put your elbows on the table for one thing-and for an- other, it's very bad for the elbows themselves. Too much leaning on them makes them red and rough.

And for yet another, it may feel a comfortable position, but it doesn't look it.

chat..

And don't go spreading your elbows out sideways, and getting down to the job of an after-dinner

If you do, you'll lose all your grace. Your shoulders will go up into your ears and your back will hump.

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not expect ever to be buxom. But all women...can sensibly control measurements and weights if they have a mind to, and keep within reasonable proportions for their type, age, and build.

Swimming is, as you know, the best "all-round exercise. I wish more women would take swimming seriously, regularly. Then there are general ... muscle toning exercises which keep circulation up to par and-mkin. youthfal looking,

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