THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1989.
Beauty and You
by PATRICIA LINDSAY
Worry Undermines Woman's Health
Somehow
women
winter 88 .
sets iD, worry more than usual!
They worry about different things that is true, but they do worry. One may have perfectly legiti- mate worry as to where she can get the winter's fuel or a supply of groceries, while another gets in a nervous dither about the debut of her young daughter.
One's circumstances in life makes little difference.
If you want to worry you can always find 1 something to
No worry about. living soul is free of all problems. But how ridiculous to allow these usually magnified problems to cut into your good health and rob you of your beauty!
DEVELOP A PHILOSOPHY
All well and good, you murmur, but you don't know what I have to face. Perhaps I don't; but perhaps I have faced problems in- finitely together to solve than the one which is troubling you to-day. You have to bear in mind that living is a tough existence, a bat- tle of the fit. And what happens when you allow your mind to grow numb and your body stiff through fear? Just where are you head. ing then? What help can you be to yourself and to those dependent upon you?
Women write frantic letters to me, My hair is falling out by the handfuls! I cannot eat a thing, my stomach refuses food! My nails break off terribly and I find myself biting them. Dear Miss Lindsay, what can I do for con- stant headaches? Every bone in my body aches and I just want to lies around the house.
Yes, old and young, the symp- toms are the game. They have made themselves ill with worry and lack the common sense to turn about face and get a grip upon themselves,
Even though your immediate life has a few hurdles over which you must jump, do not get discouraged. You may have to tuck your pride into your pocket for the time being and seek help, but what of it? You may even have to humble yourself and do something you have vehe- mently said you would never do, but what of that? There isn't a man or woman alive who hasn't bitten the dust once during a life-and the better persons they are for having had a mouthful of it!
Be sensible. Save your strength to tackle your problem. Don't just sit and fear it. Keep your chin up, your health intact and your eyes hopeful. After all it is only the es- 'sentials in life that are worth any-1 thing at all and one of the 'prim- ary essentials is good health. If you hold on to it (which protects your good looks) you can frighten the] wolf away from the door or get that deb daughter married to the right man. But without good health
then you really have some thing to worry about! And those around you have tool
Before going on this reduc- ing diet get approval from a physician.
SIXTEENTH DAY BREAKFAST
Calories
Drink the strained juice of a lemon in 2/3 glass of warm water every morning direct- ly after early elimination, at least one-half hour before breakfast Choice of: ordinary drinking tumblerful of orange juice or grapefruit juice
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This woman has let worry get her down. If her dog could speak he would tell her to take a new grip and begin by grooming herself metical- ously! That's dog sense!
AND
Choice of:
Clear coffee or tea with little
lemon
Total calories for breakfast Tall girl allowed
250.
860
Note: If you feel hungry the
middle of the morning drink one
ordinary glass of tomato juice.
LUNCHEON
1 large cup of beef broth
Large vegetable salad
2 slices melba toast
DINNER
50
200
50
Total 300
1, medium baked potato with
butter (eat jacket)
150
1 cup cooked beets
100
1 cup boiled onions
100
1 large glass tomato juice with
meal
50
1 fruit compote (6 pieces)
150
100
Total
550
or
100 3 halves of canned apricots
Total calories for the day 100 Tall girl allowed
1100
1400
50
AND
Choice of:
5 fresh apricots
NTER SALE
PROCEEDING
BARGAINS IN
THE
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
REMNANTS OF AXMINSTER CARPETS 27" wide
$3.00 per yard
AXMINSTER RUGS MADE FROM BORDERS
KAPOC CUSHIONS IN TASTEFUL
COLOURINGS
FAWN COTTON BLANKETS
60" x 90"
from $7.50 each
$2.00 each
$8.00 pair.
REMNANTS OF CRETONNE, TAPESTRIES,
REPPS, ART SILK, AND CURTAIN
NET, MUST BE CLEARED
REGARDLESS of COST
LANE. CRAWFORD LTD.
The House of Quality & Service
Telephone 28151
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