1940-09-19 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940. Bringing Up Father

BY GOLLY-IT'LL BE NICE TO SIT HOME AGIN-THIS TRIP HAS BEEN GREAT.

BUT I'LL BE GLAD WHEN. THE EXCITEMENT

S OVER-

DEAR-WHAT DO YOU ⚫ THINK? TOOK A DRIVING LESSON TODAY- “AND I HAVE DECIDED

I'LL DRIVE THE CAR

FROM NOW ON- JM JUST DYING TO DRIVE IT HOME –

IF SHE DRIVES THAT CAR INTO TOWN-THERE

WON'T BE

- ANY TOWN-

Page 11 By George MacManus

HELLO DINTY- KEEP ALL. THE KIDS IN THE HOUSE- MAGGIE IS BOING TO DRIVE. AN AUTO-AN' TELL MY INSURANCE AGENT TO DOUBLE MY ACCIDENT

POLICY-I'M GOIN' TO

RIDE WITH HER-

Cope 1940, King Features Syndicate, fee. World righta reserved"

A PAGE FOR WOMEN

To Reduce Abdomen

A nicely proportioned figure is, such a joy to possess. One's car- riage is so much more attractive, clothes look like a million dollars) on it, and there is no denying that the woman whose figure is pleas- ing gets enough admiration. keep her happy!

to

And Waist

Here are some exercises which And after all we do want to be admired, don't we? But how much come from a prominent, salon — effort do you put into beautifying they are to slim an aging midrift! your figure? Have you let your waist thicken and your tummy grow fabby? Do you have the seams of dresses let out to ac- commodate your carelessness?

Whittling Away The Waistline

Stand erectly with feet apart. Stretch arms overhead. Circle Why not give your Bgure your hips by pushing them out to chance to grow more beautiful? the right side, then back, to left Take ten minutes every morning side, out in front. Do not move and pretend you are in a slimming shoulders or arms. Circle should class.

be made between waist and knees - as if you were doing a Hula- Hula dance in a grass skirt. Do

Useful, Youthful it with music.

Day Frock

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knees to chest. Extend legs straight out in front of body, not touching the floor, and down to frst position. Repeat five times. Turn on left side. Repeat Aveļ times. Repeat entire exercise Avej times.

EXERCISE

Get down on your hands and knees, grasp left ankle with Left hand. Raise left knee to chin. Lower head and chest to meet knee. Pull leg and foot back and upward holding on to ankle all the time. At the same time move head and chest upward, arching Lie on your right side. Right your back. Repeat on left side arm under car. Left hand flat on five times. Relax. Repeat on mat to balance body easily. Puli right side five times, Relax!

.EXERCISE A

Arm And Hand Suppleness

Many women could be far more you can with your index finger Jattractive if they made the most and striking another note

then

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of their gracefulness, believes striking a third note with your Magda Tagliafero, noted. French middle finger and so on until all pianist. She sees many women your fingers have connected with A whose arms and hands and shoul-keys without raising your thumb. ders, especially, lack suppleness Use a table if you haven't a piano. either because of under or over-The trick is to hold the hand as development.

flat as possible and to keep In- creasing the stretch little by little.

As such a fault may be cor- rected through exercising she Finally there is the wringer wonders why we sacrifice attrac-which consists of interlocking the tiveness.

fingers of both hands, pressing them down with all your strength One of her exercises consists of and pulling your hands apart. Lifting first the right and then the Sounds easy? It isn't. Just try left hand to shoulder height and doing it a dozen times with real letting it drop limply to the key pressure and see how tired your board or a low, table top. The hands and arms will get. But it important thing is to let your is good for them!

hand drop, don't move it down. This is designed to loosen up the arm muscles and shoulders und! should be done very rapidly, twenty times for each arm.

Another arm exercise is pivot- ing the elbow on the top, of a table or other flat surface, and letting the hand drop limply. Do it rapidly for twenty times with each arm. When you have learn- ed to let your arm fall in a re- laxed position, you place a small [button or a dime on the tabletop and try hitting it with the middle finger of each hand. It is not as easy as it sounds. Particularly when you try to do it fast.

Hand Movements

This design gives a fillip a difference to your favourite but ton-front morning frock, in a new version pretty enough to wear for shopping and runabout as well as For hands, her two principle for busy days at home. Belted at exercises are the pivot and strefch. the front and back only, the The pivot is quite simple. All you waistline is completely easy and do is pin each finger of each hand comfortable for reaching, stretch-down to one of the keys of the ing, sweeping and stooping, yet it piano, or other flat surface, and looks very slim and tailored; press down real hard at the same thanks to princess panels at the time twisting your hand to the ...sides.

[right and to the left. · Put real Make this pretty frock of pressure on your finger to get gingham, percale, calico or seer- benefit from the exercise. sucker 'and trim it with' ric-rac

braid. The belt, may be tied in The stretch consists of striking the front or fastened with aļa note on the keyboard with your buckle

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