1941-03-20 — Page 43

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1941. Bringing Up Father

SURE -1 ALWAYS THINK OF GOING OUT-I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BEIN' IN BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS IN

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU-HERE WE HAVE THIS LOVELY HOME ~

WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO LEAVE IT IS BEYOND ME - YOU SHOULD BE OVERJOYED WITH SURROUNDINGS LIKE THESE YOU SHOULD TAKE AN INTEREST

IN YOUR HOME LIKE I DO -

MOTHER-DO YOU KNOW, WE HÄVE AN ENGAGEMENT TO PLAY BRIDGE AT MRS PIERRE QUACKS HOUSE- WE ARE

LATE NOW!

MY DEAR - I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT - WAIT- I'LL GET MY HAT-

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By George MacManus

-HO

TAXI!

| Cope 1940, King Pesturen. Nyriðu ats

OH- MOTHER-

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A PAGE FOR WOMEN

Sun Glasses Of Quality

Many outdoor sports call for the use of sunglasses and even women who do not embrace sports THUS!

wear them to protect eyes from the sun of water's glare

But sun glasses should be worn only when you are in the bright sun and should never be used for night driving or for house wear, warns a prominent New York eye physician, and only ground and polished glasses should be worn.

"There are SO many different types ut sun glasses sold," he writes, "that it is easily under- stood why Women are in a di- lemma.

"Inferior quality son glasses, made from celluloid, poor blown or pressed glass, will add irregu- lar astigmatism, myopia, hype- ropia, or prismatic imbalance to the refractive mechanism of the ༢༣་. Consequently, they only itt- crease the strain produced by the sun's glare The best advice about buying is to buy your sun glasses

from a reputable uptician and insist upon good quality ground and polished protection lenses, and it your eyesight is poor, have the glasses ground with your cor- rect distance prescription."

About Night Driving

It seems that many women like to wear sun glasss at night when driving a car, but according to this same authority, such practice is dangerous.

Eyesight is protected and wrinkles avoided by wearing good

quality glasses to

cut the sun glare.

"Sun glasses are designed for the visibility too much. Up to the glare of auto headlights and still day wear and should not be worn time of writing, no glass has been be safe, inr night driving as they lower made which will overcome the

BUSINESS TALKS IN STREETS AFTER

RAID

EXECUTIVES OF some London offices held

their morning staff conference at street corners indicative of the spirit and resolution with which the City got on with the job under-difficulties after the immense fire raid destruction.

Not far away

were the There were many such scenes gharred ruins of their former near damaged City streets, streets places of business. But they where the destruction did not ap- showed that London could get pear to be so fearsome as the fires on with it even in such unpre-had suggested. cedented circumstances as con- fronted so many workers,

Others talked things over in a coffee tavern or restaurant, while members of their staffs, chatting in groups on the pavements wait- ed for instructions.

ABSOLUTELY IS THE WORD

At many

points departmental chiefs with notebooks and pencils took names and addresses members of their staffs as they stood at street corners.

"Mopping Up"

from

It was a necessary requirement where. office. records had been destroyed. When the new lists had been completed, staffs were told to go home until things had been tidied up.

The tidying up process went on briskly and efficiently, but there was still a tremendous amount of "mopping-up" to be done.

Many parts of Germany have a very harsh winter, with the tem- perature often ten degrees below Here and there Д fire still freezing point.-Geography book. smouldered stubbornly after Joy Through - Warmth an-thirty-six hours incessant pump- nouncement by the Fuehrer's Gov-ing of water. But most had been crnment to the Fuehrer's people, effectively extinguished, often enjoying ten degrees below St. Paul's was surrounded by freezing point-

the gaping skeletons of once. Ane buildings. Along Cheapside build- ings had been burned almost to their foundations.

"No overcoat may be bought in future without a permit.

"No permit will be issued to any one who cannot show that

Elsewhere the life of the City his present coat is absolutely un-had virtually regained its normal

wearable."

brisk tempo.

Are Sun-Glasses Habit-Forming?

We have heard considerable criticism of sun glasses to the e- fect that they become habit-form- ing. Just what is meant by habit-

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forming is not clear. Certainly OFF THE RECORD they will not cause un atrophy of the colour sense, however, if worn unnecessarily and continuously, they may lower one's tolerance to light and instigate a discomfort in moderate illumination.

In buying a sun glass, renem- ber that all good quality, absorp- tive and sun lenses on the market are of value, and will serve you for beach and any unusual day brightness, When buying your glasses, step outside and test them. See if you like looking through darkness which best suits you.

and them

get the degree of

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