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LUXURY AT LEISURE

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950.

WOMANSENSE

The 'Hello' Girls' Entente Cordiale

~HRISTMAS is a time ing" cards will be abundantly to come from Calais, the search

When the girls at me displayed in the room only to come from

Continental operators.

show.

Licka tele-

Woman Writes A New Life Of Florence Nightingale

There have been many booles to my, it did not remain pollu- written about Florence Nightin- ted long.) gale, who was the founder of Britain's nursing services, but none which makes her live so vividly as the new btography

the only woman who has fought Florence Nightingale is not

red tape but she must have been the most rucecasful, and Mrs Cecil Woodhouse-Smith. even the authorities in London

by think

苦

of Miss Nigd to give way to her

the sentimental Mlady at last. The others who

Mrs Wood-

hor, Russell, the famous book

war

Bix correspondent of "The Times" the men in high positions

aaa

の

Continental telephone

A STAR OVERNIGHT London exchange in

This great friendship between They found get

Mme. the operators was demonstrated Freakid, a 23-year-old the chance to pass greet- recently at a tea party when the phonist, who became a star inga to their

unseen Faraday Buliding girls enter- overnight in the highly success- colleagues, across the tained a French colleague who ful television

Shortly, house-Smith, Soy yours to write had made television

thir book and Channel. English

history afterwards, Mme. Freckal at- Cards When the British Broadcasting tended the National Radio Show had access to letters never be at home, aro by no means pour. in from

individual Corporation were planning the at Castle Bromwich, Birming Loco published, makes it clear underestimated, but it was the operators In · European Arat programme to be televised ham, England, and on her way that whatever weaknesses her women on whose shoulders the

between France countries, in addition to the

and England homo the was invited to heroine possessed sentimentality bunden lay. None of the gen- they decided they nooded a Faraday Building. Hero

wala not onc of them. And it crals in. the Crimea had ever official ones, and bind a woman singer-someone who operators who handle the 5,000 was precisely for this reason me a delicately-bred woman friendship created during possessed good looks as well as dally outgoing trunk calls gave that the British soldier loved

calls a good voice. As the show was of the switching throughout the year.

The operators who deal with the Scandinavian, Dutch and German lines use the English language; all the others use French but can apeak other Languages when necessary, Many of the

operators

at Furday

Building, home of the Continental Exchange in London, are English girls especially coached French;

tire

171

of Con- Their ages 18 to 60 am Miss

others tinental extraction. range from

Grace Reed, the Chief Supervisor, says they all wort together like a happy family.

FAMILY SPIRIT

This happy family spirit has extended to the Continent, and cach summer the girls plan exchange holidays and entertain one another in their respective homes. They get to know each other's difficulties. After the For the coed-at-lelsure, Bal. war the girls at Faraday Build-

heard

that

their inch man top French designer opposites were short of clothes.

creates a brilliant lounging

They

sent some over and back costume that is luxurious down came a boken of gratitude-a to the mink-bordered sandals. Delft plaque. This your, as The tapered slacks, in dark usual, "Joyeux Noel" cards will plaid, are topped by a decorate the Faraday Bulking green

Chinese-inspired blouse.

rooms, while "Christmas Greet-

Black

a party in her honour,

230

Taffeta Sheath

her.

•

like her her family was very rich and extremely patrician; not only was the prepared to face unmentionable horrors but expected them to do so. More- over, she had a blistering tonguo as well as plenty of humour.

Kissed hor shadow No wonder the soldiers kissed

shadow She was her

ಚ she moved This wards.

Stoely, not soft

When she stood beside a man whose arm was being ampu- tated without anaesthetics, it was not with loving pity that she inspired him, but with her

own steely ed, a magni- through

ruthicas, clear

floent administrator-and

the

as amazing woman became the

practical as a good housewife, world's greatest authority on

Without the

could

never have

out of the chaga ond the hospitals in the facing

death every

the

reform and hospital pho order

Bihough when the re- Bit of turned to England from Crimea,

Crimea she was thought to bo she lived until 1910, to the age of 80, having from her sick-room organised the nursing Bystems of both Britain and India.

datly borrible dying. But

of the day. (She once discovered a water Gupply passing through the corpse of a dead horse; noodless

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How To Cover An Heirloom Book

JALUED books.

VALU

1

*

fabric.

over to

especially so centre Bection extends when binding is worn, can beyond each end of book. te protected with a fabric cover.

from Remove book Such a cover is easy to make

Turn centre pleces wrong side, as at A, and pin. raw edges Any appropriate fabric may side" and pin. Taper turned

Turn all

to wrong be used chintz left from a slip edges at centre corners (B). cover, a piece

and can be decorative and practical.

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Inside

Using

TOMORROW: A JACKET YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF.

USE RESTRAINT IN MAKE-UP

Make-up does for the modern woman what the semi- yearly sojourn at the "rest curo" did for her grandmother. It puts ginger in her boels

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Cosmetic artifice was created for the purpose. of supply- log the lack of Nature's complexion blessings. Therefore one should use restraint, méher over do, regard oneself with a keen and critical eye when playing with the items in the make-up

box.

If the face, la full and round, rouge must not be placed in * circular patch in the centro ef the checks, but should be applied in a triangular pattern. Start under the eye, sweep toward, the temple, como down on the check, back to Brst base, and All in.

"The Jaw Lina

Fly ly' the eyes. You can't do that if you spread your rug-slore blushes on low, That practico imparts a down-in- p-routh, ofert, minkes the law line appear heavy. Touch Zevetida, lightly, with the roxy pad, also the lobes of tho

Be canny when making your day-time face. For the merry évining you can riot, with your beauly pops if so inclined.

jee that colours of the lipstick and rouge are on good termer If you indulge in wye shadow,

cuit rouge and one 'down the pigment, on the mouth portals. "It wusa't do to have the facial arca „too scenic.

The juga, tơ xenember, colour i harmony kiu your, maka ub. Lipstick and rolige, thould be the same shade for Amazon,

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THE VOGUE

sheath frocks no sleeves

By PRUNELLA

for narrow which have

goes on, many winter sult for theatre and restaurant dinners. Having just such dresses with their jackets.

choice for at home or little

WOOD

In View Of

Christmas

BOYS AND GIRLS

MAGAZINE********

Squire Squirrel Was Busy

-He Didn't Have Time to Speak to Anyone-

By MAX TRELL

*NQUIRE Squirrel is so busy

has time to speak to anybody." Willy Toad was saying to Knarf and Hanid, the shadow-children with the turned-about names.

passed him this morning. He was running one way. I was running the other: I said, good- morning, Squire He just shot a look at me and kept running. I call that impolite," "Willy said. "I call that rude."

Willy paused to snap at a fly that just happened to be buzzing by at that moment. He didn't catch it..

ho

it's

"Now as I was saying," went on, "T don't think proper not to say good-morning to a friend of yours. Do you?"

"No," said Hanid.

Bag of Dirt

Squire Squirrel dashed by.

It was decided that they would all go and and Squire

and tell him he had better mand:

A few minutes later Blinky his manners or no one would Mole came by, carrying a bag of like him any more.

dirt on his back and wearing a pair of dark glasses to keep out,

the sun.

"Morning, folks!"

ho said; down the bag of dirt. Good morning, Blinky," re- turned Knarf and Hanid and Willy.

sald "Well, that's pleasant!" Blinky, smiling, "I wish every body would say good-morning when

of

speak to them."

"Who didn't?" asked Knarf "I-er,-I

don't

They all walked or hopped or

or flew to crawled or glided the Maple Tree where Squire

Lived. But Squire Squirrel wasn't home.

Clump of Shrubs "There he la!" Knarf sudden.. ly shouted. He pointed excitedly to a thick clump of shrubs a few feet off. Squire was pushing hla way out from among the leaves. He seemed to be in quite burrs. He had something in his

a

like mention Ing names, especially the names

But his good friends of mine. Just a little while ago I met a good friend of mine. He went running by. I said, good-mora- ing to you. But he said nothing at all. He glanced at

me and

kept

on running."

"It must have been Squire

sald Willy.

Squirrel 08inky?" said Hanid.

Laing, Squire!" all

cried.

Squire, who was not more than half-a-foot away, stopped for an instant, glanced straight at his group of friends, then darted off.

"There! You see!" said Willy Tond, "He won't answer!"

But Knart and Hanid werg already chasing Squire down "I'm not saying it was, and the hill toward the

"Stop!" I'm not saying, it wasn't. But

Grove.

Hanle this friend of mine that calling. "Stop for a moment." wouldn't say good-morning had But Squire, ran faster ever. They finally caught So you can decide for with him-or rather he stopped yourcolt what his name was. But he was rudo."

Was it,

a bushy tail and he climbed trees.

.

of came along,

Pine Tree

kept

than

up

his

Squire Then he smiled, "Ah, good-

Just beyond the edge of the Pine Tree Grove. To their sur Blinky picked up his bag of prize they saw that Squire was dirt and, ifted it Over

The next in- his digging a hole. This is a handsome model,

shoulder again. He smiled and

be #tant dropped the nut (for walked one for the home girl or the

alked off.

that's what he had in traveller ..

Several moro a black taffela

into the hole. sheath with deep bodice cuff Christmas time in Britain is Squirrel's friends and self-bowknot, above'. often the perled when

he said. pro- All of them had the same com- morning,, my dears!" Infota

young artists skirt which has scrotising

Bald "And are plaint against him.

good-morning

to all my other friends, too!" appliques of back velvet inlay launched in the first steps of good-morning very distinctly ed all over it. Wonderful their professional careers, for said Blackie Beatle "And did

"Squirel Why didn't you say answer me? Did he? He good-morning before?" asked producers of greeting-cards e

Hanid. evenings out, coupled with a who maintain a high standard didn't!" fur coat or

was, never so insulted in -tend to Jucket

employ autumn season chilis.

creasingly

Glive the Snall for now designs my life!" sald The year 1930 has introduced Indignantly. "I never thought an interesting young artist as a that Squire, bad such... bad designer of Christmas

manneral" For Proper Care She is Anna John, the 19- "Somebody should tall him year-old granddaughter of the what a rude squirrel hele Marry A Nurse

said Chirple Sparrow. famous painter,

Augustus John. Sho has

a student ''CHICAGO-A director of for the past two years at the nurses training says mrses St. Martin's School of Art in make "good" wlids,

London where she is studying for a teacher's diploma.

'as the

"A nurse must be sympathe te and she must be patient,” raid Ruth Dolan, of the Glen-|

wood Career Schools.

Although few men would-ad-

them

cardo.

Anna specialises in designing animals in an imaginative: way and she has created two, greet- "It is these two qualities ing cards of this description more than any others that a for the Gordon Fraser, Gallery, husband values in a wife.” England. One of them, with a mit it, she said, they expect to by your stars: The other de background,, shows, a live

folt surrounded by a bo coddled. microforo, the group? caid, siurpos, training is, in-} plots"

alghit porno in which surance for a successful thar-two plump wilts cats, sholler riego, the C

ed by'a chimney-pluck, on roof-top, are introducing them through economie necessity scives women must be trained to, men their own divine: beform, mire Mien John Tiago Maid, "but this misitioned to telining should be fur) falde trafiona ta that will prove assets Anatuma VEIEN 10%

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"Couldn't," replied Bquire, " had something in my mouth. It isn't good manners to speak when you've got something in your month!” And then Knarf and Hanld and all the others understood why Squire hadn't returned, their greeting.

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