1951-04-07 — Page 9

THE CHINA, MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1951.

PRACTICAL

SUSAN DEACON TODAY

Black is The Fashion

but it's

YELLOW for the beach

BR

RITISH women are not fashion slaves. Checking up at several London stores I find that when buying swim suite or beach. wear their choice is governed more by what their husbands or boy friends like than by what The Fashion Experts think.

For the last two years fashion leaders in London, Paris, and New York have voted the the suit of the classic black swim suit as season, and black ps the colour for beach

wear.

ARE WOMEN BUYING BLACK?

The best sellers in swim suits are yellow, vivid green, and red, brilliant blue. In fact anything but black.

For the first time my children have seen me sit down and have a good ery.

The season's new colours are year. flac, silver grey, and

coffe (lovely 1 you are tanned), Two-piece and patterned swim suits are not popular.

from lastex (selling Satin £41. elasticised nylon and elton

best-selling swim suit materials.

are

WOOL. which is apt to sag when wet and gives no figure stipport, is not popular, except with serious swimmers,

Couldn't something be done

at

to make swim suits more tractive for large women?

A four stores I found swim suits up to 48-ins. bust mea- surement, but they were made from wool.

it would be a brave out-size woman to wear a regulation wool swim suit.

AL

swim

one store

suits are

nine and can

40ins..

satin lastex

sold up

be made measure in even larger sizes.

10 to

OTHER FASHION favourites for the beach this year will be gaily striped "drainpipe" trousers, Inade

tweed

from

Hnen....Tufted towelling beach stoles with a full-bloused Bathing caps shaped like a turban, or with multi- coloured half-crown spots.

back:

AND YELLOW, Brief yellow; shorts, yellow towelling play- suits, and yellow wooden

jewellery.

THE MEN

I.

HUN

TUNDREDS of letters writ- ien from The Men and The Women on last week's ques-

110-

Mrs Badham, of East Horn-

don, is

DOES YOUR WIFE ALLOW YOU TO TAKE A NIGHT OFF"

there convince.

that me are few men who are allowed a night off. And the women re- sent them having one, anyway, Why? Not because they want their husbands Ued to their apron strings, or because they are suspicious of what The Men The but because get up 20 Women don't-want-a-night-off. away from The Men.

It seems that The Men play darts, golf, or bridge or go to

a lodge or man's club, or even for a cycle ride.

But what can a woman do? She visita mother or she could go for a cycle ride, too-but she wouldn't.

in

SCOTTIE and-

CHÉRIE"

"This Bikini fashion may be all very well but, my dear, she's not even wearing a

collar I

"concerned about the steady rise in incidentals... in soli, pepper, and lerials,"

cleaning

Mrs Nutt, of Streatham:-

CUSTARD

ma-

BEST FOR

TOLLYWOOD -- A

scientific

tufted IT'S NEW

towelling beach stole,

"I am unable to keep a store cupboard. Some- times I am so badly off that I am out of things completely."

There must be a lot of like Mrs Dent, of tenhall, who

contemplating

the future, and about the fact that we cannot keep up appearances would like."

73

we

are

. SUMMING UP: We all worried by one thing: the fact that we can see no end to our worries.

Wisdom-for Women

"The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of man than the discovery of a star."

Brilla-Savarin.

PIE

London Express Service

VOTED THROWING

cameramen, writers, bakers and a doctor.

Ross immediately custard.

ruled out

"Too corny," he decreed, "They tossed a custard ple in every Mack Sennett comedy."

In the subsequent quest for dignity he hit upon raisin pic. Nobody ever saw one of those used before,

Hollywood survey of ples has ended in a belated triumph for the Keystone Kops, Custard is best for throwing, after all.

Before the producer, Frank Ross, found it out, however, he "auditioned" six different kinds of pic. They're nothing if not in movieland these thorough days.

The pic is one with which Joan Caulfield plasters David Sindler went into conference Niven in the Ross-Stillman pro- with pastry chefs. As an artist, duction, "The Lady Says No." he sought a gooey ple. As a The scene lasts only a second on purist, he sought an edible one. the screen but it took the pro- As a humanitarian, he, wanted perly man, Irving Sindler, four to protect Niven's expensive woeks to prepare for it in

Profile from injury. consultation with two producers,

Washing

Fine

Linens

Fine linen does require care but surely it is worth it and it does repay in appearance and in- creased service. Not that fine linen damask is fragile, it is the strongest of the natural fibres, but it does take proper care to preserve it.

Custard Wins

CHIPPY

The Saturday Handyman

No more tired feet at the kitchen sink

HOMECRAFT

Your Sewing Scrapbook

Mary Brooks Picken

Convenient Gabardine Slip-On CoatTM Gaily Lined with Plaid

over ao convenient to have a light-weight cont“

to slip on over a wool dress or rutt when the weather is just too chilly for comfort without too a wrap and a top coat is

WRITE. -

A

of plaid shown. The coat rayon in imitation of wool for the lining and of rayon gabar- dine for the outside, makes THE ordinary happy combination-You-ncet. chair is too low for only 1% yds. of each fabric in comfortable working 54" width for a coat you will in the kitchen. That, I believe, is why so many women stand and grow weary mear the sink.

So I set to and made this and padded stool to measure, fitted it with a couple of flap- front cupboards to take dusters and cleaning materials.

My stool turned out to be 21. ins high, but it was made down a higher and then cut

the level exactly little, 411 suited the usa's needs.

FIRST STEP: Cut four legs, 2ft.

Gins. long, from

1in square timber; make up the two sides separately. The mem-

bery which hold the Jogg

together at the top are 3ins. deep and 12ins. long from their top side.

For simple Atting I cut them a little longer, drove one screw into the top of the legs and then opened the legs to 18ins on the floor, before driving in the second screw and trimming the member fush

wear

around.

and enjoy the

YOUT

Edges of Both Fabrics To chalk out: Strighten the crosswise edges of both fabrics. fabric lining Working with Art, fold it wrong side out, selvages together and fold to

C 19 a word you.

halfway point between A and B, D is 2" to right of C. Draw a straight line up from C for E. F 2" to left of E.

Draw a thre for choulders-F to D. G is 1⁄2” to left of D and His neck plus 1⁄4" above D. Connect G and H for back oock curve. Mark 1 1/6 eck phus" from F. Beginning at I, round the front neck curve to E, as shown. Cut from G to

H; H to F; from I to E.

Straight Line

as shown. Lay back over Draw a curved line at under-

FE

SECOND STEP: The side

nly, were

Jis armhole plus 2" panels of 6-ply.

laid in

to position

and

marked for cut-left of G K 4 bust plus 3" ting, then screwed into place. above J. Draw straight line up THIRD STEP: Having cut out from J through to selvage. L the half-joints for the foot and is armhole less I to left of back roll 18in. from the top, IF. Mis 4 bust plus 8 above atted the back and front top A. Connect M with K, K with members and the fool and back L. ralis, as the sides were fitted.

FOURTH STEP: In fitting the lockers I had to leave space in the front of the stool the front and cut front under- for the heels over the

the foot-rail. This

o panci means Atting 4ins. Inside the front legs, & which must be tackled from the bottom of the stool, as this is wider than the top. Having out it to it I held it in place with two marrow

narrow fillets on the inside of

of the

frame. top The bottoms of the

two lockers screwed to the legs were then atted, and the big panel nailed to them as well.

Job

of

BALL CATCH

used honey instead sugar, to make the ple gummier," he explained. "I substituted flour-for-cornstarch-to-make-it stick to the face and I left out all the lemon juice, walnuts and Salt

In addition to the raisin pie. however, he built a backlog of lemon meringue, cocoanut cream, chocolate with whipped cream, pineapple chiffon, and custard.

even

Pia Interview "Do you have 10 minutes for a pic interview?" he then asked Ross,

Niven's stand-in volunteered as a target, and Miss Caulfield, a southpaw, took the mound. She the target with astonishing smote the accuracy and equally astonish-

No. The Women want to be with The Men. The question

delicate therefore remains most homes.

But there is another side.

It is not usually necessary to One woman (she asks me not

remove stains before washing,ing results. to use her namel) writes:-

"So a night off is refreshing especially if a chlorine bleach is and harmicas? I thought so once to be used. Exceptions are heavy but that night of went to stains on fine pieces where the two...and then five, and now extra labour is warranted, and we have had neither a night in stains on coloured linens where nor 'out' for over two years,”

MY JURY

RE present-day conditions making housewives dull and harassed? According to my Housewives' Jury the answer is Yes.

It is not just the problems of food, fuel, and rising prices, but all the worries in addition which are taking the edge off life.

"You know the kind of thing. The worry of being unable to replace household linen and making ends meet.

of

more

There is nothing deadening, elther, than having steadily less social life fun

and

Jary woman Mira Thomson,

of Warlingham, reporty-

chlorine bleach cannot be em- played. A preliminary soaking for 20 minutes in clear, cool to lukewarm water makes soll re- moval caster and moro certain.

Glossy Finish

For a fine glossy finish, wash linens separately. Washed with cottons they pick up the cotton lint and got a fuzzy lock, Wash in very hot water, 160 degrees in washer, or if by hand, as hot as the hands can stand. Use an all purpose soap or synthetic deter- gent for all but very delicate linens. For them use a mild or synthetic dater- Kent, Soften water it necessary.

Wash. Doven -minutes Π washer.. A second washing may be necessary if there are any heavy grease spots. Rinse three times in water same tempera- ture as wash water.

A light starch may be used to improve glass, but a suff finish

"I am definitely more wor-is not desirable. So see that the

ried, now than I was even lasti starch solution is very light.

Raisin was too heavy. Pineapple chiffon fell apart in flight. Chocolate cream wouldn't stick. Only custard pie survived, and custard pic it is.-United Press

Left: Detail

because

the

of foot rali. FIFTH STEP: The locker doors, hinged to drop, are secured at the top with a ball catch. For the top kdoor this meant putting in a narrow rall (see

diagram) upholstery must be tacked to the underside of the main top frame.

The stool is now ready for the padded top- which was built up of webbing, hessian, hair stuffing, hessian, finished off with a decorative

AIXTH STEP:

American cloth cover. All these were tacked on the under edge of the top frame.

----(London. Express Service)

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Cuff

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arm samé, Bottom edges be- low armhole may be curved shown, to give an slightly, as even edgo here.

Cuffs may be as wide and as large as you desire them. We deep and wide made ours 7"

to go around sleeve enough (or the manhole measurement less 2").

Same as Lining

Cut the top of coat same as

Seam pixid lining.

shoulder and undernasn denta of each. Press seama open. Clip scams on underarm curves. Pub right sides of two fabrics together, stitch around front. Turn right mide out,

Sean short ends of cuff to- gother, Join to sleeves, catching cost and lining in seam. Slip- stitch raw edge of cuff to posi- tion, concealing all raw edges.

Even bottom line of coat. kn B hem

coat fabric Turn about 14" deep and alip-stitch this to place. Matce a hem in Bning 2" deep. Sip-stitch this to

Tack outer fabric.

lning

Press cost and it is ready to to top at underarm seams.

weare.

1/4 Bust + 3° Fold

Cuff

Pros And Cons Of Removing Child's Tonsils and Adenoids

In these instances, removal of tire adenoids is recommended. The question arises as whether or not tonsile and

denoids should be dining

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.

TIME was when tonsils and adenoids were removed whole- sale. Today, leading medical mon view this procedure much less lightly and undertake it only wher there are definite indications for its use.

when pollomyelitis is provalent. greater cautiory withs Some lateresting figures have "modern

mediclar-ap-been-released which show tonsil operations

has the dangerous

The

The

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the

removed summer months

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shosy that

usual

grown out of a number of con- poliomyelitis, known as bulbar siderations. In the first place, poliomyelitis, occurs about four. the old idea that

the tonsils times us often in children after were useless anyway and hence removal the tonalls.' and

of

that the might as well be discarded has adenoids, and given place to the bellef that type of poliomyelitis QCOUTE they are really, useful

about one and one-half times asz organs, with a definile role to play in

often in children who had a re- the body's defence against in- cent operation of this type. fections of the nose and throat, _CAN__BE_CONTROLLED

Our new antibiotics and sul- Ionamide drugs have given us weapons against infection Un- known in earlier days, so that today, even if the tonsils

.be- come infected, the condition can be controlled without removal of these organs.

We also know today that the

large tonsil is not necessarily

the

TC-

infected tongil. Their moval just NA

preventive measure is not only without valuo but may actually be harmful to the child.

Then, too, modern medical men are much less ready to accept the theory that the ton- ells serve as focal points from which infection spreads to other parts of the body.

It is pos

08

sible that vital org

organs, such the heart and kidneys, can be damrged by germs and their poisons carried from the tonsils

the blood stream, by

but the question needs much further

For all these reasons, modern opinion holds that in general tonsils should not be removed In children under alx to seven years of age, except where in- fection is endangering the child's health, or where the en- largement is of such degree as to Interfere with breathing and swallowing,

TONSILS AND 'ADENOIDS |

Removal of the tonsils and ndonalds is apparently of little value in a person suffering from allergy or oversensitivity, even though the patient has con- tinual masal discharge. Before removal the erdenolds, the allergic conditions should be

and investigated treated ira other

thoroughly

wayo.

of

tonsils

One good reason for taking

27 out the tonsils and adenoids is the development of deafness due to damage of the mkidle

In these

cases, adenold Basue around

of the opening the tube which loads from the ear to the throat, known as the eustachian tube, may be a fac- tor In causing this dimculty.

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Hair styles for spring, and FILITRINET were demonstrated In Berkeley Square.

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