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Blue Spot

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'BLUE SPOT

Phonomat

FULL AUTOMATIC 3 SPEED

RECORD CHANGER

FEATURES:

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1952.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

How to Wash the New

Cottons

By ELEANOR Ross

It's lace all the way, with sturdy cotton Jace much in de

for mand for play clothed, beach wear, casual blouses and zuch.

While cotton 1:ez is washabl it is somewhat of a problem job, since results are variable, depending on the type of ince and how it is laundered. Loose- woven laces lend to shrink types, and, of course, when lace is verluidi

another

ns li is so much handle the becomes even season, the jub

whatever more diMcult, So the type of cotton lace, no hat- 2 how.und: i. stems to bri approach it as you would when laundering a doi haft gremunt,

PUSH BUTTON CONTROLS WITH AUTOMATIC | more than the tightly-meshett

STOP AFTER THE LAST RECORD, REPETITION OF LAST TUNE BY MERELY PRESSING BUTTON. SPEEDS 78, 45 AND 33-17/3 R.P.M. FOR STANDARD AND LONG PLAYING RECORDS 12", 10" 7". SERVICE PLAYS TEN RECORDS IN ONE SESSION PERMITTING 10" AND 12" RECORDS TO BE STACKED IN ANY SEQUENCE. PROTECTION NEEDLE PRESSURE OF .25 TO .35 OZS

ONLY, IS EASY ON RECORDS. MAINS 110/220 VOLTS, 50 CYCLES AC.

George M. Lau & Bros.

AGENTS

Bank of Canton Bldg., Hongkong

Tol: 27192.

DESSERT SENSATION with

AVOSET REAL WHIPPING CREAM?

WHIP IT, AND SEE

HOW FIRM IT

STAYS FOR.. HOURS!

Pure dairy cream-so healthful! Crown your cakes, pies, pud. dings, cocoa, and fruit salads withdelicious AvosetWhipping Cream. Every member of the family will love its wholesome flavor. Pure dairy cream-safe and healthful, and so delicious! Today... add sparkling glam- our to your desserts!

Also try AVOSET Table Grade

for coffee, cereals, and fruit,

AVOSET Whippi

Keeps Sweet for Months

STERILIZED CREAM

AVOSET Whipping

BOTTLED CREAM THAT KEEPS FOR MONTHS

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NURSE HARVEY'S MIXTURE

SLEEP FOR BABIES

-NEST FOR TIRED MOTHERS

SOLD NT KILLERBINE RESPERSTRIES BAD STERES -

Sale Agents

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CHULLO SIN UUILDINGS

VARIETY

TEL.277 BI

MEATS

ECONOMICAL MEALS

Outline Shape

First, outline the shape and exact dimensions of the item to he washed, using a large piece of paper or cardboard. Then wash gently in plenty of suds. E the water, Swish around

uti

nil

whica suld be Jukewarm, 100 when lace must be lifted at, plac a supporting hand under j that the weight of the water won't put it down, and stretch the mesh. Avoid wringing and twisting, lest the strain tend to break the delicate threads. Absorb as mucli mols- ture as possible by rolling in # clean Turkish bath towel. Care- the dump fully hand-smooth

diagram on paper, lace onto and with rust-proof pins anchor into shape, and leave to dry,

Popular, too, are embrassel, cottons, the resuit of a process that

Delly presizi

The new

design into en:bossed cotton have Such lustre, such erly appeal, such surface interest that they have made big sartorial news. They ere sald to be sol and wrinkle resistant and colourfast, so that caring

ing for them doesn't present much of a

of a problem.

In the washing, rinsing and drying, though, take care not to twist the fabric and avoid any sharp creasing of it. As the fabric finish is permanent, no starch should be required, and bleach should on no account be Carefully hand-smooth garments into original shape 85 13 hang them to dry, and iron while evenly damp, using a not- too-bot iron. I you steam-Iron, Use cautiously.

Fashion Favourite Terry cloth is another big fashion favourite this season, appearing in beach togs fre- quently, usually one side printed, the other plain, Active sports clothes of these double- faced terry clotss sometimes get good and soited, so it is a

a bright, idea to do them along with the rest of the family laundry

the water heet for Temper the wo coloured terry cloth, as for all coloured cottons, of course. Shake

Karment well before hanging, to Youren nay, and give an additionul shaking from time to time during the drying pro- cess to fluit the nap. No jroning needed!

MORE ENERGY MORE ELEGANCE

The

DAYZOBA

ERUS

wrong way to pick up a baby-by a woman

HEN housewife ends the working day muscles must exent force to eley of the back take the strain

Wxhausted, much of her tiredness the duty mold the body tessther.

the fact that she has used up far more energy than The moral? Matrenin the she need have done.

good posture, such as ther

THE TWO SKETCHEN at the top of the page shaw the wrong way (left) and the right way (right) to pick a baby. When litting a heavy box, a bath tali or anything else requiring a two-handed lift, the weight should be held close to the body. directly over the pushing force.

Letting the weight swing out from unbent legs can seriously strain the back muscles the little pin-girt (left) abows why. NOW FOR-

י .

Right... YOUR CHORES... Wrong

WIPING

the floor. brushing the hearth. or weeding the garden RESP GOOD, safe posture by bending the legs ant spacing the feet lo gite Arm support. Une the lep utacles for lifting the body upwards not the muscles of the back,

Keep a straight back

CARRYING & heavy parcel, a rolled

carpet, a basket of washing, or any heavy wolght that cannot easily be put on the shoulder :-

THE BACK should be kepi straight, and the whole body tilted lightly backwards from the ankles. If the back is hollowed too much sirain is put on the apine.

Use these legs

IFTING A micket, a vacuum cleaner, a suitcase or any heavy object needing handed lift:

1 one-

THE KNEES should be bent and the back kept as straight as 20ssible so that most of the strain falls on the strong muscles of the legs.

Now don't lean over CARRYING a heavy weigh) like a bucket or coul-scuïtie from room to room :-

A SLIGHT ridewards shift of the whole body from the anktrs all balance the weight without strain. Leaning over to one side from tite wulst strains the muscles of the buck.

Firm footing ... PULLING out a top drawer. opening a jammed door., or pulling sheets into shape :-

SPACE the feet well apart so that the toelght can be moved over a wide base without losing balance. If the feet are kept together the back again takes the strain.

IF CHILD GETS A RASH IN WINTER

HE MAY BE ALLERGIC TO WOOL

months

socks.

sketches.

KEEP IN LINE

which should be borne by the

I

Practite There princludes

Int the chart, as you go shoul household duties. They your will soon breamz poze¬tuna lun

Professor Metheny claims in her brilliant manual.

So a woman professor of shown in the right way which are more fully explained physical education has come forward with advice for helping housewives to finish fresher and sooner by eli- minating unnecessary tiring movements.

The professor,

Dr Eleanor Metheny, of South California Univer:lly, has studied every important action of the worké ing wife...

from pulling out a drawer to picking up a baby, She found that many house wives work dangerously as well as inefficiently,

By making better use of their muscles they could work more safely,

#racefully, more

and with less fatigue, she claims,

Professor Metheny belleves women could streamline their movements by applying three main principles:-

IT'S BALANCE

✪ ONE. When all parts of the body are

the balanced, force of gravity bulls them to gether. When ahy - part of body Is out of line the

the

size

Outsize blow

Under the new clothing scheme-in-Britain the out- woman will have to pay more tax on her clothes. Under the old scheme manufacturers were allow- ed extra material for the Jarger sizes. Under the now scheme this extra material is taxed, Difference be- tween material needed for an average outsize dress and an ordinary stock size 41% yards average agalnat 25% yards,

Champion of the outsize couse is dark-haired actress

(40 hips) Joon Young.

Is an

H

"Why should woman be has penalised because the not a stock-sized figure?" she asks. Miss Young buys many of her clothes off the peg. The other day she

was wearing brown wool dress bought for £8. "The last bargain I'll get like this, I suppose," the com- mented sadly. "It's an un- fair blow to the larger woman,"

New Stuffing To Serve With Braised Chicken

Peas

Dinner

Hat Tomato Juize Braked Chicken with Giblet Gravy

Baked Celery-Nut Stuffing

Baked Squash Tossed Lettuce, Grape and Apple Salad Fruit-and-Cake Gel

Coffee Tea Milk

All Measurements Are Landi Recipes Serve Four

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. SOME of the most com- cold weather and the condition during the winter mon, everyday materials can

Jasts

through winter and wool mittens, nowsuits, spring. Often, the rash

and is re- sweaters, scarves cause a severe allergic reac- cognised ns eczema, a sk You can thus expect to find tion in people who are sen- discove that brings redness, the YA most prominent sitive to them. Wool cloth- small pimples anti blisters, ascund the front of the neck, ing, for example, can cause cazing, crusting and scaling of the ankles and wrists, the back chicken (or a hen, or fowl)

the skin.

cf the hands and the arms and usual. Wash with cold water; more or less serious eczema

When a child shows this type legs. in children.

Many children break

of rath in the winter, look for out an allergy to

Braised Chickan.

Clean a 3 to 4-lb. all-purpose

0%

drain and dry. Wash the giblets. Rub the inside of the chicken children with 1 tsp. menorodium gluta

wool. Young Of course, not ad with a rash with the onset of children are anothered in wet with winter eczema are sensi-mate; duit with it and popper.

Liver Sausage $4.50 per lb.

Brawn

11

$2.25 per Ib.

Black Pudding $2.50 per lb.

Ham Sausage $4.00 per lb.

Vienna

>

Liver Pate

Pork Pics

$4.00 per lb.

$5.00 per lb. $1.00 each

Roast Leg Pork (Stuffed)

$5.00 per lb.

At the DAIRY FARM

tive to wool, but a great mum- Melt 3 tbsp. ad in a large her of much cases can be traced heavy saucepan. Slow-brown the ail over in SZ.. When Ito woollen clothing. There is chicken

browned, add 1 ced

no reason to remain in doubt if nearly

2 15p. salt and

you suspect an allergy, for it is prelet onton, 1 s. cut-up celery how fairly easy to make akin test to confrm a diagnosis.

*

the test proves that your child' has such an allergy, 10

leaves, 1 bayleaf, the alblots. Cover with bolling water. Simmer-ball until fork- tender, from 2 to 3 hrs. (Or w only 1 qt water and pressure- cook 35 min. at 15 lbs.)

Cool; remove the skin. Cut the

chould avoid, as much as pos-meat from half of the chicken. sible, the wearing, of' wool against the skin. This is

not

Cut baked celery-mut pluffing [in' zquator; arrange on a deep

jalways simple, but B bit of platter. Spoon over the chicken

planning on your part can usually prevent the rash.

and gravy. Top with the brown- ed skin. Border with heated lined pans."

Often such children can wear Baked Calery-Nut Stuffing- woollen clothing if the

Combing 3 c. soit enriched ftrat in completely covered with bread crumbs, 1 tsp. salt, 1⁄4 tsp. cottors so that no wool comes in pepper, 3⁄4 tsp. poultry seasoning contact with the skin, A white and 1 tsp baking powder, In cotton scarf should be womange frying pan molt 2 dbsp. around the neck to protect the margarine. Add 1: 10c-chopped akin from wapilen outer cloth pestod onion, 2 whole tained to ing.

malors, and 1 c. fine-chopped zaw celery; smute ur yellowed. Add Proper salvo applied to a the crumbay slow-fry until bo- rash wil). no only helping to town. Then add 44 clear it up, but will pro- c. boiling water in which tout from further irritation. chicken bouillon cubes have been Usually, a piece of sterile gauze dissolved. Stir to blend. Pack over the salve to help to into on oiled 8"x8" baking park protect the zeb from clothing beke 50 min at 375-400 F. Cut 'imitation ..

In squares for serving.

2

Then уси wit work with more grace, iesa, fatigue, and

• TWO. When you pick up an object it becomes part of the toll of body weight, so that the centre of gravity-the point at which all the body's weigh less train. seems to be concentrated-- moves outwards.

So when you carry a heavy weight keep it as close to the body na possible. And readjust

maintólo body to the whole balance instead of throwing ons particular part of it out of tine. CHOOSE ...

THIS zeriec selected by-- CHAPMAN PINCHER from the book "Body Dynamics" (pub- fished by McGraw Hil, 301) concludes

NEXT SATURDAY

Professor Eleanor Methony's advice On how

# woman better get

value of these moments in the

con

αμε

day

+ THREE, For any given a snatches to sit down with a task use the strongest muscles book.

Do not let the mus-

available,

k

-(London Express Service)

Needlecraft

Corner

Handknit Stole..

Approximately 20 Inches by 72 inches

ABBREVIATIONS

Bl. (s)

knit .....

stitch (es)

puri

this symbol indicates the directions imme- diately following are to be repeated a given: number of times in addition to the original. MATERIALS: Knitting Worsted, 2 skeins. Plastic Knitting Needles, 1 pair Size 8..

GAUGE:

sts 2 inches 13 rows 2 Inches fore dropping sts).

4

(he-

5 at 2 inches dropping is).

0 rows 1

inch (after

Stlichts are dropped and ravalled down when knitting is completed.

Carlos 59 sis far. 1 end of stole. P 1 row."

·

·

PATTERN: K 1 row, p 1 row for 3 rows (com- pleting prib). K 1 row, p 1 row for 5 rows (k (b), Continue to repent these 10 rows for alternats p end-xlbs until there are 44 p ribs and 43 k r.bs, end with a p rib. Bind off as lo as follows: Bund cf 3 sts, loosen loop on right needle, take ball of yarn through loop, drop loop from needle and pull tight (binding off another st); drop next 3 sts from left needle and ravel down to cast-on row: leaving gumelent yarn to stretch across the 3 dropped sts, bind off next 2 sta; repeat fram *, ent last repeat bind off remaining 4 sts. Steam lightly..

Krit locosly to form an Interesting pattern, this pretty difple id a perfect recensory, tɔ wear with your first Byring frock, your first Spring suit. You can make it easily and quickly by following the simply Instructions abaya.

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