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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1954.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

GOING TO A PARTY?

THE TEENAGER

T 17, Ginelle, on the right,

-wears her first short evening drese. It is in permanently pleated organza in party red, with twin

flower clips. pante

Sho dances away the night in black velvet slippers glittering

with

Sheradski's gulde

to dressing well

and feeling well for

rhinestones and carries

mesh handbag.

occasiona

la 1954

a silver

parties. She

adores Hilary wears a black velvel top. Her shoes have silver straps and she carries a cage handbag of baskei weave metal and black calf.

Lander Express Serice.

Grandmothers Don't Want

To Be Put On Shelf!

SOMETIMES

put self. We

Indeed! I'm

Her Doctor's Help

people on the shelf too more apt to die of dry roll soon-and by treating them like oldsters, make them old before their time.

This was brought home to me recently by a letter from a reader who is 67

years old, a peppy woman who Hives with her daughter and son-in-law.

She Keops Houso "They both have jobs." she told me, "and it WHЯ understood that would

I

be- keep house for them,

There isn't much

Cruise

money.

FRENCH CHILDREN ARE THE MOST PAMPERED...

By Barbara Miller

And the latest birth-denih

raco

Paris. French lifo.. The exhibition TELESCOPING bed reflects the almost frantic gurce for France weren't hope- and its growing competition since with a revived Germany.

The birth rate 1 dropping.

A that expands on Junter sul for the future grows and a “safe” match French have adopted box are the latest contribu- World War II. tions to bringing up baby, Loss of population in two All the many family allowances, French-style.

ware over a 30-year period priorities for mothers and other And the French, for popu- from 1914-to-1944 has put

stato aids aren't helping.,

Marriages dropped 2,1 par. lation reasons, are making a high premium on babies. cent from 1952 to 1953. Births an all-out effort to bring up Pediatrie .ond baby.

psychological for year endnt usf June 30,

in

БО

fow

the of

deaths

won't be in 1953,

-18,000 below experts report French fufants were only Some of the wonders for are probably the "most admired, the previous year. The surplus of

births over pampered" the nursery went on display petted and

240,000 more than recently at Paris' annual them-hence the packed crowds according to official statistics -- Children's Exhibition which around the stands at the "Salon the worst since 1940, has become A feature of D'Enfance."

Editor

Role

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world. There are

the

Given of Cupid

By Melvin Fishley

DAILY DILEMMA

All of which didn't seem 10 make Baby difference at the children's show, with its answer to the daily dilemma of how to keep the tots amused.

The telescoping bed was just one attraction.

Other Innovations were is "spaccohlp" ride that gives The French "garconets" and "l- fettes" the Illusion of zooming past Captain Video into ouler space, and a television mirror in which the children can Tec themselves projected on a screen, To bring to life the proverb, MAN who was reputed praticas un the understanding

"Don't play with fire," the to have written 6,294 that the money would be letters to the Press died re- had been approved

funded after the editor's choice French attacked the match prob-

angles.

There's on inspec- lem from both

matchbox cover which no cently in Nottingham, Eng- ilon.

infant not born of Superman land. He was Henry Bos-

During the eighteenth and could possibly pry open, while worth, whose signature was early nineteenth centuries

to console the frustrated young famillar to three genera- newspaper's letter column

arsonists, there's a magic lighter tions of Midland editors. a considerable news value.

that seems to give off a flame.

French His first letter was written those days the transmission

Into kids, pitched news depended largely On

an early In 1894, and he wrote mails, and there were no such serious schooling at ul- facilities де telegraph,

tele-age, are strong in the reading department. The salon showed It, with library chosen by Thus, many government experts of the best books for matters were discussed in children. Foreign books"Allee letters to the Press and fre-In

Wonderland," "Pinocchio," quently the public received its "Snow White," and "Andersen's Arst Information about such Fairy Tales"-sold as well as tho matters through this medium. French ones-United Press

steadily ever since on most every conceivable phone, cable and radio. topic.

means

Although this is undoubtedly an epistolary achievement, it is by no

น record. The Rev. J.P. Bacon Philips, in the course of 40 years, wrote no less than 50,000 letters to news- The and magazines. papers highlight of his letter-writing are much times they

widows, career occurred when his реть with grown children, and helped to save the life of Д they have no business ex- workman who tract bren Bet nerience. So they live with tenced to death for dropping his the kida, with the under- baby over a London bridge. Mr "isn't there any way

caused WA เก convince

standing that they will Bacon Philips' letters young

so high or baby-sit, public feeling to run you don't fall keep house

that the

was sentence

CONTI little by little, muted to penal servitude people that apart

your sixty-fifth But then,

they become victims

Subsoqueritiy of life. birthday?"

In her particular case, it enforced idleness. And the was freed. wasn't too difficult. She tragedy is that many times enlisted the help of a wine they could have lived use- family doctor, who talked ful and busy lives up into to the young people and the eighties. told them that "Mommy" Recently, I read a book

rest.

needed work and respon which, while not on the sibility and a feeling of topic of aging, does a won being neered, far more derful job of showing how than she needed help and grand a woman's later years can be. It is called "Ven "But

have

But too often, the older ture to the Interior," and is now they

doesn't protest written by hired cleaning woman to person

a very

wise help me, and I don't need enough, feels that perhaps man named Laurens

van the help. 1 love running it is inevitable, and the house, and doing the gets pushed into a kind of cleaning and cooking. But dry rot.

thus

they insist that I mustn't Women particularly find 'strain' myself. Strain my this

happening.

der Post.

Now Project at Seventy Ho tolls of his mother, in Many Africa, who, aftor raising thirteen children, decided, when she was seventy, to lake new project.

A WELL-DRESSED

She took over a family farm

WOMAN HAS POISE basis, working all fours

By HELEN FOLLETT

you know that

picture yourself?

the

for mon

TO COMBAT INJUSTICE

Another champlon letter- writer, a Mr B. Simmons, be- letter-writing career on gan his the subject of home-work. As compelled schoolboy he was

to work for Ave nights a week up to 9 p.m., and in 1804 he decided to combat this injustice, Ho wrote 800 jelters on the subject and sent one to every

evening dally,

and Sunday More in England. newspaper than 200 were published and Mr Simmons received letter of comment from all parts of the world.

Some of the most interesting letters sent to editors are those that never reach print for ob vious reasons, and it is extra- ordinary how some people will walkhald their trials red tri- bulations from their immediate circle of friends, but readily

A

in the remotest part of Africa, convey thom to a newspaper. where she was the only white Some time ago the editor of an woman, and put it on a well-run | American paper received

and letter from a farmer in Austro-

lin having a wonderful time.

who was looking for a The author says, "There my blonde American wife, mother is to this day, a slim,

For surno reason the farmer upright, gracious ald lady... She is sill active,

thought that the editor would yigorous, young in spirit and an ideal medium for attain- convinced that she will live tong his heart's desire, and was quite ready to leave everything to him. He even suggested that fro the editor should advance

Dwoman who carries her you fold them in your lap convinced that she will li

Do

head high is likely to have when you are sitting? You A well-dressed air? It is should. And you should not true! Any observing mil- fiddle with bracelets or but- liner will endorse this state- tons or dress ornaments. ment. She may even tell you that the way the head is held can make a hat or ruin it.

The movements of your hands should be fluid, never quick and jerky. The hands and wrists should be flexible.

handa

Anne Heywood money for the blonde's tran-

A Rewarding,

A LITTLE daily stretch-

had

of

Spring Is In the Paris Air

This spring dress brings a garden party atmosphere to winter during a spring fashion show recently held in Paris.

Lazy Exercise

By IDA JEAN KAIN

What you do with your

Girls who must make gestures chin is the main point. You don't hold it up, and do not with every word, whoso arms

are forever flying extra fillip of flue feeling tween waking up and get you. And the nice part of let it droop, nor

do you arki project it forward., You through the air, become

How ting up can be the happiest this conditioning is that you keep it on the level. And resome to the observer. There and streamlines too.

la no senso to it. It expresses can such lazy exercise 30 of the day. That's the very don't even have to get out

or self-conscious-rewarding? In stretching time most of us feel ought of bed,

nervousness

ILLS

+

n bit

the muscles set against- other sets of ...... muscles.", 80,

and that.

Heve right hand back overhead,

ing a couple of comfortable breaths, then take another good, long stretch, turning this way

Follow with a blas stretch. one way of reminding you

or bend elbow and stretch from to do that is to maintain

thas unida to save, apacN À L to be left out of the day perfect posture-tummy in,

Ease through this routine: move right leg across left touch- To put up a really smart ap- taken daily, a few stretch- entirely. chest high, shoulders and

Bend elbows, dropping hands ing toes to bod, and --r-ol

crowwide,

pulling up-and-in To set the mood, as you on shoulders, fuis light. Take arms with an easy pose. pearance, a woman must

Armly with girdick muscles to ally carry itself as it should, poisa. She must keep in mind muscles, toned and toned slip into sleep tonight, deep breath, lifting the cholt peat, groaking left Jeg over right i Then your head will natur centrate on posture, grace and ing conditioners keep the

elart stretching a Sirotch right natural her personal self. This is more muscles are more stream- mentally picture yourself and you push hand back. Then in us at Jes over night

lining.

stretching on swakening in am up, left arm out to the smooth Gentle though it is, impressive thân the ruby dow on her lips and fingernails or But let Dr Ward the morning. Give yourself side phd twist and turn as you stiching a powerful circula- the tinting of her nie: Artle Crampton, an authority in that good night measa o dlane to lows, Acales, bed To Arold the vague acho Acial aids are fine. The anti-aging medical delence, and you will wake un carer verso alue and twist and was mineralment and

the to stratoh Ary it, evini necessary and give the modern explain how to

you don't believe it. Stretch-

It assumes Jovel.

the

con

Now that the pose of touch, but they should, not day happily, lu your head is right," what hokt Grat place, Posture is an book he wrote “al are you doing about your important part of the picture, back' called-"Star

the shows how handa to make a pretty too,

on

birthdays,

the eternal captivator —

Pomme

PARFUMS

MARCEL ROCHAS

PARIS

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