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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1955,

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

EXCESSIVE REST CAN

BE HARMFUL

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

HAT'S that? Too much ing

rest the

West's bone silly: If remedy for all

I could just once get enough. Therefore, the doctor rest......

Knit While You Relax

work Materials: 4 czs. Munrospun has been completed and Nestledown' wool. Small quan- mensures 10 (18) ins from tity of contrart wool. 1 pair each Nos. 12 and 14 kniting needles.

Measurements:

beg

Cent. without further shaping unill work measures 17 (17) ins, ending with p. row. 1st size 2nd size Next row: K. 30 (40), cast off Bust

34 ius.

35 (40). 30 ins. 42. k 10ins. 18 ins.

Work on

Inst set of 35 (40) Length

314 Ins. 3ins sis. and dec. at neck edge on Sleeve seam

every row until 24 ste. remain Tension: ats. to 1 in.

K. knit; p, and work measures 18 (18) Abbreviations: purl; et, or sts, stitch or silichos: Ins. Cast off. Return to re- in. or ins incl or inches; st. st. maining 35 (40) sts. and work slocking stitch; Inc., increase or to match opposite side.

Slooves increasing: dec., decrease or de- continue; rep.,

together; sl..

Change to No. 12 needles and this was due to pul-slip: p.s..o., pars slipped stitch

the Over.

work in st. st. ine, at both ends N.B. Instructions are given of the 3rd and every foll. 4th for 1st size. Follow Agures in row until there are 118 65. brackets for 2nd size. When Cont. without further shaping only one set of figures is given until work

measures 31⁄2 ins this refers to both sizes.

Front

Shape Top Cast off 3 sis. at beg, of next

fragile sovereign the enpillaries became

biced into the diseases. and, tended to

skin. who

It took these subjects six gets his patient up and weeks to return to normal.

to in around has

face dis- Of course, everyone requires Many persons could

normal rest, These evil results too deed do with more rest in approving looks from pro.

overdose, "ame from дп and of fession

patients much of a good thing, the hustle and busile

But the though Intely not so much their daily lives.

General medical observations evil effects of the excessive from the profession. Actual- beer out Arnott's theory. One rest involved in retirement ly, says Arnott, the logicn! of the most distressing accur

rences in medicine is the sudden have long been suspected, place for the person to be death of a patient annsrently ra

often repeat: surgery, and are now beginning to when not asleep is up and covered from

preparing to leavo the following: log.. Unless netual about, and one should have, when by provei. disability demands retire to prove the necessity for mary (lung) embolism. ment or partial relief from going to bed and staying plugging of a long blood vessei instead of vice by a clot formed usu:lly in the responsibilities, aging per- thure,

velns of the leg because of pro- sens live longer and enjoy verzn.

Inged rest. With early "amble- batter health if they do not

lation"

or moving about, con- in the veins in which retire, but merely change

form, is reduced, and so

EVIL RESULTS

one occupation for another Deitrick,

when forced out of a

by arbitrary tions.

age

Whedon and

haritat;

creasing; cont.,

nit.. alternate; foll,,

Using No. 14 needles, cast on

Arnott cites a study by re deaths. The arthritic | 126 (134) sis. and work in k. 1,

which young for whom rest is prescribed, is p. 1 rib for 3% ins. Change to

were

Uring No. 14 needles cast on 104 ats, and work in k. 1, p. 1 rib for 1 in,

from beg.

2 rows.

260

as

in job Shorr

Next row: K. 3, k. 2 1og.. k. regula- healthy men

with No. 12 needles and cont. In st. to last a te.. sl., 1. k. 1. p.k.s.o., immo- edvised to alternate it bilised in bed for six weeks, mulerate exercise plus gentle st. ine. at both ends of the 7th k. 3.

unti Next row: P. and what happened? Their message: and he feels better und and every foll. Bih row TOXIC-EVEN FATAL

Rop. to last 2 rows until 80 less crippling. The pollo there are 148 (158) sts. has out Dr W. Melville Arnott, body chemistry went

Cont. without further shaping sts. remain. Cast of. victim rests enly until the acute

work measures 11 (11%) with infection subsides, then he starts until

Cuff Top of the University of Bir of whack promptly,

of nitrogen on an native round of rehabilito-ins. from beg. measured at side

Using No. 14 needles, cast on mingham, England, goes disturbance

sts. and and en. Muscles of a limb in

procced much further. Не says, (protein) utilisation,

Shape Armholes

follows:- need for passive exercise was

Cast off 3 sis. at beg, of next Work 0 rows in k. 1, Py 1 "the truth is that an over loss of calcium through the cast uret to wither in the cage and ending with a p. row.

to rtcognised.

2 voves.

rth. the work 2 rows st. at. dose rest is very toxic and urine, plus a tendency

deposits in the

AN ESCAPE

Next row: K. 3. . 2 tog, k, to

Change to contrast wool, even lethal, and should be calcium

the Psycnclogleully,

515, 1, k. 1, p.s.s.o., Next row: K. 1, x.wool for- same est classed as one of the most urinary tract which would

to make 1 . 2 tog. Rep. ward Rest ink.3. of have formed stones.. And principles hold true. powerful of the drugs

from x to last st. k. i. Is

habit- definitely

Next row: P, addiction." That's a strong these were healthy subjects excess

forming, to the extent of mak- remember,

ing a lazy good-for-nothing statement. Toxic means poi- to start with,

the

person who sonous; lethal means fatal: "polsoned" by nothing but its addiet. And

The circula- retreats into illness as on escape and addiction is the curse blessed rest. of the narcotic habit. The tion deteriorated, too, until soon becomes unable to meet the first reaction

is, prove it. the subjects began to show normal strains und stresses of And so he does.

a tendency to faint when he ever their beds were tilted argues, for a sick person to so that they assumed a ver-

It is customary,

spend his time in bed. The tical position.

The legs suffered worst--the medical literature is full of

lost their tone, the muscles pronunciamentos proclaim- blood collected In the veins, and

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Next row: P. Rev. last 2 TOWS until 112 (122) sts. remain. of

st. Cont, in st. until work measures 16 (104) Ins. from beg. ending with a p. row.

The normal person needs activity to remain healthy. Ex- with cept during acute illness fever, judicious activity and more replaces rest doctor's programme of ment.

a

more

in the treat-

When your doctor gets you, or

patient in whom you

are interested, up and around with surprising promptness, don't be surprised.

Next row: K. 45 (50), cast off 22. k. 45 (50).

Change again to main colour and work 4 rows st. st. Change to contrast.

Next row: K.

Next row: K.

Change to main colour and k. next row. Then cont. to work in k. 1, p. 1 rib for a further

ins.. Cust off in rib.

1

re-

Work on Inst set of 45 (50) sts. and dec. at neck edge on row until work measures every 18 (184) ins. and 24 61s. main. Cast off remaining sis,

Return to remaining sis. (45) to match and (50) and work opposite side.

Back instructions as given Follow for Front until armhole shephg

Succulent Roast Lamb Is A

1

Favourite French Dish

By Ida Bailey Allen

A selle d'agneau Par- Strawberries with Fresh Cream

"Lsille de France Chate

laine is a favourite French main dish, Madame," re. marked the Chef.

"That means 'saddle of lamb with parsley in the style of a grand homemaker"," 1 remarked,

proudly.

Cafe Noir

Macaroni and Cheese

To Make Up Press oll pleees to correct with a hot iron measurements ever a damp cloth. Join shoulder seams and set in sleeves, Press Join side ormhole scams flat. and sleeve seams. Turn hem on cult top so that contrast

picol form points

edge and stitch on insido. Sow cuff top to neck edge making scams on Inside and turn over on to right side of werk. Join ends of top. Preas very lightly in position. Press seams.

Knitting Pattern Error

* * *

Paper Dolls Make Money

For Housewife,

has

office after hours

Artist

programme or her home woman's

ot

the

White Plains, N.Y. MALL girls have been in Bronxville, N. Y., giving the New York State Department of cutting out paper dolls ofessional touch to drawings Commerce. The programme, only the dresses and one of its kind in the nation, and painting

specialises in helping women since scissors were invented. doll features.

Mrs Tiernan, #1 native et with problems of pricing. it But

П taken

Omaha, Neb., said that, "Elghe gistry of name, insurance, 40-year-old grandmother and teen or 20 years ago, I studied pansion and distribution of their a young New York adver- puppetry and modelled papier- products. United Press. tising agency artist to turn mache dolls. I also took costume this child's play into adult design. So all my training just

Otted this doll business."

income.

A reader has kindly drawn at- tention to an error In last on weck's knitting pattern published in the China Mall

as

She first made doll wardrobes Mrs Louis Tiernan, wife of of real fabrics and sold them, to F. A. O. Schwarz, the famous insurance executive and grandmother of three, and Miss New York toy store.

Eventually she opened a doll Carol Ann McKenna, the artist.

in Widte Plains, More families would eat more

make three-dimensional paper repair shop 51 Mom "The Back. 7th row of pattern, macaronl-and-cheese

age them in assemble-it-yourself valuable antique dolls for deal- only baked more! Fix twice as should have read S1. 1, x k., 1, dolls and wardrobes, and pack and specialised in restoration of much as usual with high-protein p. 1. w. o: n., s. 1, k. 1. p.s...its for the kiddies. With each ers.: macaroni and cheese sauce and etc."

be

satisfied.

A

"Oul, Madame, my compli- ments on your fine understand- ing! This dish is also specialite of the chef of the French Line. I had dinner recently on the Liberte, one of their liners, and this is how it was prepared:

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Road Lamb Chatelaine

Roast a saddle of lamb as usual,

as

last week Omitted

was the third symbol in the row, p.1.

Add A New Sparkle To

stor the dish, Everybody will

well enthusiastic as

Tomorrow's Dinner Tuna-Olive Saladettes Big Macaroni-and-Cheeso Casserole Garlic Bread Siewed Tomatoes Ice Cream Peach Sundace Hol or feed Coffee or Tea Mlik

All Measurements Are Lovel

Then dust thickly with chepped Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to 6 Old Things

I coarse bread crumbs. parsley and lightly browned in buster with a fille garlic.. This

treatment malces πη

elegant saddie of lamb even more appetising and transforms a plain roast lamb shoulder into elegance.

"On the French Liner the accompanying vegetables weru zucchini, asparagus, mushrooms, hearts of artichokes and pommes noisettes, thumb-sized pieces » potato fried brown, which are like nuls.

"One-half cup of dry white wine was poured over the lamb just before serving. Our home makers may prefer to use 4 cup fresh lemon juice instead. The flavour is very refreshing."

Dinner Tomato Asple Saladritca Roost Lamb. Chatelaine Potato "Nolaottes" Braised Zucchini

French Bread

Camembert Asparagus. Hollandaise

C.

doll goes a story the child can road.

PROFESSIONAL ADVICE Their first doll came out last "The shop got to be full-time, year and was an immediate hit, so I sold it." she said. It sold through toy shops and "But I'd had that idea department stores. This year, paper dolls for a long time. their second doll-they

AC-

****

Home Set On Foam Rubber?

New York. ofTHE day may come when you'll be able to pick plan now seemed a good time to go up a telephone and order a den for your house, complete one design each year is a bride to work on it."

satin with paper hair,

The women started with $500 with books, red paper dress, but real tulle vell and capital and "made money right chairs and a mounted head

real ribbon sash. She will be from the beginning," said Mrs

leather

Tiernan. But the proft has been of your mother-in-law.

Or, if the den doesn't ap- ploughed back into production as orders multiplied.

peal to you, how about a

so by mail ender only.

"We just deadled the only way we can keep this business from

Mrs Tiernan advised suy too big is to keep getting Big Macaroni - and - Cheese

wood in direct mail," said Mrs Tiernan. woman planning to start a pro-house shaped like a star, a 4 Caserole: Add

all ject to seek professional advice crescent, an ice cream cone, who does INFINISHED higher as a way of Mrs Tiernan, wh

and before spending capital.

or Gina Lollobrigida? cuts protein macaroni to 8 c. rapidly

the doll parts and "I took a sample of

my doll boiling water containing 2 tsp. absorbing moisture, causing assembles salt.

wardrobes In "my studio"-one kit to the woman's programme," Boll rapidly until the

room of her house, Miss Me she said. "They gave me a lot of mucaront is barely bite-tender, it to swell and stick.

Kenna works either at her guidance." She referred to the about 12 min.

Before she started to send the Add 3 c. milk, 11⁄2 c. grated surface,

smart housewife checst, 1⁄4 tsp. pepper, 1⁄2 tsp left a lighted bulb in the drawer monetodium glutamate, 3 tbsp. four dissolved in 3 tbsp. milk, for a minute or twd, Reported that it did a good wood- and 1 tbsp. butter or marshrinking job. garine. Cook and stir unti boiling,

one

Another small but annoying Transfer to a 3 qt, casserole, problem is the wooden drawer Cover the top with 4 c. enriched all that keeps coming off be- bread crumbs mixed with 3 tbsp. cause the screws will no longer melted butter and e. grated hold in the wood. Just All the shotp cheese. Brown in a hot hele in the drawer pull with plas oven, 400* F., or refrigerate and lie wood, and screw or push, the

drawer brown at serving time.

pull back in place imme- dilately. Let the plastic harden overnight before using the pull again.

Juggestion of the Chef Serve cooked asparagus spread out like a fan on a napkin, with the Hollandaise in ́a boot, Trea èlegante.

Sauer-

We've been admiring the plant neighbour's

holders от our terrace.

Original Plant Holders

Well, what were they original- ly but old metal pails!

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It's all possible in the giddy world of the future, says Jerry Luss, a New York architect, who is convinced that the house of say 2000 A.D. will be a real reflection of the owner's per- 99sonality.

Training Will "Tame" The Aggressive Child

By CARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D..”

Luss. who works for an 'or- ganisation called Designs for Business, says that "houses, like the human body, will be machines for living. And like the body, they will be built from the Inside out.".

As Luss scos 11. the house of the future won't be constructed

There will be no foundation-- BOY of four, who out his lower lip and refuses to one solid block of foundation.

Instead, a reinforced slab doesn't whine, is easy- Between the lines, I read that something like foam rubber will to leave with a sitter, has the mother thinks this boy was sit on the ground.

cry."

This

Individual rooms

Df

a very vivid imagination and just born to be that way. converses well, is described was my advice to her:

will be sat Obviously, that little child of by his mother as an aggres yours has many promising traits, upon the slab, and snapped to- sive child.

But it is clear that he has never gether. The rooms like liver- she learned

restraints wurst, will be available at your reasonable

When he playa," writes, "he

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pushes and and, until he is better discl- corner store,

ho will bilhed, shoves. He has to 'crash' his destructive and sunoying to complete with fixtures

trains and airplanes, instead others.

of playing carefully with them..

Liss says the rooms will como and furnishings. What's more, the walls will be detachable, so you can change the shape of the And house any time you wish.

Clean white rope was colled neatly around the outside of the

Apparently, you put too much pall, then given a cost of fresh White shelling. When that was The neighbours fre always faith in talk and persuasion.

Though you say you do spank If you want, you can build up second coating was dp calling me to come and get him. plied. Big glass pitchers placed Yesterday he rolled their gar him sometimes, you wait until or sideways.

According to this architect, in the buckets" hold handsome, bage can_over newly planted you and he are so worked up. soliage and branches that rustle flowers. Things like yo

this occurfew things he must not do will be cheaper to build ond occur that it does no good. Pick out the dream house of the future nicely wismaver 4 Vagrant daily

"When I take him for a walk that are most Important. When keep up. It will be sun-heated: and air-conditioned, dirt-proof presence, he's always far ahead, will run he flees them in your An effective way to combat into people, going around cor- turn him over your knee, bare and some equipped with almost Airt that settles in the narrow, Wilen I take him to the his thigh and snack hun every mechanical contrivance dividing line around ach file church nursery, he ruins all the soundly. Bo, mure It hurts except an automarle baby sitter. of led floors and walls is to wet loys there fe is no forward Probably your spankings, are an old toothbrush, cost the and suchany, India, I'm nothing but les bites As soon colourful brities with soup, and then scrub shamed of him half the time. *W*/ ulong the late lines. Res

breeza comes along, 1

Saye

us you get him under control, stripes or poika

SES you can abandon spanking and owne ako JASLEEN have him at a chair, far 20. Andi tokin that he minutes instead, for, and worked over. Then wipe should low down and not be Shy No

"others".

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