1957-02-02 — Page 12

Pago 12

STRIPED

PLACE MAT

MATERIALS! Comla Chalm Mercer-Crovhet No. 20 (20) Ort.}.

boll elected colour.

1 ball cach of two contrasting colours. Milwards Steel Crocvrt Hook No. 2 Slack workers could use a No. #ly Hook and fight workers » No, #49),

"TENSION: 3 shelts-1 in (2.5 (m.).

13 121. .

MEASUREMENTS:

10 in. 125,4 cm. - 355 vana

ABBREVIATIONS: CH- chain;

<le-double crochet,

FP-SPICE,

Ir treble;

With selected coftar

mence with 120 ch

DIRECTIONS

-

1st Now: 3 ir into 4th ch from hook, ✦ miss 3 eh, into next ch work I de 3 eh and 3 tỷ (sho

nade); repeat from 27 timer more, miss 7 ch, 1 de into last ch, 3 ch, turn.

2nd Row: 3 tr into fir shell into next 3 chp turn.

Repeat 2nd

Jow

de

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 2, 1957. ̄*

PRACTICAL

3 ch.

Into Arst dr, 3 ir luto same de 11 times and continue in pattern for 16 more. Fasten off, and tar, more rows, Fasten off and lurs. Join irst contrasting colour Juin second contrasting colour

into first de and conflitue pattern the 16 more rows.

HOMECRAFT

Ribbed Classic Cardigan

MATERIALS:

Dozs, of Sle

Mar Majestic 3 ply Wonl, Pair each of No, to a 12 necules. di Butions.

MEASUREMENTS: TO NL 33 to 35 inch Bust measuremguts.

TENSION: 17 sta. to 2 laches in wich h

ABBREVIATIONS: K, knit, P. puri, st, stitch, in, increase, tec decrease, beg beginning. log, together, rep, repeat, con. continue, sl, ship. Figures in bruckets are worked the number of times as stated.

BACK

With No 12 needles cust 011 138 st work in rib as hollows. 1st row: SI1, k.2, p.2, rep. from

to last sl. k.1

Rep. the that row until work inches. Change 10

No, 10 needles and Inc. 1 st, ut both ends of the 7th and every following 6th row until there are 15 sts. Con, without fur- shaping until work Inches from beg.

in ed colour and first contrasting ther

Continue to work in pattern working 10 rows ench of selvet-

Fasten off,

Damp and press.

Helen Burke learns a trick or two from her husband.

A MAN ON

HIS OWN-FOR A FORTNIGHT

of ends for a further to often

alone at home? Mine, recent

fortnight. He managed pretty well-gave me a few shocks but some pointers. 100.

0261.

Jf

and cook for

longer.

FILT Woy

afternooIS).

#1

butter on cach

Sunday

he

Incasts

Shapo

Cast off 8 sis, at the beg. of the next 2 rows, cast off 4 sts, al beg, of next 2 rows. Now Idee. I st, at both ends of every [row uptli 110 sis, remain, Cont. without shoping Liratli work measures 21 inches from beg. Shape Shoulders:

Cust off 13 als, at the beg, of the next, 4 rows, then east olf 12 sts. at the beg, of the next 2 rows. Cast off remaining sts.

RIGHT FRONT

With No. 12 needles cast on

A sts, work as follows,

1st row: $1.1, (k.1, p.1.) G tines, k.2, p.2, rep. from * to coxxt.

2nd row: * K.3, p.2, rep. from

• to last 13 sts.

(R., 19 G

times, k.l.

Rep. the Just 4 rows thea

make buttonhole thus:--

1st buttonhole row: Si.1, #.1, p.1. k.), cast off 4 sts, work la single until there are 5 sis. on the right hand needle after casting off, then work in k.2, p.2 lb to end.

2nd buttonkole row: Work In

411

the beg, of next 2 needles and cont, to work in rib but ine. 1 st, ut both ends of the alternate rows,

next and every following ith row until there are 100 sts. Cont. without chaping until

LEFT FRONT

bog.

the buttonholes. When work Shape Top:

k.2, p.2, rib to last 9 sts. (k.1, With No. 12 needles gant on sleeve measures 18 inches from

1) twice. ki, cast on à ses ste, work in rib as given for (pl. k.,) twice.

Cont. to work in the Art and 2nd rows of rib pati, making further

with buttonholes

20 rows between euch, until work nieasures 4 Inches from beg ending at the front edge.

the right front but omit to make

measures 4 Inches ending with the 1st row.

Next row: k.2, p.2, rep, from to just 13 sts. Live these sl5, en a safety pin for the border.

Next row: Sll, (k1, p.) 6 Next row: Change to No, 10

Cast off sts, at the beg. of the next 2 rows, then dec. 1 st. at both ends of the next 8 rows. Now dec. I st. at the beg of every row until 44 sts, remain.

Then dec. 1 st. at both ends of Cast off loosely.

centre back of neck, making buttonholes as before with 20 rows between each until 6 in all have been made. Leave sts. on a safety pln.

RIGHT FRONT BORDER

Work as given for the right border but omit to make tha bultonholes.

pin for the border, K. Predles, k, twice into the 1st at. every row until 24 sts. remain the wrong alde under a damp

times, have these 13 sis, on a safely twice into the next st. k.1, p.2, then work in the k.2, p.2, rib

to end of row,

feed himself when left a chopped, farge, raw Spanish and

Now we are sul barous, to me.

Delicious, to hhn; bar- minutes. Scugon with salt and getting them, dally at 5 for ad,,

plenty of freshly-milled pepper, or more aften, 10 far 15, ly, was on his own for zi Then there is his "Slum Finally, add a vinyle of rashers My husband gets the grill

Change to No. 10 needles and alfin" That's a good word of bacon, cut in match sticks, really hot and toasts the crum- work in rib as follows. oc

1st row: Wrong side facing " several minutes pets on both sides, smooth aides Flet with spoon.

to last st He puts a jumbo pat of 2, p.2, rep, from This benks all dietary rutes

erlu pet and,k.1.

· Lume nach starch yet he is

This 1: wonderful way to when they are squelching with

2nd row: $11, k.2, p.2, rep. weight). Strangely stretch" 3 Jo I stocked the refrigerator to well unser

from to end of row. 4etokes the butter, sels about them. Or, Lasty sausages, cut In this rounds that, for the greater part of the though. Ike this very

on each tasted crumpet last 2 rows, but inc. 1 st. at the It wkes ittle lane to

Cont, to work as given for the first week, al tenst, he had to dir.

(no bacon).

Toasts a thick square of Cheddar shop only for potatoes (which make and the vort is very small.

Here in

cheese pointing out that the side edge on the next row and husband's amount to a passion with him)

holes get filled with it and that

every following 8th row until "recipe"; For 2 persons, put Later, he bought and bread

87 sts. Then keeping Nabere

handful of rice (any varkely)

Or he grills the side edge straight when Bird such

по fish

But the success of the Fort- one runs off,

folded rasher of bacon on buckling

work (which requires no into a least a plut of water, night seems to me to have been

metsures 12 inches from with us

erumpet sce much allee crumpets! (We had not bought

that the fat runs beg. dec. 1 st, it the front edgo cooking), sinoked hodork and 19gether

Into the holes. onlott as you can stand, Cook them since the crampel man,

on the next row And

every Add 3 to with his bell, stopped years ago.

until work following 4th row him meat which he fur 7 minutes.

→(Lonton Exprean Service),

measures 134 inches ending at the side edge.

cod steaks.

I

Jeft

could mince for steak tartare, a

dish he loves.

Fow

It revolts me--

teak. riw et yolk.

chopped raw joti, anchovy allets, capers and papriku. can put up with

when stenks but,

1:15 blue"

I assemble steak tartare for him, it is on

a day when I absent myself.

1

I

also left him a rump strak to. #rili.

GRILLING

First lesson for me: He did

עןןן

CRUMPETS

Be Regular With Beauty Chores

-- Specialist recommends preventive skin care at an early age and lays down a beauty formula indispensable to every woman

sald, In

Interview. An

"I

New York. skin in her 20's--"certainly not "I'm comfortably post middle

she added. nge,"

"And for not use the grill-pan once, but LTUBBY complains about later than the 30's," she said.

me, I don't think I look bad."-- grilled everyuting, including the her. Cartoonists poke "Neglect the skin and the United Press. cod steaks, directly on a buttered fan at her. But Florence figure when you're young.... hent-proof plate. Nice hot food

and to grill-pan to wash up! E. Wall defends the house- and pay the price later (Why hadn't I thought my that wife who runs around in belleve in the retaining rather driel )

fils way with an omelette is

Miss Wall sal] this yohii something you should know. is cong herself and those who Ho gets the frying-pan really have to look at her a favour→→ hot, adds a little butter to it, she's then breaks at least three ergs | look, directly into it. He siles these

cold cream and curlers,

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han restoring iden."

PRESCRIPTION

and with The

Ifer beauty prescription-the working at the young combination of cosmetics

facial massage. And, Mira Woll,

cormelles

"It is Hic with a fork and atunst ut once cheming for 30-plus years,

Insularity.

concert planist who said that rolls the insture quickly and

and nu palienes

with the woman when he negeiceted practice one deftly on ton heated plate who "kis herself go around the day. he could notice

least bit coloured, heure, and then heads for the not the Magnificent but not quite an beauty shop

difference in his playing," she when the wants said.. omelette! Sull, he ilkes it, and to mitke n killing."

Two days,

atrd the critics nalleod. Three days. 's a lot better that many an omelette you'll get I some

und the public nolleed." restaurants,

The

VEGETABLES

PREVENTION

annual medal

woman

the

who better su

tises

Your the, she divided them into three

That's expecting a miracle", cosmetics has a ald the sprightly Miss Wall, than the one who doesn't," said whose beauty credo is based on Miles Wall. "Even in cas(B) In the refrigerator 1 left a packet of lecka in their transcame the first woman to receive mussage benelit."

| prevention. She recently be application, there

some parent wrapping. My husband The Society of Cosmetic loves leek and potato soup but, Chemisis

She makes no recommenda- after a week I learned on the contributions to the field.

for tions for specifle brands of telephone thot 110 hadn't

creams and foundations "None Florence Wall, a graduate of of them is harmful," the Bald. bothered about the leeks--and holsi hadn't botherea

Elizabeth College, Morris- about the town, NJ., and New

types: special stringless French: beans University, has spent most of she said should not

cleanser, which

penetiate and the Belgian chicory. These her relentine Career In bat “nush out" soil; emolients, vegetablcy

awalted me on my cornelles. She helped to plonter which are the rejuvenatorE": But potatoes He must have dyes; organice:

development of modern hair and the finishers, now usually

NYU's first quid. bought sounds of them because,nccredited courses related eacht day, he made one or other cosmetics;

Skin beauty also depends on cosme- diet, rest, and his favourite ‹ Mercations"- Lology at NYU and

general health, other oho said, Miss Wall practised "Selkirk potatoes," for instance.schools, and written six text what she preacher-most of the Tilobe *UTO simply masited books in the field.

lime.. "Sumalimes neglect potatoes, whipped with a knob She believes a woman should mange,"she confessed, But.

return

of

has laught

of butter melted in milk, with, start preventive.care

to

of her daily cleaning is automatic,

there are

Shape Armhole:

Cast off 8 sta at the beg, of the next row, and then 4 nts, at beg, of the next alternate row. Now dec. 1

same time dec. 1

st. at the

1 st, at the side exige on the next rows. But at the front edge every following 3rd row until 38 sty, remain. Cont. without further shaping until work measures 21 Inches from beg, ending at the side edge. Shape Shoulder:

Cast off 12 sts, at the beg. the next row, then cast off

of

13

.

k.l. p.2,

k.2, p.2. rep. from to end of row.

Now work as given for the right front but rending right side for wrong side and vice versa, to reverse all shapings to the opposile edges,

'SLEEVES

With No. 12 needles casi on 00 sts, work in k.2. p.2, rib for 4 inches, Change to No, 10

Facts

to

TO COMPLETE GARMENT

Press the work very lightly on

cloth with a worm iron, avold- ing the front borders. Join the shoulder ecains Set in the sleeves. Join the sleeve and side seams, Sew borders to sta, on to a No, 12 needle K. front edges alightly stretched: twice into the ist, st. (p.1, k.,) ncross back of neck. Graft the 6 times.

sts. of both borders to come

emire exactly

back

of neck. Sow border to neck edge. Sow

LEFT FRONT BORDER With the point of rieedle to inner edge slip the 13 border

Next row: St. (k.1, p.1.) times, k.1.

Rep. the last row until border un buttons to match the button- will reach along front edge to holes. Press the seams,

About Leukaemia

By W.

W. BAUER, M.D.

check

the

to control the blood

There are two principal kinds to enormous numbers. This was AMONG my most impressive

recent experiences 14 # of leukaemia, the chronic and done by various chemical means,

Chronic visit to a hospital where children the acute,

Jeukaemia by X-ray, and by transfusion to Trans- suffering from leukaemin are occurs mainly in older persons, overcome the anaemia. being treated. They play around and is a far less serious disease fusions are still used,

but the 11 there were nothing the than acute leukaemia. Many of purpose now of ung drugs and matter with them. Most of them its victims may live for 10 or X-ray is to try to che are quite happy despite the 20 years after the onset of the bate cause of the diseases in Acute take disease.

lymphatic the blood-forming organs, not Injections they have from time to time. Regrettably, leukaemia occurring in children merely they are not going to live long is the really dangerous form. Up count, Radiation by radio-active phosphorous OT gold unless an unexpected scientifle to now it has proved uniformly cobalt, discovery Intervence to save fatal. The changes in the blood may also be employed in ap- their lives,

recognisable by microscople proprieto instances. examination lend to extreme degrees of anaemia plus inter- ference with the clolling power of the blood due to a deficiency of blood platelets.

Everything on display as the famous Straw Market in Florence, Italy, In actually made

of siznw hate, handbars, shoes, clothes and many other ariļetes, Soon trying on hula at one of the malls are Ozitain's Jyne Laysrlók: (left) nid :Germany's Ingeborg Seligerjer. They

were vialling the market „during a break from filming "Souvenir, a'limi

A

TREATMENT

મ

A commonly vard substance for the treatment of leukaemia in an outgrowth of war chami- Since the bloca falls to clot, stry, namely, nitrogen mustard, haemorrhages take place into which destroys the leultaemin and under the skin, and some bone marrow. Another class of times into the joints, causing drugs includes aminopterin and arthritte symptoms. There may six-mercaptopurine, which In- also be enlargement. of blood testere wiin cell reproduction. forming organs such as the liver, Various hormones have

been experimentally. Their the spleon and the lymph glands used which may cause visible swell..., effentiveness is not established. ing and may be tender to the The chimicals used are highly totich,

potent, and may become dan-

SYMPTOMS

.

Admittedly a great deal mora The symptoms are fatigue, information is needed about leu- pallour and broathlessness. Often · kaemia, and groups have been

to unexplained nosebleed occurs, formed Taise money to Often the Individual'. ls acutely, slimulate research and to arouse conscious of the action of his public interest. heart which is an effect of the anaemia. The diagnosis is made

One interesting feature of the

by a blood examination under treciment

of chill leukaemia

the miscroscope bul ia besi patients is the treatment of the confirmed by removing a small parents. The leukaemin' 'child must have as nearly normal portion of bone marrow with t needle. Microscope examination existence as possible in view of of the marrow establishes the his care. This means parents must be cutwardly at least

happy.

dingrosalon in the minds of cheerful and appa: Ad-

is what can

new

be

Tho most parents

One of the best dono for foulcaemia now withoul vice given to the parents of walling for a

solentine the leukaemic child is to have miredio. At first the effort was another child 'right away. This to control the most prominent tends to cushion the shock and symptom, namely, the over to alleviate the sorrow of losma crowding of, the blood by, un- a child. The odds in favous of a Bootsmay, Box, 'undesired white, second leukaemie child, in the cells, which sometimes increased pore family are small,