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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 18th, 1928.

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LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE

The Raisin cult has spread throughout Great Britain where from America,

Everybody's eating them I

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SUN-MAID RAISINS

The Seedless Raisins in the Red Package

Are the popular sweetmeat in two continents to-day, because, not only do they possess a delicate and subtle flavour, but they are one. of Nature's own most health-giving foods, containing iron in concentrated form.

Hong Kong must now test their popularity.

On sale in two sizes at all the leading Stores and Compradores, but-

Look for the Maid of the Sun on the Red Packet.

WOMAN'S PAGE

LA MODE ON -FLOWERS.

(CONTD.)

HOW TO BE THIN- AND HEALTHY.

WAXED AND LACQUERED DIET, BATHS, TREATMENTS

BLOOMS.

AND EXERCISE.

By dieting, however, I do not serious internal trouble if it is mean starving, which lends to rigidly done and without medical advies. This has actually happened to women in my own experience,

It is nearly always possible to attain fashionsple outlines without being hungry. There are certain things that stout people ought not

RECORDS FOR HOLI- DAY MOODS.

A' PICNIC WITH A PORTABLE.

bia Portable, a number 11 which Having just invested in a Colum-

has an excellent tone. I went through a big batch of new records

"I love lazy weather,

Just lying around Close to the ground "

wonder if the cult of feminism, one might almost call it

The only certain way to slim-of a size to take with it on pie nies and excursions. The machive ness is by dieting," and a Dover- Victorianian, in dress is respon- sible for the abundance and loveli-street beauty specialist, who has carries 8 records, but it is not much trouble to take a few more' with ness of artificial flowers. For the royalty among her clientèle.

or launch, and the added pleasure you if you are going out by car days of the genuine crinoline and for a long time after real flowers

that your gramophone will give were worn particularly with even- ing dress. Real blooms have obvious

you during your outing must be disadvantages, they wither quickly

experienced to be believed.

Foxtrot Refrain In The Right. and are apt to soil the dress.

Spirit. During the war years and for sono time both before and after, artificial flowers were in use, but they were not pitan worn by women of dis- crimination except in millinery. The reason is not far too seek; they were mostly tasteless and unsuit able for the purposes to which we now put them.

It seems rather hard, indeed, to speak of the lovely blossoms that we wear to-day as artificial flowers. Technically I suppose they are, but actually they are a part of woman's dress and bear a far closer and more important relationship to it

4 charming two piece which could be made in thin silk or voile. The dress is sleeveless, and the chat might be the same without spoiling the effect.

To Be Avoided.

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to eat. If they avoid these, and is an attractive refrain harmonis eat as much as they like of non-ing with the holiday mood, and this fattening foods, they will become slow foxtrot,, played by the Call- thin but not ill or off coloar

fornia Ramblere, in well rendered I have naked a responsible physician to give me a comprehen- from its too strident saxo

phone. "Polly," with clever piane aire dies list for slimming, which gymnastics by Fred Rich, and has proved satisfactory in many

"Playground in the Sky," played cases.

by Ben Selvin and his orchestra, and including the melody of a fami liar nursery rhyme, are

other cheery foxtrots to add to the holi day list. Ed. Collina sings with comical melancholy the refrain of "Community Blues," played by the Kit-Cat Band. All these recorda. 4s well as "The Song is-Ended," which Norah Blaney sings quite charmingly in contrast with her mournful rendering of "Diane on the reveree, come from Columbia.

To be avoided are toast, eggs, butter, sugar; starchy foods such as potatoes, parsnips, pens and broad beans and oil foods. Special diet biscuits are recommended instead of bread.

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the

"These

itema excepted, normal, healthy person may eat impunity lean meat, boiled fish, French beans, radishes, cabbage, turnips, artichokes and asparagus, All salads, provided they are with- oil, are excellent. Though some wines contain too high a percentage of sugar, dry wines and champagne, or old brandy, may be taken in

moderation.

Besides dieting, I give several treatments to encourage the dis appearance of fat, all of them de- signed to enhance the effects of the dicting.

Warm Baths At Night, "A good warm Eath-the exact temperature varies according to in- dividual skins, but the water should never be uncomfortably bot-should be taken taken last thing at night. In the bath it is advisable to have some reliable reducing salts, which aper, the pores and encourage pers piration. If it suits the skin, half a pound of ordinary washing soda should be added to a bathful of water though at first a quarter of a pound would be sufficient, the quantity to be ingeased gradually,

To Betami Heat.

"After thorough drying, strong: eau de Cologne should be applied as an astringent. The idea of flannel night-gown is unnecessarily discouraging to some women. How- ever, if a flimsy garment is pre- ferred, a bed jacket should be worn to prevent cold."

"I advise a glass of hot water with the juice of a whole lemon squeezed into it to be druak in bed. u Water For Drinking.

than to the flower bed. The modern flower is not primarily an imita- tion of anything that nature or gardeners have produced; it is an ornament for dress. Often it bears The hot-water treatment is ex- little or no resemblance to any cellent for keeping the system fres bloom known to botanists and from impurities and consequently sometimes it can give points to discouraging unhealthy fat. Take nature herself as regards beauty.!

The Modern Eve's fowers can be as many as six tumblerfuls a day, divided into two groups-for day cording to taste, remembering that either with or without lemon, ac- and evening. They are to a certain lemon is inadvisable for anemic extent interchangable evening" quses. Bowers being used for millinery

This drink about's be taken an and "day" flowers being often found hour before or afte on evening gowns. But as a broad destination day Bowers are with food. small, more or less neatly arranged bouquet of flowers, leaves or seed pods, whereas "evening " flowers are huge single blooms of loose form. Of course, there are varia- tions of both styles.

meals; never

Particular. Areas Of Fat.........

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"So much for general slimming. methods. Particular points where there is excessive fat are specially treated, still with_diet as tho fundamental cure. Hand massage, I wrote only a short while ago using a round implement having about a box of French flowers which little ivory teeth flexible I saw in Lane, Crawford's; but springs, is helpful in breaking up when I went in early this week, the fat and squeezing it out. Izom found that a lot more had arrived ankles, arms, and back. For the which are, if possible, even more 'hands," remember that there gre charming. I was particularly taken thres joints to each finger, and with the waxed and lacquered massage should exercise all of them button holes. Either of these treat-thoroughly. ments gives the flowers the crisp cool look of real blossoms which

is quite lacking in the ordinary silk

Under The Chin

"For reducing flesh under the

or organdie flowers. There a chin, I am chary of any, strapa

small bunches of violets, white or blue, with wared petals which you would almost swear to be living

which would interfere with breath ing and consequently with the heart action. A strap made of three

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A little less convincing but very layers of paper which would burst attractive was a bunch of pink under a strain is the most satis convolvulus, and, very chic, a factory, Special jelly is applied, gunmetal colour rose. Lacquered then the bandage. camelias in red, white or black are The box for this treatment con- very chic indeed and the white ones tains, of course, an astringent to absolutely perfect as a mirror of use in the morning. More power is nature. Lacquered linen is used obtained through tapping the chin. for a bunch of small green roses with the back of the fingers, than with shining black leaves. Other with a tapper. very chic formal boutonnièrce ara

Rolling For Reducing The Hips. made of leather or ruède. A real Victoria bouquet is made of un- "For the hips, rolling is usually waxed flowers-red mosa roses, recommended. But very often I white heather, forget-me-nots, mig sond clients to their own doctors for nonette, and stocks, all in natural electrical massage and for a scheme colours, and backed with rose of exercise. It te diways unsafe to leaves. Velvet sycamore balls with adopt a régime of violent exercise one leaf are novel and attractive, except under direct medical super- and so are bunches of primula in vision. The same applier to string. natural colourings

ent dielung, resa Dži The evening flowers are wonderWhat Dancing Achieved ful, fragile and exotic. There is

“Two hoursfidâncing & day wh One of the problems of summer, which were set out on it, looked cool a corsage of orchide and lilies of the the form of reducing exercise adopt days is food. Especially in the and inviting. In charge is a Euro-valley, and a huge pink rose made middle of the day when you are pean Chef and you can choose your of double silk lightly, wired with ed. by one of my clients. In faw months she had, from being quite a hot and weary you are apt to look own meal at the buffet. A good surrounding leaves. Three tulips remarkably stopt woman, attained at food with disaste. I was, in tiffia can be made for only 75 cents, two violet and one green, with green the elim silhouette which is the LANE, CRAWFORD'S for tiffin yester though some of the dishes, I think stems and leaves, are made quite day and thought their new bullet turkey, and chicken, will bring it up limp and intended to hang from modern normal figure.", an excellent idea. It stood just into 1. Salad, potatoes, rolls and the shoulder. A large silver rose

side the restaurant, and the Lobsters, butter are included with the main is surrounded with tiny pink rose buds, and organdia chrysanthemums

(Continued at foot of next colume.) bloom in every ibada imaginable. Cold MeatBalada and Pies, etc. dishriqon tagme

Schubert,

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All the Schubert centenary re- cords made by the Columbia Com- pany are worth hearing, and if perhaps, you think the "Unfinished Symphony" too classical for bali, day hours the same objection could never be made to the "Lilac Time suite. The Afghanistan National Anthem with three Royal salutes and the Marseillaise on the re- verse, the first played by the Air Force Band and the second by the band of the Garde Republicame are splendid and stirring."

Monte And Others.

The Meanderings of Monty have last, No. 90, in which Monty at a large band of followers, and the

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