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THESE NERVY CHILDREN.

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trouble their minds for years) to como they are educated with a kind of high-pressure individua lism It is not surprising that so much disturbance of what should. ba pears and quiet results in child- ren boing high-strung and nervous,

This is an age which has steeped Of His Food." itself mightily in paychology In deed, doctrines which talk of in Hibitions, complexes and repressions are now as common as once was the drawing of a voil over our inner boings. There are those who acoff and say that the best cure for such things in good dose of castor oil. In a measure they are right, for paychology has given rise to a plethora of imaginative ailments,

Nevertheless of one thing wo

OUT

must be certain-that the vague and indeterminate condition known "nerves" is upon the increase in a hurried world, and by no means least in nurseries, Litt sympathy is given to the nervy child by a mother who does not suffer in a like way, herself. Irritability, shortness of temper and "fidgets" are frequently dis missed as of no consequence, with the result that seeds of far-reach ing danger are allowed to sprout

and flourish.

hood.

The first signs of nerves aro easily detected. The child becomes moddy, quickly irritable and rest less. Any of these things may well be put down to a touch of liver, as well they may be, and as such be cured in the usual way. If nerves is the trouble, however, the conditions persist and augment themselves, Chiefly noticeable will be a lack of desire for food and the inability to obtain. night's rest,

proper

When a child goes off his food, sorious results quickly follow un losa steps aro taken to right matters. It is usoloss to try and force child to eat the usual meals when the, äppetite }}a jaded. - We know nourishment Is vitally necessary bus food, when it repels, does more harm than good, for it generally upsets the digestive organs. Un- doubtedly an excellent form of. nourishment for children at such times is Ovaltine; not only doen its "flavour appeal, but it is ex- tremely nourishing,

For children who are beginning lessons or working for an exam, cramming should be discouraged. The child should censg work at least two hours before retiring in order to anin mental relaxation, and a soothing night-cap given just be fore the child gets into bed. Milk is sometimes used in this .connec. tion, but has disadvantages. It is not all children who can digest milk, and few still fancy it. es- pecially when there is my tondency to refuse food, as is met with in the condition of nerviness. For inducing sleep in a natural way, Ovaltine is recommended. Being to digest and extremely easy nossessing a delightful flavour, it' has none of the disadvantages of plain milk...

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931.

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The nervy child, then, should be PITFALLS FOR THE between the sheets at an early hour with his "nightenp," plenty of sleep being important. Hia daya should be ordered restfully nad until a curs is effected, any excite

ment should withhold. Vital to the nerves, are fresh air and sunshine, and an hour's relaxation in a long chair in the sun each morning is recommended,

DELIGHTS AND DANGERS OF

THE LATEST FASHIONS.

[BY JACQUELINE HOWARD.]

It is impossible to take an

The Englishwoman wears tailor mades superbly and when she is

This is partly, but by no means entirely, true. There have been some outstanding revolutions in drops. during the last thirty years, the county he is usually wise Several idiccies have been done enough to wear them most of the sway with and a few new time. onos, have t been, perpetrated, bug, although we who take dress fairly seriously are always a little inclin ed to believe that the fashion of the moment is tho best, I seriously think that there is real reason for saying so now, so

It is the rory excellence of the lines used in the best clothes to-day which makes mo fear for the future. The tendency of indifferent design and of imitation always lies in the direction of exaggeration, and the better the balance the more it loses by over emphasis Iteration.

Clothes annis Figure: My reasons for admiring the bost of the present ideas so ain- cerely are very simple. N

Clothes "were originally intended to be worn by the human body, and presumably they still are But there have been many periods of dress, some of them quite recent, when a dispassionate vanalysis of the lines of a dress on the one hand, and of the lines of the figure, on the other, would have made it ; almost impossible to believe that. the dress could possibly bear any relationship to the figure.NET

At the moment, however, all the best designs do bear & true lation- ship to the figurs over which they, are to be worn?. It is only the in- different designs, and the altera- tions suggested by misguided women, which deviate from this

A well-out dress of the present

may enhance the natural pro

portions of its wearer, why not! But it does not distort them,

The waistline is allowed to re- main whefo Naturo intended the. position may vary slightly with in- individual to wear it its precise

dividuals, as in reality, but there is no arbitrary rule about having. it somewhere near the knees or almost under the arms.

The length of a draas, varies des cording to the time of day and the` in-purpose for which it is being worn

and instead of that distressing alouch which was exceedingly bad. for the health, every woman who cares about her appearance at all has learnt to hold herself happily elect

Nerves in children is a very real and potent hilment, made the more dangerous by reason of its ob scurity. It should be tackled sen- sibly at root and not allowed to As regards diet, thin should, in- run riot until it culminates include plenty of milk If possible, seedy specimen of man or woman fresh fruit and vegetables. Rich

meat gravy is palatable and easily terest in dress without acquiring It is not difficult to see whence taken if poured over potato, and a sympathetic eye; and when une springs the modern spate of nervi bridges the objection sometimes studies now designs by good dress one instinctively concen ness in children. Largely it is the rated in Pich cases to ment. In makers fault of this self-same psychology warm weather plenty of light and trafes on lines that are now and which strives to get under their should be allowed to reach the amusing, or combinations of colour child mind. We are told again and little bodies, and when it is cold, and fabric that are satisfying. again to develop the personalities ample protection must be taken of our children, to encourage their against chills which are easily con- amallest likings and to pander to tracted through lowered vitality. them in away which would have Light, though warm, woollen under been scoffed at fifty years ago. wear mast be worn, but however Modern children live, like thoir cold it may be, no fresh air should parents, at high-speed. They are he excluded, taken about in streets which, assail them with a conflicting cacophony of disturbing sound: they are shown aims which can have no other effect but that of arousing interest in things which should not

Above all things remember, plenty of rest, tolerance from the parents, fresh air and few distractions should soon put the child on the war to normál health, unmarred by jumpines.

This is why women are so often accused of ficklenons over fashions, We like this and that today. We shall like something which is com- pletely different this time next year, or even next month."

But thero le a very real danger that we may lose much of our, hardly won neatness and capacity for wearing workmanlike clothes well in a work-a-day world, I am afraid this danger is particularly real in this country.

Elegant Lines.

They are entrancing," these very much - longer afternoon dresses, with elegant lines and often with... frilly fronts; but only when they Arg, worn indoors, when the moment la leisurely, and the background- ndoquate. If they are allowed to troll along dusty or muddy strecte or to insinuate themselves into and

ja by no means so alluring. out of an infantile cat their effect

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It is precisely the variety of dress which makes it more than ever important to study it with

When she is in town, however, she has a distrossing affinity for bits and pieces, and a mistakenly.

When everyone is doing the same sort of thing the individual romantic desire for that dressed- up" look. She could indulges fairly safe, even if theraert of neither of these when everyone not the best sort for her

thing that everybody is doing in looking as boyish as possible, but

Now that one may vary from ox- certain now old details of dress will

treme trimnces to languid graco give her every opportunity of got thoro is every facility for exchang ting back to the dewdiness for ing the apparently casual pertes. which we were once so noted, union which is the high water, mark less she is arm with herself

of good dressing for the careless untidiness which is the reverse..

They are adorable, those roman- tie, impertinent, tip-tilted and often deliciously ridiculous hats, with feathers and without; but if evor hats should be chosen in tho company of the dress they are to walk out with (and, of course, they Curly feathers never look really always should) these are they well in an ommbus or a rainstorm; and the hat which shows all the back curls should he left at home.

days when a visit to the hair dresser is overdue.

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THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

A TRUE TOAD STORY,

Once upon a time, as the fairy|| stories say, only this happens to be a true tale, the father of a small family of three found a baby, toad on a busy road. He rescued the little fellow, carefully carried him home, and placed him in a small fern case in the window.

The tond seemed to like his new surroundings, and you may be sure theo children loved "to" have him. They used to tap on the glass window when taking him food, and LIZARD THAT LOOKS LIKE the Tower Menagerie to the Zoo be used to pop out from his hiding: logical Society, and the animals were removed to the Regent's Park place at once and feed from their A strange thing happened at the hands. They often stroked his hệnd Tower Zoo on June 3, 1604, when and ho loved to be so, caressed. James Igwent in atuto to visje bis lions. The animals had to be During the winter he buried him- driven out of their den by mosus self under some moss, and went to of lighted torches, and then some sleep until the warm days of spring live cocks were let down to them;

A SNAKE

AND IS CALLED A WORM.

We often, como across what ap pears at first sight to be a snake, and is often killed as a snake. But which they at once ate. Next the came. The children were very if we look very carefully we shall King ordered a live lamb to be amused to discover him trying to lowered, into the den, The Jamb ses that its surface is not scaly like knelt down at first, and then walk-take off his cont, in other words, aenaico's, and there is no darked up to the lions, which merely to shed his skin. After vigorous line or marking on its back.

amelt it and did it no harm, so efforts on his part the difficult task the lamb was pulled up again out was accomplished and they were

As a matter of fact, this creature is not a snake at all, and though of the den by a rope.

It is called a slow-worm or blind-

worm it is neither a worm, nor slow

or blind. It is really a lizard.

| The: blind-worm is ar, barmless as a dove. It has no fangs, and its teeth are so tiny that they cannot Penetrate the habrakkin. You | can put your p

into its mouth and get noth

This lizard, which bas shall bright eyes is a great friend of the farmer and gardener. It lives chiefly, on sluge, and even the tiny young ones will chaso and try to ata-slugtwice their size. The blind worm deeps, through the sinter, but is now very active...

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He lived with the family many years until the children grow up and left for other homes. When, at last, the house changed hands, the incoming tenants were just as glad to have the

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