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PREPARING FOR THE PARTY,

73 LADY KITTY VINCENT."]

I find it is a good plan to arrange to have an hour for "nothing but beautifying before going out to some special func- tion. Even if his extra hour. means going without supper really is worth it, for most of ne eat too much, and we shall not bo any the worse for the loss of in

absorbed... Tako

off the remainder with some of your ordinary lotion and then apply a clay pack.

Olay Packs.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 1931.

WOMAN'S PAGE

COMMON MALADIES.

JAUNDICE

BY A FAMILY DOCTOET

Jaundice is not a disonae, it is

a symptom. In other words, there

are several different diseases that f produes jaundice,

In younger people the commonest cause of Jaundice is the so-called catarrhal jaundice," which is due to an infection of liver. Dis generally accompanied by indiges tion, vague pain with a feeling of weight and distension in the abdo men. One feels generally rotten and there is itching of the skin. It seldom lasts more than five of six weeks and always clears up. Unless one is feeling ill there is no head to stay in bed. But the diet should be light and fats and stimulanta should be avoided."

It occurs frequently in newly bord infants and lasts for a few days up to a couple of weeks

In older people jaundice may be of the harmless catarrhal form, but it is often a sign of more serious disease and should always You can buy this clay at any lead the patient to consult his chemist and it is wonderfully re-doctor, Attacks of very severe freshing. I find it is best to snear colicky pains associated with the it all over the face at once so that jaundice make one very auspicious is dries evenly, and I generally of gall stones. Other causes which wrap towel round my hair to are commen are chronic inflam- Keep it out of the way. After you mation of the pancreas and various haye applied the clay you must let form of cancer. it harden and then it will begin to sting and draw a little. This is all to the good, as it is acting as an astringent for your skin. Take it off after seven or eight minutes with wagni water and one of those little Turkish squares of rough towelling. Your skin will now look delightfully creamy and transparent, and you will only need to add a little powder and no rouge.

The Shade for You.

When you reach homo, and start "to change take off your clothes und wash your face in warm water with a little pure soap. You need not do more than wash lightly, as it is only to prevent you rubbing in the surface dirt. Now dab on generous portions of whatever cold cream you

Be, and when it has melted, rub I fed that so many people make it into your face, but not too the mistake of using just any shade- vigorously, as this is not meant to of face powder. Nearly everybody be a message, merely a soothing ap-needs a different shade in the oven- plication, Bit down in a comfort-ing from what they do in the day, able chair, or, better still, lie down and a great deal depends on the on your bed, and cover your face dress you are wearing, also your with a mask made out of a piece type. You can get powders blond of thin linen with holes for youred to suit your colouring at several for your ever and nose. As an ad- places where they will experiment ditional luxury, soak two pads of with different varieties until they cotton-wool in some cooling lotion get the combination that suits you (rosewator and distilled org plain best.. water will answer the purpose), and lay them on your eyelids. You will be astonished at how much heat is absorbed by "these pads. After five minutes they will be quite

warm.

Lie quite still for twenty minutes and try to think about nothing in particular, as your mind needs rest ing as well as your body. At the end of this time you will have been

HEALTH IN THE HOME.

LEAD POISONING.

In these days lead poisoning is not so common as it used to be, for we have learnt various methods by which the absorption of lead

If you should happen to be in a hurry, or you have no clay pack, you can paint your face with white of egg. Put it on smoothly and leave it to dry. When you remove it you will and not a tract of wrinkles left, but this is only tem porary. It will last very well for, an evening, but it has not the por manent effect that a good clay pack has.

'HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Photographs that, have become discoloured and dirty may be elcan: ed by rubbing methylated spirit over them. This should be done very quickly.

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Whitewashed walls can be paper-

inclined to peel.

Another but rarer Cruso .of jaundice is poisoning with various chemicals, particularly with ar acnic. Those who have been exposed to chemical poisons and latex be come jaundiced should immediately seek medical advice.

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THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

A QUEEN'S DOLL.

A STORY FOUNDED ON FACT.

Many years ago, Wooden Doll sat very stiffly on the edge of a chair in the royal drawing-room-wait

into the system can to some extented satisfactorily if they are fireting. be prevented in those who are washed over with a solution of vine- working with the metal. Neverthe- less workers in certain ococupagar and water. Otherwise the paper tions are still liable to get it: workers in lead factories, especially those working with white lead, painters, plumbera, printera-parti- cularly typo-settera gas fitters, those working with lead ginze and thoas who are continually bandling accumulators.

In these people the greatest cleanliness should be observed specially the scrupulous washing of lands before handling and eating food. For lead is generally absorb ed into the system by swallowing lend dust or larger particles;

Lend utensils should never be used in cooking. When beer or tider. In drawn through lead pipes from casks the first pint drawn altor standing all night should be thrown way

Ices begin to slide about and melt very quickly at the base when served on a glass or china plate. To prevent this, place a wafer bis euit between the plate and the ice.

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Dusters that have become very

soiled and greasy are more easily cleaned and give better results if a tablespoonful of parafin is added to every gallon of water in which they are washed. Rinse in boiling water and afterwards in cold;"

Fruit for pies be minde, less watery and of an thicker substance if half n table spoonful of cornflour is added to The symptoms of lead poisoning tablespoonful of sugar-added are numerous. Severe colicky pains overnight to the raw fruit. The sind constipation progressive weak juice, being thicker, will not boil Weas of the fingers and wrists, so that the hands hang useless from the arms; anania, kidney disease, deterioration of the artaries and gout may also result.

Rosember that if ever you have worked in lead and have at that timo had an attack of lend-poison." ing, you may even after years of good health have another attack despite the fact that you may not recently have been working in lead. For lend is stored up barmlessly in the Jones; but nt, any time it may be again liberated from the botes and produos symptoms

If you develop symptoms catch them early for the treatment If begun in an early stage is prac tically always successful. Some- times the pain in the stomach in lead-poisoning has been soĘ BOVETS that an operation has been perfonn ed by mistake. So if you are 6, lead worker, or have been a lend worker and you get suveren ab- dominal pains, be sure to let your doctor know that you worked in! Tead: it may savo yon an unneces sary operation

out so readily

"Ob,

my she whispered, smoothing her long, silk skirts, whatever shall I say I never dreamt of belonging to royalty!"

When the little Princess Anne appeared, however, she exlaimed, Oh, you darling!" and then Wooden Doll railed.

Why," she thought, she's just a nice as an everyday me was

Even about the year 1870 it

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household," thought Wooden Doll. JOLLY OUTDOOR GAMES. "If only I could push this drawer open they'd soon see me."

Pebble Ring Throw. All who are As it was, the royal household | taking part are divided into severaly had to stay upset, and she was left groups of equal number. Each in that drawer till it was no longer | group of "players stands in single Queen Anne who reigned in Engfile, one player directly behind the land, but King George I other. The leader of each file

When she was shown to him, the King never dreamed that she knew such tremendous secrets, Quaint, most quaint," he said. "I think we'll send her to live in the coun- bry

pink So Wooden Doll soon found her self in a large Kent house with lovely garden.

There she snuggled into the window seat, with n, joyous sigh, and told the tall tree waving out side, I haven't been so happy Eince I belonged to the little Prin- cess Annel

·""toes !! aling marked on the ground. Directly in front of each file, about 15 feet from the line, oircles measuring about a foot in diameter are drawn.

The Arat player in each file is given six pebbles or small smooth stones. Someone chosen to score for the game gives the signal and the leaders-throw the circle before them, trying to get as many LA POB |sible inside. A stone which touches the line does not count. The score keeper marks down the mumber of stones which each flelonder A succeeded in getting into his circle, bis stones bands them to the Grat and then the file leader picks up all member of his group, and takes his place in the rear The signal to throw is again given and the game the highest score, after all have had proceeds as before. The flet having turn at throwing the stones, is the winner

time, till there was another queen Here she stayed for a very long not a small thing to be the bestraling by herself over England beloved doll child of an English wonder if she'll need met princess. But that did not make thought Wooden Doll, remember Wooden Doll a bit preud, and she ing what a great help she had been was always roady to bow graciously to Queen Anne.

to other dolls when she was taken But nobody told Queen Victoria out, or

about her, abik ponsibly they had - Years rolled by, such happy years, when Wooden Doll shared her done sho would have smiled and

mother's socrets and never told one of them. She stayed just the same, except that her clothes wore out from time to time. But the little Princess Anne because bigger and bigger, till at last she was quite grown up.

much for thinking of it, but I have my own precious darlings

So more and mare years slipped past, till it was nearly to-day

Then suddenly Wooden Doll woke

Wall Bail-All who are taking part stand in a group are taking feet from a wall. One of the group is chosen as the thrower begin the game. He throws the bull (a soft rubber one), against the wall, calling out the name of one of the other players as he does so.

up one morning and shid, I would: The one whose name is called must On that day, Wooden. Doll told like, for a change, to see how the try to catch the ball before it herself sadly, Speekesho won't great outside world in getting on touches the ground. If he does so want me any more now.” When he heard of that, the kind the thrower" must take another Nothing of the sort! Princess old gentleman to whom she now be turn. If the one whose name is Anne loved her right to the day longed said that he would send her called fails to catch the ball before when word came that she was now to London.. So in a few days she it touches the ground, he exchanges Queen Anne,

was packed up.carefully and carried places with the thrower. off to an Exhibition of Period Models.

"Gracious, I never thought that would happen! Wooden Doll was surprised

Now she was a more important wooden person than ever, and was allowed to listen while clever, serious men talked about all sorts

Brother. Habbit in the Brier PatchOne of the players is chosen You gaint little dear cried to the Brother Rabbit All the the world of to-day, and Wooden others taking part form the brier Doll nodded her heads and rostled patch by "nitting on the ground in her wide skirtis vochank you! the two lines of equsumber and coswered, "I'm glad you like mestretching their legs out before

of things with the Queen Even It was a very happy, time, but them. Brother Rabbit stands

the groat Duke of Marlborough as, everything was so strangs the one end of

must have shaken hands with was really glad when the exhibito take a Wooden Doll, and that is something. tion closed, and she was sent back then blindfolded that, the most special doll child of to her country house his way carefully th to-day cannot claim.

Now," she thought joyfully I other end can dream and dream once more of the brier

was Ablindfo of the days of long ago, when. the beloved doll child of the little legs patc

It was probably during the royal spring cleaning that Wooden Doll was moved one day, and when Queen Anne asked for her she was

nowhere to be found.

Bother that's upset the Toral

tiers, who

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We will be very pleased to show them to you if

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about

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