1937-02-25 — Page 14

MY WIFE

is

taller than I am

-and a

bit

little

older

MICROSCOPE ON MARRIAGE

article by a husband (naturally anonymous) who has adopted a dispassionate view on his married life

O begin with, my wife is four years my senior. I like 'em older. It takes a lot of responsi- bility off my shoulders.

Whenever there is a domestic crisis, I can just sit back and smoke my pipe, safe in the knowledge that my advice or assistance will not be required.

Sometimes I do make a feeble effort to assert myself. But it's only done to develop my wife's superiority complex. "Of course, dear, you'll grow up one of these days.” Or, "Yes, dear, I know. I thought so too when I was your age." This with a sort of patronising, wistful air, as though I were a small child attempting to match my wits with those of an octogenarian professor.

I used to take a Stand

ENCOURAGE that attitude.

When we were first married there were occasions when I would draw myself up to my full height and exclaim boldly: "Look here, Mabel! Once and for all I am no longer n child. Nor do

I intend being treated as such."

inches of difference in aur

ཨས+a སརིཡཨཏྠཾ སདྡྷིསསསདྡྷིསདྡྷིགསསུཝརིཨཨནིཡསཏྠཾསམཝབྷིསཏྠཾཨཏྠཾཨདྷིཡ ཨཏྠཾསཱཊྛཾསཏཾཡཊྛཾཡཊྛཾ

But I have got over all that silliness now. There was little object in demonstrating the respective statures (she's a good three Inches tuller), and her In-H Variable reaction to such an cut- burst was to get up with a alghi from her chair and walk out of the

room.

She hasn't Changed

TY

My wife is a woman

mind

of

her

with OWL

Fortunately, marriage has not altered, or in

any Way softened. her outlook. Rother has it hardened.[ It Now she has got somebody tot look after and protect; and anybody who tries to make a fool out of med gets what's coming to him,

.

For instance, there's poor old. George, whom I have known ever? since we were small boys together. He used to pull my leg unmercifully. but he daren't try any of those Homes now. His attitude towardsti me has changed out of all recogni- tlon. Certainly his respect for me "has ̈grown tremendously;

When I come home late from the office I don't have to be ready with+ elaborate excuses. Other husbands?

of my acquaintance are amazed at

my indifference to my fate when+ I agree to have just one more for the road. They don't know.

come

home

fivet

Whether I minutes or one hour and five min-2 utes late the result is always the same. "Been drinking agalu, 1 sup- posel All right, don't try to invent which excuses. I don't want to hear any more about it."

Such perfect understanding in one's wife is grand. I am a lucky fellow.

I'm the helpless One

YES,

we've been married

These mittens, knitted

In 4-ply wool, are quick

to make and warm, to

Wear.

ONC

C

Cold-hand

comfort

its hot now but

you them in

can wear

the house or for gardening or under your motor gloves and you've another month or so before winter officially ends.

says: "Government sends a rule she buys about one a year of strongly worded Note to Germany," her own accord. They are the most she snorts. "They would! You mark gruesome-looking affairs. my words, they'll have this country at war again in no time."

YOU WILL NEED:

11⁄2 ozs. of 4-ply wool.

COLUMN ABOÚT.

MILK

Keep Your Family Fit On Milk

HOUSEKEEPERS and mothers of to-day realise that not only is milk one of the most nutritious foods available, but it is also one of the most economical, containing, as it docs, all the casential food values in high- ly concentrated form,

Generally speaking, the Hong- kong housewife has much to learn from her sisters in other lauds regarding the clever mixing of milk dishes and milk drinks.

In France, milk and its by- products are even more exten- sively used and appreciated than in this country. ;-

The average French family, for instance, make a good start at breakfast by using far more milk in their cafe au lait than is ever taken here with the breakfast cup of tea. Then mülk is plentifully, used in the making of bread, in their in- numerable sauces, and ay the foundation of excellent vegeta- ble soups-so smooth, creamy, and delicate when properly | made, and when the milk is never

• allowed to come to the full boll, but just kept very hot.

Again, the French housewife turns her "mashed potatoes" into a light and fairy-like con- coction-a thing of joy-by the addition of plenty of milk, and the children revel in a good miree de pommes de terre,

In Scandinavian countries the consumption of milk is also very great, and climate condi- tions may account, for the in- stinctive use of a food so rich in fats a protective food. In Austria we find that a glass of raw milk, with a slice of brown bread-and-butter, is enjoyed as staple article of diet among all classes, whether rich or poor.

"Take More

14

Milk Campaign

But America for many years has led the way in the "Take More Milk" campaign. She has given us ice-cream sodas, milk shakes, milk-bar drinks, milk cocktails, and a rich assort- ment-of-milk.beverages.created versatile by the fertile and brain of the "milk barman," who took the place of the cock. tail barman when America went "dry."

For infants and growing children milk is, of course, one of the most important of all: items of diet, helping to build strong bones and give healthy

1 set of 4 knitting pins (pointed teeth, in addition to its generally both ends) No. 12.

ABBREVIATIONS:

nutritive properties.

At the same time, all food

St., stitch; K, Knli; P, Pat, pal- loses much of its value unless it is taken willingly and with zest,

tern.

CAST on 52 sts. 1st pin: 20

sis. 2nd pin: 16 sis: 3rd pin:

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She doesn't make up, or pluck her eyebrows. You would describe But if her attention should be her face as being slightly rugged

and so it is important that nur- arrested by an announcement like her figure ample,

appetites should be en- this: "Hand of friendship being

10 sts. Rib 3 Ins. K. 1 P. 1. Change sery offered to Italy," she cries out pas- 1 never have to worry about the

+to following pat 1st and 2nd Couraged by plenty of variety

more important, slonately, "Good graciousi Just like possibility of Mabel going off with rounds: K. P. 2 Repeat from "lo and, even six years. And while my a lot of old women. I suppose we'll another man. There is no chance of end. 3rd and 4th rounds: * 2 K. 2. tractive decorations and devices for my losing her and I am glad. We Repeat from wife's mind has mulured, mine seems be cleaning Mussolini's boots

to end. Work 4 likely to appeal to youthful to have got steadily younger. If we hira next!"

get along very well together.

trounds, then shape for thumb. Yes, you can have your simper- 1st round: Work to Inst 2

Work+ It may have been good for Ing, clinging type of wife who looks twice into each of last 2 sts.- HE knows even less about up to you as a sort of god, but who rounds keeping last 4 sts. on 3rd Victorian manners that the rice

5th in Stocking St. helpless person in the house quite politics. It's a great saving having despair. And you can

clothes than she does about is nothing but a source of worry and pin wife who dresses badly and is fascinating, mysterious type as well, Like all spinsters Mabel considers proud of it. There have been times as long as you can keep her. herself to be very broad-minded. when I have actually had to insist But give me Mabel-and peace of And, naturally, she thinks she is a on buying Mabel a new hat; but as mind. I like Mabel. highly competent and accomplished

ever had a son I believe he'd be my

father in no time. But I don't think No fashions for Her

we'll ever have any children now. In any case, my wife probably finds one

enough.

woman.

Whenever I undertake a job in the house, like putting up a curtain rod, I am never allowed to get very far with it. After. I have been struggling for a minute or two a voice at my elbow exclaims: "Hea- vens! Haven't you Anished that simple little job yet? Here" and

I con go back to the peaco and contentment of my pipe.

I think she must read a lot. Not novels or detective stories, but formidable-looking volumes on art and philosophy;

have seen several such books -lying around the house, arid al- though I have never seen her actu- allyreiding them, sho

often soliloquises in the evening for my benodi. Listening to, her on such occasions is far better than going out to the pictures.

Papers are Annoying '

NEWS

TEWSPAPERS? No, she docen't read them, just glances through then, to the accom- poniment of indignant multerings. Politics and fashion articles are her pet aversion. She knows nothing about politics, but is violently anti- Governmentary Government.

If, while glancing through the paper, her eye catches a headline

2 sts. Keyes.

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st. K.2. K. twice into last st.j should make a chilly reappear- NIELSON & COMPANY, INC. Work 3 rounds keeping last 6 sisance at tea, but it certainly was tan 3rd pin in Stocking St.

Continue in this way, increasing

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at same two points every 4th round.. and keeping increased sts. in Stock ing St. until 32 sis. on 3rd pin. Work three more rounds. Slip lost 18 sts on to thread. Cast on 2 sts. in place of these sts. (now 52 sts.). Work $1% ins. pattern.

+ lat finger: Take last 7 sts. from 3rd pin. Take 1st 7, sts, from 1st +pin. Cast on 2 sts. (10 sts.), ar- fronge on

pins. Work ten rounds Stocking St, then rib 41 Frounds K. 1 P. 1. Cast off loosely!

in rib.

three

2nd Anger: Take 7 sts. from front of hand. Pick up and knit- 2ats. from two cast on sts, of Ist inger. Take 7 sta. from back of Thand. Cast on 2 sia (18 sts.). ar- trange on 3 pins. Work as lut finger

3rd finger: Take 6 sts, from front|| of hand, pick up and knit 2-sts, from east on sto, of 2nd finger. Take sti Ests, from back of hand. Cost on

sts. (18 xts.). Work as 1st finger 4th finger: Take remaining 12 Ists.. Pick up and knit 2 sts from Fenst

on, sts of 3rd finger (14 st.) Work 8 rounds Stocking St. Rib 4 rounds K. 1. Cast off loosely.

Thumb: Knit 18 sts, from thread. Pick up and knit 2 str. from 2 cast Ton sis. at: top of thumb. Work as *for 4th finger.

Press with warm iron and damp

fcloth.

not of any benefit to health.

Nowadays the shops supply an h Anite variety of moulds and dishes will transform the most which matter-of-fact puddings, custards, and milk jellies, into intriguing animal shapes. Fruit davourings and some of the well-known milk "foods" will give still further variety, as will also a few drops of colouring matter or cay sugar decorations. Again, milk drinks will meet with for grea- ter approval if offered in special beakers or, still more interesting, served with straws.

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It is specially important nervy, highly-strung children should have plenty of milk-failure to give it often involving poor health and Indifferent teeth,

In the case of illness, the milk can be served as whey or butter-milk, but in any event it should never be drunk quickly.

Drink it

Slowly

Although it fan liquid, and too apt to be looked upon by most people as a mere beverage and gives the stomach quite as much hard work to do in the way of digestion as a plece of beefsteak Taken in sips and drunk quite slowly it will never cause indigestion.

Milk in its raw state in essential

an

food for nursing mothers. It can be taken hot or cold, but remember that. quick bolling is best..

HONGKONG. SOCIETY FOR THE

· PROTECTION OF CHILDREN The total Expenditure in 1937 on behalf of sick and destitute children is estimated at $25,000, against which the Income to date 18, $5,250 only.

The Society naks for the balance of

Hod. Treasurers;

$19,750

- Mr. D. BLACK, C.A..

c/o Percy Smith, Seth, & Fleming,

6, Des Voeux Road, Cen.ral.

AL. KWOK CHAN,

c/o Banque de L'Indo-Chine,

Hongkong.

February B, 1057.

P. O. Box 717,