1938-07-27 — Page 2

A PREY TO GERMS

When Children

are

Overtired

ILLY really seems to catch everything that's going," said a mother to me tear- fully. I had just helped my friend to undress the boy, and we were awaiting the coming of the doctor. I was not surprised at Billy's. trudency to infection. The child

was far too heavily clothed, and, in consequence, his small body was so coddled that he had no natural resistance with which to face chills or other infection.

A child who in weighted down by clothing simply becomes a hot-house plant, prey to germs which flourish in a hot atmosphere.

The rule of three layers of light wool clothing with a strong overcont, for outdoor wear. in a very sound one in this country,

My next point concerns meals. But, well-cooked and well-balanced meals are an absolute necessity in winter if resistance to illness is to be main- Intred.

The parent who allows a child to go to school with little or no breakfast on cold or wet winter mornings need JUL surprised if the child developa nem infection.

My third point concerns sleep. The child who is overtired in another germ 1 am dealing this week with trap queries on the subject of infertioni.

Teething Time

Baby

very healthy bui, now that she is teething, she seems to catch many colds.

Should I still put her out in her pram every day?

I DO not recommend your doing so unless the day is specially sunny. This excellent habit of keeping babies in the open air can be over-practised, and quite ofien one sees babies taken out for their usual airing on days which are a danger to adults,

It is far better to “temper the wind to the shorn lamb" and give young bables their airing in a large bedruom with the windows wide open and the door shut so that there there is no draught: Choose a bedroom, too, on the sheltered side of the house.

When baby has a cold, keep her in the same temperature for a day or two, in a moderately heated room protected from draughta,

Sho must have her usual bath, but do not linger over it. Back and chest can be rubbed afterwards with a mix- ture of olive and camphorated olla,

I am posting you a recipe for an ex- cellent cough syrup,

Still Infectious

My little girl has recovered from scarlet fever, but at present she has a running car. Is it safe for her to re- turn to school?

YOUR tle girl is a definite source of infection to other children while there is the least sign of dis- charge from her car. The matter must be reported to your doctor without delay. To let this child out now might

SHE'S SIMPLY

Gorgeous

SHE" enters. All eyes are upon her. On every lip the question "who I SHE?"

Immaculate from head to Foot- styled to the minute-looking as If she had just come from the hair- drester.

And then the secret is out. SHE only goes occasionally to the hair. ~ dresser to have her wave set her coiffure modernized! A friend tells how particular she is to shampoo- regularly at home

And there's really no trick to it. Discriminating women know that Mutsed leaves the hair soft and

erry to manage-pre-

serves the wave-

makes it sparkle with

new life, gloss and fastre.

Womenwho knowwill tell you that the nat- murat olis in Mulsified

nourish the scalp prevent its drying out. Free of harsh alkal Mulsified is safe even

for baby's tender scalp.

Mulsified

COCOANUT OIL SHAMPOO

COUNT THE

"TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

Bed is the best place for a tired child.

have very serious consequences and result in a mnatold inflammation.

Occasionally discharge from ears or nose only develops after the child has been declared free from infection by the hospital withorities,

But these conditions show that the chikl is still definitely a danger to diers around her.

A Family Cold

As a family wer appear to be a prey to the common cold. Hardly have preuvered from one attack when some member de retopa ♫ fresh one.

you will write te me privately 1

will give you particulars of remedy which I have found eflcarious

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"Golly's not well. He's lost his Lummy."

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in sipping rolde in the bud before in- fection enn be spread by sneezing und coughing.

is equally suitable for children and adults

A wise plan is te Regregate the sufferer at the first sign of a cold. This may be a misance for the per- so concerned, but It

much saves trouble in the end.

Handkerchiefs dlouht be streped in a bucket of weak disinteriant before being added to the familly wash or sent

The laundry. Better stil!.

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когда

packets of paper handkerchiefs for these occasions, and burn, Immediately after use.

With babies or delicate children a cold can be very serious. It is only fnf that those who have colds should keep away from children.

A few

oll drops of oucalyptus sprinkled on the baby's cal is some protection and there are other pre- parations which have similar effect.

A last word-what about your foot- wear? Strong, watertight soles are essential on wet days. Damp feet can cause colds.

Baby Takes Notice

Baby is peren months old and degin- ning to take stock of her surroundings. She cries a quod deal unicas I am 100- ing about the nươm and talking to her, which ties me considerably.

(JET a canary for baby, and hang it somewhere where she can watch It hopping about in ita enge and halen to its chirping. She will probably be come attached to this small feathered friend ng she grows older.

Even at an early age it is advisable | to provide interests apart from the mother if the child is to learn sturd} independence.

Postpone the Party

1 hanc arranged a lurge party for my tite boy's birthday, and more hila consin with whom he plays almost dutty has developed measles. WUL IL

safe to have the party?

GATHER that your little boy has never had measles, and, even if he had, it would be possible for him to have another attack.

It would therefore be unfair to ex- pose other chlidren to infection from him, and, unless the date of the party is more than three weeks from the day on which be

played with his cousin, I strongly advise postponenient,

Regarding your remark that 'surely all children must catch measles kooner or later "-this is treating a serious disease too lightly. It is possible for children to escape this infection com- pletely, and, in any case. none of us would wish to be responsible for pass by on the germs to a child, especially

Expert Nursery Advice

to babies, for whom all diseases affecting the re- spiratory tract spell danger.

Tell your friends what has happened. They will respect, you for your wis- dom in cancelling the party for the present. Little Convalescent

My little boy is convalesc ing after pleurisy. He is allowed to sit up for several hours daily now, but tends to slip down in the bed.

FIRST the one hard pillow against the bars at the back of the bed, standing it on its long cdgo on the mattress. Place two pillows against this in the form of an

inverted V. Let your little boy lean

Fans For Old

World Gowns

THE Victorian

and Edwardian

modes which are now enjoying such a definite revival call for ac- cessories en sulte.

One of the most charming is that of the fan. For use with the lovely off-the-shoulder dresses, made vi white fabrics, there are white lace fans set on to ivory handics.

There are also fans made of em- broldered and brocaded silk which add the finishing touch to an old- world gown, while some of the Ed- wardian modes culi for doinly little reticules made of silk or satin match the dress.

Choosing Curtains

With Care

ta

CURTAINS are such an

important item in any! roma that their choice de- serve a good deal more at- tention that it sometimes

gets. One cannot go far against this erection and fit a soft

wrong with casement cur- pillow into the small of his back.

Cover a small hard pillow with factains or "screens," because net (in case of an accident with a small they are chosen with a view more or less to provide pri- vacy, and are usually carried out no matter what the material-in a neutral shade.

patient), put it into a long pillowcase and place it under his knees; fasten lengths of bandage to the ends of the pillowslip and secure these to the back of the bed.

Prunc Purce

I have been advised to take prunes in my daily menu. Have you any re- cipes apart from stewed prunes?

PRUNE purée is delicious. Wash and

sonk jib. prunes in cold water overnight, then turn into a pan, add the rind of a lemon, and cook until Lender. Rub through a slove, sweeten to tante, add the Juice of a lemon and one egg yolk. Lastly stir in the stiffly whisked egg white and sprinkle with suster sugar,

But the "heavy" curtains provide a definite decorative feature in our homes. Somie modern furnishers, indeed, go Iso far as to choose the curtains Brst and then work up the colour scheme around them.

Often, however, the curtains are left to the last when we are. furnishing rooms. and we are

ARE WOMEN often forced to buy something

LAZY?

which is as cheap as possible, and we are sometimes tempted to "skimp" the amount of ma- terial required.

The resultant curtains in this case naturally spot the appearance of the whole room. is u ense of mis- guided economy.

HAVE come to the conclusion, somewhat regretfully, I admit, that women are past mistresses of the art of being lazy-either physic

Even the most ally or mentally. ardent feminist, who is chairman of

The general the this woman's society, and

will help

most suitable hangings.

of

on

committee the other, is as

19 as lazy reom

of her

furnishing of your towards deciding

in some things as the unassuming upon the type of fabric which will offer worker who does her physical make the jerks religiously every morning and The room may be sulted best by a

and heavy

rather rich material, such as overlooks the development of

velvet or tapestry, or it may look mental powers during the day.

better curtained or plain will depend Now That women realise that health is dependent, to a certa

your wall-paper or to a certain ex-upon whether tent, on activity, the number of weare, except

chair covers are patterned, if they in very special coses, meu who

physically lazy is, I are think, considerably smaller than in your curtains will look better made

of plain self-toned material. former years,

taking

Into ac- count the reduction of hours spent Important Pelmets in housework, due to the predomin ance of labour-saving devices,

even

Pelmets, too, are Important, A The modern woman, however, be- rich, heavy fabric needs a perfectly

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1938,

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ROY SMECK & HIS HAWAHAN SERENADERS. 0309 (Os Ma-ma. Comedy 8/8.

(Somebody's Thinking of You To-night. · F.T. 9310 (Please be Kind. F.T.

(Goodnight Angel. FT.

BILLY COTTON'S BAND. 9311 (Meet Me Down in Sunset Valley.

(My Heaven in the Pines, 9318 (Just a Sweet Accordion Love Song.

(By An Old Fashioned Mil.

PRIMO SCALA'S ACCORDION BAND.

9312 (My Lost Love. Tango.

(You're An Education. Q.S.

MAXWELL STEWARD'S BALLROOM ORCH, 0315 (Melodies of the Month. R.15. Pinho. JAY WILBUR.

8317 (Rigoletto Selection, (Verdi),

Men Are So Vain About Women trays most noticeable unwilling-plain pelmet, but cotton, linen, cre-00031 (Piano Medicy No. D15. CHARLIE KUNZ.

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By A Modern Man

no arc

(WOMEN

trouble to The other reason why men want manage if you know how to to believe that women like futtery handle them. Only flatter them is because, if I were only true, it enough, and they'll at out of your would indeed make the feminine sex hand."

"no trouble to manage."

Proper appreciation is so difficult Travelling in a bus the other day to achieve, and flattery is so templ- I overheard this complacent remark made by a man who was old enough ingly cusy. No man who has ever to know better, and it set me blush- come into any sort of contact with ing once more for the vanity of my a woman can have falled to observe her essential need of appreciation. What water is to a plant so praise

sex.

to a woman.

In these days of increasingly init- mate comradeship between men and

And, with his characteristic pro- women one wonders how so obvious a fallacy can emtinue to exist; yet pensity for seizing upon the obvious externals of woman's nature and, continue it does as anyone knows without bothering to look below the who has ever overheard a mule dis- surface of these things, formulating

then some reason for its survival, of venient generallsation, mon reaches course, lles, not in woman, the ob- the (to him) satisfactory conclusion ject of the theory, but in man. who that all that is needed for the plens- has evolved it.

ing, propitiation, and general man- One of the most characteristic at- agement of the opposite sex is flat- tributes of man is his capacity for tery. believing what he wants to belleve.

cussion of the fair sex.

The

from

easy and

In this he is the exact opposite of Women are Not so Eastly Gulled woman, who finds it extremely dif-

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slip I, to know

con-

ness to engage in mental gymnastics; tonne, or any thinnish material tools she has, in fact, mude a satisfactory better with a frill along the top. It Job of appearing ant d being disis quite a good idea to have a wooden interested. No doubt, she feels this pelmet made and Atted across the is a matter for self-congratulation in window top, and it makes a per- age when expressions of en-manently neat flaish, hiding all the thusiasm are at a discount.

rails and hooks beneath them. These wooden pelmets are being largely "Good Plodders”

used in many new houses, and are printed to match the rest of the woodwork in the room.

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In routine work, admittedly, wo- man is a good "plodder," but when called upon to exercise ingenuity

Many types of fabric look much she falls lamentably. That is why better and richer if they are lined. though there is always plenty of Artificial silk tapestries which have room at the top of the ladder, the patterns will be improved by a lin- mujority of women remain on the

ing of plain casement cloth, sateen, and lower rungs,

are content to tap or other thin material, which will their typewriters or lot the figures

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in their ledgers while a very few (in make the pattern into relief. proportion to the numbers of the

Therefore, it is wise to hold opposite sex) climb to the top. single piece of the stuff against the The average woman does not think light of the window, and to arrange for herself but assimilates the a piece of lining fabric behind_a opinion of others, and, providing second length of curtain before de- they are not extraordinary or out- ciding on your purchase. rageous, she stores them for future use, and administers "the mixture Uniess the curtains are of sumelent as before" when playing her part in width they will look skimpy when the social mund.

closed. Even If they The old idea that a woman's heart wanted to close, sufficient width is runs away with her head, In the necessary for their appearance. On matter of criticism

the other hand, heavy outworn.

curtains Rather, would I

suggest, that she should not be too full or the folds either likes or dislikes something.

will make them fur too bulky.. does not trouble, or in other words is too lazy, to think why she silk or cretonne, or any of the thin- When making curtains of artificial dislikes it.

She

is

are never

reads books, attends musical

ner materials, you should measure across the width of the window and

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IT PAYS TO EMPLOY THE EXPERTS,

or dramatic performances, or "goes add half the width of each curtain, C. E. WARREN & Co., Ltd.

ficult to believe what she wants to: Nothing, of course, could be fur- was undoubtedly a woman who ther from the truth. Women, possi- originated the phrase, "It seems too bly because they have themselves

but good to be true."

brought insincerity to a ne urt, Man believes that women adore know it well for what it is, are quick being flattered, because he wants to to detect insincerity in others, and, belleve it. And he wants to believa

themselves it for three reasons.

by It. For

a woman who is no longer The Masculine Sense of Superiority young, say, or physically attractive,

It is an open mockery One is that men enjoy duttering that she is either, and women, like to be fold women. It gives a man a plensing children, bitterly sense of superiority to say to a wo But for that woman to be fold that resent mockery. man, "I've never known anyone who a man does not know what he would could make omelettes (or epigrams) do without her is true appreciation, half as well as you!" What he really the very breath of her life. means is, "What I don't know about When a man-consciously or un- omelettes (or epigrams) is not worth consciously-offers Insincere knowing; and I am pleased to ap- to a woman it is himself he flatters, pralso prove of your efforts in that direc- Women want men's appreciation, but tlon!"

they do not want his flattery.

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to the pictures" solely for the pur-Thus, if your window measures 00 pose of amusement, and chooses a particular book, decides to visit gether will measure 80 inches, ar 15

Inchies across, then your curtains to certain theatre or picture house, not inches each.

provide herself with food for thought, but for the purpose of being entertained.

to

May I mildly suggest to women that they wake up before it is too late.

Onlooker

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