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By LOIS LEEDS

Poted of auth Dorayer jur Luis Levda, Lola Leeds answers all of your questions, from gifts to dlets!

"DEAR LOIS LEEDS"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1947.

Man May Live 150 Years, Health Study Indicates

Medical science is faced with the challenge to give man health so be can live to be 125 to 150 years, two scientists in research have concluded.

The combined statement was made by Dr Theodore L. Klumpp, president of the Winthrop Chemical Co., and Dr Maurice L. Tainter, director of the Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute,

""The success of our efforts to prolong existence to this sup-

nosed natural life span depends FROZEN FOOD

upon our ability to maintain the

life line of blood supply to the

body tissues," Dr Klumpp said. j "Row die from old age; they dio

WILL TASTE

prematurely from degenerative MUCH BETTER

diseases.

"With advances already made and willout the benefit of spectacular discoveries that might come from research laboratories, it has been optimistically predicted that there will not be less than 21,000,000 pe pie 05 years or older in the United States in 1980."

Many Advances Mado

Dr. Tainter cited six of the many medical advances since 1870 which bave 'strengthened life expectancy from 34 years to 65 years, the present average. They are anesthesia, Pas- ter's bacterial Andings, sulta drugs, penicillin, anti-malarials, and nutri- Honal alds.

rc-

"Anesthesia transformed surgery from a butcher art to a sekcnee," he Bald. "Pasteur's monumental search, revealing, that infections are caused by microscopic living organ- iams, bacteria and viruses, was the first great step toward the prevention and cure of infectious." 14

is as for advanced as you have de- scribed it, the only real solution is "Dear Lols Leedami sun a bride probably plastic surgery. As you and 1 want to give Christmas pre-¦ Íive in a lorge elty, why not consult sents to my sister-in-law and to my an expert plastle surgeon, one who best girlfriend, Suggestions please?

is recommended by your physician. SILENE." |

for Here Is my linerpl Cologne the sister-in-laws, bath preparations of his mother par a makeup kit for your girlfrind. I think that these "gifts of beacly" will be just right.

"Dear Loir Leeds-My doctor says that I should not diet but 1 am so

What do y anxiousn redure. think-MISS L. S.”

I think that you are very foolish to be asking anyone's advice after 1 ka ws consulting your destar! your physical conditior, and advises you properly.

"Dear Lois Leeds-My skin is so

carse.

It Can it be refined? merly olly.-D. E. E."

Use a liquefying cleaning cream. Tone your ekin by patting with "peppy astringent and beautify it

WINDOW

ON

THE WORLD

Parks.-Mireille Almeros, 10-year- old brunette, told her parents she was going to beccene u gang leader. Her folks Iughed and blamed it on the movies To-day she in # Paris got with a gang of hoodlum boys from the red light district of Rue de Lappe. The boys said she often beat them up when they re- tumed without sufcient stolen money or gooda.

VODKĄ VERBOTEN

New York. The Methodist Church of America hns ocked UNO dele- gates_to_stop drinking-esprelally vodka. They say it is as great crime to try to govern while under the influence as to drive a car in the same condition

PHEW!

Further improvements in the colour and taste of frozen foodsi are being made as the result of stamp was used to post a letter to a Milan.-A rare 1840 Guatemala intensive research in biological friend by a country girl who worked changes that occur in foods as a domestic in the home of Concetto before and after freezing, James Felisari, Well known Milan stamp A. Berry of the U.S. Depart-stamp would do and took her pick.

collector, She thought any ment of Agriculture research Thanks to the post ofice, it was re- laboratory, reports.

Bergy said there was no future in second-rate frozen foods and "the steady and orderly progress of the industry

can only be assured by strict adherence to one gulding prin- ciple-quality at its best."

Commercial food freezing is a re- latively young industry but the pro- cess dates back to early history,"

In 1820, Francis Bacon caught ni fatal cold while seeking to preserve a goose by stuffing it with snow, Derry sald, A little later, Samvel Pepys noted In his famous dalry that

"Dear Lois Leeds-My hair

Dr. Tainter singled out the sulfathrifty burghers in Kongsberg, Ger- y, my skin clear, eyes brown, I am 41. Do you think a tray outfit drugs as providing a major muang many, were freezing fowl to assure would become me?

for prolonging life. He explained themselves of a supply of fresh ment -YOUNG GRANDMA."

that their

physicians had through the winter, use by Yes, Gray would be beautiful. I greatly reduced the death toll frum Spike it with a touch of Lipstick. | blood infections, pneumonia and Red for added "warmth

meningitis.

Penicillin, intensively studied in the laboratory Dr. Tainter directs Frererded

in urbing some infections MAKE A HOME when sulfa compounds falled. Now

aides the doctor and his perimenting to find allied agents of penicillin to block other infections.

A

OF A HOUSE

CAREER as an interior decorator needs four to five years' training and much technlent knowledge.

To begin with you have to be able draw, and, further, learn to draw by the use of a cake makeup. Il lato sente in detall ro that joiners and best to apply rouge after your p.W- | carpenters enn work fro#11 your

der.

"Dear Loby Lords--1 have deep bags under my eyes. The skin Is loose and flabby. Would any ertam help me?-MISS R L."

"traughs."

How do you start? The best way to do two years at an art schoul or evening classes.

You need to km w something about rchitecture: a.six months' course áf celures will give you a brand out-

Eye cream will tend to roftent and smooth the skin but if the conditionne.

Mini Makup 4 GABRIELLE

You can't do a decent makeup in the dark. Light up your mirror, see how you look face to face and back to back! Look at your makeup job. Eyes must match, each check must be as rosy as the other. So, it's a good light that you need,

SIDE GLANCES

Then you must know about, furni- 'ure—not only how it is put together, and what distinguishes) good crafts manship from bad, but the history of

ilure, how to spot styles, makers, and class them in their right perical, You can learn this only through reading, and constant visits to mu- seums, art galleries and furniture exhibitions.

and Itad sale catalogars

Jeam what prices period furniture fel:hes. Go to auction sales.

I you have to carn Avhile you learn, the best way is to get a job ara junior in the furnishing or in- terior decoration department of a big ALOFA.

It is a feb at which women are as Koori as men because of their eye for detail, and, there is no professional prejudice.

When you knew gmething about he job, where does. It leud? - You ay ccome a consultant on your v, or you may work on a salary and commission basis for an estab 11-hed firm.

Succkas deornds a lot on "fair" and the ability to know what other people want when they cannot quite Explain themselves. Imagination, lus the flair of the artist-but, above all, backed by four or five years' hard technical knowledge.

Joanna Chase.

are ex-

Health Can Be Packaged "The development of nutritional aids has proved another factor in reducing the death rute," Dr. Tainter said.

"Health can now be packaged and delivered to the physically wrecked anick undernourished. ourished, Mineral compounds eurbs rickets in suntess climates. A powder contain. in cur

ing lacin Frances Pellagra in

trievert.

SPITTOON STRIKE

old

New York. The cuspidor (deli- cale nume for spittoon), relic of tobacco-chewing days, still remains in must U.S. Guvenment offices. Charwomen may it is outmoded and dangerous to the health of cleaners In particular. They have refused to clean them from now on,

RESOURCEFUL ANDERSON

Stockholm John Anderson, busky steel puddler, surrendered himself to polico along with a bicycle he ad- mitted stealing. He told the judge he did it to get away from his ang- ging wife and In-laws. "Now, I'l have a nice rest in gaol," he said hopefully, The judge obliged and "The idea of freezing fruits," he gave him 60 days. The judge was said, "appears

to dale from 1901, thunked profusely. when the United States Bureau of CANINE Plant Industry froze strawberries and other fruits, which proved sult- Madrid.-Musl, tt Jorge Russian able for pies and pastries. It is re-wolf hound, owned by # Bilbno corded that as early as 1905 one dentist, lost his teeth through ill- firm froze 14 carloads of huckleber-ness. Though fierce, he underwent ries.

Reat development of fruit the pain of having false teeth Atted freezing, however, was delayed until by his master, and licked his hand the early 1920's, and vegetable freez- | nfterward. ing made its debut as late as 1929.“

Temperature Important

CHINA

CLIPPERS

a

BURE TEST-MAYBE

Detrolt-Michigan police had Freezing preserves food through test for suspected drunken drivers, preventing microbial growth and the A toy balloon with a purple chemi- food must be kept at temperature cal inside must be hated by the not higher than 15 degrees Fahren-suspect. If the purple colour dis- heit.

oppears, it Indicates the presence of alcohol, the more alcohol, the faster the purple fades.

A food at this temperature, Berry swn southern states. Vitamins and said, will not spoil, but it has been miner. is strengthen anaemia victims, found advisable to use temperatures The newer am no-acid hydrolysates below zero in order to preserve moro restore body issues, proving of great fully the colour and flavour. Under ald in rapid healing of serious the best conditions, frozen peas have wounds and burns, and for main-been known to relain all their bright

green colour for as long as taining fe major operations."

years,

TB CURE

Buffalo-Splampe e. mystery drug akin to penicillin, has been used on 41 TB patients over four and half months. All show Improvement. Only three patients continue to show the presence of Powerful enzymes must be recken-active bacilli.

eight

While much remains to be done to cure specific degenerative diseases of old age, Dr. Tainter points out that those with diabetes were once given but live years to live bu! new through in I may five to old age, old vegetables must first be given ú

ed with in vegetables which cannot CALLING ADMIRAL BYRD be handled by freezing aloné. Berry

Once pernicious anemia vletims al-steam bath before they are frozen,perature for North America was wnys d'ed quickly. Now liver in- † varying from one minute for peas to jections are them, Once rome kinds eight minutes for corn on the cob,

sulta

of meningitis were fatal to 85 per- cent af is victims, Now drugs cure about 95 percent.-Upited

Press,

-DEPLORES-

TEEN-AGE SWOONERS

The teen-age girl who gets

all fluttery over Frank Sinatra's

than

Freezing processes are little more (in improvement оп nature which has been known to preserve mammoths in the lee of northern Siberia for thousands of years.

Shan, Yukon.--A new low tom-

recorded at Shag Airport in a recent cold spell. The miercury registered 81 degrees below zero-more than two degrees bilow a new record set

week before. up

HOUGH MEASURES—AT LAST

Prague The government has de elded to draft an anti-black market. bill to squash the mad whirl of

imprisonment, and the death penalty are mooted for serious offences.

LENSES FOR LOST under-the-counter activities. Life

CATARACTS

A now type of cyeglass for persons who have had cataracts removed bas been announced by an American optical compRNY.

loat lense

HE'S SORRY NOW

Washington.Dr. Lee de Forest | fathered radlo 40 years ago by in- venting the Audion tube. He says: "What have you done with my child? The caleraet operation destroys the You have made him the laughing voice is a bad "marriage risk" | lens of the eye usually Spectacles, stack of intelligence a stench in and may need treatment. Alice cially formed, cubstitute for the

the

nostrils of the gods of the lono- sphere. Murder mysteries rule the LaVerc. San Francisco and

waves by night and children The new spectacles are only about Beverly Hills psychologist, de- elares.

half the weight of those previously rendered psychopathic by bedtime in use, which had glasses shaped The bull-eyes of "Girls who profess to And romance-mewhat like In the eplené volees of crooners are

targets. rently running away from sexua! said. "Teen-age girls are

By Galbraiththeonsciously driven by the desire

"Dorothy wants to follow the career of a doctor, but I'm\' afraid she won't succeed—she's so awfully hard to wake!

Up in the morning, lat alops the middle of the 'night!”

lo escupe what seems gross and ter- rifying in males. They find a symbol of purity end nexlessness in crooners with choir boy voices."

Milss LaVere said a study of teen- age girls in San Francisco and Los Angeles revealed that those who worshipped crooners were

"con- fured by adolescence and shockingly misinformed about sex."

She sold the normal girl 15 years of age and above should prefer a manly voice-United Press.

DIVORCE DUE

TO ALCOHOL

Half the domestic troubles

that have led to an increase in

divorces in the United States this year can be blamed on the war and half on alcohol, Dis- trict Judgo Frank McNamee of Las Vegas, Nevada, said,

·

"Four out of five complainants are wonien." sald Judge McNamee, "but the social stigma of a man divorcing a woman seems to have disappear- cd."

Troubles arising from the lonc- Jiness of war and the excessive drink- ing of one of the partners, lead the entire field of reasons for the In- crease in broken homes, the judge said.

During the drst three weeks of January, 201 cases of divorce were heard by Judge McNamee, compared with 212 for the four-week period of January, 1940-United Press.

The new ones weigh only le nore the ordinary spectacles and also protect the eyes against ultra- vlot rays with chemical con- Found in the glass that filters out these rays. Artociated Press.

Presidential Term

Limitation

legislation to establish an eight-year Prompt Congressional action on

limit on the time a United States President may remain in office has been assured by agreement of House Republican leaders.

stories,"

WHISKEY MYSTERY

Are

New York,--A New York reporter was shocked to pay £1/10/2 for a to bottle of Scatch. Hee decided find whire the money went. Here's what he found: 4/10d goes to Scot- wh land. The merchant gels 15/8d and the government takes 11/7d in taxes. The rist is divided among trans- portation, insurance, State tax, im porter and wholesaler.

COOLING OFF

Bari. Multimillionaire Evangel- Ista Campobasso, Italian spaghetti smuggling to Greece textiles and king.kas bien arrested for spaghetti in exchange for elgarettes which he sold in the black market.

MUSEUM THEFT They sald arguments for and against a limitation proposal have Nicosia, Cyprus.The Cyprus gov- been discussed for years, and

xcnment offers £500 toward for the would not be recovery of lust museum plects, known to total 30, among which were rare old bracelets and a 10 centi- moire gold bowl, Authorities are convinced the stolen articles are no longer in Cyprus.

necessary-Associated Pres.

DUMBBELLS

PRATENT OFFICE

NOW THAT WEVE PUT THE CLOCKS AHEAD I DON'T SEE WHY OUR GARDEN, DOESNT GROW BETTER,WITH

THE EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT!

NATIVES BENETT Johannesburg—Jo'burg mining engineer and former Blockbroker Desmond Leach has left all his

· £102,001. estate to create a fund for the advancement of Bantu negroes of South Africa and the Protectorates.

DUTCH HENS BUSY ¿Amsterdam. --Buich egg 'duction is now so large that every Dutchman is assured of 70 eggs in 1047 or a ration of three n fortnight. Two hundred millon will bo_ex- ported. In 1940, the Dutch received three eggs

cach in the entire

year. PONY EXPRESS

pro-

Capetown--A postcard sent from Pitlochry, Scotland, on July 29, 1000- arrived at the homé of Mrs. H. Moyle

in Copetown after

journey.

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