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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948.

PAINS IN

LASSIE AND PAL

DAB and FLOUNDER.

by Walter

IN THE HOME

Informative

Entertaining Exclusive

What do you think of The Self-Demand Method For Your Child?

-asks G. Cleveland Myers, Ph.D.

A FAD known as the solf- demand method of feeding been spreading. infants has According to this method the Infant is to decide when he shall be fed and announce his decl- alon and the mother is to abide promptly by this decision.

The arguments advanced in favour of this method are that infants differ widely in their capacity for taking food and time for digesting and assimi- lating it: that by not letting an infant cry, the mother gives him assurance of affection and security; and that the young mother is saved from need-

less emotional strain of making the infant wait and cry it out.

EMOTIONAL STABILITY

Pediatricians, who have been pro- pagating this method say it works and that young mothers like it and express great emotional satisfaction Then too, if the over the method. baby is breast-fed there probably is better food supply both in quanti

thanks to temporary ty and quality, absence of emotional conflicts in the mother.. No doubt some infants fed by this method during the first few weeks of their lives, caally fall into

a rhythm for choosing food. about the others who don't?

What

But I am not able to learn of a

workable technique yet derived for

weeks old, his

are

LOWER PART

OF BACK

By Herman ́N. Bundesen, M.D.

THERE are many, many

causes of pain in the lower part of the back. Thus, the patient who goes to the doctor complaining of backacho con- not expect a quick and definite answer as to the cause of his trouble.

It is reassuring to know, however, that in about 30 out of 100 patients the condition causing the backache is not serious. In the other 10 per- cent the backache may be a sign of some major ailment and the condition should be carefully studled.

Common Causos

or

Among the more common causes of backache ore inflammation of the muscles of the lower part of the back of certain of the joints of the spine. It may also be produced by sacroiliac strain. The sacroiliac joint is located between the lower part of the spine and the hip bones. Many cases of backache are not due to trouble with the back spine itself but to disorders within the abdomen. Kidney disorders are cometimes responsible for

back pain, but not as often as many peo ple think. Inflammation of the tubes or ovaries in women, on the hand, are more ofton

backache than 18 ponsible for generally realised.

In cases of inflammation of the tissues, rest and the application of heat and massage may be all that are required. Sometimes a special Brace may be needed to give sup- port to the muscles of the back

You see, after the child to a few being fed means far more to him than merely satis fying his hunger for food. Added the satisfying experience of touch, cuddling, sailing through the air, bending

and legs. other armis twisting head and trunk; and from sights and sounds. Day by day these

accessory experiences ho- come more numerous and exciting and satisfying. And when he be- ging to enjoy being entertained? Isn't it highly probable that these accessory experiences will prompt his demands and frequency?

increase their

Repeated Backache

res-

of It

Occasionally the backache may be due to a disorder of the feet. This is not unusual, since foot strain will also lead to som

strain on the back some Have any

Hence, the wearing careful studies

beenmuscle. made over two, three. six years special shoes may be required. of the self-demand-fed baby and

may be necessary change the way really held to schedules? Of course checked against Infants who were of sitting, walking, or standing in

order to get relief. not, obviously, What probably is happening is that Fome of these pediatricians are comparing from memory. They overtoolt the fact that relatively few mothers who have believed in a schedule have had enough stamina to hold reason

to it. Holy

While an occasional mother has fretted foolishly over holding always right to the minute, most have wobbled woefully, let- ting the baby cry for longer and longer periods but finally giving in. Any mother who is going to do that had better embrace the self-demand method,

training the baby to adapt himself Household

to some semblance of a schedule

later. For how long shall this youngster continue with his self- demanding way? Till he is three months old?

Six months? Ninc months? Eighteen months? A good many mothers trying the method seem to suppose that self-demand goes on indefinitely, they

stern realities foce them.

do

till

Home Sewing Plastics

By ELEANOR ROSS

MAKING things for yourself, or for the house, out of plastle yardage is fun and makes good decorating sense.

To

O keep pigskin gloves soft after washing, rinse in witer to which a couple of drops of glycerine have been added.

Do you know that Clay colour is In Summer colour but not

very Battering?

Do you know that a Red taffeta lining in a Black topper is very gay and that you should wear. lipstick to match?

People who have repeated back- ache or backache which lasts for long time should, of course, consult a physician for thorough study, X- rays of the spine sometimes help to disclose the location of the trouble.

Remember, however, that it is not always cosy to-find the cause. It may require several weeks of exa- mination on the part of the phyl- clan before he can put his finger on the responsible disorder, but once it is found, in most instances, the trouble con be completely relieved.

Three collie pups busily dig into their plate of food unmindful of the presence of screen actor Claude Jarman, Jr., and Lassic, the movie dog.

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Something For The Bride-

CHEF, I'd like to discuss

So here's the main dish in two n special menu with versions-one for the family and you."

one for the newly-married couple.

Dinner

"With pleasure, Madame. What is the occasion?"

"It's the bride's first dinner and it should be something she can prepare whether she has a fully equipped kitchen or a two- burner stove in a kitchenette.'

"Of course she has a refri- gerator 7"

"Oh yes, some kind of re-

Beauty Hints frigeration is a necessity."

To make steak lie fint while broiling, slash the fat at the edge in 2 or 3 places before starting t

to cook.

Do

makeup film should be matched in you know that your leg tone to your makeup?

Do you know that jade jewellery looks cool and charming in summer?

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Better send your badly soiled

that garments

will not wash in

The simplest method of cleaning soap and water to a dry cleaner. your stainless steelware is to wet Gasoline. the metal, sprinkle salt all over it, cleaning. A

Is not safe for home then rub with

small bottle of non- elath dampened in inflammable fluid may be used for vinegar. The discolorations

will the .occasional vanish. For higher sheen, wash the money spent on a cleaning bill than spol, but better

on a bad burn-or a funeral. polish, after the

vinegar

article in

treatment.

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Do you know that it you have a too-short plain Black dress,

you can wear a longer petticoat in any gay colour to lengthen and make your "left over" dress fashionable?

Do you know that you can make a pair of Gold plastic buttons into earrings and match their giltter with your Gold belt and sandals?

Do you know that ΠΑ old fashioned parasol frame can be.

Do you know that toleum powder

Summer that you can now choose it in skin

tones?

Watch out for manufacturers' tags and labels to carry assurance that the plastic is not dammable. Plastics of the pyroxlin type should bo avolded for use as personal wearing apparel or kitchen curtains, since recovered with a print or plan is very cooling after your bath and

burns really on contact with n flame.

Hang the plastic yardage over a door or rod to get it wrinkle-free. For cutting place it on a large table. Don't try to make do with a small surface, it just won't work.

Outline a pattern, if you're using one, with

a soft penell, and hold down with soft weights. Pins leave holes in the plastic. Hold the m securely, if cutting just straight lengths. Use firm weights, and quickly mark the lines with a soft pencil against a yardstick. Be sure to hold secure and work fast to avold shifting and to avoid slanting or uneven edges,

Shower Curtains

Before graduating to curtains or oprons' it is sensible to start with something almple such as chower curtains. О50 French scam to join to panels of the film. At the top turn a hem over a 11⁄2-inch-wide band of buckram or cotton belting. for stiffening. Use paper clips to hold the hem in place as you work. For the narrow bottom hem, use the machine hemmer or top stitch It. If you use the machine hemmer, catch by hand a double thread through the extreme edge

of the

film to be hemmed. Use this thread to guide the plastle into the machine attachment.

Mark cyclot placement six inches apart along the centre of the top hem, taking care to be exact. Uzb a paper punch to cut the eyelets to the proper size. The eyelet part of hammer-on mapa make good showe er curtain eyelets, it directions that come with them are, properly fol lowed:

fabric to go with your dresses?

"To begin I suggest ice cold tomato juice with. a wedge of lemon on the side."

A Happy Meal

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"And canapes," I went on.

mean small crisp crackers spread with a little cream cheese mixed with ham spread. And she could serve this course as soon as hubby arrives,

"For the main course, they can have Bank steak in a London broil."

"And for dessert of course, there must be ple," chimed in the Chef,

If she wants to take the ple her- self, she can have one of my new and best recipes-it's strawberry and banana creampie.".

"That sounds very nice," remark- ed the Chef.

"Yet it's as easy as one-two- three" I laughed. "Finish off with a really good cup of coffee and I'll. guarantee a happy meal."

"I think the old-timers would be satisfied also with this dinner," commented the Chef.

OLYMPIC VILLAGE

This vlow looking down a walk shows the type of buildings which will house com- potliers in London's Olympic games. Ornamental gardens, such as the one in foreground, are a feature of the Olymple vilingesnt Richmond Park, a London suburb.

Tomato Juice Smithfield Conopes London Broil Home-Fried Potatoes

Pickles Heated Rolls Butter or Margarine Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)

Strawberry and Banana Cream Ple

All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four

London Broil

This needs 1 lb. flank steak cut 1 in. thick, 4 sausages and 4 slices bacon. Pre-heat the broiler 10 min.

Place the sausages at one end of a shallow pan; prick each in 2 places with a sharp tined kitchen fork; lay the bacon flat at the other end of the pan. Start to broil at a medium kent. Put the steak on the broiler and broil it 4 mln. on one side, then turn to broil the other. At this point, dust with a little salt and pepper. Pour off the accumulated pan fat from the sausages and bacon, and le! them continue to broil until the sausages are browned and the bacon is crisp; then remove from the pan and keep warm. Back into the pan put 4 slices of raw tomato.

Dust with salt, pepper and a trace of sugar, and brown and heat through while the steak is being finished.

To serve, cut the steak in thin, diagonal slices; arrange on slices of toast on a heated platter, pour over any stenk drippings and # Mittle melted butter or margarine. Sur- round with the sausages and bacon; garnish with the panned tomato and sprigs of parsley.

For Two: Buy 2 to 3 lb. of dank steak, and use 2 sausages

and 2 pleces of bacon. If more convenient, this can be prepared on a table grill. In this case, start the steak first.

Slice warm or cold cooked, peeled potatoes crosswise 4 in. thick. In o heavy frying pan melt enough sa- voury meat fat or vegatable fat or oil to barely over the bottom and heat. Fit in a layer of potatoes Brown Arst on one side, then the other, dusting with a little salt and pepper. Dot with a very little butter serve at once, or margarine, and piping hot.

Strawberry Banana Cream Pio

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This consists of three parts: baked plecrust shell, a cream filling and a lopping of sliced bananas and sugared strawberries; or use a thun spreading of whipped cream, or evaporated milk and a garnish of aliced bananas and halved straw- berries.

To Put the Pie Together:

1. Bake a plecrust shell, using 4 the recipe for plain- pastry; or use plecrust mix. Roll to in, thick- ness; At over a 9 in, ple plato which has been turned upside down, prick in 8 places to let the air escape, and bako 12 min., or until pale golden brown, in a hot oven, 425 F.

II. Meanwhile, make up i reclpa for plain packaged vanilla pudding, following the dircotions on the box with this exception: use 1/3 c. addi- tional milk. Half cool; and add 1 sliced ripe banana. Finish cooling. then spread into the baked plecrust shell.

111. Top with sliced bananas ar- ranged in rings, with halved sugared strawberries between to make a de sign. Or spread with whipped cream, or with whipped evaporated milk containing a little gelatin, as has been described in this column, and decorate with rounds of sliced banana and sliced sugared or whole

strawberries.

Sir William versus

the Smart Set

E was the Fallon Angel of Hotel

decree cast out of Heaven and banished from The Presence. That is to say, exiled from So-

to leave ciety, forced

the Guards, excluded from the sun. shine of the Prince.

He was Sir William Gordon Gordon Cummings, Bart., of Altyre and Gordonstoun. He was accused of cheating at baccarat at a moment when-oh, blasphemy-the Heir tu the Throne (later Edward VII.) was holding the bank.

Worse, he took action for slander, so that HRH had to appear in court as

a witness, thus getting into the hottest water of all his life

his with

Royal mamma,

"Bertie never forgave." So Sir William dwelt, with

tenants, relations, minor gentry and other pariahs, in. outermost darkness. 1.e., in Scotland. and suchlike places.

He emerges from his

boule emerges from

Idio

daughter's and

runtled Lucifer who never ceasca to hanker after Paradise.

Was he guilty? Mrs Napier does not know.

She repeats,

without conviction, a rumour that Papa was victim of a lot laid by HRH to avengo himself for the loan of q mistress.

the

Only once did Mrs Napier sco Papa's destroyer. Sho describes spectacle thus: "A fat, bearded German of Jowish appearance, driving down Park-street oa. his way back from Newmarket hunched up in

motorcar."

BOOKS

by th George Malcolm Thomson

dark Dawlish

E gloom surrounding his later

THE

existence, is now hy 'n shaft of light. the

auto- blography of hla daughter, Elma Napier, Youth is a Blender (Cape, 109. Od.).

a

all

Her book is, for the rest, a discursive record of the Idleness, uselessness, social silliness and love affairs of an age that is dead, better dead.

And

HOWARD CLEWES la a

young man who can write. That is a state-

ment of fact.

now

But what shocking misuen he makes of his gifts in this novel, The Unforgiven (The Bod- ley Head, 8s. 6d.). That is from the heart.

Cry-

plerced

Consider the rnw

that Sir

materials of this story: A group of partisans, holding out in the mountains, have renchel an admirable modus vivendi with the enemy.

Neither side in- flicts suffering inconvenience

upon the other.

From this it appears William was never reconciled to his bitter fate, Croquet at Dawfish and bridge with the children never Down, by parachute, comes the

made up for the forbidden glitter of those interfering British Liaison of the Smart Sel.

Omcers, with the absurd demand A rich American girl gallantly that the partisans should · fight." married him the day

his Down by parachute comes a news- after

disgrace.

to

Dear me, no.

in the humorous business. His

Mr Clowes is not

Ho is going

But she grew fat, look paper reporter. Down come # converting the Presbyterians dozen newspaper reporters. of Altyre to Episcopalianism, and So this is funny? This is a farco? worst of all, lost her money. Life can be hard.

He tried, pathetically, to behave Intentions are serious. as if he were still a Man of Fashion: to give you "a glimpse of another "Somewhere in the Mediterranean, dimension." He is all cut for "a Papa and Uncle Walter picked up deeper significance." You know, Florence and 'Mabel,

They came symbolism.

to stay at Gordonstoun during the summer holidays, Mother deeply No harm in that. None what- resented these women.”

Yet, somehow, one senses that Sir William's heart was no longer in the game,

ever. But Mr Clewes, with # emic ovel almost ready-made in his hands, should not have worked so doggedly against the grain,

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