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and whose reputation in the man's apparel business extends back more than seventy years. Your

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Available at Hong Kong's Leading Stores.

Made from

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ONE BOTTLE MAKES A WHOLE

GALLON

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1948.

WOMANSENSE —

snug fit, Short Hair, for WINTER "Problem"

.Old rose taffeta, trimmed mink: "

CLOCHE LEADS HATS PARADE

BPATRICIA LENNARD

LY the ending shape |

Hat and choker in erming trimmed with ermine talle

Winter Judging The Heiress"

Lauluma and winter hat

Associalen Brillsh

White Dich is the

fely every other hat style

bonnet or droped türban-

is just a little deeper, just, a llifle "rounder, to give that snug,,"small head that seems to typify next winter's fashions.

Room Put

To Use

By ELEANOR ROSS

ONE wonders what some archi-

tects had in mind when they included rooms too small for bedrooms and too large for closets in house plans. Many old houses today-and some not so old-have a room of this description which is invariably a headache to the owner.

Beauty Care for Hands

Courtery Toy Bucu

A hand mask cream'you can leave on all night is excellent if hands-

have become rough...

By HELEN FULLETT

We've been out looking at houses quite a bit of late, accompanying friends on their house-shopping CAYS a beauty specialist: "Treat with a creamy cosmetic to make up Jaunts, and it has astonished us to your hands as if they were two for the natural oils that are con- find these bits of rooms in several more faces you have to look after. tinually being removed by washing. houses wo have looked at, and we The skin of the hands differs not

There are excellent hand lotions have been astonished too that then particle from the skin of the fee on the market; they should be used wee one has been designated as a except in the treatment you give room in the architect's description the latter. The complexion is co- freely. There are cosmetic meals and plans. Such a raom, if room #died and petted, creamed, powdered that are helpful if one has been.

and often degenerates into a sost get only the leavings of the co- and neglected to protect the hands of catchall for items which should metic feast, cometimes not even with gloves.There is the old re- be disposed of or stored more prac-that. Considering that they are sub liable combination of peroxide and tically in other places. However, jected to dust and hot water, they strained lemon juice that will re- with proper furnishings and deco-should have frequent anointings. move discolorations, cause summer rative treatment, such a badly shaped small room can be both use- ful and pretty,

To Have 200 be, seems to be so much waste space and protected. But the poor hands gardening during the past summer

Antiques

By PATRICIA CLARY And with the new small · and clone-fitting hats,

leading HOLLYWOOD.-Director William say hairdressers, the hair will be worn Wyler collected more than 200 short curly and forward, never antiques, all more than 100 years

his

“The old, for

production, more than about to 6 inches long. Heiress," and the property depart

ment is bus lank like now. Amber and brown

destroying their valur

All the new colours have a good deal of soft yellow in them amber and soft brown tones and even a cucalyptus green.

The colour "Lover's Blush" turns comewhat apoplectic, a out to be rose magenta shade. Fur felts and top-quality velours were favourite materials trimmed often with corduroy, fur and birds.

*Kirda: Easily the most horrid hals seen for some time were those (sometimes with muffs to match) ittered with the entire heads and Lodies of young birds, sometimes nearly a dozen per hat.

There were

magni- also come ficent hats in feil, swathed in velvet or covered in plumage; again with matching bag or other decessory.

Nice touch Gloves were matched to hais, or their trimmings, in soti bright-pastels.

[by

making

Ileiress" is supposed to trit place in 1840 in a fashionabl on New

jew York's Washine*~ furnished in the previous 20 years. The furniture was

flipposed to be new-looking, well-kept mixture of English Regency and Empire styles,

The

decorator, se!

Emile Kuri, speni a month prowling through New York, Washington and Bali- more antique shops 10 collect the pieces.

His purchases, a collector's dream, include:

Antiquos

A 1780 secretary by Henrlewhite, an 1815 pianoforte, an 1620 spinet, an English-made table dated 1790 made from

known kind of truit wood Inlaid 012 rosewood; French horsehair footstools:

every

chairs made in England about 1790: fre screens, miniatures painted on tvory, crystal, Venetian glass, hard- blown

crown ploss; Jamns from France,

nud old-fashioned iron garden furniture,

Colourful Wallpaper

We've seen one or two "excellent Jobs along such lines lately, with alability turned into an asset. Splashy colourful wallpaper on one wall, blending pastel shade on the other three, a dressing table with sitirt to match window draperies. and a drawer chest with simple lines will turn the storeroom into an at- tractive dressing room. Add a nest of tables, a small chair and there you have a situng room, too. Then comes a convertible love seat and there you have it-

comfortable guest room that is always ready and for

which

there need be по

apologies,

or

Convertible Seats

cover and

CHILD WELFARE;

HOW TO CURE THE THUMB

SUCKER

freckles to vanish. There is also a hand mask you can leave on all night.

Thin, scrawny hands, especially.. need plenty of friction with some creamy substance. Cocoabutter and lanoline are both recommended for this purpose. Thumb elther one luto the knuckles, friation it into the cuticle that surrounds the nails.

tho

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD weekly manicure these busy days

THUMB-SUCKING

Is certainly TH

not a habit to be encouraged. but neither is it so serious as to

merlt the heroic measures some

parents use to prevent it.

The teeth of a child who sucks his thumb may grow in crooked,

timo for If you can spare

you are in luck. If you can't, you must learn how to give your halls the best possible care, to keep them healthy and of good colouring:

Use emery

boards for shaping, working from sides to centre. Apply culele cream to loosen the cuticle from the nall fabric. While it is on, if the flash gently by reading. the but otherwise thumb-sucking does

orange wood stick In small circles. not seem to be a nurmful practice. If you

flush up any to shreds, Furthermore, once the pressure on snip them away with the

curved, the teeth from the thumb-sucking no needle-point scissors, otherwise to longer exists, they readily go back to normal position.

Popular Belief

New styles and beautiful 24

fabrics in covertible love sents chairs are winning decorative hon- ours these days. Improved construr- tion provides restful sleeping com Contrary to popular belief, thumb- fort when the love seat is pulled out sucking neither deforms the roof of! a bed. During the day, it fur-the mouth, nor produces infections nishes confortable sea

sealing mis

ace of the mouth or digestive, upsets Thus, a useless cubbyhole can be Hence, if the habit cannot be broken transformed into a functional room by gentle means, doctors today be- at a modest outlay, a room which lieve it is better to let it go on un will push your home

up several the child outgrows it than to

BREAKFAST FOR they've been attacked by termites.

TOMORROW

NE of the best ways of coping ONE

with the early morning rush is to cook breakfast the night before. In this way, in the minimum of time. you can provide your family with satisfying men an which to start the day. Here are some breakfast dishes, all of which cần be prepared, or part-prepared, beforehand. The quantities are for four.

SAUSAGE LOAF

Many of the pieces are so old

All the wood had to be treated, and many things reupholstered and restored. Kuri's biggest problems were getting horsehair for a foot-. stool and matching the velvets and brocades of the period.

ings because he thought they would Wyler wanted the real furnish make the Paramount picture more realistic than imitations would.

The most realist piece Kurl found was a 138-year-old fireplace screen. An old metal tag on it

reads:

"Made by Aunt Julie Rhine Inader when a young girl of 18. Ingredients: 8 oz. sausage meat, 2From her home at 14 Washington level tablespoons finely chopped Square, North," onlon or leck, 1 level tablespoon Washingtoon Square is the locale chopped pickle, 3 oz. breadcrumbs. of "The Heiress." pinch of mixed herbs, pinch_of pepper, 1 level teaspoons salt, 2 tablespoons stock or milk,

Method: Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Turn into greased basin, cover and steam for 1 hours. Serve cold, as a breakfast sausage.

FISH TOAST

Ingredients: 3 oz. cooked fish, 2 oz. mashed potato,, 1 level tablespoon chopped parsley, z level tablespoons chopped onion, 1 tablespoon vinegar. 1 level teaspoon made mustard, salt and pepper to taste, 1 oz. margarine, 4 slices of tonst.

Method: Finke the fish and mix it with the other Ingredients: Mix to form a smooth paste. In the morning spread on rounds of toast and brown under grill.

BREAKFAST PRUNES

Method: Wash the prunes, cover with water and soak overnight. They will be ready to serve in the morning without cooking.

GLEN HAR WINTER MODELS

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RED RYDER

WHAT?RE YOU IN' SUCH A BIG LATHER ABOLIT, RED,

LONDON'S LATEST HAIR STYLES Two of the outstanding hair-do'e created at the Fellowship. of Hair Artists' display in London aro the "Britannia," left; "Lease Lend.". The Britannia is tinted pale lavender. Lease- Lend is ivory.

and

into

space.

notches in the livability scale. shake his faith in himself by nag-

Or we can make it into a nursery,ging and shaming him. Or a small study room for Tommy. right thing. A desk and a chair. A simply furnished one is just the

during the early months

Thumb-sucking usually starts of life, particularly during the teething We have found that an extra period. It often occurs just before the room whether it is used as a guest child falls asleep. If it persists after | room or no, can be a boon. It is the baby is a year old, it is likely to refuge when one wants to get away continue until the youngster is be from it all, it makes a good room tween two and five years of age, and for concentrated reading or study It is not unusual for it to persisti and, should sickness strike, such a into adult life. room where one enn snatch sleep away from the patient and the rest of the household is worth its weight in gold.

The Heat's On

LITTLE BEAVER TIPPED ME OFF HOW JAKE DARLE KNOWS WHICH GTAGE COACHES TO ROB

SHERIFF/

GI AIN'T BURE JAKE'S ROBBIN

EM, RED,"

WELL, SHERIFF, I'M. SURE, WITH YOUR HELP. WE'LL TRAP HIM AND CATCH HIS. GANG/.

Occasionally, the baby rany suck fingers other than the thumb.

Now und then, when thunih- sucking la prevented by restraint, the child may develop the habit of Longue-sucking. This habit usually disappeara during the second year of life.

Mechanical Devices

me~

In treating thumb-sucking, chanical restraining devices to keep the baby from getting his finger into his mouth are not advised. Further- more. putting bitter-tasting sub- stances on the thumb is not a good thing to do. These things only seen Lo make the child more resistant to overcoming the habit and, as I said carfler, shaming or nagging is also to be avoided. During infancy, the habit needs no treatracnt.

sonic

It has been suggested by that giving the child a pacifier will get rid of the thumb-sucking habit. Then later on, towards the end of the second year, the pacifier con be Laken away. However, many do not belleve this is a good idea.

i

Underlying Cause.

If the thumb-sucking continues after the first year of life, the under lying cause may be due to such things as over-fatigue, boredom, or nervousness. Seeing to it that the child gets plenty of rest and ample opportunity to play wil bring good results,

In older children, the promise of a reward and appeals to the child's | vanlly or will-power may be of help. Sometimes, having the child went a glove ns. a, reminder about over- coming the habit will be useful; ·

In any event, parents should not be greatly concerned · about the thumb-sucking habit.

BY FRED HARMAN

I'VE HIRED A NEW GUARD FOR YOUR TRIP TODAY, PETE/

no cutting at all. Continued culting, especially at the sides of the nalle, will cause the flesh to grow heavier.

Trim Topper For Autumn

wit

By VERA WINSTON

J

THERE'S A SLICK, suave look.

about the new

toppers, so it seems as though this most popular of coats is on the way to another. successful season. Red wool is used for this autumn topper, red wool, all tricked out with black velvet for

the collar and turnbock cuffs. The

coat is flared in back with an inverted box-pleat, with the front! gracefully curved. It is shown here with a black velvet skirt and a red wool long sleeved blouse.

Rupert & Mr Punch→→→32

OKAY, MISS Fo, BUT TO THERE'S ANOTHER HOLDUP, YOU'D BETTERA

HIRE A NEW

DRIVER TOO!

Rupert and most of the, uttia people go back through the chli by which they had, entered, and aland azing out to sea. The tide arYEI goes out far enough for us to walk away from this cave." says Mr. Punch," and none of us could row, my boat all the way to Sandy Gay I will only hold one, anyway? (Th Iust tow out and shoul, for help st would give away the secret of our hiding place. Suddenly Rupert- stops him! **I've got åt idea that might work 17% be cries,

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