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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948.

BEAUTY FASHIONS HOME

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"Non-Objectivism" Style Gets Into Female Heads

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By JOHN ROSENBURG

NEW YORK. HE'women are at it again. This time it's nothing as mild as demanding the vote or wearing pants.

In

shuddering word, "modernism" has reached the feminine hairline..

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From Broadway to Park Avenue, the girls have gone slightly mad over something

futuristic, called "the objectivism" hairdo. It's in six different colours and at $35 a do.

non-

The creator of this hair-raising haltstyle is a diminutive, redhaired colffurist who

booming 200 pound voice In 100-pound frame, Ilis trademark is Mark.

"Women," Mark

with majestic wave of his thu hands, "need, positively need, to be Efter from the Blough of sameness they

Beauty Care

Of Lips In Winter

VICT

By HELEN FOLLETT VICTIMS of excessively dry skin often and that their lips are rough and chapped all the year rouul. When applying the rosy glow the pstick NuS

This conditions shreds and tatters. calls for special treatment.

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While cold cream is a blessing to the complexion, it just won't do for the lips. The perfumed content doesn't taste good. and you are bound to lap up some of it. Hence the need for the white lipstick that has healing qualities. Use it at night after the face washing. During sleep it will restore the surfaces of the lips to normal.

Medicated Balm

You cah

11 01 Top of the red vencer. ir you time. It like, put it on at any is medicated in and dors the work for which ft was Intended. Dry lips, whether parched by strang

or harsh winds,

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sublight source of discomfort, especially if you are on a long-deferred vacation that life should be rlesire perfect, that you should be free of the usual array of beauty worries.

Litle daughters who envy mother the use of her tulip-red lip pencil will be ready to play with a white

Children

from suffer often dry, chapped lips and, as a result, nibble at the little shreds and shaga making matters worse and inviting infections.

onc.

Men Use It

Believe it or doubt it, but men His ps are will not scorn its use. subject to the same condition. Be will welcome the soothing influence of a white lipstick after he has been a-golling, -sailing or a-gardening.

When getting reall

the usual red stick, releet one that is creamy in char- ncter, that goes on evenly and eat ly.

Pass along the lip balers

forming a clear cut line, being eare- ful not to sweep over the white skin surface adjoining. Use the lipstick brush with up and down strokes. It will force the piginent into all the little creases,

have fallen into in the past century."

To attain that lofty achievements,

Mark said, he Lives the Hirls individuality,

作么 personality

their hair to beauty by arrangin resciable a work of art an abstract painting, really true art."

Mark said he uses wires,

props, and coloured pieces of false hair to

to support his hairdles. "For

blackhaired women," he said, "I use false hair that is either silver-blonde, pink or

Breen. For redheads, pink, green and turquoise Ko nicely. And for blondes almost any colour will do."

Mark said his most popular futuristic in the "Bird's Nest."

" nbstruci, like a Dali palist- ing." he rald.

The Bird's Nest han a diamond- inped bang over the forehead d braided hair around the coll of crown. From the centre of the coil,

six-Inch heavy.

shock of hair ceilingward.

That shtein

the body of the "bird."

Pushing out from the right temple is the bird's neck. It winds around to the left temple, leading to the "hend," complete with col- oured eyes.

PERSONALITY COUNTS

An additional fenture,' is a wad of nir studded with coloured nequins, propped above the bird. The word

listens and sparkles in the light.

"If the woman is blackhaired, the bird can be green or pink." Murk said. "If she in blonde, the bird cats be black or blue, and 20

Mark said that before he his artistic

patrons during a

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rals

do consultation. "While I talk to her, I learn some- thing of her personality and am able to skelch a plan for the hairdo," he said, "Or

the course,

most im- of the consultation is portant phase The reading of the hairline at the back of the patron's neck."

It's like reading palms, he said, only "more tell-tale."

"If the woman

three- is a high I know she'll go for any- pointer, thing" he said. On the other hand, if the has five or seven points, 1 know she's the type who can't make up her mind and will be hard to please."

Do you know that in inany beauty shops special treatments are being and the youth given to prolong

Specialists beauty of the mouth? say that war years and the crazy state of the world have brought on facial tension among many of their clients and the tension is directly centred the One bres that en- circle the Hips. Unless there relaxation, the feminine portrait may look brittle or austere And That will not

Gendty bring any rewards.

tovellness depends fo a Facial

is

large extent upon soft, perfectly moulded lips. The treatment to which we refer is very light, very sure, done with a certain rapidity. The

mouth around the

are

muscles One and delicate, will only become strong and firm with a light, rapid touch. A fine tissue cream or muscle oil is used by the operator.

Under Lower Lip

With the first finger, the operator does a rotating movement under the lower lip, above the upper one. Then the ends of the upper lip are lifted, brought towards the centre, so they form a Cupid's bow. Next a circular movement is used to iron out little lines that may have appeared br- cause of weak fibres or the habit of keeping the lips tightly compressed. You can do these movements your self in odd moments. Or, include them during your beautifying half hour

at bedtime.

with n The

treatment finishes compress of ice cold water to hustle up circulation. It should not be pressed on the mouth, but should rest lightly on both lips. Wipe away Tho

with the cream, Het busy lipstick.

"It won't be long." he predicted dreamily, "before the futuristic will appeal to men. After all there's no reason why they shouldn't have individuality."

WE

HOME HINTS

RIS

Getting Newer and Newer

The "Newer Look" is exhibited by these Parisian One on the models' jaunty jackets and town suits. left is a moss green jacket with decorative buttons. On the right we have a ginger wool jacket with ginger monkey fur trimmings. The boots are strictly dazzling.

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

KEEPING THE

IN LINE

BUDGET

becomes enthusiastic, For instance, ▶IGHT now most of us homesnak- WELL-COOKED starch is not as

Try a fish loa! made by the recipe ers are wrinkling our brows in

here. our food

The least expensive way to likely to stick on your iron na the struggle to balance

often we find buy the fish for it, is to select a that not so well cooked. As a pre-budget. But too

216 to 3 pound fish sultable for vention against sticking starch, rub ourselves in the red". We have

your locality a little paraffin frequently over the hot borrowed from next week's allow boiling. Fish from

will be cheapest. Clean and boll or Some house-ance or the rent money, or we have surface of the iron. wives think that adding salt to the

pressure-cook it. Use part for the on a charge ac- bought the fool

may Ash loaf, and the remainder for a count. The thought that we starch mixture helps to keep it from sticking, possibly because the salt

be going into debt reacts in worry. fish and potato chowder, escalloped

according in many cases, ariel raises the temperature of the mix-

fish, or flaked Asti salad for lunch ture and thus altls through cooking.

esent surveys, actual curtaiment sext day.

essential foods. We are likely OL to buy too many starches, and fur vegetables too few proteins, fresh and fruits.

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You can blue your linens with a sonp bluing that is added to the wash water, or with the liquld kind added to the last rinse. Both must

before be mixed thoroughly-

the clothes are put into the mixture.

The bankerchiefs used while suf- fering with a cold should receive special attention when laundering. First, soak them in salted water for and thirty mutes rinse lightly

in cold water. Boil in soap suds for ten minutes, rinse in hot water.

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Laundering new bath towels be- fore using Increases their

ener.

absorb-

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ever

To provide appetising, well-bai- anced family meals on a reasonable sum per week today is-the-greatest- challenge homemakers have been called upon to meet. But while government tries to bring down the cust of ford, we still have the prob- lem of preparing three meals every day in the week. However, there's one food protein as valuable as con help out nt least meat-that

two

Stewed- days a week-flyh beef ino good in that it can keep for 2 meats in this cold weather.

Cooking Fish

But if you'll try cooking fluh by methods similar to those used fr preparing meat, the family usually

DON'T EXPECT CONSTANT PRAISE FROM

HUSBANDS

You owe it to yourself and your family

health to promote good through good food. Good health is our most precious possession. Don't the it by undercutting jeopardise essential foods.

Dinner

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Orange Juicy Fish Loaf with Creamed Peas and

Carrols

Hot Slaw Whipped Potato Corn Muns Chocolate ur Apple Sauce Coffee or Ten Milk (Children) All Measurements are Level Recipes Serve Four

Boil

mby

Fish Loaf

c

or pressure-cools 11⁄2 lbs. kind of fish (Or substitute a 1ib. can salmon.) Remove the skin and bones; take the sh into bits with a fork. Meantime add fine, soft bread crumbs to 4 e milk, Logether with the grated rind lemon, V Isp. salt and 4 tsp. bulter or inargarine. Heat and stir until a paste is formed. Add to

the sh

the Stir in 1 egg yolk and fold in egg white beaten stiff. Spoon into a well-oiled, small loaf pan with learn to play golf with her husband, the bottom lined with waxed paper. Ray. Her two children were bom stand the loaf in a pan of hot water, just a year and a half apart, but she

and bake 45 to 50 min. In a moder- insists that the bride

haute oven, 375 F. Let stand a minute learned her "keep-moving" lesson

before unmoulding. Serve hot with thoroughly can adjust her schedule creamed peas and carrots, or tomato easily when the baby arrives.

top of the loof Besides general advice. Mrs. Sher- caure. Dust the

fine minced parsley to man Includes plenty of details to help the helpless bride become an efelest homemaker. She reminds her that there are eight corners in every room.

By ELIZABETH TOOMEY TOUSEWIVES should work H

a five-day week, get the housework done in the morning hours and not expect constant praise from their husbands for being good housekeepers.

So advises 63-year-old Mrs. Pearl Cole Sherman in "The Bride's Prim- cr."

After 37 years of married life, Mrs Sherman decided i was time she wrote down some of the free advice on housekeeping she had al- ways been handing out to young- married acquaintances; so she wrote her first book.

who

How Not To Forget

"Four on the floor and four a the ceiling. If you clean the car- ners of a room," the author con- "Always get up in the morning lnues, "you are pretty sure to ten minutes before your husband," clean the middle, but if you start

Two people trying to she writes.

In the middle you may forget a cur- ner."

get into the bathroom at the same

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with

colour.

Hot Slaw

add

In a double-boller top combine tbsp. butter or margarine, 2 tbsp. flour, 14 tsp. dry mustard, 1/3 isp. salt, 2/3 tbsp. sugur, and 1 egg yolk. MIX thoroughly. Gradually stir in 2/3 c. fresh, whole milk or slightly Cook and sur soured whole milk. over hot water until the mixture in very thick. Gradually stir in 1⁄4 c. mild vinegar, Cook and beat with until smooth and time is just one of the petty irrita- The weekly wash, done on Mon- an egg beater

aguin. Meantime Ane-chop detailed thick tions that she belleves can lead to day, comes in for

or green cabbage to major quarrels.

telling the nov- enough white comment. Besides fees which clothes go In the suds make 4 heaping cups. Pour in the first, Mrs Sherman explains how hot sauce and cook and stir over o they go on the line. "Hang the low heat until the cabbage begins shirts by the fall .. undershirts by to wit, about 3 min. the shoulder seams the shoulders, etc."

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Reading the book. you get the iden that Mrs Sherman must have a motto framed and hanging over her kitchen sink that reads, "keep moving."

Advises Keep Going

Add c. sugar to 1 c. boiling Tuesday is ironing day; Wednes She is a firm believer in doing the

day is the day to catch up on all water: Then mix together 1/3 c. dry day's housekeeping chores as soon

house cocoa, (or 7 tbsp. grated cooking the little fobs that keep a dishes are done, as the breakfast

Thursday the bedrooms chocolate), 11⁄2 tbsp. cornstarch, out to leaf shining": without taking time through a magazine or sip a second and baths are cleaned, and Friday tsp. sait, 4 tsp. cinnamon (option St.

the living section of the hours and al), and c. cold water. Stir into cup of coffee. of those hurry-up make-up girls. "Keeping moving at the right the kitchen get a thorough clean- the bolling mixture and simmer 3 It is impossible to apply the rosy is vital in successfull house ing. That leaves the housewife free min. Add a few drops of vanilla.

with her Serve hot or cold. keeping," she sternly advises brides, "for a two-day holiday steady hand, a Blow without a

family." trong mirror and a keen eye. "These morning minutes are pre- Mrs Sherman is no dust-mop

Place the crimson pencil In the clous."

weighs only 115 centre of the Ilp, sweep outward, Mr Sherman doesn't mean that Amazon. She

She pounds, but she claims all this house being careful to form a clear-cut life should be all housework. Une.

Then Bli in. A lipstick brush has had time to take an active part keeping emciency is just part of a

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