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WOMANSENSE

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London discovers the stole

PATRICIA LENNARD

Men WearMore Padding Than

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In the army, the navy and war plants millicos

of men learned there is nothing as comfortable

for summertimo as a "skivvy". tho knit "T-shirt" with short alcoves that absorbs perspiration

while it lots the breezes in. Now Coopers ---- the folks who make famous Jockey Underwear- have styled up these shirts for civilian wear.. In smart colors and stripes-color-fast-washable. Lay in a supply now and enjoy them all summer long. Available at Hong Kong's Loading Stores.

men.

By PATRICIA CLARY.

FASHION expert says men wear

Wo more false padding than

The girdle business would shrink sharply, designer Mary Kay Dod- son said. If men didn't buy them for their paunches.

There are more male frauds than female," Miss Dodson declared, "It's impossible to tell the true shape of a man's chest or shoulders. For one thing, he always has his breast pockets stuffed with everything from wallet to the Daily Racing Form.

"When ho takes off his coat at the beach, he has to drop anchor or the wind will blow him away." Miss Dodson, currently whipping up 22 dresses for Donna Reed to wear in Paramount's "One Woman," said she got inside information of male girdles direct from A manu- facturer,

Cirdlo Business Up

Sigrid.

ONDON is stolc-conscious

L this winter. Women are engerly buying them wherever they appear.

What is a stole? My dictionary says, "n vestment consisting of a long narrow band hanging down in front from back of neck; woman's Wrap similarly word."

de- Anition is that it is Decorf-but bigger, better and less inhibited,

Restless-in-frablon, America bor- rowed this Regency accessory a year ago, used it in chiffons and satins for evening wear, turned out its country tweed multa with a stole of the same materiel.

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claborate

Paris produced more stoles at the Inst collections-stoles of fur or fur-lined wool thai,finished in a sleeve at one end, had a pocket. tucked in the other.

London shops are now beginning to stock up. with evening stoles. A few wide-awake manufacturers are sending out their casual clothes with a atole to match.

In the audience at a recent fashion show a spectator wore one of the American-made ocelot plush fabric stoles (1). It is thin and allky in texture, perfect for suits, and it is hoped to make a similar fabric in London soon.

A Bery dress (2) hng a matching stole Bodice of tho dress is made of black wool, belted with red leather. The skirt and stole arc checked in black art grey,

One of the new evening stoles on sale in the West End (3) is of black tulle, sequinned in black. It costs

£2.

Do You Suffer From

Migraine Headache?

business was up 300 percent Jast MG at

"Ho reports his masculine girdle

year," she said,

lifts men wear to wanted to know.

the men.

An

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. IGRAINE headache has been head, it may shoot downward into An attack of migraine can be drug And how about those hidden heel complaint of civilised people. promptly relieved by doses of

look fall? she However this may be, migraine known as ergotamine. tartrate given is a frequent complaint, shown either by mouth or injection into a Then there's the matter of hair by special studies to affect about muscle. The cariler in the course of pieces for

Miss Dodson

attack tho preparation is given, eight out of every hundred per the more rapidly is relief obtained. graciously did not claborale.

"We women aren't narrow-minded sons,

After the ergotamine is administered, about

these things," she said. "We

the patient should rest in bed for don't mind our men trying to im- Migraine, like asthma and a num- about two hours. It is better to re- prove their appearance. This de ber of other allments, comes on in main in a dark, quiet room and to monstrates R social consciousness periodic bouts, The chief symptom take no food or liquids. An ico-bag and

head a better looking is one-sided headache, accompanied placed on the 15 makes for

helpful. world.

by Irritability, Elckness at the stomach, vomlling, and constipation be cut short by this treatment, it is While an attack of migraine may "But when mén use so many or diarrhoea. While the pain is a more dimcult matter to prevent beauty aids themselves, we don't usually confined to ono side of the an attack or to lengthen the intervals

like these constant cracks by self- styled comedians about 'a girl's at- tempt to glamorise herself. "Let 'em take off their coats and fight it out." Miss Dodson feels safe in assum- ing this challenge will not be ac- cepted. What man, would dare take off his coat, thus revealing his un Impressive physique?

How To Have Good Teeth

Too

TOOTHACHES are old-fashioned. That is the opinion of Dr John C. Brauer of the University of Washing- ton school of dentistry, a leading authority on children's denustry.

Dr Brauer said older people can't akways be spared from aching molars because of past habits, bul few children would experience den-. tal pain during their lives if they practised preventive measures now known to dental science.

"The determining factors are what the child cats and how his teeth are cared for," Dr Brauer suid. "Hered- dental Ity has little to do with decay."

Ho lists five major points in the protection of children's teeth:

1-A child should visit the dentist before he is three. years old. The average youngster already has den- tal decay by his third birthday.

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Women

swallow the 'Tulip Bait'

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9. by ANNE EDWARDS

between them

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Choosing the Right Powder

After choosing her powder, Benny Venuta, of stage, screen and radio,

HOW

blends in with a brush to obtain a natural effect.

If

By HELEN FOLLETT -

creamy,

OW can a woman know just that carries a slight golden cast;: what exact and precise shade of it does something to the lights in her powder, she should use? The cos hair. She can use a darker rouge motie bar seems to be the answer.. and lipstick than the fair type. The There are innumerable offerings in skin should not only carry the dull glass containers,

becoming finish, but it should look tone cannot be found, then a special gardenia-like. "prescription" formula is blended.

Blondes especially, must And The true blonde has hair of

golden tint. Her skin. glamorous calcimine for their dell-shining, cato fair skins. There are light shows a rose ione on the checks; her blondes, the betwixt-and-betweens, lips need little pigment, as they are and the dark.

usually a deep red.

The extremely fair blonde's com- plexion may have a luminous, semi- transparent appearance. Then the attendant at the cosmetle bar odds a suggestion of violet powder to the creamy one that is usually used by this type. A light wild rose shade or rouge is recommended if there is no natural colouring. The lipstick must be darker, but of a harmoni- ous colour.

The dark blonde does well by her self if she finds a pinky-pink powder

a

When you have chosen the right chado of powder, a nice trick is to blend it with a brush.

So interested have women become: in receiving specialized service in the selection of every item of minke- up that the cosmetic bar has become pretty much of an institution in al- meat every large department store In the country. The attendants in. charge know their line, have much to offer in the way of interesting and useful information.

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Tips on Cooking Utility Beef

was

#HEN I walked into the test

kitchen the Chef:

with a wooden mailet, pounding a large piece of beef

of

"This is the utility beef which is Diet does not seem back on the market," he explained. "It is not the filet mignon, it ́la not be a factor of particular im-

the

It is a pleco porterhouse; portance in this discuse, although there may be few migraine victims brisket for the pot-roast, but it can who are allergle or sensitive to cer- be made just as tender as the prime,

beef" tain food. In such cases, of course, mallet and he held it up.

A few more thumps with the the foods which cause difficulty that ought to make a fine pot- should-be-avolded.-

Intonso Personalitics

roast," I said. "But I never saw such a thick piece of meat pounded before. Usunily we pound thinner cuts such as round steak or veal for scalloppini."

percorns and whole allspice. These add a much better flavour than when they are ground."

Dinner

Noodle Soup

Croutons Pot-Roast of Beef Swedish, Style Potted Potatoes Tomato-d String Beans Fried Cucumbers

Tokay or Concord Grape Ple Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) All Measurements are Level

· Recipes-Servs. Fourt Pot-Roast of Beaf Swadish Stylo For this purchase 3 to 4 lbs. brisket, round or rump of beef. Pound the meat thoroughly to make it tender; then lard it with 2 oz fat cut in strips. Truss into salt pork cut

with clean

∙Whits shape and le string. Brown all over in meat fat in a heavy let

kettle. Add 12

tsp. 2 tbsp. minced onion. € peppercorns,

the

sulfy

Most patients with migraine are intense, driving, personalities, who use up a great deal of energy during

Samo Principle periods of strain and become over- they suffer fatigued. At bottom

"But Madame, the principle is the from feelings of insecurity which same. I find it makes the texture drive them to seek perfection in all much more tender, no matter how that they do. Their high standards thick It is. This grass-fed utility for themselves and others lead to beef has just come home from the 3 tbsp), vinegar, 1 small bayleaf, 16, ensy dissatisfaction about their range. As you know, Madame, family Onances and personal life, when cattle feed on grass, the whole allspice, tbsp. sugar and Thus, these individuals are pre- muscles become tough and the ment 3 anchovies cut in bits. Add 1 c. 3 tsp. beef extract. disposed to migraine both by their becomes stringy. There is not much water and physical and mental make-up. In fat in the abres of the meat like you Cover tight and braise order to prevent the attacks, it is have from the cattle that feed on hours, or until very tender.

45 min. at 15

iba. necessary that the patient under corn. So after pounding this grass Pressure-cook

necessary place 00 stand the underlying cause of his fed beef to make tender, we have to pressure). It

add some fat."

asbestos mat underneath to prevent trouble.

Ecorching. From time to time add a "That's a good explanation," I total of 1 extra cup water contain- said "Now I suppose you're going ing tsp. beet extract. to lard the meat?"

"You

mean to put the fat in through the meat?"!

+

slowly

(or

Before serving, remove the meat from the kettle. Make a gravy from the meat juice, adding 1 c. rich top

Treatment includes reassurance, suggestions. and re-education. In other words, the patient must often alter his manner of living. Ha must be given detalls of the manner in which he should. conduct his work "Yes-you take that long larding milk to the liquid in the kefile and the time he should take for re needle, put a thin 2 inch strip of fat instead of using water. Add with. 2 Inxation and rest, Ho must be salt pork into the end, and draw it tbsp. flour stirred smooth in 2 tbsp. taught to conserve his energy and] through the row meat; these salt milk, and bring to boiling point. not waste it in futile brooding and pork strips, called lardoons, should Remove white string from the meat AIRDRESSERS belleva that the worry for here, as elsewhere, hebe introduced in at least a dozen before serving. Enough for two Short Cut (otherwise does a thorough job. After periods places for a 3 or 4 lbs. pot-roast of meals: then hash with left-over bits. known as the "Tulip Cut") is the bait of increased work, he should have utility bect." they need to lure women back into rest and recreation.

Fried Cucumbers the salons. They think they have

""Ah, out, that is the best way to found the answer to the Home Perm

Chango Of Habits

put into the stringy ment the fat - Select 2 large cucumbers that are That should be there.. Wo chefs not over-ripc. Thin-pect and cut Threat which in America alone.kept

During the first week of this pre- always use that method."

crosswise in 16 in. slices. Dip: in 37,000,000 women out of the beauty:

"But in case some of our readers milk; dust with salt and pepper, salona last year and is now on its ventive programme, the patient may

be given plienobarbital, but this drug don't have larding needles, we'll then dip in fine dry bread crumbs. to Engiand way

For the new style, hair must be should not be continued the second have to give a different method, 1. Fry tender and brown in vegetable ear-up length with a fringo and week. The drug in used only to aid said.

"It is not difficult to put the salt side pieces curled round your face in the patient in changing his habits. 1920 Irisscurls.

In many inathuces, migraine dis- pork through the meat on the out- Regular and careful cleansing

To keep it up you must: (1) Go appears after the ages of 45 to 50. Bide," the Chef went on. You just and brushing of teeth..

because with in-make may occur. once a fortnight for trimming; the creasing age there is a decline in push the salt pork through it.

slash with a sharp knife and 5-Topical application of sodiuni Have frequent permis fluoride, a'new treatment now re-ends curled:"(5) Buy artificiei bale noivous tension. However, in 'n few salt pork into the centre of the "But how can we get some fat middle age may bring increasing difficulties In adjustment

ment?" commended by the U. S.Public from four guineas a ploce upwards Instances," Health Service and the American if you don't want your side bits cut in aroundings, with the cult that

(One hairdresser reported, he had to Dental Association,

the migraine becomes worse instead sold 200 fringes in a month.)

2Adequate nutritional diet, In- cluding proper amounts of milk, egge, meat, frulla and careals.

3-A minimum of concentrated sweets such as candy, gum, pop, riclear- pastries, jams and jaliles.

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1

Woodon Skewer

fat.

Grape Pic

-it

simper

Prepare richt American pie pastry, and line a 0 in ple plate with it. To make the Alling, cut and seed (3. d. ripe tokay grapes, or instead use c. concord grapes, from which) the seeds have been removed;. the skins 10 min. In 15 c. water: Add then combine with the pulp.

cafted all-purpose flour

mixed The hairdressers are rapidly gain-of bettor.

"That can be done by making D with 14. c. granulated sugar and ing ground. In America seven out

long hole in the ment with an lee. 14 up. cinnamon if desired - Spoon of 10 women are wearing some ́ver-

pick or a thick wooden skewer,” ho into the lined pla plate. Dot with sion of the new style. "In Paris mòrg

explained. THIS PAGE

"Then you push a very 11⁄2 tbsp, butter or margarine. Cover than half the mannequins. I saw at

thin strip of salt pork way down lattice fashion with 4 in. strips, of the dress shows had been won over

Beginning today, Page 2 la being the skewer. The meat

Into the opening the broad end of the pastry. Bake 10 min. In a very to the now cut,

closes up hot oven, 425 F.; then reduca rome hair-devoted entirely In Indon though some

over it, et voila! Now there's some, heat to 375 F, and continue baking dressers are working out a version of interest to our feminine readers thing else I will do to this pot-roast 30 min. tonger or until the grapes the new style which is a little less here will be added fashion

to make it tender. I will add a little are cooked and the crust is brown. hard on their clients' purses (and beauty servicos, Clothes & Accessories of Distinction their own short, stalls). They have articles for parents and home vinegar in the cooking. And for a

special treat I will prepare it in the -| Trick Of The Chof - evolved a midway short cut (reo makers.

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