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Safeguard that Smile

If your gums flasha waming Unge of "pink"

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1948.

WOMANSENSE

Evening Prints

"Mother, Is Santa Claus Real?"

By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

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ANTA Claus fits into the in ages from years to 6 months, in

imaginary world groups of 4, 3. these child under five or six. It have enjoyed Santa Claus, the eldest in each group being treated about does so fit if the child's imagina- as their parents were treated, when tion has been. appreciated doubts began to arise. by his parents, If, he has

A good way to help in gradual heard lots and lots of stories of disillusionment is for parents, even fantasy and if the yarns he has with the child three or four, to have made up himself are enjoyed a fow by his parents. Besides, all the usual experiences surrounding tlfo Santa Claus myth afford young children no end of crea- tivo fun.

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gifts under the Christmas tree not marked from Santa Claus but from some real, familiar perron.

Some persons suppose wo force Santa Claus on the older child by thinking of the spirit of Santa But when the youngster' be- Claus gins to doubt lie hardly is ready to think so “abstractly, “Ile- wants to khow about the eyes, nose, whiskers, volce, fesh and blood of Santa Claus.

younger children play Of course, younger with other ehlidren who may delight In disillusioning the younger. As a result, some children, even beloto. After this is settled he may be ready five or six, may begin to reveal to consider the spirit of Santa Claus. doubts about Santa Claus and to ask

all sorts of questions about him.”

The mother of two children, four Cinderella

and two once naked mo:

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"Do you have an explanation of

Santa Claus when a child begins to

have doubts?. I want always to be And The

completely honest with my children and yet it's hard to know just how far to go sometimes and "still not shatter any illusions."

mother

one

Cold Weather Complexion Aid

Courtesy Maris Earle

A good beanty trick is to follow your nightly face washing with an ́application of a good freshener lotion.

By HELEN FOLLETT

slightly plebald; and that Pumpkin Pie

18 no fish.

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once a week, the skin, but

TS that golden glow of summer made by combining equal parts of

disappearing from your com- strained lemon juice and peroxide.

trom plexion? Let us hope that it is The peroxide should be making slow departure, that it is freshly opened bottle. A hint to the not going patchy. If It does, it is girl who is n summer freckle possible that one's face may be collector) Let the lotion dry on the laughing matter. You can help along An old fashioned this period of transition if you have I think that even her older child

beauty treat- has doubts about Santa Claus unduly

By ALICE DENHOFF a few moments to spare for a before ment consists of buttermilk laved on

bedtime freshening treatment.

the face with pledgets of cotton. carly. Though he should ask if

The skin is in a constant state of The acid in the buttermilk has a Sania Claus is a real person a

when you put decay and renewal; dead scales furr mild bleaching effect. should frankly and briefly say he PAUSE not at ple is not, but talk of him as on the After all, Cindercila rode to rapture stimulating this natural process you will not only whiten

pumpkins to pleasing palates.

DOW away,

ones are revealed. By A face pack, used of fairies and brownies. Then if goes on pretending there is a Sants via the pumpkin route, and, who on be rld of your tan, if that is your will have a cleansing effect if the

bordo may desire. After the nightly faco Claus the child will almost surely knows, your hungry

pores are dust laden. SOMO

with a bland continue to enjoy him for a few more reach the

they emulate Peter und turn

insing, dipth in

Take threo tablespoonfuls of kao- pumpkin-caferl

warm water, hold close to the flesh. lin, mix with enough witch hazel to Here are some delicious pumpicin Repeat half a dozen times. Rinse form a pack the consistency,

with cold water bring a reaction whipped cream. of the icading HE majority

Apply to a cloon The moral harm that might come dishes! First, if you want to pre-

dry gently, skin surface. Pick up your mystery American singers are not only from Santa Claus could occur when pare your own pumpkin, scrub it, of the blood streams,

little cream. Follow by story and read unit the mask be- splendid artists, but they are beauti-parents try to force Santa Claus cut it, in quarters, scoop out seeds apply a

gins to flake. Pare pump applying a good freshener lotion.

Remove with warm ful or well. And as if the gods had upon children.alx, seven or older in and stringy portions.

In the morning use cold water and, water, use a little cream with light. the face of these youngster's doubts. kin; cut in pieces. Cover with boll not been generous enough, they are

is done, there ing, salted water; cover. Boil 20 to after a gentle drying, apply a lotion friction. Even when such endowed with a fine sense of fashion, comes

Drain: mash well or press a time when the parents 30 min adapting current modes to their should say to the child, "We have through ricor.. highly individual types, and creating just been pretending there is a

al- For something delicious and dif- new fashion trends. Mona Paulee, Bunta Claus. If the matter is

to go on without any such ferent, serve up a batch of pumpkin Jawed ion" to the child by famous mezzo soprano

hte inulins. opera and

large parents, he may feel his parents have muffins, sift together one c. Bour, 3 baking powder, not been quite fair with him. They tsp. phosphate-type

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may, indeed, think so anyway, in 1⁄2 tsp. baking soda, 1⁄2 tsp. salt, caso they had pressed the matter. tsp. nutmeg; add one c. yellow.corn milk. meat Beat 2 czas; add one when the child was unduly old.

Add egg mixture to dry ingredients, MINUTE is offset by draped fullness and the When our own children were little then stir, Inc. cooked or tinned we participated with them in the pumpkin, molasses and c.

shortening. Fu greased- GIFT would be just nice for your Christ Santa Claus anyth. When the eldest melted

was nearly six he asked the pointed muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake in hot some ca question, to Santa Claus a real per over (400 F.) 25 min IDEAS

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BY

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Gifts For A Friend's Kitchen

66 AH Madame, shopping again!" exclaimed the Chef, RR I stumbled into the kitchen Juggling my

bundles

"Let me help you." In a moment the parcels were

CHAMPAGNE NET more repry When euch older child when confronted with a rich pump neatly, a hung up on the back of the

AND GOLD

Apricot and Prune Tart Coffee or Ten Milk (Children)

All Measurements Are Levels

Recipes Seree Four g Order 3 lbs. shank of beef with

Non dicters will glow with Joy

don't

serve them was In furn was asked if the baby sister kin custard, so

should

To door, and the Chef was brewing a be told," he when the reducers are around! or brother

Si sugar, tsp. cup of tea.. answered with much feeling, "Oh, serve 8 combine 4

"Quite an array of parcels," no!" Always the older enjoyed flour, tsp. salt, tsp. ginger, 4 tep, inking part with the younger in the cinnamon, 3 tsp. nutmeg and 1⁄2 tsp. remarked.

could we oked "Yes, I started early so Add 1% c. strained, cooked Santa Claus myth until the youngest cloves.

or tinned pumpkin

and c. corn complete my shopping Hst. It was was around six.

syrup.

Beat 2 eggs quite a day, but worth it. These Mix well. alightly; add with one c. milk. Pour presents are different." mixture into greased custard cups; place in pan of warm water. Boke at 325 F. for an hour or until knife- inserted in centre comes out clean. Serve hot with cream If desired.

Enjoyed Santa Claus Each of our three children is now a parent of young children ranging

Bug Barometer Says Hard Winter Ahead

Bangs Corners, O.The operator of a "bug barometer predicts that

Serves 6.

A Brazil nut crust with a puma kin chiffon Olling to real Christmas

fore.

Making Filling

on

"Are they expensive, Madamo?”.

-For-The-Kitchen

the bone cracked, and 1 young tow!, about 3 lbs. Clean the fowl, scrub with mild soapy water and rinse well. the shank of beef, gis, bolling

Placo in a Large kettle: with

water and 1 tbsp. salt, Cover and simmer until both beat and fowi are two-thirds done, about 3 hrs. (Or pressure cook in 15 qts, water 15 lbs. for 40 min., using a cooker holding at least 41% ata). Then ndd 4 good-sized

ized scraped old No, but I'm sure they will be carrots, cut in quarters lengthwise:

medium-sized

turnips white very welcome in the homes of my peeled

pected and quartered; 12 friends. They're presents for the

amall white onlors, and 1 bunch kitchen. For several older home lecks, cleaned and shredded, with makers I've chosen sets of gay the groent tops cut off. Over this canisters--you know how they keep place 4 thick slices of crisp whito.

using their old battered ones cabbage, Simmer about .30 min. because it seems extravagant to longer or until the vegetables are throw them

This away.

sunny lender. Then remove the meat and one

To prepare filling, separate 3 eggs, yellow sel is for my old Aunt Susto fowl. (Save the fowl for dinner the to stand on her kitchen buffet, and next day.) Serve the soup in soup Miss Eunice Merion, who out-beat yolks; add c. sugar, 141⁄2 c.

and white plates. I bought a yellow

Slico the pumpkin, 1/3 I

beef, arrange in does the weather bureau for cond- tinned or cooked

salt, cinnamon checked plastic cloth for her kitchen the centre of a large platter with a long-range forecasts, says milk. 1⁄2 tsp. each,

table.

This apple-red set is for a little of the soup over it to moisten nature already has put up the and nutmeg. Cook over hot water,

in the country, who hay and place the vegetables around. storm signals.

stirring constantly, until hot. Soften friend "The woolly caterpillars are dark, unfavoured gelating to X2 c. ¿corated her kitchen with touches Serve with ground rock salt, Horse-

mixturo. of red.

Then for a friend who's radish and strong mustard should cold water, add to hot

And be stern," she says. Hornets have triple-insulated their Stir until gelatine is dissolved: chill recently gone to housekeeping agalu be passed with the meat

bought thin light-weight sure to provide plenty of crusty.

food chopper. She'll gray paper nesta. Mother wasps are until slightly thickened. Beat 3 egg 1

bread. sealing twice as many live spiders whites; and 1⁄2 c. sugar, beating con-aluminium in the mud incubator tubes to feed stantly; fold into pumpkin mixture, certainly like that"

Pour into crust; chill until their babies when they hatch."" -

For Miss Merlon, these and other

To prepare crust combine dark and portents spell out a cold,

finely chopped Brazil nuts, long winter.

She's been eeing slate-gray cat-finely crushed corn flakes and c. erpillars for the first time since sugar. Blend in 1/3 c. melted table 1917, and that winter "things frozo fat. Press mixture, firmly against solid in November and there novor bottom and sides of 9-inch pie plate; was a thaw till February."

the coming winter will be a tough

Thot

from stem to

chill.

firm.

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Apricot And Pruno Pio. "I think a set of knives in a rack

Prepare 1 recipe for American to hang up would be very nice also," plecrust or use a mix. Roll out and suggested the Chef.

line a "pie plate. Dust the bottoni "That's just what I bought for a

2 tbsp, fine stale cake or cookie who

A with 2 have couple

crumbs Next mix together 11⁄2 e young

And I had a lot of drained stewed apricots and 14. kitchenette.

cooked, stoned, well drained pruner small gadgets for little Christmas remembrances-cooking tongs, kit Mix in c. additional fine siale chen scissors, nylon pastry brushes, enke or cookie crumbs, 1⁄2 c. rugar pastry cloth sets, and some paper and 1 tbsp, lemon juice. Spread in towel racks with rolls of paper the ple plate Cover with a cries

cross lattico top and bako 85 min, "And the oven mittens? Did you in a hot oven, 400 F.. get some of those?"

"Yes,

asbestos mitts for my these and the a set for kitchen uso, neighbours who like to cook in their

replace."

FIXING UP THE GUEST ROOM wel

By ELEANOR ROSS

"And what is in this tall parcel?? "That is for you for Christmas." asked the Chef.

"Merel, Madame!" Then with a

you like.

Brazil Christmas Pudding This is an uncooked: pudding that IF you have invited holiday house squares of absorbent cotton, and a

calls for dried fruits. They should guests, don't wait until the last small sewing box fitted with spools, moment to get at that guest room needles, etc. Some orange sticks and

all be molat, that is not dried out. Combine 1 c. seedless raisins, 1 H

"ARMONIOUSLY bandied detail whether it be a room ppecially dedi- emory boards should be available,

layer figs, 1 c. pilted dates, 1 c, dried is a major factor in this season's cated to the purpose, or the extra too. All these are such small items, room that has to be transformed so inexpensive, but they tell the

apricots, e. shredded coconut fashions, whether it is used on a Into a sicoping chamber. See to it story of a perfect hostess.

When shopping for these items,

nuts Put through the food plo sports dress or an after five frock: that bed equipment is in order, that.

cleansing

chopper twice. Place in a good-sized A transparent, joke of champagne pui ode un hot lumpy, that there is how about buying some extra toother hall we h you a prevint" packed down, and 116

adequate of blankets, brushes, Jars of

High Bonnot

mixing bowl. And 11⁄2 tbsp. grated coloured not sets off a wide band of Have extra towels at hand. Bee to cream, small bottles of astringent

"Looks like it might hold a Chef's lemon sind, a tbsp. grated, prango

light brown sugar gold encrusted braiding and ent-it that there are fresh bulbs in the and skin freshener, some hair pins,

down, 1 broidery on this impressive Maurice lamps, and that bureau and night bobby pins and the like one and Rentner dinner dress, A taut, fitted table drawers are freshly papered. all, good, guest room items. Double high bonnet," he said. Eagerly ho rind, bodice flows into a rippling, pleated come, haya crisp clean curtains:ut same category, as de pins and safety box.

the window and freshly laundered pins, assorted, and tiny. skirt, ita fullness controlled by

scarves on dressing table or bureau, wide, hip-swathing sash.,

or, it is that Kind of a table, see

3 tbsp..

For that touch that spallawel-- and single razor blades come in the untied the cord, and unwrapped the innamon, or "I

to fit that its skirts are perky and not-bedragglede, ko

pand

top. uke nad 4 thɛn, orange juice, with the hands will "Open' it!" I urged.

thoroughly blended. Lino a 6 spring He took off the cover, brought out Hand Mirror

the gift and admired it at arm's form pan with heavy waxed papar." and put Have a good hand mirror on the rigth for minnti of Back in the puddlog mixture; cover bureau, for rarely is it that this inn tall blacie silk hat! The dream of tightly with disponible article is packed, and my life! I shall now be in the proper a plate on top. Let stand in the at least 24 hrs. To serve, the mirrors in fitted dressing bags style to attend the

cut et into very

with m small bonnet sharp kalfe, necompany with VISIT BOND STREET W.. Clear out old much Laci Don't forget a bit of holiday

He matched off his high bon out old magazines, Land, are usually just excess baggage: Grand Ball of the Chor and the refrigerator

the "'shining sorsotanes whippedam butter place. If there is a writing table, greenery, a vase of flowers, some and jauntily

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tho mirror." few extra holiday greeting cards for and wall, but don't overdo it looks

at yourself in and envelopes, mort thoughtful Wo remember a beautiful guest look

wasinyed, Ho disappeared and not a stroke, touch, if your guest has overlooked room where once sotre names in the prass of geiling, principally because there was of work was done in the kitchen, the makes 12 small ferving. It may ready for the journey huge door vase containing branches

Tathers is a bedside clock, see and arconary, Just where we had to rest of the day.

to it that it works, otherwise dile moves to turn 4 alamp · switch, Wear NYA TEDNIKOMUTANT Orving: if:fi kept closelyne covered.

card it. Have int; hand a box of don't have to tell your what hap cleaning Alleen troll and comez,pened.

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