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Recently the Hongkong newspapers have carried important news items regarding the discovery of a NEW vitamin in the treat- ment of pernicious anaemia (vido H.K. Telegraph Jan. 4, 1949 and South China Morning Post Jan, 6, 1949).

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1949.

____ WOMANSENSE The Modern Teen-Ager

In Australia

By ANNE ELIOTT HIRSCHFELD

DOLESCENCE, Once

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112

Not Just A Shadow

the

of

bench-bul

What to Do for Oily Hair

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Singer Eleanor Knapp demonstrates a good brushing technique for

those with oily hair.

By HELEN FOLLETT

re- speaking voices are not as pure as he lends. Australian teen-agers are garded as a misfit between they could be, their language not wrapt up in, sport.

accordance with strictly In the child and the adult, a

colourful Although more than three-quarters grammar book, but it is gap filled by a sense of belong- and expressive.

of the teen-age population live In big cities, they spend a great deal of ing to neither one group nor the

You Are umazed in and these their time at the seaside or playing Their some sport.. Along the east count, VM's contain all of the known and unknown vitamin factors other, has blossomed out in Aus- youngsters are only sixteen.

•because they are NOT synthetic test tube.creations and because tralia to an active, vital person natural case, independence of out particularly in New South Wales and

the tcon-ager.

look

lead you to believe they are Queensland are some of the best

surfing

beaches in the world. It is older. they are derived, from 100% natural sources.

A product of the war years, he quickly. The teen-nger is far older here

Australians grow up very.

that one

linds

the tanned, ຢາກn her is a definite person with a special

ther vitally active teen-ager. He la counterpart His countries. Australia is still a young either surfing, swimming, sunning place in the community.

or rushing about ho catered for if not country. The lays of pioneering or desires are

behind not 'far

he does he and the in-

high- pandered to, and his ideas res- are

dependent spirit, not bound down by

spirits and Tennis, riding, sailing football, Indition and formality, lives on: pected.

braketball, hockey, cricket, rowing,

clain thousands

teen-age Newspapers and magazines

admirers, They are either playing have traced the birth and growth

Children

at or talking about some sport. Often A1C not sheltered kome. Their parents do not keep their lives revolve round It, and of this new section of the com-

Columns munity.

are filed

them young by confining them to the some people are afraid Australia's with news for and about him. nursery. From the very

sport-minded first, youth is becoming so adults that it will become eventually the A beauty's waiting wall, not one But no matter what one uses, the MONG the girls who stand at soaps, even dry shampoo modiums. Fads and fashions for the teen- they

shoulders with rub

"brown and no are taught to speak and personification of the and age girl appear daily in

A good will lument as loudly as tise girl technique must be correct. act

The old brains." In an adult way. advertisenients.

with oily hair. Every shaft silcking brushing should precede the lather- saying "children should be seen and

And There is a lack of club activity in to its neighbours! Ringlets going ing, a friction should follow. not heard" doen apply. Children not

lime. In no Some criticise the publicity, but it

The whole brush your hair regularly every and teen-ngers are not kept apart fact of youth clubs. This is because stringy

which is has made the

but night, too. anything Australian boy and irl aware of themselves as members but mixed in the hdolt world learn there are few real slums in Australia, crown,

frightfully over- glorious, look as if it had just been

thus children larded. a community, citizens of n country.ng to be a proper part of it, not There

a mother's darling, crowded areas and They are no longer part of the Just a shadow,

grow up in decent homes with plenty First step change the shampoo background: fact, they play a

a poor Imitation of their father.

of room to play in. They have no ngout. Keep on changing unt you leading part under the spotlight in

They leave school at

An earlier real need of clubs to supply a play. And the right one, one that can be the every day scene. If a few

It often companionship. to find ground or

There thoroughly rinsed away. not uncommon age, it is

Cut down on foods containing fat heads have become swollen in the teen-ogers

oil of fourteen

and fifteen are plenty of parks, open air play happens that it isn't sebaceous

That means that the out by the scalp that is in any form. process, they will soon deflate under entirely independent earning their grounds and swimming pools without sent

"ollics" must close their eyes when adult pressure. The publicity news own living-particularly today when bothering about clubs. papers have made them a more the demand for young workers has

is preferred

brond. to butlered grown-up. thinking.

However, various political, socialition, but an accumulation of soup acting body

been

This greater.

har

scum. It is not ensy to make welfare organisations have

CoДce and ten should be taken than they otherwise would

of shampooing, have resulted from the sharp drop in the and

thorough job been.

birth rate during the depression formed younger sels. Their member-uro

takes time. strong current of water without cream, Bacon is permitted ships are made up of teen-agers and plenty of friction. If you fancy if it is crisp. Pork is taboo. years of the early thirties.

They carry on their His Easy Manners

own business, you

you can rub a bar of soap over your enthusiastic,

ane run their own meetings, discussion head, stand under the shower for t Resourceful, Introduce May I

hair average, teen-ager can get along well in the groups and social engagements Australian teen-age girl and boy?

The success of these few minules, and get your business world. He is not aby of raise funds.

shining clean, you are sadly and their growing Notice how they walk towards you, expressing his own opinion and often younger sets

mistpken. confidently sure of themselves, their brings sound new Ideas into his job. popularity prove that the teen-ager is capable, self-reliant and above all, Jong, loose limbs moving easily.

Sco how healthy and alive they appear.

a good organiser with a firia team As they smile,

their

spirit. Readiness to befriend you, their jack

you

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His healthy, good looking

of shynessbut you (if you are appearance is due to the outdoor life English) perhaps feel they are not

as respectful as they should be. As they sit down, you smile as you see the why they make themselves comfy and at home, not bothering about formality or sitting with a straight back.

They arc not impressed

by grandeur, are natural and honest. They talk about those things they understand and carefully steer the conversation away from cultural activities and towards sport. Their

Don't Belittle A Child's Judgment

By Garry Cleveland Myers, Ph.D.

THERE would not be so many

point that budget foods are pop- age or so many of them growing Indo unhappy adults it all of us who are grown-up physically treated the chik, regardless of his age, as the person he really is.

Prompted by our strong urge to lord it over anyone we can and we all are guilty to some degree-we are prone to treat the youth of f tzen ez a child of two as if he were

n toy or pet or some other object

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of curiosity. Likewise we tend

to treat the older child and youth

us if he were much younger than

he 13.

Younger In Intelligence

we are

Now most of us feel flattered i sumeone supposes we are younger in years than we are, But if any- act or indicate in any one should Bort of way that he supposes much younger in intelligence or in emotional

social development Ithan we think we are, how would

we feel toward that person?

Then suppose nearly all adults treated us as younger In these ways than we know we are. Either we would

or

Wednesday, 12th Jan. 1949 struggle to show them they are

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wrong or we would accept their evaltiation and suffer silently.

When our daughter was in col- lege'sire once asked me: "Why do college teachers treat us as kinder- garten kkis?"

"Do they?" I replied. "You," she answered, and they did so in high school."

I said: "Perhaps you are correct." Then years of my experience in the classroom from first grade through the univoralty flashed before me. I was checking to see how guilty of her charge I myself had been; and n multitude of ugly examples went right through my head.

Show Of Anger

I recall how angry she was when

I said to her "Remember, Dear, you are just a child." She was fourteen I resolved never to try that then. ngain. My denial may have beeti Justified, but why did I rub it in?" For the same reason you may have been just as lordly and silly toward child of yours, I gave myself a of temporary superiority, at her expense.

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It would be

be profiable professional. ly and personally for all teachers to of the marks they recall some

maka during casual conversation in the hall or at luncheon about chil- dren whom they refer to as if they were toys, pets or mere babies, :.

are

no

(To be Continued Tomorrow)

Taffeta With a Gleam

By PRUNELLA WOOD :

Carrie MumÁ

ARRIE MUNN so often takes the dancing step into CA

her after dark fashions, even if they are not the most formal frocks in the collection. Reason is sound, as Mro Munn, if she would run, could certainly be New York's Miss South American. Way from 1940 until the millenium if she cared to.

This ankle-length frock of black taffeta is a model in case... a simple and unelaborate design with a close neck, fared sleaves, wide skirt and neat waistline."

The high style gleam comes to it by way of black Ince inserts at cuffs, bodico and skirt edge, underlayed with shot taffeta, mostly copper in tone.

When the hair is olly, the skin is likely to carry a shine. The sensible thing then is to regulate the diet, so that the sebaceous glands will be less active.

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responsible for the wretched con- the pastries are passed. Rye toast

Drink several glasses of water a clay. Take orange or tomato juico for their vitamin content, vegetables for the they contain.

mineral

green salts

On cosmelle counters are many More and more is I proven that

diet has much to do with lookṣ--- shampoo offerings, more than we have ever seen before; ails, creams, good or not so good.

Let's Eat

BY

12

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

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Budget Foods Are Popular

your

MIE tle lady who proved the always crisp and delicious. And we

point that budged foods are pape topped them with whippo

nlong "I'm going to pass ular is a well-known public reln- tions executive, scarcely five feet recipe in my column," I said. "But tall, cute as a robin, with a quick tell me, how did you come out at the mind, and a will of her own. We end of the season?" were talking about the subject now uppermost in conversation, the high cost of eating, especially in restau-

rants.

"Shucks," she said. "People talk about the high cost of steaks, chops and roasts! When ran my restau- rant in Michigan, people used to come from miles around for my but- tered onions,"

"Didn't you serve any incat?" I asked.

Swiss Steak

"Yes, I made a specialty of Swiss sicak, but they were equally fond You sec,

of my baked lima beans. this Was a smalt summer-time

"I came out with a pocketful of money, but best of all, my health was completely restored: And you krrow, I discovered that Americans like simple, inexpensive foods it. they taste good and are attractively served. And I believe anyone can be a good cook if they will put love and enthusinam Into their work."

Dinner

Mixed Hors d'Oeuvres Baked Dried Limas Baconised Corn Bread Fried Tomato Slices Buttered Onions Cherry Tarts Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) All Measurements Are Level restaurant, and all I had to cook on

Reelper Surve Four were a couple of three-burner oil steves, with tut small portable

Baconised Corn Broad ovens. I couldn't have any broiled ments, so I specialised

Swiss In

Sift together 1⁄2 c. all-purpose sleak. And Boston baked beans flour, 11⁄2 c. yellow cornmeal, 3 tsp. took too long to cook, I used ilmas baking powder, 1⁄2 tsp. baking soda, that bake in two hours. Onions were 1 tsp. salt and 1 tbsp. sugar. Beat plentiful and cheap, und easy to 1 egg. Add 1 c. sour milk or but- prepare, so I made a specialty out termilk; pour Into the dry ingredi of them. I did the best I could with ents (Do not beat). Meantime fry 2 Cut the limited materials and equipment or 3 strips bacon until crisp. I had."

In dice. Add to the cornbroad mix- lure together with 4 c. of the re- maining bacon fat. Transfer to an olled, heated square 8 h. pan. Bake at 425 F. 15 to 20 min. Serve very hot,

"But how did you happen to take over this restaurant?" I asked.

Buttered Onians

"I was convalescing after a stege of illness. I needed to get into the country, have a change of scene, and the stimulus of both physical and creative work. So, I took mother by under cold water-(for comfort's the hand, and together we ran this sake!) Place in a sauce pan, add 1 restaurant for the summer. Mother

Peel 11⁄2 lbs. mild sweet onions

looked after the dining-room and 1 tsp. salt, and pour in boiling water did the cooking. You know, I really to almost cover. Put on a lid and boil 45 min. an hr., or until tender but like to cook," alic added with a still crisp. (Or pressure cook 5 min. bright smile. "But I didn't dream at 15 lbs.) Drain, and to the onions we'd have so many customers."

"What desserts did you serve?" I asked.

Cherry Tarts

add 2 tbsp. butter or margarine and plenty of black pepper. Stand over a low heat until the seasonings are absorbed.

Plecrust

Roll plain piccrust to

in thick,

"I didn't have a big variely," she answered, "but there were two that were very popular. One was apple sauce In mode-big dishes of ness. Then make into tart shells. To home-made apple cauce-I didn't do this, At the piecrust over good- sift it served ice cold with a half sized inverted muffin pans; cut the with kitchen scissors. scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. edge's off

Frick in 3 places on the bottom to And how, they went for it!

allow the steam to escape, so the baked. plecrust will lie flat when Bake 12 mln. in a hot oven, 425 F. "But the star of the show was This will make around a dozen tart cherry, tarla. You see, being in shells. Meantime make the cherry. Michigan, I made use of cherries Alling. Almost fill the tart shells the famous local fruit, I started by with it and top with a dab of making just a few tarts, but by the whipped sweet cream. end of the senson we were terving Cherry Filing for Tarts: Heat: literally hundreds each week. I used 2 c. defrosted frozen cherries with to take enough tart shells for two enough cherry juice or apple juice or three days at a time; they kept to make 1 e, Add 4 c. sugar and

point, erlap and fresh in big tin boxes, I tsp. salt; bring to belllag used frozen Michigan cherries. Fi then stir in 14 tbsp. quick-cooking nally to keep up with the demand, tapioca. Simmer until clear. Add I bought two or three callons of tsp. cinnamon or almond extract if cherries at a time and made them desired, cool and use as directed, Into a cherry tart filing that tasted exactly like the filling of

regular

cherry pic. It was thickened with quick-cooking taplocs, but it was

Trick Of The Chof

To fringe celery, wash; cut in 4

never stiff like a pudding. This all-inch lengths. Make five silts 1 inch ing was kept on ice. The lari shells deep in each end. Drop in cold water. were filled to order, so the crust was till it "curls.”