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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

Self-Dosing Brighten Up Ingri

Isn't Safe

By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.

SELF-DOSING 18

SEL

not

safe, I have always emphasised this fact. Ι again want to make it clear that this rule applies just as Burely to the taking of vita- min pills as to any other ~medicine.~~

Recently, several cases of illness, were due to the too-liberal use of vitamin A. Loss of appetite and weight, irritable, itching akin, sen- sitiveficas of the bones, dry- ness and cracking of the lips' and, sometimes, an in- crease in the size of the liver are among the penal. ties of taking too much of this vitamin which has proved 80 useful when given in the proper amounts.

Early in Life

In the children studied, who received excessive doses of vitamin A, the administration had started early in lifo and the amount secined to

been gradually increased.

It is interesting to note

have

that

these patients certain changes in the bones occurred, affecting the lining membrano around the bones known as the periosteum. The bone in the forearm, known as the ulna, is the ore most frequently affect- ed, but the collar bone and bones in the leg may #150 be involved.

Except in special Instances, there is no need, most

feel, to give more than

doctors

WINDOW FRAMES AND STORAGE CABINETS in this kitchen are getting borders

of

Ivy to keep the feeling of fresh green growing things alive through dark winter days.

Notė matching straight line trim al bottom of cabinet.

By MARION CLYDE MCCARROLL

'THEN it's dark out.

W

side the house, no

оп

those

Hoon-to-

arrive winter mornings and about Inter winter afternoons, it's

bright as possible inside.

5,000 units of vitamin A daily.nico to have things as Apparently, In cerinin casek, where there is a disturbance in the absorption of fat into the body, larger doses may be quired.

re-

The symptoms which develop from an excess of vitamin

A

are due to the fact that more of it is taken into the body that can be stored or climinat- ed.

A danger of overdosage 'may occur, particularly in patients suffering from some damage to the liver, or where there is an excessive amount of fat in the blood.

Large Doses

When large doses of any

the vitamin are to be utilised, physician must control the treatment. There is still a great deal of study necessary to de- termino just what symptoma might occur from exccasive various vith- amounts of the

ming..

Unless there is some condi- tion present, such an diarrhoea, which causes vitamins to bo lost from the body, or continu- ed fever, which increases the need for certain vitamins, per- can rely on A well- balanced diet for furnishing them with the vitamins they require. If evidence of vitamin deliciency

occurs, the

doctor

will decide just what vitamins aro to be used and just what the dosage should be.

When large doses of vitamins are used, those taking them should be on the lookout for untoward symptoms so that the dose may be decreased or the medication stopped until the doctor feels that the symptoms have cleared up.

WHO ARE YOU?

WHO are you?"

WHO

of

Psychologista J. F. T. Bur- fental and Beymour. Zalen the University of California al Los Angeles asked that ques- tion of several hundred persons at random, requesting the answer in a single sentence. They got some surprising.

answers.

More than 18 percent con- sidered themselves a name, responding 'm Bill" or "I'm Susy," About the same number thought they were a job and answered **Im a divinity student" or

"I'm a riveter." More than 18 percent replied "I'm a woman' for --I'm sen

man.

So before that early-morning darkness

carly-evening and dusk ects in, I might be a good idea to brighten up around the house by doing a bit of simple decorating here and there, par- where ticularly in the kitchen,

most housewives have to spend so much of their time.

*

Maybe there's a plece or two of ok! furniture around that would take on new life with a home refinishing job. Or per haps there's a room that could use an odd piece, such an chest, chair, or bookcase, which you might buy in unpainted state and finish yourself.

Easiest way to do such jobs is with decals in Coral designs, in quaint and colourful peasant patterns, in trim, tailored style

MANY A BOOM GAN USE an extra chest of this kind. It started out as the plain unpainted plece you see at left, wàs decorated in gay peasant design.

by creating interesting effects with decorative strips made of adhesive tape that has a paint- ed enamel-finish in a variety of colours.

ON THE KITCHEN CABINETS, too, theso quaint designs · are particularly attractive. Here, single motifs are · framed with tape in barmonising colour.

Cultivating The Sense Of

Creative Play In A Child

By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

(UTIMULATED by the best mo- scene language are far less likely dern school, the child often to occur in the refined home than continues at home some creative on the streetä, perfo

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Let's Eat

· IDA BAILEY "ALLEN

Hearty Soup

Cold Days

For

~bolled-polaloes, then topped-

Dinner

Cabbage and Frankfurter Soup Baked Fish with Herb Sauco Marshed Potatoça Spinach

"MADAME," the chef ob. And unned vegetable soup is best ideas for eating better with eriop croutons and grated on less money is 'la soupe.' cheese." Without a' repertoire of varied and substantial soups, the food budget is what you call 'sunk” Now, we have been talking about the most expensive item in the food budget, the meat. When the table money is limited, the clever lady of the house can make the soup so sub stantial that dot so much expensivo · food will be needed for the main course and hearty soups are ea pecially recommended for cold winter days.",

Upside Down Fülbert Cake Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) Include enriched or whole grain bread or rolls with butter or margarino

1/2

All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four.

Cabbage, and Frankfurtor Soup

Heat 2 tbsp. butter, margarine or bacon drippings. Add 2 large chopped peeled onions and 1 pt. Ant-chopped cabbage (or use left-over cooked cabbage). Fry "Very true, Chef. But if she gently until light brown. Then is going to spare the meat or stir in 3 tbsp, enriched four and fish In the main course, she must tbsp, minced parsley. Add fortify the soup, or build up its c. soup stock or water drained value, with some similar food," from cooked vegetable, plus

bouillon cubes or 2 envelopes broth powder. Cover and Elmmer i hr. Add 2 sliced skin- to frankfurters. Season - mean, less

faste with folt, pepper and 1 tbsp. tarragon or plain vinegar.

Cabbage Soup

what "Exactly Modame. For instance she can make a cabbage soup ke we have in our menu today, and fortify it with some sliced frank- tasty

Baked Fish With Herb Sauco furters which gives a

Order a 2 to 3 lb. fish dressed flavour. Or she can make a for baking. Cod, haddock, cat- thick vegetable soup and add fish and. whitefish are in good cooked dried or unned beans of supply according to locality. any kind, as in minestrone. Or she can make soup of chopped spinach and

broth and serve

or

Wash thoroughly, drain, dust with salt and pepper and sparingly with a good brend with grated cheese on top. Or stuffing, then fold together do she can make a good vegetable not "sew up"): Cash the skin and fish chowder;

it will not along the back so rich

crack In cooking. Transfer the cream soup with the evaporated milk, which is healthful and not fish to a well-oiled baking pan. expensive. There are dozens of Dot with butter, margarine or

and be fortified to shortening, soups that can

place in make them substantial. Even a moderate oven, 350 F. When the thin soup madrilene or bouillon skin begins to turn colour, add or consomme can be fortified," c. water

"Of course, Chef, very ftw homemakers make bouillon.or consomme; they use the tinned Variety. But tinned soups may De fortifted too. Tinned consomme with small, balls of rice and chopped left-over meat poached in It is substantialised. Tinned condensed tomato soup diluted with vegetable liquid and gar- nished with diced cooked celery and a topping of sour cream, be comes a satisfying first course,

THE COLOURFUL HEARTS, and flowers of the motifs äre bright and charming on this type of idlichen or dinetio table

and bench set.'

CHOOSING

Basic to the pan, occasionally with this liquid. Bake until the fish begins to stparate from the bones, about 40 min; (allow 15 min. to the pound). Prepare herb sauce and serve separately.;

2

Horb Sauco ---Melt-2--tbsp.-buiter or. murs. garine In a small sauce pan and stir in 2 tbsp.

enriched flour. When blended, add 1 tbsp. lemon juice,

14 tsp. salt, 4 isp. paprika, 4 tsp. granulated sugar, 11⁄2 tv boiling watter or liquid drained from cook- ed potatoes. and 1 tsp. each basil or dill, or use 1⁄4 tsp. cach if the herbs are dried. #mmer, 5 min.

Then

Upside Down Filbert Cake

Cream together 3 tbsp butter or margarine, softened brown sugar and 2 tbsp. flour, Then work in น c chopped blanched filberte chopped quite fine. On an 8" 'cake pɔn And spread this, mixture in the bottom. Make a cake batter from

package of ph

plain cake mix or home recipe, and con into

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by a the pan. Bake about 35 min, at 350-375 F. Cool 5 min, Turn

upside down and terve cold,

Homs Made Cake:-Stir 4 c. shortening until creamy; blend

in 1 gramilated sugar, I un-

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Garden Fete

In aid of..

THE HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN "Organised By The Women's Auxillary

TO BE HELD IN THE GROUNDS OF

4

FLAGSTAFF HOUSE

BY KIND PERMISSION OF IT. GEN. SIR ROBERT MANSERGII, K.B.E., C.B., MI.C., G.O.C-IN-C. HONGKONG

beater exs and 1 tsp. vanilla, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Sift together 1%, c, cake flour,

2

tbsp. baking powder and 1⁄4 tsp. salt. Add alternately with 1/2 milk to the dust mixture and usó as directed -above.

Trick of the Chof

in

For in extra flavour mached potatoes add 4 c. sauteed fina-chopped onlona and beat well.

CURTAINS

THE MODERN

NCOUNTERED

in

modern

E homes, or the pages of

to

FOR

HOME

By ELEANOR ROSS shop

is showing exquisitely. sheer Egyption-cotton printed

the as an oversize picture.. window hand-blocked to order in

houses as well as in · many

In odd shades of, mauve. .and magazines devoted to home

colour scheme, lines of pale mustard yellow in outsize, or quite large picture and the fabric must not be of a sort of stone effect, the whole architecture and decoration, the a role in the

a bulk to form heavy folds.thing handsome enough for the window is really coming into. Manufacturers and stores, arbust its own As with most things

beautiful of rodins. Ninon, In this wonderful land, a fine cuing this new decoratingerean prifited in bright or itert or design is soon produced problem with delightful fabrics muted Solours in a sort of on a mass scale and at a rea- and Ideas. On the whole.

the cobble-stone and dot affect 18 fabrics available are by no unobtrusive enough to at in sonable price.

means cheap, but then, so im any decor, but withal is dis- But

get away from portant an architectural feature tinguished. Some shops

offer enterprise begun at school, or at Wise parents teach the child as economics and back to

Pidin fabrics that may school some enterprise he has early as possible non-running house, there they are, those deserves the best. begun at home. He usually got games which he can play In- lovely picture windows, install-

various colours and designs, best valuas therefrom, with the doors. They attract neighbouring

Old Favourites

one of which is sure to it in One replied, "I'm a woman, o'ghbouring chlidren who join children to play these games ed in suburban development

One fabric likely to At nicely with any scheme tain, drapp colour scheme is gray casement woven to a printed fabric, and decorate thom? The youngest girls played up dren share with him in making and various games of cards with them, how to

cloth with metallic threads rason and cotton not in a bo their social clatus with such things. Sometimes one or both able to cultivate good sports- The large expanse of gloss woven into it. Avallabla loc la boucle weave done in horizon

various Interesting screen-printed version, an' fal stripes In answere as "I belong to the parents or a brother or sister manship in the child at home so makes it necessary to provide a

flecked in non- best club in high school," or may share in

share in this creative work, he won't gloat over victory, or light, but still opaque enottgh or gold inks decorators re- threads is featured. The em

a fabric sheer enough to admit oriental design printed in silver colour schemes

tornishable gold for Liver police captain's

following defeat," won't sulk, or

storo daughter," the scientists found. found

allow for privacy from withMany

too, the tendency is command such old favourites as phasis, then zon) Shears tive social plenstres am enjoyed Parents should so to it that

beautiful Mimy In general, younger

to do

curtainspot slik gauza and mesh, and semi- destroy has been lessensed. Be there are adequate neighbour-or-drapes that can be pulled pylon Weaves, many of these mbrles with colpir schemes sides, these group activities in hood playgrounds and play across the entire expanse of available in various over and designs that look just as Well when drawn, across a wide making things coster co-operation leadership the year around; also glase. This means that the prints, which allow light and wholesome companionable that there are wholesome recrea fabric and design must be in alter through, and yet makes expanse as they do banging at conversation, Profanity and obtion centres for the teenagers teresting, yet not play too big for privacy from without On the window side

·la co-ed," a daughter and a sis him at this.netivity in his-home, with him, such apartments. What to do with into almost any decorative or For those who prefer

As he grows older, he has more pit, dominoes, and more tools which other chasplit inch

ter.

Identiaed themselves us a sexy mature women as housewives

and men tended to identify themselves with their occupas tions.

suficient skill' parents should.

to

curtain.

To the home where much crea-charge the victor with cheating The window wolta: curre

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ka

and

FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M.

ADMISSION $5, TICKETS ON SALE AT RECEPTION OFFICE, HONGKONG HOTEL.

II.K.B.F.C.

(GIFTS AS PRIZES, FOR THE LUCKY DIP WILL BE ORATE- FULLY

AND RECEIVED MORNING POST BUILDING.)

MAY BE BENT TO

OH Boy

BLUE BAND MARGARINE

Delicious on Sand. wiches, nutritive in cakes and aff cooking it must

be BLUE BANDI

RESHACKE

BLUE BAND MARGARINETE