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MAGAZINE PAGE FOR EVERYBODY HOME • HEALTH • FEATURES • BEAUTY • FASHION • FICTION Figure Slimming I Exercises By HELEN FOLLETT ALLURING beauty is possible only when a woman is in top form, filled with ambition and energy. This delightful state of affairs is impossible if she deprives herself of outdoor life, fails to get sufficient exercise to keep her blood streams dancing. Health is fashionable. You get it by protecting and developing your body. It is maintained through good easing habits, by sunlight, re freshing sleep and exercise in the open air. i ucie js a gitatt-r xaca oi pnysi cai activity among women than men. It should not be that way. If more women paid attention to the needs of a good masculature there would be fewer sagging tummies. I Throumh lack of exercise the ab- j dominal wall can become so weak- , ened and wasted that it can no long-, er resist stretching. It isn’t always ! fat that is responsible for the over-! developed facade but lazy fibers. | Once a Day Fifteen minutes of calesthenics i once a day will be of benefit, if one j has little opportunity to play golf or tennis or take long walks. It is the regularity of gymnastics that counts so, if you plan a program, plan to stick to it for six months at least. If you have a neat figure, it will be yours for years to come. If your shape needs remodeling, you will find satisfaction in developing better lines. At first your exercises may seem , burdensome and tiresome. But soon 1 the feeling of added energy will | overcome inertia; the periods will I be adhered to because they are en- j joyable. Try torso twisting. Arms out at the sides on a line with the shoul-! ders, palms downward. Swing them far to the right six times, pivoting at the waist line. Six times to the left and repeat. Keep the legs rigid. Arms in the same position, feet twelve inches apart. Drop the body until the buttocks are resting on the heels. Up on the toes. These movements normalize hips, thighs and waistline. ■ The Stars Say For Thursday, September 30 g By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE ' AN OPPORTUNITY of far reaching and radical magnitude, is read from the current almost static trends. This promises an exciting and adventurous opening in which far fields are a most welcome change from the humdrum and stagnant. It will demand skill, ingenuity, bold ness and a desire for romance and high-tension experiences, but for most circumspect management, call ing for security and permanency, even in the very whimsical and uni- i qua situation. Make all agreements wisely but grasp opportunity on its happy upturn crest. For the Birthday Those whose birthday it is, may expect the sudden and breath-tak ing experience or an adventure or strange and far-reaching opening that may unlock doors to a new life. This with swift and exciting change of scene, new interests and perhaps a place in the limelight. It may loosen irksome bends of the hum drum and commonplace, with nov elty, or unique developments. Grasp all this with due decorum, based upon proper rationalizing of spec tacular commitments and fulfill ments. A child born on this day is richly endowed with the elements of con spicuous success, based upon logic, reason, and with sane powers to actuate its conduct. Romance and change beget an unique career and public acclaim. Odd Fact When the police in Duluth, Minn., recovered 77 shoes stolen from a shoe salesman, they discovered that the reason the thief had abandoned the loot was that all the shoes were for the left foot. A Dream House With an Ideal Kitchen By IDA BAILEY ALLEN IT was early twilight when the Chef and I first saw it, a cozy low white house with gray shutters and green awnings surrounded by a smooth lawn and green shrubbery. There were flagstone walks, a hedge and a white picket fence in back. High buildings towered behind it. The sidewalks were crowded with pedestrians. Rushing past were thousands of automobiles, cabs, and buses, and there, in the midst of the clamor of the city, it stood on New Y'ork's Fifth Avenue—a veritable dream house. One of more than seventy dream houses on display in leading cities of the country, each destined to become a prize in con tests conducted by leading charities. In New York the sponsor is the New Y’ork Heart Association. Dining-Living Room “Let’s go in,” I said to the Chef. “I’d especially like to see how the kitchen and dining arrangement? are planned.” We walked directly into the com bination living-dining room. This is built around the warmth and friend liness of a fire-place with a pine mantlepiece. Walls of forest green, antique pine tables, an inviting sofa with color-splashed tulip chintz, a j comfortable rose-red barrel chair, and two of black bamboo, double- | tiered ruffled organdy curtains, cre ate a room of great charm. “And here is the dining-area,” j remarked the Chef. “It looks very comfortable; and it does not seem ! too crowded although it is merely the I.-shapcd end of the living-room. And look, outside the French doors, I believe there is another place to dine.” This proved to be an outdoor dining-place on the "breeze-way”— new term for a covered terrace. We visited the rooms up-stairs— . three attractive bedrooms, a friend- ; ly study, cozy sewing room, modern ] bath-rooms, and a sun deck. But it ! was the kitchen downstairs that proved most interesting to the Chef ! and me. A Fire Extinguisher “Look what I see, a fire extin guisher! The first one I've ever seen | displayed in a model house,” I ex- j claimed. "To my mind it’s the first' piece of equipment that should be 1 bought for any kitchen. I like the white walls and cabinets, those Chinese red counter tops, and the black and white marbled linoleum on the floor.” inis is a very modern Kitchen, commented the Chef. “The refrig erator is large enough for a big family, and I like the freezing compartment. The electric range is very good, the same model we have used in our television shows. This garbage disposal in the sink is a fine convenience, and I am sure all husbands who hate to dry dishes would be willing to pay for the electric dish washer. Here is a pres sure cooker! And there is a fine assortment of casseroles for oven cooking. I like those stainless steel utensils, too; they will last a life time. And even the knives are sharp, ready for business,” he added, professionally running his finger along the blade of a meat knife. “The lay-out is well arranged for step-saving. But it seems to me the kitchen is a little too small. I would like space to add a table; it is not always comfortable to stand or even sit at work at such high counters.” “And I wish there was space for a small rocking chair with red cush ions,” I added, “and that one end of the room could be turned into a little sitting room with a desk, a cupboard for a few toys and space for the baby’s play pen. In these servantless days, when mother is the nursemaid, it’s essential to pro vide a space for children in the kitchen.” TOMORROW'S DINNER Heated Sardines on Toast Tomato Omelet Flaky Potatoes Dutch String Beans Cole Slaw Orange Juice Muffins Butter, Margarine or Jam Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four Tomato Omelet Break 6 eggs into a qt.-sized bowl and beat slightly. Add ’ j tsp. salt and Vi tsp. pepper. Gradually stir in Vi c. hot water; beat until well blended and frothy. Molt 2 tbsp. butter or a substitute in a heavy 9 in. frying pan. Pour in the egg mixture. Stir gently for a moment; then reduce the heat and let it cook until beginning to “set,” or become firm on the bottom. Gradually push the cooked portion of the omelet toward the front of the pan, tipping it back to allow the uncooked part to run down to the bottom. As this sets, repeat the process of pushing and tipping until the omelet is cooked throughout. Spread half of the omelet with thin slices of tomato, slightly sau teed in butter or margarine and sea soned with salt and pepper. Then fold over with a pancake turner; slide the omelet onto a heated plat ter. Surround with additional slices of sauteed tomato. uuicn airing weans Wash and prepare 1 Vs lbs. tender string beans for cooking. Cut them in inch lengths, and boil or pressure cook as usual in the smallest pos sible amount of salted water. When done drain but reserve 2 tbsp. of the liquid. Add 2 tbsp. vinegar, 1 Vs tbsp. sugar, U tsp. salt and 2 strips fried lean bacon cut in bits. Add 1 tbsp. of the bacon fat. Simmer 3 min. and serve. Orange Juice Muffins Sift together 1?* c. already sifted all-purpose flour and Ws tsp. bak ing powder, U tsp. baking soda,*1! tsp. salt and 1 j c. sugar. Beat 1 egg light and add 1 c. orange juice. Stir lightly into the first mixture. Add 4 tbsp. melted shortening, com bined with 2 tbsp. grated orange rind. Do not beat. Transfer to oiled, rnedium-sized muffin pans and bake 25 min. in a hot oven, 400 F. Makes 12 muffins. \ TRjCK OF THE CHEF Heat sardines in their own oil with a dash of Worcestershire and one-half tablespoon lemon juice. Food for Thought Though tartar sauce is considered an ideal accompaniment for fish, it is also delicious with veal. Try it the next time you serve breaded veal chops or a fine veal roast. (CflAyrisht. 1946, King By MARION CLYDE McCARROLL SOMETHING new in educa tion is being tried out with high success in certain sec tions of Chinr where gifted children, some as young as ten years old. have been pressed -nto service as schoolteachers. “Little Teachers.” they’re called, and United Service to China reports that well over a hundred of these boys and girls are not only giving other chil dren their own age their basic training in the three “R’s” and other elementary subjects, but that many adults are receiving their first instruction in read ing and writing from them. Because trained teachers are few in China, and the illiteracy rate extremely high, Dr. H. C. rao. one nf China’s leading educators, conceived the idea of turning the brightest pupils in the Yu Tsai School near Shanghai, of which he was founder, into more or less itin erant teachers. These children, having received special train ing for the job in their own school, are then sent out to vil lage centers and farmhouses in the afternoon after school to relay education to children and adults unable to attend school themselves. ■*In return for this service, through which they carry free schooling to those who cannot afford it, the fees which the "Little Teachers" would other wise have to pay for their own schooling in the municipal schools is paid for them. LOVE’S PERILOUS PATH ... a ' When They Are Alone, Mary Cautions Madge to Find Out Why Roderick Needs Extra Money Synopsis: Madge Graham catches ner breath in her Hotel Lnnblieid suite when | her husband, Dicky, suggests to her and to Mary Veritzen and Katharine Bickett that Madge's father. Charles Spencer, leader in Government Intelligence, may suspect Car lotta Carroll, friend of his aide. Mr. "K". of being a fifth columnist, and is now trying to lay a trap for her. ''Does that mean.'* Madge asks quickly, "that Father will be in dpnger. "Nothing of the sort." Dicky says, too quickly, and then Katharine's calm voi c strikes into their colloquy. "Your father doesn’t let danger get nenr him." she says. "He's too experienced a campaigner for that. Now something tells me that I'm not needed here any longer. Anyway. I'm going. Stop me at your peril!" KATHARINE rose with a bur- ; lesqued “shooing” motion, and start- j ed for the door. As usual her com- j mn sense had calmed my fears for j the moment, and as she passed me, I murmured: “Thank you for every- j thing.” She flashed a smile at me, gave i me a quick, heartening pat on the | shoulder, nnd then w"s looking pert-' ly up at Dicky as ht put his hand , under her elbow to ushei her cere moniously to the door. “Why all the trimmings?” she asked. oei/ause, tmri s uiui’is, 1 nave j to see that you’re properly locked in I for the night,” he told her. “Mary will you close this door, and open it again at my knock, not forgetting the precaution of the night lock?” “Order coming right up,” she told him, rising, and, with her swift ef fortless walk, coming up with him , a$ he and Katharine reached the ! door. She dosed the self-locking! door after him, set the night chain, and came back to me. The Extra Money “I’ve got something to tell you that you must know,” she said, “al-, though, while I’m not exactly break ing a promise, I’m violating the spirit of it. But, you’d better find out why Roderick needs extra I money.” I caught my breath. She did not need to tell me the secret behind her j Features Syndicate, Ine.| question. Her young brother must have appealed to her lor money, exacting secrecy. She had given it to him, or promised it to him, also promising that she would not tell of the gift. But her anxiety concern ing the boy had compelled her to give me a cue. “Mary!” I said uncertainly. “There's Uncle Dicky’s knock,” she said, “and I've said all that I can, and more than I ought. As soon as Nunky gets back, I’m going to hit the hay, and you can shoulder the white woman’s burden again.” She sent the last words over her shoulder, as she went to the door, and admitted Dicky. “Well!” she demanded, “did you get Aunt Katrina safely locked in ?” Locked the Door “Kicking and screaming, I tossed her through the doorway,” Dicky said, “and locked it after her. I only trust she has no bvoken bones, or, rather I ought to hope she hns an assortment of them shattered, the way she’s been needling me.” “You’ll get no chance to exercise your sadism on me,” his niece told him pertly. “The back of my hand to you, a kiss for my darling Auntie Madge, and I’m off to my downy couch.” She dodged him expertly, circled my chair, leaving a kiss on the top oi my head, and dashed for her bed room door, laughingly shutting it in Dicky’s face and clicking the key on the other side. “That brat!” her uncle said, laughing, as he came back to me. Then, after a quick look at what my father calls my "tell tale face” when I am alone with my family—I guard my expression zealously when with strangers—he sat down in a chair opposite to me, and, leaning for ward, gave me a searching, apprais ing look. “What’s happened?” he asked. “It’s something Mary said just now,” I told him. “I’ll give you her exact words.” Distinct Concern There was distinct concern on his face when I had finished, and he did not speak for several seconds. “I suppose out- great brains have leaped to the same conclusion,” he said at last. "Rod’s been needling Mary for money, and has asked her not to tell us. She’s given him the money, and while keeping the letter of her promise for secrecy, has tipped you a hint.” “That’s the way it looks to me,” I said, “and it seems to bear out—” I stopped, and Dicky shot another keen glance at me. “Explains the way Junior sort of clammed up when I was sounding off about boys borrowing money at school?” he asked. (Continued tomorrow) BEAUTY BARGAINS Don’t confuse yourself by trying to match the new “smoke” shades to your tag-end summer tan. Grad ually lighten your makeup as your nature given tones return. By buy ing small sizes of face powder, rouge and lipstick, there’s no large outlay of money or any left over half-filled jars. One of the best beauty treatments for the face is a thorough soap and water cleansing. Use a neutral soap, wash with warm or hot water, to open the pores. Work up a lather with the soap. You may rub this in and let it dry for extra-qjeansing action. Then rinse off with cool water, to close the pores. After a session in the noon-day sun, give your skin a lubricating treatment to keep it soft and smooth. Mineral oil applied lightly with the fingertips helps to prevent its dry ing out. great understanding, do show your appreciation. We parents incline to take these teachers for granted and to register our feelings only when £ we think the teacher is not a good one. We could even do much to help weak teachers develop if we tried more often to put ourselves in her place and play up her strong points, especially in the presence of our children. Many children will complain at home about the teacher or drop re marks about her which are not com plimentary. Often their judgment and report are wrong, colored by their own prejudices. Even when % their report is correct we parents will surely magnify the matter out of true proportions to the facts if we criticize the teacher then-and there. Besides, we then dramatize a bad practice—passing judgment on incomplete evidence. (My bulletin, “Parents Can Help Child Succeed at School,” may be had in a stamped envelope.) The more we help the*child lose regard for his teacher the lefcs he will learn from her—and we don’t - hire or fire her. The more we help % the child gain respect for her the more he will learn from her. Let us be sensible and build up the teacher in the eye of our children. Answering Parents* Questions Q. What are sonte pitfall* .to mothers who spoon solid or pjattly solid foods into the child? "* * A. Pushing it into the child’s mouth far too fast and when he doesn’t want it—a common source ~ of his gagging or vomiting while • eating; and spoon feeding him many months after he should be feeding himself. Q. Our son, three, has begun to stutter. A. Work on yourself to be more serene so he might be more calm and happy. Don't stop him to cor rect him or ask him to repeat when he stutters. Act as if all is well. Read often to him and fondle him ^ generously. My bulletin, “Stutter ing in the Young Child” may be had in a stamped envelope. Injections For Stubborn Allergy-Gases . B, HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. ^ DISCOVERY of a number of new I drugs during recent years has given us our first medical weapon against allergic disorders such as eczema, asthma, hives and hay fever. Allergy, or oversensitivity to cer tain foods, drugs, dusts or pollens, remains one of the most mysterious of all ailments, but today we believa we know something of how the symptoms are produced. In spite of their great variety, all are thought ( to be caused in the same way, not by the harmful substance itself but by its action in stimulating the for mation of excessive amounts of his tamine in the body. Hence the drugs which tend to relieve these symp toms are known as anti-histamines. One of these is benadryl. Use of Drugs Doctors have long been puzzled by the fact that some people have benefited to a much greater extent g than others through the use of £hese * drugs. Differences have been noted, too, in the types of allergies re lieved, the anti-histamines being much more successful against those involving skin rashes than in such a disorder as asthma. It has recently been suggested that large enough doses of the anti histamine preparations to combat severe allergies cannot be giv£n by mouth without causing bad reac tions to the drug itself. g Acting on this theory, Drs. Sid ney and Alex Friedlaender of De troit have used benadryl injections in certain stubborn cases of allergy, particularly in hives and severs asthma. j They found that a number of pa [ tients who had benefited little when I drug was given by mouth got prompt relief when the same prepa ration was given by injection. Cases of Hives This form of treatment was ^ found especially useful in cases of i hives. It was also noted that such | treatment was quite helpful in re actions following the use of peni cillin. Such reactions may causs itching of the skin, swelling of the tissues and pain in the joints, as well as a skin rash. The benadryl given by injection seemed to bring prompt relief from all of the syrap j toms. i insoiar as astnma is concerned, 4 the use of benadryl by injection I seems to aid the patient only in that | it helps to produce sleep, although there is some effect on other symp toms of asthma, such as shortness of breath and wheezing. Small Dose It was found that even a small dose of the drug given into a vein onuses sleepiness. For this reason, it is suggested that when injections are to be used the patient be at home or in a hospital. The drug is injected slowly, and if relief is not obtained and excessive sleepiness does not occur, a second dose is given two hours later. Of course, benadryl injections shoi|Jd be given only under the di rection of a physician. \ fashion in rhyme and reason j By £Uui Tttatti&f Of shining brocade To catch the light Of a candle gleam Or shine gay and bright On a gala night. The supper suit Ankle length, slim. With strapless top And jacket trim. I I' } S I y •• 1 1 A * •ia 9 -29 THE CHILDREN LEAD THEM IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE low literacy rate in China, gifted school children in certain areas are being pressed into service to teach the three “R's” to boys and girls who otherwise wouid be unable to get an education. . .... „ —. I --. H EQUIPMENT IS SCARCE in the "Little Teachers’ ’’ primitive classrooms. Here one of the pupils has to sit on a hobby horse in lieu of a chair.,. NOT ONLY CHILDREN, BUT ADULTS as well get their first lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic from these “Little Teachers,” as they are called. The boy at the right, above, has taught the three men to read. By CARRY CLEVELAND MYERS. Pb.D. SOME children who go to school don't feel very secure at home. It may be a home of tensions and con flicts, where love does not reign, where the child is not understood or where he supposes he is not loved as other members of the family are. It may be a home of confusion— loud voices, raucous radio. It may lack serenity and calmness and a feeling of all-is-well. School a Haven Fortunate if such children find at school a haven of security, with a teacher who is poised, who speaks in quiet, lovely tones, who treats every child as a sacred personality and makes him feel he is a worthy individual. Such a teacher does not know how wonderful she is. If the average home continues to grow more and more jittery the school may have to be the harbor of se curity for more and more children, especially in the elementary grades. Over the years the well-trained elementary teacher has grown more aware of the child as a person and of his emotions. She has realized that how he feels has most to do with how well he learns and coop erates with other children. In spite of the growing number of children coming from broken homes or homes in which guidance is lacking, the teacher with deep insight and ap preciation has been able to achieve wonders. Teacher Shortage Yet teacher shortage has been a temporary check to this rapid growth of finer pupil-teacher rela tionship, with the result that many sub-standard teachers have been employed. As you can see, when well-trained teachers arc not avail able, the school authorities drop the standards to till the ranks. The ex aminations for teachers must be made easy enough for a sufficient number to pass. Even among these sub-standard teachers there are some with great understanding of children, especially among those teachers who are mothers. If your child has a teacher with THE YOUNGSTERS WHO GO OUT to teach these underprivileged children and adults receive special training in their own school. Above, an adult teacher help3 them prepare a geography lesson ne::t on their schedule. The Child’s Teacher Her Good Influence Is Invaluable
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