WOMEN’S WINDOW

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16627, 21 April 1928, Page 12

WOMEN’S WINDOW

HEALTH RULES FOR CHILDREN. BRITISH BOARD OF EDUCATION ISSUES HANDBOOK OF SUGGESTIONS. PLAIN FOODS BEST. LONDON, March 10. How many parents know the,hours of sleep necessary for their children at different ages, the relative value of the food they eat, the benefit of sunlight on the growing body, the danger of household pets, and' the relation between bodily vigor and mental health. These .simple laws of life are explained by an official guide to health issued bv the Board of Education, entitled “Handbook of Suggestions for Health Education.” The principal points emphasised are: The simpler and plainer the food the better. Not/ everything that tastes nice is good for the body. One green vegetable should be eaten every day. A meal should be a leisurely and .sociable affair. Every child needs a long night’s rest. Breathe deeply, through the nose. BODY-BUILDING FOODS. Good body-building foods, it. is explained, are meat, of all kinds, fish, milk, cheese and eggs. Flour and bread also contribute protein. A salad or fruit is desirable. A child needs not. less than half a pint of milk every day. Butter should be eaten at one meal at least. Margarine contains none of the vitamins. 'necessary for proper growth. What are vitamins and in what foods are they to be found? The guide says?

There are certain substances essential for growth and nutrition known as vitamins present in extremely minute quantity in various foods, ■SeVeral principal kinds of vitamins arc recognised and are called vitamins A, B, C/D, etc. Vitamin A, found especially in milk, butter, cheese, yolk of eggs and green vegetables, is necessary for growth and the maintenance of body resistance against infective disease. Vitamin B, found mainly in cereals, pulses and yeast, ip also necessary for growth and for the maintenance of nervous stability. Vitamin C, found in various fruits and leaves, but especially in lettuce, cabbage and oranges, is effective in the prevention of scurvy. Vitamin D occurs richly, in cod liver oil, oily fishes (such, as herrings), and egg-yolk; it is concerned in the proper development of bone and teeth and its absence may lead to rislcets. * MEALS SHOULD BE HAPPY. It is set down in this book that if the amount of food required for a. full grown man is 100, a child under six requires 50; between six and ten 70; between ton and fourteen 80. Boys and girls over fourteen-years of age require as much food as an adult. Men and women should eat less after middle age. Too much importune*®, cannot bo given to the serving of food. Meals should be happy events, because if food is taken under the cloud of worry or unhappiness the body derives small benefit from it.

The most expensive foods are not always the most valuablo to health. A herring supplies nearly as much body-building food as the same weight of salmon. The cheaper kinds of choose contain, asfa. rule, rather more body-building material than the more expensive sorts and are as easy to digest. There is no better or cheaper green vegetable than the cabbage. An orange may bo as good a food, as a pench. Children up to the age of twelve need at least t.welvo hours in bed every night; younger children require fourteen hours of rest. Boys and girls over fourteen should sleep for at least ten hours.

MAKING CHILDBIRTH PAINLESS. FRENCH DISCOVERY. SUCCESSFUL TESTS. PARIS, March 2. A new obstetric method which not only renders childbirth painless, but enables a mother to determine at will the exact hour of her confinement, has been explained before the medical faculty of Montpellier by Professor Paul Dolmas, surgeon-in-ehief ; of tho Montpellier Maternity Hospital. < The professor explained that, a convenient, hour having been selected, accouchement was rapidly effected by the use of ‘ ‘ rachianaesthcsia ’’ with as little pain or danger as attended an operation for hernia. Tests carried out. in over forty cases had proved, ho said, that neither mother nor child had anything to fear, and other professors who had witnessed those confinements, gave enthusiastic testimony as to tho case and rapidity with which the operation was carried out, thanks to the very precise technique laid down by Professor Delmas. After Professor Forgues had emphasised the great importance of the now discovery, Professor Delmus was warmly congratulated by his colleagues. .

WOMEN EATING LESS CHOCOLATE. MORE SPENT ON HAIRDRESSING. The consumption of chocolates by women is stated to have declined, and this is attributed in some measure to the cult of the cigamffe and tho pre-sent-day cost of ladies’ hairdressing, states a London paper. Mr. T. Lazenby, director of a firm of Hull confectioners, discussing the matter at a social gathering given to employees, said the cost of hairdressing represented a considerable amount. Personally lie had been astounded to learn froin girls that,they were spendino- two shillings a week on umir hair. Smoking and other pleasures weic also having an effect. They were cutting down their dress expenses, and the average girl had little left for confectionery, but he was convinced that the modern girl could discover that chocolates eaten in moderation would assist her in her desire to attain the perfect form.

ADVENTUROUS ELSIE LIVED CHARMED LIFE. / ENGLAND MARVELLED THAT SHE HAD NOT HAD HER NECK BROKEN. LONDON,. March 15. Thirty-four, dark, pretty, steelnerved, whether astride a horse, guiding an airplane or doing “spot” in a London studio, is the vignette of Elsie Mack ay, daughter of Lord Inek cape, and better known on the screen as Poppy Wyndham. She married nr English actor, Dennis Wyndham, in 19.17, but the marriage was annulled five years ago after a sensational suit. “LOOP HER ROUND THE OTHER WAY.” The marvel is that -she lias never broken .her neck, said Captain Ed. •Hurn, pioneer flyer, who taught her $o fly. During one of her first lessons, while something over 10,000 feet high, she shouted to him through the telephone: “I say, Ilurnie, loop her round the other why.” She intended that the loop should bo made with the wheels of the landing carriage on the inside of the circle. That would impose a terrific strain on every strut and wire in the opposite direction from that in which they were designed .for, but lie turned the machine over. Then Miss Maokay’s safety strap broke. She caught the 'bracing wires inside her cockpit with a life-and-death grip, while her body swung outside the plane like a st.ollo swirled on the end of a piece of string. HANDS CUT TO BONE BY EXPLOIT. t When Captain Hum got the piano with difficulty to the ground, he found the girl’s hands had been cut to tho bone with her grip on the wires, yet she said she was ready to repeat the exploit any time she was provided with a stronger safety belt. Sir Alan Cobham also gave her flying lessons. He had such confidence in her ability that he allowed her to fly several of tho biggest machines. She obtained the Royal Aero Club’s flying certificate in 1922, being one of the first Englishwomen ' to secure it. Ono of her tests was to ascend to a height of 5000 feet alone and make three perfect landings. The machine was a big Dehaviland Six biplane, with a .860-horsepower motor. ■She was a frequent passenger on the London-Paris airway and onco had a narrow escape from death when part of an air liner’s runner was torn off by an 80-mile hurricane. Her knowledge, of flying was considered sufficiently valuable to secure her appointment on a committee of pilot advisers to the British Empire Air League. AS FAMILIAR WITH SHIPPING AS FATHER. Miss Mnckay is an indefatigable dancer. Her love for the theatre, when sho was <juite young, led her to become an actress on both the stage and the moving pictures. When she was still in her twenties, she was leading lady in “Grumpy” with Cyril Maude. x The stage did not suffice to satisfy her astounding energy, which friends liken to that of a hustling man, and so she took up flying. , She also took a close interest in her father’s business and is said to know almost as much about, shipping as Lord Ihchfiapo. Friends claim that she is his “right-hand man,” having an office in hi.s London house, where she dealt with many matters . connected with his and from which she hurried to the docks whenever one of the ships entered port. She would overlook the fittings and advise what repairs 'were to be made.

She met Captain Dennis Wyndham, whom she afterwards married, while nursing in her mother’s hospital during the war.

“THE FIVE AGES OF W’OMEN.” WIIAT TO WEAR AND WHEN. LONDON, March 6. The girl of twenty can demonstrate color; tho woman of thirty lias to think offline as well; at forty she has to think of line and very little of cohir; at fifty of line and texture, while at sixty it is neither color nor line that she must think of, but but quality and texture. Thus were the “live ages of woman” set out by Mile. Mareclinc D’Alroy, the fashion artist, at a demonstration of “Fabrics and Fashion” at Harrods. “Black never makes, friends, but color does,” she declared. “How much color a woman can wear depends on the activity of her mind and the vitality of her’body. Black from the fashion point of view is almost the smartest thing a woman can wear, but from the psychological point of view it is the most unkind.” The effect of scarlet on the woman wearing it is to make her hold herself erect. The woman dressed in grey will walk well, but a woman in beige “may let herself go.” Red is the color for life, blue for truth, and yellow for love. ’The smartest -women in Paris arc wearing beige shoes and stockings with black or grey. The later in the day it is the longer get the skirts. Afternoon and‘evening dresses arc getting longer, but sports and morning dresses are still to the knees.

LACY LOVELINESS. FASHION BRINGS OUT OLD PIECES. The prediction that we are to have a lace season this summer, says au English paper, has prompted women to look out magnificent family treasures which, have been put away in drawers for years. If the prospective, bride has in her possession only a triangular piece or *a half-shawl of lace she can have it; mounted on tulle, to form her veil, A veil worn lately consisted of a halfshawl mounted in this way. It was gathered into a. tiny wreath of orange blossoms at the back of the head, white another triangular scrap of lace formed the coronet over the forhoad. It is never wise to have the wedding dress of lace, as, in the first place, old lace should not be cut, and unless there is a full picture frock skirt, the effect is always a jumble. Old lace is generally hoarded away from sight in tissue paper, when it might lie used in a variety of ways without suffering injury. A beautiful rest gown can be made from a square or oblong piece of lace, which would otherwise only be used once in a while to till, the role of bridal veil. The illustration shows how the tl'owerod border can be rolled to form the fashionable shawl collar. The two points form a. waistcoat front when secured by a slim satin girdle at the now fashionable line above the hips. The lace may lie slightly gathered over the arm so that the pieces forming the. sleeves do not fall too far over the hand. A Limerick O]- Brussels veil would look well over a petunia georgette slip. •Small pieces of lace of different makes can be joined together with a very happy result. A society woman who possesses a collection of lace has made a table centre of Italian and Maltese pieces, the linen centre and sides having originally . been the flounces of an old Victorian petticoat of brodorie anglaiso! Small .square and shaped pieces make charming modesty frpnts if mounted on slips of flue net. It is very satisfying to feel that the tiny piece of lace.on view is real.

■ IS BOBBED HAIR A FAD? TORONTO, March 16. “We can create styles just as well with short hair as with long/' said M. Valentin of New York at the Toronto Hairdressers’ exhibition recently. M. Valentin came to America live years ago to share his knowledge of the art of shingle bobbing with the hairdressers on this side of the water, and it was from the weight of those past crowded years of experience that he spoke. ‘ ‘ Short liair .is not a fad, it is not a fancy, it is a demand of the present day,” he said, declaring that the modern woman would no more think of ooing back to long hair and to pins and puffs than of giving up- her motor for a horse and carriage. Women find that long hair is a burden to them, and that short hair is a comfort. “Once a woman feels the freedom of the head—no pins, no puffs—she begins to smile, to laugh, and she has no desire to again bo tricked out like a circus horse,” said the hairdresser who has shingled so many well-known heads.

Washboard waves, so coveted not so many years ago, were entirely absent from the parade of hairdressing styles. As the models tripped out into the spotlight the large audience.. passed judgment on the coiffure, finding much of which to approve.in the charming arrangements of both long and short hair. Short hair, finger-waved on the loose and easy fashion, vastly more becoming than the tight set waves, and dressed more, or less formally, won general approval. Natural-looking, permanent waves also came in for litany admiring comments, and were awarded generous applause. “Hairdressing as a profession in Canada is vonng—a >hnmg profession in a young country—but it shows up Avell in the comparison with any 'country in the world,” said W. T. Pember. president of the National Hairdressers’ Association of Canada, in liis openingremarks.

AVERAGE WOMAN HAS HALF STRENGTH OF MAN. Interesting differences between men and women, physical and psychological, has boon revealed in a scientific investigation carried out by tho Industrial Fatigue Research Board to discover the suitable load that women in the industries should lift and carry. The average woman has little more than half the strength of t,ho average man, states the report. When a woman is tested for her power erf pull (virtually pulling up a weight while standing erect) she accomplishes only half what she is capable of and then stops.' If encouraged, she increases the pull 100 per cent, A man, on the other baud, gives one strong pull and then cannot do any more. WOMEN WHO KNOW; Women doing heavy work in factories are self-protective os regards the land they carry. They , know to a nicety their own capacity, but male young people work in spasms, lift ioads beyond their Strength, and are in need of supervision. Girl college students were 'found to be taller, heavier, and stronger than women employed in industries. This is ascribed to several factors. Many of the college students were born and brought up in the country;, they practised gymnastics and played games such as hockey, tennis, and badminton. The final conclusion of the committee is that for the average adult woman the suitable load for continuous carriage is *ls pounds, but that oO pounds would not strain the body.

THE SAME OLD SONNETS. (The now hats for women reveal the forehead and eyebrows). Tbougb long cloche hats have hidden them from sight Foreheads are worn once more: so each fond swain To-day ‘Can —like his predecessors—write lines to his lady ’s eyebrows now again! —Leslie M. Oyler.,,