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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE SEVEN BEAUTY FOR YOU-- 'When Hands Look Hand-me-down BY HELEN Yes, the lotion is there, one bot- in the kitchen, one in the bath- 1oom. She just doesn't see them. How hands stand up under the hasek thing possible t6 keep them in good condition. Be faithful to the rubber gloves, Mrs. Homemaker, Don't let your hands come in contact with water that contains strong cleaning agents. Use the gloves when you wipe up floors. That practice will prove an insurance against dark lines that appear in the knuckles and that can only be removed by scrubbing with a hand brush. For dishwash- ing, get, the best soap you can find; one kind may agree with your skin better than another. Before wash- ing your dishes, rinse them under the hot water faucet so the dish- water won't be greasy. You'll save your hands and you will save soap. Soiled dustcloths are a hand men- ace. Have plenty of cloths, so there will always be a clean one. JAMESON Soiled dust cloths are a hand menace. : * PP Wear cotton gloves when polishing siver or furniture. Protection against grime means everything, If you like to fuss with cosmetics, you can make an inexpensive hand lotion for all the family to use. It is no frouble, and it works like a charm Soak sixty grains of whole gum tragacanth in fourteen ounces. af strong rosewater for three days. Add one ounce of rubbing alcohol and one ounce of glycerine. If you have difficulty getting the alcohol, your druggist will compound this for you. A few drops of perfume can be added. Apply any time. The lotion disappears in a few minutes, The Movie Column -By 'HELEN BANNERMAN Canadian' Press Staff Writer James Mason has finally from his self-imposed hibernation from the press, which he lately started in New York and continu- , od in Greenwich, Conn, to meet and tell them a few of scripts which he considered unsuit- able. If he does do a ply, it will for a limited run in New York extended tour on the road. wonderful way try," he seid. "I owever, on an en- Angeles. That convenient excuse for Hollywood and I could there as a very superior person." $FEdRa° ET hl gis face, often scowling i: Currently trying to stop release of his film, "The Wicked Lady", oy ivy United States Secret of Oldsters Lies in Pear Cider The sprightly old folk of Stour- port-on-Severn--there are 40 of them whose ages total nearly 4,000 years--say perry, the locally brew- ed pear cider, is the secret of their long living. And Dr. G. R. A. Armstrong, Stourport practitioner, has written to the British Medical Journal about it. * Fach of Stourport's old folk keeps a garden; Fred Weavers, aged 93, digs potatoes and takes them to Worcester Market every week. All but two of them are pension- ers and live in modern council houses. Their recipe for a healthy old age is early to bed with a pint of perry ang, early to rise for a morning Only one of them, Dick Randall, agéd 90, is a teetotaller. Doctor Speaks Dr. Armstrong said: "All my old folk are in the best of health and are likely to live at least another 20 years, except one old lady aged pH Wo is bedridden, with bad eye- "They have survived complete .| lack of sanitation in their homes; some, indeed, still draw their water from wells under the local ceme- "The year 1859 must have been a year for Stourport for I have 11 patients, all born then, who attend my surgery regularly. Until recently I had seven patients whose combined ages totalled 638 years." "Her Darling Dirndl 4578 eA A= =~ Send TWENTY CENTS (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be ) Send your order to The Daily Times-Ciazette, Pattern Department Oshawa. The Times-Gazette Ads. bring quick results, classified Tells When To Use Diathermy Machine tions at first. This will help to stop any bleeding that may be present deep in the tissues. After the first day, however, there is a collection of fluid in the tissues, together with some swelling, and these symptoms may be helped by the application of the diathermy. The heat produced causes the blood vessels to dilate, increasing the flow of blood and promoting healing. The heat also gives relief from pain. The treat- ments, as a rule, are given daily for 20 minutes until the symptoms clear up. Diathermy Helps Bursitis Bursitis is another condition which is helped wth diathermy. The bursae are sacs containing fluid, which are located around the var- ious joints. 'There is one under the large muscle over the shoulder, This is known as the subdeltoid bursa. Dr. Garrenton believes that treatment with diathermy should be used in all cases of subdeltoid bursitis before any surgical mea- sures are employed. Even de- posits of calcium or lime salts may disappear with the diathermy treat- ment. Inflammation of the lining mem- branes around the tendons which connect the muscles with bones is known as tenosynovitis. This con- dition may arise from infections and injuries. Daily diathermy treat- ments of 20 minutes will often give surprisingly good results in this troublesome disorder, ; Vale of Diathermy The value of diathemry in the treatment of chronic arthritis or inflamation of the joints, as well as fibrositis, which is inflammation of the connecting tssues in and around joints, is well known, ac- cording to 'Dr. Disraeli Kobak of Chicago, Diathermy, however, has other uses, such as the relief of pain produced by pleurisy, which is an inflammation of the lining mem- brane of the chest. It is also used in the treatment of inflammations of the nerves, infections of the sin- uses, and backache, It is not to be expected that dia- thermy treatments will give results in a day or two. It should be borne in mind that they act by speeding up the flow of blood to the tissues which alds in carrying away wastes and bringing materials for repair, The treatments are easily carried out, are in no way dangerous, and are one of the doctor's best wea- pons against many inflammations, 700 Attend a Show But Nobody Pays Ws Hundred people from all e country went to London's strangest first night. None of them paid for a seat. The players in the show geve their ser- vices for nothing. And everyone in the audience had paid towards the purchase of the theatre where a, was night of "The Forgotten Factor" at the Westmin- ster Theatre, which the members of Dr. Frank Buchman's Moral Re- armament Group bought early this year for £132,500. All 30 of the cast were either Can- adian or American, and all the au- dience, said the producer, were 'above party, class, race, or view- point." Among the audience were 60 M. P.'s, Swedish and Norwegian editors who had been specially flown over for the show, a sprinkling of clergy- men, and some of the Service men who gave their gratuities towards the ig A ie theatre. e was old--it was first acted in the coal and steel centres of Nova Scotia in 1043-- this was the first time Londoners had seen it. 3 yoni down well, only music came before the show--from two solo singers from the Opera Company. The play was about a ruthless steel king who ground down the workers until he realized he was on the wrong track towards salva- tion. Then he Satgen Suu only | air. Glamorizing Select A Corset With Car By HELEN FOLLETT p This year's frocks are designed to fit an ideal figure such as that of actress Lizabeth Scott. J. * By HELEN FOLLETTE FEW feminine figures are of such rfect lines and ideal proportions a foundation garment will not ihprove them. When a woman is neatly harnessed she has a feeling of style, and posture is likely to be maintained. The correct corset imparts a smooth surface to the torso and if there are defects, help to conceal them. The body must not appear rigid, bust be free of movement. There is a vast difference between rigidity and smoothness, as every experienced corsetiere will tell you. The Ideal Silhouette This season's frocks seem to be designed with the idea that every wearer possesses the ideal silhou- ette. They call for well-developed breasts, trim waist, near hips. Very tough on the lady who has been collecting adipose tissue If she can- not bring herself to do her daily exercises and to have a stout heart when sweet desserts are served, she can at least put herself in th hands of a corset fitter, and seek help in * +» the selection of the items of her wardrobe. How a woman dresses has much to do with the making or unmaking of her figure. A common mistake is getting a foundation garment that is too long, When the wearer is seated, it is bound to ride up and abdominal support is weakened. Alterations Necessary A corsetiere of wide experience says: "We have many models of foundation garments, yet often it is necessary to make alterations if the corset is to fit perfectly and flatter the figure, Few women are qualified to know what style is the best for them. What they're looking for is something that will hold up their stockings and flatten their stomachs, "There is more to the project than that. There should be a grace- ful, fine line from the ribs to the waist, and down. over the thighs. The dress should never reveal the lower edge of the corset, as often happens. And there are other de- tails to be kept in mind." Husbands No Longer vLords and Masters "My busiest time is before I get to the office," announced a youth- ful .masculine voice behind me as the No. 13 bis from London Bridge swung into Fleetstreet the other morning, "While my wife cooks the break- fast, I tidy the bedroom, then, as she sweeps through the flat, I do the washing-up." Arousing myself from idle calcu- lations about the cost of walnuts, now being sold from costermonger's barrows at the unheard-of price of 6s. a pound, I turned to find there was nothing effeminate about the speaker. Time for Baby In grey "demobbed" suit, he was Just an average example of thous- ands of newly married men now taking up civillan responsibilities after years of adventure or, perhaps, boredom on. the battlefelds of the world. In his case, so he was confiding to a fellow passenger, the reason for his domestic chores was to al- low his wife more time to attend to the baby. Shades of the "good old days!" What would his grandfather have sald had he been asked to empty the teapot or to hang the baby's napkins on the clothes-line before setting out to earn the family's dally bread! New Idea In his time husbands, with rare exceptions, were lords and masters. Today the public confession of the sharing of domestic duties by a real "he" man is a revolution that has gradually come upon us un- awares during the war. Confirmation of the changing marriage trends is given by the Rev. Dr. A. Herbert Gray, chairman of the London Marriage Guidance Council, who says: i "I am convinced of what is de- manded in the western world today is a new conception of marriage. The 19th century conception of the husband as lord and master is out of date." Levs all throw our hats in the At last menfolk are beginning to recognize that the feminine art of home-making is just a sideline in by | which such benefits as regular well- Oldest Clergyman Finishes a Book Britain's cele- ergyman :| brated his 105th birthday looking for a publisher for an t theological Work he began 45 veers ago and which he had just com- *| pleted writing. He is the Rev. Arthur Sewell, of , near Salisbury, oldest member of Oxford University and oldest Radleian. Mr, Sewell was 63 when he start- ed on a volume dealing with the authenticity of the Bible - Many months of research work had to be undertaken before he could - com- plete one page. But now the manuscript is fin- ished and. hundreds of pages await e er. id, cooked meals and clean laundry just happen. Already, however, I can hear a rising volume of muttering indigna- tion from the men who get so cross at the merest whisper of such ideas as wages for wives and women's rights. Yet there is one question they must be asked: Grandfather Did the husband of 50 years ago love his wife any less than the hus- band of the present day loves his wife? . Of course not. Grandfather was Just as devoted to grandmother as any of today's newlyweds are devot- ed to one another. This being so, then why did grandfather sit pretty with pipe and newspaper by the fire while grandmother tackled the washing- up? It wasn't because she had less work to do. Then, families often exceeded seven or eight children compared with today's one or-iwo. No, grandfather sat tight because public opinion didn't expect him to do anything else. A man's work ended at set of sun; a woman's work was never done, The present changed outlook of his grandson is not entirely due to Ihe war's upheaval of everyday life. Millions of words and thousands of hours have been expended by the descendants of yesterday's Suffra- |. gettes t make women's life easier. Sea-Captain Husband Gives Wife Lifebelt Five minutes after her sea-cap- tain husband. had handed over his own lifebelt to her with an order: "Abandon ship," 39-year-old Mrs. Violet Baker saw the ship heel over and vanish with her husband still on the bridge. One by one the 11 members of the crew were picked up and taken aboard a small boat in which was Mrs, Baker. But Captain Baker was not among them. The ship--the 805-ton Glamorgan Brook--loaded with coal and gen- eml cargo, had left Blyth, in Nor- thumberland, for the Isle of Wight. Murs. Baker, whose home is in Bouth Shields, was taking her first trip since the war with her 88- year-old husband. Some hours after she had steam- ed out of harbour the vessel sent radio messages to say that a leak had been found. Traffic police arrest five times as many motorists for speeding in the going-home hours as in the going- to-work hours. Wite Preservers Wet shoes should be stuffed with paper and coated lightly with neatsfoot oil. Al 16w to dry slowly at moderate tempera. ture away from the light. Never put them beside a hot radiator or stove yi] Cuil ? Get Instantine RELIEF, 3 © Offsets "depressed" feeling @ Gives mid, stimulating "iif" 12 TABLETS ONLY ZSF ALL DRUGSTORES . Voice of Big Ben Best-Known Sound High above the turmoil of London streets the "King of Clocks and Prince of Timekeepers" has reigned marking the hours g accuracy. The voice of Big Ben, his giant hour- bell, is the best-known sound in. the world. Through the war that voice, borne by wireless through' the cur- tains of hostility and tyranny, was the heart-beat of Briain te those oppressed a nightly assur- ance that free men still fought, un- and unbeaten: Once it de- feated the censor. Calling the nine o'clock signal, it carried also the wail of London's sirens, a further assurance that London also fought. An amazing clock! An exciting bell! Both born in a clamour--one of arguments, the other 'of mishaps. About the clock there was contro- versy and jealousy. Mr, George Airy, the Astronomer-General, laid down conditions that clockmakers dubbed impossible. The first stroke was to signal the hour correct to within one second per day. Twice a day the clock was to signal its perform- ance to Greenwich. No public clock in the world with striking-mech- anism and driving long, heavy hands exposed to wind and weather had ever worked to such limits, But barrister-mathematician-as- tronomer-horologist Edmund Deni- son designed a clock that belied them .all. The greatest clockmaker of the day, E. J. Dent made it. It was a miracle of applied mechan- ics--the biggest and most accurate clock in the world, of revolutionary design, and so frictionless that since the day it was set going in Dent's workshop, 92 years ago, it hag need- ed only one replacement--a spring in the pendulum. Three trains make its movement --one for the striking of Big Ben, one for time-keeping, and one for the quarter-hour chimes. They are worked by weights which run down to 170 ft and are wound back now by automatic electric motors. Human mischances and snow up- on the hands have stopped it a few times, but, apart from that, it has never been more than four seconds from Greenwich time. It runs for weeks at a time to within one-tenth of a second's accuracy per day. Clockmakers from all the world over climb 292 steps to look at it. German Food Ration Costly for Britain Germany's new food ration is costing Britain an extra £30,000,000 each year. That is what it costs to maintain their new daily diet of 1,550 calories. - The Germans produce enough food of their own to provide a ra- tion of 900 calories. The rest has to be made up in imported Ameri- oan grain at £28 a ton. "Theoretically the Germans will eventually have to pay for all these imports, but it will be years and | years before they can do so," said a Control Commission official in Berlin. | The American taxpayer, too, has to pay more to feed the Germans on the new ration scale, but imports into the United States zone are only about half as much as ours. It is not considered that even the new ration of 1,550 calories is SLO to sustain the Germans pro- perly. When the increase was proposed the German leaders asked the An- | glo-American authorities not to bring it into operation unless a guarantee could be given that it would be permanent. Miners in both the British and American zones are getting a spec- ial increase--and receive a far bet- ter ration than they have ever had. accumulation of social WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT-- A New Year's Afternoon Party? By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN In many a home, the New Year's afternoon party or an Egg-Nog Party or a Tea.... will be the big party of the year, A traditional reunion of the fam- ily's relatives and friends. A de- lightful way to bring the holidays to a sprightly close, to pay off an indebted- ness, and to give a bright start to the New Year. If your "Open House" party is to be the traditional Egg-Nog Party, you'll probably have an an- cestral recipe for the egg-nog. And if so, the making of this delicious feature-of-the-party will be a rite with you, However, you needn't be dismayed if youre a newcomer in giving this kind of party, for yoWll find friends eager to share their tried-and-true recipe, or you'll even be able to buy your supply of egg-nog from your grocer. Whether your egg-nog party is large or small, don't make the mis- take that too many hostesses make --providing only sweet accessories. Beaten biscuits are the traditional and most successful focd-compan- fons. Their blandness is perfect with the sweetness of the egg-nog. You can make these beaten bis- cuits, or there is the possibility that by that time they nmy again be available in packages in bakeries and other food stores? If you want to carry on the tradition with the extra-added-attraction, open the biscuits, butter them thinly, heat them, and insert slivers of Vifgina ham. Or insert slivers of the ham in tiny hot (or heated) tea- biscuits or finger rolls. Or serve small, slim bread-and-butter sand- wiches, Or crackers that are de- finitely not sweet. Salted nuts are another appropriate accessory. Many host set a "double fea- ture" table, with the egg-nog ser- vice--punch bowl and small glass- es-- on a tray at one end of the table, and the service for tea or coffee at the opposite end. For the tea and coffee enthusiasts, there should be sandwiches with various kinds of simple fillings, slices of fruit cake or other kind of "plain or fancy" cake, or cookies. Of if an egg-nog party is not your dish, invite your friends to "Open House" or to "Tea", have the tea service at one end of the table, and the coffee service (or fruit punch or other cold drink) at the opposite end. Or if it is a cold day follow the custom of many smart hostesses and have a large covered tureen of steaming hot borscht soup (very gala color) or: chicken or clam broth, to be served in bouillon cups or teacups, with salt- ed crackers. ' Setting your New Year's after- noon party table gives you a grand chance to express yourself glamor- ously. Cover your table with your prettiest cloth, Let your centre- plece sing with color--a huge dish of glistening, vari-colored Chrst- mas tree ornaments, or a tight cluster of gay balloons, or a silver bowl filled with holly and mistle- toe or poinsettia or button chry- santhemums or rosy-cheeked lady apples and grapes, white and blug and purple. Or make a star effect by filling a big colored bowl with wilte popcorn balls with radiating ribbons and vari-colored paper, starting from under the bowl and covering the top of the table. Ar- range your serving dishes on the table with a sure sense of order- ly balance and é¢onvenience. And, if possible, have your table candle- lighted, to glow added hospitality welcome to your guests. The invitations? If the party is to be small, invite your guests oral- ly or by telephone. For larger par- ties, write your invitations on your visiting-cards or on the inside pages of Informals like this: Open House (or Egg-Nog or Tea) New Year's Day, Four to seven, Or, always correct for this infoz- mal kind of party, write cordial lite tle notes of invitation. And get your invitations on their way about two weeks or ten days before New Year's, The wise hostess asks several re- latives or friends to be deputy-hos- tesses, to preside prettily and use- fully over the services at the ends of the table. But don't plan to have any one co-hostess or any pair, preside all during the party. "Change the guard" as the end of every hour. so that the co-hostess- es will have a chance to be guests too. EY LEFT-HANDED PEELING If left-handed housewives were fo unravel the cord on an ordinary potato peeler and reverse the blade, that is, place the pointed part of the blade under the cond, they Rou have a left-handed potato peeler. 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