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No matter how hard you are workâ€" ing, give the hands little care each day. Leave polish off entirely, rather than ON in streaks and patches. Don‘t let the hands get roughened and disâ€" coloured. A good scrubbing, little No matter how rushed, don‘t retire without removing makeâ€"up and cleansâ€" ing skin thorsughly. You may do perâ€" manent harm to your skin 3y neglectâ€" ing it temporarily. I cannot tell each and every one of you how ard when to fit beauty into your busy programme.. The best time, hawever, is© ~before *retiring; <though many home »â€"womsn find the early morning best when husband and chilâ€" dren are away. Anyway, do try to set aside 15 minutes or half an hour for the daily repair work until you‘can manage a little longer period for catching up. ‘A List of Dont‘s | Perhaps a short list of ‘don‘ts‘" would be easier to follow than a long list of The winter days are not without their pitfalls. Most women: ars breathâ€" lessly busy. ‘The business woman is at the officc, business in full swing. The woman in the home is busy, too. Christmas makes heaps of work at home. It‘s a nectic life, and where to find the prezious moments to devote to one‘s beauty? ROBERT JHI "TP /# LN LIMITED 43 Third Avenue > Phones 944â€"945 Timmins It is an excellent idea to remove ones nail polish occasionally and soak the nails in oil. OLIVIA DE HAVILAND recommends rubting the hands with a soothing hand lotion several times a day to keep them soft and +« smooth. A. WILSON LANG Telephones: OFFICEâ€"295 RESIDENCEâ€"662 GORDON BLOCK â€" â€" TIAL sosers IMPSON It‘s the Hoover One Fifty Five Cleaning Ensembleâ€"â€" for rugs, for furnishings. One second makes the change. Handy cleaning kit holds all tools.. Made with the wonderâ€"metal, magnesium, for amazing new lightness. Thrilling new devices for cleaning ease. 15 major improvementsâ€"plus Positive Agitation, Dirt Finder and two speeds. Delivered in special Christmas cellophane package. Surprising terms. HQO O V ER One Fifty Five cueanins Ensemstt * ALSO y the lowâ€"priced Hoover "500", complete with cleaning tools, for as little as $1.00 a week, poyable monthly. _ By ELSIE PIERCE FAMOUS BE A U TY X PE R T Bro BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT AGENT FOR MANUFACTURER‘s LIFE INSURANCE CO. Busy Days Have Their Pitfalls *IN IDEA « MATERIAL +« LOOKS$ xAND CONVENIENCES + HERE JUST xIN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING (Copyright, 1936, by the Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.) Don‘t neglect the little details of good grooming feeling that nobody will notice. For have you ever failed to meet your dearest cnemy on an "off day"? Whatever you do, don‘t get a finger "wave without a thorough shampoo first. Once during this past summer I was so pressed for time before an important engagement that I had to have a finâ€" gerwave without a shampoo. I knew it was the wrong thing to ‘do. Results confirmed it. The hairdresser explained that clean hair takes a better wave and that it takes longer to wave hair that is not freshly shampoo‘d and clean; but womanwise I insisted. I disâ€" cov@red that matted. dirty hair never shapss itself into a becoming coiffure and hair that lacks the sparkling sheen that clean hair should have doesn‘t show off the coiffure to advantage anyâ€" way. f If your hair shows signs of autumn souvenirsâ€"dryness,‘* brittleness, danâ€" druffâ€"and most heads do these days, don‘t go to bed without brushing it vigorously. Tak:s only a few minutes and your scalp will feel tingly and your spirits will be up for showing this bit of will power. creaming and they respond quickly and beautifully to care. PAYaBLE 150 50 The handle and 6 tiny straps under which to slip fittings (see illustration) can be of No. 1 ri:bon or of * inch widths of the outside material. Ford and ‘seam these for ‘4 inch wide straps. Sew these completed straps to the linâ€" ing as indicated, The longest strap measures 1%; inches (2 inches if preâ€" ferred) with 4 others half this length. The scissors‘ strap is large enough to go over scissors, as indicated in diaâ€" gram, and the one for the thimble, is a loop just large enough to hold the Some kits are made without scissors. 6o if you cannot get them put in anâ€" of small pieces of goods one has in the Matcrials and Uses Two circles 54 inches in diameter are required for the bag itself. One circle is of flannelâ€"outing flannel will do. ‘This for the lining with another similar circle of chintz or any attracâ€" tive material for the outside. Picturesque sewing kits in the form of miniature bags are among the last minute Christmas gifts that can be made in a jiffy.â€" The kits have genuine practical as well as artistic merit. The bag is so flat it can be tucked into a handbag without occupying appreciable spacte. It is just the thing to have in an overnight bag or even one for longâ€" er trips. A feature of the kit that will be appreciated is that it can be made And after suooer the tree to trim and the stockings to hang, and then to ted to dream <of the morning and Merry Christmas. baking for which the children took large responsibility. But the day beâ€" fore Christmas, that was tbest of all. There were the last gifts to wrap, the corn to pop and to string with cranâ€" berries in long festoons for the Christâ€" mas ‘tree. ‘There were the boxes of ornaments to get down from the high shelf and to inspect carefully as to whether© they would stand another hanging. The Christmas tree, which had been brought in from the farm a few days before, must have the snow shaken from its branches and set up in the living room, ready to be trimâ€" med after supper. And then there was supper to get. Christmas Eve supper was just as much a ritual as dinrer th@ next day. From eastern with my mother‘s family had come the custom of oyster stew‘for Christmas Eve. It was servâ€" ed almost bubbling in a huge tureen to which our plates went back more than once. With this there must be, as well as theâ€"oyster crackers, the oldâ€"fashionâ€" ed milk cracker, stamp:d with the outâ€" line of a cow; around which if you were very you couldâ€" eat. Where were also hot rusks, those slightly sweet yeast biscuits,. painted with egg yolk before they were baked so that they were a beautiful mahogany in colour. For dessert there was always pumpkin pie, and somâ€"times you were even alâ€" lowed to eat the under crust, a privilege not usually granted to children. A gay flower on a foundation this smart miniature bag sew tings, as nan GAY NOVELTY SEWING KIT WITH FITTINGS CAN BE MADE IN i. A JIFFY FOR LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS GIFT nflouseh old | _ Lydia Le Ba‘f’on\\?alker 1 cup butter 1 pi'n't.;oystgrs 1 quart milk Oyster Stew idation of green ag sewing kit, p as named, in th n chintz, pictured their cor Huntingdon Gleaner:â€"Having sailed 1,000,000 miles, or more than 40 times around the world, in the same ship, Captain Halberg plans to retire in Sweâ€" den at the end of his present voyage. The vessel, the Swedish motorship Bulâ€" laren recently â€"docked at Adelaide, Aust.ralia, and Captain Halberg made the announcement of his plan to quit the s##a. Floral Kit The smart bag shown has a circular flower of pink felt on a green chintz bag suggesting foliage, with green straps and handle, The tip of scissors is protected by a haif oval of doubled lining material, Centre of flower is of brown, and radiating lines indicating petals are run in darker tone of pink crochet silk. (Copyright, 1936, by the Bell Syndiâ€" cate, Inc.) Driscription and Directions A complete list of fittings is given on the illustration. <~In the picture is also shown the bag closed, and ‘open with the fittings properly arranged. â€" Note how the circle is folded to give the bag shape to the kit. Snaps are fastenings for the bag.â€" These show on the openâ€" bagâ€"diagram. The threadâ€"winders are of lightâ€"weight cardboard, notched to hold the thread in place and just large enough to slip under their straps. In the illustration the size of the bag is slightly reduced, so remember the circle measures five and oneâ€"half inches in diameter and other measurements are as given: The lining and outer portions are seamed together along with their circumfsrences. ._Stuffed Apricots Wash apricots arnd steam for five or six minutes. Press a nut ‘into each apricot while the fruit is hot. _ Stuffed Dates â€" If packagsd dates are used it is not necessary to wash them. Remove pits or use pitted dates and press a nut into each date. Roll dates in granulated sugar. ‘ ' _ cate, Inc.) 1‘% teaspoons salt Pepper 1 teaspoon paprika. Melt butter, add drained osbtrrs and ccok three minutes, or until edges curl. Add milk, salt, pepper andâ€" paprika, bring almost to the boiling point ‘and serve at once with oyster crackers. | Stuffed Prunes . _ . Select large prunes, wash and steam for five minutes. Remove pits and reâ€" place with nuts. 35 (Copyright, 19326, by The Bell Syndiâ€" ntz, indicating foliage, red closed and open v correct places. (By Edith M. Barber) The complete report showed that (a) the typical man â€"ocf distinction gets about 8 hours‘ sleep; (b) moderate sleep troujles are commonâ€"70 per cent. had difficulty ‘getting to sleep, and 40 per cent. . were wake{ul during the night; (c) hhe commonest msthods of coaxing sleep were thoughtâ€"control, reading or of coaxing sleep. Thus 33 per cent. use what they call "thought control," nct letting the mind work or think on anyâ€" thing .in.particular; â€"reading was used by 25 per cent. Only 3 per cent. used drugs, ‘and 2 per cent. used alcohol. Eighteen prrcent. cultivated relaxation with or without the air of warm drinks. Warm drinks only were used by 4 per cent. M“WWW“MMOO“OOOOOW“’M those on the list were governors of states,. eminent writers, preachers, lawâ€" yers, physicians, and outstanding men in the business world. Dr. Laird found that "the older nersons, on the averâ€" age, sleep longer than the younger perâ€" sons." Thus the aveiage sleeping time at age 25 was 7 hours and 25 minutes; Aat 35, 7 hours and 45 minutes; 45, 7 hours and 50 minutes; 55, 7 hours and 45 minutes; at 65, 7 nours and 40 minâ€" utes; at 75, 7 hours and 45 minutes; at 85, 8 hours and 10 minutes. About 60 per cent: of the group reâ€" ported noticeable ill effects following a night of less than their usual quota of sleepâ€"less active mentally; feeling of drowsiness; lack of pep; sleepy in late afterncon; energy impaired; lacking in initiative; «lack of strength; â€" shaky, tired; ‘drowsy in the early evening; creative ability on the wane; loss of keenness; not so clearâ€"minded as usual; a little languor; eye trouble; irritable. ‘"‘More than 70 psr cent. reported sufâ€" ficient ‘difficulty in going to sleep that they have developed special methods I have spoken before of the Survey of the Sleep Habits of 509 Men of Disâ€" tinction as: recorded by Dr. Donald Laird, Colgate University, in American Medicine some five years ago. Among The fact that men of 45 need more sleep than‘ those immediately younger or ‘olderâ€"would indicate the special needfor. sleep at this, the most imporâ€" tant age from the productive standâ€" â€"* The Sleep Habits of Men . . . Distinction It; has been gentrally understood that as weâ€"get older we ne:d less sleepâ€"â€" that a baby sleeps all the time and the old man or wonmilan scarcely sleeps at all. That this ideaâ€" is <wrong has been shown by various research workers who state that older psople really sleep longer than middleâ€"aged or even those between 20 and 30 years of age. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) Industries Remember Employees at Christmas In a recent editorial in The Advance referring to the general spread of the spirit of Christmas these days, mention Neurosis. Are you worried about an ailment, that you don‘t have, bothered by "smypâ€" toms" or pains that a medical tost does! not reveal? Send for Dr. Barton‘s -t-re-' mendously interesting and helpful book, "Neurosis," explaining how the cure of ‘ ailments is accomplished where none: exists. Address your letter to The Bell Library, care of the Porcupine Advance, 2417 W. 43rd Street, New York, N.Y., enâ€" closing ten cents to cover handling and stating your full name and address and the number of this booklet, 103. Also available are two other splendid bookâ€" lsts "Eating Your Way to Health (No. 101) and ‘"Why Worry About Your Heart?" (No. 102), copies of which are likewise available at ten cents each. on the right side, with elbows and knees slightly bent, breathing slowly and deeply as if completely exhausted, and the mind a blank. Relaxing means lying down, usually Phone 880 DISTRICT SERVICES LTD. QOPERATING H‘Y-WAY SERVICE STATION, SCHUMACHER ROAD * Blue Coal " Anthracite You will be pleased with these fuels. Call and we will advise which one will be best suited to your needs. Hard Western Mine Head Inferno was made of the numbesr of business and induhéries that specially remember their employees at Christmas time. The reference was basscd on items of news that: had appeared previously. Since then the evidences of the truth of the suggsstion have been emphasized by the number of firms reported as giving bonuses and special gifts. In Timmins and other centres in the North the fact that an extra holiday (Boxing Day) has been agreed upon shows the desire to remember the comfort and pleasure of staffs at this time of year. In one issue last week of Ths Globe and Mail there were several further evidences of the extension of the Christmas spirit in business and industry. The employees of one Canadian firm are to receive over $11;000 in total bonuses for Christâ€" mas. The salstsmen of another and smaller firm were given bonuses of $3300 for this Christmas. Stores have planned special gifts and bonuses, while industrial concerns are remsmisering their employees in similar way this year. There are more of these Christmas tokens this year than for several years Globs and Mail:â€"If Premier Blum holds office much longe1 _possibly there will be astrike of enuh cabinet Champion Steam Coal