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The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. COMING TUESDAY: Your books speak volumes about you. Now a new book suggests how to use them to enhance your home. Monday, Feb. 26, 1996, Section CABLE NIELSEN RATINGS I For Feb.

12-18 1 "Night of the Twisters," Family Channel 2. "Rugrats" (Sunday), Nickelodeon 3. Westminster Kennel Club Show (Tuesday), USA; 4. Westminster Kennel Club Show (Monday), USA 5. "Back to the Future II," USA 6.

"Rugrats" (Thursday), Nickelodeon 7. "Closer and Closer," Lifetime 8. "Back to the Future 3," USA 9. "World Championship Wrestling," TNT 10. "Rugrats" (Friday), Nickelodeon Got a news tip for Life Leisure? Call 324-2855.

'x i I LJ NslJ 71 LbU Jr. I L-J Best bets for Spring is near. At least that's what the calendar says. ME "lyisss Saigon' musical, Forrest Theater, Philadelphia. Through May "Tll8 B00k'Opera- Delaware, Grand Opera House, Wilmington.

Also March 3. 652-5577. "CEmbing Lsddsr: The 1 19. (800) 447-7400 Russian BaHet Tlseatre, Playhouse, Wilmington. Through March 3.

888-2900. '0 1 Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1 740-1 Delaware History Museum, 505 N. Market Wilmington. 655-7161. Delaware Women's Conference, ciayton Haii, Newark.

368-2123 BcnSfit Concert for Saigon and Hanoi Conservatories of Music, with pianist Dang Thai Son, Mitchell Hall, Newark. 764-6654. 11 BUCkWheat ZytieCO, Grand Opera House, Wilmington. 652-5577. "Ch'S Play," gala dinner dance showcasing work written by area children, Wilmington Country Club.

658-5177. "la SCTVa Padrona," comic opera in English. Brandywine Baroque at Cathedral Church of St. John, Wilmington. Also March 9.

594-4544. LOU Reed, Electric Factory, Philadelphia. 984-2000. Oasis, Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pa. Sold out.

Cherish the Ladles, women ensemble performing Irish music and step dancing, Grand Opera House, Wilmington. 652-5577. Cherish the Ladies at the Grand Opera House on Saturday. "An felSpSCtOr CallS," drama, Playhouse, Wilmington. Through March 23.

656-4401 E3J Harlem Glohetrot- terS, Spectrum, Philadelphia. Also ACDC, with the Poor, --1 ffonfT' VMngton Flower Market Fashion Shout Philadelphia. 984-2000. March 17. 984-2000; Chorus of the Brandywine, barbershop quartet show, John Dickinson High School, Milltown.

Also March 17. 369-3063. SI Patrick's Day Parade, i ft fry Wilmington Country Club. 995-5699. U.S.

Air Force Rampart Winds Quintet, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1108 N. Adams Wilmington. 652-8605. Yorklyn Valley Antiques Fair, Center for the Creative Arts, Yorklyn. Through March 17.

239-2434. Mi Delaware Symphony classical series. Through March 16, Grand Opera House, Wilmington. 656-7374, (800) 273-4411. NCAA men's basketball tournament begins "AMque City," antiques show, Atlantic City Convention Center.

Also March Boxcar country St Patrick's Day Motherlands Spring begins Celebrity Mystery Date AUCtiOn, Big Kahuna, 550 S. RJ music, Three Little Bakers Dinner Theatre, Pike Creek. Also March 20. Chamher Orchestra, with narrator Claire Bloom, Grand Opera House, Wilmington. 652-5577.

Madison Wilmington. Benefits Leukemia Society. 764-7700. Sesame Street, stase shout spectrum, Philadelphia. Through March 24.

984-2000. 24. (800) 526-2724 "Brandywine Mountali Music four mountain music bands, Grand Opera House, Wilmington. 652-5577. Academy Awards, TrcutRshingft America, folk duo.

Wilmington Montessori School. 478-4091. beauty and the Beast, full-length ballet. Delaware Ballet, Dover. Also March 30.

697-8116. "CarCUSCl," musical, Merriam Theater, Philadelphia. Through March 31. (215) 732-5446. Acrobats, Grand Opera House, Wilmington.

Palm Sunday Delaware's Best Art ShOW Sale, DuPont Barley Mill Plaza, Wilmington. 764-2400. OQQQOOOdQt a t-- 00 000000 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 oeoooeoooeoo 0000000000000 Promising a better body, from top to bottom liMMMMHliMBi 'Anything is possible' Women's conference is 12th for Delaware Hope in a bottle, Body Lift, from Clarins, a French company, arrived here last week. Mind Body Wilma Manklller Is editing the upcoming book, "Reader's Companion to the History of Women In the United States." bkin appears visibly firmer from the very first application." Tired of products that bring invisible improvements to my appearance, I smeared some on the crepe swag below my chin. The most dramatic result was caused by the scent.

Initially pleasant, it soon had my cold virus-ridden mucous membranes in revolution. When my eyes cleared, I read the promotional material. Body Life promises But it's wise to start when the children are toddlers. This will give you about 20 years of controlling your own stress. Also, consider how stressful it might be to try to talk a teen into starting relaxation exercises with you.

The Lewises write: "As parents, we can help each of our children to become 'stress-proof on a daily basis and provide them with tools to meet the challenges in their lives." Better bowels, better living Sometimes it seems women get all the embarrassing health problems. In recent years, we've heard a lot about urinary incontinence Now it seems a lot of us get bowel incontinence, a disorder of the sphincter control, that can occur after childbirth. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia has a Center for Bowel Dysfunction. Dr. Deborah Nagle, a colorectal surgeon there, tsays when the problem was caused by childbirth treatment helps up to 90 percent of women.

Nagle says the average woman waits 14 years for help. "We have good outcomes in women over 60 and 75 years of age," she says. Jane Harriman Is a staff reporter. Write to her at Mind Body, The News Journal, Box 15505, Wilmington, DE 13850, or send e-mail to featuresnewsjoumal.com can be "speeded" by using the other two angles in Clarins' "triangle strategy to body care," exercise and good nutrition. The press kit calls it a "major body care innovation," and contains scientific-sounding testimony from "Doctor Lafontan" (no relation, I'm sure, to La Fontaine, the 15th century French writer of fables) of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research.

He claims it can "act in synergy on adipocytes (fat cells) to stimulate lipolysis (the "burning off" of fat cells) and help rebalance and normalize lipogenesis (the creation of fat cells.) It is a melange of fruit derivatives and plant extracts such as butcher's broom, horse chestnut and menthol. The last three "combine to simulate the benefits of and refreshing quality of a cold water shower." (The going price of a cold water shower is not mentioned; a 7-ounce bottle of Body Lift will be available for about $45 next month in department stores.) Are your kids stress-proof? There's a new book of information about "Stress Proofing Your Child," (Bantam, $10.95) subtitled "Mind-Body Exercises to Enhance Your Child's Health." Authors Sheldon Lewis and his wife, Sheila Kay Lewis, describe stress-proofing exercises that should be enjoyable family games, no matter what the children's ages. I Jane Harriman By STEPHANIE WHYCHE Staff reporter Betty Freidan, Andrea Mitchell, Shirley Chisholm, Gloria Steinem, Geraldine Ferraro, Marva Collins, Ntonzake Shange, Sarah McClendon. These are some of the women who have delivered the keynote address at the Delaware Women's Conference over the years. Saturday, Wilma Mankiller, a leader of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, will offer another perspective of womanhood when she speaks before the 12th annual conference in Newark.

With the theme being "Anything Is Possible," Mankiller fits the bill perfectly. She was born in poverty and grew up in a family of 11 siblings. If she rould rise within male-dominated culture to become principal chief of Cherokees, then anything is possible for any woman anywhere, say conference organizers. See WOMEN C2 with a few weeks of use to eliminate or at least reduce (by as much as an inch) the cellulite padding thighs and other areas of fleshy excess. Of course, it works "best" and results What: 12th annual Delaware Women's Conference When: 8 a.m.

to 4:45 p.m. Saturday Where: Clayton Hall, University of Delaware, Newark Registration: $35 includes keynote address, four workshops, lunch and refreshments, exhibits and special events. Scholarships are available for those who cannot afford the cost. Information: 761 -8005 Free child care will be available at the Newark Day Nursery, 921 Barksdale Road, from 7:45 a.m to 5:15 p.m. A reservation, including a $5 per family refundable fee, is required.

A free shuttle will provide transportation to Clayton Hall from campus parking lots and Newark Day Nursery. Terrie on vacation Terrie Chrzanowski's dispatch does not appear today. She's fine just taking a well-deserved break. Her account of her ongoing battle against cancer will return to Life Leisure next week. ku jim.