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WOMEN'S
THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.
FANCIES
one
came.
Frills of Yesterday:
"Peek-a-Boo" Effect
Grace and delicacy are two promin- ent features of this tulle dance frock. This is developed on a flesh coloured taffeta slip, and reaches almost to the flour in back. The shimmering em- hroidered sequins on a net foundation form the bow-knol pattern at the back in such clever fashion, it looks for all the world as if it had grown there!
WOMEN
WHERE THEY ARE SPECIALLY WANTED
SOCIAL COUNCILS:
A little while ago a meeting of Feral craftsmen, smiths, saddlers, carpenters, and thatchers was held in a county town with the idea of "get together," inducing them to
for the progress of their crafts.
Some fifty craftsmen Speakers harangued them and asked for ideas-the craftsmen remained
asked
to give mute. They were
form a committee they wates to stayed dumb. At last Wurted out, "Not one of us knows another!" Then everybody laugh- ed: everyone talked, and the men who had met as strangers became friends, united in a mutual resolve ! -to co-operate.
man
This incident in social service which work shows the spirit
originated social service councils. Ten years ago there were num. berless Institutions al genuinely concerned in improving conditions of public health and bome life, recreational educational and
facilities, the care of young peo-
of distress. ple, the relief "nat one knew the other."* worked side by side, often overlapping districts, and lack of co-operation led to end- and less
effort, time. waste of money..
It was to co-ordinate the splen- of these different did work
as well as the social agencies welfare work of national and local government bodies, that the National Council of Social Wel- (Continued on Next Column.)
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They
in
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Sleeping and Lounging Pyjamas
fare, whose patron is the Prince of Wales, was founded in 1919. Its object is to organise social service coancils
platforms
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in the trousers, while sometimes no coat accompanies them: If this is the case, the blouse which com- pletes the set may have a sailor or lapelled collar instead of the usual flat neck of a blouse that is to be worn under a coat.
CABBAGES
ARISTOCRAT OF VEGETABLE WORLD
So
Mary Evelyn in Daily Telegraph'] Blake could "see a world in a grair of sand," but it took Lewis Carroll and his Walrus to connect "cabbages and kings" for all time. and a man of science to point out
connection that the
is not ladicrous as it appears. Professor Miall, F.R.S., in his nature studies, "Round the Year," says: "There is plenty of occupation, to say nothing. of provocation, to be got out of the
haunt insects which
a cabbage ground. But the chief interest of cabbages and the like is to me the part which they have played in human civilisation,"
They are health-makers, as well as nation-builders and king-makers, and it is quite time someone sang. their praises, fur the poor. things have been terribly snubbed of late years by some folk, whe look-upon them as "common." They are nothing of the sart; it would be bet ter if they were. They are the aristocrats of the vegetable world- broccoli, cauliflower, savoy, Brussels sprouts all belong to the same. august stock. Their lineage can be; traced back to the earliest days. Theophrastus, who was a pupil of Aristotle, and lived 370 to 285 B.C., mentions three varieties, Pliny six. When it is a question of cooking
it is reressary *cabbage
to walk warily, for it is possible to provide more than the right amount and serve it attractively, but robbed of all its priceless virtues because it has been overcooked or soda has been put in the water in which it has been boiled.
Thrills of To-day.
Tweed Coats of Chic
Coats suitable for early morning or late afternoon wear in the Colony vary from Winter raiment, not so much in the material used as in the colours popularized.
Ombre tweede, through their un- usual beauty, have taken a definite
coats. Delicately blended, with a place in the fashioning of these new true sense of artistry and colour, such tweeds need; no further trim- ming. Beige blending into dark into a russet brown, gray-green. de- brown, cactus rose subtly melting veloping into dark green and the ever popular variations of white and black are high lights in the
woven fabric.
Mixtures of all kinds are quite One of our youngest and most brilliant women scientist, Dr. Ellen strongly represented. Combinations Marion Delf, D.Sc., Lond, FL.S., of colours-beige, cream. brow Labe Research Fellow Girton Col- for example are quite conspicu- lege, Research Assistant for five eus; brownish tones being popular. years at the Lister Institute, andAnd then there are the colourful Lecturer in Botany, Westfeld Col- heather mixture effects which are
quite attractive. lege, London University, whose re- for mutual social work in towns.
Whether nightgown or pyjamas
putation as an authority on Vita- Three years later rurai com
min C is worldwide, has made care formed in are chosen for the sleeping outfit munity councils were
Flowered minon in green and vio-ful research into the effect of the shopper is likely to select some- game with the country districts
thing lace trimmed and very fem let or two shades of rose is used heat and soda in the water used in end in view, and now most of our
Points in Cooking towns, villages, and counties have iuine in appeal from this summer's with some lovely pyjama sets com cooking this vegetable.
ecru Valenciennes. their councils, whose work offers offerings, which are extremely sea- bined with
The Medical Research Council's These all come with three-quarter one of the most encouraging fields sonat in appearance this year.
Ali the lingerie colours are popu-length coats, evolving very attrac- Report on the Present State of Knowledge of Accessory Food Fac- for the public-spirited woman.
lar, among them maize, eggshell tive ensembles. in Places as far apart, both
and the varying flesh tones. But
Coats both for nightgowns and tors (Vitamins), 1927, also gives social temperament and distance.
pale green, a rather vivid Nile and pyjamas vary greatly in length. a great deal of information on the 25 Hampstead and hamlets
the scope of Sedgmoor, show
turquoise or robin's egg blue in Some completely cover the gown or subject; and it is safe to say that green vegetables should be cooked in
As to design, many checks are shining satin are not to be ignored come almost to the bottom of the Women
noted some very tiny and some. these councils' efforts.
in the summer showings.
pyjamas, and others are a little be an open vessel until just tender, in
fast-boiling water for 10, 15, to 20 larger in line; moderate sized in both places crave wider educa-
Printed silks and crepes for py-low the hip line. tional life. Hampstead forms
Lace trimmed pyjamas are ac-minutes, the shorter the time the Scotch Plaids, some of which are at which jama sets and printed georgettes homemakers' guilds.
arts, for the nightgowns with trimmings companied by matching coats alan better, and on no account should very highly coloured;; and in cultivating
or made with lace any soda, bi-carbonate or otherwise, smart striped ombre designs which women join
and handicrafts that of lace and fagottings of coloured lace trimmed sriences.
are particularly attractive. Basket- To achieve cooking in a short weaves, herring-bones and a variety help to make a full and happy silk to match the high tone of the insets. The trousers have lace be added.
about the foot and a bordered coat Sedgmoor also has material are seen. Nightgowns are home life.
medium length whose period of time the thick stalks of finely woven designs-too num- its meetings, so Interesting that sleevesless and have round or long or of
sleeves are also lace trimmed. should be cut out, cooked separately, erous to enumerate-express chic necks with irregular hem lines. village folk ride six miles
with melted batter as in their own lines. Pyjamas have sleeveless blouses Some very gorgeous pyjama sets and eaten
Loretta Young, First National horseback to attend them and dis- cuss and learn rural crafte and and usually the kick pleat appears have hand-painted coats with trou asparagus. The greci colour of the
sers and blouse of plain silk. De-leaves will be quite well preserved featured player who will be seen in "The Girl in the Glass Cage," weara arts, new industries and recrea-
signs of printed silk are also used by this method without any soda. tions, drama, dance, and song.
as trimming and facing on pyjama The water in which cabbage has this creamy tan tweed coat with Old Scholars' Clubs
sults of plain colours.
been cooked should never be thrown block design in amber and tobacco Pyjamas solve the problem of the away, but may be used as stock for brown. It is a straight line gar- woman who can not wear the "drip-soup, or a cup of it may be taken ment and has a furless collar. Deep ping" type of negligee, which re 29 broth. It contains valuable sash ends change the mode of the quires height and slenderness mineral properties, Phiny recom-collar and button on at the back. They allow for great versatility in mende gouty people to live on cal cut and design, and any shade that bages and the water in which then is becoming may be worn.
vegetables have been boiled-·|- These sets feature more detail
A great deal is written about the A debutante's dance frock in work and a point of interest-long superior waye they have on the pinky tulle has a slim bodice cut sleeves. The trousers are just as
Continent of cooking vegetables, but in a very low oval at the back, elaborately trimmed as the blouse it will be realised that though they trimmed with rose petals of velvet, and accompanying coats.
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In towns the child on leaving school always, constitutes a pro- blem. In London 07 out of every 100 boys and girls fail to join any clubs, institutes, or evening schools, which would link them with those social, recreative, and educational chances so valuable in adult life. School-leavers' parties, planned by social service councils, lead these young people to found old scholars clubs, through which, with the aid of women club-leaders, they organise sports, hobby circles, and courses of practical instruction.
In
The overseas settlement of girls. and women and the training of young people for work in the Dominions is another branch of women's social council work, more recreative spheres the coun oils encourage drama, play, and music, many towns and villages now having flourishing musical and dramatic clubs which have infused a new spirit into social life.
Official Help
Many town and county couns cils give active and financial sup port to the work of social service councils. The Board of Educa- tion and the, Ministries of Health, Tahour Agriculture, and Pensions co-operate.. So do mast of the voluntary institutions, such as the Y.W.CA, the Girl Guides, the Women's Institutes, the British Red Cross Society, and the Library Association.
Golf Attire
What to wear at the golf matches isn't worrying Norms Shearer. She's all set with a dress which is both com- fortable and mars. The blouse of
Due to
their attractiveness, such pyjamas
DEBUTANTE'S TULLE
some
may be more attractive to the palate, the same edge Vandyke flourices on have definitely established their there is danger that the virtue of the ultra-full skirt. A trail of place in every chic woman's ward-the cabbage be lost. robe
Of this type, an attractive model The
of green crepe was noted.
This need not be the case. Let the cabbage be cooked in the proper manner, and whilst it is cooking make a perfect Bechamel
sauce,
trousers, blouse and three quarter seasoned with a little salt and
length coat were charmingly
shaded pink roses and bads in velvet and silk starts at a high waist-line, and merges into the voluminous tulle draperies. Full as are such skirts of drapery, the in actual volume silhouette itself remains alender.
The
trimmed with incrustations of cayenne pepper and a dash of lemon matching satin in an unusual de-fulce. Keep it hot. Then the min sauce, and serve at once, sign. A model of two shades of ute the cabbage is cooked drain it, vitamin will be retained, and the rose was oddly fitted in at the pressing out all the water, chop it cabbage will be creamed, but not a waist and then flared in a peplum finely stir it into the hot Bechamel purée.
effect, which Idea was carried out)
in the sleeve treatment, tam
The Three Graces" might be the title of this decidedly informal pië- ture of Marion Byron, Alice White and Sally Ellers, who play in Miss White's starring vehicle, "Broad way Babies, now being filmed on the First National lot. They here serve to present the 1929 vogue for sleeping tegs
Marion, the left of the trio, wears I two-piece pyjama suit of white fat crepe, embroidered around the V shaped neck with pastel-coloured silk, which trails down the front of the blouse from side to side.
Miss White, in the centre, wears flesh coloured satin pyjamas, sleeveless and low necked, trimmed in-cream-coloured Venetian Jace around the neck and trouser lega.
There is work for every woman in some branch of the social councils wide activities Those with experience of public work may find seats on social councils But many others will find endless ACOPE as speakers, demonstrators, natural kanha, fringed at the cuffs and A fich of the Jace is a distinctly teachers of arts, crafts, and in cellar will keep her warm in case feminine touch dustries and as organisers in the there's a stubborn breeze. The circular Sally Filers at the right wears many avenues of welfare work skirt of beige flat crepe with a graceful masculine tailored pyjamas of can- bow in front, adds a chic that will st-dy-striped tuh silk, buttoning bigh Elsie L Winter In "Daily Tele❘ tract all the females who are supposed
at the neck. graph
to be watching the match.
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