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THE CHINA MAIL.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1934.
11 The WOMAN'S Page
FASHION'S
COLOURS FOR
THE SPRING]
Wide Range Of
Blues.
ROMANTIC SHADES FOR BLONDES
A wide range of blues is shown for Spring which suggests that this colour will again return to favour the -particularly attractive is rauge of hazy mountain blues call- and ed "tyrian blue," "air blue" "burn blue." These colours would he lovely in erepey materiale. Sky tint" featured with the Lin- geries Tints, has a suggestion the same subtle colouring, and there are two blued greys-"silver blue" and "rain cloud" which have the same silvery quality.
of
Brighter blues for sports and bright sunlight are suggested in clear Forget-me not, "esterelle," a
and "pennant blue," while a range of good medium blues, deepening to navy, is also shown.
have
д
These last
nautical flavour in the names "challenge blue," "trophy blue" and "commander."
New Turquoise
Very new in character are three lovely turquoise colours--"cas- cade," "capri" and "lagoon." These romantic shades will rejoice the heart of the blonde but they are definitely not for the multitude. ilowever, as if to prove that there is no bina in the direction of blondes, the Spring palette offers a remarkably beautiful selection of pinks. "Debutante” proved Buch a favourite in the Autumn thai it has been requoted for Spring and has brought along darker companion in "persian rose." "Coral pink" will be an out- standing success for evening.
new
A
It
has been tested under every con- ceivable illumination and lights brillianty.
the "Flower pink" is addition to lingerie, while "cloud pink" is almost too subtle to be described, but is the nebul-j ous shade which perfectly comple- ments browns and greys and even those difficult wines and ralain
Boudoire Beauty
Broceded satin flowers are ward with charming effect on this forely negliges of dull crepe in pale pink, worn by line Merkel, aereen met- rons. It is designed with interesting seing sleeves, tiny train and' con- trasting girdle of orchid satin.
Streamlines
And Angles
New Ideas From The Collections.
MODES FOR MID-SEASON
The mid-season collections, far
|· Menu Suggestions For To-morrow MODERN BATHROOMS
TIFFIN
Chicken and Tongue Pattles Swiss Steak
Haricots Verts a L'Albion
Fried Sweet Potatoes Pouding aux Nouilles Vanilla Custard Sauce
DINNER Winter Soup Boiled Plaice
Melted Butter Baked Potatoes, French Style Timbales of Game- Roast Shoulder of Lamb Mint Sauce, Red Currant Jelly Creamed Cucumbers
LATEST HAT FOR SPORTS WEAR
Designed On Lines
Of Sou'wester.
The fisherman's hat has inspired another new model launched by Maria Gus. It is designed of felt on lines like a fisherman's sou'wes ter with a brim which rolls up in front and turns down in back. Something new for sports wear.
Winter Soup
1 lb. of neck of mutton, 1 lb. of
COLOURFUL
Pastel-Toned. Towels.
Modern bathrooms are so colour- ful that plain white towels strike si hard note. Brides are buying up. pastel-coloured towels for
use throughout the house.
There is a set for the bathroom consisting of towels in three sizes | and a reversible chenille bath mat in clear pale colours.
"JACKET FROCK SUITS”
Swiss Steak
Patou is showing in his current Beat up the whites of 4 eggs to collection "jacket frock suits" with Compote of Pears, Brandy Sauco
11⁄2 lb. lean beef, 11⁄2 tablespoon stiff freth. Butter a plain timbale short or three-quarter coats flow. melted suet, 1⁄4 cup flour, 4 tea or ordinary pudding mould. Mixing from one button. spoon salt, few grains pepper, 1 all the ingredients carefully to- cup hot tomatoes. Sift flour with gether, adding also the peel, cut three-parts salt and pepper and pound thor-into fine shreds, and oughly into steak. Sear steak in fill the mould. Cover with a plece suet in heavy pan. Add tomatoes. (of buttered paper, and steam for Cover and simmer 2 hours or until 12 hours. Serve hot with suit- meat is very tender. Add water able sauce. from time to time as needed. Ve-j getables may be added as desired. Meat may be cut in pieces for ser-dried peas, 1 carrot, 1 parsnip, a ving before cooking..
stick of celery, 1 small piece of turnip, 1 leek or onion, a small piece of cabbage, pinch of bi-car- 11⁄2 lb. of French beans, but them bonate of suda, one teaspoonful of into lozenge shapes, boil in plenty augar, and one teaspoonful of salt. of salted water till tender, drain Soak the peas over night, and add and let them cool. Melt 1% oz. of 12 breakfast cups of cold water, butter in a saute pan, toss the adding the carbonate of soda, sugar beans for a few minutes.. Season and salt. When the water is hot with pepper, add the juice of 1⁄2 add the mutton, well washed, and lemon. 1⁄2 a tablespoon of meat cut it in small pieces. Let it boil, glaze, and a tablespoon of Bechamel then add all the other vegetables, Sauce. Make quite hot, pile high shredded. Cook for 2 hours, add jon a dish, and garnish with trian-pepper and salt to taste, and serve.
gular-shaped fried bread croutons. Sprinkle the beans with finely chop- ped parsley, and serve hot.
Haricots verta a l'Albion
Pouding Aur Nouilles
Baked Potatoes, French Style
8 to 10 potatoes (large), 3 oz. butter, 4 oz. Gruyere cheese, salt, paprika, pepper, and breadcrumbs.
14 lb. noodle paste, 1⁄2 oz. butter, Wash and peel the potatoes, cut 4 oz. sugar 4 eggs, 1⁄2 teaspoonful ench in Half lengthwise, and slice vanilla essence and 1 oz. mixed thinly across, cut the Gruyere candied peel. Roll eut the nouille cheese into thin slices. Butter 鼈 paste as thinly as possible, fold it border mould, sprinkle the inside and cut into very thin strips, with fresh breadcrumbs. Melt the loosen them and drop them Inte remainder of the butter in a stew- slightly salted fast-boiling water pan, fill the mould with alternate |containing the butter. Allow it to layers of slices of potatoes, and boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Take slicer of cheese. To each layer them up carefully with a perforat add a little melted butter a little ed ladle or slice, and put them on a suit, and a pinch of paprika pep-| sieve to drain. Meanwhile creamper. Bake in a moderate oven for the yolks of eggs with the sugar, about 30 minutes. Unmould into and add the flavourings essence.la hot dish and serve hot.
shades-the perfect accessory from showing any signs of curtail.......
shade, in fact.
Some Additional Tones
ment, seem to have lengthened out In some directions and to be vying
human interest
In
An English Spring would not be with big summer and winter mani- complete without its quota offestations of greens and yellows. "Spray green" clotea. and "ripple green" are attractive
A great ungularity strikes
the
HB
water colours. These and the yel-eye, first and foremost. perhaps, lows "tree lupín." "gorse" and because of the hats which quirk "kingeup" give un impression of and perk everywhere. There is pro- rural Spring.
bably no bat of which the two sides
To these the glinting yellow of are equal, and in most cases, they "Calleon gold," and a vivid "pirate look made to perform a. glissade green" add a touch of interest and off the
hend with streamlines adapted for the furtherance of this feat.
adventure.
In addition to the wine rede "currant red," "madeira" and "riff
red," there is an excellent range of The fool's cap, the Scotch cap,]
A
or three still
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the cap that is like two rust shades-"poker," "rusty," vivid scarlet is found in "toreador" boxes inside one another, or another of the "sun colours," and more like a concertina, the acade- there is an exciting orange, called mic cap, the biretta all have "golden poppy."
gles and most have a supper an Besides the blued greys mention-gle, suggestive of a leaning steeple, ed in connection with "tyrian Hair on one side of the head is blue," there are becoming neutral mostly uncovered and various penguin" and means are adopted for constraining greya "platinum," "mouse grey."
the hair to some sort of neatnase, "Sand beige" is an attractive A small veil is somethines worn greyed belge, which tones with over the edge of the hat, but in "Indica browa," while “sugar cane” many cases a thin veil is laid flat and "candy beige"-two fashion-Jupon the hair and is more apparent able caramel shades-tone with the than the old net. It is necessary the new Spring brown "filbert," in the high winds, which not even "coconut" and “Java brown.” {setting mixtures can withstand.
WELL AGAIN-THANKL
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
What Joy children Aro-yet how many anxious hours they cause us! When the loved little one is unwell the mother is often distraught with anxiety through not knowing what is wrong and what to do to relieve the child”. suffering and distress.
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SAFETY FIRST!
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drink tresh
beer
that contains no chemicals.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert bus
our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic
#oelling, such as harbor, plow, and kitbo
9
12
15
20
1231
28
132
33 34
147
45
148
1.33
157
59
HORIZONTAL
15
17
18
no
13
14
18
19
55
HORIZONTAL (Gent,
1-The chief executive 49-Clusters
officer
9-Stop
10-Extent of surface
(pl.)
12-Laud
13-Cooks in an oven 15-Golf mound 18-Most compact 13-Decay
20-Not level 22-Weirdly 24-Terminated 25-Royal Naval
Reserve (abbr.) 27-An
angle in a fort 26-Back talk (Blang) 29-Remarke 31-Smooth (Phon.) 32-Old fashioned
33-One of
of a tribe of Thay Indiana
36-8ports 87-Bird hame 41-Man's name 43-Born 44-Arm 40-Rubs out
47-Goes by 48-Combining form.
Middle
82-Make tace |63-One who staggers
65-Chackad
,67-Herd 188-Mr. (Bp.) 9-Sugared
VERTICAL
1-A vegetable 2-Entered violently 3-Prussian city 4-Observed
5-Venture
6-Appearing as if
gnawed
7-Trimmer 8-Tasa (Oha.)
-A confession of
faith (pl.)
11-A long sweeping
step
12-A feather (Ornith.) gennet,
14-The
related to the
pelican
139 HO
VERTICAL (Cont.) 19-River in
N. England 21-Evening church
services 123-Violds
126-Native of Rome 126-To tes again.
29-To sul off the edges
of a coln
30 81ster (Short) [33-Chemistry (abbr)
34-Scarcer |35–Rubbed out
36-A church festival {39-Use {40-Examine
42-A color
144-The act of giving isgal possession
(Scot, Law) j46-8trainer
!
47-To dress with the
brak
bird 50-Large plant
81-Language of the
Scottish High- landers U
[18-A day of the week
(abbr)
17-Nobla, tender
feeling
54-The bitter, vetch
(Bot)
66-Bow the head
The solution of the above with a new orwes-wora puesta sosta
appear in to-morrow's iszpE,
Plus-Four Shirts Are Neat.
THE
THE plus-four skirt is a brown,
tweed, calf-length and slightly flared, divided with a short row of buttons up the front and back.
When these are buttoned inside the legs the effect is just like plus fours, only neater.
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