Broadening One's Colour Range
Play With The Rainbow
Most of us under-estimate our against certain colours on people power to wear a variety of colours. with red hair, but we are coming to We decide that a certain hue is understand how gorgeous this col- becoming and wear it almost to ouring is with many once-forbidden the exclusion of other hues. This hues. Of course, no hair is really habit deprives us of quite a lot of red; it is carrot, or copper, or rus- "fun, for it is amusing to play with
the rainbow.
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Brown, for example, is worn very monotonously by some women who have dark brown hair and dark, not very clear, skins. The idea seems to be to justify the lack of brilliance in their natural colouring by costumes that are sombre, also, and which, instead of stressing the complexion through contrast, will play it down by repetition.
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However, the result is not al. ways fortunate. The observer is apt to he depressed by such exten- sive areas of dull colour. over, the brown fabric often exag gerates the browness
of the skin instead of mitigating it.
Blossom Forth
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 11, 1938.
SCARVES GO GAY
eral effect any special shade con- sa pakal
THE NEWEST HAS "PEACE FOR A MOTIF
set, or titian, but not red. The gen- A Tasty veys is enormously modified by the Mid-Week
Dish
Neckwear grows gayer and gayer. Striped folkweave and printed velveteen are among the newest media for the fashionable cravat. Our sketch shows, a novel scarf the motif of which was inspired by the Peace Tower at the recent Interna- tional Exhibition in Paris. It is inscribed "Peace" in 23 different languages. Evening scarves are embroidered în iridescent beads or sequins, while hand painted chiffon and printed ninon are in the news again. For day wear and with sports suits silk scarves printed in animal motifs are very popular. You can have your favourite dog, the domestic cat or fox masks, ac- cording to taste.
New Style In Your Bedwear
NIGHTIES
skin and eyes that accompany it, so one would have to write at great length in order to lay down rules, but the writer knows a girl when
In between two meat days it is BACK TO brilliant carrot-coloured hair and good for you to have a fish day. blue eyes who is pink.
marvellous in
"Red" hair should be play-
SAVOURY FISH PUDDING Half-pound cooked fish, one egg ed up, not down. Blues and greens, yolk, 2oz. grated cheese, one salt- mahogany and rust, black, gray spoon made mustard, pinch of grat- and white create luminous effects. ed nutmeg, one cup white sauce,
Blondes And Yellow
VICTORIA
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Woollen nighties com- oz. butter, 1lb. mashed potatoes, plete with long sleeves hot milk to taste, half-teaspoon and high necks are minced parsley, salt and pepper to
longer old fashioned. It is frequently stated that taste. blondes should not wear yellow. Mash potatoes while hot, then They rank among fashion's latest This theory, however, is contrary beat in hot milk to taste.
whims. After all, why should we to fact, and the creative designers' Stir in 1oz. cheese, mustard, egg freeze in silk nighties on winter of costumes have always known yolk and salt and pepper to taste. nights when we can buy the most the value of yellow with this col-Beat well. Butter a shallow fire attractive, dainty warm ones? Louring. Worth once said, "What proof dish and line smoothly with. · Once upon a time they were But, contrary to her too humble is so beautiful as blondes in sun: two-thirds of the potato mixture. : made in heavy flannel and were, judgment, the woman with this shine!
Therefore, I love to dress Flavour sauce to taste with nut-associated with the "red flannel somewhat monotonous brunette col- them in yellow." In this case it meg. Flake and stir in fish. Pour petticoat" members of our sex, ouring will blossom in certain is the lustrous fabrics, such as satinto dish. Cover with remainder but now they are made in the shades of blue-navy, perhaps, or in, which are particularly enchant-[of potato mixture. Sprinkle with very finest, softest wools, dyed to royal. She should, however, selecting. Of course there are blondes remainder of cheese. Dab with the
dainty feminine colours. them in dull-surfaced fabrics for and blondes and the sallow skin butter. Bake from twenty-five Wool lace makes really charming probably she could not wear lus-may rebel against yellow, but the thirty minutes in a rather hot oven. nighties. trous blues. Black she may have clear, creamy blonde with honey- to adapt to her type a little more carefully; but it is likely to suit her admirably, when accented. with beige or sapphire.
coloured hair is never lovelier than
in sunshine.”
The pure blonde gives distinc tion to brown and to the light, clear col-yellow-reds.
to
Note. This pudding is also deli- cious made with tinned salmon or Finnan haddock, brought to the boil in cold water, skinned, boned and flaked.
This habit of adopting one our, almost like a uniform, some- On the contrary, most brunettes CORNISH PASTIES times is motivated not by a defeat need the blue-reds and in dark to be overcome but by a beauty to shades. Red is such an assertive 1lb. flour, lb. suet, sour milk or be emphasized. For instance, it is colour that when it is not becomwater, lb. potatoes, 1 teaspoonful not unusual for women with very ing it is actually unpleasant. It baking powder, lb. lard, 1⁄2 tea- beautiful blue eyes to match them should, therefore, be very careful spoonful salt, lb. steak, 1 peeled in fabrics. The effect is invarily selected by experiments in front
of a mirror. ably becoming, but, nevertheless,
TE
"monotonous”
"become" may
It can even seem a little boastful
of a fine feature if it is too in-
Finding The Right Shade
You can get it in delightful, shell patterns, and it looks so flimsy and feels so lovely next to the skin that once you try it I am sure you won't revert to silk or satin until the warm nights come round again.
Another idea, if you are. a pyjama wearer, is to have the trouser part made of plain wool and the top in wool lace. You can, of course, have square neck and short sleeves, but I like onion, 1 tablespoonful water or the really Victorian looking
stock, salt and pepper to taste.
Chop beef, onion and potatoes Place in a basin. Season to taste with pepper and salt. Stir in the
sistently indulged in. After all, Navy and dark greens are beau- water or stock. Sift flour with bak-]
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with their little Peter Pan collars and long sleeves gathered into cuffs.
blue eyes are still lovely against tiful on brown-red brunettes with ing powder and the half-teaspoon-Do You Like
other and contrasted backgrounds skins somewhat blonder than their ful of salt. Rub in
Pink can play them up as effective ly as blue; gray and beige give sparkle. With white they may be as luminous as a blue sky over snow fields.
them
Green Eyes
Green eyes, though never
much
Roll out to in.
Flans?
eyes and hair. Gray and black also suet. Mix to a paste with sour suit their colouring. Purple, on milk or water. Remove to floured the other hand, is usually more be- pastry board.
thickness. Cut into fairly large You need not wait until Christ- coming to a darker complexion.
The pastels belong pre-eminent rounds, about 4in. in diameter. mas to enjoy mincemeat. And re- |ly but not exclusively to blondes. Place a tablespoonful of the mix-member there are other mincemeat The brunette in pink is often as ture in the centre of each. Brush dishes besides mincepies. For in- lovely as a dream. Pale blue, pale edges with cold water or beaten stance, this one is delicious.
Either fold each into a semi-
green and mauve, however, are not egg.
:
MINCEMEAT. FLANN
so likely to suit her fair sister. circle, and crimp the cut edges with 5oz. self-raising flour, 2oz. but- sung by the poets, have been, appre- However, there exists for every forefinger and thumb, or draw ter, 2oz. granulated sugar, lb. ciated by dress designers, and very type of colouring, some shade or edges together on top of filling, and Robertson's mincemeat, one egg, two lately have been extolled by M. tone or chroma of every hue. And crimp across the top. If folded in tablespoonfuls milk, cherries Lelong. They are usually blue furthermore, colours that are not a semi-circle, cut a slit in the cen- almonds. eyes liberally flecked with
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and
green, becoming in one fabric may prove tre of each pasty to allow the steam Method: Melt butter, then add and when their owners prefer blue to be so in a fabric with a differ-to escape. If crimped over the top, sugar and egg; beat well together; eyes, they like to dress in blue to ent texture and therefore a differ- prick with a fork on both sides. If add other ingredients and mix to a stress that
and subdue the ent reflective surface. This means liked, leave a slight opening in the sponge consistency, green. It is. cleverer to accen- that everyone can wear every col centre to allow steam to escape. Place in well-greased flan tin and tuate them with green fabrics and our if she finds the right shade. Brush pasties with beaten egg, bake twenty minutes, then fill with thus individualize your style.
the right Intensity and the right Place on a greased baking tin. Bake warm mincemeat and decorate with There used to be a prejudice | colour-reflective surface.
in a hot oven.
almonds and cherries..