THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 9, 1938.
Ladies, you'll be interested to know that the snappy bathing suit is made in black velvet.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds's painting of Miss Crewe, which he painted in
1770.
"Rosemary studied it, made a
dress like it for the British Legion costume ball here, and won a table
lamp for a prize.
"She has more than one hundred
costumes which she made herself.
Her favourite one is of Snow White, and she has seven dwarf dolls to
go with it,"
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Eat
Citrus Fruits Generously
Although the discovery that viti-
min C was a separate entity took
place within the last few years, it
has been recognized for centuries bananas, pineapple, strawberries, the tomatoes to this. Mix well and
that human beings, in the absence of fresh food, developed a disease known as scurvy. Sailors on
raspberries, and peaches. Among stir into the tomatoes. Skin and the vegetables we find tomatoes, cut the onions in half and put them long spinach, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, in a large baking dish. Strain the voyages were prone to develop this potatoes, peas and onions well en- tomato sauce over them, Add sugar
disease in its severe form. In 1772,
however, we, have records that
Capt. Cook proudly proclaimed upon
his return from a three-year voy-
age that he had not lost one man.
He gave the credit to the use of
what he called "sweet wort" made
from barley and sauerkraut. Later
crews which had stocked the galley
with limes and lemons when they
stopped at a tropical port were also
found to be immune.
Acute scurvy with 'its symptoms
of sore mouth and loose teeth, black
and and blue spots on the skin,
seldom soreness of the joints, is encountered nowadays, but sallow skin, lack of energy and pains the limbs and joints, which used to be called "growing pains” in the case of children, are attributed to a shortage of vitamin C.
in
Foods which supply this vitamin generously are fruits and vegetables, especially the citrus fruits, apples,
dowed.
and more salt if needed. Cover Vitamin C is easily destroyed by and bake in a moderate oven, 350
By EDITH M. BARBER
cooking excepting in the case of degrees F., until the
those fruits which contain large tender, about an hour.
amounts of acid., Canned fruits and
Fruit Canape.
tomatoes lose little.
Baked Onions With Tomato
Sauce.
1 quart canned tomatoes.
1 bay leaf.
2 teaspoons salt.
2 cloves.
Pepper.
2 tablespoons
flour.
2 tablespoons fat.
6 slices pineapple...
onions are
12 sections grapefruit.
12 sections orange.
1 sliced banana.
3 tablespoons lemon juice.
6 strawberries or candied cher-
ries.
6 sprigs mint.
Arrange on each serving plate, a slice of pineapple, and around edges arrange sections of grapefruit and 6 medium-sized onions.
for orange, leaving centre free
Cook the tomatoes with the sea-
sliced bananas. Sprinkle lemon juice over bananas and garnish with sonings for ten minutes. Blend the
strawberries or cherries and sprigs flour and melted fat. Add some of of, mint. Pass powdered sugar.
CIRLIGAGS
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