THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1938
Wedding Bells Are Ringing
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN
When a young couple begin to make plans for kneeling in front of a minister, its time for aunties and friends to start looking for very particular presents.
ALL A-GLOW
Helen is the star bride in our own particular circle this June. And what a grand time we've had helping her plan the new house. She's not spending 1 fortune, though she does have an adequate amount to begin on. We're delight-} ed with the house, and what's more important, Helen is all a-glow. After all, she has to live there, so her pleasure is the proof of the pudding,
The walls are painted in a de-
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Helen is our star bride this year.
licious shade. of aqua, and the rug is an
oriental design in pastel tones, with a good deal of gold in it. The draperies are gold moire with gilt valance and tie backs, over sheer eggshell curtains. One easy chair is covered in gold satin, another is in dusty peach, while a pair of small arm chairs are in aqua just deeper than the walls. The settee is a light brown with odd cushions of needlepoint in pastel tones. They have one pair
SPINACH NESTS
6-bread-cases. Melted butter.
2 cups cooked spinach.
Salt, pepper.
1/2 cup grated cheese. Make bread cases by cutting bread into three-inch squares and cutting out the centres. Brush
each case with melted butter. Chop the spinach, mix with sea- soning and fill the bread cases. Sprinkle with the cheese and bake in a hot oven (425 degrees Fah- renheit) until bread is light brown and the cheese is melted. -Edith M. Barba.
Witty Kitty
The fashion of the drindle has given us a taste for peasant. clothes. Designers this time went to Scandinavia for their inspir ation, and have presented us with tight bright bodices and full skirts all in the brilliant clear colours of Scandinavian “Little Mails" dressed for one of their Country Fairs,
The three frocks Illustrated are all suitable for plain or printed material. Have the little bodices made in a sharply contrasting co- lour such as royal blue on pink; turquoise blue, wine and white would also make a very good combination, and white and red or white and blue are as clear and clean as“ Scandinavian air.
UNEXPECTED
Helen's bedrooms are interesting, too. The bed spread, curtains and chair covers are of red or white
The guest room has walls in pale pink, a grey carpet on the floor and a flowered chintz with mauve and pink as the predominant colours this for bed spread and curtains.
of lamps with dusty pink porcelain bases and eggshell silk shades. Another larger lamp has a white porcelain base and a pale gold silk shade. A pair of hassocks repeat the light brown of the sofa, and chintz, while the floor is carpeted The dressing table' has a shirt of and incidental accessories are in in light grey and picture frames mauve taffeta and there's a mauve crystal and brass..
are silver.
easy chair.
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MONDAY, 27TH JUNE
DRESSES (Size 12 to 44) HATS (In All Popular Shades)
EVENING BAGS
(Most Modern Designs).
SCARVES (In All Patterns).
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Telephone 30434
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