THÉ CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1940 Bringing Up Father
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JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM HERE-
By George MacManus
YEP-THE BELL- HOP FROM MY HOTEL SENT ME HERE-
WELL - YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR
CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
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A PAGE FOR WOMEN
Refreshing Drinks
Cooling And Simple To Prepare
You will not taste the
EAT AT-
Jimmy's Kitchen
INEXPENSIVE
SATISFYING
The question of the moment--maining sugar and the juice of the vanilla essence and other flavours, for hostesses and housewives alike lemon which you have strained in your grocery cupboard.
is a new cooling drink. Some-clear of pips. Stir in the water and thing delectable which
If your are making a plain milk: one can glucose, and leave till the sugar shake merely with flavouring and drink whether one is hot or cold, and glucose have dissolved. which takes little or no prepara-
milk, it is a good idea to add the Whip the white of tion, and is both thirst quenching adding a little sugar and vanilla "body.""
egg stiffy, beaten yolk of an egg to give it WHY BE DOWNHEARTED ? and energy-giving -and good for essence, if you prefer it to be yolk if you add just a little extra] August entertaining. There are, flavoured, then put a generous flavouring. of course, many excellent bever-spoonful of white of egg on top of ages on the market which full each glass of lemonade. all these qualities, but it is up to with straws, if possible, and a the cook or house-wife who prides flake of ice to each glass. herself on a little originality to use these ready-made mixtures os
a basis for any number of varia-
tions of her own.
Guava Syrup
1 lb. Guavas
lb. white sugar
Serve
Cider And Pineapple Cup
1 pint cider
1 pint pineapple juice Thinly sliced cucumber
Stir all the ingredients together,
Don't be afraid of imbibing too Wash and pick over the currents, [and leave to stand for an hour
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much water in warm weather, removing all stalks and leaves. or so before cooling and serving Special monthly rates for Breakfasts, Tiffins and Provided it is taken at wise Put them in the top half of alf you can manage ice cubes, do Dinners. Fish and Chips 80 cents at Snack Bar. times, it is immensely refreshing, double saucepan over boiling some ice to this cup-it's a great} sustaining and health-giving, and water, and leave until the fruit is improvement.
(a note to mothers) children need soft enough to be broken easily three times as much as grown-ups, with a spoon.
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Iced Tea
It's a useful thing to remember, Strain the pulp through flannel, I wonder if it will ever occur to when a child's appetite fails, that and put into a saucepan and bring us that in cold tea, without milk, he can generally drink quite suc-Swiftly to the boil. When it is on we have one of the most refresh- cessfully,
introduce the boil, steadily stir in the sugar the world. Make your tea as usual, ing and thirst-quenching drinks in nourishment into his diet by (previously heated in the oven) means of drinks, if you are wily in and allow it to boil for fifteen but pour off the liquid after three! their preparation.
and leave has minutes infusing, sugar
so you can
To start with the simplest and best of all basic recipes, let me recommend my own special lemon mixture, which contains glucose D-excellent for energy and nourishment.
Health Lemonade
1 large yellow lemon
minutes after the tinuously while it boils. thoroughly dissolved. Stir it con-
Milk Shakes
to
cool in a clean tea-pot.
Serve in glasses or glass cups,
if you happen to possess them, with thin slices of lemon, a sprig.
cube.
These delicious drinks are sim-or two of mint and half an ice ply milk shaken up with fruit or other sweet flavours, iced if you like, and served cold. A lump of vanila ice or any other flavoured ice-cream greatly adds to the
1 heaped tablespoon Glucose D glamour of the drink, as well as
1 egg white
1 tablespoon castor sugar.
1 pint water
2 lumps sugar
to its nourishing value, and a dab
of whipped cream or white of egg
to top it, makes it look most pro-. fessional.
Nourishing Thirst Quencher
pint made meat or vegetable extract
pint bottled tomato juice
1 dessertspoon Worcester sauce
1 or 2 mint leaves
1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
Wash the lemon to remove any It is possible to make several Wash and chop the mint very -possible-dirt, then rub the rind fruit syrups in the same way as finely, and stir into the extract. with the two lumps of sugar, un-you made the guava syrup, so Add the tomato juice, and shake til they are impregnated with the these can add oil of lemon contained in the skin. shakes.
variety to your well together. Finally stir in the Cold cocoa with extra Worcester sauce and pepper, shake Place the lumps of sugar in a glass milk, and coffee with extra milk again, and put into a bottle ready or china jug (not enamel or arc other excellent flavours, and for serving. : aluminium, please), add the re-lof course, the almond essence,
Consider Proportions
The cardinal rule of figure fash-
In every
"The same is true of fads, such; loning, for the woman of forty-jas short skirts, light-coloured hos- plus, is to master a sense of pro-fiery, and cloche hats. portion. Why strive for a tiny mode there are degrees, and every waist if your hips and bust are woman profits by knowing what large. And too slim hips are no devices display her figure to best beauty asset to the middle-aged advantage woman who has broad shoulders and an extra_hivy boścow.
"With the figures, as with the
Once your figure has reached un-face, the aim in design should be lovely proportions, your problem and to centre interest away from to emphasise pleasing features is too refashion it in scale. For Junattractive ones."
example, à very slender woman
whose hips have spread consider-
Dressing Your Figure
ably, must either bring down her hip measurement, if possible,
Here are a few rules to guide or bring her whole body into scale 1-A straight narrow skirt em- with her hip measurement. The phasises the upper part of the short woman must avoid broaden-body; flaring skirt (if not too full ing effects; and the tall woman at waistline) equalises a figure. must seek to broaden her figure 2--Severe, close fitting neck- a bit. Thus one may approachines make a large bust look the proportions of a normally larger.
beautiful figure, without actually having the measurements of one.
Much May Be Done With Clothes
3-Cross-wise lines increase bosom width; up-and-down lines create length and are slimming.
4-V-necklines, or deep V-shape vestee fronts are most flattering to a woman with a large bosom. Quoting from a fashion expert 5-Too snugly fitting clothes I pass on to you these words of emphasise a large figure; - 100se wisdom. "The principles of beau-folds tend to conceal unlovely con- tiful proportion are, of course, tours if expertly draped. quite independent of style and 6-No large woman (especially) made. Unfortunately, styles and with large hips) should wear. modes are often quite independent shiny-surfaced materials they of beautiful proportion. As the highlight and make her appear eye becomes accustomed to seeing larger than she actually is. them, poor proportions may seem 7-Light colour contrasted with mere beautiful than they really darker colours emphasise mea- are. Thus, low beltlines encircl-surements. If your bust is large ing the hips create a proportion and your hips allm wear darki 'difficult for many ngures, yet, blouses and lighter skirts. If your when they were the rule, other hips are large wear light blouses. beltlines, seemed awkward.
and "darker skirts,
... ..
You will find this is a most ap- petising and energy-giving drink, particularly for picnics. Accom- panied with brown bread cheese {sandwiches it makes the most [satisfying lunch I know.
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