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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1948.
Woman Today
"HIDDEN TREASURES"
My
By JANET MARTIN
Do you keep a treasure box? If you don't, then you have no idea what a lot of fun it can be. But first, I'd better explain what I mean by a trea- suro box and what are its special functions. treasure box is neither a jewel box, nor a scrop box, nor a receptacle for trifles of sen- timental value only. It is quite a small box, about eight inches square and four deep, made from dark, polished rosewood with an inlaid
tibles gives lips n deej), Vibrant colour. Once you try it design of apples on-the-top-and it was given you'll want to wear with everything.
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Are You Conceited.?
It has disturbed me to have girl. All men prefer to pursue been accused of being conceited, if the object is attractive enough.
have always thought myself They may b fallered by pur capable, of detecting it in others,
suit, but it's competition #int hut did not realise it was pre- keeps them running. sent in myself. Please will you The old saying that "forward-
plain (1) What is concei!? (2) How can it be overcome?ness on the part of the female B. R.
makes them draw back and bock- wardness draws them forward," | 1. It's essentially self-decep- tion, so naturally you wouldn't still applies, sut with one or t detect it in yourself. The con- qualifying "its." celied person has a subconscious
self needing protection.
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on
com.
*mdel-
renlisation of weakness in him-an-auging and rather ins
cperienced chairman of to me when I was about six years old, just the He defends himself, by assur|mittee. The members, claim right age at which to start a treasure boxing himself over and over again discussion every point, to At first, of course, it only held |gloves. There is no need to list that he is right, and so builds up such an ertent that our the small treasures dear to the the uses of old embroidery, the
unassaillé positive self-ings are all talk, and in the end
I find next to nothing is done. heart of a little girl, but as jonly trouble being that there are
regard.
to talk 2. You have started the over-
People seem content time went on, it became
too many uses F
for the amount
these days as though the nuc coming process if you are dis-
on special sort of treasure box,vailable.
cess of a meeting depended turbed because you are conceited, the amount of discussion. How but not if you are disturbed at can one best combat this weak- used only for certain kinds of
others thinking you are. things.
Each item that goes
very wish ta asces yourself 18-M. G.
The nest, for I feel it is a weakness? Into the box has to pass
release, and if you can do it with double test, It must be too
your sense of humour in play There's too good to throw away yet some
tor is very speedy release.
where. thing for which there is no use
Form a habit of checking up at the time. Some day, it may box where they can stay safely on yourself. How often are you become useful again and that until required.,
open to suggestion? How often is where the fun comes in.
do you discuss in a spirit of in-
the other person? How often you jump in with a "but" to show off rather than to further the argument?
it is never too late to start treasure box and the sooner you start the more fun you will have Among your drawers and boxes you are sure to find many odd ments you have not used
Put years.
them awny In a
I couldn't agree with you more.
much talk
every-
As chairman It is up to you to enforce ecoy in discussion. Don't allow consideration of the same point over and over again.
Same things may lie in the box SOMETHING ABOUT quiry the ideas and opinions of Come down hard on, that trick
for years before their turn to be
useful ngnin comes along. Cos- tume jewellery which has Rone out of fashion; odd brooches, clips
GRAVY When gravy
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cooked and
or earrings which do not match ready to serve, give it a whirl anything in the wardrobe: a uni- with the egg beater and you can que belt buckle from an old frock; be sure it will come out smooth
set of lovely buttons bought be sutin. cause they were beautiful,
but for for which no use has yet been found; Το the rescue! When you've
silver chair
chain, an old gold locket:accidentally put too much saft in all these and many more find the gravy, all you have to do is their place in the treasure box. to pop a few slices of raw polato
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You'll make come discoveries that way. And when you have keep on practising awareness of life Around you or things. That's the places, and people. way to grow free.
Do modern men prefer Airis Then there are the small pieces into the dish and continue cook who puraue them to girls who of pri
priceless Ince, the scraps of ink for a few minutes. They'll allow theniscives to be pursued hand embroidery. bits of ivory, absorb the excess of sall-get!: would seem so.-CYNIC. Jade and ember, loose bends from your gravy tasting Just right? You're wrong there. It's not a bruken necklaces, old hair orna-again.
⚫ preference of technique but of
menis, Atrips of sequins or bagu- nites, All useless today but there may be a rent "find" among them for the fashices of next season... or next year.
Crazy For Cameo
Brooches
Fashion is a fickle jade indeed, but she does keep on repeating herself at intervals and most of her best inspirations come out of the past, in fact, right out of the treasure box of almost forgotten trilles, Think of the recent craze for canggo brooches, which had been right out of fashion since Victorian times. Overnight they attained a quite fabulous value and the woman who hart kept specimen of her mother's jewel- |tery in her trinsure box was lucky indeed. Before that, there was the vague for Victorian silver bangles, which get many searching the secondhand shops! aud trays of pid silver. In a few guineas
women
sharl weeks the cost instead of shilings...Just because the fashion changed!
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S well as the fun, of keeping D treasure box into which you can delve from time to time and enjoy the thrill of pulling out a hidden treasure. Pest war fashions, with their return to on atmos- phere of Edwardian elegance and Victorian charm, offer an unci- valled opportunity for finding treasure trove.
of oscillating over a question that is all too common.
It's a good idea to write out each new item of information, new point argument.
It pre- vents the mint from meandering and losing time by vagueness,
Then, at an appropriate no- ment, having arranged your ma- terial, put your questions and write the answers against them. What exactly have we done so far? What have we decided ought to be done? What exactly are the next steps" Having it in black and white on paper is o chuirman's shortest eut to Method and Disputel.
Typical of new South West. Justin McCarty offers party Nardis of Dallas presents this A small Victorian button fashions is this smart. Hobbies frock with navš blue taffeta black and white checked suit bronch
for instance, is just the dress by Lorch in new, Galey bodice over multicoloured strip with large patch pockets, jet thing to fasten one of the new and Lord "Luming," a metallic ed skrit. Unpressed pleats and buttons, and small rolled collar. frilly collars or nestle in the folds striped cotton: gold with blue, reverse tuck above hem give it It is cut on starkly simple flat- of a lacy Jabot. An old pendant rose or green,
toring lines.
can be broken up and reset
dainty earrings and
Old
into
a small clip.
strings of pearls or beads can
be reformed into smart chokers
after years of hibernation. Pleces
of carved Jet can
can be used to sus-
Pend
lines, even the new
hats
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The Family's Favourite Fruit
APPLE CUP
1 lemon
Bucke 2 quarta water
Feel and core the apples and
DUTCH APPLE CAKE
. (Will cook while dinner is being caten.)
2 cups flour
4 tempoona baking
powder
bipoons butter
or substitute
Sliced apples
Keup turar
, 1 teaspoon salt t
1.
Cinnamon
1⁄4 cup milk
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from a narrow ribbon round Of all the frulls there are, allow to stand four days, strain Cook the mixture thickens, the neck, or made Into bracelets, don't think any are quite EO and bottle. The corks down well. then add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pre-war hair ornaments and clips universally popular as apples. Ready for use in a few days, but can be remounted on to small How often do we hear the re-the longer it is left the nicer it is. combs in the modern style. An mark, I am just longing to get old silver buckle may be trans formed into a smart pair of clips, my cell into a good crisp, juicy b apples
Odd pieces of handmade lace apple!" There are so many ways em cinnamon stick. can be bleached and used to de- which they can be used, and concerned, where most men are corate perkets, lapels, or neck-apple pla is usually the popular chop up before weighing: put into
and cholce..
a saucepan with the cinnamon stick, broken up into pieces, and LONG-KEEPING APPLE CIDER the juice and rind of lemon. Work in fat. Beat egg well and
Use sweet apples if possible. Bring to the boil and boil till soft Wash and pulp the apples, turn in the 2 quarts of water. Mash air into dry mixture. Spread out into a tub, drum or can with with a fork to a pulp, and strain fat in greased pan
thick. Cover surface with wedge- perforated bottom and collect the
sieve; measure shaped apple
Sprinkle slices. juice as it drains through. Place through a wire liquid, allowing
́mixture of weights on the pulp and gradually every quart. Boll
few generously with a for 巍 ricrease these until the juice minutes. If desired, colour with fat. Bake in a hot oven
cinnamon and sugar and dot with ceases to drip (one or two days), cochineal." Ready when cold. minuts. Serve warm then put the Jules Inta clean This is very good chilled with lee, vanilla or lemon sauce. barrels, Inosely close the bung-or with sherry added. holes and leave till the sound of APPLE JELLY WITH RHUBARB short ernst or rough puff pastry.
MINCE PIE hissing centeS
Now draw off nb.apple
1 uppine clean barrels, filling to the
204 sultan top, set in
warm, still room and Cut up the apples, leaving the Bos ausar watch carefully When white peel and pips in the apples and tempoon, mixed frothy bubbles rise through the the skin on the rhubarb. Just apice clean barrals,
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the other fruits and flavourings.
and repeat this Put into a bag and strain. Allow drawing off twice more. Now one cup of sugar to each cup of Dice the apples and mix with.
a pint of the cider, adá or liquid, then add one squeeze of sulphate of lime for each gallon lemon juice. Boft till a little fells Linen tart plate with pastry of elder in the barrel, pour it when tested. This makes a nicely Fill with the mixture and cover back, and roll the barrel to mix flavoured and coloured jelly minutes Serve with custard.
with pastry. Bake 35 to 40 the elder, well. Close bunghole CRUSTED APPLES WITH
, APPLE AND PUMPKIN PIE Ughtly, and leave to
to stand
BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE 0
Tompkin
Apples months to 12 months before Feel and core sonte cocking - Sple, 1050, ples, crust with beaten white of sugar botuling QUICKLY MADE APPLE CIDER CHE, and roll in the following Prepare some xipe pumpkin, by peeling, - removing the seeds and This is a most refreshing drink mixture is is quicklyspado and used --UP | choppe
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