THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1950.
WOMANSENSE
Choice Of Nail Polish
By HELEN FOLLETT
WE'VE heard a lot about the personallly hairde, make-up Bultable to the individual, and the high moguls of the beauty industry have offered many in- triguing innovations for which the member of the universal sorority should be grateful.
Now they say that there is no reason why every set of finger nails should carry the same colour of polish, and new exelt- Ing tinta are appearing cosmetle bazaars. Time when blood red
polish flourished, and the members of the male sex did a lot of growling about It looked murderous. fl. Said Then the wine states came in. Instead of a few links to choose from you now have twenty or
more.
Was
Colour That Harmonise The time has coine when the well-dressed lady will have a variety of colours among her talon veneers. She will select colour that harmonises with
W the frock she wears,
With
the dress of dark, rich velvet she may go back to the vermillion
very candidate for good ap- remember that pearance must polish does not cover evidence of neglect. Cuttele snust be Rept soft in good condition, so to the nail, it will not adhere cause hangnails to flourish, Te avoid these pests, lift the fosh with the orange wood stick. Be Pressure will cause gentle. trouble,
TWO
GREEN CHEESE SAVOURIES
ONE
IS THER& ANYTHING YOU CAN DO MITH THESE
GREEN CHEESES BESIDES EATING THEM PLAIN,
JOAN ?
·
WELL THERE'S' A NICE COLD SAVOURY TO BE MADE BY MIXING TOGETHER
EQUAL QUANTITIES
OP. GRÈÊN, CHECOE. MARGARING AND
CHOPPED DRIEDS.
WALNUTS OR OTHER NUTS
Christmas Food
AND SPREADING TOASTS WITH THE MDCTURE
OR'IN YOU LIKE A SPECIALLY CHEESY WELGES
RABBIT:217
USE IN MAKING IT DEGRATED CHEBOAR, AND
BEST YOLL
GRATE THE GREEN CHERRE DO EITHER.
Popular
Tradition Flannel
shake
the
Nails Look Old Finger nails can look old, the same as neglected complexions and hands that are subjected to in contact work, Comc heavy
these rich loaves. side down and tap to with grime. To
retain the
NE of the most enjoyable can achieve
First read the cake recipe out the excess flour. If delicate fabric of the mall, to
and practical Christmas
know cake is to bake more than an is making a all through, 50 you'll food traditions keep ridges from forming and
are going to do. bour, line the bottom smooth- shelf brittleness from bothering one,
loaf cake so rich and good what you
ingredients, ly with white letter or days, Next assemble the massage your pretty claws with
It will beep moist for
per, and oil this also. Then and eggs ble the utensils. visitors so both shortening a special cuticle cream every}, ready to slice when
will be near room tempera- aight of your life. Only takes
Prepare the pans by oll- sauce pan for the mixing. It's turo. a minute.
fat, easier to cream thortening and ing lightly with unsalted
there's when or lard, beat batter such as shortening
Then onto, little handle to hold But before you make it, let'e then sprinkle chat about cake making--not flour. Tip and turn the pan so heat the oven to the right tem- bottom are perature, 250-376 F. which is oven, for rich with a quick mix-but in the both sides and time-honoured way that alone lightly coated, then turn it up a moderate
"butter type" cakes.
blandest coap Use the best, you can buy. Harsh soaps mean that your fingers will not look like lotus blooms as the poet described them.
Polish-even If it's colour- your hands look
or chorry of the past. With the less-makes
formal of delicate pastel colour prettler, says Movie Star Nancy
cvine,
Cako Making
with
she will wear a delicate coral Gates. And if you like a colour, Christmas Gift Suggestion
or wild
doesn't it?.
TUSE.
Makes Rense, there are many from which to
choose.
BOYS AND GIRLS
MAGAZINE*******
Pixie O'Scowl Had a Problem!
-He Was Trying to Clean the Brook-
By MAX TRELL
O'Scowl was shouting
Pthe top of his volce: "Move on! Get going! How can I clean this place if you keep staying there? Move on!"
Knarf and Hamid, the Shadows with the turned-about names, were at the edge of the Pine when they heard Tree Grove
At first
Pixie O'Scowl's voice. they thought perhaps he meant But the next
them.
instant they realised that Pixie O'Scow! wasn't anywhere near them. His voice came from the other side of the pine trees, down near the brook. They hastened to it with auii spreei.
10-2
"Movi on," Pizle O'Boowi said. On reaching the brook they
The place •
are you could see no one.
with tall seeing nothing. "Whom talking to?" etalks. green
was thickly
grown
weeds and high
There
"To those tadpoles! not to mention the great old can't you see them all lying trees with their branches met together at the bottom of the
they as though ing overhead
brook?" were all clasping hands. More- over, it was rather darkish. Then they heard Pixle O'Show's voice again, sounding more indignant and impatient than before.
"Move, I say! Move away!"
as
least,
This time Knarf, and Hanid well, both saw for the first time the tadpoles (there must have been ten or twelve of them altogether) lying in a sort of bunch on the mud and rocks at the bottom of the brook. They Pushed the Stalks
didn't move at all. At Then Knarf and Hanid pushed they didn't move all over. Their to wiggle a some of the stalls aside-a thick long tails seemed
the current But clump of them growing right at little with
heads and tummies the fringe of the brook, half in their fat
out and remained perfectly still, the water and half
Pixle there they discovered
Bottom of Brook O'Scowl. He was a'landing on
a bit of soggy moss, wearing
rubber boots that
came up to
"I'm trying to clean the bot- This hips, and leaning on a port tom of the brook," said Pixie
of rake with handle.
into the
When ho
a stout wooden O'Scowi in a sad, hurt voice to
He was glaring down Knut and Hanid.
water of the brook. I'm trying to
That's all
do Just clean the bottom of the broak. I went stalics heard the
saw thom pushed to move the stones and rocks. rustling and aside and then noticed Knant I want to get the mud. out
and Hanid kaceling down over him, he glared at them.
of the cracks. I want to make the brook clean and neat. And for whom am I doing all this? For myself? Oh no!"
He glared around at the tadpoles again.
BY ALICE ALDEN
The Boats
Une
n
mea-
to-
Next sit down, and sure the ingredients; sift gether the flour, salt and bak-
the ing powder. Mix
cake omfortably without Interrup tion. As to beating the batter -the number at "beats" de- pends on the kind of cake being made. In any case they should be long sweeping trokes around the sides of the nixing utensili. If the cake is to be light and fluffy, and the beaten egg whites folded fast, all beating must be done before they are added. If It's close-textured a rich,
to be cake, it should be beaten un- 'il the butter is smooth. Spoon it into the pan, making it a 'ittie higher at the edges than in the centre.
Baking the Cake
∙INTO VREYA OMALL "PIECES!
Web-tailored town suit.
By VERA WINSTON IT'S gray flannel all the way in the suit sweepstakes. Never have we seen this favourite Then to bake. The time of fabric handled 50 deftly, so baking is divided into
This trim town sult la amartly. neriods of equal length. Dur- of medium gray flannel and la Ing the first, the batter rises; double breasted. The closing in the second, a crust forms narrowa down to a trim walst
during whence. and begins to brown:
the peplum, stiffened the last, the cake browns and and padded in front, juts out in
centre. ooks through to the
perky fashion. The collar edge After baking. let it stand
stand is stitched, po is the decorative minutes to cool, then turn it pocket on the peplum. out on a coke rack, for use n tack from the refrigerator) so air can circulate arend It while cooling.
Groen Watch
D Own
A WATCH is always a good thought when making out a gift list. This model is for wear with dressy clothes. It is a very thin wrist watch, with dainty hands, of fourteen karat gold, softened by pretty filigree work, A black suede strap. contributes to its elegance.-
❤
Sewing Scrapbook
Mary Brooks Picken.
Versatile Stoles in Fashion's Spotlight-
To Extend Your Wardrobe
'come
Making the Fringe: Uso
д
WOM Paris, from London,
from Madrid, from our own darning needle large enough to great shops
beautiful carry four yarn threads. Cut the stoles many in brilliant colours skeins into 24" lengths. Thread to wear over dark dresses or four lengths into needle.
one: comer, suits. If some smart women Beginning at boast a dozen stoles each, surely make the fringe as shown.
needle is inserted we conservatives can have one shows how
Pull thread 1⁄4" above edge beautiful one.
through and draw ends even at bottom.
"Go away!" he said. Knart and Hanld decided to: pay no attention to this. They
knowing
"I want to do it for them! I Pixlo from know, O'Scowl, that he didn't always don't live in a brook! I don't he have to have it clean! I don't mean to be as rude as sounded. In fact, ho never care if there's mud and slimy
: He was stones at the bottom! It incans meant to be rude at all. Just
scowly pixle, and every- nothing to me!" thing he paid came grunt or a grumble.
out as a
Hanld smiled sweetly, "We heard you from the other side of the Pile Tree Grove," she
said.
"Why don't you give them a little poke?" Hanid said. don't mean a hard poke. Just a little bit of a poke!
"Sure," said Knart.
move."
Drapes Gracefully
Second Needleful
A
Of all we have seen, we think the wool jersey ones loveliest.
Now from this first, draw The soft jersey drapes so grace- fully that it lends itself to varied a second needleful, through until "That'll effects when wrapped around ends are even, ond make a knot
the neck, about the shoulders, as at B. Space insertions
left needle " apart wid do crossed in front or on the
or
this
you were saying 'Move nice tiem no owned for an houlder. Make one for yourself across one end of scart, Knot
When yarn is in place, take 4
Pixle O'Scowl That I was!"
to
agrced Pixie tagant, then his face brightened O'Scowl. He turned back to know," he said, and his and your mirror will help you each needleful as shown in B. giorg into the water of the voice really sounded cheerful," to find the most becoming way brook. Move on! How can I never oven thought of that! A for you to wear clean this brook. If you don't pokea little bit of a poke just fashion favourite, pshaw!" he counted sudden exasperation. "They aren't, pay- ing, the slightest bit of alien
tod
·
"Who but" asked Kuart,
the thing, of course!" And he turned the handle of the rake around and gave the tadpoles, a little poke. They all scampered of. And now," he said, "I san
also gazing into the brook but do my cloning!" And be did!
Rupert's Autumn Primrose-3
Rupert picks up the thing he has
guintly. And Edward goda” hla hende Rupert, le quite right,”; he Die 2; Fredy get2Ų ADRIY) "Pook, “nu bet a'couple of sillas," blow he sunblea sử be walks away mušty Pair and ride tuning Rupert wonder what to
· Look; shirú den jona propis pared wet bar, ha 1979,
phers a verority Heper 17 kries- Ferdy,
this old-new yarns from one, group and 4 from the adjoining group and loop these together, as at C. shown, Continue looping, across end
of
The stole shown was made fino wool from 2 yds. tubular jersey and 2 banks ofi yarn.
Soaming Enda
To Make: Straighten fabric. 6eam one end. Beam opposite; end, leaving an opening of wide. Clip corners.
Tum Jerwo
Point through the OPREDELINES, comers out true, and prom Turned les la and Kip-stitch Ram
Keep loops about 1" below edge of..atola and on-nay even lind. When entire row La finished, fringe opposite end.
When all is done, smooth fringe out and press lightly over knotted part simply smooth to position.
to
an
nced a
slower
PARTY
FRUIT PUNCH
To serve 8 to 10, use 4 un-
In
Remember, more cakes arc spoiled by using too much, peeled, oranges. Insert the stem rather than too littlo heat.
ends of 8 to 10 whole cloves Large cakes
Place oven heat than small ones. It into each orange. your oven is not equipped with shallow pan or glass pie plate. Bake at 375 F about 15 min., or heat control, and you. don't ke
oranges begin to ooze. oven thermometer, spread a teaspoon of four on a heated pottery or heat-resistant
oven bunch bowl pan, and put it in the
Dissolve 134 when you think it's at the
moderate oven", stage. The sugar in one quart cider or ap ple juice, one quart orange juice flour will hurn light brown in and 746 lemon juicek; Add. § 2- heat 334 minutes..
Inch stick of cinnamon; almost
to boiling
Decorating Loaf Cakes..........
If a loaf of rich cake is to be kept several days for slicing. better leave off the Icing and decorate the top with nutmeats or glace fruits or both. This callo for a clear glaze applied and after the cake is baked cooled. It forms a foundation on which the decorations are placed and literally "stuck" in- to place.
c.
Or
Clear Glaze: Stir together 1
sugar, 1/2 c. granulated
c. white water and 1/3
ight corn syrup. Heat Blowly ntil the sugar dissolves, Boll intl teaspoon forms a firm cold dropped in vater. Spread a thin layer on he cake and put the decora- ion in place at once.
all when
Chicago Women
Like These
Lipstick Colours
Clear reds and blue-reds atinue to be favourite lipatlek lour choices among the women ith good interest shown in orals and pinkes, nocording to porta from Chicago depart- nent stores and specialty shops. Most buyers believe redson or the continued. interest in lear red and blue red shades is uo directly to the fact, that hese most readily flatter every roman's skin tone, and
well with Teile exceptionele wardrobe most of her basic oloing The now brownish ed are ahosen only by very and "ashion-conscious women. most buyers do not believe this status will see any change dur- ing the remainder of the autuma
colod
Brick with: fork, and, place; in
Creams, and lotions aró be- tinning do enjoy the usual cold weather popularity.
Purple is beginning to make an appearance in both the glove and handbag New York market, aiming to replace, orange us the gally Recent, colour, tat ence, iteek wall to rich legtured
Apeli Violety
原
YARDLEY
Froesia
c.
Crystal
of
scintillating array Bohemian Hand-Cut Crystal is, now on display in our Gloucester Arcade Show- room..''
Cut by the master crafts. men of renowned Works In Czechoslovakia; there can be no more beautiful presents at such reason-
able prices.
Ingenehks
RYSTAL DEPARTMENT
GLOUCESTER ARCADE, HONG KONG.
CARPETS
and Rugs!
Christmas
Sale 1st-31st Dec.
Given this
treasured
year- ALWAYS...
CARPET INDUSTRIES
63. AUSTIN ROAD, KOWLOON.
CHRISTMAS
PANTOMIME
"SINBAD THE SAILOR”
BY THE DRAMATIC CLUB OF THE Y.M.C.A. December 19th to 23rd 1950
(tuổiday to Saturday Inclusive) at 8 p.m. Also MATINEES at 3 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday. WEST LOUNGE Y.M.C.A., Salisbury Road, Kowloon Tickets: $4. $3, $2.
Bond
Street
Book at Y.M.C.A. or MOUTRIES.
· 21, M. Qvdan Mary
Orchls
YARDLEY
Perfumes
Bond Street Orchis April Violets. Freesla
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alto the Yardley Colognes -Bond Street Lotus April Violets Eau de Cologue
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and Dole Agent - JOHN D. HUTCHEON ■ dé, k
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