THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1951.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
CD IT WAS THE LIMOUSINE
HALLMARK IN THE MALL
AS THE KING AND QUEEN
PLAYED HOST TO THE DIPLOMATS
A tiara and the way to wear it by the wife of the Cuban Ambassador.
In palest blue and long white gloves, the wife of the Guatemalan Ambassa dor says goodnight to her baby son.
by DRUSILLA BEYFUS
Ambassador Gunnar Haggof was spruce in tails and a spread
N envelope drop of decorations.
A through the letter box. Their Majesties' Evening Party at Buckingham Palace," it says.
The guests of the party were exclusively
the from
world which carrica "CD" Corps Diplomatique-on its motor-cars. But before that moment when 1,000 guests see the evening awing into life there has been much talk, much planning, much money spent behind some very exclusive front doors.
Here's some inside informa- tion.
The evening presented no diplomatic tediums for Senora Luz Linares-Aranda, the young wife of the Guatemalan Arabas- For Lur is the stuff of Cuban melody, with her glinting dark eyes and easy smile.
sador.
He said he doubted very much that there would be any dancing at the Palace. There will be so many people. There's a diploma- tic inflation, you know."
At the Palace the guests be- gan to arrive round 9 p.m.
The Queen was dressed in a splendid silver satis crinoline, diamond tiara and and her necklace. Over her frock she wore the blue eash of the Order of the Garter.
Standing beside her were the King and the two Princesses and the Duke and Duchess of Glou cester, the Duchess of Kent and Earl Mountbatten.
Hands the Queen shook in- oluded those of Mr and Mrs Attlee, Mr. and Mrs Churchill, the Arthbishop of Canterbury, Dr G. F. Fisher, Mr Anthony Eden, and the Marquis of Salik- bury, leader of the Opposition
"Yes it is going to be a party in the House of Lords. she murmured fingering a some diamond col
collar.
For the big occasion Luz had ordered a forget-me-not blue ince dress from New York, and fresh while suede gloves: "One cannot wear the same old things for such a night."
She darled into the bedroom to fix a diamond earring. "My hus- band, he is still shaving." ahe said despairingly on the night of the party.
•
There wasn't quite the some sparkle of anticipation about proceedings at the Hagglof home. For Mme.
Hagglof, wife of the Swedish Ambassa~ dor, has done it all many tunes before--and well.
Her white and emerald ball dress from Paris of course" would obviously be rated one of the most elegant there. It was made of frosty white net, bare shouldered, with pearls scatter- ed' over the full skirt-the per- fect frock to top with a tiara. "But I can't eat anything for
hours before I get into it."
Mme. Gunnar Hagglof, wife of the Swedish Am bassador, goes to the grandest party of the year in a dress of white and emerald. Impressed small boy in pyjamas is her son, Axel.
Getting busy
outside a kitchen window
JOT every home is
Nenough
lucky
to have a pretty kitchen
garden beyond the window. Often a gloomy ex-
panse of brick wall or
is all that can be seen.
shed
So here is a simple idea for enlivening the sorriest view.
Small shelves, 4 in. deep, are each screwed to the "view" with two 3in, angle brackets.
In the test model the "view" was a brick wall, so having Arst marked the position of all the screws it was then neces- sary to fix fibre plugs, on marks to take the screws.
STAGGER THEM
the --and camouflage the brickwork.
Staggered one above the other, the shelves provide a founda- tion for an ever-changing dis-
MEAT AND TOMATO MINCE
UP PATTIES
THE GOLD MEAT
A LITTLE BACON
WILL HELP THIS "
BIT OF MEAT.
ALONG
STAND
· MIX IT-
WITH
AN KQUAL
play of gay potted plants anil trailing ferns.
AMOUNT:
-London Express Service)
POUR BOILING WATER OVER BOME SMALL „TOMATOES AND SKIN THEM 2
And so Into the white and gilt i ballroom....
-(London Express Service)
Nagging Contributes
To Success
By GAY PAULEY
NEW YORK, It's all right for a wife do nag her husband. Nugging might even make him a succesSS.
That's the opinion of Mr and Mrs Jack Klein, two ex- perts on job aptitudes. The team would like to make it clear, though, that the missus shoulda'i give hubby a bad me because his cigars smell, he leaves n messy bathroom and never hangs up his clothes.
Rather, the couple explained, the wife should nag only in her husband's. Interest... prodding him gently for the sake of his own advance.
It's not a question of de-. manding success," Mrs Klein
paid
hire
'but rather encouraging taking pride in his job." The Kleins head the Institute
for Aptitude Testing, which through a battery of questions determines what job a person should have and how far he or she can advance in it.
FAMILY COUNTS
The Kleins said that in the decade they had operated the institute they just naturally had developed a slogan. It is:
happys
In
A
Black Angel
Little Girl's Two-toned Dress
you don't hire a man, you
NY Witle girł will be delight-
ed hire his family."
to wear this two-toned dress with full skirt and puffed That is
is because," they said, phase of a man's private sleeves. A variety of effects can his job. If he's unbe obtained depending on the
colours his job shows it."
and patterns combined. The Kieins pointed out that
Buy, of 30 printed cotton, 1 ↑ shoulder to waist plus length the aptitude tests are thorough length waist to hem plus 3 hem. enough only to show What a
em- Of plain, 1 length waist to hom worker, or prospective
problems. The tests plus 3 hem. Average needed for ployee, has
yr. old, 1% yer. what they won't show That's up to the employer
In their own case, to test the validity of their system, the Kleins hired stenographer whose preliminary tests showed emotional disturbance.
ATC.
knew
Mr Kick sad), “we from the tests she'd blow up somewhere..
...although as far as typing ability was concerned, she was a whiz.'"
"Well, It happened about a month after she went to work," Mrs Klein added. "One day something went wrong and the girl simply picked up her type writer bodily and threw It several feet."
FORMULA SUGGESTED Man kan said, "she didn't stay around much longer. We never did find out why she was unhappy.'
For women who want to keep their husbands happy and suc- cessful, the Kleins have these
hints:
Show gonuine pride' in his job, no matter whether he's a janitor or a corporation president.
Don't expect of him more than he's capable of doing.
Live within his salary Finally, they said, "let a huru band live a little in his own i world. If he wants to play poker with some of the boys,
Chalk armhole from F to D and make underarm straight from D to edge of fabric G.
Mark-neckline E-B but do not cut. Cut shoulder E-F, armhole F-D and underarm D-G. spa- rate waist ploces,
Fold front (one with marked neckline) on crease. Cut aeck- ilne.
Back neckline can be curved down slightly at centre back. Slash down 3 at back of neck for evening.
Selvago Toward You
*
1051 may turn out troubled world. It you be. come down-hearted with life, then Madame, spread your wings and fly away. Paris designer Schiaparel may have had that hippermost
结
her, mind
when she thought up this creation for 1951. The dres is a black satin for evening wear, with izinglike black Batin "collarette" at the back. The gloves also are of black satin,
Household Hints
Dining room furniture needs bo be washed to remove sticky fingerprints and glass rings. Do a quick, light job with suds on all wood surfaces. Rinze promptly and dry well before applying new polish.
A clean stove, is just as im- portant in preparing food as a clean cooking utensil Frequent care makes the job easy. Don't give grease and splattered foods time to harden and accumulate.
Keep the oven clean by wiping the walls with a soapy, damp cloth after removing shelves and heating elements. Then swab down with a dry cloth. Wash
#old sleeve piece into quar-the broiler pan as if it were a tera crosswise. Lay selvage dish, after using.
toward you, as at I.
I is upper left-hand corner;
Jupper right. K is 2 below J.
Chalk curve from I to K. Cut-
on this line. Cut lengthwise fold
*
It is simple to wash canvas, unlined shoes. They can go
machine. Lined or leather re-
to separate two sleever.
Sem sleeves together. Make
hems on selvage edges leav-right into the tub or washing ing opening at underarm for in-enforced canvas shoes respond 10 a root lathery scrub and serting elastic.
stiff brush. After rinsing, stut shoca with paper
and dry in the sun.
Make two rows
of shirring on top of sleeve.
Scam shoulders and under- arms of waist. Bind neckline and back neck opening.
Sleeve Shirring
Draw up sleeve shirring to fit armhole. Pls in with sleeve
scam matching underarm seams, From One Selvage
Stitch. Draw elastic through sleeve casings and pin ends to- Straighten fabric. Tear
a 6" gether. from strip
one Pin narrow ends of skirt soc lengthwise
together for waistline. selvage of printed fabric for tions slcover. From remaining place bringing lengthwise edges of tear length shoulder to waist side zares to blas edges of front
for waist. plus
and back panels. This brings Fold in half lengthwise, then bias edges at side scam. Stitch fold in half again. Crease folds six scams. sharply and pin layers together. Lay double told toward you.
A is lower left-hand corner. B is neck plus 1" from A. C is armhole plus 1" to right of B. Chalk & linë straight across to opposite edges,
Neck and Stroulder
Adjust to Size
Gather waistline and adjust to size of waist. Baste, then siitch waist and skirt together.
Put on dress. Check ‘size of elastic in dieoves. Even bottom of skirt. Mark hem. Remove dress
D is breast plus 1′′ above C.. "Put in hem. Whip ends of Enock plus 1" from A, F elastic together. Use button and is shoulder length from E. Taper, worked loop to faston back shoulder B to B as shown.
closing.
Sleeve.
Jule Fronts
Side Backs
Walist
1/6 Waist:
better let him United Pres Sure Signs Of Good Jelly
SÚNE
MBAT
Good Jelly clear and sparkling and has a fresh flavour of the fruit from which, it. Li made. It is tender enough, to quiver" when tooved but holdi angles which out
Always boll the juice as rapidly as possible.
Amount of Sugar: The best -amount of suşine varies with the of partin and '' acid prosent. (Of couuso, either best or cane might can to us.), Too much sugar will made un Kyrupy: too little means “. fough
Follow directions carefully, ta the recipes given: by the protin.
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