THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1938.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
THIS WILL STRAIGHTEN
YOU OUT FOR THE SPRING
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THERE are great tits nesting under my bedroom
balcony, there are glowing great clumps of daffodils
all over Hyde Park, and my small son has a spot on his
noge,
In other words, APŘING IS HERE for certain.
And how does spring. And you?
Hoog what millions of other women are no doubt doing?
Taking a cold, dispassionate look at your face and gure and not, feeling entirely satisfied with what you see,
Right?
Now for the expert's view on What To Do About It.
Over to the Vivienne Soreble Cidle where, to a rosy, chinizy, perfectly arranged flower piece and Perslan ug setting. Mies "Sorable muscular blonde with a skin like a peach-Is fairly bursting with "good advice.
are
"Don't mince matters, dear-- be frank.
There's so much talk of “personalities these days.
"What IS- personality but polec
"A woman with poise maks an entrance," and Miss Sorable demonstrated-head up, wide smile, and her tall tucked in a she came through the dour.
"AS for weight," she CON- thued, "part from a few diffi. cult glandular cases there's not the slightest need for any fat woman to stay fat,
"Lazy minds beget lazy bodles. Oh, I hear it all on the massage table and I do a litte, straight talking back.
n
"I'm a good cook and I've a forely home. i don't know anky he stays out so late, they moan.
I do. I tell 'em, You know, dear, sex is very subtle thing."
I agreed warmly, stood up straight, dropped my shoulders, pinched in my Best, and sald that I must go.
"Look here,” said she, 05. I solted myself down into the chinizce-"what you've got to put over to the women of Eng- lands that they mist learn to stand up, straight.
notion nl DROOPERS.
"Take a look at any group of worden.
Il doesn't matter if they're draped round a cocktail Together We paced bar or stumping in a bus queue, parquel, A couple of Ane, Their posture. Is appalling. standing. Englishwomen
"Pinch your seat in and keep your. shoulders down that's what I tell them here.... mod : girls, actresses...the lot,
the up-
abi
neither of us a scrap over 571 din. in our socks,
-VERONICA PARWORTH
CLEANING TIPS FOR THE
THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE
1. Playing cards––Rub with a 7. An Electric Iron-Rub
soft rug dipped in a solution
of camphor
2. Cork
Table
Mints Scour.
with powdered pumice stone anki Warm NoJpy
stained paris, with a Bott
dipped cloth
frely ia powdered whitening, then in vincgr. Polish with a clean clolb,
New Book Gives Tips
To Teen-Age Beauties
NO SMART TEEN-AGER goes to bed without firat washing fer face, Bude should be worked in with fingertips, then rinsed away,
MOTHER, you've an ally! She's Emily R. Dow of Wel- lesley Hills, Mass., who's writ- ten a book of good advice for teenagers. As you know, good advice is something teens don't
| often čure-lo take from you.
LIGHTLY AND BRIGHTLY
Datiers your facial contour otherwise.
of
INTRODUCING A LOOK BEHIND THE MOST EXCLUSIVE DOORS
I dine with London's top hostesses
BY HELEN BURKE
★ME LEON GUERRERO, wife of the Philippine M
Ambassador, is one of the most vivid figures of London's diplomatic scene. Dressed in tatigerfé chiffon, fluttering through the gothic baronial halls of the ambag- sadorfa residence in Kensington Palace Gardens, sho looks unexpectedly exotic as a humming-bird.
She is gay and talkative, loves parties, entertains two or three times a week. She likes informality, prefers the friendliness of a small dinner party (never more than len people) to elaborate diplomatic receptions.
She talks of London glowingly as the centre of the arts, and her dinner-guests are likely to Include some theatre, people one or two of her husband's intellectual, friends,” a couple [of MPs and not more than one
ambassador at a time.
The cooking on thesz ocen- sions is done by Miss Ludovina do Jesus Olivier, Mme. Guerrero's Portuguèse cooit.
PRUNE MOUSSE
No. 1.-MME, LEON GUERRERO
Loyos Parties
Well, I'll settle for moussa When the mousse rises, it is oprinkle flaked almonds over the nud here it is in as near as ready. It will sink down if you top." possible Miss Olivier's own words. (Sometimes, I translate a little!)
are not correct:"
Very important. said with sparkling eyes.
bain
All this
RUSSIAN SALAD
Without any notes, Miss, Ol- vier continued. I will give you VANILLA SAUCE "You need eight large, very
a, wonderful Russian salad for dock prunes. Wash and soak
*Remove the
boiled bam, This, is mode, with marle them in water some hours (over-.
avocado. peor, orange, night). Boil the prunes in one buth) and let the moussa cool sliced fresh pear, pineapple,
"Now for the vanilla peaches, cup water and half cup brown in it.
tablespoons tangerine and strawberries, if sugar until this syrup is not too sauce: Best three
one teaspoon possible. Put some mayonnaise thick, and not too thin. Chop to castor sugar and a puren-no, you do not sieve; cornflour with the eight egg with mustard in it into a large Add the fruit you keep the peels in it. Beat yolks, Bring one pint milk and mixing bowl.
Immediately and túra over. aight egg whites, very stiff and one tablespoon sugar to the boil. dry-very dry-and fold in alx Sur into, the egg mixture, Re and over. Add pepper and salt Then tablespoons of caster sugar, turn to fire and very carefully to taste and also a few little Beat in cold puree until well bring almost to the boil-not low drops of lemon juice and about gold roasted Zoz chopped pale much to make scrambled eggs!
almonds. Place a nice lettuce Add a little good vanilla essence leaf on each plate with a., serv an eight-inch the beat well, cool and put into the ing of the salad on it. Sprinkle "Butter (deep cake tin will do). Turn refrigerator. Stir from
some chopped walnuts on each mousse into 1. Cover with but time so that no skin may come tered paper, stand in a bath of on top. Bolling water and boll for eight "When both
very cold, minutes.
to a dish, Very important, this, turn the mousse on
over it and You must watch this very much. pour the custard
A few good cleanliness rules for.teers Included in the book are: Never go to bed without washing your fate. Never let prune sweet," she said.
"Do give the recipe for your anyore borrow your
cor, to me: "It is wonderful. When brush, Lipstick or powder pult,
There
suggestions for lighted." teen tatiles who went to trim, "The mousse?" asked down and for teen skinnies who Olivier. want to fatten up.
are
Mrs Dow's done a wonderful
she serves it, everyone is de- mixed and thick,
Miss
Fre
time
But be of good cheer. Mrs
one."! "In America," said Madame Dow, in "Brooms, Buttons and Beaux," todles it out lightly and job, Mother, You owe her a vole:Guerrero. It would be prune
duf and so convincingly of thanks, brighty that teens will be quoting and
"No," Bald Miss Olivier, “it is prune mousse." her suggestions carrying oul
the necessity of even
without worin
a word from you
water, Wipe over with a cloth wrung out in water, and then dry with a dry cloth. The mais should be left in a cool airy place until they are quite dry.
3. Penama Hots--Make 1 tala paste of. Epsom saija and water and brush over the hat with an old, tooth: Urust, Leave to dry for eight hours, m
.
B. Papler-mache Treys-Wash in warm soapy water. When dry, polish with white Purniture ercom.
0. Tiles Rub with a soapy flannel that has been dipped in paraffin.
10.
4. A Thermos Flask-Diaznive on tablespoon of salt in hot water, fill,flask, to the Lopahi leave for en 11 flautes. Then rinse well in
clear warm water.
6. Ostrich Feathers Make a paste of. piperlay and Water 21. rub them With it, being careful to always rub in one dircellon.
When the paste. 12.
quite dry, shake it off and curl the feathers with #knife.
6. Wicker Furniture Serub well with salt and water and, if possible, diy in the
The book covers a, number of important topics-helping with housework, sewing. nursing. baby-altting. eliquette, home decoration and beauty. The lat ter is handled in an excellent chapter called "Keep Glamor-
Felt Hate-Maké a paste of Fuller's earth and water. Jous,"
Spread the paste all over In addition to the usual how-
the hat and leave to dry.to beauty Instructions, Mrs Dow
Then brush off,
Rugs Take equal quantities of water and ammonia and
has come up with several of-
bent idens that may be news even to you, Madame.
For example, she tells how to
not too harel, a brush and when yellow teethaub them
with a hide soap, go over with a plece of charcoal or a the carpet in small squares, burn match before brushlug. Where, stains are heavier The charcoal can be purchased use pure qu'à ammonia. at the Chemist's. Electric Light Bulbs-Rub them over with methylated spirits and you will get a brighter light from them. A final rub with a little metal polish will discourage dies from them. -HILARY WENTWORTH
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She suggests a cute idea for trying out new hairdes. Preview them while docks are good and copy from shampoo. Sudsy hair the cars, stays in place-over on the forehead,
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EILEEN ASCROFT REPORTS FROM SAVILE ROW
I've been looking over
the New-Shape Man
THE UMBRELLA
# brand-new a dark colour and chamois THERE'S
man for spring to gore the right accessories.
leather gloves in buff or grey with the New Look lady. He's taller, sleeker, better groomed than last year's Italian-style male of the pointed-shoes, narrow pin stripes and bow ties.
Finally, the new-look male furled still carries his neatly umbrella and wears a spotless White handkerchief in his brons!
The new style is cool the pocket. New. Savlie. Row Line. And
If he wears a toppat it wil
1 forecast the ladies are going be side breasted, ending Just to like it.
below the knee and have a two-
I went to discuss this new button fly-front fastening. look for mon with Mr Leonard, It he really wants to took like Whitley, who dresses, some of
a dog's dinner, it will be made the smartest men, abou* town, among them Sir John Gleigud, of soft lightweight cashmerel Jack Hawkins and David Niven. One small revolution that has taken place in masculine dress "It's designed to make a man during the last few seasons is look tailer and silmmer," he told the shedding of the heavyweight me. We are reviving the sult. elegant English gentleman."
Faw, men now order anything.
The Bal Salenote the pew shape. the Japel, bellows.pockets, leather Price: buttons and 1boulder pirats
links"
£24, from Stadiona
The tall, thin
OUT
The old
Italian
styla
I imagine that one could quite out the tangerines -(London Expreia Service),
well leave and strawberries.
"I subscribe to the gind to see the end of the rather I had a preview of some of heavier, than a 1-oz., cloth even "But they don't like jazzy chirts, Palmer. the newest sults. Longer, slim for winter, For summer 12oz. rainbow ties or novelty cuff theory" he said, that once men spivvy Italian influence on men's left off wearing top hats they fashions.. And I can't wait to mer lapels give the taller look or even lighter.
the domination and trousers
He also conarmed what I Tast
over be taken out to lunch by, an HEVO NAKOW..
elegant male wearing the New graduated lines, with no tumOne well-known man's, shop have long suspected--that men women." upa.
in Picoddilly has gone over dress to please, women,
We don't suggest a return to Savile Row Line. entirely to Bghtweight sulle sind New, in sports west is the toppers, but personally. I am
(London Express Buruice), The single-breasted Jacket is tropical cloths. With all these, suit of light cavalry twill, with top, fashion for summer, but the unen aud, Terylene, mixtures, alkunty, 'bellows' outside two-button fastening is set low mohair, and worsteds in, supers. pocket, which stretches easily to below the pockets.
light weights there's, no exeuing hold fisk,, ce cards, etc, with Prince of Wales ch
checks are for the Engish male to swelter out spoiling the shape of the
Jacket. popular this season, with plain in the summer sun.
cross between, plus fours and show well above the jacket.
cular mole is a combination of knickerbockers, which does Smartest Headgear, for, towns and gaberdine, with an away will drenched and fing wear is the small, ciltly brim- attractive dull sheen in grey-ling trousers bottoms. And for med hairy bowler, vey light in blue.
the yachtsman there are natty ¡weight.
smeeks of tough water-repellant coliona
Waistcoats cut high enough to My choice for my own sidene for golfers include a
"We are encouraging : thờ
buttonholenim for daytime,
Mr Whitley, tells me. It gives nigh
MAYFAIR SHOW.
Just the right touch a galety, spkkcinity
and informality to a really good, [sutt,"
Shbes, have · lost" BjörH VÁCH, Itällan politód toên Ngh WAYNE
zo: high cut with
One gimmick I'll do without
AM getting very tired of “glnimicky" cookery Boke
...In the past few years we have seen everything-from Famous Children's Favourite Foods to strictly aphrodisiac dishes.;:
Mr Palmer hopes that the To say nothing of a whole I query the wisdom at start- Englishmom anhoilday · this | spata of books dealing with foodt lng a chally plece, on cokém throw away those in every corner of the globe.j.. makiriir, with a quotation: from and Imp I've seen cook books devoled II Samuel xlii, quLet him hộ hús élung | entirely to sailing.,.invalida - make a couple of clites, in my
Cleven DOGB sight,en no
ved them The latest is the Bible Cook
creen Bold with a rougious, I would zemind the sultad Terylene gimmick that has been weist to: Mike Marian Moeve. O'Brien, Lourers, or me from America.
that this particular enkermaking Are you Jumised at the session ended: In tragedy;) and thought of, “Ten Contamasdments pode "Tamer. "Said her hand Reid here the for making jams and jeilles, on her head and i went on
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“VERONICA PAPWORTH