THE CHINA MAID, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1959.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
DEE WELLS sends a fabulous shopping list from New York,
JUST LOOK AT THE THINGS
YOU ARE MISSING
GIVEN a wish-wand to wave, or granted the carte-blanche selectivity of
Bome Américan
a millionaire maharajah picking a wife, there are things and ways I would whisk across the Atlantic to Britain faster than the fastest jet airliner. For instance:-
USED CARS at £100 to £200 for models as recent as 1954; and, ideally, one particular 1947 convertible I saw. Admittedly, the upholstery was ripped, the electric window mechanism broken, and one wing a bit bashed in. But at the price of £1 108, who would argue?
NO MOON?
By CLAIRE
COX
To go with the cars I would transplant some
of America's SUPER ROADS, 12 lanca wide, criss-crossed
flyovers by
and plunge-
throughs.
They swirl round
other. nt
ench
cloverleaf
crossings and trace figure-
eight loops as gracefully as
is top of the wedding trip hit Sonja Henle in her prime.
NIAGARA FALLS of trade list.
the nation's foremost honeymoon spots, travel agents report.
the
Glamorous spots such as Bermuda, Laa Vegas, Hawaii, Miami and Virgin Islands are taking its place.
Of the more than 3 mil lion persone who visited Niagara Falls last year, the Chamber of Commerce of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
few counted only a
more than 3,500 honeymooning couples.
cen-
The magazine's travel- experts said the average honeymoon couple spends į
IN OILS
DE-
of
Another wave of my would transport 3430 on its wedding trip. wand Only 7 per cent of all wholesale the TOY
newly-weds do not go on|PARTMENTS of some honeymoons, they reported. the big stores here. The other 93 per cent take trips averaging 12 days, most of them in auto mobiles.
A Chicago tour diresor a
hergumooners
Nagara Falls these days usually just pass by on their way to another resort.
New
re-
Cars
Just take a' peep.......... Doll's house furniture in every period from Chippen- dalo to Swedish modern; tiny lamps that really light,
that who visit refrigerators
frigerate, washing machines that wash, that run on little petrol motors; ranch-type modern dolls' houses that have swimming pools plus four- tains that work and Old Master-type oil paintings on the walls. ·
"We haven't sent anyone to Niagara Falls in cors, sold William' A. Doody, con- Dorsey Richardson, at Thomas vention director of the Cook & Son's
Orleans Chamber of Commerce, said office.
A spokesman for the Ameri- his home town had been
Egonis rated the "honeymoon city" Society of Travel
said: since the turn of the
"Niagara is dut and Bermuda Now for the hourewivest
NEW All the travel agents and
ΤΕΡΕ FASTENERS tury. Historically, he said, is in.
icur operators we've checked that work on the principle of it still stands na No. 1. In rady have or are developing burrs-thuse some old country
honeymoon spectuls
burrs thai cling so to stockings. muda.
They have hundreds of almost invisible nylun hooks that mesh
together and
spite of a recent decline.
Travel agents who Br- range accommodation
in Ber
for "The agencies say they're
honeymooners and the doing comparatively lite busi-
iress with Niagara, although 3
into tiny loops.
Squach them
honeymoon travel depart million-odd people still visit whatever is fastened stays
ment of
a magazine Niagara. ("Modern Bride") put Ber-
muda,
"Sen Juan is getling, very Pennsylvania re- popular. Three Puerto Rican resort hotels, El Rancho, Bar- sorts, New York City, ranquitas and Monte Mar, give Florida and Canada at the honeymooners special rates.
Moscow Getting
Westernised
fastened.
EXOTIC
Over to you too would go Romic of America's SUPER- MARKETS, stocked to the roof with fresh vegetables and fruit of every edible variely, all of them available all the year round.
Typical current prices: Corn eight for 25.; peaches on cob,
3d, a lb. And there are exotic party things like snails from Burgundy, complete with shells, and frozen chicken cacciatore
tortillas from Italy,.
REVOLUTION! Women's shoes with heels just Mexico.
stiletto-spiked and toes just as pointed as
in more fashionable cities have appeared in a shop window in Moscow.
You even can buy an eyelash ******
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eurier, of all things, for BY ALINE MOSBY
rubles at sidewalk stands on Gorky Street, Beatniks with beards and tapered trousers were seen in the Arogvy restau- runt the other night...and a home-made red sports car is racing around town.
the long arm of de-Russinnisa- lion can be found in the hotels, and the shops, even on the radio. You can buy soft drinks
Jazz, and cigarettes at sidewalk vend-
machines. Sraz frowned upon, is played in most of the hotel dining rooms. It scunds a litle 1830-lah, and retting better
in shuri, Moscow is becoming Westernled. In fact, it's getting downright jazzy.
The
vrov furdans 1alk in But elreles to deny the trend. nonetheless Moscow is slowly but perceptibly changing,
onee
from
L
WHEN AUTUMN'S TINGLE IS HERE
◆ The sun still shines-but there are people already thinking of grey, misty days. And to wear then, there is this double-breasted straight coat with the new Cardin cape collar. The piping round the collar fastens as a tie.
Cost Crasse • $4}<1⁄2ROLE-
STORIES FOR
A Round Adventure
-Hanid Walks Inside Of a Bubble-
By MAX TRELL
1
ANID, the Shadow Girl with but the Turned-About Name, all the time. had mixed some BOUD in a cúp this once ecoled, mysterious, Some of the orchestra vocalists of water and then, with a white even eroon popular American clay pipe, she started blowing semi-Oriental "forbidden" city may som? day have much in songs such as "Autumn Leaves" | bubbles. of in English,
capitals with common Wattern ctumiries, for better or worse.
Moscow Radio has played the album of "West Side Story," "Our worncn never will wear
a summary of such shoes-dhey don't have feet complete with sheped like that," one Russian the plot in Russian, twice re musbend explained, pointing of cently..
few
Red
my pointed toe shoes when I
in Moscow à arrived months ago,
But one window of GUMI, the
store on big department Square ha women crowded six deer these days. around
the window are In
elegant sboes-blue, pink, slook black;
littering brocaden.
Di
The
Fair "My score
startler you Lady" is another
can heur sandwiched between the usual setting up exercises and newscasts relating suc- cenes of the beven-year plan,
Now that consumer goods aro becoming more plentiful, stores are "dressing" their windows. Blown-up photographs of pretty girls, duranter with elaborate displays of wigs, attractive
When you inquire inside, the shoes are, made only to order, at 400 rubles tourist exchange is 10 rubles to the US dollar) Russian' perfumes and lingerlo up" the closgirl says. But at are changing the sldewalk Jesat they're in the window, and scene.. Bundan roade And even those
shoes Soviet women ere buying But the ultimate of the "now, ougerly on the ready-to-wear look in the Soviet capital was shelves at $30 have reasonably found in one store window on hesis und slightly a sido street. It is fashionable narrow pointed toes, quite a change, fr Moscow women
R
from the usual square, heavily plump. But there on sale for soild footwear F20 rubles was a pair of East
There are so many holes in Citron-minde the "chain" these days that “falsion"
while
trees, the sky and even herself reflected in the bubbles,
"It must be like lying in a
lovely little world," she was saying to herself. And us that moment she turned around to Eco Mr Merlin, the Magnificent coming out of the Magician, house.
PISTURE BY JOHN ADRIZAN
+
Mr Merlin had a thin face with sharp bright eyes like can- die flame in a dark roum,
Sat Down
Let's Eat
IDA BABEY ALLEN
Picnic Foods Keep Well In New Vacuum Bottles
only very recent
Ily, with the develop with meal or to pep up a sand-
Here is an uncooked vegetable relish from the Midwest to servo
ment of the vacuum wich filing, bottle, that
Wo
can.
easily serve foods hot
very cold on a pienie," served the Chef
20
·· ̈ Tomato-Celery Relish: Com-
or bins and mit 1 minced medium-
ob-
ulse onion, 1 cut-up small green
* pepper, c, chopped celery, 21 c. cut-up fresh not-skinned
"In past years, to enjoy tomatoes, 1 tbsp, sali, 2 tbsp.
hot foods outdoors one. had sugar, 1 tsp. all-epice, 2/3 e
tep, ground clove. Refrigerate overnight to. Tomorrow's Dinner
to build a fire. Otherwise, art alle salt and one packed a hot casserole. of baked beans, or other foods, in many layers of newspaper, wrapped it in a blanket and sometimes: OVEN wrapped with it a hot brick or soapstone,
Chilled Foods
Spinach Saladettes Sesame Broiled Smoked Ham Carrot Rounds Noodles Polonaise Tomato-Celery Holish Spicy Phan Compote Hos or Iced Coffee or Tea
MG
Ait Masistrements- Are. Levet Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to
"Chilled or frozen foods were wrapped in many layers of newspaper, dampersed with cold water. Cold divinin were' icesi Basime-Brolled Smoked Ham: aald transported in big jars. Ica Order 1 round slice tenderised cream was packed in a pall of. ham vin, thick for each person,
(1 slice or two children), See and rock salt"
PIENIO LUNCH on Lake Michigan features both hot and loy cold foods. Regular and wide-mouth vacuum containerskeep them fresh.
"Picnic lunches in 'those days Broil 4 min, on one sido; MULTI. were certainly a real chore to Sprood lightly with equal parts prepare, Chef," .I. replied. table muslord and tomato ketch- That's why outdoor eating was up. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. enjoyed only on special occa- Finish brolling. sions. But, today it's easy to keep foods hot.
Suggestion Of The Chef
"Use a wide-mouth Vacuum Pack a variety of sandwich bottle. An adjustable handie seasonings in the genie lunch. turns it into a pitcher for hot For example, seasoned walt, soups
or beverages. We can garlic wit, coarse-ground pep even pock hard-frozen toe cream per, chutney or chill sauce and in a wide-mouth vacuum bottle," sauce tartare,
BOYS & GIRLS
and bigger. Finally it was" Do bly as Hamith, a really enormOLA
bubble.
She looked out the window again and saw Mr Merlin, Bit- ting
on the back step of the
"But how can I got inside?” house, waving pleasantly to Honid was about to asic again. her.
Mr Merlin
snt
her thoughts
the
**Just
Mr Merlin smiled and next to Hamid' on down back steps outside the house.
It's fun blowing bubbles," Mr Merlin said.
"It's wonderful fun," said Hanid "Every bubble is liko a small world. Look, you can sea the houses and trées, You can sce the garden. You can even seo ME!"
must have roud
because he said:
turn the knob of that door in the bubble und wulk
Down To Earth
Tell me when you want to
right in. There's nothing to "come down!" he was calling.
There really wan nothing to
Hand turned the knob of the door. It opened at once. She stepped right inside and it shut rift behind her.
"I want to come down now," sold Hanid
The next moment, the soup with a gentle bubble started slowly sinking. bump it landed on the edge of the clay pipe. Hanid opened the door and "Pleasant trip!" she heard Mir stepped out into the real world Merlin saying.
Again.
The bubbles were beautifully He was wearing a flowing sun glistened on slik gown adorned with moons round. The
and stars
He and planets, their sides.
When Hand looked carefully wore a tall, pointed corecrer's the could go the house, the hot.
Mr Merlin was nodding. "I wish I wore in one of my bubbles," said Hamid In dreamy voice:
a
It wais a curious hound. Everything, was round.
"Pop" went the magic. bub- ble,
The floor were round. The
*Tell me when you want: to come down,“ sáki Mr,<züntie.
And Hand smiled and
Rupert and the Outlaws-36
Rupert struggles up the weep!" all he reaches is that she
and se quite set of besatha TWIWWER
that boy, land atong scramble ““ të
onder his bellaminys, cun'e King Pat where's the big puppy Anicht whine Erima s bigla
Hand was just about to blow another bubble when Mr Merlin
sold:
"Well,, why not?"
Hanid Startled
"Why not what, Mr Merlin?” naked Honid. She look startled. If you want to get inside one of your own biblies," said Mr Merlin, "why" pot do so? Who's stopping your
"Nobody stopping me," said Hanich, “Only, how can I stet Truido a solo Eitalilole? It will burst, the minute I touch l
"I hope you enjoyed your walls were round. The celling irip," said Mr Merlin, the Mag was round. When Handd went nificent Magician into the kitchen, sho. found the knives Wab
were, round, the tablb round, the chairs were found and, of course, the egga and oranges and the apples
were even rounder than "LABLE).
she did.
Brain Teasers
It was 'n Hilo 'difficult walk= ||| ing up the stairs, because they How well do you know your 10. What dich might, Mar
bost 7 were all round and Hanld kept firmy frienda? Can you snawer slipping down..
Looked Out
sch of the following correctly? 11. What fich might 1. What fish could drive malla? in the skyf
3. What flah might light with 12. What might be the Carmich?
flata7.
9. What dich might carry
She looked out of the round 1ht? windows DNA
Not at all, not at sil," said. "My
Mr. Moriin. Fisse hund me elabmod. "The "whole
Your clay pipe: Til blów the looks roud!!!
1.
4. What dish, never wants for
may? worlds. What flat could
next bubble. When it dels big"," And she was right! The whole
enough; you Siant walk; friedela,?? the world Ilrounde
a
A Bir Merlin, didn't anawat.
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