THE CHINA
· SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1960.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
Anne Scott-James
Don't
brandish your body
I
(WELL, NOT MUCH!)
if you're
over 35...
FIND myself depressed by the recent cheesecake
pictures of Marlene Dietrich. I am sure that
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bodice or #
woman of 50 can be alluring. But not through the obvious blandishments of a transparent glimpse of thigh,
PICTURE BY JOHN PRENCH
The party lesson to learn this week: stick to black and white and one accessory
But I fear, I fear too many
In the toons, you end But just slinging the charm with the bloom of body across seems to me your skin, in the twenties not attractive for a woman
"Has she had it lifted?" with your cleavage, in the over 35. And Marlene has marvellous shoulders for her are saying: "Isn't she marvellous
age" thirties with beautiful legs, so many other accomplish. Belegg "really not a vein in when you consider?"
"I wonder if it's in the forties with wonder- ments that I wonder if real" are the comments you are apt to hear about any femme
ful eyes, in the fifties with a slender figure and curving waist. Not till the sixties need you fall back on sterling worth.
she's picked the right one
The worst of clinging to the purely Airtatious tricks when you are gelling on a blt is that
it gives rise to be much specula-
tion as admiration.
fatale who is no longer young. Remarks not meant to be cruel but sprung from sheer curiosity. admirers are still swooning
I hope, I hope that in Paris
Marlene's legendary legs.
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In the air
for spring
IN the past few weeks I have seen a large number of "wholesale collections," meaning the clothes that you will see in the shops from January to Jure.
STORIES FOR BOYS & GIRLS
A Cat And Dog Fight
-Kuarf Tries To Get Them To Be Friends
By MAX TRELL
Want to know what you areKNARF was sitting under the
In for?
TRENDS
The strangest Paris infuence by far is that of Nina Ricel, whose fichu necklines and swathed waista make A whole romantic
own.
muvement
Next is a strong the smart, ample Balenciaga.
their
од
trend for
shade of a geranium plant in his room and pretending he was sitting, under the shade of a palm tree somewhere far, far away when all at once he heard two things.
One was loud barking. The second thing he was loud mewing.
Fighting Sounds
heard
Then he heard marling and clothes of hissing and yelping and screech- ing and more barking and mew-
There are multa with long ing. jackets deriving from Balmain, "It's a Cat-and-Dogfight!" there is a whisper of Chanch. Knart seld as he jumped to his And the other Paris designers feet.
come nowhere at all.
You'll be buying these in
1080:
• Fitted, belted sheath dresses In every possible fabric from jersey to printed allk. The waist
In Alted at every wholesale col~ · lection.
The low-necked scavelcss dress with
o jacket will be
the outfit of the year.
Remember Brigitte Bardol's checked ginghams? Sho started
a snowball. Even tweeds now have the gingham look, checked
in pastel colours.
•
Jersey fabrics will mecen
cotton, silk, and rayon as well
as wool, Sufts in knitted rayon
are an exciting novelty.
⚫ Shirt-dresses are being cut
in thousands and thousunda and thousands and theismoda.
Synthetic fabrles are being
Uped by the mile,
Jackels are easy but not
or
sack-like. Whether briof tunic-length they arɑ slightly shaped.
He ran down the steps into the cellar. It was from there that the awful fighting sounds were commg.
The Cat was standing in the middle of the cellar with her back up and her claws out. Picky-Poo, the Poodle, was cr cling around her, barking at the top of his lungs.
But then he remembered about the magic ribbons which Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Ma- gician, hack once gives him,
Knarf went to the trunk in the back of the cellar, He took out two ribbons, He put ono ribbon around Ficky-Poo's neck and the second ribbon around the Cat's neck. This made them speak English Immediately,
She
scratched me! She scratched me!" Picky-Foo howled.
Doesn't Like Dogs
"That's what I did," said the Cot. "I'll do it again if he comes too close. I don't like
Every time he came near her the Cat scratched him on the Dogs" Bose. Than Picky-Foo barked and howled
I only wanted to say hello to her and shake her hand,” Couldn't Understand Thom said Picky-Foo, "All I wanted to do was to be friends with Knarf couldn't understand her." what either. Picky-Puo or the Cat was saying because ho couldn't understand Dog or Cat language.
Let's Eat Eat
Pepper
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
a dinner menu
with salad or meat loaf
"HERE is a fine red pepper salad prepared as in Mexico. I hope you and the Chef will enjoy it."
Our hostess, Elena Zelayeta, Rub serving bowl with garlic a home economist of Sen Frdry and adit peppers. Cover with The pretty-pretty dress cisco, offered an enticing dish olive oil, vinegar, calt and pep for the pretty-proity girl will of fresh green and red peppers per to taste. be broderie anglaist, avery as a salad accompaniment to deb, will wear it to Ascot, the meat cOUTED, (She served Glood manufacturers in every the meal with such grace and price range, report unprecedent-efficiency
would never ed sales,
*gueza sim had lost her sight),
The shops were cleaned out last summer, and money' in plentiful
Expect a fashion orgy in the spring, with delicious dresses, well-stocked shops, and women in a cheerful · mood.
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Outstanding Recipe "This salad is outstanding!” I exclaimed. "Is this rocipo in your book, 'Elena's: Flesta Rec- [pow? Yes? Dday I give it to my'. |readers?"!
witer mo
vory
best good
IN THE PICTURE, from left wishes smiled Elona, as the
Let stand at least 2 has, be- foru using. Serve on lettuce as on hory d'omnyre or as en po- companiment to meat or fish.
After our reinn to New York' the Chef and I worked out gov- eral new and different recipes. calling for peppers,
All Megatremists Are Leval
*racipes for 4 to 4
Meat Lost with Pepporn! Propere any preferred ineot loaf, mixture using. 141⁄2 lbw..., chopped moat,
-“Wait,' moedi and Ane-chop
lo right; cuand and tumšo in white trailed into the kitchen to being enough sweet green and whipeord: black lace for dinner more tprililasining
peppery to make 2 c. Scald with parties; one-piece drew of willen. Flulentos. Frescos Verdes “O boiling water; drain.
Knarf turned to the Cat. inyben
anyone wants to be friends with you, you mustn't scratch them.”
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Not Friends "Dogs aren't friends," Cat said. "I hate themi 1'd rather be friends with People."
07
"Dogs make wonderful friends,”
Knarf told the Cat..
"You're big and clumsy and foolish," said the Cat, fit you corac clase to me again "TH zcatch you on the meso, Just 8 I did before."
Try It barked Picky-Poo, beginning to get angry ali aver again. He darted in closet. The Cat put up her back. She shook her tall Her eyes famen. Sho showed her claws.
Stopped Between Thom Then Knart got in between Picky-Foo and the Cat,
"I Hke you two friends. But if you
"Of course," Bald Knari. "You can
friends with People and friends with Dogs, 100. Dogs make wonderful friends. Just look at the way the Children are friendo with Pleky-Poo."
They play ball with me, friends, at let you don't have Picky-Poo said,
"I don't like to play ball,"
to fight."
to can't
be ba
me,
the Cat said. "Sometimes I like "I'll stay away from her to push e ball around the floor she stays away from of the room. But I like to gday Picity-Poo mid. with the ball myself, I don't
Да Disc."
chiffon and ɑse, black wool: Colorados: Place "fresh "green", or... Rub a 9 x 5-in, lont par with black velvet with fur-edged red peppers under the broiler, cooking oil, sleeves; while Unen, with bands | ttirting so all sides are exposed Pack in ment mixture; of silver beade; wiliw dream of flo" direct bent;
Player with hair of the pegpors ribbon an net; Black řetvet with Wien alda, blisters-all over, Layer on a second third of meat'|| dipping back,
place them in a paper bag, "mixture, Put down, and cover Note the single wooemory; with cloen 'tantly, and let stand 10 with layer of remaining pep nashi's top-knot, gola stoću, * storm about 20. min. You will peri. Top with rurgaining, ment cocktail hat, crystals and pearl, find the skin pools off just like and pat down with spoon. silver embroidery, a rotā bili, an glove, powder' paff buty
d
· Represe¦ Heroids),
Itemove seeds and stems and eut peppers into strips.
Blake about 45 min, in modor ate oven, 370 m.
Serve hot or cold,
The Cut
to play ball with anyone thing. She just walked slowly didn't and ony- "And" continued Picky-Foo, over to the corner of the cellar
and curled up. "Whenever the Children, Dr
Picky-Poo looked at her for Father, or Mother, go för a
moment or two, then ho walked off, wagging his tail.
Knart took the magic ribbons off both of them.
walk, they always take ane with the
Wants To Curl Up
"I don't like to go, walking,” the Cat said, "I like to lle alt curled up in a warm place.”
"You're lazy," sald Picky- Pou.
"What a shame it is,” Knerg sold to himself, as be walked back to his room again,; "that Cats don't like Dogs and Dogs don't Uke Cats, even though it's true People like both of them)”
Rupert and the Snowball-24
The indistinct object high is the if I could only get a start?), Pa branches, does not move. and · searches in the snow to find a Rupert cannot quite make out its strong bough thái hún fallers, arut shape, but the bird is now Eapping with much pulling and blowing, he around, and will not move from holes i aging the lowest beach. * the tree. "I must climb up there **Now for it?” he saysɛan, ha and see what's the matter," "decidea chambere up the broken dough and Karpet." It would be saay enough..., 'reaches for a higher branch, fi
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