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THE CHINA MAIL. SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1960.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
(TEPPING out of the hip-bath: girl wrapped in a STEPPING out of the with chenille bordering. Lying at her feet: tufted lilac nylon bath- mat, one from a three-piece bathroom set. Victorian rose-spattered basin. Bathroom accessories and soap jars from Harrods,
THEGAMBOLS
..
YOU'LL HAVE
TO WAIT
WAIT HERE, GEORGE
I'M BUSY
THEY'RE NOT
REALLY MARRIED
POWDER
пром
BUT WE WENT TO
THEIR WEDDING REMEMBER?
It should be
the snazziest
room
in the house
from, odering you, six model die...... "Play beźbroms to
arqind, to estimating the cost of
verovating your own bathroom.
Traditional
of the displays is entirely -in traditional pale marble, another in earl grey vitrolite with shell pink fittings, and a third in tlies.
Selling fastest as a bath ac cessory: rose-patterned porcelain with green ivy the runner-up.
If its marble you're after, there's a manufacturer who sells direct to the public. Enough beautifully finished marble for a bathroom table-top at small cost and they will deliver it to your home
the
Two thousand years ago Romans were raving about ceramic tiles. They put them down on the washroom floor of villa sill standing in the Cotswolds,
A
Times haven't changed much
-tiles are still going over "well
economical way
ONYX and gold decorate the gorgeous bathroom today: for a luxurious look they
of Gerry Albertini and his wife.... Pink and red marble tiles with a lavish amount of mirror And Sammy Davis are for Henrietta Tiarks Junior has settled for the austere look of black and white marble in his spacious bathroom back home: ("I'm not prejudiced — I just love a big, deep bath tub").
are ments.
the They are appearing on For porcelain fitments,
growing along roses are still appearing in washbasins, red, blue and yellow. This the shelves and on toothbrush holders and winding round the summer in Paris the most towel ring in all gift depart fashionable homes papering the walls and ceil- ing in rosebud-paper with curtains to match, covering the stool and dressing table in matching fabric.
In London, roses are every- where: from wild roses strewn
on
An alternative to the scalloped shell-shape towel ring patterned with lowers is the metal ring in
lion's mouth-screws are hid den in the back of the animal's
head so they will not rust from the bathroom steam or catch on towels. In gold or silver.
are
an
decorating.
Most people are familiar with the ordinary white-tiled bath room, but now great things can mosaic floor, with under-floor electric heating to
be done with a ceramic-tiled or
keep the room cosy while you bath.
Shower cap
under the shower, there is
OR maintaining glamour even
a bouffant shower cap in white plastic with blue, gdgar pink or yellow Rowers.
And for hanging on the back of the bathroom door are zip-in plastic containers, newly-arrived from the United States.
The wardrobe case is moth-
prosted in coaque plastic with golden fleur-de-lls design,
A DOZEN layers of
white
nylon lace frills shaped into
noche hat and topped with a
candy pink nylon bow: the new disguise for a bath hat or to hide away your pins, and rollers at night.
ar
PORCELAIN drum to All with bath salts, store soap To cope with your high-piled paper tissues, comes from
sport an extra Florence. Rather than go to a depart- bethlye,
Standing about 18in. the apothecary jars and mirrors, from Florence to cab- ment store for a new look in voluminous lace bathcap at high, the jar is painted with
than the ordinary pink, leaf green and gold. bage roses on every kind of your bathroom, a firm in Lon- little more
(London Express Service). atting.
don, will do the whole thing straggle-hair bathcap costs,
by Barry Appleby
CAN I HELP YOU
MADAM?
NOT WHAT
I CALL
MARRIED
TENNIS
CLUB
SUNDAY
PARTY
THERES NEVER ANY
WAITING WHEN I PILE ON THE MAKE-UP.
THEY HAVENT GOT A
JOINT BANK ACCOUNT
Pare
LADY LUCK
YOULCHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, JUNE 4.
AQUARIUS (January 21- February 19): A useful hobby will give you a great interest for your spare time, and you may even turn it into a remunerative occupa-
tion.
PISCES (February 20-March
30): An everyday occur.. rence may temporarily up- set you out of all proportion. Try to dismiss it as quite a commonplace experience.
ARIES (March 21-April 19); Shed any feeling of in- feriority, when tackling nai. unusual job, and you will find that you are able to do it with the best of them. |TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In your determination to reach a certain objective you should not be deterred by some very outspoken criticism.
GEMINI (May 21-June'21); Try to forget the un- pleasant things that were said on both sides during a heated argument with a friend. CANCER (June 22-July 21): When approached with a request which you find difficult to refuse, make sure advantage is not being taken of your good nature. LEO (July 22-August 21); You have the happy knack
GAS FOR JOY Summer can
Making a wish? Flying MANA
It's bound to come true
For service sublime and food divine are there all the time (especially for you)
IN
of encouraging people to do.: their very best for you. Utilise it fairly.
VIRGO (August
22-
September 22): Your ten- dency to shy away from generalisations is apt to involve you too much with unnecessary detall. LIBRA
(September 23. October 22): You and your greatest satisfaction in work connected with other people, and should choose your career with this in mind.
SCORPIO (October 29- November 21);' On finding strong opposition to your plants, you will have to assert yourself, even though it may mean stepping on au associate's toes. SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Take advantage of a special bar gain today. The opportunity may not come : again. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20); Once you have made up your mind about a certain course of action, nothing moves you. Try to be a little more. flexible.
If
LUCKY - ENCOUNTER:
today is your birthday, a meeting with a Woman named PAULA may have some special significance.
be fjord-cool
can be
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maining sardines, and blend, and juice of lemon, Coal. in salads that are geared to with 6 chopped stuffed olives. captions appetites, but they Spread over each tomato half. are also excellent as main Season to taste. Idishes for meatless meals.
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For example, fry this our
met special, Tomato Norway Sardine Palisses for a meatless luncheon or supper,
Cover with boiling water 2 large tomatoes which have been chilled. Let stand 1 min. Drain and carefully remove the skin. Chill.
Place a cold poached egg over the sardine mixture.
Line the bottom of a shor oval-shaped mould, which bas been chilled with a layer of
aspic,!!
Cover with a mixture come in order, arrange a layer of pounded of -1 c.mbyonnaise, cucumber (sliced with "rind). 1/3 c. heavy cream and 11⁄21⁄2 tsp. sliced tomato and sliced hugri-
•hoseradish. Arrange 2 whole cooked egg (taker 4 exgs), Dab
Norway sardines on mavaraise each egg slice with mayonnaise mixture and top with a thin slice and adul
of stuffed olives.
small sprig of parsley or water cress, etranging all Serve on crisp lettuce leaves neatly. Top with oval arrange- ment of whole Norway sandines or chopped lettuce bed.
(takes 2 boxes)... Spason bo
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