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HONG KONG DAIL
FRIDAY
A Shopping affair!
The idea. The very idea That anyone could suggent for a single moment that my other kind of ruak was just an goodás “Ovaltine “linčka. They'd never heart jack impertinence... Was there eved any otherɛinsk with
hot subtle scrunchiness, that piquant davour, 18as emoral netting," "delicious DAY? What would their mid-morning hat drick be without - OvaltineTM Busks? "How could they possibly cat ordinary ruska with any self- respecting cheese ?
The whole thing, was-yo- thinkable. Good heavens, why didn't the man offer them a nice bag of peanuts and have done with it? No wonder they walked out of the shop. Nothing but
Ovaltine ** Ruski for people of discernment. OVALTINE
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MODESTY VESTS.
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OLD LANCASHIRE LADIES.
The old women of the catton dis- tricts in the nanobios were singular ly tough considering that most of thom had spent their useful.' lives in hard and incessant toil from wo very early age, - writes va correspondent." 1 remember one dear old lady telling me that sho began in the mill at the age of five, and that she and her tiny com-. ipanions, want to work holding hands: in a row, She lived until she was in her eighth year, and made the family to the vary day before abo died
They were very charming old". adion, and few of them retired" burly T could tell of many who tended their looms with unfailing skilk at the age of seventy and evon, more. Although the hours were longer, thon, wearing was not as worrying a job, as both the warp and woft were of far better quality than now and consequently the luoms run longer without attention. The weavers lived very pludnly, büt were not ill-fed; home-baked bread; wholesome broth and auet dump- links, oatcakes, nad rather coca- sional ment served up in beef bo and fut and potatoe pies and hot-potag Am the old ladies themselves would, likely put i summat ne'd stick in the riba
o say that old Mrs. Sound-So- badrotired from the mill was But a euphemism for indicating that she was now working harder than over she did before Probably she Bved, with a married daughter and kept house whilst her daughter went to the mill instead? She might even take in an extra shild or two to
mind" whilst their own mothers "drove" for looms. The cradle would be placed on one side of the roplace where is would be warm and onay to rock, 1 bhd mon happened to be alive, ho would do the rocking. A cute hand would tie a string to the cradle and
WOMAN'S PAGE
COLLARS AND CUFFS.
So many drosses depend now. days on immaculate collar and cuffs that it is useful to be able to make a satisfactory variety oneself For each dress needs something particular, and as only one wes goes with bought dresses and blouses de the rocking from an arm-chairextrus are essential. The best way! whilst onjoying a "smook.?
of making neat and amart collars
Most old Milies of the time un- joyed smoke aleo. The bright young people who tap, and light in- Cesarzt cigarettes ou the amatGUK stage would suffer many things if they had to take as many whiffs of the dusky clup pipos sported by these veterans of the shuttle and red-hook. An odd pinch of suff was also appreciated. They earned their luxuries. If they could turn an occasional penny by doing a bit of clanning or baking for anybody else, they were ready and willing. I know one woman, turned seventy, who baked bread and helped to carry it in a clothon-banket a dia danes of more than two miles to her customer.
Smurt modesty vests may be quickly made from stripe of lace and aro less expensive than those
Thy wore little plaid shawls, hought ready to wear. Taks four runningly tucked about their heads strips, two to three inclics wide on weekdays, sometimes with a cork- and as long as required, and join scrow curl escaping coquettishly. two of them with faggot-stitekingu Sundays they were prin caps, at the waved" edge. This forms and bonnets when they went out the middle of the vost Machine They wore huge jet brooches, or the remaining strips at each side. sometimes Eno cameos..
I never Take a fifth atrip and machine it want to sed anybody again have to straight across, the top, as near the work so hard for ne little material edge na possible. It is advisable reward, but I feel proud that I to choose Ince with a smul design, was privileged to meet and know so that there is no waste when these lovely old ladies of the nine- matching the strips.
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WINDS AND
CURRENTS THAT MADE HISTORY.
In the days of sailing ships the winds and súa currents played an important part on our on-going life. Later, with the development of steam and all-driven vomela, their importance lessenod-Now) however, that travel has taken to the air, the wind, at least, again are immensely important,"
THE CHILDREN'S
CORNER
wers drifted westwards instend and discovered the South American: con- tinent. They were helped along. by the warm equatorial surrent, that drifts past, the American const, westwards along the Equator, then south past Brazil. It was this dis- covery by Amerigo Vespucci that gave, the New World its name-
Amerion."
No doubt you wonder why Europe. wna not discovered by means-of-var- wind, the south-west, by the inhabi- tants of North America since "it. blows to us from there. It you'll recall the state of civilisation of. the Red Indians in those days sad. the size of their craft, the canoe, you'll soon and why, I think
Will the affect on aircraft of the
Labrador. A party of Norseman, Winds decide our future history,
cailing from Greenland where they Had colonised, drifted along with this current and saw land. Their Buges tell of this new country (which was Labrador) that they had discovered.
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Why the West Indies 7
Then in, the fifteenth century Columbus arrived at the West Indies Why the West Indies! Bo- It is interesting to notice how cause he sailed from Spain and some outstanding historical events during the summer the winds in of the past have been, bound up thoao latitudes are the N.E, trades. with the winds and currents of theThese blow him along to the West world In the eleventh century the Indies. So this discovery was link const of North America was die od up with a trade wind, covered by Europeans long before de
the so-called discovery of the Now,
World by Columbus, It w
Discovering South America,
“brought about by the cold Labrador 1, Sonia yours Inter some Portuguran
current that flows past the shores sailors, who were trying to stil! { of Greenland and than south past-south, round the African continent.
too!
SHORT HITS TO BEAUTY
Before a "Form.
Give the bug warm yo bath the night before, you have pamanent wave. I will put it in the night mood for this, treatment, will countorast the drying tendency TO-DAY'S RECIPES. of the heater and give a deeper
more lustrous looking wave.
FOR THE SWEET COURSE.
Egg Lemon Jelly:" Cover do. gelatine with cold water and stand 10 minutes. Then
our off the water and pour on breakfast-oup of boiling water, loaving until dissolved, "
Now beat together, 3 frosh egg add 1 cup new milk, and juicy
of
lemons "Mix all together carefully, blonding wall. Slightly sweaton, stir in gelatine, and pour into a wot mould, leaving all night ta sot
This is most nourishing and tempting.
Warm Rain Water
Urmin äter whenever you can get it tauta sa tonio on the sitis as well as cleanser and it
males the face soft and velvety,
Use it warm.
Smile, Please.
Learn to
produce your looks Fand personality Beauty, like technique. When in doubt, amilo charm, is sy much a matter of We may not be able to bring much to the conversation on social oc casions, but a mile is always wol
come
Pink Nails.
Always polish your nails on bio buffer before applying varnish To will keep them looking pink and pretty much longer.
Lemon Tartlets: Crambe small stala sponge cakes, and mix grated rind and juice of 1 large lemon and 3 tablespoons soft sugar with the crumba. Stir in 9oz. melted margarine and stirtion both clears and fixes the colour all gently over low gas for a of the stockings and is a precaution minute or two Gradually stir in
well worth taking.
2" woll-beaten eggs and cook three for four minutest Bake in a large pastry-lined tart-tin, or in smalli puff pastes shells.
Ameringue of stiffly-boaten ogge whites and sugar is pico on a fargu- bart, and should be lightly brown jod.
Lemon Arrowroot,
This is very good for invalida:
and cuffs is to choose a material which is not, too opaque--unless. piqué in being, worn and to bind Mix 1 dessertspoon fine white sugar the edges with strips of the mate-with 3 of arrowroot. Squeeze the dial end on the cross.. Georgette juice of a lemon on this. Gently looks prettier than almost anything pour over boiling water, stirring though it cannot be said to wash all the time till of a nice consist- well. There are also thin artificial ency-not too thin. Pour into a erêpes which do better and have a wetted mould and stand all night. warm tone in the tribe.
Serve with cream,
Mook Cherry Pie.
Two cups of cranberries (cut in
It is usually not difficult to select some collar-the plainer the better which will turn over any sort of
and look smoosh. This can bewo er coarsely chopped), 1 cup of cat in stihan paper, for it is of Bonded in 1 cup of water, 1 cup seeded raisins, 3 tablespoons flour use to apply one flimsy stuff of sugar, pinch of salt.
crust.
to another in cutting out dollars. Mix cranberries and raisins, add When three or fouf have been cub, flour, sugar and salt. Line a pie- cross-strips rather less than an inch plato with pastry and all with
aranberry mixtura Bas with small wide should be also cut very care-bits of butter and cover with top fully With georgette it is a good plan to pin the. material to the underlying cloth so that one corner
then, bo run song round the collar or can be doubled over at an excot cuff. It should have a fold in the angle of 45 degrees. There should middle and be turned "oxes, after be no notches when it is out, as which it will tack under with the these will only serve to make thee hommed, care being taken that greatest naatness. This side should binding irregular. The cutting here the stitches do not go through In i really the most difficult part of this way useful and smart collars. the business, but once the first line can be made in such numbers that.
constant changes present "no diff) is made the rest. Follows more or leultios.. less easily. The hisa strip should (Continued on, next column.):
IS THIS YOUR NAME?.
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John. This name has the beauti- ful meaning of Grace of the Lord" It comes from an old Hebrew word Chaqaach." which, in course of time, became shorten edinta Johannes, then, Joban and finally into our familiar "John. It is a date practically in universal ise. Russit makes it Ivan, Ger- many as the contracted form of Hans, while France spells it Jac quee and Jean. Sootland profess Ian while, Poland and Holland give it as Jan, more akin to the Spanish Jum “and Juanito: -Although of paraly Hebrew origing this name habosome so closely
allied to England that it is now actually the representative British naine Jour Bull the typical Briton
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been added two tablespoonfuls of of their losing colour. This solu- vinogar there will not be any danger
I imported meat in wolk covored.. with four, it closes the pores, ap provansing the icon running out," and the men will not antian dry h
For removing i stains on suos- pine, after boiling cabbage, ate, bolt is the best thing to rub
Mustard and Cross-To quickly or seed pods, place colander and hold under a fast- running tap,
Whon making ten, do not stir the toa-pot until the brow bas "drawn? -the cold spoon take it off tho boil.
is a help, as it, provente rucking.
A newspaper under the fron sheet.
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When short of flour, rollodonta may be added for cake making. More liquid should be added
ourse
NEW SILK STOCKINGS.
Frequently even the most expent colour when they are washed, and Biva of Bilk stockings lose their
each wash. If when the stocking scom to become a little palet after aro, washed for the first time they
rinsed in water to which has Continued on Previous Column.j
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