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"OVALTINE'
RUSKS
APPETINING HUTSUNEK KOURISHING
3.84, P.B 8.
SKIRT LENGTHS AGAIN.
Straightor skirts figure in the Molyneux mid-sejison collection, and appear
to be shorter still for morning wear little too short in instances when they just skin the crook of the knee. However, this point la question of individual taate, to say nothing of the fact that women with slim, legs have been advocating this return.
An additional couple of inches is" quite as smart in morning clothes, while mid-calf and upper-ankle Javels still hold good for later after noon occasions, Straighter skirt lines modify these lengths all the same, and make quite a difference, Evening pkirts, too, hre much lens full and gauged on a slim grad gated line which is most becoming, as it just clears the ground. There 78 a shorter length tipping the ankle, in youthful models, of linen.
ÆSOP'S FABLES.
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THE FOX AND THE CROW.
1. A big, black grow was one day sitting on some rail-ings in front of a cottage. The window was open, and on the table of a piece of cheese.
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2. Now the crow was very fond of cheese, so she hopped down from the railings, and on to the window will; then she peeped very carefully into the room, to see if any one "was there.
3. No one was to be seen, so she
THOSE NURSERY
FOOD FADS.
If you have ever entertained a thorough-going food faddie dinner you will doubtless be deter mined that your child shall not grow, up to make a similar nuis ance of himself. But, although you may ensily become impatient with a youthful faddist, the difficulty can often be surmounted without those ators and rows it. table which merely result in indigestion and bad tomper.
HONG KON
WOMAN'S PAGE
BACKLESS DRESS.
NO LONGER STRESSED BY
FASHION.
Don't, if the child genuinely dis- A more formal noto is creoping likos i dish force it upon him with into the best frooks of the season, the injunction You must eat this, and especially in evening dress are it is good for you." Instead, dis guise those hated rice puddings, those subtle changos noticeable. dull sponge-enkos, or whatever it Good style is the keynote of may be, as something now, and dt success, and with the поте of tractive. Make the rise into moulds, reator exclusiveness the high back coloured with cochineal and de-line" is considered more che than corated with glacé cherries. Or roll the backless frock. Fit into balls, bavering them with
coconut and shredded angelica.
Tempting but simple. -- Plain sponge cakes, which aro munly the only kind of cake per
The décolletage in the front tends to become a little lower. Long. gloves are worn to meet the short sleeves. Clever shoulder-drapery or a variety of cape and Aschu sweeping line, whilst preserving the effects suggests the wider and more bottes balance of the slim inoulded hip..
Skirts are worn long and flow. ing, for all lines must make for grace and style in the best, vogue.
The colours worn in the evening ars lavaly, and further, they are kind to women of all ages. Mystori- ous greys that are blended with powder and Sévrogblue, faded
pink with beige," lilac, and maize, parchment aid gold, sunset red with a tinge of silver are all elades that can soften the ravages of time and provide a veiled background for the flamboyance of youth
The best designers are certainly stressing" this now note of soft. and Hattering colouring combined with good style in cut and detail. In fact, in old-fashioned Victorian parlance the last word in the modern mode is "lady-like," an dress but the best models with amusing epithet among our ultra-flowered garlands, trails, and modern young women.
Jewellety assumes a new import- shoulder-straps have each petal ance, but it should not be worn in softly shaded and made of chiffon profusion.
Pearls are more than and silk lightened with something ever in request; which is only to be expected, 28
many Empire ciré-satin, that gives a waxed styles are obtaining favour. Rich look, Net for ball gowns is ex- satinis in pale parchment white ortremely effective when dire
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pink tints look best with a rope of
pearls, possibly to correspond with agirdle or pearl embroidary on the dross.
The extended shoulder drapery and slant way movement are assist ed by the long rapa or graduated atranda of pearls-with a somewhat; high-backed trained evening gown of white georgette. noticed with & white georgette dress shoulder- straps were" made of plaited: 'seed- pearls that formed attractive cross- way pieces at the back. The front of this frock was cut low and very square, held by a large corsage piece in the form of a true lover's knot, made of the same pearl- work.
mitted the very young, soon begin to pall. Give them a new aspect by decorating them with nursery characters, in a thin white icing | mado in the usual way but with the addition of a little lemon juice.
If you find difficulty in getting baby to ent his cereals overy morn ing, try the method adopted by Miss Peggy Wood with her amal son. Every morning a portion of fruit was "bidden beneath the heap of tousted cornflakes, which thereafter couldn't be eaten quickly enough, to discover the delicious morsel beneath. Sometimes it would be half a peach, sometimes half á Even the cheerful sequins are pour, or an apple or banana sliced-now presented with a yeiling--to not so exciting in their usual place subdue their sparkle. Many even in the nursery menu, but a de-ing gowns in pastel chiffon or mar- "lightful novelty at breakfast. quisetty have shaped corsage,
No other jewellery was worn, with the exception of silver sandal-shoes with straps and heels studded with diamonds, and the long black gloves bad a pearl whistlet.
Milk, is disliked by some children, richly embroidered with multi- and this is difficult to disguise.coloured sequins on to net, but a You can often persuade a child to veiling of soft chiffon effectively- take it, however, by the simple reduced the glitter into a blended dodge of aerving it in a cup with scheme of colour.
funny nursery fiqure painted on the inside bar. The toddler will
This same system of subdued. shadings also applies to Rowers. get a lot of fun out of draining the Gay blossoms are a delightful trim-
cap until he sees the jolly picture.ming to the débutante's "dancing
THE CHILDREN'S CORNER
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hopped to the dish, took the piece
of cheese in her bill, and, flew away! with it to a tree not far away. Å fox, who was coming along, saw her..
4 Hop too, liked cheese very much, and he set to work to think how he could get it for himself, and be was not long before he hit upon b-plan. He came and sot under the tree, and began to talk to the crow,
fy good friend," said he,
I never knew, until to-day, what a hand-some bird you are, Your glossy, black feathers shine like satin; and to my mind, they are for nicer than those of any other bird. You must surely be a prifioess."
6. The crow was very pleased at the nice words of the fox, and she would have liked to say something in rotura but she durst not open her mouth, for fear of losing tha cheese.
7. The sly fox saw this, so he made up his mind to try once more.
IS. THIS YOUR NAME?
I have been told," said he, "that a crow is a much better. singer than a thrush, or a lark, or Mabel is one of those very in- even a night-in-gale. After seeing" your beautiful feathers, I am sure foresting but difficult names to ex
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it must be so. I have never heard plain, since it may come from two
a crow sing, and I should be so quite different sources, If taken glad if you would sing a few notei
literally to meant.Ma Belit
8. The vain grow could stand his denotes M Beautiful One" fine. words no longer, su, to please This is the exact translation of the the fox, as she thought, she opened French name Mabello." hew mouth and gave by loud "One Mabel, is we know it. Ins Yor
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9. Of course, the cheese dropped from her bill to the ground, and the cun-ning old fox at once ate it up, and ran off quite pleased at the triek he had played:......
ancient origin, being one of the oldest Irish Barnes and - "means Mirthful" or "Joyful, from the old Centie word
Meadhail (Joy). Centuries ago an
princess was enlled Meadhbh, and
WHEN YOU USE MINT.
The flavour of miat is liked by almost everyone and is an agreeable addition to many sauces and entre-
meta..
1.-Mint butter, made by pound- ing fresh mint leaves with good butter is an interesting, accompani ment to grille, cutlets, etc., as well. as nudes.
In sandwiches mint blended. with cream cheese and a little fresh
oraam, is delicious.
3-Fruit salad is improved by the addition of a few sprigs of fresh mint.
4-Mint vinegar is a good dress- ing for green salads and a gond store for the cupboard.
Mint jelly is delicious with cold lamb. It can be made by dis solving an orange" jelly square and boiling for 15 minutes with a fow stalke of thint. Remove the mint, plico the jelly in jars, seal, and sture, The jelly can also be made. with green gooseberries and mine..
THE FAIRY HOUSE, her beauty and romantic love-story As I was coming homeward was told so often in song and One early summer's day, ballad: that at last her name passed I met a little fairy
into
o perpetual remembrance, and ripping on her way
{Her bonnet was a blue-belt, he was gradually transformed into A daisy was her gown Meave, and the Mab, and made Her wings were bits of sunshine. the Queen of the Fairies In the Trimmed with thistledown roign of Queen Elizabeth, her name | For, as she hurried by
I think she'd been to market, introduced unto England. I pooped into her basket Eventually the real origin was for- To see what I could shy gotten, and her shortened name of A pair of golden Mabel gained a new meaning.
Was
A real of silver throad;
A tiny jar of honey
And weery loaf of bread!
I hid amongst the tall grass,
As still as still could be. The fairy gave a rat-tad
Upon a hollow tren, -
And then for jukh an instant.
"I peeped into hoz house, yo
And do you know ↑ The front door.
Was opened by a mouse!
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