GET IT AT THE QUEEN'S DISPENSARY
Fresh stocks constantly arriving. 22. Des Voeux Road, Central.
Tel. 0 402.
Tel. 0, 482.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
The quaint decorations for cuttage rooms sunnested in the picture were all made from ordinary string dishcloths. Touches of colour, were introduced by bright strands of rapia and thick red and orange wools. The child's frock was
made of two dish-cloths of large size.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.
SPANISH FROZEN PUDDING.
One cup rice, I cup sugar, 2 cups) canned ponehos, 1 cup whipping cream, milk, few grains salt.
ABOUT "HORN-RIMS.”
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How often wearers of horn-rims are heard to complain that the rims of their glasses warp, become Wnah rice, well and cook in 2 discoloured, "and appear shabby cups boiling water until water is after only a few months' wear absorbed. Then add about 2 cups] Yet this need not be.
WOMAN'S
GROW SLIM,
BY SIMPLE METHODS.
A starvation diet, as has been proved time after time, is not a sure, and certainly not a safe method of reducing walght. And tho reason must be obvious anyone who gives the matter care ful thought.
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WORLD
SEA-WATER STAINS.
1928.
"A SENSE OF HUMOUR.
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MORE THAN MERE ABILILITY TO SEE A JOKE.
BOILING MILK AND SODA WILL REMOVE THEM.
However good for human beings,
Not many people are able to sea-water plays havoc with shoes explain what they mean by "a and clothes, for which reason old sonso of humFICULT.",
All they know footwear or a pair of the charming is that a certain combination of but cheap rubber-soled shoes so incongruous events-real or im popular this summor are really aginary-will, dissolve them in good enough for the beach.
Brown shoes suffer most from son-water, and unless the stains aro quickly dealt with they be come permanent. Common soda and bolling milk will remove re-
sudden laughter. The appearance of a cat on the stage during Ham- let's soliloquy would strike most people as ridiculous, and appeal at ance to what they would describo as their "sense of humour."
While the starvation, diet is rigidly followed, weight is lost, but the moment it is abandoned, and sooner or later it must be the pounds lost, whether fow or many, are quickly regained and generally a few more are added. cent alains. Dissolve a small Yet the problem of what humour In Japan, where is almost a knob of soda in'an eggcupful of consists in is not quite so easy of crime for a woman to be fat, or boling milk, and while the mixture aolution. There is a world of dif- even what in Europe would be is, still hot apply it to the stains ference, for instance, between the called merely plump, no one ever with a piece of clean, soft rag. child that laughs at a clown who troubles to diet. The Japanese Rub'well till the sea-water stains intentionally slips on a banana women take their meals when and disappear. A final rubbing with skin, and the "highbrow" whose of what they please, and yet keep good white shoe cream will restora mouth twists in awry smile at slim, youthful-looking figures the polish.
some witty sally on the part of his merely by following three simple Rain-water is the cure for sen- intellectual companion.
connotes A sense of humour rules..
water stains on material; tap- water will serve, but it is not so something more than mere ability good. The stained part should be to co a joke. Many a man may spread over a basin and rain-water relish a good story about a third poured through the stain again party, but this is only humour in and again. This removes the salt. Its crudest form. The true humor- Afterwards press well with a warm ist must be able to join in a laugh against himself, to view events as
Do Not Drink nt Meals. › First they adhere strictly to the dry meal habit, Drinking at meala is the surest way of putting on flesh. It is also very bad for the digestion, and although many people think that those who suffer with a poor digestion are always very thin, such is by no means the case. A bad digestion often makes the sufferer put on weight more rapidly than any other cause. If you would be slim and also fit physically do not drink at meal- time. To take your meals dry helps the process of digestion, and also prevents the accumulation of fatty tissue.
Drink Between Meals.
Drink at least a quart of 'cold water every day; if you can, take more, and take it between meals, half a pint at a time, and even after five or alx weeks you will notice a difference. You will be alimmer, your eyes will be brigh- ter, and your complexion clearer, and you will feel well phyalcully and mentally.
The strained juice of a lemon,
The Value of Hot Baths.
of milk and cook over hot water' To preserve the shape of horn-taken in a small ginas of water, until rice is tender, 'adding more¦ rim frames, don't leave them in the half an hour before the two chief milk if necessary. Let cool and full glare of the sun when out of meals of the day, is a great did add sugar. Stir until sugar is dis-use. Even the best of torlofse-in reducing flesh, especially when solved. Rub peaches through a shell softens and warps quickly it has accumulated below the belt. sieve and add with cream whipped under, strong sunlight. and until firm to rice mixture. Add aj although It may be atraightened, It few grains of salt and stir until is seldom, if ever, na good again. thoroughly blended. Turn into a Then, frequently tortoiseshell freezer and pack in four parts ice loses its colour on account of un- to one part sall. Let stand four necessary handling. When this hours. If a freezer with a dasher happens, a brilliant and fasting vation diet. It is best to take is used turn until mixture thickens. polish can be obtained by using these baths at night, and if reduc- Remove dasher and pack una little honey. Apply the honey ing salts are added the results will ready to sorve.
to the tortoiseshell by means of be more rapid. More hot water soft piece of rag over the finger, should be added as the bath cools, Then wipe dry, and finally polish and the "pattent" should remain in with a piece of old silk.
it for twenty minutes. Take a glasa
MARY AL
BRUNNER
Checked materials always make up very smartly, as the band of check at the hem of The skirto match the eont- is an original touch. Wide pleats give fulness. The coat
le very plain and neat and is easily slipped on over a tailored shirt blouse with collar and tie.
Hot baths are a great aid in re- during weight If taken systemati- cally, and are far less injurious to one's general health than a star-
To preserve the brilliance of of hot lemon, and water after the new tortoiseshell rub it occasional-bath and-then to bed.
ly with the palm of the hand, and
you will be surprised at how long]
it will keep in new condition.
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Tortoiseshell that is made un- alghtly by scratches may be restored at home with very little troublé, First, rub rouge powder on the affected parts by means of a soft wet rag. Rub evenly, but not too hard, and the marks will gradually disappear. Then polish with a few drops of sweet oll and a leather,
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Owing to accident, tortoiseshell rima are frequently broken. quick, neat, and satisfactory emer- gency repair may be made by taking a little Canada balsam and heating it gently with a match. When soft, apply a drop to the surface to be joined, clamp, the parts together with strong, fino twine, and set aside in a cool place, to harden. When the string is cut away, the excess balsam may be easily removed from the tortoise- shell with a sharp knife,
Lastly, in choosing horn-rimmed glasses, take care to see that not only do they fit, but that they are thoroughly comfortable. Special instruments now make it possible to build these rims to be correct down to the minutest detall, so that they will not cause the least dis comfort.
Bead Dolls.
Quito a novelty in the little figures we hang in the windows of our saloon cars are quaint dolla made of bends of various sorts and 'shapes,
A good-sized cork may
The dressy blouse, is shown here in a pale peach-colour georgatto with a draped scarf for collar and wide sleeves finished with lace frills. It is the kind of blouse which could be worn with a satin skirt for afternoon tea.
Molre Bedspreads, Moiro silk bedspreads are a
iron.
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In a
If the fabric is too delicate for others see them, and to appreciató the treatment, described, the gar-humour in the absolute, without ment should be hung upon a life regard to personalities, as part of and the stain gently beaten with a the comedy of life Itsolf.
mall switch. This knocks out the word the superlative humorist salt, after which it should bo must have vision. steamed and pressed.
Nothing could be smarter and neater for a shopping ex- pedition than an ensemble of this kind. Checked blue ging- ham was used for the overali. like dress, and the sleeves and vesletto were of plain blue linen of a slightly paler shade: Bands of blue appear on the skart,
FASHION'S LATEST.
TORTOISES SET WITH GEMS.
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Woman, it has been said, has no sense of humour. Being fonder of persons than principles, sho is Bupposed to be constitutionally in- capable of separating out the in- gredients of a humorous situation. Yot everyone has a sense of hum- our, and woman's humour is usual- ly more subtle and restrained than man's. What strikes him as in- genious and funny may appear to her as something extremely clumsy. and 'boorish. Where woman na- piros to caviaro and wine, man is content with cakes and ale.
There's a better selection
At
LANE, CRAWFORD'S
'LADIES' SALON
The frock pictured on the right has a double-tiored laco skirt with a silk crepe bodico richly embroidered, while the frock on the left is of white crepe with flowered stripes.in bright red and green and a touch of black.
LONG HAIR.
WILL IT EVER COME BACK?
Chignons, beloved by women in the days of bustles and long skirts, are stated by hairdressing exporta to be coming back.
It is generally agreed that woman has a more vivid imagina- tion than man, and ono, would
But these same experts are] therefore expect her sense of divided as to the reason for this humour to be keenar in proportion. revival of an old fashion. Some It would be if personalities' were say quito confidently that women not allowed to obtrude on her have decided in favour of long vision. An attempt at humour in hair, and the chignon is necessary the presence of a stranger is likely during the unbecoming "transl to be coldly received by a woman,tional atage. Others declara Junt who will curb her laughter at even as emphatically that. wamen will a good joke out of consideration never go back to long hair, and for the unknown quantity. will only use chignons for spociall.
occasions when they want to appear as if they had long hair,
At least 5 per cent. of our women customers are letting their hair grow," the manageress of one firm told a reporter of a
Home
A LETTER.
When you write a letter
To your dearest friend, Something quite acceptable,
Of course, you wish to send, Don't write like a guide-book, Telling where you've been, And of all the famous sights
That you have lately seen.
Write as if you're talking,
Writo as if you're you; Tell her of the little things
You see, and hear, and do. Write of her affairs, too,
Not only of your own. Don't let lapse the sympathy
Between you always shown. Keep the link between you Fresh and strong and bright. Be. loving, natural, Interested, For, that's the way to write.
Thelma Coombe.
no chignon.
Ilumour, of course, has its limitations, Time, condition, or [place may make or mar it. There is usually a psychological moment at which a fake is mast telling if told at any other time it may lose half its point or fall fint alte paper, recently. "Women aro gether. Again, the success of a tired of short hair, and they want humorous effort largely depends to look more womanly than they hair, chignon or upon the state of mind of those who can with a shingle. As a result! The real reason we are selling so are selling a great many many chignons is that women like hear it. One who is preoccupied we with himself is likely to be unable chignons, They are being worn to be able to look as if they had to appreciate another'e folly. while the hair is still growing, and long hair on certain occasions. Education, too, makes a difference, fitted on the back of the head they Often they wear their hair or and there are humorous ragions give the appearance of a full head dinarily during the day, and when they dress at night put on a which only the nimblest minds can of hair.": penetrate.
A very different view was given chignon or a bunch of curls be In humour, place is all impor-by another expert. "Women will hind. Some of the evening clothes tant. Nationalities, for example, never go back to long hair," she fashionable at present aro better are not alike in their senso of said. "We get a lot of women who set off by long hair. I think more humour. The vivacious French-think they will. They let their women might go back to long hair woman is more capable of humour hair grow a bit, and then when if it were not such an awful ordeal and of a different kind-than they ace what they look like have Once they have had their hair cut the phlegmatic German frau, while it cut off again. A woman looks they are practically slaves to the in simple native wit the Irish her very worst with half grown fashion." woman far outshines her soph-
isticated English sister.
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But women, whatever their na- tionality, have a sense of humour peculiarly their own. They can see a joke as well as most men, yet at the same time they can see beyond it, and the laughter that rises to their lips is still-born. Woman's humour will sometimes [seem unjust and illogical to a raan who cannot-envisage the mo- tive that lles bobind It.
Gem-set living tortoises are the latest mascots to be carried by the
Humour, after all, is relative. ultra-smart women who cultivate Just as what amused the mid- individuality in the choice of their Victorian miss leaves the modern peta,
girl cold, so what is diverting to. The transition from the formid-the young woman of to-day will be able Alsatian, with trappings to derided by the girl of to-morrow. match the walking sult of his Fashion intervenes in humour as owner, to the small tortoise which In everything elbo, Women's can be balanced on the hand, is fashions are constantly changing; startling, and has aroused much the more they apa men, the nearer Interest at Le Touquet, where they may appear to come to man's women are now buying and carry-standard of humour., Yet most of ing the sparkling new pota of them will always manage to carry summer holliday fashion.
a quiet laugh up their sleeves.
The gems inserted in the shell
of the tortoise are tiny-no larger
aone,
than pin-heada-but they are in arbiters, who are calling a habit multi-colours, and are ect in clr-to the ostentatious displays of form the body of the doll, and then novelty which will appeal to the aular design, the living ornament fancy jewellery that have been so the head, a big wooden bead; and woman who is in search of anthus making a highly decorative excessively popular for some sea- the arms and legs, alternate oval original addition to the decorative addition to the holiday outfit.
They The adoption of these new Jewel- and round beads, are added, scheme of her bed-room.
The dressmakers found that, if of fashion women kept pace with the rapidly threaded on wire, which is drawn can be made in shades to bar-led pets by women through the cork, and secured. monise with any room and are would seem to be an ingenious succeeding vogues In necklaces, Features are painted on the face, trimmed with broderie anglaise feminine way of satisfying the bracelets, and shoulder and hip and skirt or trousers and head, and Insertions of torchon lace dyed desire for jewels without running brooches, they had less. money to
counter to the edicts of the dress spend on new frocks." gear added, and there is your doll. to match.
A very large handkerchief was used for the fichi collar of this frock, e bem-stitched ends falling in a point at the centre of the back. There is a long narrow handkerchief að the waist to give a sash offert; and another is used to drapé
the top of the, kät.: