SWING.. & Slow
Crush
By
MARY BENEDETTA
URN back the rugs and turn on the gramo- phone. There'll be
plenty of room to dance the new season's steps because they conform happily to lack of space.
You can practise them at home without getting bruised on the furniture, and they make a gay sort of "evening-in."
Also they do not need special gramophone records. Your fav- - ourite slow fox-trot tunes will provide the right music,
The two most accommodating new dances are called respectively the Swing and the Slow Crush. There is nothing dimeult about either of them.
Romance Rhythin
The slow fox-trot has very ro- mantic music, but it is not the caslest of dances, and it does need plenty of room. Many people are shy of it, and elther muddle through with an unbecoming im- provisation, or cise sit it out.
But now we have the Swing, done to the same music and with steps that do not need an almost empty floor.
The "hold" for modern ballroom dancing celdom changes. But in the Swing you can either use the recognised dancing hold, or else the man can hold his partner a little away from him-rather like the way Victorians danced the old- fashioned polku.
This is useful if you want to see your partner's face when you are talking to him, instead of talking over his shoulder, which is what you should do if you are keeping your proper dancing position in the ordinary hold.
Don't Boune?
All the long sters have a sight swing movement in them, but you have to be careful not to go -bouncing-along-ike-a-marionelle. The short steps are snatched just
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OLD. dark evenings mean nore entertaining at home. Friends who drop in for a game of cards or a little music and talk will appreciate these, unusual savoury suppers.
They're easy to prepare, so that you won't be long away from your guests. and they have just that difference in flavour which will make them liked.
Prune & Tomato
Here's an unusual one to begin with. Cook five soaked prunes with two or three tomatoes in a little cooking fat until soft, then remove the prune
stoties.
Stir in a small grated onion, n chopped apple, and the juice of half
a temon, and season.
'Spread on buttered toast, cover with grated cheese, and place under the grill to brown,
Banana & Sausage
This tastes surprisingly good, ni though the combination is unusual.
As a tupful of cooked sausage meat with two mashed bananna, season with a pinch of powdered sage, salt and pepper.
Santé in a frying pan in a little butler, then serve on tons.
Herring a la Francaise
Filleted herring (your fishmonger will Dilet the fish for you if you ask
I Have Found- THAT glass dishes will not crack whch filled with hot stewed fruit, if first placed on a wet cloth.
To whiten discoloured garments soak them overnight in a solution made by adding 1 forspoonful of cream of tartar to a quart of water.
Wine stains on linen will usually yield if the stained part is put into boiling milk. When washed the faint "mark"loft will disappear--J, J.-
Save Space
In the correct hold the man's hand supports his partner's back. The other hand is held just above shoulder height.
off the beat, and are like cute little frills to the long ones.
For the first step the man takes a long step forward left fool), then a long step forward with the right_root..
Now it's frill. Draw the left foot up to the right foot and do two tiny quick side-steps-o quick they are hardly steps at ali-left foot, right foot.
The girl does exactly the same Thing with opposite feet.
All the steps in the Swing are on the same principle, and if you can do the first ones the others are easily learned. It makes a perfect dance for dreamy conversation.
Every dancer knows those irri- tating moments when the smooth -progress of a slow foxtrot is inter- rupled by a congestion on the floor.
That is where they can switch over to the Slow Crush unt! there is more room.
The first step in the Slow Crush that comes most easily to hand is where the man lends off with a "quarter right and quarter lett-turn- exactly as they ate done in the quick step, only followed by two slow steps.
Correct Tempo
The Slow Crush is done to the usual time of a slow foxtrot. But
for the Swing you have to put your gramophone on to a slightly quicker tempo-stiil using slow foxtrot music.
Even the easiest dances do not look attractive unless the dancers move properly and have neat foot- work. There is an ever-present
ENTERTAINING SUPPERS.. for friendly
"At Homes
Sausage muffs make an appetising change. him) with tho roes, makes a flavour- some supper đính.
Wash the roes, ntid sennon tie fillets with salt, pepper, a dash of nutmeg and a le temon juice. Sprinkle with finely minced parsley.
Roll up the allets, putting the roes Inside, Wrap each in buttered paper, set in a greased baking disis and bako In a moderate oven till the paper puls out. Remove paper and serve.
Tomato & Mushroom
Another insty "og toast" recipe. Skin and silco Jib, tomatoes, peel four musitrooms. Cook the mushrooms for seven minutes in 202. margarine. Add the tomatoes and a tablespoonful of cream from the top of the milk, Bini- mer until cooked.
Pour an to buttered tons or fried bread; sprinkle with parsley.
Sausage Muffs
An appetising way of serving Baus ages niti maalied potatoes.
Ingredienta:. Ilb, pork nuages, or sausage meat. Flour, egg and bread- crumbs for frying 6 razliers of bacon. -Bigahed potatoes. Apple sauce. Cookgen
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for frying. Divide the sausage meat into twelve equa portions and form into cork shapes. Dust each with flour, brush over with beaten egg and roll in breadcrumbsS,
Lower Into deep Cookeen and fry until n golden brown. Drain on renseproof paper and keep bot.
Cut each rasher into two, roll up and fry until crisp In their
own int.
Have ready hot mashed potatoes and pile up in the centre of a dish, arrang- ing the sausages and bacon around. with sprig of parsley on the top. Berve with apple sauce.
Apple Sauce
To make the apple sauce, peel, core
Dance
Steps
reminder about taking your steps from the hips and making the fect brush past cach other.
You can tell a good dancer from the way she wears her shoes--on the insides. And your body should carry your legs, not your legs take your body along.
The art of following your partner without either anticipating his steps too soon or treating him like an omnibus follows if you keep these points in mind. Graceful Hands
Hands can look very unbeauti ful if they are spread like a star- Also fal on a man's shoulder. one sees all kinds of astonishing variations of the hand-clasp. In the correct one, the man holds the back of the girl's hand in the palm of his own.
Take every opportunity you can of dancing in a room where you can see yourselt in a long mirror. A mirror will disclose things you have never known of-like, one weak ankle that wobbles. Or the fact that, without knowing it, you ore leaning back too much or lean- ing forward. Follow Through
There is a phrase in dancing circles called" follow through." It means that you must have the feeling of constant flowing move- ment. There is no such thing as being able to hesitate between steps with an attitude of "Now I've done that Wasn't it clever! and what shall I do next."
People often contract faulta when they try to do roomy steps in a crowd. The steps get cut off in the middle, and it is easy to get discouraged and to dance anyhow.
Now there is far less excuse for discouragement. There are plenty of steps you can practise in a small space at home, and emerge highly proficient to carry them out in comfort and with grace on an over- crowded dance floor,
Surprise Dish
PAIN DE CHOUFLEUR DOIL & medium-sized cauli- Dflower and work it through a aleve. Add to this purse two tablespoonfuls thick white sauce, I oz. melied butter, two whole fightly-beaten eggs and salt and pepper.
Mix well with wooden spoon, pour into buttered soufle dish, stand dish in. tin of warm water and bake in a hot oven for half an hour. This makes a perfect first course for lunch or a light supper dish.
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A Tasty
OMELETTE
YOU need eggs, potatoes,
You
cooked ham and some spring onion (but the ordinary kind will do).
Peel and slice the potato thinly- one medium-sized potato or two Chop small
ones to two egga. up a small quantity of ham. Fry the potato slices in butter in an omelette pan till brown, but not hard. Add the ham and heat through. Now pour In the benten cps sea- soned with salt. Add a pinch of the cayenne
to the mixture in "wet." fok over the omelette and serve with a garnish of chopped raw anlon.
How to Eat Nuts
NUTS are popular delicacies but
they should be eaten regularly and because they are wholesome nutritious foods.
of chestnuts With the exception they are richer in proteins and oils than in starch.
of
The wrong times to eat them are between meals and at the end nourishing meals when the diges- tive organs have done their share of work. It is better to let them form the main part of the meal.
Added to fowi stuffing, nuts trans- form a bread mixture into a trent; combined with honey or chopped dry fruits, such as dates, raising and sandwich gs, they make perfect fillings
They can be used too for certain sorts of sweets and in cakes and faney home-made breads.
Nuts should be well chewed boll on account of their hard consistency and their concentration. They lose nothing in value by being minced or inilled. A nut-mill is a useful ad- dition to the home where nuts are i regularly eaten,
JUNIOR COLUMN
W. B.
It's quite easy to learn to skate
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TEARLY "DütchTM children are expert-skaters when they are about six years old. The miles of canals that freeze over in the winter give them plenty of scope for outdoor practice. In Hongkong we have no chance for ice skating, but in the last year or two drozens of boys and girls have learned to skate on rollers.
Against
Once you can master the art of keeping your balance it Isn't hard to cul simple figures. To skate correctly, though, your body must be upright and not bent at the hips. Your movements must be graceful: there should be no sign of stiffness. When it is necessary to bend you must do so only for a moment, keep- ing your head up all the time.
In the English style of skaling the arms hang loosely at the sides. This is more difficult than the style followed in other countries, where they use their arms to help them olong. But It looks nice.
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A professor went with his pupils a coach to study some plants. They had a very Interesting time and gathered one or two useful specimens. Then they all gol Into the conch again-the professor in front and started back through the country Innes to their school.
Now the professor had a very long beard, and when the driver opened the windscreen a little the
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whiskers to blow about. Suddenly his board blow right up in his face.
"My goodness!" he cried. "Hold tight! We've run into a haystack!"
FORMAMINT STARTS MONDAY
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Bimmer very gently until tender. Before serving pass through a sieve or mash with a fork.
Mushroom Pätties
These are appetising served hat.
Blew some peeled mushrooms in a Ho milk and water until tender. then chop them up with a hard-boiled
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thick gray and season with salt and титрет.
Line some small patty ins with short crust, and, when the mushroom mixture is cold, put a little into each Garnish with a ring of hard- bolled egg. sprinkle with chopped parsley, then bake in a hot ovenfor --ion mlautes--Mrs, B..
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