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Check up
up on your
New Suitings
CHECKS, which came in with
a rush at the beginning of the season, show every sign of carrying us right through the summer and beyond.
Bench dresses In particular made more trim and tailored by the clever use of formal checks,
After- ΠΟΟΠ trocks are made presentable the wine for country and town 411 anther cunning way
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MAIN there is, I
veonomy. Beenuse there's no doubt about that checks are much more ecomonical than rother light posies, garlands.
like tu the other whimsicalities we mulge in. Those are the things w have to "live up to," while checks. Whether in ghigham or washing silk, xan be worn und wasband to the last
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sinark.
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The
only that, but they don't require our best colffure, or our most startling
make-up.
Take a look at the photograph on the right. Believe it or not, but that As a bench suit The smart combing- tion of ebecks and phin fabric, the
1!!
of Jines
the belero Jacket it. Dress 19 In cleverly disguise
Invisible plan wool line with an
Jacket is in zipper back and front bottle green wool linen lined with The cowboy Thank Jeger take this
utt.
SERIOUS accessories to link
with town or pountry suit- ings are also introducing the check motif into their make-up Somewhere. Either to the backs
gloves like the ones below-or on handbags, which are sometimes innde completely of cheek tweed or linen, nad certainly into the ever- useful enrf,
Perfect
thr 11 is preferable
smouth T
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o W.- Checks and spots are both in furor for town ploves thin <?$1 .
sea-
Gloves on
the left are whit tafeta with navy apata. thor On thr right BTC
in
trimmed
bright red lea they with
square
design in dark leather,
ABOVE.Gap check
makes this smart bracht Frock, severn with a plab bolero jarket a shade to This has repers and Thing match
on the same check as the dress and Cooley Jeza
Omelette
tule.
Make the omelettes in the ordinary vi way, adding une tablespoonfu: sugar to the mixture Fold and cover FTER few serunds, stuke the with a hot chocolate sauce- made by pun continuously. so that the dissolving 302 of phan chorofate
An omelette: pan should, strictly pepper Hola the handle of the pun mixture Make the unite THE making of a successful
omelette is one of the most preking, never be used for anything with the left hand, and a fork in the und sprinkle with a taga
Site the гggs It should never be washed, but right <**
E quickly as difficult things in the whole re- rubbed over with a clean, dry cloth possible, using a eficular movemen pertory of cooking-and yet so in this way, the pan is kept slightly
and perfectly simple. It is almost a "sleight oiled of hand," and some people can slightest hit of rough surface in a
exes will not stick to i Then stop with three tablespoonfuls of water. do it and others--even highly may stil the omelette.
to make an stirring for two or three seconds, so Sir over a slow tie till quite sinooths skilled in other respects-simply omelettes with the many eggs, as it is that the misture may get slightly and very thick.
of eggs trawni, i #KU{{{;}
fold the omelette quickty cannot. The rules are simple difficult to mix
with a fork while still in the pan and enough-but the actual making quickly enough
Break the number of eggs required serve at once on a hot lists or plate is another matter.
171 basari MEX with le fink the An omelette made with four opticaj The choice of the pan is maport - yolks and whites are well blended, simuld not be cooked for more dian It should be thick, as a but avoid beating them to a froth. exactly two minutes. A good one- omelette cooks too quickly in a thin Never beak the egts till they are lette should have the consistency of, frying-pan 11 should be sufferently about to be used. T every three scrumbled eggs inside and the aut large, so that the omelette mixture is eggs, allow log of butter Put the safe should be just sufh tently set to spread out thinly A heavy, Numpy batter at the pan and when very hot, allow for folding omelette is often The result of 100 poun in the CRR mixture. whatch small a pat
should be seated
with salt act
First Aid For Furniture
Variations
at ther
i
French Meringues
Here are sortie omelette theme.
ANY e grill some kippers, bozzer
them carefully, and chop. Mix h with the amelette mixture in the busin and make the omelette us in | preceding recipe
froth, Fry a few sausages and chup finely
syrup. Mix with the Mix une two or three of them
can-
INGREDIENTS: 2 cups crystal supay, #emp water, 5 cup whitea, la teu- spoon vanila esener, 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon essence. METHOD: Heat sugar and water saucepan slowly til dissolved. then ball without stirring till syrup farms a firm ball when texted in cold water. Whisk the egg whites *tij? IF
your upholstery is of fabric, such For clemung leather upholstery you
very gradually add the hol repp, eun use ordinary shoe cream or make] damask B35
tapestry or
whisking egg whites much of the dirt in it will be loose up the following refresher
stantly. Place pan in basin of lee- and can be removed by beating and gill of Haseed oil, a half gill of ornelette mixture in the usual way
water, add flavouring essence and brushing
methylated spirits, and The same Just before folding, add the remum-
Ing sausages, cut into two or three with cloth and leave for 15 minutes. heat for five minutes, then cover Take the furniture out of doors if quantity of vinegar in a quart bottles possible and then first buat It shake well, and I!
pieres is ready to use
Oft and sprinkle a baking tray with vigorously with a cone or carpet. Always five the bullie a shake-up Peel and core two or three dessert corn-flour, shape meringue with a beuter, and afterwards brush 11 with before usingt. Apply with a soft cloth apples. Chop them and cook til dessertspoon or forcing bag with fairly bord brush, such as a new and polish with a dry duster. This tender in a little water and sugar. tube, and bake slowly for about 40 cheap nail brush,
also a useful French polish reviver Drain and intx
with
the omelete minutes dil firm and dry. When you cannot take the furniture If any spots on your leather up- out of doors try envering your suite hostery have worn white, make up
POPULAR REX RECORDS with dump dust-sheets-they must be a little dye solution matching the quite wet. Beat through these sheets original colour as closely as possible. 0264-You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart, and they will collect the rising dust with boiling water. Paint This on
On With the Dance. and keep it from impregnating the while hot. Let it dry, then go over 9223-Remember Mc. air of your rooms.
the places with copal varnish, which Clean up the upholstery with bran. will keep the dy from rubbing off Spread a dustsheet under the furnt- on wear, ture to catch any spillings. Heat
Hide should be occasionally washed | plenty of bran in a pan in the oven, stirring with a stick so that it will ever with a cloth wring out in warm not burn, Then rub bandful after water containing a little vinegar. handful into the upholstery, takin new lot of bran as the gels solled. Afterwards brush thoroughly.
То
Afterwards rub with ʼn benten white
of egg to which a dash of turpentine has been actded, and polish with e clean a plush sulie take a bowl Clean clath.
of water to which a good handful of Next the woodwork. Furniture common salt has been added. Wring which is beginning to show its nge out a cotton cloth and cover the seats should be cleaned with a soft cloth with this, and beat gently. Then rub dipped in a solution of lemon jujec over the surface with a clean cloth and soll. Polish with velvet. rinsed in clean water.
I. H.
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You're A Sweetheart. 0211-Moon Got in My Eyes,
I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight.
Farewell Blues,
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Twelfth Street Rag. 9124-This Year's Kisses.
You're Laughing at Me.
0274---Girl In the Allee Blue Gosv. Picture Me in Paradise.
ROY SMECK & HIS HAWAIIAN SERENADERS.
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Who Knows. 9273-5moko From's Chirities. Sweet Genevieve. 0272-Little White Lighthouse.
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REST for BEAUTY
EST is the best of all beauty alda,
RES
yet it is often neglected, probably because it is such simple treatment and costs nothing.
The woman who lives at continual high pressure all through the day, whether occupied with her work or with social galettes, will soon. pay the penalty in curly wrinkles, pre- maturely grey hair, and a tired, hag- gerd appearance.
In addition to eight hours sound sleep at night, every woman past her first youth should try to arrange for nn hour's complete rest during the after lunch is the day. The hour denl time, but if this cannot be managed, the hour preceding the evening meal is almost as good.
As a general rule, the housewife will find the former time more con- her daily venient to it in with routine, the business woman, the latter. Anyone who has been work- ing in a shop or office all day should make a point of lying down for an hour regularly each evening, as soon as he comes in from work. Her health, her looks, and her capacity for work would improve wonderfully. Relaxation in a Quiet Room
This rest. to be completely elencious, should be taken alone in a quiet bedroon. To be back in an armchair is not se beneficial at this time.
Take of your frock, and also any constraining wearing apparel, das kei the room, and then He flat on the bed with the hend comfortably pil- lowed, and every muscle of the body relaxed. Close your eyes, and make your mind a blank as for 115 you possibly can, or at any wate only of pleasant things.
thank
To he down and worry over the day's happening is worse than use less, you will probably get up more ured and train fagged than before. You can enjoy tying quelly u. this pleasant state of totul relaxation. both mentally and physiendly, at the end of the hout
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CONTATON
Good restful sleep at night is most
Inserati important. complaint in these daya of hurry and worry, but nothing ages a wortioni more rapidly. Pale Bed faces, tired!
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cyr's and a struirsed. Oxious expression, are the inevitable consequences, art from such dis- astrous consequences as irritable, un- balanced nerves, continund headaches, and general tissitude.
Farty to Bed
Every woman should try to be in
latent. hed by eleven at the
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth Two after, and is one of the best of all beauty nids.
The slightest tendency to insumbla should be warded off at once before has time to develop into a habit. A heavy meal late at night is a fre-
cause
of sleeplessness, so is an quent ill-ventilated mom, an uncomforatbie bed, or being too hot or too cold, bul the must important thing of all is to compose the mind.
Countless wonen sleep badly be- cause they take their domestic or business worries to bed with them, and these always appear far worse during the dark hours of the night than they actually are,
Some people And that a glass of hot milk, sipped slowly, or a worm but not hot bath just before getting Into bed, will help them to sleep If, alter lying awake for some time, sleep does not come, an excellent plan, is to pace the room for a few minutes. Getting back into a warn bed when just slightly chilled has wonderfully soporife effect.
Sleeping drugs, above all things. should be avoided, so If the simple remelles already mentioned are of noi avail, a doctor should be consulted, A Trained Nurse
QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS
Very often it perted of соп valescence is much more critical than the actual Illness that preceded It. Your whole body is left in a state of complete exhaustion. You na strength to combat any renewed attacks.
have
Doctors and nurses realize the importance of a speedy recovery atter ress. In Horlicks they have found a highly nourishing food that can be easily digested when all other foods cause nausea.
Horlicks rebuilds your exhausted hady. Convalescence is shortened. You feel full of vigour and vitality. Always keep Horlicks rendy at hand. In these dimeult times of anxiety and worry, the task of carrying on and doing werk which, must be done Is a doubly difficult one which must tend to exhaust one's nervous energy.
Horlicks builds up strength, vitality and prevents that listlessness and tiredness caused by constant nervous strain. H. M. Hodges. Kayumally Building, Queen's Road, Hongkong.
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