SOCIAL ETIQUETTE WEDDINGS
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Personal Questions
THE most human aspect of the Home Page Service Bureau. is the sympathetic help It gives readers on personal problems.
Who Goes First?
Is it correct for my man friend to go first when we visit a restaurant for lunch or dinner? I have always thought the woman should go in front
on these occasions,
YES. You must remember that it in of only within comparatively recent years that women have dined publicly in restaurants, and that it is chivalrous
small Many
points etiquette or doubts about correct procedure can crop in the daily round; points which, perhaps, you would hesitate to ask advice from your neighbours,
the
up
for the man to precede the woman so
on
that he can make a way through and select a cultable table.-J. J.
Two Smart And Latest Designs
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1938.
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So on the social as well as the practical side, do remember that the Bureau is a sympathe- tic friend and only too pleased to put you right. - When the Party's Over
Who should make the first move to go at the end of a party? I always feet awkward and, at a loss how to make a praceful goodbye. RESPONSIBILITY of making the first move usually rests with the senior woman guest, or with the wife of the principal guest. When sho rises and says goodbye to her in the hostess, the other women
Wedding Presents
A friend of my brother's is getting married nert month. Is it correct to send our wedding present to him, or should we send it to his fiancee? We do not know her,
FORMAL wedding presentations,
such as presents from works or office colleagues, are usually made to
the bridegroom, but presenta from per
·sonal friends and acquaintances should be sent to the bride's house, addressed to her.-J. J.
Special Guest
My husband has asked his chief and wife to dinner next Sunday. I am plan ning to have grape-frutt, then joint and the usual vegetables, sweet and cheese. Can you give me some hints on setting the table?
THE meal sounds excellent-a simple dinner well cooked and served in as acceptable as a more elaborate "spread."
Use your lace mats on the polished table. A bowl of fresh dessert fruit or a pretty arrangement of flowers party should also rise and say from the garden would make a decor- goodbye in turn,
tive centre-piece,
Male guests at a party should never give the signal to leave; they should wait for their wives to make the first move.-J. J.
Put a small cheese plate to the left of each cover with the folded table napkin on it, and a roll or neat slice of bread on top.
On the right of the cover put cheeso knife, table kulfe and dessert spoon,
LOOK YOUR BEST
... in Shorts
W
HY is it that lots of girin. who should look trim and sporty in long trousers, can't wear them successfully?
Black tummy muscles, madam, and hips which have been allowed to stray from the straight and narrow pathi So start exercising right away.
One thing which makes for spreading hips more than any other is the habit of standing or walking with the feet wide apart. Try standing with your feet in the five-to-twelve position, and see how it pulls your hips into a central Unc.
Try walking along an imaginary chalk-line, one foot in front of the other, and see how those hips appear to be inches narrower.
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Stand up straight and consciously draw your tummy in, abdomen up. lips back, and see what a difference It makes to your figure.
Then do the exercise that is illus trated here. Lie on the floor, hands to your sides. Draw the knees up (feet close together, please), in the direction shown by the dotted lines.
Continue till your knees are ne nearly touching your chest as possible. Do It slowly, then equally slowly, re turn to the first position. Your handa
stops pain
in 3 seconds
CORNS
aro killed and loosened with just one applica- tion of Gets-It. A drop or two ends the torture of throbbing corns. A few days later you can. lift off the corn-root and all.
GETS-IT
Makes you forget corns.
COUNT THE "TELEGRAPHS"
EVERYWHERE
& Swim Suit
on the floor will keep you atendy while you practise this.
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"I LOVE bathing, but I look awful in a swim sult, as I am very narrow
What can I do? chested.
asks
reader,
Here are two exercises for you, Without shoes, aland with your back to the wall and try to touch the wall the whole length of your body. Keep your feet about a foot from the wali.
Btretch your arına above your bend, backs of hunds against the wall. Now bend over and touch your toes,
Straighten up and as you do so feel, rach part of your back against the wall-right up to the uncks of your hands. New try the exercise shown in the sketch below.
Start with the hands crossed in front and then fling the arms up and back, as far as possible, without strain. Feel how your chest muscles have to work? Repeat each exercise several times.
This simple exercise
broadens
the chest.
The design on the left will make an excellent sporting jacket for the autumn and winter, while on the right is a little knitted cape and hood to the beneath the chin which is easy to wash and very agree- abls for children when the days become colder.
In that order; on the left, table fork and dessert fork. Condiment sets are placed at the corners of the table, and butter looks nice made into pata and arranged in small glass dishes for individual serving.
Place wine glasses or tumblers on the small lace mats to the right of each cover. You will probably find it more convenient to carve on the side- board, and the vegetable dishes and serving spoons could be placed eller on the sideboard or trolley.—Mrs. B.
Formal Reply
I have just had an invitation to a friend's wedding. Can you tell me the correct way to reply?. WEDDING Invitations are answered in the third person, thus: "Mins M...O... has much pleasure in ac- cepting Mra-kind invitation to her daughter's wedding on Thursday, June 23, at 3.30 pm."
Bend your acceptances as early as possible, so that the bride's mother will know how many to expect at the reception-3. J.
First Time Alone
My daughter, aged 16, is going on holiday with another girl. I am a little worried about her, as this is the first time she has been away apart from the family;
I Do not think you need be unduly worried, provided, of course, that you know
girl with whom she is going to spend her hoilday.
It you do not know her, encourage your daughter to bring her to the house; there is plenty of time between now and August to form an opinion whether or not she is n suitable holi- day companion.
You could write to the boarding house yourself and make all arrange- ments for their stay.-N. E Buttonholes for Men
We are going to a wedding next weck. Should my husband wear a but- fonhole, and must it be white? Which flower is usual?
WH is the wedding colour, and most mich guests wear a white carnation, but a red or pink cartation would be just as correct and would mako a pleasant change.
At some weddinga ushern distribute the wedding favours at the church door: white buttonholes for the men and sprays of flowers for the women guests.-J. J.
War on Wrinkles
I have been on a southern cruise, and have come back with a lot of fine
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QS.
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The At SILVESTER'S BALLROOM ORCHESTRA,
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also
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MIDGE'S PROBLEM
"When I'm grown up will
have to clean my cars?"
still
wrinkles round the eyes. Can I get rid of these?
Tis a pity you didn't wear sun The glasses in strong sunshine. wrinkles are probably due to screwing up your eyes, and they may take some little time to cure.
There is a special of which is sup plied with a little brush. This is painted round the eyes each night, and it gradually nourishes the skin until it comes back to normal-D. E.
New Frock for Old
I have a crêpe afternoon dress which has still plenty of wear in it, but I am tired of the bodice. What would you suggest?
Picnic Fare
TTERE are
HE
some suggestions for easy-to-carry refreshments:-- To make salmon salad moulds, you will require fresh or tinned salmon, hard-boiled eggs, small quantities of tinned peas, cucumber, tomato, and beetroot, and some liquid aspic Jelly. Remove the skin and bones from the salmon, fake it roughly with a fork, and season to taste.
Chop the vegetables and mix them together and chop the hard-boiled eggs.
Arrange layers of salmon, vegeta- bles, and cus in small, cardboard containers or paper souffle cases,
up with cool liquid aspic jelly, and leave in a cool place to set. Serve in the cases.
Similar moulds can be made with minced ham or tongue or with any kind of cold cooked meat or fish.
Another alternative is to carry the meat separately and set the vegeta- bles in
and Jelly-cooked. peas cooked dice carrots make a good combination,
Nam and Ego Pastry
Allow half a pound of short pas- try, hall a pound of gammon, two hard-bulled eggs.
Fry the gammon until tender, then either cut it into small pieces or put It through the mineer. Slice the
HERE are two alternative sugges-hard-boiled eggs thinly.
tion. Cut the bodice down to a pinafore top and wear different blouses beneath, or have a transparent top of net or laca I have paper pat- terns for these two renovation ideas, 7d. each, post free.-M. G.
WHO IS SHE?
How many Umes is that question asked when a beautiful woman en- ters a 100m? Immaculate from head to foot-styled to the minute-us- trous hair adding that youthfu touch.
It has been said "A woman's crowning glory is her hair," That certainly holds true to-day.
Hale styles of to-day depend on pisser shampooing. A proper shem poo should leave the hair eny ta manage-should not contain harsh aikail which dries the scalp - SHOULD CONTAIN HATURAL OILS which nourish the 'stalp. Avold or dinary suzps.
Discriminating wam-
en everywhere un Mulsified because it leaves the hair soft and easy to manage preserves its natural ways and colour- makes it sparkle with
new life, gloss and lus- tre.
* Make your hair the
envy of others with
Mulsified
COCOANUT OIL SHAMPOO
foll the pastry out to a square shape, place the ham and eggs on half of it, seasoning with a litle made mustard it liked.
Damp the edges of the pastry, fold over, and press well together. Make two or three small cuts on the top of the pastry, place it on a baking sheet, and bake in a fairly hot oveň until nicely brown (20-30 minutes.) Cheese and Tomato Rolls
These are delicious, and they make a change from sausage rolls.
Use a mixture of grated cheese, seasoned with a pinch of mustard. and sliced tomato, seasoned with salt and pepper,
Sardines also make a very tusty savoury roll or patty.
Cold Fish Croquettes
Allow about one and a half pound of cooked fish, quarter of a pint of white sauce, tablespoonful of chopped parsley, half a beaten egg.
Flake the fish with a fork and season to taste, then add the white sauce, parsley, and-beaten egg, and mix well together.
Form into balls or sausage shapes, coal with egg and bread-crumbs, and fry in deep tot until golden brown. Serve cold.
Edith Rhodes
WAKE UP YOUR .
LIVER BILE-
Without Calome!—And You'll Jump Out of Bed Full of Vim and Viger. The liver should pour out two pints of Bruid btle into your bowals daily. If this bil innot Dowing freely your food don't digest. it just deoxys in the bowela. Glas bloatę up your stomach. You get constipated. Your whoin systern is poisoned and you feel sour, rank and the world looks punk,
Laxatives are only makeshifts. A mere bowal movement domin't get at the crust., 15 - takes shone farnosti Cariere Little Liver Pille to get these two plata of bile flowing freely and make you feci "up and up", Harm» Jane, mentio, yet amazing in making bla fow freely. Look for the name Carter's Little Liver Tills on the red package. Bafusa any- thing else.
MOTHERS! This is Serious!
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CASTORIA
THE CHILDREN'S LAXATIVE
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When youngsters ap- pear nervous, upset, have coated tongues, have colle due to gas-it's time to give them CASTORIA. Msay dasar la each battle... Use as needed... it keeps
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