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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 1938.
Nursery Expert answers Sickroom Problems Making The Most
OST children like the flavour of pineapple and a
tin of chunks or rings can be made to go much farther round if used in conjunction with overy- day food.
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Try it with PINEAPPLE
Lot's start off with recipes for the children. Adding pineapple to rice is a capital way of getting them to eat this. Bice is so good for them. that they really must be encouraged to like it.
This is how I servo “Bunshine Rice,” and my family look on it as a treat. There is never any left over.
Bring one pint of milk to the boil, add 21oz, of washed rice, and cook In a double saucepan until creamy and soft. This usually takes about two hours. Cool slightly, stir in a beaten egg and cook gently for a few
minutes, Pour into a hot glass dish and add the pineapple chunks, stirring them into the rice.
Fine Feathers In Bread Pudding
Fashion's Favour
THE "longest ostrich feather cape
in the world" and a feather boa colours of the embodying all the rainbow were features of a London dress parade recently held in the presence of the Duchess of Kent.
Sponsors of the parade were the South African Government, playing hosts not only to a great assembly of well-known people but also to u large and wonderful collection of ostrich feathers from the South Airlean farms where the industry is centred.
The dress show was the culmina- tion of the come-back being achieved by ostrich feathers, the culmination. too, of this summer's revival of the lovely, gracious Edwardian fashions which
feathers into are sweeping favour once inore.
Hats in All Styles
Made with left-over bread and butter. Arrange the slices of stale bread and butter in a buttered pledish, sprinkling cach layer with sugar and pineapple.
Add some salt to pint milk, heat, and pour it on to a beaten egg. Strain into the ple-dish, grate a little nutmeg on the lop and soak for half an hour.
Bake in a moderate oven.
Pineapple Jelly
There will be no pineapple jelly lett to clear up. if you make it in this way.
If you serve I with cream nud sweet biscuits this becomes quile a party sweet. Children, of course, love it.
Empty the contents of a large tin of pineapple cubes into a largë jug, Strain the Julee into a saucepan, and make up to not quite a pint with water.
Add a pint pineapple jelly square. dissolve it in the water and sile it well before pouring into the mould, to make sure it all dissolves evenly.
When the Jelly is dissolved, pour a little into a mould and leave to set, thren arrange a ring of pineapple and pour over a little more jelly and con+ tinue with pineapple rings and Jelly, leaving each layer of jelly to zel before
Greaseproof Tips
adding more pineapple. Put a final layer of jelly.
Stand in a cold place to set.
Pineapple Sauce
A pineapple sauce makes a plain steamed pudding taste better.
Blend 2 level teaspoonfuls of beat cornflour with a little of the pine- apple juice, add a pinch of suit.
Boil the reat of the juice, pour on to the blended cornflour, add some sugar and boil and stir for 5 minutes, Serve with steamed pudding.
Cold Party Sweet ›
plain
For a cold supper party sweet, Cut five small sponge cakes in half, spread each with apricot jam, and place together. Arrange them in a glass bowl and pour over a dissolved pineapple jelly.
Leave to set, then deccrate with the shredded tinned pineapple and blanched and spiked almonds. Decorate with whipped cream.
New Winter
Fashions
ASHION creators have excelled this season in de- themselves signing clothes which delight the eye of and stimulate the imagination woman. All the colours of the rain- bow, the warm, rich tones of autumn leaves, the shades of flowers in summer garden, riot of pastel shades in blues, greens, and yellows, and sparkling silver and gold are at her commund, and the styles are suited to her individual preferences.
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An interesting display of new win- ter fashions, culminating in a bridal was given recently in procession,
to
be
In shbmmering satin, gleaming palltettes and elegant are the man- nequins glided over the
flower- fringed platform before us. And in presentation gown, day or evening ensemble, and Ascot creation, the crowning grace was the fouming. loveliness of ostrich feathers of every hue and style, wedded to exquisite A SMALL store of greaseproof Edinburgh, when a wide variety of materials and designs and enhancing paper in the kitchen can prove coats, hats, dresses, and fura were the effect of every model they adorn-invaluable to the housewife in many shown. The displays are cd or accompanied,
ways. Here are some of them:-- given to-day and to-morrow.
folded picee of greaseproof A number at three-plece suits, paper, well-floured, makes a good consisting of a loose-fiting -length Hats of every style, from tiny, substitute for a baking board. No coat over a tailored jacket and skirt close-fitting fallored toques to im-
Some of these three- niense picture modely worn with scrubbing is necessary as the paper were shown.
piece suits were in checked tweed, were in self-colours, while others The coats of some, which patterned, were worn over self-coloured jac- kets and skirts, and vice versa. Black was the colour of smart long coats trimmed with black Persian lamb. A black coat, also in boucle material, was seal on the sleeves
interesting black) crat' of face cloth was lined with ocelot fur fabric, and was revers!-' ble. so that it was really two coals In one.
ankle-length gowns, had n ጸርዩ dignity and becoming softness given
burned after use. Dustblus keep much cleaner when to them by the clever use of feathers. lined with greaseproof paper which
These feathers clustered over the is changed once a week. erown, slood puised at the back of
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front of the foque or swept richly Greaseproof paper covers prevent aver crown and brim of cartwheel cookery books from getting solled designs.
and sticky. They picked up colour, contrasts Any fri foods placed on grease- fashionable shown in the accompanying gown proof paper for one minute before timmed with and completed the effect of ostrich-serving lose all sogginess and be- and collar. An trimmed ebatce or feather cape, Dr come crisp and, appellsing----
Eau de nil feathers, - five feet, long and lovely as seafoam, composed an exquisite" full-length evening cape. It was worn over n matching gown
of shining duchess antip.
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Tomato Crystals
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ISSOLVE a pint packet of lemon Nearly as long was a pale grey jelly in slightly less than 1 pint eapă, formed at horizontal liers of
of boiling water. Pour a little ostrich feathers falling nearly to the of the jelly into the bottoms of small ankids over matching grey chiffon individual moulds and leave to set. Kown.
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One of the evening dresses shown featured the new corsetted walatine, and among the materials for evening wear taffela predominated, although satin. crope, marocain, and lame were well to the fore,
A short day ensemble had a tiny tomato on the jelly and add a emance-dyed musquash. hat on which perched on unusual more jelly. Leave to set again anda
Then place a thin slice of peeled
and attractive bow, formed, of ostrich continue in this way till the moulds feathers.
Ture full.
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Among the attractive selection of fur coats was one in the new ro- It featured Peter Pan collar and built-up shoulders. Another fur coat, In as- trakhan, and for the fuller Ogure, a brown fur collar, making a Almall cap, almost covered with When sel turn out on to crisp let-triking, but very effective, contrast.
of lovely. plum-coloured tuce leaves and decorate with chop-
coat smartly-tailored fur feathers accompanied aped: hard-boiled egg.
was of American brandtall in the talloted wool day dress and coat,
New double-breasted *coachman" style. II had
collar of contrasting "rey fur, A number of “beautiful fur caprs for oven!ng or day wear were also shown.
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Many of the amart hals worn by the mannequins matched their dress, suit, or cost,; The fashionable Ed- wardian stylos of hats, with high crowns and well trimming, added the rrect, Anishina touch to the grace-
ful ensembles worn;"
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Of Needlework Protect the health
NE of the pleasant things about winter is that
ONE
autumn and
needlework comes
Drawn curtains
Into fta own.
and dancing fire-
light are such incentives to get out our workbags and go ahead with some attractive needlework.
Whether you are an old hand at the game or an enthusiastic begin- ner, embroidery hints are usually fascious when it comes to planning in out the shades of silk to be used a plece of work? Are you aware that mid-shades of greens, pinks, or darker back- blues, placed against
HE young mother who has had very little to do with alck-rooms often Ands herself completely bowlidered by some instruc-ground will appear quite pole? But put these colours against a lighter tions, given as routine treat-ground and they will at once appear mont by the doctor who has had much deeper. occasion to visit her child.
Steam-kettle Required
My daughter, aged three, has occu- sional attacks of bronchitis, and the doctor has ordered a steam-kettle in her bedroom. How can I carry out these instructions?
You will need a fire in the bed, room in the first place with an fron trivet Bernwed to the bars to take the kettia: theso trivets can be bought for about 9d. & steam-kettle lon tin kettio with a specially long apeut ending in a flattened mouth- piece to disperse the steam,
I none can be procured, use an ordinary Largo tini kettle with straight spout. Fl with balling water and add two teaspoonfuls of friars balsam, unless the doctor has speci- fied the use of some other soothing
preparation.
Let the kettle simmer quietly on the trivet and fill up every two hours or so with more boiling water,
The use of a kettle of this kind is very soothing in all cases of affection of the respiratory system, when the warm, moist and aromatic atmosphere in the room will give rellof.
Light Sleeper
For
strong fine stitches, fairly shades are the best choice, but for "alling in" purposes pin your faith much to paler shades. They are more effective.
Purples, vivid blues, and the new shades of red, such as fuchsia, deep burgundy, "shocking" pink, and the deeper shades of mauve, are topical colour news, but for embroidery purposes do not lose your head over colour scheme, or they will swamp them if you are working a mixed
the rest of the shades
The Favourite Foundation Material
Linen is public favourite No. 1 as n foundation material, and, if good embroidery silks or cottons are used, it will return triumphantly from the washtub time after time.
Washing is a process for light fingers.. Soak and dob up and down as much as you will, but avoid rub- bing. And use powdered borax (in the proportion of 2 ozs to 10 gallons of nearly boiling water) Instead of gods. Rinsing must be thorough, and the water must be warm only. A touch of blue in the last rinsing water will brighton the colours.
In ironing embroidery, whether a finished piece of work or after laun-
My little boy has been very III volti, pneumonia, at the height of his ill-dering, remember to use the iron on ness he hardly noticed when more fuel the wrong side with several thick- was put on the fire in his bedroom, but nesses of soft cloth under a clean now that he is convalescing he is dia.
turbed each time we attempt to mend the are during the night. flow can this be avoided?-Temporary Sick
Nurac.
Ironing shechtin background, em-
With
Applique Work
broidery should be ironed first on the right side (to gloss up the satin and the silk embroidery) and then RAKE out the ash before your on the wrong side (to throw up the patient settles down for the embroidery into rellet.). Do not use night, spreading a newspaper before a damp cloth. the grate so as to save the dust from flying about the room. Then pack small coal on the glowing embers in the grate, and finally add n couple of shovelfuls of well-damped coni-dust.
Built up like this, your fire will need no attention for several hours. Then wrap up pieces of small coal in news paper parcels and place them in read ness by the fireplace.
One or two of these can be lifted on to the fire in the early hours of the
morning without any noise.
Not Fat Enough
The doctor has ordered a fattening diet for my daughter, aged 14, whose height is 5ft, zin,, but who only weighs Gst. 21b.Jarrow,
.
Your daughter is a little above the average height if she is only just
Applique work is very decorative and gives the artistle woman a good deal of scope for her creative ins- tinet. But often with an important place of work it is difficult to basic the pieces in their respective places. picce with a little thin starch and Try brushing over the back of each then place carefully into position. Leave until dry, or press dry with a hot iron. The starch will not harm the material at all, and will come out after the first washing.
And here is a useful tip about transfers. When a transfer design is to be stamped on to a piece of to heat an work there is no need
iron
cloth
14, but she is much underweight. She Place the transfer sheet in posl- abould weigh about 1021b. now, Instend } tion, then dump
with of only tilb.
If you will write to me privately I back of the transfer until it is shall be very pleased to send you a moistened all over. The result will special fattening diet to help her to be a beautifully clear design, and, put on weight,
what is more attractive, the In reply to your query regarding transfer sheet can do duty several gance. I advise you to have her ex-mes in succession.
Madge Whiley
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