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Thursday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
December 22, 1938.
Mothers! HOW TO DRESS UP AS FATHER CHRISTMAS...
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Malconic is prepared under the
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PROTECT YOUR BABY DRINK MALTONIC DAILY/ Baby's health depends-now and
In the future-on the food he receives during the first months.
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they
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like
Hosiery...
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The Experts
Tell You Their Secrets
IS your husband an intend-
ing Father Christmas? The professional ones in the big stores say that only com- petent actors make good Father Christmases.
It's important, you nee, Lo gain the confidence of the chil dren, and to be capable of win ning them over from a state of
Cotton wobt
Eyebrows
citou wool
Beard 16 to 2qur-
Belt, American
open disbelief. You've got to cloth -buckle
have the patter.
Father Christmasen this year
tend to be large mon, aged from sixty to seventy, which is all it should be.
it you're being a Father Chicht- mas, it's no good looking like on ordinary man It's worth spending atles money on your beard and wht Crepe hair may look dl right to the growis-ups, but it doesn't fool the children.
Make it Lifelike
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THIEN you must put plenty of ease-putni on your cheeks, remembering that drive through the snow. The had something feigh- tens the babies, so it must be easily pulled up and down,
Belted gown. hood, and shoulder- cape ought, of course, to be red flannel
of sales woollen stuff edged with white fur or wool.
So Santa Claus of 1930 ought to he tall and broad, genial of expres sion, somewhere around sixty years ok. To reach perfection he should have grown and trained his board for ubeut five years.
Your husband may not At this bill at all. but then the children are probably tolerant, and like him to have his fun on Christmas Eve.
This housecoat with its slide fastened front has a laster back which plues easy skirt fulriess. The scalloped close collar is solid colour with white rickrack. Navy percale patterned in a spaced floral design.
silver painted cardboard.
Pillow
Red
Flannelette.
If you're making a Santa Claus outfit yourself you will need five yards
of red Januel for the coat and hood, white fur or cotton wool for edging the hood. You can make a white beard, wig, and boots for a small su74; if you have got Wellingtons already they are just the thing.
New Floral
Pictures
IN these days of small flats and
restricted space, there is not always room for a lavish display.
The new wall vases that are so popular now will help you Lo get over this difficulty. Your flower
into groupings will come
proper perspective again when hung upon your walls.
Choose vises that will contrast with your wallpaper, or you will lose half the beauty of your picturION, Off-white or cream holders are bet for dark walls, and coloured ones for plain cream and buff walls.
Do not overload the vases with flowers. They are made in such in- triguing shapes and colourings int It is a pity to let the flowers hide their attractiveness. Do not build your arrangements too high, either, or they will look top-heavy, and not at all pleasing.
Four or
chrysant- five single hemuma, a few anemones, or some late roses will look charming In a wall vase. Be careful, however, that you choose your bloonis na carefully as your vases, so that they stand out against their background,
and Sprays of berries, leaves, sprigs of fern and heather are ideal material with which to make these new flower decorations. And a few twigs, stripped of their leaves and placed against a light wall, will have all the grace and daintiness of a
Lemons To Your Japanese print.
Aid
As most of the vases taper towards the bottom, you will and it helpful to twist some rabbit wire across the top of the vase before putting in the
AT
In
D. L.
T this time of the year lemons flowers. This will keep them
come into their own. There's position botter. nothing like piping hot lemon to ward off colds or to soothe and send
them packing.
purc glycerine Don't boil your lemon. Brew it. talised honey, and Squeeze the juice of a lemon (better with enough lemon juice to fill up still, two) into a tumbler and all it the cup. Leave it on the bedside. up to within an inch of the brim table with a teaspoon so that your with boiling water.
Sweeten with a spoonful of honey or golden syrup-brown sugar is al- most as good. Your patient (or sus- pect) should have hot lemon every night and at eleven o'clock in the morning.
patient can help himself to a little whenever his throat worries him, it is healing and strengthening beskies being good!
And for you, even though you aro it so far, it is worth making a habit of an early morning fortifler-hot or cold lemon Instead of early morning
Ginger up his morning vrango | top. Julce with a squeeze of lemon, and give him toa with lemon as a protec To Buy good lemons, choose these tive change from tea with milk. that have smooth and waxy skins Here is an old-fashioned recipe for (good for grating) and those that are coughs and throats. In an egg cup heavy for their size which means thoroughly mix equal parts of crya- they are extra juley..
So much depends on
the way
you pack presents
You
YOU may think that there is nothing to do when you have bought a present except to pack it. Exactly. But the packing s very important.
Obviously the gift must be packed safely if it is to be sent by post. is true that one of the pleasantest things about receiv ing a present is the surprise, but Ita
the wrong sort of surprise 15 your friend Ands that you have sent him a parcel of fine white powder made from a particularly expensive coffee service.
Remember that a parcel sent by any form of transport is bound lo get fearful buffeling at this time of the year.
The first essential, therefore, is some sort of wadding to absorb shocks. One of the simplest and most effective materials is cor- rugated paper-
Falling this, crumpled news- paper is one of the most efficient shock absorbers.
Whatever packing you use, the Important point is that the pre- sent should not be loose within the
parcel. Beautiful and original packing can add enormously to the attrac tiveness of a gift. А fow pence spent on the trimmings of ever a haif-crown present are a good in- vestment if you measure the value of a
a gift by the pleasure & gives. Now
Now a few practical points.
Never skimp white tissue paper.
A few cents will buy an enorm- ous quantity at your local station- crs, and
makes any present look twice as expensive.
The box is very important. If the shop gave you one, well and Hood; if not, buy one. For two- pence or threepence you can get an attractive box in gilt or aliver. Christmas seals arc another thing
look to make a present smart. Use them both on the in- ner and outer wrappers. If you want your surprise kept until Christmas Day itself, you can get ecals with "Do not open December 25" on them.
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