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Paris
Goes for Woollen Nightgowns
Lingerie designers held a show in Paris recently. And for the first time they made woollen nightdresses a feature of high fashion. Sounds old-fashioned but the new nightgowns are as gay as they are warm. They are made in every variation of wool-wool muslin, wool chiffon, wool lace--and coloured in shades like periwinkle blue, rose pink, cyclamen and hydrangea. Here are two of the newest designs in detail:-
Wool and satin again, in a white lacy wool dressing gown lined with ice blue satin. The sleeves are elbow length, edged with flounces, the skirt long and very full. The neck is drawn up with a thick cord, a drawstring belt hangs in thick tassels from the waist.
Control Your Child's Reading
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$6 TAMES, how often have I told Most mothers realise that staying you not to ride your bike over indoors retards growth, und is un- the vegetables? I don't know what healthy. Few realise that a surfeit your father will say. Come indoors of reading will definitely retard the
growth of the child's mind. at oncel"
"But I don't know what to do in- doors, mummle."
"Haven't you any games you can play?"
Rending gives the reader second- hand experiences. What children need most is a first-hand, personal knowledge, of the things about them. the ali nearly No, mummle, none that I can Particularly,
scholastic work IN second-hand play by myself."
knowledge. "Well then, why can't you read a book like your alster Barbara does?" Too Easily Satisfied
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Nightgown in lilac roo! muslin. It is tailored to fit
and trimmed with satin. The roll-over collar has a satin bow at the neck, long sleeves are caught with satin at the wrist. The sash is
satin, and satin appliques curve across the front of the bodice.
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Another nightgown male in pale yellow wool voile, high-waisted, ter;}; tiny draped sleeves <t * T belted and piped with match- ing satin.
It is natural for a mother to pre-
A child's mind that has too much for her child to read a book rather reading will tend to become narrow than to tromple over vegetable and easily satisfied. His "good patches. So the legend has grown tuste" will deteriorate because he that a child who rends books all will not want to read "classics" the day is "perfect" child and that whole time, and, unfortunately, bad child who plays in the garden all books seem to ruin "good taste" more day, who never rests for a moment. than good books improve it. is n "difficul!" child.
As soon as your child starts to go Nearly all children go through to school, whatever his inclinations, stage when they read as many books it is a good iden to set aside one #15 they can obtain. The stage hour only. Immediately he has should be a short one, anil is quite finished his reading hour he should natural In the normally developing do some hobby work for a further chiki.
hour.
Wool dressing gowns we not a new idea, but their make-up nowadays is more feminine and decoration. Look at this one on the
left.
However, there are somo· children If your child Is studious he should who fall to grow out of it quickly, be encouraged to be creative during: and three or four years of their this hour. Let him write a poem, home life are spent indoors reading study musle or art, books.
If he is at a day school and has The danger, ls that the mother will home work to do it 1 ng well to complacently allow this to go bn, dispense completely with the hour She will say that books keep him out for reading and to make the hobby of mischief, and that it cannot hurt hour compulsory. himb to improve his "mind by road-
Ing.
In the holidays when your child
has almost infimiled free time there
is no abject in restricting his hobby
The time allowed for reading cản
Too much reading, however, is bad for the development of a child's time to an hour. flody" and of his mind.”
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Don't Scorn Second-Best
you know the all-or-nothing woman? I mean the type who wants everything of the best, and if she cannot get that, she prefers to have nothing! rather than put up with second-best.
It is a sign of a wide and resource- ful mind to be able to adapt your- self to things which do not happen to be at the top of your 1st of de- mands, and to be able to find their enjoyable side. For who will deny that there is deep pleasure to be had "out" of the 'unspectacular things of life?
The all-or-nothing person gener- ally courts only the spectacular or the striking. Ench possession must be more striking than the last, and sensation must succeed sensation. The result is frequently boredom, and sometimes financial difficulty.
You know the woman who 15 at the idea of buying a shocked cheap hat or Blockings. If it hap- peus that she cannot afford to give her customary price for thein, she will endure misery in her "good" but old things rather thon come down a peg and wear-something ing cheaper. A love of good things is not an affection but. at the same time, with some women it becomes a sort of fanaticism, blind to all rea- son and commonsense,
With philosophic mind and, metaphorically speaking, a dashing snap of the fingers, one can be per-
Household Hints!
NOAK
a duster in vinegar and leave to dry. Used for the fur- niture, it will both dust and polish the wood at the one operation.
Dry mustard, rubbed on the hands, takes away the odour of onions.
Before leing e cake sprinkle somo flour on the surface which has to be iced, and this will prevent the icing from running.
December 30, 1938.
How To Choose A Coiffure
JAVE you a full face or a slender
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one? In order to choose a style
of Hairdressing successfully. first consider your contours so that their line may be followed and your best points emphasized.
If nature has endowed you with In thin Inve, avoid an all-curled coll- fure ns tends to give an unduly ennelated look. Rather select A Istyle decply waved across the fore
hrad from a low parting. Width is nchieved by curls or rolls slightly flung out over the ears,
If
The full face may be slenderised by a rather high side parting. the hair is short it should be brushed back to reveal the temple and it long, should be brought forward in casual waves.
For High Cheekbones
To set off a face with high cheek- bones and pointed chin, have the hair dressed back from the eyes, the cara being partly or wholly revealed. Tight curls piled from nape to crown Jend balance to the profile,
For those fortunnte possessors of cinssient features, the centre parting is perfect. They will look sorene and beautiful in a great range of styles, from the simple to the ple- turesque.
When nes run downwards in the not-so-young face, an upward style of dressing which ta
hair from the sides, is rejuvenating: while to disguise a lined forehead, nothing could be prettier or more fashionable than the new, softly curling ver:lon of the fringe.
To detract from over-plumpness round the Jaw and chin line, wear the hair well Jack from the ears and brush it smoothly, into lang rolls. White and Grey Hair
White or greying hair ca be really beautiful it well tended and immaculately groomed, Avold the slightest suspicion of struggly ends or exagerated style, but do not be afraid to alter your present style. Others may sult you even better. coiffure is incalculable.
On a festive occasion, the frock to be worn must be considered when choosing a coiffure. For instance. the Edwardian high-piled curls, co- quettishly holding a rose, would be appropriate for 2 wride skirted Period or crinoline gown; and, the quavely cut tailored frock would de- mand its equivalent in a sleek, at- most sculptured head.
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Economy Wrinkles
WINTER is an expensive season
for the housewife, and it is worth noting all the money-saving methods which can be used in the kitchen.
fectly happy with second-best.
Some people go as far as to go in
To prevent bread from becoming only for "best" friends, that is, they are only interested in people who mildewed, sprinkle the bread box have achieved things, or in people who with a layer of salt, and then cover in other this with white paper before putting are important or impressive
to the loaf in ways. Now, there is a good deal to
When stewing prunes, add a plece, be said for having interesting and striking personalities as friends, but either of temnon or orange peel, or, we should not overlook the fact that, as an alternative, about a dozen sul- Ax any of these #14- very often, we can derive as much,tanas.
fruit, less sugar will be needed, and, incidentally, the flavour is much Im- proved.
if not more. Interest from folks who ditions absorb the neid from the ure quite insignificant. Some people requin unsting, yet they may have rich, intelligent minds in spite of that, and more lovable natures, too, and what a joy it is to make contact with these things!
Then what about the woman who ruins her chances, of marriage by wanting to accept only the best? She is intolerant of every short- coming in the men she meets. Is she quite sure that she is entitled
Yet
to stand in judgment and, in any cuse, is she wise to do so?
or
Another method of saving sugar when cooking fruit of any type is to ucik! a teaspoonful of pure glycerine. Only half the usual amount of sugar will be required if this is done.
When frying, add a teaspoonful of vinegar to the pan, and this prevents the food from absorbing too much fnt.
the Rub a buttered paper over wooden spoon before putting it into a cake or batter mixture. This pre- vents clinging and waste.
Try to make the best of second- best, if this happens to be your lol. Don't deny yourself holidays
Tea will go further if it is heated in the oven for a few minutes be- clothes in order to have a very ex-
fore use. Another pensive carpet or radiogram.
method of ob- Learn adaptability, and have the of leaf is to add a very little sugar taining strong tea with the minimum courage of your convictions. thing you do and buy may produce the tea.
Every to the teupol. This helps to "draw" some effect or have some result, whereas doing nothing means stag nation and complete closing up of all opportunities.
Anne Morne
POINTS ABOUT
POTATOES
To make old potatoes while and
mealy, add vinegar to their cooking water a few a teaspoonful of
minutes before they are drained.
the
Old potatoes, being soft on outside. are inclined to boil down unless carefully watched. To pre- 31 vanilla bean is left in the vent this, add a cup of cold water sugar. jar it will give the sugar a to each pint immediately the pola
ber roller of the wringer, a tem- When a crack appears in the rub- porary repair can be effected at home if the cracked part is bound tightly with adhesive tape. This will pre- vent the crack from spreading.
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BANANA SWEETS
delicate flavour. This is particular- toes become soft externally. The TF you find yourself racking your ly useful for sugar which is to be eald water sends the hent to the brains to know whnt "sweet" to used in cake making.
rentre of the vegetable so that they serve for a change, you will find the When making mincemeat, try add-rook evenly and without waste. Ing the Juice of an orange and one or two spoonfuls of marmalade. The When mushed potatoes are Javour is much improved If this is quired. 1 lb of boiled potatoes will done.
Five Just over two cups of mashed "If the lid of a saucepan is trensed, ones; if diced potatoes are wanted, the contents will not boil over,
then 1 ib bolled is equivalent to two As a substitute for cream, bent up and a half cups of diced. the white of an egg to a froth, add
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following suggestions useful; ---
To make barfana triße, you will reneed four sponge cakes, alx bananas, pint packet_of_jelly (any ille whipped cream, and a flavour), one pint of boiling water, n few pistachio nuts.
Dissolve the Jelly square in the a small lump of butter, and mix and only 1 per
Potatoes being 89 per cent. water bolling water und leave to cool thoroughly. Then stir gradually so trary to popular opinion, excellent sponge cakes into a glass dish. Pec ceni, fat are, con- slightly. Sce or crumble the as to obviate curdling.
Roast pork is delicious it it is for slimming purposes. They are the banunus, mash them up with n stir in the rest of the milk and leave over like a sausage roll. Bake in a served with slices of orange Instead rich in mineral salts and vitamins fork. and spread evenly
for at least an hour.
hot oven until nicely brown (15 to over the of apple sauce. The oranges should witleh supply the body with heat cake. Add the prepared jelly, and
Peel the bananas and cut them in 20 minutes.) be cut into thin slices, soaked for
halves. Melt a "wainut" of butter leave in a cool place
until sel half an hour In lemon juice, a little Potatoes can be steamed without
Decorate with sweetened whipped or margarine in a baking tin, pour Individual Jellies
in the butter, and lay the bananas in sugar, suit and
cream and chopped pistachio nuts. steamer if they are prepared and Banana Batter and Rolls
it. Bake in
Banana Jelly looks most attractive fairly hot oven for served in individual glasses, and it is pineed round the foler, and then
Flowers are scarce at this time of cloth and a saucepan lid placed upon
half an hour. Serve hot with agar so simple to make. lald in the centre of a'large pudding the year, and, by way of making them.
Served with sugar and lemon und Jemon juice..
Allow four bananas, one pint of them last longer, add a little salt or
juice, banana ballar is crisp and do- Banana rolls can be served hot or boiling water, one pint packet of red soxla to the water, renewing this the top of the lid and place this
Tie the corners of the cloth over. Ilcious.
cold, but, elther way, they are jelly Disolve the jelly square in ench day as the water is changed.
Το serve three or four people, | tempting.
the hot water and leave until it be- with A. W.
the potatoes, securely held allow four ounces of flour, a pinch You will require about half a gins to show slighs of setting, beneath, on a simmering pot for of salt, one egg, half a pint of milk, pound of short or flaky pastry, three be lengthened as the child gets about an hour. This ensures a great throe bananas. older, but even at the nge of thir-saving of lieat and Inbpur
Sift the flour and salt into a basin or four bananas, and a le rasp the jelly Fanch Hisk thoroughly
berry jam. teen, or fourteen-it should be limited If new potatoes are immersed in and make well In the centre. Pour Roll the pastry but fairly thinly; ture and leave in a cool place until to an average of two hours a day in a bowl of salted water they can be in the beaten egg and a little milk, cut into pieces, about three by four set. Decorates a fisch with fran the holidays, and one hour in the scraped more easily and the fingers and mix in the flour gradually. When inches, and spread them with jam, spoonful downt term time.
will not be stained. D. W. 8.
M. L. D.;
Slice the barrier thinly, add them Fill up emails ddies with the mix.
It is mixed to a smooth batter, beat Place half bananas on the pleces of cream, thoroughly for a few minutes, then pastry, damp the edges, and fold