THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1939.
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Walter" and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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There is quite a "gallery" "brush up" their dancing. In WORLD CRUISE! noons and evenings but morn- How thrilling that ings are usually free, except who cheer lustily at the winning addition, lessons are given in the Sundays when Holy Mass is point and all join the players Lambeth Walk, the Palais Glide, sounds--and thrilling celebrated in the Empress Room for a "Quick one" in the Tennis Eleanor Glide, and so forth.
"Won $20 at Keno" confides a it is.
by the Roman Catholic Chaplain Court Cafe. On the Sun Deck
And that's "What goes on aboard?" and Divine Service in the May- quoits and shuffleboard are in newly-found friend. "Let's cele
fair Lounge by the Church of progress, while on the Sports brate with a drink.' is a question asked every England Chaplain. We attend Arena two sporting games of how it goes, so many charming. Science and Food
In my where, so for the benefit of Divine Service and
are fought to a and friendly people. зее the Deck Tennis
apartment I find an invitation to Twentieth century man has tosi those who have never had Choir, consisting of smart little inish.
We wander down to the Cocktail Party to be held in some of the optimism with which the great experience I will his recent ancestors were wont to try to give a brief outline.
bors of the crew file in one door, Library to choose a book and the Card Room; about forty are convivial souls-all while the laundry girls file in find half a dozen others on the invited,, welcome the progress of science.
Let's leave New York at the other, taking their places on same errand. At the writing chattering at once." In મ practical applications
Feel a bit "let-down" to-day either side of the Table draped tables three cruise members science appears all too frequently eleven aan. on January 7. to be providing 12 new Jetha? The siren is shrieking. in a Union Jack. Then comes are scribbling industriously for no earthly reason, so off to
Beauty Parlour a new Those who have come to see the Chaplain followed by some diaries, no doubt. Strains of the Turkish Bath, then to the
It is "Melody in F" come from the mart
wave, facial, and labour-saving device which throws the lucky ones away and of the senior officers, out of work some fresh category bid them "Bon Voyage" quite impressive and we feel Mayfair where the Tea Concert shampoo,
We are in a real Church.
is in progress so we sink down manicure, and come out feeling in a big easy chair to listen and "on top of the world." "Woman always diversified reports of the pour down the gangway to
sip tea. This "afternoon tea" thy name is vanity" said a very wise man onco upon a time! Department of Scientific and In- the shouts of "All Visitors
IN A FEW DAYS the weather becomes a habit and we soon an ashore, please."
There are plenty of Bridge dustrial Research provides
grows warmer and the decks know when it is four o'clock by lovers aboard and the Bridge admirable antidote to such pessi- Streamers thrown from the mism, for a considerable section of high decks fall on the crowds are filled with people taking that strange longing for "the Parties held in the Empress
their daily dozen, sitting in deck cup that cheers". the report is devoted to the sub-waving on the dock as the ship chairs, chatting in little groups, Five o'clock! Off to the nice prizes for the winners.
the slowly pulls away from the Pier 06006.ject of human food and, to
methods discovered for keeping to which she will return on May or just gazing over the side and movies in the Empress Room Here Yacht Racer
which last until 6.16. Still time after deck are always fun, with it-both palatable and wholesome. 14 after cruising 30,000 miles drinking in the fresh breezes.
A number of smart costumes for a swim before dinner! We the betting fast and furious. Twenty years ago Britain was and visiting 29 ports.
take my eye. One charming slip into our snappiest bathing Two small bellboys throw the faced with a serious shortage of
older woman, immaculately suit and down to the Olympian dice and sailors move the horses food, owing to political conditions
W VE STAY_on_deck_to_wave_groomed, is wearing a rose beige Pool to join the jolly group of or yachts. which, it is common knowledge,"
farewell to the Statue of wool dress under a top coat that swimmers, divers, and those who may recur. During the emergency Liberty and then go to our matches perfectly, with a hat just splash.
shade In Food Investigation Board was apartments to unpack. secretly of exactly the same
established, and it is under the admiring those dainty evening crowning her beautifully waved auspices of this organisation,dresses. and snappy sports white hair. Another, & dashing THERE HAVE been many de- brand. Yes, they have! And which has survived and grows clothes chosen so carefully. brunette, is wearing blue slacks, lightful events. A general what a variety of other things Then put on the Promenade blue pullover and a quaint little reception it which the Cruise of pine to a fully fitted dressing ... all the way from a package during the years of peace, that some of the most important prob- Deck to look our fellow passen- Crownless blue felt hat. A Director and his staff met the caso. lems of food storage have beengers over, making mental notes blonde in pearl grey knit with cruise members. (Note we are of those we should like to meet. touches of coral, is the cynosure cruise members and not just Apart from preventing attacks At seven the dressing chimes of all eyes. There are many passengers). Then a Tea
knitted costumes by insects upon stored grain sound and we hurry to our smart
but the Younger Set. A Cocker THE DAY of our arrival at lovely Madeira a Treasure farm of wastage which coatsstateroom wondering just what sport dresses in flannel scem Party for the Bachelors, and in- Hunt was held, with everyone Britain at least £500,000 a year to wear if everyone will be to be the most popular.
formal Tea Dance, followed by a so busy attempting to "discover" and sill requires repecific dressed for dinner and decide JF ON the Tennis Court a fast jolly. "Get-Together" Dinner and the treasure we had quite a -report mentions three
match is under way the Dance. Early in the cruise dan- shock when looking to port we problems, the storage of apples to dress anyway.
To the amart Cooktail Bar, girls clad in shorts and shirts cing classes are held so, that "discovered" the island quite and pears, the chilling of beef, and the keeping fresh of fish, where a cheery group is gathered and the men in slacks and those who are shy about appear- close. Ten years ago the "gas-storage" and gratefully accept an sweaters.
ing on the ballroom floor may
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of fruit was still in the experi-invitation to join them. (We DO menal stage; 20 years ago the feel a bit lost at the moment). term was wholly unknown. To-
day there are 3,000,000 cubic feet
Then dinner in the grent
We look the of storage provided to keep apples Dining Saloon.
What a choice of and pears fresh by this method. menu over.
Some Less than six years ago the first food!. Let's see. consignment of chilled beef left consomme perhaps-and a tiny New Zealand for London; in 1987 plece of sole-so big. Now the two southern Dominions sent what? The attentive steward 750,000 hundredweight of beef suggests chicken Maryland.
special chambers
Perfect! Ummm! some freal enriched with carbon-dioxide, and the process has allowed meat to green peas, and yes, a little No no potatoes arrive in far better, and certainly cauliflower.
earried
in far more palatable, condition (Don't want to get fat!) than former methods of crude re-then Peach Melba. No--- frigeration allowed. Fish, again, not even a savoury to-night. which in present conditions can That's plenty. The dishes be kept really fresh only 10 to 12 follow one another in quick days, has been experimentally succession as We chatter to years by new processes of "hrine table companions. All the food
presorved for as much as two
C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD. freezing point of which our is delicious and we consume far
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Borely stricken, fishing industry too much for the good of our will, it is to be hoped, avail itself, | figure. The man on my right With fish, with fruit, and to suggests coffee and liqueur in lesser degree with butcher's meat, the Cathay Lounge. Yes, in- the problem of preserving food is deed, we'd love it.
not simply one of keeping it At 9.80 the Dance Band draws "good" during transport, but of using a seasonal product all the us to the great Mayfair Lounge. year round. In the past the The charming Social Directress scientific storage of food has approaches: bids us "welcome", chicfly helped the importer, hut makes a few introductions and there is no reason why it should away we whirl.. Midnight-i not help the home producer as and so to bed. well, as ins the cognate develop-
ment of canning. The Depart-
ment of Scientific and Industrial
Research, a Government Depart WHERE DOES the time go? We've met hosts of people.
ment, has led the way, but it is. for industry itself, as the report now and find we have many polnis out, to avail Itself of the mutual friends. There is always advances.
something arranged for after!
GRIN AND BEAR IT
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Room are well attended with
Find I have mislaid my cold cream. Must visit the Shop to see if they have my favourite
Ports of call are frequent in the Mediterranean and the days jat sea are always welcomed to
By Lichty give us a chance to rest up. Be-
"Stop being rude and Interrupting mother, Lucy-I can't hear a thing they're saying at the other table!!!
fore each port an Illustrated Talk is given by the Cruise Lec- turer, and most instructive they
aro.
Cocktail parties are now the. thing when anywhere from twenty to a hundred congenial souls gather for a "get together" before dinner. And the Sports Tournaments are “going strong" with many a hard fought battle taking place.
Up to Suez woollen sports clothes and dark evening things were "Just right". but now thin volles, smart printed cottons, and shady hats' are the thing with wispy evening dresses of fine lace, net, tropical crope and so forth the correct wear. The men have changed also, and very smart they look in their white evening jackota.
The Outor Pool has replaced the Olympian in popularity "and Mermaids and Mermen in the briofest of suits are acquiring a golden tan as they laze around the deck between dips in the pool. Such fun! Someone brings. along a Victrola and all join in the choruses of the latest popu- lar songs: There are two orches tras aboard one for "dancing. and one for classical music. We (Continued on Page 5.)).