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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 31, 1939.
Crochet these for your autumn frock
ITH half an ounce of wool, you last season's frock by making for it the crochet collar and cuffs shown here, in place of the organdie or liten set you have worn with it all summer.
We give an autumn outlook to
MATERIALS-Half an ounce of 2 ply wool. Steel hook No. 3.
rather loose COLLAR-Make a chain of 141, Work 2 rows of 139 double crochet, turning with 2 chain. Now a row of Solomon's Knots thus: *Draw a loop of just over in, on hook, wool over hook, draw wool through loop. making 3 long strands and 1 stitch on hook.
Now hook uniler strand on outside left, draw through, making 2 stitches on hook, wool over, draw through, making a d. c. You have now made one Solomon's Knot.
Make another the same, miss 1 d. c. along the row and work 1 d. c. into
next d. c. Repeat from * to the end, making 69 double S. Knots.
Turn with 3 S. Knots, and catch with a d. c. into top of first knot, then ** make 2 S. Knots and d. c. into top of next knot. Repeat from ** to end. Repeat the last row 5 times always turning with 3 S. Knots.
8th Rowe, Make 1 S. Knot, 7 chain, slip stitch into 1st chain to form a pleat, i S. Knot, catch with n d. c. into top of noxt knot. Repeat from to end. Fasten off.
Pin to shape and press with a hot iron and damp cloth, then make two ties by crocheling a rather loose chain of 100 and working 2 rows d. c.
Fasten off, leaving an end for stitching on at neck after pressing.
CUFFS.-Work as for collar, but begin with 63 ch, and 2 rows of 61 d. c., then 5 rows of 30 double S. Knots. The 6th row is like the 8th in collar. Omit Lies.
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Semolina "Dressed Up"
CEMOLINA is a favourite pudding with old and young, but how nany of us have tried rerving it in these following ways?
Steamed Caramel Semolina
For caramel-
3 ozs loaf sugar.
gill cold water.
Squeeze lemon juice.
Plac: 2 vas seinelina and 3 teacups venter in a pan. Aki the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon and 2 925 sugar. Stir over a gentle heat till boiling. Skanter Bve minutes, Cool lightly, Pour into then beat till spongy. Rians dish..
Semolina Sunflower
Heat 1 pint milk, and sprinkle in 21
1 clear.
Place the sugar, water, and lemon oz of, semolina. Cask Juice in an iron pan. Cook till they Add 1⁄2 oz of butter. 2 ozs sugor, and little vanilia essence. Pour into are brown, but do not burn.
Pour into a mould (plan or cake two wetted sandwich tins, and leave Arrange sliced tin previously warmed. and turn 10 set. Turn out.
the mould round and round til the peaches on each round to resemble sunflowers and decorate round the caramel coats it evenly.
For pudding-Heat 1 pint mlik. edges with whipped cream. Serve Sprinkle in 3 ozs semolina, and lie with peach syrup.
U boiling Boll five minutes, stir-
ring all the time.
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This is n very easy savoury
Simply heat three-quarters make. of a pint mill, sprinkle in 2 ozs remolli, and when the grain is clear, add 1 1⁄2 oz cheddar cheese (grated), a pinch of pepper and mustard, and Mix
steam stently three-quarters of an the beaten yolks of two eggs. hour. Turn on to hot dish, and f any caramel remains in mould, add well, then lastly fold in the stimly
a little hot water and pudding.
Semolina Snow
beaten whites.
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Pour into greased glass ovenware dish, sprinkle a little cheese on top, und place on a few pats of butter.
Bake in a moderate oven twenty
any Serve at once.
This makes a very inexpensive” minutes, till of a golden brown.colour.. sweel, and is delicious with Atewed suminer fruit;
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is is an age of perpetual femin she is well before pre-war vintage, ine youthfulness. It is sometimes and so loses her sincerity. She Is difcult
whether a continually acting a part, nghting a discover woman is the mother, ar sister, ut losing battle with time, the young girl who holds her arm so affectionately.
Years ago, a woman might as well have been dead and buried as soon as she reached the "appalling age of forty, but today, the slight pret tiness she may have possessed In her girlhood is often enhanced and trans- formed into beauty by the charm of her personality.
Her make-up and coiffure e more suitable for a girl in her teens: she concentrates on dieting, beauty culture, and clothes, but she soun looks worn and anxious.
Burning the Candle at Both Ends
She burns the candle at both ends, without realising that whereas a younger woman con stand the strain mellowed without wearying, after a week or Age has enriched and her she no longer experiments with so she, herself, cannot. No amount of clothes, make-up, and perfumes; forced laughter can hide her droop- she knows her type and she stresses ing spirits. her most striking features. Keeping the Mind Young
There is only one way to keep time at bay (which does not mean stupidly to ape youth), and that is to cultivate a young mind, never to lose interest In new things. For some women, life only starts being the varied - venture it is, when they have reached middle-age.
There is ohe type of woman who is foolish, and that is the one who endeavours to deceive people about her real age, by wearing absurdly youthful clothes which merely ae- eentuate her age. She gives others the Impression of being ten years older than she really is.
She guards her conversation care fully so that no one can guess that
The women who wears well does not worry about the effect she creates, as long as her uppehrance pleases herself, she is sailsfied.
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She wears suitable clothes. has no fear for her, and the only wrinkles she has are those caused through happy laughter. Her young acck her companionship: family "Mother is so sporting-she is ready for anything." they say,
her age
She does not proclaim from the hilltops, but she never tries to give a false impression of extreme youth. Her mind is so young that she will never grow old.
The saying that, "A woman is as old as she looks and a man as old as he feels," is true, but the fact remains that a woman only looks oldTM when she feels old.
Ann Rutledge
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Navy and white ensemble, the coat navy woollen, worn over a navy and white printed crepe White pique revers, white gloves. white sao bag, and white daisy toque, are crisp details.
Helpful Hints
IF new silk stockings are washed in
warm water contdining a spoon- ful of sugar, It will strengthen them and so help to prolong their life.
Should blankets shrink after being wide washed so that they are not enough to tuck in at the sides of the bed, stitch a piece of unbleached calico along each side and this will overcome the trouble,
Save the wax wrappings from steaming cereal packets and when
a pudding cover the tops with this paper instead of a cloth, for it will keep the pudding quite dry.
Try putting a lump of alum in the drawer containing cutlery, for it will keep the forks and spoons quite bright, even if not used every day.
When baby's pram or cot cover wears thin in places, give it a new lease of life by sewing pieces of coloured flannel or felt, cut into animal shapes, over the worn parts.
It апу acid from Д wireless accumulator has been spilt on a carpet or tablecloth, cover It Im- mediately with milk and so prevent a hole being burned.
Sew the halves of about six press- studs to the hem of your dance frock, and sow the corresponding halves to the inside of your coat a ittle higher than the hem. Fasten the press-studs when it rains, and your dres will not become wet or aolled.
To remove scorch marks from tinen, wring a cloth out in peroxide, loy it over the affected part, and fron until dry.
Chamols gloves will retain their colour much better. If washed in water in which the peel of two oranges has been bolled,
Face cloths and sponges should be regularly washed and boiled in vinegar and water, for then they will always keep fresh:
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'The stripes and checks, so_ranipant in the recent fashion showings in Paris are used by Creed in this sull, navy and while striped Nannel over a navy blue silk blouse. Nose Valois design- ed 'the blug' straw with while grosgrain ribbon,
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