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KNITTING NOTION
KNITTING instructions often say, "kait into the backs of
the stitches." But working into the bucks of n tight cast-on row is an irritating business.
Here is a way you get a firm straight edge immediately you cast out.
Make your initial loop with a knot and leave a long end.
Hold your needle (only one is used) in the right hand, with the wool from the ball over your finger in the ordinary way. Now twist the long end of wool round In the your thumb as shown drawing, put the needle between the wool and the thumb (you can Bee how in the sketch) and knit the stilch on to the needle.
Twist ngain, and knit another slich on to the needle, Pull each separate stitch taut.
Germans
'Doubling Butter
FOOT CARE”
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
Make A
After
"HILDREN between the ages of 6
to 10 are at a critical period of Their lives us regards fest.
This is the contention of the New York Pantry Society, which de- elares that most foot ailments of adult life can be traced to improper and Insufcient care after childish all- ments.
Frequently after jllness children GERMANS are to have twice ure, all too anxious to dosh about, that softened foot The result is
as much butter as Britain's pro-muscles and issues are overworked posed ration-according to Ber-before they have had time to get
back thole natural tone. lin.
According to this autizorlly only The official News Agency has an-four persons in ten have sound feet. The Society gives some practical nounced that food rations are 10 be "considerably Increased because of advice on how to ensure frestam from foot troubles both for children and adults. First, shoes must fit the German food supply position.""
In particular, the butter ration snugly at the heel and roomy at the would be increased, it was stated. In toes. Socks or stocking mud be frexis
casen it would be almost
pair a day is recommended. Moreover socles and stocking should some
be neither too looso nor too tight. doubled,
These experts would banish darning The existing German butler rationaltogether. The next best thing is to is 4oz., the same as that planned for seo that darns are not lumpy cob- Britain.
blings
Bilsters must be attended to at Recently Herr Himmler's paper once. For these the feet should bo Schwarze Corps admitted: "It would bathed in hot and cold water, and bo wrong to maintain that the British thoroughly dried and well bowdered. blockade is not affecting us, and that Toe-nails must be attended to with It is not effective:`.
as scrupulous regularity anger- nails."
Chermans, it was stated, could only fat one egg a week now, where pre-" viously, they had Ave.
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HERE is no doubt about it, hoods have come to stay; they are the best comfort- with-glamour idea in years.
There's nothing like a hood to snuggle round-your ears when it starts to rain and there's not a bus in sight.
Here is the basle pattern of a face- framing hood; I can think of at least a dozen Make it in oiled silk for ways to make it. rainy days; in velvet to stitch to your even- ing coat in fur-cloth to give your suit a new lease of life; in bright jersey to wear with a tweed coat; in soft wool for your dressing gown in case the sirens go in the night. No end to its uses, and when you don't want it on your head it lies flatly at the back.
So learn the diagram by heart and get going. You can make the hood of single material or double' (in which case you need For a single- twice as much, of course). thickness hood you want a piece of materin}
Here is a pale blue velvet hood on dark brown or dark red velvet evening coat. If your coal is Don't worry if black, try ruby or emerald velvet. you can't find a match for your coal; a contrast
is amarier,
"No need to worry about your hair on a rainy day if you have
an olled silk hood.".
Chutney Hints
January 8, 1940.
LEAGUE OF ITALIAN
POLICIES
Hood HEALTH
Tea
23% Inches by 17 inches. It's a smart iden to make the lining of a contrasting colour.
Cut it out in newspaper first; then use that as a pattern to cut the material, taking care to put the side marked "14in." on the fold, and to cut two pieces if you want the hood lined.
Join the top senn of the hood and the With same seam of the lining, then press. right sides together, seam the lining to the hood, leaving the short curved edge open. Turn and press. (If you are using very thick material or oiled silk and do not want to line it, hem and bind the edge neatly on the wrong side.)
Then you can sew the hood to a coat or dressing gown-or not-just as you like.
If you want to attach to a coat stitch the hood to the neckline on the outside, right sides facing. Then. stitch a strip of bias binding to the lining of the hood and slip- stitch down to the inside of the neck.
If you make the hood of oiled silk or fur cloth you may not want to attach it per- manently to a coat. So finish the lower edge with a band, fastening with a button, or if you have material to spare make a narrow scarf, sew to the bottom of the hood, and the in front.
And Recipes Half
WELL-STOCKED chutney shelf
A Wildcrest to many meals.
FOLO
a Loaf
you know the rest, But a piece of stule bread still isn't A good chutrey should be smooth caaothy inspiring. But, with economy the keycord in the kit to the palate, and have a mellow chen, we have to know how to make the best use of it. Here are successful re-one or two ideas that may be new to you.
favour. To obtain
slowly. Also, thick, necessary.
itie
very
donc
sults, the ingredients should be cut Sonktb. stale bread in water for twenty-four hours, up Onely, and the cooking squeeze dry, beat up and add 4 oz. brown sugar, 2 oz. sultanas,
the mixture is frequent stirring is oz. chopped mixed peel, half teaspoonful mixed spice, one beaten car and a few, drops of flavouring, if liked. Beat well together, During the making, nothing metallic
should be allowed to touch drop dessertspoonfuls into flour, roll, and fry in shallow fat store e chutney, it gives an unpleasant, browning both sides. Serve with custard or white sauce.
Or put your remnants of bread in a lin pan and dryf in flavour. A wooden spoon, a hair sieve, und 1121 enamel-lined or very cool oven for several hours. When thoroughly dry, pound, aluminium pan should be used. The and you have rush crumbs which can be used in many ways-to brass or copper preserving pan is help use up cold meat, for instance. Chop the meat finely, scason entirely unsuitable for such a strong well, and mix with an egg. Either mix with breadcrumbs and
hake in the oven, or make into balls and fry in deep fat.
Another way: Crumble stale bread fine, mix with an egg and Tomato chutney 19 prime a little milk, and coat some small peeled opples with it. Tic in favourite. This recipe is made with small cloths and boil as for dumplings. out sugar, which some may prefer
acid mixture. Tomato Chulnoy -
at this time,
Take 31⁄2 tbs tomatoes, apples, Eat More Carrots
1 dessertspoon curry powder, 11⁄2
sultanas, teaspoon cayenne, 4
A TEA TIP
W.B.
WHEN you open a new packet of tea, spread it out on a thick piece onions (medium size), 2 tablespoons CARROTS are in one direction a
substitute for yellow "country" of paper and put it in a warm oven mustard, 1 teaspoon each allspice,
butter. Both contain carotene, the for a few minutes. The favour is cloves, chillies, 1 lb golden syrup substance used by the sun to produco improved and the tea goes further. 1 quart vinegar, salt,
Slice the tomatoes and onions and Vitamin A. Like all vegetables, cur- sprinkle lightly with salt. Stand for rols are most valuable which eat
They can be grated finely b 12 hours. Put the vinegar, sy used to give a piquant davour to mustard, and spices into a saucepan sandwiches and salads. In the same and bring to the boil. Take tform they make a good last-minute tomatoes, onions, apples, and eul-
tanas,
raw.
and put through a mincing addition to soups, broths, and slows, machine, putting apples through last, Steaming and stewing are the bestl so that they will force the softer mathode, of cooking them. TO ingredients through.
steam, scrub them gently to remove
'O'GRADY” MADE THE KING LAUGH
Hungarian Diplomat On Way To Venice
"Your League welcomes women of all classes, ail creeds and all racer within its runks, and this is important because in the last few years we have: scen a steady delerloration in such
Venice, Jan. 0. an attitude to human society," de-
Count Ciano las arrived here to clared Mrs. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, confer with Count Stephen Csaky, when speaking of the first outdoor Hungarian Foreign Minister. demonstration of the Women's
AND HE CAUGHT SOME
OF THE MILITIA !
Add to the boiling mixture and dirt without breaking the skin arid THE King had a good laugh when boll hour till mixture is soft place them in a patent steamer, a he saw troops playing the old game Pour into Jars. When cold tie down porringer or a fam jar in a pan of of "O'Grady Says" at a regimentol with greaseproof paper to make bolling water. They will taice from depot in the Eastern Command. air-tight.
An Easily-Made Variety
to
words, "O'Grady Says,"
League of Health at the South Chinni According to authoritative sourel) Athletic Stadium, Caroline Hill, yes- they will discuss Brst the situation caused by the German-Soviet occu- terday.
creates a
Over 50 women took part in the ex-pation of Poland which cellent programme which was held Hungarian - Soviet frontier, second In brilliant nunshine under the direc Hungarian-Rumanian relation which tion and leadership of Miss Mavis is regarded as forming the principal atumbling block for general nou- Ming.
Balkan and Danubian Mrs. Selwyn-Clarke said in parti trailty in You have taken a great step, par- countries, third co-operation between ticularly in relation to the social con- Hungary and Yugo-Slavin whose re- ditions in the Far East, in organising tatlons are belleved to be improving yourselves voluntarily for the pur and possibly to enable a tripartite pose of maintaining and improving treaty with Italy, Hungary and Yugo
Slavia ns signatories, and fourth your health. A healthy body is th fest necessity for those who intend general, problems resulting from the to play a useful part in the com-i war.
Signor Caydn, in the Giornale munity, and this fict is not recognised: widely enough. But in your revogal-d'Italia, says. the Clano-Csaky talks tion of this fuct, you have not irola-at Venice were based on the follow- tell yourself from the community but ing points; Arstly, that there was n have taken further steps which are stale of war existing with the great Danubian- of political and social significance. powers bordering the
forty minutes to an hour, according. He visited the gymnasium where age, size, and the volume of steama recent batch of militiamen, who Take them out and rub off the skins, have only been in training for six 4. Is preferably with a "glovo", pan scour weeks, were ut physical training. lbs tomatoes, 4 onions,
The men were ordered to act only apples; oz pepper, 2 teaspoons dryer. Sprinkle with pepper and salt,
on commands procoded by the mustard, 12 ozs brown sugar, cheat, and serve. teaspoon ground ginger, 3 oz sul- To stew, pare thinly; halve or
"O'Grady Rays right wheel,' quick tanns, 1 quart vinegar, 1 packet quarter if large, and cook gently in pickling spice.
a little water or vegetable stock march," "O'Grady says hall," roared Peel onions and apples, put all When they are tender (in about half the sergeant.
three-quarters) ndd
Then, unexpectedly, he said, "Left vegetables through mincing machine.jan hour to Place in pan,
with all the other sonings to taste and a nut of mar-turn," and a roar of laughter in Ingredients, bring to the boll, stirring garine. Blend a little cornflour with which the King joined, rose up at till sugar has dissolved, then simmer cold water, stir into the liquor, and the expense of the few recruits who gently till tomatoes and apples arejboll up quickly, first removing Ute were caught and left tumed. fender (hour); stir frequently.
SCD-
carrots and keeping them hot. Pour Isobel the sauce over them, and sprinide
with finely chopped parsley,
Y WB.
Sunny Nice For Tommies
PARIS.
TEN thousand days of fres
Date And Apple Cake
Anti-Tank Work
Next, the King, saw some specialis- ed training of advanced units,
Some were being trained in anti- tank and anti-aircraft work.
Others, members of the, motor : transport soction,' were sludying the Insides of cars or learning the elec- trical wiring wystem from black- board diagrams.
In Europe in the lost 10 years we Balkan zone; secondly, the attitude have seen a barbarous persecution of at the Danubian-Balkan natlong in a people because of their race and the face of war problems; thirdly, of thiese reilglon and it is our duty as women the reciprocal relations
war and peace; and as civilised human beings to donations relative lo all we can to oppose such treatment. sad, fourthly, the appearance of n Further, in the last few years wa new Russian Communist active policy of these have seen the growth of nationallen on the frontiers of some in the West and in the East to such states. a point that the outcome has been i
On serval at the depot," the accommodation in the most No sugar is required, and only 4 Inspected a company of the A.T.S.
Afterwards, officers' whics and the luxurious hotels of sunny Nice za of margarine, Melt this with o have been offered by the city to pint of cold applesauce (un- wife were introduced to him, but the ozs of golden syrup and add half a regimental sergeant major and his Tommics and Poilus on leave.zeetened. Make an An
The offer, which was made under a bowl mix together 4 ozs each regimental sergeant-majer's small andred-headed son stared vigorqualy the patronage of the Mayor of Nice, of Bulle and wholemeal breadcrumbs, has been welcomed with enthusiasm half a teaspoonful of baking-sodo, in the wrong direction and never offered their hospitality, their houses mon and ground ginger, and hair A and their cars, and have promised to pint of dates, stones, and chopped. The King, who was in Field Mars the worment of welcomes to Combing the two mixtures, beat well shal's uniform carried his gasmask their "guest" -
and baka in a shallow tin in a mo- over his shoulder. It Tommy has his wife with him, derate oven for about three-quarters The King spent most of to-day we shall be only too glad to meet | of-an-haul
visiting real where troops are in Kungs her,” said the Mayor..
W.D. training..
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by all the Inhabitants... People have a teaspoonful (cach nf, grøtind, einn gCarried. Ca-Mat
REQUEST. TO JUSTICES The other four have been stolen KVARNER
Unofficial Justices of the Pence who by, England, and the same applies to the shortage of butter and other food-expect to be absent from the Colony.
givo Bowye verra for any considerable part of the year stunts are requested to notify the Chief The German announcement would, Clerk Colonia Secretarial of the therefore, appear to be only propa- | dates of their. Intended departure und Kanda.
war.
an
Referring to the relations between
Russia.
But your League Inks you la Russia and Danubian-Balkan Europe, international organisation of Signor Gayda said. "Italy has na women who are not only bound to Kressive plans towards spread the cult of health but in doing Italy only intends halting the expan
It is a threat thin, they are also bound to recog-sion of Communism. nise the necessity of international co- to European order,United Press, operation.
Rapid Progress Mado
Need of the Masses You will appreciate that
we all who are here are the privileged few that the members of your League in all countries are fortunate in being able to pursue health through your organisation. But the great need of
the moss of women in all countries and especially in Hongkong and the For East is not exercise but the c- sentials of life-shelter and clothing, and tood to protect them from discase. I cannot give you the
Venice, Jan. 7. It is understood that Count Ciano is already satisfied with his tolics with Count Canky:
to Rome by air to-morrow to report Count Ciano will probably, return
to Signor Mussolbit. personally
Reuter.
New Balkan Bloc
Venice, Jan. 7.
Count Csaky,
It is understood that during the conversations various phases of the current European situation including the Balkan issue were discussed.
Informed quarters understand that
figures for China, but in Ilongkong Count Clano, the Italian Foreign on Saturday morning and our death-rate from infant mortality Minister, and tuberculosis, is alx or seven afternoon held conversations with the times greater than in Britain. What visiting Hungarian Foreign Minister, is the reason? Poverty, low wage rates and lack of social services,
Until the last decade there had been a slow but steady growth throughout the world of the ideals of interna- tional order, of equality of races and of human beings, of cultural opper- an important topic at the conversa- tunity for all. Governments have not tions was the proposed organization always alven expression to there of a new Balkan bloc under Haly's Ideals but they have formed the basic leadership.-Domel. philosophy of the mass of the people
in all countries. To-day, however,
we are facing in Nazism the negation, to exclude from its benefits the ma- of military dlelitorship. of these beliels and the substitution jority of women,
The programme started with the members marching on to the stadium to music which was broadcast, Miss Elvie Yuen sang the entrance march, "Marching Feet" at the microphone.
Here in Hongkang we are involved in the struggle in the East as well as in the West, in Hongkong there are China and for help to Great Britain, organisations for the assistance of
The excrelses were presented in im sure that every one of you will three sections, elementary, medium and advanced, An exhibition of ball appreciate that you are not giving games for posture was also given by League unless you take an active part students from the St. Paul's Girls' full expressions to the ideals of your
College. in the struggle against aggression. Condreds-of-persons were present similarly cannet belleve that you
are
content that your League of to watch the demonstration. Pro- Health should not be available to all seeds are to be given to the Chinese and that poverty should be allowed Industrial Co-operatives.
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