EVERY SATURDAY

ALLGESIMER

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1947,

WOMANSENSE

'My heart belongs to

to...

THIS IS MARY MARTIN'S

LITTLE GIRL

ROBB'S drawings show you four outta picked from her wardrobe and chosen because they look new and aren't beyond copying.

ILM star Mary Martin- signed for her mother... these two famous for her personalis- even wear the same hair style crap ed singing of "My Heart. ed on top into a bunch of curls. Belongs to Daddy" - has daughter known to the family ne La Belle. Her real name, invented by her parents to look good in theatre lights, is Heller Halliday.

La Belle is four and o half-one of the best dressed under-fives in America.

The main difference about the way Httle girls dress in America is that their clothes are styled exnelly like a grown-up's.

Reading from left to right:- PINAFORE FROCK in white cot- ton with navy spots combined with plain apple green linen. She wears it in summer, she says, "with her skin sticking out"; in winter over a plain woo! frock. The frilled shoulder straps and hem give it that typically American look.

SLEEPING SUIT in soft pink

her right up Nearly all La wool covers Bello's clothes might have been de- neck, down to the wrists and over

W

What

to the

the feet.

She wears the same thing with shori in cotton for summer, sleeves and pyjama legs.

ANOTHER PINAFORE FROCK, made for her by her mother, is in sugar pink cotton, the frills in white bonnet in eyelet embroidery. The simply a flat curved strip. She has another one in grey with white cdging, wears them both over frilly white blouse.

SCOTTISH PLAID OUTFIT has a pleated skirt with braces and a

She wears i battledress Jacket. with a small size cashmere sweater with a plain round neck and a plaid Glengarry.

Anne Edwards.

Nonsense, Sir!

'OMEN," wrote

Chesterton. news."

woman

met or

G. K. no one else has ever understood or whom he seems to have

appreciated." "Nothing is more in- whose conversation he succeeded in are furlating to a woman than to dis- overhearing-for if he were not

cover herself

the wrong." cavesdropping how, does he know "Women do not like to be treated that "nearly all women lie to other as nonentities-who does?

women about their 'dislike' of sex?"

.

docs, or doesn't do, he went on to say. or does that she didn't ought to, becomes a headline or topic of discussion when in the case of a man the sume action would arouse no interest at all.

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I have given four instances--I could have given a dozen.

Of course there are some sensible and intelligent remarks, though they are not very original ones, in these 250 pages; if they were extracted,

make

stimulating

SECONDLY, he could have removed and rewritten in more pithy English,

a collection of the most welt- they might And Virginia Woolf, browsing in worn quotations I have ever seen essay. the British Museum catalogue, came gathered together-yes, Including across long lists of books headed "men must work and women. must

something or weep," und "the female "Women and

of the

drawn

by ROBB

FULL-PAGE FEATURE

For the beach, white short shorts' and boxy coal whosSC Halog matches the toffee- coloured slitch, topped with`a 'bugo Mexican bal

ather"the great majority written species is more deadly than the male. THE BRIDE LOOKS AHEAD

by men.

Indeed, it might be suggested that une reason for this emphasis on women was that for a very long Ume books and newspapers were written by men and-until less than 50 years

Mon felt azo-written for men.. curiosity-interest about the habits and shortcomings of women which they did not feel about their own.

MARGARET COLE

reviews a man's

book about wolden

Thirdly, he could have eliminated some staggering misstatements like "Women do not fall in love with beauty" (who said Valentino?), "A

woman could

have than and

A as fourwallets and contestward winter together in the core spent

the production of this type

of and grow only fonder, whereas two

men men would begin to hate one literature has been decreasing: and another," "A woman without a man

Curle Is like a watch without

this book of Mr Richard

main-

scem

(Women: An Analytical Study. s spring," "A woman of means, who Watts. 10/6.) on Women has a sweet, may be of high-intelligence, will not olde-worlde flavour about its title, a fearn to date her letters precisely:" flavour which is only enhanced by and some observations which

of Its observations. Yor Bume

Inferior to my

Intelligence to be of a woman who has falled example,

almply meaningless. Samples of to get married. "In her religion, her these are: good works, her garden, her musle, her sketching, her dogs, she can nil the flying days.' What pleture that conjures up of the well-to-do county lady of Edwardian days, and how little relation It bears to the present time!

Mr Curle, the wrapper tells me, has been writing this book for a long time; this sentence must be one of those he wrote in his adolescence and forgot to cut out.

He might with advantage have cut out a great deal more. For though it could be amusing and interesting to read, as 11 change from literature which takes sex equality more or less for granted, a crisp and succinct statement of the

view that women are incomplete and

ic-

"The immemorial is knocking an Woman's brain"--this, cording to Mr Curle, is why women tell lies,

"Women are men's eternally unscalable Mount Everest"-- in a chapter on Modesty.

"Women are mysteries, final- 1. to themselves.“

"The Woman Question is basi- cally a dumb process which colls into all sorts of bypaths and dark · alleys." (!)

the book

-

Her June dress

made to last

by PATRICIA LENNARD

about women's place in society,

E Is nothing in inferior beings, Mr Curle is, Alas! our own or others; nothing, really,

about marriage; neither crisp nor succinct.

nothing about He could have begun, for example, children or women's work; nothing by cutting out the remarks about about the hard facts low salaries women which are equally applicable and no endowments-which make to persons of either sex, such as women's clubs and colleges "Women can feel wholly married to comfortable and well-fed places a man to whom they are frequently than men's clubs and unfaithful," "What a woman craves nothing but endless meanderings think twice before choosing and thread, and a dip in pale blue and appreciate in her something that of the one or two types of women their wedding gowns.

colleges;

in her lover is for him to understand about the effects on Mr Curle's mind

Brocade evening shoes have ankle-straps

THERE are many attractive Combination of velvet, and shine, designs in the high-grade stono in sandals, the stones studding fashion shoes now being made deep platform and heels.

Completely uppericas In London for, the autumn. meing up the leg. Here are some examples:

DAY: 'Emptials on simpler lines; fewer bows and brass sluds; wedges practically non-existent, replaced by medlum thick platform soles and very square sturdy-looking heels, which are much higher than they appear, A tendency to tucking, and gathered or draped effects

sandals

UNE brides and summer The smaller figure on the left is wearing the frock after its trans- do well to brides would

formation with the help of a needle

Latest- the radio cooker

IF King Arthur had had a radio

heater he would not havo burned the cakes. For the heater. the latest achievement of radio, switches itself off at the correct moment.

It will cook in a way which no oven-gas, electric, charcoal, parumin-could over compare.

or

Foods, consisting of an even sub- Blance throughout, can be cooked in about 30 secondR

But it is not for housewives ret And the experts say it is unlikely that it ever will be, although res- taurants and bakeries are likely to make good use of 12

It works by passing high-Ire- quency current through everything I that stands between Its two shiny metal plates. Anything that does not conduct electricity which is placed there will get hot in a few seconds.

The cost at present is high--about £170 each-but the current sumption is less than a quarter of that of an ordinary electric cooker. A Scots baker has one in itse. IL bakes bread evenly in a few seconds. Pastry and cakes "rise" to per- fection without any worrying 04 the part of the cook.

But it will not cook a toint ba cause the fat would be burned dry In a few seconds,

VEGETABLE COURSES

By

GEORGIE RODGERS

(Principal of the Good Housekeeping School of Cookery) ́EGETABLES are no longer served as accompanimenta only, but can be made up into substantial dishes as a main course.

With young, now vegetables the simpler ways of serving are the best if the full flavour is to be retained, and salads are at their best at this time of the year when lettuces are crisp.

a

Green peas au naturel' CHELL the peas and put into SHE

saucepan with one or two let- luce leaves at the bottom. Just cover with boiling water and add teaspoonful sugar, Cook with a lid on for 10-15 minutes. Drain und add 1⁄2 teaspoonful salt and knob

of margarine and serve at once.

Glazed carrots and poss

lib. young carrots, 11b, fresh picas, 1⁄4 pint slock or water, ounce margarine, 1/ ounco sugar, acasoning.

CRAPE the carrots and slice into rounds. Cook these in the stock for 10 minutes, over a very low heat. Cook the pens as above.

Heat the margarine and add the pens and carrots, seasoning and sugar and cook for three minutes. Stir oc- cusionally to prevent the sugar burn- ing. Garnish with mint or parsley.

Asparagus

1 bundle asparagus, salt, sugar, melted butter or margarine.

NUT the-asparagus stalks even in length and scrape the scales from Recent dye.

the white end carefully without breaking the stalk. Tie into boun- shows have emphasised that

After dyeing, the bolero top is dles of 10-12 stalks according to holling Cook gently in these days a wedding dress is

taken off to, show a strapless bodice thickness.

The hem-salt water to which 1 teaspoonful no longer a garment to be put appliqued with flowers."

Hine la turned several inches, and sugar has been added, putting in the away between sheets of tissue the frock is now an up-to-date ver- thicker stems first.

When the asparagus is tender and paper and sprigs of lavender. Blan of the youthful ballet-length the tips unbroken (15 minutes cook In fact, more care is taken in evening dress.

The bolero can be worn with the ing), drain well and serve in a hot selecting a design for use after dress, or used separately as a pretty vegetable dish with a little melted.

the wedding than a design for bed jacket, the sleeves being shorten- butter or margarine.

ed to three-quarter length.

the ceremony itself.

Wanda has sketched two versatile wedding outfits for the younger and

The upperless, sandal is held on older bride. the foot by meins of lacing in a soft material which cannot cut into the leg and become uncomfortable.

On the shoo salf the lacing is

Be careful not to overcook na paragus or the juicier tips will be- come too soft and fall off.

Vegetarian Salad

1 lettuce, 2 carrots, 2 tomatoes, 2 oz. nuts, 1 oz. cheese, salad dressing.

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'FLOATING DOCK FOR, MALTA

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On the right is a more sophisticat ed wedding dress for the older bride. Heavy white slipper satin makes this high-necked tunle dress. The flaring tunic, with long train attach- ed, parts in front to show the slim

Malta, the George Cross island in The young bride on the left wears skirt underneath.

Afterwards the tunic, with train

the Mediterranean, shared with Bri- a crinoline gown with a long-sleeved attached, can be removed to reveal.

thin in the common struggle' to pre- bolero top. It is made of the new a halter-necked, figure-hugging dress

serve' freedom," Sadly battered as

classic evening dress.

apart, the leaves, and washing Malta recently received a 50,000 she was during the war, there is to ba car- fixed; the part that goes up over allky-textured cotton, with the crisp which, dyed black, makes a lovely PREPARE the lottuce by tearing

Over this the smaller figure, right, thoroughly in cold water. Drain and ton floating dock, which arrived after much reconstruction work the ankle reaching to mid-calf, ls, appearance of a silk poplin. separato and requires a

a certain

The hemline and tiny bolers are wears the tunic, now a pale cham- dry well, then arrange the leaves a 4.000-mile journey from Bombay, ried out and Britain has granted a

This is the dock which Britain sum of £31,000,000 towards this, amount of skill to lot artistically. bordered and stiffened with applique pagna colour and shorn of its train: attractively in a salad bowl. Grato EVENING: Return of bronze kid, These evening sandals are designed white Swiss cotton broderie dewers, it makes an excellent evening cost the carrots, dico the tomatoes and promised should be delivered to take Another allocation of £1,000,000 Chinese and metal threaded brocades for wear with bañet-length skirts. which you can now buy by the yard with its flaring peplum, dipping at chop the nuts. Arrange the prepared the place of the 30,000-ton dock is to be made under the Colonial Do- These lowers the back over the light evening skirt, vegetables in alternate heaps on the which was bombed in 1940, Built velopment and Welfare Act for car- emphasis on ankle straps: hend They demand that the wearer has from about Gs. Od.

The train is earmarked for a dish, or mix well together and pile at a cost of £1,000,000 the dock can rying out a substantial programme of embroidered ornaments; Ave-eighths perfect feet, for they have been are also appliqued to the edge of

centré, Glaze with salad accommodate the largest warship public works in connection! with the Inch platforms, with three and a inspired by studies of Greek sculp the tulle vell, worn in a simple face- blouse or lingerie or an extra bolero in the

for the evening dress....... framing-style.

dressing and top with grated cheese, afloat.

social services of the Colony, quarter-fach noclegi

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