EVERY SATURDAY
Aristocrats
In Italy Sell Gowns
Rome.
WOMAN visitor entering “tho luxurious fashion houses in Rome may find her- self waked on by exquialtely dressed, bejewelled salesromen who speak Italian, French or English. They are smiling and patient, courteous and amiable, and very convincing."
These
exceptional ales- women, Indies, of the aristocracy. noblemen wives and daughters of
with high-rounding and illustrious namis, who have, in the last few years, Joined the class of Pworkers."
Since the end of the war, mem- bers of high society have felt more than ever the need to work.
JOBS ARE VARIED
Today, while women of the middle and lower class depend on their husband's earnings, princessca. wives and daughters of Industrial magnates
fashion open
shops, beauty parlours, jewellery, shops, luxurious clubs, libraries and dieni Ja ΣΤΟ bocks, pictures, and antiques,
They are to be found olt over Rome,
Italy but especially
Milan, and Florence.
In
Countess Gabriella di Robinai,
fall, dark, and slender, her fashions quietly. proud
her
that
advertises
She takes work seriously and
she crented her "Gabriella-Sport" shop over four years ago, after many years of hard
trade. apprenticeship in this
be-
Elanin by operating a sports de-
partment in a Milan shop.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1947.
WOMANSENSE
FULL-PAGE FEATURE
Take the plunge--Snap up MAIDS GET
a briefer still swim-suit
NEW DEAL BRITAIN
IN
BY BARBARA Wace
London: THERE is to be a new dent for domestic workers in Britain: Scrubbing sinks and cooking meals, at long last, have been officially recognised as a "skilled" craft.
To help wipe out the memory of the bud old days of harassed, half starved drudges in dark basements, the Institute is abandoning the arched cap, the badge of servitude, and creating an entirely new uni form and a smart badge.
Practical
Instead of the dingy airless ntties A government inquiry on domestic into which Victorian employers to service, set up by Ernest Bevin, dien often relegated their domestle help, must provide either n Minister of Labour, hus rerulled in employers the formation of the Government heated bed sitting room, or a separate
National sponsored
Institute
of bedroom and use of a general sitting
- rem. Houseworkers, which aims to pro- vide housewives with well trained At, training centres which the In help, and the domestics themselves stitute will set up all over the coun with the best possible working con-
try, girls can get six months' free ditions and pay, after free training. tuition in all branches of home-mak- Canks, cleaners and parlourmaids, ing from cooking, laundry work and whore hours, wares and conditions hans budgeting, to health education nt work have depended in the past and the cure of children and old Wonten
work in an "ap- om the whim of their employers, on English beaches are wearing bathing costumes that
care a diploma ousehold will be part f will now be able aro briefer than ever, Patricia Lennard wrlies-and the same is . true in Hongkong.
on rndunting from the Institute's
ach course. six months' training. which
w!!1 Girls under 18 will have u longer. followed by guaranice them definite wages and nine months course,
where work in private households 0018.
The netite labour shortage and the the worker will be paid, but where reluctance of women to go into do the employer agrees to allow her mestic service has become a national one half day a week to attend classes
ut the Institute At the opening of the
until she receives emergency. Institute's London administrative her diploma.-Astoriated Press.
In a smart Mayfair headquarters
Mra Clement by house recently Attler, wife of the Prime Minister, galaxy of titled and distinguished -but undoubtedly servantless, housewives
were present. jucen Mary and Mr Bevia wete among thuse to wish the project well.
Cutton and cotton Jeracy, alled nylon, satin and rayon celton Telen. are some of the materials used, ilss Lennard continues. cople And Lasiex salts in new designs are in British shops."
Generally, the briefer the sult, the more 11 costs. Left is one of the scantlest two-piece suits of the season in Horrockses' new cotton Jersey-Langil.
Centre, is Martin-White one-piece swimsuit, again in a cotton flower prinl. By means of a centre drawstring through the front, ending in a bow at the neckline, this suit is adjustable to most elzen, besides flattering the figure. The back of the sult la telescopic.
¢
Right, Is a Jantzen one-piece sull in chartreuse, with a Kathered front panel. It is figure-moulding, woven In rayon cotton and
Lasiex yarn.
The Couriters claims that sie In Hongkong's Heat and Humidity, supplies the catire Italian colony
in Brazil, who have repeatedly ask the Cooking Editor Recommends
ed her
In Rio de
open an nks she will
Janeiro, Gabrielin
not satisfy this desire of her cus- tomers as she would prefer to have them come to Italy and increase the nation's foreign exchange. Gabriella goes to Paris every two months to keep in touch with the latest Pari- slen styles, and will go to the United States shortly.
in
At the head of her establishment is the most famous designer Italy today, Madame Anna, who was born In Holland and who has created outstanding models for the highest members of the European
aristocracy.
a
Another aristocrat who runs fashionable establishment in Rome is Simonetta Colonna Cosuro Vis- conti di Modrone. Young, fall and slim, her slightly oriental features hair back in a chignon iled with a
are accentuated by drawing her
block bow.
SISTER IS DESIGNER Her firm makes models for street wear, afternoon dress and evening gowns created and designed by her Bistor Mita Conil, with an accent on femininity. She hopes to enlarge her establishment and
open agency in the Unlied States.
Simonetta wants to learn only
an
SWEETS TO TEMPT
a
EYE AND PALATE
By Dixie
Taylor
APPROVED WAGES
The approved rates of wages for diploma holders range from HK $51.20 to $57.20 per week for non- resident workers and HK $28 to $32.80 for residents.
The hours of domestic servants- ulways a bone of contention, and une of the chief reasons for the re- etance of the modern girl to enter the profession are to be stabilized. 40 A seven-day week, maximum hours for resident workers, 44 for approved, non-resident, has been with
a scale of extra pay for over- of 98 and 80 time. A spreadöver hours per fortnight, respectively, LIGHT sweet, preferably an hour, then place in the re- may be mutually agreed: cold, is just right to top off frigerator for 24 hours or longer. Associate members of the Institute, Put the milk in a cold bowl and an diploma holders will be called, summertime tiffin or dinner.
whip with a rotary beater until stiff.will be entitled to one full day and Sweets should fit the weather, Add sugar and favouring after the one half day free each week. This
mixture has thickened, and serve and this definitely is not the
can be changed to three half days immediately. time for heavy puddings and
by arrangement. The milk will not whip unless it Two weeks' holiday with pay arter pastries in, Hongkong. It's far is very cold, and all utensils used in one year, and three weeks after five better from a nutritional and
the preparation should be chilled years' employment are essured, plus thoroughly. You will save gas by usual publile holidays or time off in boiling several line at a time. The milk will keep indefinitely in refrigerator if the tins are unopen ed.
temperature standpoint to strive for less substantial des- serts which have eye as well as appetite appeal.
Fruits and Jellies are deal, and both are adapted to colour combina tions which temut children and adults alike. The meal-planner one thing from Paris; the cutting lucky enough to possess an automa- technique.She is convinced that-11 tic refrigerator can find infinite the Italian designers do nut allow
variety in frozen desserts, always a themselves be influenced by family favourlie. Paris, as in the past few years, they inay develop an Italian style which will have the full approval of the foreigners.
Simonetta Visconti was born in Rome and arrested twice during the Nazi
occupation. She likes the movies, loves dancing, Her favourite sport is cicling.
She
bos been Invited to present her creations at the International Exhibit
Geneva.-United Press.
VA. lending fnéalori “In London is this low-nocked evening. *KOTI WIN huge e pull-aloeven. Colour scheme is blue salin and
in
Brenuse of the vitamin content, fresh fruit is important to the diet, Nutritionists say everyone should eat fruit twice a day, and it in cooling and delicious as a sweet course when the day is brolling.
Variety Of Fruit
The Colony's markets and stands
a
Lacking whipped cream, you can always serve a cold thin custard or fresh milk with fruit.
Jelly For Coolness.
Combinations of fruit and Jolly are another time-tested sweet suit- alle for summer. The frult INBY be mixed in the jelly or placed around it before it is brought to the table. Tinned or fresh frul! may be used. Tinned is best for most combinations, although bananas and mango combino well in jelly without cooking,
A Kowloon hostess scored a
rhe object of the training is to
a student to help to run a train a
ome efficiently and happily," said Miss Dorothy Ellott, the chairman, at the opening ceremony. "In this sphere of close personal relationship. we need to lay great stress on this word 'happily,'
Styles Sedate
At Ascot Meet ASCOT has sounded the krell
Very of the long frock. hlt few of these frocks were to be offer many kinds of fruit just now. recently when she served a Aweet seen at the 1947 meeting. The Mango, papaya, watermelon, plums, made from caned plums. She pre-women generally were sedately
apples
pared a jelly from the plum juice grapefruits,
fashionable. the bananas, and pineapple were among and served it surrounded by
The flavour those noted at one stand this week, fruit.
was a bit tort Ocensionally, too, you will discover the right touch after a roast din cantaloupe and peaches which, while ner.
oranges,
different which appetites dulled by heat require now and then.
long
fashions-- There were no freak although there were some versions of the Deliberate Mistaks.
For example. the new ankie- high in price, give the "something. Gelatine now Is available in length in dress hems had persuad-
granulated or powdered form, aed some of those wernen lu
frocks fact which gives the Colony home frocks that pre-1939 dance A variety of fruits piled on a plat- maker every opportunity to use her are suitable for Ascot, They are ter makes an attractive dish, and ingenuity in making jelly dishes. not.
Two tablespoons of granulated gela- Far better to wear a pretty utility youngsters as well as grown-ups en- Joy selecting and peeling their own, tine to one quart of liquid usually cottas
with a headdress of matching If you have un Bowers, than to wear ankle-length
Care must be taken in the selection makes a jelly 'of the proper congla/Cotton frock in cyclamen and white, because disease can be transmitied tency. However, as cold as ani pale blue embroidered cotton, with
Ice box, which
through infected or bruined fruit. lomatic refrigerator, it is wise to blue tennis locks and a stout pair Only specimens with unbroken sitins should be eaten without cooking, and there thould be peeled..
be
Almost any fruit, too, can served sliced or in combinations, with or without the addition of sugar,
Manga, papaya, and banana make wives. Try
Target
for. cameramen,
and
The
in of brown and white walking shoes. use three tablespoons. creased amount also is necessary if There was one woman wearing a fruit is to be placed in the jelly. pair of white cotton stockings, with a large picture hat trolling yards The favoured Jelly powders and of tulle, in the Royal Enclosure.
practically foolproof crystals are
Blue faco and are preferred by many house- inned pineapple
debutante, Miss com- chunks in lemon jelly, tinned pears prettiest long frock, was that worn binations are sweetened plums and in lime Jelly, and aliced bananas in
Raine McCorquodale, who was in u
irock, oranges with apple added; canta-, strawberry.
full-length blue lace carried a mass of artificial pink and ned roses.
short Rosca also trimmed her. sleeves and pale blue ribbon head- band.
a delicious mixture. Other
loupe and watermelon, scooped out
in balls with a teaspoon and de- Easy-To-Make Sweet corated with a sprig of mint
(the
dessert which is
munt must be put through a disin- Here is an easy-to-make Jeliled a Biting enveet fectant); oranges and bananas grapefrulf
and pineapple.
and course for any dinner. It is Choco- oranges and fresh coconut. Most late Spanish Cream..
fruits will combine, and to get ឆ new mixture is an achievement for the homemaker,
Port Wine On Fruit Tinned trails are equally as ap- pealing as hot weather sweet. They may be served as they from the can, preferably
come chilled. or mixed with other tinned or tresn. frults.
the
tablespoons gelatine
1
1⁄4 cup cold water
1 cups scalded 'milk
1⁄2 cup sugar.
1 teaspoon vanilla favouring
squares. melted
bitter chocolate.
3 egg whites, beaten stiff
Pinch of salt.
by this season's
and
Royal weather greeted the Royal the party when they drove UD
course,
The Queen was wearing pale matching cyclamen pink, with her
ostrich profile hat crowned with feathers of the same shade.
The King was in a morning suit.
Straw hats.
Elizabeth. Princess
wore
pule straw off- turquoise blue, with a the-face hat of the same shade, and
of wine to a serving is suficient, until dissolved (about 2 minutes). There
it
П
a fox fur cargaret Rose wore
Princess For a "partifled" dish, try
Soak gelatino in the cold water 8 pink print summer track with addition of port wine to almost any minutes. Add to hot milk, stir un-pink Gothic-pointed straw hat, to fruit.combination. One teaspoon t|l. dissolved, add sugar and alir match were very few lounge suits unil it should be mixed well and Set the dish in a pan of ice water in the Royal Enclosure, and the chilled before it is served.
and stir umul the mixture begins to only perfume at the entrance to It Whipped cream is delicious with thicken (about 15 midules). Add was that of moth balls. p fruit, but it in expensive for every flavotiring and cooled chocolate, Brightest fashion worn by a man day use. A fairly satisfactory then fold in the aunty beaten egg was a hand-painted in green substitute can be made from tinned, Whites. Turn into a mould and chili slik, with a horse's head painted on
It in: natural colours; evaporated milk. Boil the tin for at least three hours,
YOUR CHILD
XTE are all familiar WE
with such phrases as: "The simplicity of a little child "The pitter- patter of baby feet" and "As innocent as a child.". These and other clichés
tor are responsible entirely faise and romantic idea of tlie nature children.
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So say author and artist Geoffrey Goss in his new book "No Kidding." (Ham- mond, Hammond, 71, Gd.) Ile uses these llustrations demonstrate with n smile) how parenthood "causes dreadful, deteriora tion in a person's sense of values."
to
IF IT'S YOUR CHILD:
Ham't he lovely straight legs!
MRS. B's BRAT The child is walking too toon-quite bundy,
*
•
IF IT'S YOUR CHILD: It's his tummy, poor dar ling he's sweet tempered really.
MRS.
B
BRAT
If he were my boy, I would tan his hide.
·
IF IT'S YOUR CHILD: 'He's not really rude. It's because he's so sensitive and shy. It makes him
show off..
Mrs. B' CHILD
Ils mother has absolutely no control over him.
Geoffrey Gown endar. It is only fair lá admit that thero are exceptions to overy rula; -1- know now thai I am ono of these fortunate excCED- tions. No ons moeling OUT. .sơn," who - le just six weeks old, could fail to woo st'once
that 1 antle diferent
•from other children...
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