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WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
HOW TO SET SIX O'CLOCK SOPHISTICATION
THE TABLE
FOR DINNER
By ELIZABETH TOOMEY THE etiquette of which fork
to put where when she sets the table for a fancy dinner party has led many a bride to bang her brand new sterling against the sideboard.
With an eye to saving both tempera and the glossy finish of silver tableware, one maker of sterling has renewed its etiquette advice at the gnme time that it produced a new sil. ver design. The silver pattern more than six resulted from years of research and experi. menting, with the Melrose plantation in Natchez, Miss., un the inspiration for the elegant American pattern.
In contrast to the increase of in- formal entertaining and, the relax Ing
the table eliquette rules. students of design cycles predict we are entering a period of elegance. One of their reasons is the increased sales of more ornate silver patterns, But whether elegance or easy in- formality wins out, still there are times when it is comforting to in- vite your dinner guests to the table with the perfcc! assurance that all is right with the table setting.
Simple Meal
Dinner without a mold should be simple one, with a menu that has hart
dress rehearsal with family first.
the
I
al!
Set your table complete with
silver. Each except the dessert
silver piece is placed
equal dis-
tance from the next, from left and right in towards the plate in the or der used.
A PROBLEM REQUIRING
PATIENCE
By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph. D.
For instance, if soup is the first
is al spoon course, the soup
the
outside on
Ilah the right. If a
the course precedes
mcat main course. the flsh knife is at the right Immediately next after, counting
THERE while Inwards, to the soup spoon,
can hardly be any ex- the fish fork is on the auter side on
perience by the young mother water which so tries her patience as tra- the left of the plate. The goblet is at the point of the knife,
ing the youngster in good elimina- and the bread and butter plate at tion habits. the tip of the fork.
to
The only fork that ever rests the right of a plate is the tiny oyster fork. Assuming a seafood cocktail is the first course, the oyster fork Boca at the extreme right,
Before the dessert is served, the table is cleared of food, plate, pep pers and salts in that order, and stray crumbs brushed away. The dessert fork or spoort can be brought in with the desert plate.
Stacking Plates
If the man of the house is given the job of serving the plates; place the stack of plates to his left, with only one plate before him.
To the little child beginning to creep and walk his being wet or un- tidy means little or nothing, but to the mother it means more than one can tell.
She must he very the mother. patient and reasonable not to blow up then and scold the little child, or even spank hlm.
But if she wholly reasonable she will have no such thoughts, nor be greatly vexed. She will know that the contact and pressure of the fresh garment, especially if it be a diaper, merely served as a trigger 10 set off the voiding reflexes.
The simple problem remains of getting this child to connect in his mind and whole organism voiding while sitting properly on the nur sery choir. Naturally, the more satisfaction he gains from this prope puper connection
the faster and more surely the good hablis will be accomplished. On the other hand, the more discomfort related to the proper procedure, the more slowly and less surely will these habits be established.
Days and days may pass without any evidence that the little one will ever learn to take sole responsibility for these matters. And the older the
child still "untrained." the greater the annoyance. Then the mother may be always thinking of other children successfully trained much carlier. Well, many young mothers would be wise not to begin training at all as carly as they do.
Desperately, the mother may for a while hold herself to the clock and To keep silver plate or
put the child on the nursery chair silver beautiful, so it often and
before an "acoldent" occurs.
Bul
You have some natural factors in rolate the pieces so all get the same
and squirm water
your favour: possibility of getting care. Wash in hot, soapy
then, alas, he may
Perhaps she him
on the chair at the strategie and rinse thoroughly, because silver squeal to get down. Jarnistica
gives up, swathes him in fresh gar- moment; his satisfaction from the more quickly when dried from soap
water. When not in ments and goes
her work about
mere physical rellef (which satis- use, wrap
silver in sulphur-free hoping for the best. But in a mo--faction you wish to be connected cloth and store it in ament, even before she leaves him, properly); and your smiles, caresses, paper or chest
pals and tender words drawer as nearly airtight perhaps, he is "wet." or
Thla truly is a trying moment for
operates.
as possible.-United Press.
sterling
THE £2000 MINK
FINDS IT
by PATRICIA LENNARD
. LONDON,
661F an average rich woman
A
many
women
are"
Al-
wants to buy a fur coat these days, It's bound to be Persian lamb," said the furrier. "But if she were very rich she phantom would buy mink or heaver.
would woman sooner buy a full-length fur coat with ample folds at the back than other fur piece."
But how buying fur coats these days? though the customer season for fur ends began mid-September, and with the New Year, it got off to a s'ow start. Sales began slackening. about ten months ago. They have the remained at a
a quiet level for past
four months.
other The fur trade-like any luxury trade-parallels the interna- tional situation. But whereas furrier claims good business with six mink coats sold in 12 months, another reports six minks sold in six weeks. Average price of a mink cont la £2,000, nearly half of which is purchase tax.
RUSSIANS SELL MONEY and import restrictions M
continue to
fur hamper the trade, "Three *months ago.” says one Bruton-street furrier, "I could sell a £2,000 coat to a woman Australia and get 75 percent of the money back from the Government In dollars, for re-purchasing outelde the sterling area. Now, in order to get these dollars to pay hard, currency countries, I must sell out- side the sterling area."
one
in
'SLOW"
CAPES COME BACK
Red-headed Eusica Ballay wears on rening cope by Albert Hartz white fax is worked into a polated cope with ayoku of embroidered white satin.
sable is lighter and bulkier than mink. It is en aristocratic fur for the dignifled woman, and has lost popularly recently."
50
as he co-
to
chinchilla a monogamous animal. but the litters huve dropped to one or 1wo Instead of the usual half- dozen or more produced by other rodents. This is due probably removal from natural surroundings. They could even be bred, but a pair of chinchillas for sale were be- ing.
American advertised in an paper at 000dol, a pair-E225. And 00 to 100 skins are needed for one
coal.
'BUY DIAMONDS'
WHERE
do fur merchants get their skins? Best mink aro Canadian; best Persian lamb skin
Norway. come from Afghanistan. North America and Canada send us the best fox skins, especially platina fox, and Russia has the best
best ermine. Quality of fur is determined by density of fur
of fur, lustre, colour and size of skin, One furrier names fox 05
as the most flattering fur for women-It frames the face and softens, the effect." But he
does
not recommend furs as an invest- ment-"I am honest. with my cus- tomers and tell them fur prices are too shaky-if you want to invest money, huy dlemonds."
New way of styling skins these days uses furs like material: they follow or leap ahead of dress trends.
יי
By VICTORIA CHAPPELLE
NE seems to turn instinctively to black for a cocktail suli.. either by itself or in subtle combination with a clear colour. Perhaps this is because it is a perfect background for Jewellery, and yet is classically perfect to wear unadorned,
If one profers to rely on the clarity of sitin and the sheen of hair as a foil to its simplicity. Perhaps most choose it because they feel comfortable and at case in a good black dress by artificial light.
Whatever the reason, Frederick Starke of London has designed
elegance will make
it: ni a hostem cocktail sult whose simple favourite in almost any climate. It in a black salin-striped moire model as ilustrated at left. The tiny waist is accentuated by the fourteen-gored skirt, voluminous at the hem yet not bulky on the hips. Most hostessen Ilke the feeling of restrained luxury in w ono's dress of this type, for it is not good faste to "outdress" Bucats.
On the other hand, if the background is not to be one's own drawing room, then a little amusing phantasy can be Indulged in, ns, for example, in Mary Black'a beigo and black cocktail suit, as seen below. Its sloping shoulders of interesting cut, its attractive neckline, Its dared basque elaborately embroidered with black soutache, all combine to make the belge Qulunna jacket really striking. Tie ankle length ballerina skirt of black poult-de-solo : can be worn with various tops for many different occasions.
ROYAL CHILDREN
IN HISTORY
By KATHLEEN COURLANDER
The baby born to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh is likely to be reared in simply fur. nished nurseries and be subject to the same practical hygienic regula- tions which are the lot of all Br- tain's babies nowadays.
Priness Elizabeth and Princess
hap Margaret themselves had the plest, simplest kind of upbringing. Much of their time was spent in the grounds of the Royal Lodge, Wind-
the week-end residence ROK
ol King George Vi and Queen Elizabeth.
pels,
Here, surrounded by their the princesses cultivated their indi- vidual gardens and played in the "Little
House," the Welsh model cottage presented to Princess Eliza- beth on her sixth birthday by the Weish people. was complete with running water. electric light and every accessory of grown-up life. The princesses used it until they grow too big to stand upright Inside
it, but doubtless It will afford much pleasure in
days 10 come to the now addHlon
the Royal family.
to
built
to
chaplain, steward, cook and minstrel and each girl her individual tallor. While the eldest princess was being rocked-in-her-gilt cradle adorned- with the Royal Arms, her tailor was making her a silk robe inished with many bands of expensive fur.
wern
The clothes of these Royal infants very splendid indeed; scarlet and grey cloth, cloth of gold with silver thread, gold buttons and fine red wool stockings were given them from infancy. When they were u little older they supped off sliver plates and their mattresses and quilts were covered
green
silk.
with
Nursery Palacos
The Tudors continued to maintain this custom of "nursery palaces." Al the head of the nursery palace was a great noblewoman who was termed the State Govertiess. Then came tito Lady Mistress, whose duty it. was to superintend the Royal Infant's meals. After that come the wat nurse (followed in due course by.
four the dry nurse) and
or 8lx. rockers, whose duty It to rock
was the Royal cradle.
The term "lady mistress" can be connected today with the tradition observed in modern Royal nurseries that the head nurse bears the title of "Mrs." whether she is a married This "Mrs," woman or a spinster.
For Victoria's Children Visitors who go to Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, of the south coast of England, one of Queen Victoria's favourite homes, see a little Swles chalet in the grounds. Its function In bygone days was much that of of course, in n curtailment of the the Welsh cottage. It was
term "Mistress" which in bygone for Queen Victoria's children, and
tines was upplied to all women, the furniture they used and their married or single. small gardening implements are
Lady Margaret Bryan was a noted be seen there,
arranged as they were "lady mistress" of Tudor Umes and in the days of their childhood.
posterity owes much to the descrip- her Queen Victoria
Live, letters she wrote about herself, cultivated a tiny gurden in Kensington Paince
Royal charges. when she was a small girl and every
Famous Nurses day she could be scen watering One of the most famous nurses in her plants. Her father, the Duke history was Mistress Sybil Pero who of Kent.and his brothers and sisters cared for
children, Henry 'Vill's were also taught to be interested in Princess
Princo Elizabeth and horticulture at Kew, where their Edward. King Henry VIII gave her father, Georgo 111, cultivated the a manor for ber devotion to his in- famous grounds known now, as Kew fonts, and she was regarded always Gardens. most women have had
affection by DEFORE
The King and his wife, with great even glimpse of higher- Queen Charlotte, lived in the Dutch daughters who permitted her to She died waisted dresses, current fur shows House, which can be explofed in live at Hampton Court Include
Кем many Directoire styles-
Gardons, and the Royal and was buried there and in the high-waisted fitted coats in Persian
children were accommodated In last century some of the residents her lamb or dyed ermine, and conta different homes round
reported that they had with double capes or cape-topped
ghost. When one of Queen Victoria's relations was staying at the Faltice Bleaves.
declared with her infant som, she that she saw Sybil Penn bending
not the over child's
cradle! Most of the kings of England allowed
in after lito gratitude in
to the women who Henter nursed them us infants. (1387-1423) remembered the Welsh woman, Johanna Waring. who rocked his fluted oak cradio near Monmouth, and ny soon ab ho ascended the Throne he gave her a pensión; similarly Henry VIII re- wärded his first nurse, Annid - Luke.
B
50 FUR FARMS
a
Capes and stoles are enjoying tha Arst wave of popularity for 20 to 30
are slowly years, and women appreciating coloured fur: one firm alane offers moleskins dyed in 20
has
Another fur, popular over
extinct years ago, nearly became But with the necessary permits, through excessive trupping. This the buying and selling of furs is is the king of them all chinchilla. free-the Russian do not put their These small greyish rodents different shades. zables behind an iron curtain.
originated in the upper ranges of Best sables--Kamchatka sables the Andes. They were nearly ex- come from the north-east corner of unct before the war, Now they are Siberia, would cost, including pur- being brod on farms in North,
for America and Canada, like choso tax £10,000–£15,000
Fur-breading
started up again in Britain. There are 50 fur farms in this country, mostly for be chit- mink. There may even ranch chilla bred here one day--if the
British Empire can send u couple.. 13
a cont. "But sable is not a popular mink. But breeding is a slow pro- fur: women like to look allin, and cess. It is mid that not only
x=
old
Kow simple life that these later generations of Royal children have enjoyed in Britain contrasts greatly with that their predecessors perienced in bygone centuries. From medieval, limos it became usual bo either for the Royal infants to boarded out with the nobility, orto havo comprehensive, expensive establishments of their own. were known as "nursery palaces.”.
The Ave lovely daughters of Edward IV (1442-1483), for example, had their
own chamberlain,
Thena
-
seen