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WOMANSENSE
Figure Flatterer
T.Z.
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
effect.
Ngure Is FLATTERING TO the
this day thine dress. The modified turtle-neck is of velvet with velvet ball fringe. Velvet is set in atrate
minimising gically at the waist for
Along the top of the insets The the ball fringe is repented.
from the bodice is softly draped
The shoulder to the waist seam. skirt has unpressed pleats from the waist. A dark green crepe fabric is used with velvet to tone.
The Simple Rule Of Three
You
can do real tricks of magic with your mouth if you will just take a few extra minutes-and fal- low the Rule of Three!
First: never moisten the lips ke- fore applying lipstick. If you do, your lipstick will "slide"
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Second; for definite, firm outline, apply lipstick freely, then use brush to paint in your mouth line.
the
contour of Third: follow your own mouth,. Do not go above or below the actual line unless you are a professional. You can fade out your lipstick at the corners if you have a large, wide mouth. And corners If you you can accent the have a tiny mouth.
GEO. FALCONER & CO., (H.K.) LTD. the wide mouth. Choose the soft
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Mynor Prait Cup supplies valuable vits- mins because it is made from the very Finest Australian oranges, lemons, pineapples and passionfruit, manufactured and bottled under hygienic conditions. For purity and delicious taste there is nothing to equal Mynor Fruit Cup.
• MYNOR Fruit Cup hi the ideal, bate
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Deep Hpstick shades are flattering Reds if you-havo-a-pretty le mouth"!
For the older woman, Reds with a hint of Blue or Purple undertone, are most flattering.
And one rule to follow, a rule set apart, is always to blot surplus lip stick on a folded tissue. Place the press tissue between the lips and
aguinst it. This the lips lightly evens up any rough edges.
B
an
Interior Decoration Can Be A Fine Pastime
D
By ELEANOR ROSS
two
OLLAR conscious decorat covered in cinnamon coloured raw Ing is the timely theme of silk. Gray and cinnamon brown for the chintz draperies with a Wedge- n most interesting model wood motif. By the fireplace is a
table with room display introduced by a delightful game famous
black and gilt chnirs. metropolitan store. Knowing how too many so-called Space Saving Piccos budget showings go in for In the parlour made over for custom-made furniture and all compact living there is a huge and handsome breakfront which effers kinds of costly Items, these ample storago upace for linens, decorators have relied on fabric, clothes, books, china and such, as and colour for appeal, with the well as a desk compartment. There two-sided bookense and A furniture, mainly traditional, graceful sofa that opens info a bed,
It although taken from ordinary stock.
we nover would have how
up a triumph amazing
smart guessed it. So mark handling of colour and a clever for space saving pieces! The room has a black and tan colour scheme choice of fabrics can give that manages to look guy and hand-
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room done in ordinary pieces of the traditional type, a smart, alive, contemporary air.
Harmony Of Coloura
some, and there is a striking, colour- ful Aubusson rug.
Fine mahogany places aro used designed for a handsome bedroom
for a man, the clue to which the
In the large. living room the armoured breastplate used over the walls are olive green with one long mantelpiece. Gold coin dotted wall. A paper is very smart and striking. wall done in a deeper green.
stepped back niche is in light olive Red, white and blue is the interest- and this tone has been continued ing scheme used for an 18th Cen- Into the circular bedroom that opens fury bedroom which is hung with off the living room. Accent colours handsome red and white draperies design, and take their cue from a drapery fabric with a Williamsburg showing an all-over green key de- there la a pretty rag rug. Bigh in brown on white with seat- tered florals in red and green. The Chinese green and red are used for upholstered pieces,
priced. tut Not exactly budget still a good idea since it could be copied by a handy soul, is a huge three-panel screen in antique while. with floral decoration that reveals set when the centre television panel is folded back.
Deep Chinese blue is used for the walls of a small library or den, with colours repre- Areen for the bookshelves and for occasional trim, all sented in a painting of a Chinese mandarin. Chippendale type furni ture and upholstered chairs done in a Chinese scenic chintz and a stripe, repeat the wall colours.
Wall paper covers the walls of a dining room, pleasant little oval
predominant
a stylised paper in which a floral pattern in grays and soft brick reds predominate, with doors and ceiling painted in matching red tones.
Colour, too, is the
with note in the circular bedroom
Drap- Its light olive green walls. eries are floral chintz with a back- ground of soft cocoa brown. The for a same quilted chintz is used scalloped throw for the bed.
scen
Every model room display so for smartly mixes traditionni and modern furniture and ties up the whole job with a beautiful use. settings, 50 of colour. This goes for budget as well as high-bracket this is more thun just a fad. It seems that so many people just fall heir to pieces that today are used 10 the And
work nttic.
So they instead of being relegated furniture into their modern setting and the result is a nice warm, lived-
in room.
the
When it comes to a distinct perled setting, the room is more than like- ly to be entirely traditional rather but than of contemporary design. brought up to date by clever han- dling of colour.
Nice Nutria
Traditional Picces If the background isn't right, SODN have #
By ALICE ALDEN traditional pieces heavy stodgy-look-no matter how fine they may be. One model room JUTRIA, THAT LUSH fur, rich with lovely brown highlights, is display includes a handsome
.drawing room mude Century modern by a cool colour scheme of always in demand, no matter how much the promotional drums may mauve and green. Lilac printed
beat for ather furs. No wonder,
Cinnamon
18th
Scrupulous Cleanliness the Most Important Beauty Chore
Courless Houbigart
Bath salts are a "must" for the fastidious bather.
By HELEN FOLLETT
long-nosed prefers, a dusting powder that will TIME was when the
crition had a good deal to say impart a sweet odour that will re-
and nhout beautifying,
not in its main with one all the day long. favour. It made for vanity, they Don't forget the need of a bath away dead claimed. It makes for self-respect brush that will scour and poise, and every woman knows skin scales. It is to these scales that
upon the the it. If you can't improve
chemicals deposited
by the appearance of the woman in the aweat glands cling. Don't economise looking glass, as you see her when when buying a brush; the best you you arise in the morning, you just can afford is the soundest invest- aren't as smart as you should be. ment."
重 nature
made every woman beautiful, we wouldn't have to im-
prove upon nature. As it is.
not June does
suffer from spirits.
Plain
low
To play safe against the baneful O you will need a deodorant or deterrent. These toiletries come in various form-creams, powders, directions lotions. Be sure to read
The biggest, most important part because the correct method of ap- of good looks chores is keeping plication is important. scrupulously clean. The daily bath
is a must. It imparts the crisp-as- Closing the pores in the armpits lettuce look and it gives freshness will do no harm, in, any way, as
to the complexion. Considering how your family
doc will tell you.
are thousands of peren to
many delightful bath cosmetics can There
will bo be found on counters, it makes the carry on; the exudations duty real joy, Lovely, fragrant directed to these other channels.
the water. The daily bather looks little tablets to soften
as fresh lations for nn Refreshing tonic
no a daisy. Whether she is a tub after-the-bath rub down. Or, if one or a shower fan does not matter.
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Mrs. Cuckoo Needed a Rest
-She Was Tired of Popping Out The Door-
By MAX TRELL
NARF and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about alarmed when names, were quite
they entered the playroom, to find. Mrs. Cuckoo, sitting in front of her open door and looking as if she had nothing whatever, to do. The fact of the matter was that she had nothing whatever to do.
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Mrs. Cuckoo lived Inside cuckoo clock that hung on the play- room wall, just over, the geranium plant. She took care of the clock, calling out all the hours, day and night.
Mrs. Cuckoo had nothing to do now because the clock had stopped
"Oh, what a terrible thing to happent" exclaimed Hanid to Airs Cuckoo. "I hope you aren't too up- set"
"Upset? Not at all, my dear." "But your clock is stopped," suld Knarf. B
Bit of Rost
The modifed dolman
п
Mrs. Cuckoo at in her doorway.
"The sun," she said. "The sun is really a wonderful clock. Just think kinds of time of all the different it tells you just by looking at it.""
"For instance?" said Knarf.
Twelve o'clock
and
For the very young, the gay bril- chintz for the sweeping draperies, when it is so soft and velvety, and
and for a sofa and chair. A clever lant Reds are the choice.
suggestion is the idea of covering so supple that furriers delight in malching Weinstein
working it into important conts. inside shutters with the
comes through with a print. Gray and white striped wall
"Of course! That gives me a bit Deft n tiny with paint and a green rug add a nice true beauty, a border coat of nutris
rolled collar.
the clock cool touch.
"For instance, it tells you day stopping now and then. It gets brown and gray are handling by the designer gives this of a rest. I don't mind the dominant colours of a handsome extremely full coat a different look, ring to have to keep popping time and night time. It tells you! winter time,
dining room
achieved by the wide border along out every hour to tell the people summer time designed around a three-part banquet table. Six hund- the hem.
they're asleep anyway. Father for- straight overhead, it tells you it's twelve o'clock noon. Long ago. some Hepplewhite side chairs are sleeves have a matching border cult. the time, especially all night when spring: time and autumn. When it's
got to wind it today, that's all.".
Knart wanted to know what people made sun-dials to stand out.
the would happen
clocks in their gardens." if all stopped. Would that mean there
Hanid said she had wouldn't be any Time?" he asked. a sun-dial. "It has a face like a In pressure cooking little water is
"Clocks the middle,
clock," she said, "with something In: DRESSURE cooking is a term that
the Mrs. Cuckoo chuckled.
that casin which means that ali
a shadow. would have scared many house used,
Now in mineral salts that are dissolved out only tell the time. They don't make wherever the shadow falls, that's wives before the war. America it is as commonly used and when cooking vegeclables in a large it." understood na boiling or stewing.
If the lips are very dry use white pomade before puting your lipstick. And a light layer of powder over the coloured ipstick is a good trick, too. It protects and gives a pretty sheen.
Always match your rouge to your lipstick. If in doubt then use your lipstick as cheek rouge. Three little dots, then smooth and blend. Then you will be sure of perfect makeup
harmony.
GOR-RAY SKIRTS AND SLACKS
VISIT BOND STREET W..
CUT-COST COOKING
་
onca
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"If clocks don't make the Time," the time." volume of water are concentrated in
"So you see," Mrs. Cuckoo said, a rich juice at the bottom of the sald Hanld, sounding puzzled, "what
even though all the clocks in the have
pan. This gives flavour and food does?" For pressure saucepans brought about
revolution in value when used in a sauce or gravy,
"Well," said Mrs. Cuckoo, "that's world would stop. Time would still what time it was from the sun. household cookery. Soups, stews and makes an excellent foundation hard to say. Nothing makes Time: go on, and you'd still be able to tell
for vegetable soups.
Time just happens. I mean. It's That's why I don't mind that my and steamed puddings that used to
Practise putting on the lid, and always happening-oven right now, clock is stopped. Tomorrow, when take two hours to cook can now be
scaling It is all su
and unsealing, the cooker
aven with my clock stopped."
Father starts the clock again, I'll cooked in 20 minutes.
This is the only simple, if you follow the instructions before you use it.
special technique you have to learn "Did people allways have clocks?" still be telling the time as usual" and it is worth while spending ansited Hanld. Pressure cooking helps to make
"They didn't always have clocks The few minutes getting this right. The the best of the meat rution. cheaper cuts can be used-stewed, cooker must be properly sealed if like they have now." replied Mrs. you are to get the correct pressure. Cuckoo. "But there was always one everyone always had. Clothes & Accessories of Distinction. braised or pot-roasted. There is a
Pressure cooking takes about one-clock that cooking time, Jess great saving in shrinkage in roasting, and the meat third of the normal cooking time, We still have it today," she added, doesn't strike the hours. It
But so watch the time carefully, Cooking "It
it's u is remarkably tender.
is so repid that a few minutes extra doesn't go tick-tock. clock just the same." In addition to the saving in line will mean overcooking..
Knarf and Hanld both asked what there is also greater retention of
clock Mrs. Cuckoo meant. food, value and flavour,
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When Rupert and. Algy have told their story to Mia. Bear, they run off to tell it to Podgy, The little pig stares. Fancy the sight of my hammock starting you off on an adventure like that " he say......... "I'm glad I wasn't with you. 1. could never have squeezed into that. cave. Anyway, hammocks are 'not- made for sailing boats, they're only for lying in during this awful hot weather, and that's just what I'm going to do. And with much granting he climbs up and is soo La aleep again.
THE END::
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