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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1948.
WOMANSENSE —
Latest Version Of Beret A NEW RUG
By ALICE ALDEN
MATTER how the beret is draped or manipulated it is always popular. Marion Vallee gives n new twist to this old favourite and comes up with a crowned affair on
bonnet fines that still looks liko n beret, but a refreshingly pretty one, It is of cloud white beaver felt and speckled bird wings coar from the side for dramatic accent.
Getting Ready
Ready For Holidays-
By ELEANOR ROSS
TTERE are some hints that expensive. If you can't find fabric H'
may be of help to you as to match drapos or chair or what- you go about the house start- ever, try making one of white or-
old curtains gundiie, using
which ing the task of getting it to
are too worn for the windows, if rights for the new year holi- you don't want to invest in new day ahead.
If your guests are smokers, in- vest in some of those luge
glass nsh trays. The smokers like them much better than those dinky little affairs, and for you, there won't be half
as many containers to with when tidying up the living The shops are room or bedrooms. now showing nice ones for the holl- clay season. Y
If you are doing over the guest roon, how about a prelty new skirt for the dressing table, always u good perker-upper that need not be
What To Do
With Left-Over
Turkey
material.
FOR THE
NEW YEAR
By ELEANOR ROSS
GOOD earpet or rug takes a hugo bite out of the budget when doing a room, but it is folly to go ahead and just choose anything because the floor must be covered. Choose an enduring one that it may last through the year. It is better by for, 1o have a nicely polished floor and some simple rugs, or cover it with a good grade of linoleum.
While 'carpet stocks are gradually Improving, there is still a distinct scarcity and prices are high. So go carefully when choosing a rug.
Making A Soloction
It is a pity that carpets aren't factually tagged. It would be a great help when making a selection. Pilo yarns should consist entirely carpets of wool fibres. But many have cotton for plle and for back- ing, while some even have rayon. It comes down to this. The ng with the most-wool will wear the best, will crush the least and look the best.
A Relaxing Beauty Ritual
Courty Tek Huzben, Ins.""
A good scrubbing with a back brush, awakens the blood vessels,
leaves you refreshed after your bath.
By HELEN FOLLETT
TURRIED bathing may be ro
freshing, the cold bath picks one orating, hut, not cleansing.
are depleting. Cold ones are invig-
Soften the water with bath salte ap, but that nice, clean, tubbed look comes only from scrubbing. You or those perfumed waters that are can pick out the hasty tubbers and available at cosmetic counters. the scrubbers at a glance. To jump fore starting on your scrubbing, in and leap out is not enough. The close your eyes, lie, at full length,
after
her relax and think of nothing at all. fastidious bather goes
Bo
Buy always a rug with a brand name. Then you will get what you are paying for. Examine the pile of a carpet. While height is all very nice, it is not as important as tiek ness, and, anyway, it crushes more Thin pile easily than short plle.
Uan thick. As you crushes more use the carpet you will discover that the carpet will appear lightest where
hide as he goes after the kitchen This soaking will make your bath wear is the hardest.
Whether the choice be Axminster, sink, using plenty of elbow grease, musa thorough.
She snakes off dead skin scales to velvet, tapestry
hot An alternating
and Wilston, Brussels, or chenille, choose the very best in which the chemicals of perspiration shower is a grand finish. Hot water
cling She
blood whatever class the budget permits. vessels that are near the surface while you count five, cold for five seconds, warm again, cold age wel the flesh by scrubbing with a For the rub down have a bath brush. For reward she has a
that takes hold as if it had claws. In her cheeks, starshine in her Follow along with a toale friction. nerves and self There are delightful and fragrant
preparations to be had. Their dell cate perfume will remain with you all the day long, if you have a per- fume of the same scent, spray your arms and shoulders.
Sizc
of
As for size, wall to wal) -carpet- BIO soothed
ing is of course the most luxurious in appearance. With fine broadloom it is a good idea to use scatter rugs, but these should contain background colours that harmonise with the car. Place three wide ruffles, one above pet. Place small rugs with care. One makes good the other, on an underskirt which near a door that is used, may be made from a discarded sheet. sense. Don't Slace a rug diagonally. A top edge of ribbon with bows can Place it in front of large pieces of sofa, another be the colour note to pick up the furniture, such as a decorative scheme of the room. safeguard for the carpet. Unless the Scatter additional little bows on the room is large, use only two, never skirt. Is a particularly effec more than three, otherwise the room 1lve arrangement
if the
on the appearance of o dressing will take table is placed between windows that also have ruled curtains-ond the skirt is as easily laundered as the curtains
This
rug store.
Care for your zugs well. A pro- fessional shampoo at least ance year is an investment that pays dividends. If possible, take up your good rugs in the summer, have then- with simple stored, and replace. summer rugs, another good invest-
Don't forget glass surfaces such as mirrors and pictures when doing the rooms for the holidays. To keep these surfaces bright, go over the glass with warm sudsy waler toment. which few drops of ammonia have been added, then wipe clean with a fresh cloth wrung out of clear water. To give that professional sparkle to the mirror, rub it with a plece of crumpled tissue paper. Try it for the bathroom mirrors, too. Il does wonders.
If you haven't made any replace- ments in quite a while, how about splurging and treating every lamp and light fixture-in-the-house to new bulbs for extra sparkle and "light"
Cleaning Stovo
By ALICE DENHOFF
If Turkey ~HRISTMAS, is over.
i-it-is-going-to-ben-big, noble bird at that, how about thinking in terms of left-overs? It doesn't have to be warmed-over turkey or turkey possible to for it is hash, either, mend the dent in the budget by concocting some nice main dishes, not only for luncheon or supper, but for dinner as well.
Pimiento stuffed with turkey adds up to good fare. Cut 4 slices of breast one-inch thick and shape with large round cutter. Remove part of the centre, leaving a sort of hot suds. round bread box. Brush with butter hot and pop these into the oven unul stiff brushi. A vegetable brush is
excellent for the
purpose. A little ilcy are delicately brown. Place 4 added to the water will help pimientos in a small tin or cup. Fill to loosen the grease. Rinse in hot, container with one quarter of cream-
Moving into the kitchen, give the loving care so that it love your will do a good job when that all- important holiday feast is cooked The stove should be clean, unclog- ged and uncluttered if it is to fune- tion at top efficiency. Take out broiler racks, burners and Krids of and pop them right into a pan of Scrub them with fairly
ed turkey already prepared, and in-clear water and dry. You'll be veri, over one of the bread boxes.amazed to find how well even an Repeat with each bread box. Return old stove works after this simple to over until thoroughly heated and treatment. serve surrounded with turkey gravy or a langy tomato sauce.
Croamed Turkey
For a good creamed turkey recipe melt 2 tbsp. table fal in a saucepan and add 2 tbsp. flour. Mix until thoroughly smooth, then add one e milk. Place saucepan on flame and stir until sauce boils. Then add tbsp. celery salt and one c. dleed turkey. Serve on toast or use in the aforementioned pimiento recipe.
Turkey slice with rice and mush-
Wipe the stove well both Inside and out with a sudsy cloth, paying special attention to oven walls, Clean out saucepan cabinets and drawers and wash contents before returning them to these storage places.
What Affects Children Most
LINCOLN, Neb. Outside in-
rooms can be quite a dish. Cut neat, fluences are more to be blamed than symmetrical slices
for juvenile delinquency,
Dr James M. Rein- University of Nebraska
.
of turkey and parents hent carefully in a steamer or double according lo
Take care not to break hardt, boiler. the slices. When, thoroughly hot, ar- sociologist. rango down the centre of a hot plat- ter, each slice overlapping the next. Arrange boiled rice down one side of the meat, and button mushrooms or mushroom sauce down the other,
Turkey Satad
Fine Furs
THERE IS A growing trend to It's easy to place the bulk of rewards the fine fur wrap that can sponsibility for wayward children star at tale afternoon festivities and directly upon the mother and father, be very, much the great lady at an he said, but they do not go around important evening function, It doesn't have to bo a 100-lavish willingly and knowingly wanting
gesture; The sociologist belleves
parents' greater now. thun ado well for such a wrap. Virginia Minced turkey salad isn't bad at problems are
generation ago, when they
respect.
awakens
the
You can get in the bath tub what you cannot find elsewhere in a busy, utive day and that is complete re lexution.
cold
Bath powders are equally desir
The water of the bath should not Un much warmer than the tempera- ture of the skin, but warm enough able, especially if the skin is in- so that the sonpawill form into a clined to be dry or shows up red rich lather on the brush. Hot baths points that we call goose flesh.
Let's Eat
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Shopping For Food Values
ET me take your bundles," said methods inside the budget." "ET me take your entered the
testing kitchen. "You've been-shop- ping early this morning."
Steak
"Yes, I visited a number of mar
kets
to find out the current best food values. As usual I found quite a variation in prices. It certainly РОУБ shop several stores."
"And what did you get?" asked
the Chef
Dinner
English Salad Plates
Crisp Crackers
and Kidney Ple Green Peas:
Diced New Turnips Sweet-Sour Pickles
Half-Frozen Tinned Apricots
Cole or Tea -
Milk (Children)
All Measurements. Are Level-
~Rrelpea Serve-Four-
English Salad
"Well, here it is." I said opening the parcels. "Nice crisp leftuce,
Combine 1 shredded head crisp fresh
and. cress water
muslard
fettuce, 1 bunch waler cress, cuf greens;
here
Gre some fine new in half inch lengths, enough coarse turnips; and a tin of peas they were shredded tender mustard leaves to on sale. And I also bought a No. 2 make 1, c. 1/3 c. sliced cleaned red
tin of apricots also on sale. The
label states that it contains 6 or 7 radishes and 3 scallions, sliced thin. servings.
We can use most of the Toss with French dressing; serve apricots half-frozen for dessert, and plain or garnished with sliced to-- save the rest to serve on French mata.
Steak and Kidney Pic toast for breakfast."
"What did you get for meat?" in- quired the Chet.
Best Valuc
Scald 2 beet kidneys and drain. Remove the membranes and cores. Cut the kidneys in thin, cross-wise slices. Slice 1 lb. bottom round
"The best value by far was heef, very thin, and add to the kineve kidneys. They were very moderate Sitt over the meats and mix in 3:
no
ly priced, and of course they contain tbsp. flour, 1 tsp. salt and 1⁄2 tsp. waste. I bought two largo pepper. Stir in c. minced ́vaton. kidneys and with them a pound of Transfer to a deep baking dish hold- chuck steak," ....
ing about 5 c. Pour in 14 C. water. "Ah beef steak and kidney pie. Put on a lid; bake in a moderate until the "You guessed it Chef. I'm all set oven. 350 F., 14 hrs. or
fashioned English meat is tender. Then for a good old
cover with
30 dinner. I bought chuck steak instead short biscuit crust, and bake
10
min.
of round, because it whe much longer at 375 F. If desired the kid- cheaper; it gives a better flavour ney and meat mixture may be pres- in the pic, too, and it cooks tender sure cooked. In this case, allow 30 more quickly. The bone in the min. at 10 lbs. pressure. Then finish chuck steak is just what we need in the pie as directed.
Short Biscuit Crust:-Sift together making soup for another day."
A good quality of processen for is the real French puff, pasto" Press the edges together to make a their children to go to the dogs. American lamb or Indian broadtalihe answered, "But it is too dimeult of dough to help make the crost
"I shall be glad to make the steak 3 c. nour, 41⁄2 tsp. baking powder and kidney pie, Madame. I have and 1 tsp. salt. Add 1⁄2 c. lord or with a found it is a great favourite, espe- other shortening; chop in
blender until the mixture- cially with men. In many of the pastry best hotels and restaurants it appears looks like coarse corn meal. Add regularly on the menu, and for the c. cold water, or just enough to together. Transfer best style it is always baked individ- hold the dough unlly."
to a pastry board or pastry cloth; hat kind of crust do you like, roll into a square sheet in thick. Chef?"
Spread almost to the edge with 2 French Puff Pasto
tbsp. softened extra lard or shorten ing. (Do not melt this.) Fold up and The crust that I personally pre-
Inyer of shortening between a layer out again. for most homemakers, and besides flaky. Roll
and spread with an edging of mink. It is n C. cold water; dissolve in boiling of radio
afternoon parties alde the budget. The English make lard or shortening. Fold up and roll wear to into O programmes and pictures cu water. Add to one c. mayonnaise. their youngsters:
wear to inte as to the noon parties, the crust for the steak and kidney into it sheet of pastry a scant 4 in.
pie with chopped suet for the short- thick. Use as directed. Fold in 2 c. diced cold turkey, 4 c.
Reinhardt
suggested the problem as well as to the theatre or to c. chopped chopped celery and
of juvenile delinquency should be dance. pimiento. Turn Into a large mould, refrigerate until set. Unmould on letmoet through community planning,
"If a
a child feels solid and secure tuce leaves.
in his community, and has the same opportunities an other children, no matter how poor he may be, that child will never end up in juvenile court," he said.
all. Soak tbsp. plain gelatina in not troubled over the possibi Were Mayo chose this handsome cocktail calls for so much Butler It is out with 2 more tablespoons softened
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HOME HINTS
+
trained children
In ralny weather
Π
ening, But It is quite a lot of work It is not the suct. to chop up hurry-up enough for Americans.
Half Froxen Tinned Apricots Turn 2/3 of the contents of 'n (No. Perhaps you prefer a plain plecrust,. 2) tin of apricots into a freezer: tray, Add 1⁄2 tbsp. lemon juice, and Madame?"
"You know what I'd like?" It's a sugar, dissolved in a little of
the apricot Juice. Freeze 30 min. even well short biscuit cruat."
arid may forget
You mean plain baking powder an hour, or until crystals begin to form. Stle once. Serve in sherbet bring muddy shoes Into n newly biscuit dough?” cleaned klichen. An old broom hend "Yer, but with extra shortening glasses; plain or sprinkled with
or shredded canned' nalled at the side of the back steps rolled in, to make it finky in layers." fresh grated 18 0 good reminder to clean the "Ah, this is where the Chef learns, cocoanut.
i
Trick Of The Chef shoes before entering the house. Cuta
new trick." broom to a strong "It'a generous of you to say that, o keep water cress and to pic- CHORT skirts couldn't inst. Then worn-down
minute a style becomes popu-stub. It makes an efficient scraper. because what I've really done is to vent it from turning yellow, first adapi the method used in rolling the wash it and drain. Leave only a lit- lar It's unpopular... Necklines will
butter into French puff paste, to the tie moisture on the leaves. Roll up drop way below the bosom. A
money saving recipe for making a in 2 thicknesses of waxed paper or flaky abort blacult crust with lard." in aluminium foil. Keep in a covera "So this will bid'n happy combina- ed dish in the refrigerator. It stays: flon of the French and American fresh several days.
The 1950 Woman
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lady in 1050 will be almost com- If you have a slight scratch on pletely exposed. But not completely, four furniture, try rubbing it with Rene Hubert, Hollywood "dreas an olly nut ment such as a walnut designer.
or pecun."