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THE CHINA MAIL.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1933.

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A Century Of Fashion

Wonderful Display At Claridge Hotel.

UGLINESS OF 'SEVENTIES TO 'NINETIES

The nineteenth century pro- vided a real panorama of dress #fashions which is not only of liistoric interest bul extremely amusing to women of to-day. An opportunity of seeing clothes of the period displayed on living models will take place on October! 25, when an evening function will be held at Claridge's to help the Royal Northern Hospital.

Dr. Willett Cunnington's won-! derful collection of 19th century costumes consists of no less than 400 dresses, and of these 150 will be shown. He has made a hobby of collecting them, and his trea Bures are housed in a barn hel has specially built as an annexa; to his house in Finchley.

From Hook To Clip.

An hour or so spent examining some of these gowns of the past is crowded with interest. Take fastenings alone. Beginning with 1800, they range with hooks and leves made of copper; then those 'of brass, and then of wire. Next, bodices were laced. and after- wards buttons became the of fastening. to the metal

MODERN REDUCING |favourite method

METHODS.

Eat What You Like

But Eat Less.

A great contrust clips of to-day!

Early in the century the charming short-waisted frocks (with little puff sleeves are most becoming, and gradually they "Modern diel has nothing to do are superseded by more elabor- with cults of nuts or fade of baked ale designs with a Tudor influ- potatoes and fruit juices," says a lence, which shows in heavy in- modern dietetic expert. "It insists, crustations and slashings. however, that a man, or woman, eat! Later come the Early Victorian in more than the body requires for styles with off-the-shoulder cut, his daily work."

very full skirts, leg-of-mutton and eventually the

"You must not make the mistakeįsleeves, of prescribing a diet for a person stiffened skirts which ended in whose fat is really a disease," the crinoline. There

glandular ailments which produce excess fat. Only a physician can advise in that case

Are

Era Of Ugliness. The 'seventies and 'eighties and 'nineties' fashions are un-

"OUTDOOR" COLOURS Health Rules

FOR AUTUMN

Subdued Shades For Day Wear.

VIVID TONES FOR EVENING

If all the now colours that will

be seen in town from now onwards

For Autumn

10 Glasses Of Water Per Day.

BENEFITS FROM WALKING

Include a few simple health rules

could be put side by side, they would strongly recall our English in your beauty plans for fall.

It is difficult to countryside in autumn.

sttain truo Subdued

beauty if you are not in good shades have inspired the colours of health. Shiny hair, smooth skin women's coats, hats, frocks and and a nice figure will probably be even gloves, shoes and stockings. Youre if you see that your body is

In good condition. Their very names, too, help to con- Of course, you've heard jure up familiar autumnal scenes. times that everyone should

many drink For instance. "Tallyho" from eight to 10 glasses of water vid iame suggests the bunting

every day. Do you do it? Begin field; “Wood ashi”— cross be-with two full glasses of luke warm tween brown and grey-a garden-water in the morning.

er's fire; "Grape Juice" light

wine Blade-ne grape

brown-and "October

Water cleanses the digestive tract harvest and will often go far toward clear-

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

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"Beech Brown"-soft but dark ing a yellowish skin.

See your doctor frequently, Only shade of orange-the turn of A leaf; "Plumage Blue" doop ul-anything organically wrong.

physician can tell you if there is tramarine-and "Covert" grey between visits to the doctor, map lah beige-s shooting party; "Chry out a routine for yourself. Jaant Green"-a young leaf greed— E cryone needs exercise

young Chrysanthemum leaves.

most of us do not gel nearly en- In contrast. we are to have vivid laugh. Plan to walk part of the tones for evening wear. "Royal

way to work each day and try to do Mauve"-an exotic red shade-- a few simple setting-up exercises and "Cavalcade"-the abade of when you get out of bed in the bright pink associated with

the morning. Naughty Nineties—are some that Cold showers stimulate uslug- will decorate London's ballrooms ingish circulation. Take B cool the near future.

(shower every morning for

month and sec If you don't feel better.

Menu Suggestions For To-morrow

'TIFFIN.

Fried Fish Rocs and Bacon Savoury Rice with Sausage

Devilled Pumpkin Orange Souffle

DINNER

Venetian Soup Gornish Toast

Grilled Spring Chicken Mashed Parsnips Broiled Potapes

Strawberry Mousse

Mint Julep

Fresh Fish Roes and Bacon

What a Doctor Says About Neuralgia.

|tablespoons of milk; salt and pep

рег. Wash, stalk and peel the mushrooma. Dry carefully and chop finely. Fry the minced mush- rooms in a little butter until ten der. Tri the toast into rounds, dip them in the pan which the mushrooms were fried,

Far spread each toast with the

and mushrooms,

put

neat

At this .time of

year when neuralgia and similar troubles common, the following dieturs art of · physician who for a number of year in prior to his retirement was well known.

of the in Shanghai and other parts

East is of special interest. "Neuralgia," said the doctor, "like many another nervous affiction, may be guarded against by maintaining

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Mashed Parsnips.

of

"However, if you are sure it's believably ugly and clumay in 1⁄2 lb. of fresh soft roes, 2 small the milk and necessary seasoning. that builds up both blood and nerves,

more rational When the butter is hot, pour in the jis a far just the result of too much good jcut, and it is hard to believe thai|rashers of bacon; juice of 1 lemon;

looked cayenne. living, then start in lo-day to eat women could ever have

Fresh roes are best for egg mixture, and stir over a gentle acquiring immunity to neuralgia, and of lessening its recurrence, than the a little less of everything, but beautiful in them.

this delicious dish. Wash the roes heat until it is a soft, creamy maon.use of analgesics or sedatives which, don't try to cut out everything. The dresses in the collection well Cut off the bacon rind and Divide this scrambled egg mixtur

while effective, afford but temporary relief." "You see, it's the food you eat, represent such as were worn in lay one or two roes an each rasher, between the toast. Serve hot.

Dr. Willians' Tak Pills recommend not the food you cut out, which de- their day by the upper middle Sprinkle with lemon-juice and ca-

themselves as just such a tonle as the termines the value of A reducing classes.

6 parsnips: 1 oz. of butter; salt dnctor specifics, designed to build up yenne, roll up neatly and run # diet. You must feed the whole Headgear. mantles, parasols, skewer through them. Broil the and pepper. Wash and peel the rich blood and strong nerven.

They body, even though you don't feed chatelaines, veils, scarves and under the electric grill, keeping parsnips and cut them into quar-have been proven time and again belp-

ful in minimizing the recurrence Boll them till tender (about neuralgic attacks, also as a curative it quite so bountifully."

¡gloves will also be on view, but them lurned. They will take 3 toters.

the bathing-dresses will, no G minutes. Serve on hot buttered half an hour). Strain off the remedy for rheumatic pains, sciatica, doubt, arouse a good deal of toast and squeeze more lemon-juice water and rub the parsnips through lumbago, norvous debliity, as well as for anaemia and other ailments due to hilarity. The one of 1870, with over them just before serving. If wire stove or else mash its dark blue serge trousers to large rashers of bacoon kro used with the back of a fork. Add the impoverished condition of the blood

or run down nerves. Obtainable from: butter and salt and pepper, and chemists everywhere, the ankles and tunic reaching to they can be cut in half, below the knees is typical.

heal heat the parsnips over low for a few minutes, stirring them carefully to prevent burning.

Mint Julep. Dissolve 4 or 5'lender sprigs of until

CARE OF HANDS IMPORTANT.

Lemon Juice Beneficial

Hands are most expressive, and

because they are an indication of character as well as of age should be given extra care. This is par ticularly true of the woman

them

Savoury Rice with Sausage. Thoroughly wash 1 cup

rice. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in double boiler, add 1 small onion finely chopped and saute until de- licately coloured, add prepared rice (mint with augar and water and stir until rice has absorbed the flavour of the mint is well ex butter, then add 21⁄2 cups hot chic-tracted, Strain very carefully in- match ken stock, season with salt and pep- to a glass, add ice and 3⁄41⁄4% gill of They per. Cover and cook until rice is brandy. Stir up well and straw bathroom to rub

with hard-wearing soft. Add more stock as needed. into a Mint Julep glass prepared after you have washed and dried cotton and silk taffeta in blue, When rice is soft, stir in carefully in advance. Dish a little rum

Umbrellas And Rain- Coats.

Umbrellas are made to Always keep half a lemon in the sulta and coats this year.

over your hands are

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them. Keep at hand, too a good black, brown, and grey of all 11⁄21⁄2 cúp grated cheese, 2 tablespoons top and serve with straws. The

lotion which will soften them."

COCOA BROWN SHOES

jshades, and bottle-green.

pimiento (frat drained, and rinsed Mint Julep glass is always prepar- Mackintoshes are always neces- with cold water) and cut in tiny led before the mixture. 1. One can sary. The latest for practical pieces. Pilo in a mound on a hot use a tumbler or a large balloon wear are made of very strong tawn jeerving platter and place 10 fried wine-glass, filled with fine shaved Venetian satin-finished waterproof, sausages upright around mound, ice. Insert 2 or 3 aprigs of mint ith wide affiched revers and well-The strained sausage-fat may be with the loaves upwards and which

rollar. The shoulders are used instead of butter, for evening shoes, probably be-lined with silk. There is a "vent"

Cornish Toast cause now evening frocks are pur-Iseum, and a bútton near the hem to exks: 4 rounds of toast; ple-blue and coral.

Imushrooms; 2 oz. of butter;

Cocoa brown is the new colour

ensure neatness.

have been dipped into powdered sugar before, Decorate tastily 6 with barries, pineapple, banana, 8'orange, etc., according to season.

LEA& PERRINS SAUCE

15-A Grecian Island 16-Preňk. Half 17-Feminine suffix

(Fr.)

Gulf 19-A grain 20-Revokes 22-An ancient district

in W. Greece in

who radsam 26-A plume

29-Numbers (abbr)

30-Greased

24-An elongated flat

15-Pronoun

86-Matural

37-Banish

46--Real

41-Girl's name

42-Large monkey 43-Epoch

44-Chase (Obs.) 48-Raw matal 46-Like a horn

48-Trawler

G1-Rempire

64-Bignifies

VERTICAL (Cont.) 27-Ball (Var.) 20-Possessive of Eiss 31-A bear containing

faw Hope |12-Eterna (Archaic) |13-Disorder (Archaic}

55-Spreads loosely for 18-Buffx used to

drying, as flax

60-Male deer (pl.)

VERTICAL

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nature of j38-Errors |39-inactive

fart rate

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church

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6-Raprove 6-Gifts

7-Money

(Rem. Antiq.)

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42-Part of the body 146–A dish of agga and

milk

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147-An alloy of copper,

zing, tin and other motele

49-An Interjection (pl.) 50-A period of fasting

(pl.) 151-Breton (abbr.)

52-Scarce 63-Girl's

66-Boized

nima

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the dawn 26-Surrenders title

Association of

Amaries (abbr.)

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