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THE CHINA

MAIL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

1934.

11 The WOMAN'S Page tit

SPRING

FROCKS

LONGER

Brims On Hats

Again.

LINEN LINGERIE REVIVED

4 Paris.

Picture Blues For Spring Fashion's Strings Pulled

By Old Masters.

NEW COLOUR INSPIRATION

This spring will see a revival of Think of all the things that "blues" among the most important grandmother wore and be prepared fashion colours in frocks and fur

to see the again. amartened up nishings. One of the chief reasons for spring.

for this colour vogue is the ex- The dress designers here seem to have given up struggling to create quisite Lones

of blue used by the original for a while, and have Gainsborough and other British decided that old favourites are best.artists of his time in their famous

So they are now playing safe

paintings now to be seen at the with bustles, woollen spencers, xilk petticoats, hair slides, fichus, and winter exhibition of British art at

-satin scarves ruched like Victorian the Royal Academy. handkerchief sachets.

Even men have not escaped the backward sweep of fashion. One)

Eighteenth century pictures are proving a colour inspiration

to

of the stores displays made might-1984 British fashion designers for shirts of white cotton-with pink their coming spring and summer embroidery

down the

round the cuffs.

front and dress creations. Modern women,

too, are captivated by the artistic Some old favourites are modern charm of ixti.

this type of colouring,

The bustle may be a couple and they are suggesting that they of "airplane wings" down the back shall have these

of a taffela evening

frock; or ture blues"

rullied georgette train which tapers newest frocks. off to a point at the heels.

The

attractive "pic-

introduced in their)

There is no difficulty in this res.

for all the 1934 season new frocks are longer, pect, almost floor length for evening, fabrics, chiffona, georgettes, voiles, from velvet, silk or satin, the new with short trains coming

cottons, and light-weight summer the hem at the back.

faille, and tweeds are being shown in many alpaca and Taffeta, many kinds of lace are the star lovely and distinctive shades of the materinis of the shows which start "blues."

Lo-morrow.

Among materials

the old.

บึ้ม! revived

The Gainsborough Shade Summer tweeds, especially a surati. This is a silk which has not light--looking Welsh tweed, of un-

fashioned

bleached wool, which is particular- been worn for about Mfty years.

Gainsborough Many of the new models are stilly successful in a

their blue, are seen in a variety of at will be tractive shades of blue. Manufac- tured in a mining district to pro-

on stands being shaped by designers, while others finished by all-night workers.

New evening Tracks show the vide an industry in place of coal neck and shoulders again, and lincs mining, these

are narrower than ever.

and more moulded produced in

Sleping, round shoulders appenr on all daytime frocks and coats, even for sports. Swagger coats remain, but only

ת!

Spring Ensemble

A nappy liule Spring ensemble de displayed by Una Markal, screen player, who believes in anticipating Dame Fashion. It is a two-piece wool frock with a striped blouse, featuring a new yarn scarf with jaunty tassels. The saucy kat is of

rough felt.

American Cloth Boom

Chiefly Used For Accessories.

Menu

Suggestions

TIFFIN

Sole a la Bonne Femme Artichoke Timbales

Eggs Mancelle Chocolate Mould Vanilla Sauce

DINNER

Puree of Cauliflower Salt Cod Pudding with Olives

Tomato Toast - Vegetable Pudding Sour Cream Sauce

Apple Mousse

Sole a la Bonne Femme

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For To-morrow

fish in a mortar adding the mashed potatoes. When quite smooth, put all into a stewpan containing the cream previously heated, work, up well with a spatula or spoon and add the fried shallots. Season to Laste. Dress in the centre of # round dish in the form of a pyramid, surround with olives, the fish farcle and pastry.

Tomato Toast

Scald G sound ripe tomatoes for a minute in boiling water, remove skin, and thinly slice them. Have Chop finely a few mushroom ready a small onion minced finely, buttons, peel and chop 2 amall cooked for a few minutes in a 'ittle shallots. Put over the fish a few saucepan, with of lump of butter tiny bits of fresh butter; be- (large teaspoon) and seasoning of} sprinkle with chopped parsley, and pepper and salt. Before the onion) --- season with salt and pepper, cover browns, add the sliced tomatoes,! with a buttered paper and poach in and let simmer for 15 to 20 min- the oven

from 16 to 20 minutes.jutes. Beat 2 eggs, and add them Dish up the soles, strain the liquor at the last moment. Stir fast, and from the fish into pint of well let, the mixture thicken but not reduced fish veloutee, reduce fur-boil. Pour off upon small squares ther, and incorporate 2 or 3 small of hot buttered toast, and serve im pats of fresh butter. Pour this mediately. sauce over the fish, glaze it over and serve hot.

Egg Mancelle

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Slit on one side I dozen large lemon juice. fresh chestnuts, place in oven to apples with sugar and lemon juice roast for 20 minutes, remove, shell and a little water. Pass through and peel. Place in a saucepan a sieve. Add a pinch of cinnamon

12 gills of milk, 2 saltapoonfuls of and cool. Beat the whites of eggs salt, and boll until milk is nearly stiffly with a little sugar. Fold dry, place in a mortar and pound to into the fruit pulp. Beat until a a paste, then strain through alight mousse is obtained. Pile up sleve into a bowl. Boil 12 fresh in A dish and surround with eggs for 8 minutes, take up from macaroona.

cold water and shell them, then cut

in 2 lengthwise. Soop out yolks, add to the chestnut puree with oz. of butter, 3 saltspoons of grated nutmeg, and 2 tablespoons of Mix until well thickened. evenly divide preparation in the 24 half eggs, dress on dish, pour a cream sauce over them and serve.

cream,

Chocolate Mould

to A cold

1 quart milk, 3 oz, sugar, 3 yolks of eggs, 4 oz. grated chocolate, 3' tablespoonfuls cornflour, pinch of salt. Mix the corn four smooth pRite with a little milk. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil, add the slaked corn- FOLLOWING THE STAGE

four and cook for 15 minutes. Stir Theatre and film shows have all the time add the chocolate, delightfully soft to started a boom for American cloth, sugar, and salt to the cooked mix- only it should be called Lancaster ture and stir until smooth. Pour cloth in future, because that is the mixture on the beaten yolks of where it is being made now.

Welsh tweeds Bro wide range of beautiful colours, and raly for their charm on n Auted or raised

pattern woven

self-coloured Jehecks or stripes. They are most attractive in appearance, wear for aperta wearwell, and are These are bright with plaid designs.

handle. Some of the coloured ones have rubbed-out look which is quite new. The English designer. Dilkasha. who is introducing this fabric, hus.

gone as far back as the eighteenth MORE EDWARDIAN

and seventeenth centuries for her

evening fashions.

She has a short evening cost of brightly striped taffeta made like

Beau Brummell's, with a basque at Le hem, Krent stiffened cuffs and

a lace craval at the throat.

There are murmura of a great revival In white linen for lingerie.

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MODES

'Punch-In" Waists Popular.

As on the stage, it will be used

as a dress material, and chiefly for accessories.

Belts, collara, waistcoats, shoes

eggs, stir well and put into a pre-

LEA & PERRINS

SAUCE

The Original and genuine Worcestershire-

ask for it by name

pared mould. When set turn out Keeping Yourself Fit.

and serve with a vanilla sauce.

Puree Of Caulflower Remove the outer leaves and large head of and hats will appear made of this thoroughly wash s glossy cloth in all the brightest white cauliflower without cutting colours, as well as black, silver, off the stalk. Place in a saucepan and various reds.

1/4 pint with 3 quarts of water. Some of this modernised oil-milk, and a teaspoonful of salt, and cloth will have printed designs, let bail for 50 minutes, lift up and and there is one version like fine thoroughly drain, then press tendency cambric for curtains,

through a sieve into a small sauce-

BRAID FASHION REVIVED

marked G

There Ja

remove and use as required.

Not only Ane cambric, but percale towards the fashions that were in

The plain coloured oilclothes are pan, add 1 oz. of table butter, 2 and medapolis, made into shorts force at. the beginning of this cento be used as wall coverings in the saltepoonfule of Cayenne pepper, and tuck-In shirts for sports wear. tury. Even the simplest tailored kitchen, nursery, and bathroom, and a saltpoon of grated nutmeg, Flannel has already been revived Hults have couts with an inclination where it should be popular because mix while heating for 5 minutes, for pyjamas. It tailors well, and to a "pinch-in” at the waist, and a wears well and is washable. Lakes the new lingerie shades hint at some quareness of shoulder.

Salt Cod Pudding With Olives easily. These are dusty-blue and Lapela ure, like collars, wide and

1 lb. salt cod, 4 large mealy pota. bold. Then there is the darting the same materials, but quite in toes, 2 shallots, 1 gili olive oil, 1 pink grey and blue-green..

senming. and curving to be tricate in cut.

gill cream, a little milk, seasoning, observed,

The braid fashion is always re- 12 large green olives, 12 small puff There is no doubt, while the vived each time the tailor-made pastry ringe, fish farcie, pimiento. straight, slim and narrow silhouette season comes round. Small braid Soak the fish for several hours in may be there, the new tailored costs ornaments are used to fasten cerwater, drain and wipe it thorough. are full of subtle details that pro-tain coats, and others are fashioned ly, and then skin and bone it. Heat claim a changing mode. Whether on military lines, with the old-up the oil in a stewpan or saute it is a top-cost, or the slim hip-fashioned frogs which are made of pan, and fry in it the fish for a few length model that may have a skirt braid. Herringbone serge in black, minutes; take up and drain, and of its own, all the new coats show or navy, bound with narrow braid-enok the fish till tender in milk the and water and drain well. Peel much real fitting. The plain sleeve ing, is another relic from is popular, but it is more shaped Edwardian age when tailor-mades and cook the potatoes as for mash- and seamed. The same applies to were more decorated than of recented potatoes, Peel and chop the collars, which are mostly made in years

shallots, and fry in oil. Pound the

Through.

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14-Quiet

15-A Mohammendan

Puter

16-Idol

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Ilterature

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17-An Impure metallic 183-Pledged

product containing: 55-Disgrace sulphur

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Rusata (pl.) 89-One who la

18-A wire measure 19-Measure of length 21-Scotch river 22-Corroded 23-Farm animal (pl.) 25-Mora Inflamed 27-Musical note 28-Unit 29-Prefix. From 30-Jump

32-Articles of the

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balaterous 60-Opposes 61-Hired mourners

VERTICAL

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VERTICAL (Cont) 11-Perfume from rose

petale

12-Mada lace

13-Jeered 20-Lot fall 21-Hauled 24-Elongated flah 28-Raw metal 31-Science 33-An Insect 184-A red bird

35-Perched 26-Vesse 37-Break suddenly 28-Residence (abbr.) 39-Those who carol

41-Council of stata 43-Tool for enlarging

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4-Hazy condition of 45-8candinavian myths

the atmosphere 6-Those who use

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58-A city thoroughfare

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The solution of the above with a new ornea-nbora pratis soll appear in to-morrow's issue,

VARIATIONS OF COIFFURE.

Four Styles That Lead.

Four distinctive types of coiffure have been observed-the carefully tailored short hair bob, with waves set neatly in place; hair slightly longer and dressed off the neck in an inconspicuous roll; gay bub bling curls with an aspect of in- souciance, but carefully shaped to head not only at the back, but on top of the bead; and coronet braids of long hair sometimes worn like diadems.

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