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CHINA MAIL. HOME SUPPLEMENT
in furnishing strike a decidedly xayer note this season, inspired, per- haps, by, the Jubilee spirit of festivity that is sweeping over every aspect of decoration.
Fabrics for curtains, cushions, and upholstery are more colour· · ful than those to which we have lately become accustomei. white, oatmeal
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3rd neutral shades have given-place to clear and bright self-colours, an which all tints of red and yellow hold pride of place.
Pastel pink, deep coral. Venetian red, primrose, yellow ́ard terra-" cotta fabrics are favourites
Prints are predominating, and the local shops have a large selec tion of them. It is a wise move. as prints. not only lend a note of gaiety and brightness to the roomis, but they are the most suitable fabrics to the Hong Kong climate. The curtains are always a pro- bleż They look so different when just a piece of staff held up against window panes.
When they have been made and hung, and, worse still, washed and rewashed, they seem hardly the same as that original lovely length. But they needn't change so much. A lot depends on the making and the hanging.
Some people do not line their curtains, but they will always hang. better with a lining and it need not be a beavy extra expense.
Most curtains draw back a foot or so on either side of the windows, and their linings are not seen save from outside when drawn.
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A balloon fabric of neutral. colour and low price makes an ex- cellent lining, and has the added merit of seldom shrinking:
For washing is a problem, as every housewife knows. It is wise when making the curtains to treat them as one treats the-children's frocks and give them a nice large double hem at the bottom, so that they can easily be let down
After washing they should be brought to the windows while still damp and stretched Eut to the right length and shape, and so ironed.
Books for -
• WOMEN
HE, Silver Jubilee Record
Tumber of The Illustrat-
ed London News on sale at Brewer's Bookshop, is a book that every woman will delight to possess.
It abounds in astrations, in- cluding eighteen Jovely color plates. One colour plate of the Queen's Chinese Chippendale Room at Buckingham Palace is of par- ticular interest Below we see Her Majesty sitting before a case of jade. Hier collection of Chinese works of art, especially of jade and
enamels is worid-famoUR. Many are the pictures of the Royal Family, including the Duchess of York, the Duchess of Kent, Prin- cess Elizabeth and Princess Mar- Karet Rose.
Of special womer's interest is an illustrated history of the suf fragette activity in England. Then again, the, women's fashions of the last 25 years are illustrated and offer many smiles.
There is, indeed, a department for every interest: the history of the army, of science, of aviation and the part played by women there again, of literature, of art and the artists. We see pictures of past friends we shall never for- set, like Dame Ellen Terry, Miss Marion Terry, Dame Nelbe Melba; and of present frienda like Dame Sybil Thorndyke and Miss Marie Tempest
It is fascinating to see an ade- quately illustrated history of Eng- land and Royalty during the last.. twenty-five years.
How To Pack Fresh Flowers
THE problem of the best way
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to pack fresh flowers is
a vexed one, so it is worth while · listening to the advice of the Covent Garden -salesmen who receive the boxes of expertly packed flowers from the South.
The flowers are put into water for an hour or two between picking and packing. Then they are tied firmly, but not tightly, into bam. ches of a dozen, with bass or rub- ber bands. They are then laid in a flat, wide wooden box, which must be an inch or two longer than the longest flower, for ever est blooms grow perceptibly in less than a couple of days.
To keep the flowers absolutely firm; a stick of wood, or a skewer, should then be wedged in place across the box, touching and hold- ing the flowers without bruising the stems. A tíny nail hammerad in from each side will keep the wedge in position,
On arrival, the fowers should be immediately unpacked, half an înch ent from each stem--the ends will by this time' have sealed up-and- put loosely into a large bowl of -cold, not warm, water,
Left: Fabrics by courtesy Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd.
Pight: Fabrics by courtesy
Lane, Crawford, Ltd..
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