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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 7, 1938.

PERFUME SENSE

Whether it's deep and glamourous or light

and gay, know when, where and how to ap-

ply it.

The custom of letting a perfumed When Spring comes in with, all its splendour, everybody wants to be in bath, or a sprakiing of toilet water tune! We steal the fragrance from or scented eau de Cologne, take care the flowers and leaves and woodland of one's daytime perfume needs has moss to make them a part of our-been gaining steadily in popularity. selves. Or we look for a deep. my-Bath essence or salts will impart a sterious perfume that hints at the mild fragrance that is lasting. And cur a scented eau de Cologne or toilet coming-to-life of Nature and

water splashed over your neck, arms, cwn spirits.

and shoulders after a bath or show- Don't for a minute underestimate er will leave a soft scent that is the power perfume has to affect the as lasting as that of a concentrat- emotions of other people and formed perfume. This method of apply- their opinion of you. It can very ing scent avoids over-perfuming, easily be the first thing that attracts which is an unforgivable sid a young man's fancy so he wants

to know you better. Or it may be I have seen a man get up and move so dominating that it blots out the from his seat on a train because girl who wears it, so nothing but the he couldn't stand the perfume

the woman in front of him. memory of the perfume remains.

might have liked it at a dance, but

of He

Again, it may be "just another it was too heavy and over-powering perfume," mildly pleasant but no on his way to work.

more interesting than shoelaces.

Know how to choose and use per- fume, and you'll have a handmaiden

WHERE TO APPLY IT` Over-perfuming is usually caused

to beauty that's always ready to do by applying too much to some one your bidding!

FOUR

your

spot. You should diffuse your per- fume, so it seems a part of MAKING THE MOST OF IT

Perfume gives off its best fragrance To make the most of perfume, if it is applied directly to

Toilet water or eau de Co- you need more than one fragrance. skin. Keep several on hand so that you logne can be splashed or sprayed have a variety from which to choose over wide areas. When you use a according to where you're going, concentrated perfume, the best spots what you're wearing, and the im-to apply it are on your neck, inside the elbows and wrists, behind your pression you wish to create.

You don't have to have a vast ar-ears, and on your hair and eyebrows. Perfume on hair and eyebrows holds ray of perfume bottles. dressing-table. Just as it's easier its fragrance longer than on to be well-dressed with a few clothes skin. that you know are smart and becom- ing, you'll do better with two three good perfumes that you know suit your type.

on

your

the

Tea Menu Serving

Hot Spiced Punch Cream Cheese Sandwich Twists Ham Relish Squares. Nut-Date Rolls Mint Cream Candies Salted Peanuts

-- Fruit Cookies

Hot Spiced Punch 2 cups water 1/3 cup whole cloves 2/3 cup bark cinnamon 4 cups orange juice

1 cup lemon juice.

1 cup pineapple juice.

2 cups granulated sugar

3 qts. boiling water- Allow the spices and two cups of water to simmer for 20 minutes. Strain and add to the rest of the

If you put perfume on your clo- Of thes, do it at least an hour before you go out so it will have plenty of time to spread its fragrance. Ar If your perfume budget permits tificial flowers are good spots for only two, have a mild, soft fragr-perfume. If you have any kind of ingredients. Cover and let simmer

for day-time and

a heavier, loose, flowing drapery on your dress for five more minutes. Add two more alluring one for evening gaiety like wide sleeves or a flimsy scarf, more quarts (four cups per quart) When you go dancing or to a party a touch of perfume will make them of boiling water. Serve in a punch or the theatre, you are expected to

seem more diaphanous. When you're bowi

ance

be a charming woman, all thoughts wearing gloves, put a drop of per-1 This punch improves upon stand- of business or household routine fume inside the cuff of each one to ing. It may be reheated when de- aside. Your perfume may be entic-keep your hands delicately scented.sired. ing because it fits in with the at- mosphere of romance and abandon on the pleasures of the moment.

GLAMOUROUS ORIENTALS

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So

DON'T MIX THEM Don't mix your perfumes. Never apply a new fragrance as long as any hint of a different one remains. The really glamorous perfumes, When you apply perfume directly to the kind that go with full evening your skin, the next bath or shower dress and shaded lights, are the will take away the old odour Orientals or semi-Orientals. The you're ready for the new. But if first are a blend of Oriental herbs you've perfumed your hair, you and woods with a good deal of musk must be more careful. When you're a glamorous and civet. They are deep and haunt-looking forward to ing and indefinable. The semi-Ori-evening, it's a good idea not to put entals combine some flower essences any perfume on your hair during with the Far Eastern scents. the day. Save it for the "big mo

These same perfumes that are ment perfume you use in the definitely seductive and "fair play" evening.dette for festive evenings are entirely out | When you select your beauty aids, of place in a business office. Men see to it that they don't have a fra- who may like to be enthralled by grance that spoils the effect of the a mysterious perfume at the end of perfume you have chosen and ap- the day don't like that disturbing plied so carefully. Rouge, lipstick, influence during working hours.. face powder, foundation cream, and If you're a business woman, use dusting powder hold their fragrance. a mild perfume during the day. Just Be sure the ones you use are not a hint of soft fragrance will add to too strongly perfumed

Here's a word of advice to you the femininity winch is always an asset when one works with men. But who like to spray your perfume on Whenever you a heavier scent might autagonize. A with an atomizer. pure flower fragrance-like jasmin put new perfume into it, remove all or violet or gardenia, sparingly traces of the old. The way to do plied, will be in keeping. Or better it is to spray alcohoi through still, there is the floral bouquet type several times, then swish Balconol reaches of perfume, combination of many around inside the bowl so it Bowers. I know of one foral bon-every corner. Besides-

quet that combines 167 flowers into odour and cleaning you

conservative

per-this will take on a

the perfume may ha

it

Cream Cheese Sandwich Twists

24 slices fresh white bread 1/2 cup white cream cheese

2 tablespoons chopped olives 1/3 cup grated yellow cheese

4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons cream Arrange bread on a flat surface Discard crusts. Spread bread with

SPRATTS: DOG REMEDIES Spratt's have an

effective remedy for most doggy ills and ailments. These famous specifics she used 2nd

mended” all parts of the

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rest of the ingredients, combined. Roll up each suce quickly and wrap in coloured wax paper. Twist the ends together and arrange in a shal- low basket or on a tray.

Ham Relish Squares 48 slices white bread 1/3 cup soft butter

2/3 cup chopped cooked ham

4 tablespoons mayonaise

3 tablespoons chopped sweet

pickles

1/4 cup finely chopped celery

steaspoon salt

Pimiento-stuffed olive slices. Arrange bread slices in pairs. Spread both sides of each pair with the rest of the ingredients, except the olives. Arrange bread sandwich fashion and discard crusts. Remove small portions in the top of each sandwich and insert an olive slice. Arrange these squares with edges overlapping on a flat tray or platter.

STOP THAT LADDER

Here's a tip for business girls! When a stocking breaks into a little ladder and you haven't the time or the materials to mend it, just put a tiny dab of ordinary office paste at each end of the "run" and it will stop it from running any farther. Nail varnish, too, if you happen to have some in your bag, will do as well

LUCKY

DOG!

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