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PLAY UP TO THE TAUPE RUG

Anita S. writes:

I've

just had But the rug will have to stay. Will my hair upped,' and my wardrobe you suggest material for slip covers replenished and I feel. ten years and curtains, also Jampa and ac- younger. So I'm all enthusiastic cessories.

to do the house over in style too. But it looks hopeless..

I've upped my hair and bought swishy new dress.

A CHANCE TO BREATHÉ

"You see we've been completely sunk in family and depression the last ten years. Now the children are suddenly big enough to give And the us a chance to breathe.' family

rocketingces, though

not sky-

are definitely better than they've been Therefore we're de- cided to fix up ourselves and the house.

THE ANSWER

Which is very

patriotic, we'd

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1938.

Here is Anne Shirley looking after her waistline and stomach. Dur- ing this exercise daily will stop the middle age spread from making its appearance;

rep.

say, since we're told it's our duty we'd slip cover in turquoise “Mohair upholstery in the first to spend, providing we have any-Two chairs would be nice in a stripe is. As for with yellow predominating, while place plain tan wall paper, a taupe thing to spend; that rug- ecru tie back curtains. The fur-that living room, there's lots you the third might be interesting in a do. First we'd say soft coral covering, Brass would niture. is nondescript.”

You d

don't can

be our choice for accessories with a8 make the taupe rug look have to tell me how drab that all to

braid on the room. touches of is, I know. But what can I do? if it were selected for the

2.0

We can, repaint the walls, slip cover So, why not a light grey wall. Then the furniture and get new curtains. curtains of yellow ninon. The sofa

CONTRAST IN HATS worn by the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Kent.. photographed as they arrived on the course.

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lamp shades. A low piece white pewter could be used as complemen- tary notes, and if you should find some pottery in coral or turquoise shades, a piece or two would go nicely here. Odd cushions in a flowered chintz that repeats. tur- quoise and coral would pull the room together pleasantly.

·PINK WITH GREY Still another recipe for rescuing a room with a taupe rug would be to use a pale pink or pale peach on the wall, with curtains in the same pale tone. Then we'd like the sofa slip covered in a plain light grey-blue, with two chairs in a riotously flowered chintz with lots of pink and some blue in the design. An extra chair in light| grey with pink fringe would com- plete the picture. Accessories and lamps in this case we'd like all in white.

SHREDDED

PINEAPPLE

Cut pineapple into six slices. Pare and remove eyes and then shred with fork. Cover with su- gar, set in refrigerator for sever- al hours before serving.

PINEAPPLE. CUCUMBER

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2

SALAD

tablespoons gelatin.

1⁄2 cup cold water...

cups hoiling water and pineapple juice.

1⁄2 cup vinegar, 11⁄2 teaspoons salt.

cucumber.

tablespoons choppe

onion.

can pineapple, s Soak gelatin in cold water. Add the boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add the vinegar and salt and pour into molds. Set in ice water and when it begins to thicken add the cucumber, which has been cut into dice and allowed to stand an hour in salted water, the onion and the pineapple, cut into pieces. Chill until set; unmold on a bed of lettuce and pass sour cream salad dressing with it- Edith M. Barber.

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