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The Duchess of DUCHESS OF KENT AT ORPHANAGE. H.R.H. Kent, to-day, visited The Hermitage, Snaresbrook Road, Wanstead, to re- ceive purses on behalf of the Royal Infant Orphanage. (Copyright, Fox);
CHINA MAIE,VAUGUST 5, 1988.
Diary Of A Lady With A House
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN
Monday-Shot almost my com-¡managed was to serve the trays in plete clothes budget on a turquoise the kitchen, then have each person blue linen suit that is as tailored
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Saturday Made; over a wing
as a London tweed. 'Tis a beauty, carry out his own, though, and I think it will really hold its smartness and fit since it doesn't seem to crush like cheaper chair cover to-day-one that I'd linen suits. No matter what I start had made by somebody who wasn't out to buy for me, the house or very good. So it fit terribly. I had the baby-I seem to end up with to rip it almost to pieces and re- turquoise blue. Well, it's my fav-tailor it entirely. And did I bless the corder attachment to my sew- ourite colour, so there!
Tuesday-Went through the new Dutch ship to-day. It has the best modern decorations of any of the big boats because it has a clean, uncluttered simplicity. And bears out our contention that Holland is a country worth remembering in this harried age, for the Dutch plod forth- pleasantly along, living a right placid life without too many frills but without war or strain. either. Naturally this mood is re- flected in the things they produce, which have an honest-austerity that I like best in modern design.
Wednesday Saw Maisie's flat in its summer dress; the slip covers are white finished with old time pantie ruffles. The lamp shades have new white ruffled skirts to match.
Feeling very snappy, in, tur- quoise linen,
ing machine! I don't really see how seams can be smooth slip cover achieved: without it. And yet I've struggled with miles of cording Thursday I've been looking" at without it, spending twice as much plans, for the model tenement time and work to get not as good houses. Architects should realise an effect. that even tenements require certain comforts.
Sunday-Ten around the dinner table to-day. That called for a Friday We took our supper out whole ham. For the centrepiece I used pink and purply-pink colum- in the garden-those new ratten
bine with the stems cut short and chairs have nice wide arms that combined with blue and purple hold a tray very nicely. The way I pansies.
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