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YULETIDE

these

to cak of your Christ- mas party.

Q. What word?" ti396′′ more letters in

Christmas than any other time?

A Post Box.

Q.

ہے تو ہے

at

On what trees does the misiôtoe usually grow?

Usually on oppies or poplars. rarely on oaks.

Only

Q. Was "Good King Wenceslas" the patron

saint of Rumania?

He was not a king at all, but a prince. He became the patron saint of Bohemia.

Q. Why do we never make square pud-

dinga?

A. Because we want them to go round. Q. The turkeys we eat at Christmas are a breed of fowl wilch came from Japan. Perala, Mexico, Australia, Egypt, Tur- key?

A. Mertco.

Q. Was the carol "Good King Wenceslaa”

written in Elizabeth's Ume?

A.

No. it was written by a clergythan in the nineteenth century.

Decorate With Stencils

By ELEANOR ROSS

Do these plain walls look just

too plain now that company

is coming during the holiday season? Is there someone in the farmily with a talent for painting, not a Rembrandt, you under- «tand, but just someone who is handy enough to do a little plc- ture-decorating, If so,

so, then give

a thought to stencilling distinc- tive designs on those plain walls and really dress up your rooms at a minimum of expense.

Just

ust think how dad enjoy stencils of golf, sailing, guns, gardening, if such be his hobbies, and how junior would overboard about the same

RO

would

iden. A bird design would look beautiful in a garden outlook room and a fish or sea floral de- nign would dress up those plain bathroom walls above tiling, beautifully.

are

Ready-made stencils available, but for really in- dividual' effects, one must cut one's own, using the specially treated stencil paper that is available at must art Supply

stores. And since the painting; craze hit the country, there's on not supply store in almost the smallest locally these days!

of

Equipment includes one those knives that holds a razor blade or one with a very sharp blade, also a fairly stiff brush for applying the paint. An oil- base, one-coat paint is necessary to keep the colour underneath from showing through the de- sign. For successful results, the paint should be picked up sparingly, the brush wiped out оп absorbent paper, and then applied through the stencli openings with short strokes.

WOMANSENSE

FASHIONED FOR CHRISTMAS

by

Joan Erskine

Agure

you associate Christmaà a svelte

of reasonabla with Yule logs, falling height, with small hips. Other-

wise the effect is ludicrous. snow and mistletoe?

The most beautiful dresses of the the season wero shown by Or is it garden parties Rahvia sisters recarly.

Here, and moonlight bathing in the mermaid line vio for popu- the tropics for you? For larity with the ballet-length full-skirted typo. A touch that the first time, designers was universally admired, and have catered for all types would be simple to copy, was of women on all sorts of the tulle coat that

accompanied occasions, and there is more variety in most of the tight dresses, Mindo evening dresses than we have seen for in fine matching net, with long tight sleeves, it flowod back- wards giving a misty floating look to the outfit.

many years.

There are three quite distinct aes. 1. First there is the ever romantic full- skirted ball-dress, making the most of a tiny waist and good shoulders,

.

Second comes the sheath dress, taper Ing from waist to ankle, and giving a smooth

unbroken line.

3. Third is the most difficult of all styles -the sheath that bursts into a swirl of flounces just below the knee, giving a "mermaid" si houette. Here you must be honest with your- self. To wear a dress that is like a glove to the knees before flowing out in fullness requires

Norman Hartnell, who knows debutanto tastes

30 well, produced the heavy ivory Duchess satin evening gown with hyacinth blue embroidery anglaise. The matching coatee, with hyacinth blue satin collar and bows, hides off-the-shoulder

bodice.

an

It's Time To Get Started On Hand-made Gifts

Hold the brush at right angles to the surface being decorated. Hold the stench carefully in LEVER. fingers are busy imagination and ingenuity and place and when removing be

turning out gifts, for should be fun to create. Maybe very, very careful to prevent it those on their list to whom a small spiked flower holder slipping and so blurring the edges

or s pleces of And be sure that the something personal is in- with a dozen under surface of the stencil is dicated, rather than a pur- wire inserted so that they stand clean and dry before applying chased present. And don't several Inches high, the tops motifs.

When

you buy your forget that, a

be few home. bent hook-fashion would stencils or your stencil paper

Enamel the wires in consult the art supply store clerk made gifts keep the budget right.

If

hints.

you hesitate to try your wings, practise on a small, un- 'mportant, surface first before going in for a big wall job. You'll Boon gain confidence, for it isn't a difficult art to master, and the results should delight you.

so that there is no excuse for makes a very

carves the festive bird, to blame a bad job on the tool?

almost

green.

“Spanish Mania” "Spanish Mania" Wes the dress name given to a black that draped round the body like a recond skin until it reached the knees, where 11 burst into a frou-trou of scar- lot, green, blue and black not layers. Another, in this style, was brilliant scarlet, sparkling with jewel drops. The skirt was draped round to the front fell into sash-like where it ends, with something of Eastern look about it.

Although I personally feel that

lace

and tulle are not well suited to each other,

an

many dresses are now seen with this mixture. Rahvis showed one that billowed out in graceful folds the main purt being in Jace, and tho frills round the bottom in fulle. It is an excellent idea for the home dressmalter who frequently finds herself with old pieces of lace salvaged from years ago, and is at a loss to know how to t them into a dress.

Victor Stiebel 28c8 quantities of tulle in different colours for his kaleidoscopic dance dress for Christmas. The colours are sugar pink, mauve, white and spinach green. The brief bodice is in green, which completely veils the enormous skirt, giving a soft shadowy appearance to it. A thick garland of velvet ivy leaves are entwined round the bodice, and climb over ons shoulder.

and

If you are making your own dings, and since Christmas is we have seen very glômorous dress, Instead of attempting a one time that you may be ex- ones for evening made in silk very ambitious style, why not cused for succumbing to an jersey, chenille, or fine lawn, keep to the classic line, but appealing name, what about with knitted neck, cufts USC & really lavish fabric? "Magio Hour," "Nosegay," "My welt. One was made in two Lately in London we have Love," "Heaven," or our own balves, each with the one- seen such original materials as favourite "Sweet Suggestion"? shouldered look. When tinsel lame (woven in fine Quite the most attractive

check designs),

worn

have a sweater with a deep V neck. lle jersey, glittering metal-fume phials seen recently pre together, it simply looked like

brocado a

ado a touch valve" that prevents The new vogue for tunic and worsted with gold thread leakage. It is only necessary dresses is something of a god- stripe. The current trend

for to stroke the Perfumair on the 'send. It is a simple matter to cocktail dresses is a slim line,

skin

to release The scent.

cut the bottom from an un- broken only by na pleating, a

But Christman is not entire fashionable skirt, make long rent badice, scarcely any ly composed of cocktail parties sleeves, and wear the flashed sleeves, and a high neck, Noth- or balls. You will want some-skirt, or a

product

slusbed over a tight

full pleated

and one. Both aro fashionable.

ing is more effective than 2 thing new to wear in the dress of this type In an in- mornings and afternoons, teresting material.

perhaps the latest London Idea This idea can be worked out The two best colours aro will sult. Velvet, in all colours, in different ways. For cock black and white. If you like is being used for next straight tal а full-sldrted brocade neither, thon new shades call Jackets, cut exactly liko д dress is graceful. For evening, ed banana cream or geramum school blazer, with huge simply add a black underskirt. red might appeal. Pastel smoked pearl buttons, large For an evening coat, buy B colours are not fashionable. If atitched pockets, and rolled genuine Chinese mandarin_jac- both black and white take revers. They look extremely ket, or have. one copled in your fancy, there is nothing attractive over straight tight a rich material. Women this more sophisticated than wear skirts, are fashionable for country aro buying great ing a black pleated chiffon cocktails and casual enough to lengths of fine nylon and hay- skirt over rustling white

go shopping in. taffeta petticoat, but wear It with an air!

Charming Touches

Ing it embroidered or patated. They wear it like an Indian

It will be a season for vel- sari, one of the most becoming vet and tulle. We have seen garments ever designed for a tucked, pleated, gathered or woman Another style from the Tiny jewelled caps that fit ruffled tulle worn with a vel- East is the short embroider- over very short, or long colled vet bodice and velvet stole. ed botero, worn over hair, are an Important acces- Alternatively, Alim velvet

draped sarong-like skirt. sory for cocktail parties. Long dresses have gained new cle- curling slender feathers

- And Remember high gonce with the addition of B In the air, and sweeping on to wide tulle stole. These are upt. Primarily, Christmas 17 น ono shoulder, are sometimes to float, and in order to cope time to enjoy yourself, 50 fixed in the hair with a with the situation gracefully, don't choose skirts that make jewelled clip. Real flowers in embroider the ends and weight sitting a physical effort. Make your hair are charming, pretty them with a jewelled fringe. certula you have a strapless and fresh, but please remern- For first grown-up winter, bra that its perfectly, or # ber that it gives a very youth- the safest things to choose are strapless dress will look com- ful

appearance and it you are full skirts and beat sweater pletely striving

wrong. Wash your for glamour, this is like tops. For cool evenings, handy in cologne for an added not the way to achieve it. black quilted satin skirts with touch of fragrance. and for Perfume should be as care- velvet tops are pretty, fun, attach a flower to your fully chosen as all your other Sweaters are not necessarily bare shoulder by using trans- accessories. Choose one that hot and sticky affairs. Lately parent adhesive tape.

Festive

Decorations

By ELEANOR Ross

out-

golf

chains

cornico centres.

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with beautiful holiday

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a wreath

and chances are that you'll come down or leave more money bright colours or wrap cach with away with all sorts of helpful for the important gifts delicate ribbon. A small base

painted dark green that are starred on

with the TT'S high time to be think- beauty and colour of the great other appropriate spot you can wires bent to simulate the limbs ing about holiday beauty few for the kitchen, since that wreaths. There are beauties in

holiday. Don't forgot to save a ind every big list.

of a tree might be nice, too, for the house. No need for room is the scene of most of the the shops, to be sure, but it is especially if the recipient likes large expenditures, but work and is usually forgotten fun to make one or

Brush the wires with plenty of use for ingenuity, in the decorating plan. Fun, the household wreaths, making gold or silver paint for those that like a touch of glitter, use imagination and a sense of 100, are tiny wreaths of green a party out of the task, as in- yarn brightened with bits of deed all preparations for the pale pink or blue to tone with a the artistic. One little coloured yarn and ribbons. holiday should be.

know Swag your fireplace with kinder- A good gift that is al- feminino dressing table scheme. suburban house we

and that

is just the prettlest in the garten

of gold, red For a large table, welcome, Christmas

ways

Sachot bags always make a whole development,

and white or silver and blue flanked by colourful candies isn't difficult for oven the

sweet gift, and are easy to

paper. Silpcover the lampshader creates a delightful centrepiece, Hints

amateur sewer is a bag make. A set of sachet blankets doing by far, the decoration with holly red crepe paper of wreath is to start with a round One way of working out a table holder to be hung on the for bureau drawers would be of its

Cellophane wrapped tennis more pretentious and welcome neighbours. And it's all be- rhododendron

bails iled in a cluster to n very elegant

flat plate or tray of silver, pot-. How about knife sharpeners back of a closet door. It glit, and one not dimcult to.

leaves simulate tery or glass, or, if you the man of the house, when he gift for a girl whose untful handle. Simply stitch a define transformed into a tremen- bunches of real mistletos. Tang other uses planned for these,

thoughtful double cause the front door is and copy

or closet space

flannel in a criss-cross pattern dous holiday gift by pass them from light bulbs or from then cut a cfrele out of gold or Wax magnolia or is limited. after spreading a layer of fine ing red and green ribbon

silver paper. avocado leaves and face them On the market are fine, well- Use any fabric that is firm sachet between the layers. Bind(wide strips of dyed linen,

flat in an imaginary circle with- designed kolfo sharpeners enough to stand a little the edges in contrasting colour

If there is a screen, use it as in the rounded area of plate or both electric and manual And strain and cut it to shoe satin or ribbon.

really) around the entire en overflow. for gifts. Hang the tray or paper. Arrange the carefully, placing the door, ending with a huge beautifully wrapped packages leaves bow of real satin ribbon, by long colourful ribbons, and stem end of the leaf on the line, edge the screens with awag turning the tip outward, lapping from which there dangles ropes of greenery studded with the next over it,

turning the tip and "Merry blue and sliver or red and gold inward, alternating the

Makes an shiny balls. Christmas" tag. available, many of us have all flowered or bright pattern. The shops are showing beau-

eye- leaves thus around the circle catching decoration. After the until they form a given up home baking ed fabric is used, little or rul ttle bits and pieces for

adat, shiny, but

gifts have been detached got dark green wreath. But comes the big holiday ho ornamentation will be ating in deep acckline frocks, repince the regular curtain tie ing Christmas cards to the rib-trulis, nuts, berries, conce

Another charming idea is to the youngsters to work,

attach-

Then place small but perfect and there is the urge to turn out a home-made cake. If you necessary; if plain fabric or notions that

back with such delights as clus bons, making for another colour that they seem to haven't one, treat yourself to striped ticking is used, a duplicate. They call for ters of shining Christmına tree ful bit of decoration. Place pine the imaginary, no.

Group the a professional

cake decorator piping in contrasting colour length of velvet or salin ribbon ornaments, stara or bells, held branches in tall containers and fruit carefully, always having it takes but litle skill to make tape 'would be a brightener or fabric, just long enoughto together with bright ribbons. fcatoon' with silver and palo one, group predominato, tucking

does a magnificent fab, and

loop gracefully around

the Paint tin can or paper or tin green or red ribbon garlands, grou look festive,-Practies

throat. At one end just tack plates bright red, green,

with ups of pine cones and dowerS caught here and there

carefully in with the fruit. Sot Fon waxed paper. then set to

Another easily-made and most on a spray, say of lilies of the or blue; pile with overgreen butterfly bows,

in the contre a large candle or work fo pump

out holiday novel gift that should be warmly wailey, and at the other a lovely sprays with a few Curlnimas It's magic, gay, green magic, soms dainty figurines.

If you greetings and wiston on those welcomed and always used, is an roen or a tiny violet cluster.

candles here and there. Place that's what a Chrisimas wreath have the time, shellso the grade home-made cakes that you'll earring holder. Such a gadget Theeo ribbon and flower bite are

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