1951-02-24 — Page 9

PRACTICAL

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1951.

Anne Edwards

HOMECRAFT

IN PARIS FOR THE SHOWS STEPS OUT IN-PRE-WAR-STYLE-

Robbe

DID THE SKETCHES

"It's not a fault, Madame,

16 is a characteristic."

PARIS

T the end of one week's

Adress shows I report

un-

*Madame is so fortunalo...

she can wear anything.”

- You have morn hair now- that is more lovellaces,”

'Between

the shows, I've

а

been. doing

few of the things which seem

much

more

fun in Paris'

So

that so far it has been a dis- appointing parade of un-: becoming clothes und flattering hats. The dresses

We talk n tile about the That bulge? It is not a fault, are skin-tight, like bathing patent belts, short white gloves,

who Introduced Madame, it is a characteristic. sulls.

The hats are heavy long diamond car-rings, brown mutual friend

mixed with black. topless us. We discuss the new dress and tip forward to cover the dresses,

Tulle shows. We look at fashion ma-

chic-so "The dress and enormous

13 50 eyebrows.

gazines. We decide on n style. lovely-so easy to wear. Ma- We raise the question of price, dame is so chic-so lovely-so

casy to dress.

Everything has the look of the clothes we wore just before the war.

stoles,

But there is still time for the fashion picture to change. For the only two dressmakers in Nevertheless, the colours, tide what women all over the Parls powerfil enough to de- materials, and details are, worki will want

to wear

in

as always, exquisite. The spring have not had their say colours

are soft

greys, yet creams, browns, and pinks. The materials are trans- parent shantung, organza, and chiffon.

The

details

elaborate

pockets, braided edgings, lalel-

I go to the drossmaker

THE scene is a small cluttered

rate buttoning, #Ki layered sitting-roum on the edge French of Paris, and the little

revers.

Still in fashion are turned-up dressmaker turns out, as usual collars, three-quarter sleeves, to be Russins.

Your Sewing Scrapbook

Mary Brook

Ricken

Sewing or Knitting Apron

To Keep

Your Work Handy

you are one to go visiting or to have visitors and like to have your work handy for quick pick-up, this bandy apron will prove a boon for you.

Boy yards of 50 rayon taffela or fallle in your favourite colour.

Straighten your fabric,

off two 3"-wide strips from one end. Make " hem on both crosswise edges full length of piece.

Tear

Make a 1⁄4" turn and a 3" hem

across ane lengthwise edge as at

A... Make another stitching line

Centre watsthand at centre 3" from first to form a casing. front of apron. Stitch to position

With hems up, measure in with a seam. from opposite end B 12" and make a crease straight across at C., Stitch 3 from

Fold band in half lengthwise, turn in all raw edges and stitch this fold, as full length and across ends.

at D. Jorming a tuck.

Make a second stitching line

14" from Arst for casing. Place

A or C, folding along line E.

Stitch both sides, starting at

Use 3 yards of decorative

Madame English, so I make a special price.”

We decide on the revers. We choose the buttons,

Madame fetches the toile (the dress ready-made up in cotton) and we try it on,

"It would be a crime to keep

Where all smart Parisians

congregate.

she can wear

is so fortunate, anything.

hat Other

naslatants shop picase note that if they had a little more of this technique they would sell twice as many hats, instead of always manag- Ing to convey to the customer that she is the wrong shape, the wrong age, the wrong colour.

I get rid of the francs

Madame and the dress apart. shampoo, and rinse your hair And enn Madame leave a little quicker and better than you Het rid of your francs, Here

deposli?"

-

I go to the

hairdresser

TE are in a large room with WE

washbasins and mirrors

the salon of the most famous hairdresser In Paris,

Milling around Dre clients with curlers in their hair and collon-wool between their toes,

cloakroom

will get done anywhere else in the world,

Other hairdressers please

note that here:--

(1) YOU can have a perm In- side 40 minutes from the first shampoo to the last.

(2) THE actual perming 15 cool and comfortable-Just and curler and some liquid.

TERE is your last chance to

on Sunday you enn buy buttons or a bedslead, junk or genuine antiques, 18th century candie- slicks, modern chandeliers, Em- pire clocks, old French china.

Sales technique to look out for:-

"Madame is a tourial? Then I make a special price."

FASHION IN ACTION—1 (3) THEY just give about one MOST popular colour in all and a half minutes, so the re- the dress shows is grey,

M the hardest colour in the world to handle, for it is the contrast you use with it that counts. This la how some famous French dress designers handic

There are poodles, children, sult is a soft, silky wave and

not a black frizz. girls, manicurists, commissionaires, and elegant (4) THEY set with one-ptn young men in pale mauve suits In each curl, so it takes half the who stamp and pout and shriek. time.

Almost everyone la in the (5) THERE is a regulator on midst of a temperament,

the drier so you can adjust it to But any one of the elegant the exact heal you can bear.

perm, cut, (6) THEY offer you a cholce of several rinses, silver for dark hair, brown for browns, and pink for fair.

beautiful. Madame "Oh, It's has just the right Agure for it, young

men

con

EXPECTANT MOTHERS

TAKE NOTE OF THIS!

THEM

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. ·

nancy--since during preg- whi

os

the

THE pregnant woman is quite been demonstrated that treat- likely to develop enlarged ment during pregnancy gives as and dilated veins during preg- good if not better results

Moreover, such nancy, particularly in the legs. afterward. In times

doctors treatment guards post muny

against elected to leave these varicose formation of a clot in the vein

which woS veins untreated

formerly such hope that the

was some common aftermath-to-childbirth, condition would Neglect of varicose veins also the birth of the leads to such complications improve after baby. Even where It did not, inflammation of the skin or it was felt that treatment would development of varicose ulcers, he mere successful if postponed sores on the leg which until this time.

notoriously hard to heal.

me

Today, our thought on the

cord or narrow ribbon for draw-matter is different since it has strings. Cut length in half.

Insert both lengths through

fald E and stitching up to bottom casings. Knot or sew ends

of casing and returning to fold together.

E. This makes secure side seams, Turn insule out and press.

Join two ends of waistband pleces. Gather top of apron (B), so it measures 10 to 18" across.

5/8yd B

Draw up, one one end, one from the other.

from

When not in use, the top of the apron is tucked inside bag- strings being drawn up to make a very compact bag.

crosswise.

HOUSEHOLD

Always use both hands, cup

Fold line

HINTS

a towel before reshaping it by

fashion, to support a sweater your own favourite sweater-

from underneath while you are drying method.

washing It. Any knit garment

from

is heavy when wet. If you dip It up and down, or "drop" it

the soapsuds or Hina water, it tends to sag and lose Its slinpe. When you're sure the Karmont is clean, squeeza out excess water and blot

Lor

A good general rule Caring for linoleum is, the less washing the better.

•

•

Sol: water

malcea better in alarch than hard water.

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London Kevrata Sarvion

VARICOSE VEINS

25

the

are

The exact cause of varicose veins is not known. It is "thought that they tend to run in tamilles, that certain occupa- tions may contribute to their development, and that a lack of vitamin C may be a factor.

Certain texts should be carried out before the veins are treated. One consists of put- ting an elastie bandage on the leg and having the patient walic about for a time. If this relieves the symptoms, It indicates that the deeper veins in the legs are open and carrying blood satis- factorily.

CONSTRICTING BAND

Another test consists of put- ting a constricting hand about upper part of the leg and then suddenly releasing it. If the veins fli up quickly, it iralicates

that

a valve in one of the large veins is not working as it should In these cases, tying off of the vein in the up- per part of the leg is neceœnky. The test can bo repeated at various levels in the leg to deter- mino Just where the faulty valves are located in order to

give an accurate picture of where tying-off is needed.

The wearing of an clastic bandage or an clastic stocking may temporarily reliava the symptoma The Injection of certain solutions which causo the formation of scar tissue in the veins may also be a matig” factory treatment. However,' in severe cases, operation and tying off of the velus are required..

NUT BAVARIAN CREAM

OH WHAT A

PRETTY SWEET

WHAT'S. INSIDE?

ONLY NUTS AND CLISTARO

FIRST I

LINED

THE MOULD WITH THIN SLICES OF

BWISS

ROLL

THEN PUT 14 ID NUTB THROUGH A THEME MINCER

AND MADE SOME CUSTARD WITH 1 PINT OF MILK- LESS 4 TABLE- SPOONFULS

I ADDED THE NUTS AND 14-12 OZ. GELATINE

·DISSOLVED IN 4 TABLESPOONS

OF WATER!

FILLED THE MOULD

· WITH THIS WHEN I HAD COOLED

AND TURNED IT OUT WHEN SET

OF COURBS, YORI:

I dine out....

This is a small, smoky, noisy This

room with marble-topped tables. Pork chops sizzle in chor- mous black pans on a huge kit- chen range, From the ceiling hangs the menu chalked on a slate.

grey:-

Slate-grey dress with large Clerical grey with aprical hat.

emerald felt hat, Flannel grey suit with white sailor hat and shirt and short white gloves. Pearl grey evening dress with pink.

Dark grey wool frock with langerine coat. Grey coat with primrose yellow frock and hat.

FASHION IN ACTION-2

TRY THIS: Scooped out Grange filled with icecream mixed with cognac and orange juice topped with whipped

cream.

● TRY THIS: Victorian sliver candlesticks wired and used as desk lamps with dark green shades.

But there is superb soup for 3d; pork chop with spaghetti TRY THIS: A few strands et for 2s. 6d. or two eggs and hair bleached lighter than the bacon for 2s. 3d, quarter rost, worn in front in the shape carafe of wine, 1s.; a dozen oys- of a sunburst, ters, 2s., small, and fresh, Bread is free,

• TRY THIS: One large clip pinned to the sleeve seam of your Jacket near the top of your shoulder,

I go out to buy a hat

DUT yes, it is a little extreme.

B But it is chic, is it. not?

Assuredly it is not everyone who can wear a hat designed to look like a fish, but with Ma- dame it is different. Madame

Sign Of The Times

LETH LEAVE OUT

The sign of the fatosis. Z embroidered in. aroon sequins on the elbow-longila?!?/gloves. worn by Milan :: Judy' Shirley ́as tho 195 Anti-Airority Cirédis

ball at the Dorphastorazi

London - Express - Bervice)

-(London Express Service)

Fw

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kin.

Refresh....With Ardena Skin Tonic. Amooth....Ardena Velva Cream for

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