1951-03-10 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1951.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

MIRRORS for MODERNS Woman diplomat

ONCE A LUXURY Hiem, mirrored walls are now available at more moderate prices. With new mirror kit you can put up ruch a wall 'yourself. The result, as you can see above,

By JOAN O'SULLIVAN

ANY a magician has

MANY

turned a few tricks

the

with mirrors, and homemaker with decorating to do might well keep this

in mind.

Mirrors con work wonders in from a room, so take a page the magic book if your're doing your home over. Perhaps a too-small living room is your problem. Cover one wall with mirror panels and you'll be amazed at how much larger the room looks.

Or, if you have a large pic- ture window that looks out ch a particularly attractive view, why not mirror the wall -op- bring posite the window and the view right into your living room?

A mirrored wall is a must in dressing room, too, so that the Indy of the house can view her face and figure and be sure she's always looking her very best.

These decorative effects are so cosy to achieve, and inexpen- sive, too, now that a new mur- ror product has been introduced to the American market. The mirrors 'come in a kit that contains grooved moulding. At- tach the moulding to the wall slip in each mirror panel and slip between the upper and

lower mouldings.

That's all there is to it. The honey pine moulding, of course, can be painted to match your woodwork, thus repeating your colour scheme in the mirrored wall.

'Miss Julia" Shocks London

The ballet Miss Julia shocked London recently when It was first performed.

The ballet describes the seduc- tion of a dirtatious countess by a hotel bell-boy.

In a passionate Anale, danced in the hotel kitchen, the bell- boy tears off the countess' skirt. The prima ballerina, Countess Elsa-Marianne von Rosen-is left standing in her lace puoties. The British Broadcasting Cor- poration televised the ballet from The theatre, but bormed the skirt-teoring male.

For television, the countess wore no skiri at all.

FRUIT FLAN PASTRY

HOW DO YOU MAKE THE SPECIAL PASTRY

POR THE PLANS

YOU BUY IN SHOPD, JOAN?.

MAKE YOUR

te quite pleasing.

will make

'real curry'

THIRTY-YEAR-OLD Mies Spacious Drawstring Pouch Bag in Fake

Joan Burbidge, of Clay- gate, Surrey, left for New Delhi on March 7 She is to be firat secretary at the office of the High Com- missioner in India.

Fur-Perfect for Travelling

SOFT, spacious and facxpen fur is handy to have on the sive, this bag made of fake seat beside you in a car, or for travelling generally.

You need yd. of 54′′ fabric, Only one other woman is plus the same amount of taffeta a first secretary in the Bri-lining, plus yd. of crinoline for stiffening and 2 yds. of 1⁄2′′ tish diplomatic service twilled tape. Mina Barbara Salt, who is attached to the Embassy in Moscow.

Miss Burbidge, who was official spokeswoman at the| Foreign Office in London, said: "My work will be on the consular alde, looking after British nationals."

Salary will be £860, plus living allowance.

Her Hobbies

Riding horses, writing detective novels and cook- ing are her hobbies.

She hashed two thrillers pub-| lished-Curiosity Killed the Cat" and "Villainy at Vespers"

She and has Anished a third, Intends to work on a new one on the voyage to India.

Her favourite delective writers are also women Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh.

In Indie she intends to learn how to make "real curry." One of her best dishes is Chicken Maryland. "I was at school in America," she exp

explained. "I did

a lot of cooking there."

Miss Burbidge, who was born in Gloucestershire, was

taken as a'

a' child to Westchester, New-. York suburb, where her father was in business.

She went to a co-educational school where baseball and basketball were played and ar- chory was practised.

-(London Express Service)

"MIRROR, MIRROR on the wall"--those were magle words in the land of Snow White`and' they work magle in this room, too. One wall is covered with mirror panels to make this small area look larger,

THERE'S NOTHING to the job. The mirrors, shown abovo como im, h kit" that contains grooved moulding, Attach the moulding to the wall; slip ́esch mirror panel between the

-upper and lower moulding, azia the Sob is done.

| PASTRY WITH...

BOZ SELF-RAISING FLOUR

2 TEASPOONS

· CASTOR BUGAR SIEVED TOGETHER

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UNG THE RAN CASE. WITH THE PASTRY, PRICK THE BOTTOM,

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PAPER

AND FILL THIS WITH,

RAW RICE OR UNCOOKED HARIOOT BEANS JUST TO KEEP THE SHAPE WHILE ITB, BAKING

CAN KEEP THIS^Ì ALLING TO USE OVER

AND. OVER AGAIN

BAKE IN 'A. AND WHEN MODERATE OVEN. COLD, FILL

· FOR ABOUT VE WITH JAM- HOUR, TAKE OUT OR FRESH THE PAPER AND. OR BIGWED

· FILLING AND PUT TRAFRUIT.N BACK POR A FEW COVERED A MINUTRA TO DRY. WITH A "THE BOTTOM COLD THICK

MAY VBUGAR-AND-

WATTIK" GYRUP

Ribbon or Braid

Unless you prefer ribbon or military braid for drawstrings, cut strips of fake fur As In- dicated on diagram.

Straighten fabric. Lay flat, and back of bag and boxing strip right side up. Chalk out front

(which has to be, pieced), as indicated in diagram A. (Boxing strip forms aides and bottom of bag.)

Cut on chalked lines. Cut in ing the same

omit aize but drawstrings. If desired, cut pockets to be used for change purse, mirror, ele.

scams

bag plece in same way. Cup Press scams on curve. Lawards centre of boxing strip, Turn right side out..

Both Contres Notched Slashes for Drawstrings Cut a crinoline strip 31⁄4” wide Diagram B shows how to by 18 long. Notch centre of mark slashes for drawstrings, both lengthwise odges. Centre on Lay both bag pieces right side wrong side of lining strip, notches matching. Stitch stiffen- down, and mark accurately for those slashes, on top 12" edge ing on edge, all around. of each plece.

Stlich around pil vertical marks as at C. Cut between stitching lines. Do not cut boxing as at D until it has been stitched to position.

Fold front and back bag pieces in half lengthwise and centre on bottom edge. Seam to gether ends of the two boxing pieces, also of lining strips.

notch

Fold in Half Press open. Fold each strip in half and notch centre on both edges.

Pin and baste one edge of fabric boxing strip around sides and bottom of one bag plece, right sides together, making scam, Match notches and pin from bottom up along each side, Stitch.

Pin, basic and then stitch other edge of strip to second

Bag

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If pockets are used, hem top edge, then stitch to right side of lining pieces. Pin and siltch lin- ing together same as outside of bag, Press seams toward centre of strip.

sides together, Pin. Stitch bag Insert lining inside bag, wrong

lining together around and points for drawstring slashes.

Between Stitching Lines Cut between stitching lines. Overcast or buttonhole edges of slashes.

Turn top edges of bag in lo- ward each other. Silteh all around top a scant 1⁄44" from edge to prevent slipping.

For fabric drawstrings, centre a piece of " tape on wrong alde of

of each strip the full length. Baste. Fold edges of fabric over tape, turning top edge un der. Stitch through centre.

For ribbon or twilled tape drawstrings, select colour desir- ed. Stitch two 2-yd. lengthe on top of each other, stitching along both edges. Cut in half for 2 strings.

54" Drawstrings

Boring

Boxing Strips

Вада

*** 12" **

HOUSEHOLD HINT

Іп а home where "board" games, such as checkers, or chess are played frequently, it is a good idea to spray the boards with a coat of shellac or other water-resistant finish. A soapy cloth will then readily remove born. The simple realization sticky finger marks and dust

this fact by parents

By HERMAN BUNDESEN

TUTTERERS, are made, not

w

can climinate the problem from the board, leaving it more

20 Iter as our youngest sanitary and sightly.

generations are concerned.

the

Once it has become a fixed habit, the defect. requires services of a speech therapist, but the great amount of study devoted of late to the origins of stuttering reveals the interest- fact that. It need never elop at all Apparently stuttering grows out of the perfectly natural ten- dency of youd syllables by re

children to play with words and peating them over and over again. All children do this in the pre-school years. No harm is done unless parents notice the repetition and decide that it la abnormal. The wise parent will forget about the matter and, in most instances, the repetition will stop.

Unwise Parent

to

The unwise 'parent may urge the child to slow down, to think when he begins to talk, or take a deep breath before talk- ing, and may even go so far as to punish, the child for speech repetion,

the

The child then learns that the

speech repetition

#

not desir

able and that his parents do not So, the child makes an effort to ayoki repetition, s

nability for

for the young child. As he continues with these efforts ho begins to

to be oppress ed with a sense of failure. He begins to be afraid to talk, par- Hicularly in the presence of his parents, and when he does talk. he begins to use excessive stráža and tension. This tension only. makes the matter worse, enusing 'more répešitions and more cöne cern in the child's think.. THUS, in turn, brings on more frequent rroctitions. Bo, as a result of the effort to eliminate.perfectly condition, the child normal develops into a true sluiterwsz

Thus, the frostmant of stutter. ing in the child must often be directed toward the parent; Mboro, All, rept should learn that apoęch repetition 14 not ab- mammal in the chlid : and that: they must not officiee of puniati the child boomine of › borrynthing tie ośmiot, heb and which he will corrent binmult in the course of norinal development.

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