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Coronation

Souvenirs

You are Irivited to choose from

a wide range of Charms in 9 carat gold

:

also

Sterling Silver Cigarette Boxes, Spoons, Children's Mugs-and Spoon Sets, etc.

at reasonable prices.

And don't forget a special offer of Lotus graduated Pearl Necklaces in with one, two or three strands matching ear-rings, bracelets and brooches. Lotus Pearls carry a 20

years' guarantee

Call or Phone

G. M. ARTHUR & CO.

40, Nathan Rd., Kowloon. Telephone 57513,

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A good hair cut doesn't necessarily mean cutting it shorter but does mean to shape it. If your hair is already curly, what will suit you best is a "SPECIAL RAZOR CUT" But if you wish to have natural waves, try the world famous

SHELL COCKROACH KILLER

DOES

"Helene Curtis Cold Waves" operated by expert hairdresser MRS. SUI LAN

523, Nathan Road, 2nd Floor

For Appointmont Phone 50342

kill cockroaches!

AFASPIN

immediately reliever

all pains!

AOTNUINE BAYER PRODUCT MANUFACTURED IN LEVERKUSEN, DIRMANY

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1953.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

HANDIWORK

"You

By JOAN O'SULLIVAN

667OU mean you really made it yourself? I

I wish I were handy around

the house!"

A PICTURE FRAME cán be turned into an end table or a shadow box, suggests Marjorie Mueller Freer.

refrain of It's the familiar the fan club members as they admire a newly re-upholstered chair, a homemade coffee table hand-decorated glass or

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vase. They wish they could turn out similar things; but they probably never will, and for a good renson withing won't make it sol

They saive their conscience with excuses. They don't have the time. They lack the talent. Neither plen stands up,

No talent? They're being for Loo modest. It doesn't take genius to be handy around the house. Admittedly, some people hovo a flair for making things. Others enn learn. The shops are full of volunics that offer all kinds of how-to-do instructions,

HAND-PAINTED CERA. MICS can be baked in your own oven. "Gifts to Make at Home" tells how

There are three new booka just published that should prove

good sorters.

all

First is Kay Hardy's "'How to Upholstor Furniture."

Miss Hardy discusses kinda

upholstery techniques, from covering Eldo choirs or headboards (easy Jobs) to the more compilented mechanics of upholstering a sofa. Dlograms und photographs, some of which are reproduced here, make her Instructions easy to follow.

"Chts to Make at Home" is another helpful book for handy

PT'S EASY to create a gift lahip using an attrac tive vase, hofile, jug or a candlestick as the base.

men of

for that matter. The title is rather mis- In addition to leading because

women,

strictly gift items, such an fapey aprons and other fashion ne- cessories, it Includes many decorative household accessories. Give them as gifts or keep them for yourself.

The author, Marjorie Mueller Freer, has, outdone herself in simplifying instructions, as the sketches reproduced here show. Whether she's telling how to make paint ceramics or trays, lamps or tur picture frames into coffee tables, she makes it sotini oh-so-casy,

The third book for the shelf La designed for girla who yearn to be artistic. It's "Decorating for Joyful Occasions" by Mar- Joric W. Young, and it gives suggestions for some excellent table and household trimmings for holidays and special occa-

SIONE,

ない

IF YOU'RE DOING A CHAIN OVER, you might enjoy making a seat and back of talerinced leatherlike webbing, suggests Kay Hardy,

Planning

DAIRY

THE

Pienie

FARM

BOX FACES

CORTAME

a

Picnic?

then remember,

for a really delicious treat, insist on NEW

SKINLESS

SELECTED RAHIMICH CUTE

BOÍDONA

SALASHI

MAM TONGUE

FRANKFURTERS

In cartons of 8 large or 12- small

from The Dairy Farm

· THE DAIRY VARH.ICK & COLD STORAGE CO. LTD.

$3.70

AT

HOME

THE ROLL-OVER PANELS on these dining room chairs are easy to achieve if you follow instructions in "How to Upholster Furniture,"

PAINTED TRAYS ure among the presents that Miss Freer tells how to niske in her hook. You can paint your own designs or usè decals,

IT'S FUN PUTTING UP THOSE NEW CURTAINS

IT'S

IT'S one of those Insepar- An armchair, takes about jatk ables, like pork and apple yards of double-width material; NEW decoration wing chair, eight; most sofas,

sauce

ten,

It's wise to buy a little extra, any way, in case of nccidents

and NEW furnishings. The Curtains must allow for the- end cries out for the other. height of the pelmet board above the window frame, as well ab Turn out a room on fresh as top and bottom hems. daisy with new paint or dis temper, or what-you-will-and you'll never escape: its demand for fresh curtalos, fresh covers.. the muce that makes the dish. , it'd not so expensive as you fear-nol in these days, with Brices lower than for years,

And think of the fun of ||plóting what to buy,

Choose

tie cigarette burns; in case you want to change the curtains t another room later on,

933in

It's wise to have cotton alipa covers, easily washed, over the good close-covers of dining chair

scats,

It's wise to ask if colours are guaranteed. fast to sunlight ahd' washing.

*

CITART. off with the commen It's essential to sol than Dithio.rules that even the patterns against your walls, H

experts can't afford to ignore. daylight and nightlight, before

For A small, low-celling, you buy,

collage-type room - sparkling small designs in cottons, linens, cretonnes, chintzes., Short curtains with

frilled

or simply scalloped pelmets: Inner curtains of frilled organdle or not,

An

-Marion Flater

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

For the grander kind of room, with lofty ceiling and elegant proportions Bgured brocades, repps, rich rayons, and taffeta, ...Long curtains with swathed animals out of the garbage tin or tallored belmets: inner curis by securing the lid with talnis of rayon,

effective way to keZÚ

screen door coll spring. Atthelf?"

one

Bluj

- Equally at home in both kinds one end of the spring to of room; With fine old furniture, | the handle On glazed chintz in traditional de-of the tin, run signs; with elcan-Embed modern d handle and

the new contemporary opposite sicc.

In colours sharp and in-

•

Il unda the " attach to the

The quickest and neatest way.

plain walls, of course, to open a cellophane bug so!

any riot of patterns you please. that it can be used again is t

The restraint of plain, curtains clip the top with scissors, right-

and covers in interesting tex-bolow the seal.

tures; or formal designs ke stripes or stars,

For vitality

WATCH out for

new ideas...

Shupa

a freshly washed baby:

bonnet over a padded bowl. 105. dry.

The padding not onl absorbs part

of the moisturėji A striped sofa to echo the but also allows for shaping of

Individual colour in printed curtains and

alyles. covers and to emphasise their

When arranging cut flowers, patterns.

One brilliant cecbe sure that the vase is perfectly sional chair and cushions to cienn, Fill it with cold water," give vitality to the dark-covered and use one of the inexpensivs chairs that are sat on most.

Little scalloped slip-covers of commercial preservatives bu to it on the upper back and bacterial action In the light, bright curtain fabric can buy at our florists. There

chemical preparations

reduce

arms of chairs.

the wafe

close, It you do not use Look In unexpected places for change the water and clip

soberly covered easy- which causes the stem-ends to

unexpected materials.

·

one

Bold plaid tartan dress volle stems each day. for pleated edgings to plain

Especially solled spots on fine, curtains in a plain-walled room or delicate fabrics may be zub- looped back and fastened with bed gently between well-reaped" plaid bands, Ocelot fur fabric to fingers, or spread against thổ, cover one occasional chair or a side of the wash basin, and the rubbed into the

par of footstools,

Terry towelling, in two-colour soapsuds

fabric with a a soft brush 03 stripes, for bedroom or boy's Turkish washcloth. room curtains, Mattress ticking for tailored curtains with fringed pelmet and bedcover in a man's

[room.

K

Be wise

If kept in an unliesfed place, your vacuum cleaner, Dowing machine, -mixer," washing machine, or any "offiéé, moltë driven

equipment, largo." uz CEP a hawk's eye on all small, should be brought up to

these measurements,

room temperature before use,

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.,

NOW ON

TILL

MAY 30th

ION THIRD FLOOR)

PRESENT

Fashion Parade

TWO

PERFORMANCES TO-DAY

FIRST PERFORMANCE

. From 11.30a.m.

SECOND PERFORMANCE From 2.30 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL AND EXCLUSIVE GOWNS NEW CREATIONS OF THIS HOUSE OF

WILL BE SHOWN BY

MANNEQUINS

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(DIRECTED BY MRS, NAN COWIE). -

featuring

MAX FACTOR'S MAKE-UP-.....

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by J.G. Nef of Switzerland

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FASHION

by Tootal Broadhurst Los Co., Ltd., of England by William Hollins & Co., Ltd., of England

by Mayar Silk Mills of Hong Kong

By Cepea Fabrics, Ltd., of England

By Ci G. Clarks, Ltd., of England

by Jantzen Knitting Mills, Inc., of U.S.A..

by Koon Chuen Kow Factory of Hong Kong, By Idoger le-Coultre of Switzerland

by Max Factor of U.S.A.

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