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Coronation Year Ball

Under the distinguished Patronage of His Excellency the Governor Bir Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G. and Lady Grantham.

at the

SKYROOM

LUNA PARK

on

FRIDAY

25th SEPTEMBER

from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

TICKETS $25

Please book your tabios

front of lift, Gloucester Arcade.

In

In aid

of the Hongkong

Society for

the Protection

of Children,

weak

EYES

CAN RUIN

YOUR WORK!

When your eyes uche, work suffers.

To soothe and strengthen them, bathe

eyes regularly with Optrex

Eye Lotion. It washes away

Just, relieves eye muscles -makes eyes sparkle! Doctors recommend it.

FREE eye bath with bottle

Optrex

YP LOTION, PROTECTS YOUR SIGHT

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Į

Copies

of photographs

taken by the South China Morning Post, South Chins

Sunday Post-Herald. and Chiza -Mail Staff

Photo-

graphers are on view - in the Morning Post Building

ORDERS BOOKED

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1953.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

LOOKING FOR A BREEZE? You'll find one in front of an electric fan. The two-specă design shown in portable and has a

safely grille.

ALUMINIUM-BAČKED DRAPERIES do something about the weather. They reflect back the sun and help, reduce Interior daytime heat.

Parker "51"

COOL IDEAS

By JOAN O'SULLIVAN"

FOT! Hottor! Hottest!

H These three words

take an active part in any self-respecting summer vocabulary. To use any one of them, all you need do is make a pertinent comment on the weather.

It's quite true, as Mark Twain guld, that people have been talk- ing about the weather for years. But now, Mr Twould be gratified to know, they're finally doing something about it.

Instead of aweltering through the summer, manufacturers. have come up with some cool ideas for beating the heat.

First of all. there nre -air conditioners that take the mercury down degrees. One of the new room models circulates dehumidified cool air quietly, Heretoforo such units have rounded remotely 11kc + Jet plane warming up

for the take-off.

For the Bookcase ›

This new model is also hide-away design. If you place

I in window, the grille pro- jeets

thas the по farther drapery line. Or, if you ilke, aluminium backing that you can pop it into a bookcase, year round daty. In winter, cabinet or storage wall.

In they keep cold out; in summer, either of these cases, however, by reflecting back the sun, they there must be a duet that will reduce interior dayume heat. it will undoubtedly remain a

this

This is just a small portion

reach outside

nir. For

AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS are getting more decorative. This amart, qulefly-operating model fits attractively into a bookshelf.

docs humidity. We have to agree with Mr Twain, they're Bill talking about it. And, comes a completely air-conditioned age,

topic at intense conversation -** after all, it may cool off indoors but it will still be hot outside.

reason, the Installation should of proof that people are doing be made along an outside wall, something about the heat and where the duct wit

will be as wide

budgets

as the back of tho unit, Those with amaller may and electric fans are their worm weather solution. These come in a variety of styles. Particularly good if there are small children in the home, is a fan that's concealed behind a grille so closely spaced that tiny Angers can't squeeze in catch the blades,

Two-Spood Switch

Bod

This fan is portable and can be used on a table for quick room cooling, on the floor as an air circulator, or in a window

Tricks For

where it will bring in fresh air. T

Home

Dressmakers

army

By ELEANOR ROSS

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

From a Transport's Galley

HE commissary

Was They should be seasoned well-stocked with food brolled on both sides 8 inches from birt heat until well Ravaud, together. with his until medium well-done-about Chef Patissier. and his 12-14 min, for flels or steaks thick, Baste with Maitré d'Hotel wont aboard cut 1 inch

or margerine the United States Navy molted butter

procesa. during to brolling Ship Upshur at 7 am nt (The Blow are usually secure the invitation of her Master, into snug rounds by a strip of When tiene, arrange Captain Kenneth G. Towne, bacon).

platter. Top U.S.N., for "Oparation Beamise sauce, and Farnish

U

Gourmet." The problem: to with heated

the

toas,

Wit

tinned or cooked

use, in preparing a luncheon, fresh or frozen asparagus, and only the foods stocked for sauteed fresh or tinned mush- daily use in the ship's gal. room caps, grilled half toma

of fresh and a bouquet ley.

watercress. With

of co-operation

Bearnaise Sauce: Add 1 poet- Commander L. W. Le Forge, ed sliced small onion to Jr., Director of Supply, the tbsp. mild cider vinegar and 2 ship's chief steward, and

then. torragon vinegar; cook 2 ship's chef, Ravaud's men " min. Meantime, beat the yolks the to" for the production of the of 3 eggs and strain in finest "chow" ever served on a

vinegar.

Sel over hot water transport. M. Ravaud, i hasten and stir continuously until the

to add, is o Zamous epicure mixture thickens. Remove from and host of Le Biarritz, one of the hent. Beat in 4 thấp, but- New York City's leading the

time; work French restaurants.

In aday's column featuring the highlight of the menu-unusual dishes, simplified for the home kitchen.

MENU

WC are foods

ter, 4 tbsp. at 1st cach portion thoroughly be tore adding the next. Season with 1 tsp. salt, and 1⁄2 tsp. cayenne. Serve at once,

L'OMELETTE SURPRISE

SOUFFLE

Cover a wooden bread board with waxed paper. On it placo

9-in. layer of sponge, cuko, Sprinkle with 2 tbsp. un- diluted Rolls

concentrated orange

Consomme Rosale Filets Mignon with Bearnaise Sauce Asparagus and Mushrooms Tossed Green Salad

L'Omelette Surprise Soume Coffee Ten Milk All Bleunirements Are Levsi

Recipes Serve Four

CONSOMME ROYALE

julee. Top with 1 pt. of car- vary frozen ton ice cream

hard and cut in 1-in, slices. Bring the ice cream almost to Dot

the edge of the cake.

2 tbsp. undiluted concen-

This is hot consanime garnished orange Juice. Top with

ed with custard royale, Tinned rate

condensed consomme recording

diluted omelette souffle mixture

and

to directions on the in bake in a very hot oven, 425

F., until the souffic browns, is satisfactory To serve, ladle into soup

plates and garnish about 10 min,

Note: M. Jean Ravoud uf with squares or diamond shapes the Biarritz and all

grant chefs of custard roynie and a very

use Grand Marnier in place of little fine-minced parsley.

Juice -the concentrated orange Custard Royale: Bent the

used in the above recipu, 4 of of home some of the wool Jersey THE

eggs until thick. Add and yolks

Omelette Bouma Afixture: important in winter. 2/3 c. consomme; strain Into a

Put the take out stuffy air. It has a sewers is increasing tweed so

1 of two-speed switch and

whites in one bowl and To apply the bias seaming cover shallow bowl. Cover with waxed Separate 4- eggs. be each season, and each sea- con

Set in

of hot the egg yolks in edge with adjusted for vertical or horizon-son, too, women are show-

water and bring slowly ไป Ing off garments that have μhicknesses.

pin,baste and stlich through alloiling point; reduce the heat bowl. Beat the egg whites wi- a real professional air about idea. The screens and windows them. can be adjusted to any height

usted

ventilation, Per- for

tal air flow.

Screen aluminium

windows

tre

mode of another cool

As

зелт

paper. binding. then

For Tight Weaves

a pan

# Secon

Then gradual

t.

powdered sugar mixed with 1 tap, flour, Add tsp. vanilla. Beat and fold in the egg yolk together to with 2 drops of olive oil help blend the souffle and hold rise it will it together so the higher. Use os

the preceding recipe.

and simmer 30 min. Remove almost stiff. from the water.

Let the cusly beat in 1/2 tard sland in the bowl until cold, then turn out and cut in- arc expensive models bręczy

In some lightly woven fabrics to squares or diamonds. manently attached, the units copied down, very often at first

FILETS MICNON don't rust or corrode and

is are glance there little to dis- the seam may be clipped to

Whether flicks Imignon or width of a quarter of an inch, the original and tinguish between

arc used, removable for cleaning,

Stitches small steaks then overcast. Heat-resistant draperies are a and the "knocked off" garment, must be close together to pro-method of cooking is the same. prize-winning design in theas it is called in the trade. But feet the small scam. This gives cool-off cutegory. These parti- just examine the construction a softer finish to a Ane gar- cular drapes received one of

of the two garments and the ment. A curved seam is good the 1883 Trial Blazer Awards,

the for yokes, waista, as well 05 found in iven by the American Home story will bo

for armholes Clip edges to Fashions League.

finishing that holds the dress or

prevent puckering or pulling. coat or suit, together, for the then overcast them together or finishing is part of the

con- separately. struction.

Heat Reducing

On the Toom side, the draperles have a colourful print on chintz They are lined with,

Sloovo Finish

Just turn a sleeve inside out und note the finish, When a tine dressmaker handles sleeve, she leaves two rows

A

shrinkage bastings over the cop of a set-in sleeve after she hus

са

When one edge is longer, in the case of a sleeve top, case IL in with the shorter edge. Pin first, holding the fullest part toward you.

Keep In Shapo.

Lemons

in directed

Are

Useful

TULL of precious vitamin C maintain resiliency and helps

for good health, full of counteract shrinkago.

The flavour as they are, lemons are

lemon has ploniy ready to do a good job ground other uses in the laundry, we have discovered. For one it is a the house as well.

of

We were chatting with un good idea to use full-strength expert on household metals, lemon juice on white wash end he told us that one way to fabrics to remove lipstick Оп coloured wash clean copper or brass, and an stains.

casy way it is, calls for rubbing fabrics, dilute the julee. the surface with a cut piece of Taped seams appear in fine icmon and salt. Then wash

1

Removing Stains To do a good job of bleaching with lemon juice and spread on tho in the sun. To remove fruit, ink or rust stains on material that is both washable

placed it. There she presses the garments, for a taped seam is carefully with warm water linen or muslin, moisten

one of the most effective ways polish with 1 dry cloth. seam with both sides facing in the same direction. With a pair of keeping a garment in shape, clean aluminium bots that have

woven become dull or binck, just ass the Tape seams on loosely of scissors she

clips into

fabrics and seams that have with water, add a siced lemon scams at the fullest part of the

great strain, to prevent stretch- and boll. curve,

maintain full scam allowance, the raw edge is finished in one

Simple Trick

RC-

ing. Walstlines should always Cut glass is very fashionable and colour-fast, rub spots well with lemon juice, cover with be taped, while armboles, yokes again, and it is good to knciv To prevent ravalling and to and necklings are all the better that u cut lemon rubbed on cu salt and place in the sun peat process if necessary. for taping..

gines will remove the greyish- When cotton, linen or rayon ness that is apt to obscure its has been greyed or yellowed by of four ways, If the fabric is In a circular-skirted garment brilliance.

improper washing and rinsing, sturdy, the type that will not there may be a sagging of back

add

the julco of one or two tray, then seam may be pinked, seams no matter how carefully Fabrics that ravel easily require it is hung, unless such seams And a good laundress tells us lemons to each three quarts of

More permanent type of are taped.

Machine-stitch the but there's a simple trick for rinse water," finish.

Bilk Overcast

blankets

Lingerie, seams

beautiful sew it with amall keeping Dr

washing udiequate

for sheer fabrics if running, stitches to open seam when they're being washed, All rinse every third time in water small, loose siltches are used. on both sides of seamline. If he does is to use lemon juice to which lemon juice has born

both sides of seam are pressed in the rinse water in the rallo added (one tablespoon Bias binding is best for un- in one direction, one row, of fof the Julce of one Jemon to julee to each gallon of water). lined

of blanket, You' And that this gives fo fabrics and for heavy, stitching, close to scamling, is each two pounds loosely woven fabrics such as sufficient..

This simple expedient, helps to and brilliancy to silk.

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