1958-12-06 — Page 9

WEEK-END

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1958.

WOMANSENSE

What Makes A Woman DO DATES REMEMBER YOU?

Take Her First At 40?

WH

Job

by EILEEN ASCROFT

wonderful

WHAT makes a good decorative, but a

looking

of anti-draught devies. woman comfortable, forty, with a elegant home, four fovely children, and a busy social my home. life, want to become a work- ing girl?

So we booked her first order in to repeat the experiment

By JEANNE D'ARCY ·

WITH the party season

Wahead, or quoon's apt to ask horself the big question: "What will I wear"

But it's not the only that counts. She query might well pose this one, too: How'll I look?"

but

Knowing that many other 40- year-olds will be interested in Lady Jellicoe's decision, I asked how you set about nequiring the job of your dreams when you have no professional training, The answer to this last "Well, was lucky," she said. question is what's going to "The Job just happened. My

I've count. A pretty dress Is

magic, hotby Is painting and always been keen on home de powerful Important Is

than cloth. To dazzle the coration, met the right peo- romance is woven of more ple at the right me.

stag line, your hair must be fragrant and shining, your complexion fresh and glow. Ing, your hands graceful and well-groomed.

"It's not necessarily moncy thai drives a woman to get u job today," Lady Jellicoe told the need for self-expression and a sense of achievement, however small."

I put this question to me. "Even more Countess Jellicoe, wife of the second earl, who starts her first job next Tuesday.

"I don't want to get left behind with the last genera- tion," she told me. "I wont

She has another interesting You never appreciate polm. leisure hours, holidays and ng week-ends until you have # job. I brings more contrast to feel very much part of and interest to your the present one. Among my friends, the youngest and

gayest work."

are women

wha

life."

FREE NOW

whole

This sneaking desire to have been with her for four many year Raising young children and seeing them

into school was

Another thing. She loves a job hus people and beautiful sur- roundings. Her new job of adviser on interior decora, tion to a large Lancashire glaga frm will bring her into contact with both.

FIRST ORDER

Bright blue eyes sparkling with enthusiasm, Countess Jellicoe showed me the or namental glass door she hus Introduced into the hallway of her attractive house in Chapel Street.

"I'm getting really glass- minded already, you see," sho said. The dour

was not

one difficulty. Serving abroad in diplomatic with posts with her husband, all accompanying entertain- meni, was another.

Lon-

"Now I am settled in don und my youngest son of five is in school. I'm take the plunge."

A PIONEER

fro

lu

"But most women of my age have decided interests and ex

which can be turned perlenco, casily into a working life."

How da her family regard

the new venture? They are

thrilled. Particularly the boys What He Remembers who view mother with new respect now that she has proved herself capable of earning her own iving

At first glance, a pretty dress dazzles but, on close I inst mei Lady Jellicoe inspection, more is needed year ngo at one of Margot to keep your date spell. bound. When the last dance Fonteyn's parties.

With her ruffled short, dark is played, he won't remem- hair-do and gay red suit, ber what you wore but how swear she looked 10 year'd

fragrant your hair was younger today.

while he danced with you, "I know it myself." she said how white and pretty your 'I've always led a burg with my children and travelling skin looked, how satdby your with

Then there shoulders appeared, my husand, whe war work, of course, and smooth your hands were. charities.

te,

how

You can't buy such spellbind- I've ing assets at the last minute. for A teen has to build up A real reserve of beauty by following regular routines. Cultivate that

u new

*This is the first Ume newest ever done anything really Why glaze? "It's the medlem for interior decoration," myself. It's given me told me. "Wonderfully interest in life." she effective in grey climates like ours, where every speck of light is needed.

"So little has been done with it 50 fur in Britain. In ono only sense, 1 feel like a pioneer."

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Don't Drown Vegetables

THE FRESH

Wien Growers phote VEGETABLE PLATTERS and the appetizing green gold salad, plotured above, give à refreshing lift to

midwinter menus.

There will be no prouder worlding girl in London

Chan look Countess Jellicoe the day collects her first pay packet,

well-scrubbed

Anish

MAN

THE ENTIRE PICTURE'S pretty. Her lovely Prom dress fat- Lers glowing complexion, and hair that's shining clean.

several minute at this clean- Suds up the front and back oi ing routine. Rinse away coap your neck, too. with warm water, then off with an ley face-splashing. If skin's troublesome,

during third facial treatment the day at noon if you come home for lunch or, if not, at 3 PM. when you come back from school.

add

Ear And Neck

Use a brush to scrub up when you tub or shower.

Shampoo hair a bit more than often. Never mind the weekly wash-hair rule it your hair needs shampooing more than every seven days. Soon na It begins to look dull and strag gly, it's time to wash it.

often

Make cleanliness ind good

cules grooming your

and its Use the end of the facecloth sure you'll be bright and beauti- Morning and night, massŪRE sho

thick mapsuds into your com to work soap into ears. Pin up ful for the shining hours when

behind ears. you're party-trotting. plexion with fingertips. Spend hair and scrub

-(London Exprear Servier),

Chicken Cream Gravy: Skim

chicken fat from

3 tbsp. broth.

the

Then, to 2 c. of the broth udd 1. evaporated milk. Bring to boiling point

Bout

Thicken with 3 tbsp. blended with the 3 tbsp, chicken fat. Cook-stir until boiling. Sea- son with salt and pepper.

Too NEW, for you

large,

they say, to buy

My postbag tells me so, A This anti-everything-new at-

titude miserably

Dimaginary circle round recent trip to Yorkshire and the buyers empecinity the

Chocolate Velvet Cream: To 3 R A W c. milk in a double-boller, add 2 xquares cooking chocolate cut in small pieces. Cook stir until it melts.

Combine 2/3 c. sugar, 1/2 c. cornstarch and tsp. salt. Mix to a smooth paste with 1 c. cold mllic.

Stir into the penided milk. Cook-stir 5 min, or until thick.

When almost cool, combine and fold In the following in- gredients: c. heavy cream

cgx whipped stif,

1⁄2 tsp. whipped stif and c. sugar,

white vanilla

Chill in sherbet glasses. with whipped cream.

GREEN COLD SALAD FROM THE CHEF

London

and the Home evidence of my ears tells me out-of-town ones. Counties-taking in most why.

"I call this. "Wigan-won't-

of the South-East coastal I went to a show of next stand-for-it school of thought,"

and summer dresses sold one London manufacturer: Circle Manchester Spring towns.

this week. The clothes

were to me inter sorrowfully he pi and Glasgow too.

absolutely stunning.

Inside those lines ilve some of the best-dressed woment in the Their clothes are chic, world. new, and DIFFERENT.

Not only were they hensely wearable--they exciting and new looking,

irri-

WETE

I'm not writing of the for- So exciting were they, in fact, 1unate few with no pull on that New York (once held to be their

purse strings. I'm seasons ahead of Britain in writing of the mate to whom fashion) has already cabled our magnificent mass pro- orders them.

Top | duction brings all that is I sat in front of two dreamy from Paris at strictly buyers — large, middle-aged realistic prices in 4 matter and sour. ("The ruddy Press," of manthis--sometimes weeks. grumbled one, "geta a seat in the front row." I trust she was referring to my red suit.)

spinach

Outside those circles millions

a darling little black Balenciaga- ish sult back behind the curtains, "Notene buyer from the North would consliter 1," be added, "It's too new."

of

TOO NEW!

Isn't it fantastic?

Speechless......

I HAVE a girl trend who

has recently had the whole

her face and neck peeled by a beatly specialist. The cost was 60 guingas.

The result, according to her costatic telephone calls, in à fare:

This is a good way to use exist in a fashion twilight that

As cach dress appeared * "as soft and pink anú now ng a oddments of chicken.

in three years behind the times. Tear 2 c. raw, crisp

For them the "safe" coat in noted their very audible com- baby's bottom." She reports that and 2 c. lettuce into a large plum, saxe, or tan, the "but ments: "All right if you've got her husband was "speechless

ton-through" shirtwaister, in no salad bowl.

hips"..."Ugly"..."Looks with anger."

HAVE reader who has Combine with 1 c. each diced vegetable-soup coloured tweed like a real chemise"...."Harem 1

(with satisfaction) Just had her bust lifted. celery and shredded or ground...the potshaped felt hat,..the skire" carrot and c. cooked chicken twin set...the square-shouldered "they've flopped already". The operation was performed at slivers. Tosa with 4 c. not-suit with a waist,

"Don't mind the neckline, can't a London hospital. The cost For them, in short, there's no stand the rest"..."Who'd wear was just under £100 in all, The sweet French dressing,

that I'd like to know?”........and, results were "pure Hollywood Garnish of aliced hard-fun in fashion.

so on,

cooked egg.

How do I know?

USE SOME IMAGINATION

IN SERVING VEGETABLES

THE same old vegetables "O all the foodbles beneats.uld haupt very. In-

America, vegetables some of the many benents." are the most abused by FRESH VEGETABLE

poor cooking."

The Chef was on a rampage.

*I ask you, Madame," he said, is it good senso to drown ther by cooking in too much water, then pour the flavour down the sihic? What is left? A litt starch and cellulosa! The soul. the flavour, the essence in logt!" The vitamins and minerais, 100; Chef," I replied.

Surreya show fiat as a na- tion we are not cooking or eat- ing nearly enough fresh foods for good nutrition, especially in winter. Yet all over the coun-

fronh vegetables try available.

PLATTER DINNER

Oyster Stew Bot Biscuits will applaud.

Vegetable Platter of Carrols,

Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts Cauliflower and. Mushrooms

Custard Pla

Coffee Tea wille

DINNER

Grapefruit Sections Chicken Cream Fricansee In Fico Ring

Carrots and Pear Tossed Lettuce Chocolate Velvet Cream

ате

Coffea

Chicken

every homendarker will do her part by prompt home use and or refrigeration, of malade, vegolables and by nutrient-sav. cooking. al benefit alould soon e perceptiblo, in family and nailbal good healtri. Jewar cokles Botter Intestinal

ing

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By ALICE DENHOFF

Supper Special.

Cut in

in

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For a flavour treat, by Creole stringy portion, Pecl. Placo 1-in. lices. Fresh Broccoli.

To serve 0, melt 2 lợp, but- 10 x 8 x 3, baking dish. old way aren't very in- ter in 10-in, skillet, Add 1 c. Bringc, ruch light brown teresting. But, with just a dleed trash tomatoes, c. dicet, sugar and water to boiling polat little imagination and effort, celery, 4 c. diced green pepper, and pour over squash. Dot withs one can prepare vegetables c. chopped onion, 1 tsp. salt, 3 thap, butter.

1 tsp. sugar and tsp. black Bake, covered, in 400°F.

*. oven, 30 min. that even the youngsters pepper: Mix well.

Remove cover and bake unti Wash and trim 1 binch (about 2 lb.) fresh broccoll. Split large brown, about 10 min. stalks in halves or quarters: Place over vegetables, Covar ghtly and cook over medium Hest fill tender, 15 to 20 mtr. Placo individual servings of broccoll on dinner platos,

cornstarch into Str 1 D juice and vegetables left in pati, Cook until slightly thickened Bring to boiling point, u sht spoon over each serving of covered, and boll 3 mins, Cover Broccoll. und cook until tender, 10 to 12 min. Drain.

Wash and siled 14-15. fresh

One such dish is Caulfower with Fresh Mushrooms.

For 6 gervinga, wash 1 mediums head cauliflower and break into flowerettes. Place in saucepan with 1in, boiling water and a

tags, mult,

Glazed Squash

Squash Souffle is excellent De a luncheon or supper dish.⠀

To servo, combine 2 c. madlied cooked yellow winter squash with c. hot milk, thap, butter, V1⁄2 top, milt, 14 tep grated lemon sind, 1 tsp. grated orange ring and 2 tbsp; (sugár:

Beat 2 egg yolks, and, thu best Into squash mixture.

Dont 2 egy whiten urithi they Cream Fricasso: mushrooms, Saute in 3⁄44 c. but- Giazod Squash, la one of the stand in soft peake, Gradually Plain-boil a ready-to-cook 3 to 4 tes or margarine and i thap, mbat, pleasing recipes for add 2 they sugar and continue 16. thicken. Cdol, Cut the moat fresh lemon juice. Combing with vegetable which doesn't usually beating unui s

cookout cauliflower, 1 more th. gof the good trosiment 11 Carefully fold" fufo squash, from the polic

Turn Into legt, ungreased cusă lomon Jules 4 tsp. salt, He tap, deserve.

To setvu 0, wasli 1% th, acorn serole, black pepper and, if desired, 1 tump, chopped, toasted peanuts, aquasis. Cui each aquani în : Bake at 3509 1 hr. 'ak until Serve at dlowy, fare

-halves;

Make a cream gravy from the quld. Add the chicken. Reheat. Bervb id rice ring. Clarnish of parsley.

and so good for my morale." She related that her husband

was absolutely uvid.”

I KNOW woman who had her fice Bfted last month. Her husband returned from a business trip to find her lookding wonderful,

"Couple of weeks in town seems to do you all the good in the world," said ho-"never saw you look better."

You're right she hadn't told him. Arid sho won't,

-Anne Edwards

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