1936-01-18 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFII, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1938.

CHINESE

SEASON

Hat from painte scroll, Sung Dajnasty.

Hair pin, ching

dynasty and

dern hat pini

Gold earring Thing dynataty

Inaquoiset grey fur hat

Some Ideas of Coming Fashions

as Influenced by the Chinese Exhibition in London

Hat suggested by headdress-dark!

grey's precorn by Hlady of Wei,

hat Ena Glen

EGG-NOG PARTIES cross the Pacific

WHEN they have a party in America they invite you to something

that is new, and yet as old as the Republic.

It is a Southern Egg-Nog party, and now Shanghai and Hong- kong are adopting it as something new in entertaining,

اسکید

Egg-Nog parties hark back to the or mixing-glasa, either with or with...... days

hospitality was the out cracked ice. when

watchword of the South. In those Grated nutmeg is sprinkled on top good old times, anowy-haired negro of the creamy froth. This recipe will › servants carried in great silver bowls all at least two punch glasses. of this delightful punch, their faces To-day most of the white-pillared' wreathed in smiles and the bowls in mansions of the South stand empty, garlands of helly and mistletoe.

A Southern Egg-Nog is composed of and the negroes have become baggage one egg, one tablespoonful of pow. Porters in railway stations, or drum- dered sugar, three-quarters of a glass mera in jazz bands.

of sweet milk, and a quarter of a gloss

But the tradition is still carried on,

and in city houses and small flats, all of cognac or rum.

The egg is beaten up and the mix- over Amerien, you will find Egg-Nog ture is well whipped together in a bowl parties any day now.

Valentina Ferretli, whose solo Blues and other number at the Hongkong Hotel are proving popular with patrons.

If You Have An Electric Radiator

To prevent a radiator solling the

wall, fix a two-inches thick wooden board about three inches above it. This shelf can be set into the wall with brackets

Allow it to project about four Inches on each side of the radiator. board will not Too narrow A sufficiently divert the warm air, and the sides of the wall will be marked. Choose an attractive wood for the living-rooms; the bedroom boards. may be cellulosed... A plecs of mar- blo or slate shelf will do excellently In the kitchen..

If much-heat-la-airculated, it may be found advisable to make a bag for the radiator, and where the walls are of a pastel shade this is a particu larly good tip. Do not choose a loosely woven fabric; eretonne to harmonise with the colour scheme is the most satisfactory.

Mako a

bag to corres pond with the measurements of the radiator, leaving it open along una side and at the foot. Finish the open aldo with buttons, press-studs or a zip fastener, to ensure a good fit. These, bags, do not detract from the heating qualities of the radiator: they are eally washed and keep the walls cloan.

A mireque

& century

•Century. "hair dreaping This hair is Wicked into

Hiral cases above each

inspired this dress.

Is Your Name Philippa?

Symbol:

A woman driving a

charist

THIS, name significa skill, daring, and efficiency. Monday is the lucky day, especially the hours of 11 am and 6 p.m. The luckiest day of the month is

the 20th.

Any tones of green or blue-green; from the palest to the darkest, are good to have about you. For a lucky gem, wear a black onyx.

The number 2 will bring you luck, either singly or

in combination with other numbers,

1936

17 century Coat brought hop to date And ruff, dragon buckled theek & full

skirt, with fur trimmed hat

Gramophone Gossip THESE ARE THE LATEST HOMESIDE

RECORDS

FOR

FOR those whose fancy la January turns lightly to thoughts of osculation, I will th

a Brunswick disc bearing "I'm In Love All Over Again" and "You're An Angel" by Hal Kemp's band; and "In The Middle of A Kiss," which is a Roy Fox.number for Decca.

CHILBLAIN

TROUBLE?

Unfortunately, January

touch me that way at all.

doesn't

1 have possibly most enjoyed a my- terlous record called "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother," said to be done by Staffani and his Silver Songaters, whether as a joke or not

do not know. It han given me a great dent of

HILBLAINS occur to people either suffering from faulty cir Colabora entrat run-down state of health. Unfortunately the Fiven.

there seems to be no known treatment which will bring about an immediate cure, once the chilblains have formed. ·

Doctors stress the preventive importance of light but warm clothing, a good tonic and care with diet at the beginning of the cold weather, before chilblains have a chance to develop.

When the hands and fect arò cold they should not be suddenly moved into extreme temperatures.. before you put your hands in front of the fire when coming in from the cold outside, rub them together to stimulate the circulation. Any tight clothing, such as badly fitting slivce, will, by arresting the circulation, cause chil blains to form on any one who is subject to them.

There are three stages in the life of a chilblain. First, the akin becomes purple and very itchy. Thon is the time to paint it with a little tincture of iodine.

Next, a slight swelling, containing a thin yellow fluid, forma. Then, these awellings break (if they develop sufficiently) and leavo behind an ulcerated surface which is difficult to heal.

In these last two stages, either the chilblains can be debbed with boracio ointment and then covered over by a wool dressing

or they can be painted with compound tincture of benzoin,

Lactate of calcium, taken internally, sometimes helps to dis- perse the chilblaine.

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HE Arthur Schnabel who has won the studious-minded for his profes eminence-more especially among sorial playing of Beethoven, has re corded the B flat major concerto for His Master's Voice..

This is one of the five piano con- cortos, and not the most exciting: it is on four discs, and the accompanying orchestra is the London Philharmonic,

VEAR in and out trickes a steady stream of red-labelled H.M.V. dises whose titles alone are a ready. I clue to the Identity of their maker. Tako the current "Little House Planned."

Who sings it? Who could sing it same old Hibernian Bong, of other than John McCormack? It's courses to my untutored care; John

the

McCormack has been singing the same song for the past quarter of a century. But he la ringing it just

as well as ever.

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