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To-night At 8.30!

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HERE will be many parties and dances before the beginning of Summer

and home caterers may welcome a few hints on the plan- ning of refreshments, Social committees, too, are active round about Easter-time, and these hints will be useful to women who have been asked to organise whist driven or other functions, but don't quite know how to manage the catering.

Much depends upon the anticipat- ed numbers, to give scope for variety in drawing up the menu, but the m companying schedule would work but well for a gathering of 40 to 50, The different sections can be enlarged for bigger gatherings to give wider in- terest.

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OR the quantities, it is best an "per- to calculate

FOR

head" basis throughout, any in- erensed "yield" on the large num bers works to uniter advantage on al varied menu.

SANDWICHES

These can be reckoned from four small ones, or two only if bridge rolls are also served. A quartern lont will cut into 72 sees it machine cut to 30 sandwich This gives order. rounds

to be divided into three to four Ingres or chupes, From 8-18oz. of butter are reded per quartern.

BRIDGE ROLLS

Allow two each guest.

PATTIES

Then be made at home very easily, from rough puff pastry cut bound rounds. Fillings Into in. with white sauce, creamed and well Prest. Que each.

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Put this in

DARK CORNER

This lamp-alude is made of deep pold tussore. To begin with, cover the wire frame with a first layer of the same tussorn, or with a piece of silk of the same colour. Then cut out the lampshade and sew on to it three deep red velvet strips on the top, and small triangles at the bottom.

Dimensions of the wire frame are as follows: Upper diameter, 24 ina.; lower diameter, 20 ins.; height, 12 ins.

IN A

DUET

FLAT

CENE: A Bat shared by Phyllis and her business- friend Dorothy.

Phyllis presents a most extraordinary appearance. She is lying prone on a bed-settee, waving her hands in the air,

her and peering ni Sulfed eggs or other savouries through two slits which have one each guest.

SAVOURIES

FRENCH PASTRIES These are obtainable to special size on a half-gross order as a rule, and are more satisfactory for the purpose. Two for each pucst.

BISCUITS ·

Petit fours, or biscuits-bought by weight-can be estimated for each 25 guests,

FRUIT CAKE

Cut this from a fingers of loz, ench.

TRIFLES

at 15

slub inlo neat

These are neater if of individual size. One sponge

portion.

cake for ench

JELLIES

Jellies or creams: 1 gill for each.

If set in cases they are quickly and more evenly portioned.

:

FRUIT SALAD

This is usually very popular, and 1 gill for each guest will be needed. Flavours blend well if the fruit Is browned set overnight - spilt almonds are a welcome addition..

ICE CREAM

Can be reckoned ns yielding 20 for servings from each quart, and every 25 persons-2 quarts would be needed at a dance. It can be pur- chased ready made, sometimes in small cases to serve from the freezer. Wafer biscuits: lb. for 40 ices.

DRINKS

For every 25 persons: About 4 quarts of lemon or orangeade, and 5 quarts of cider cup or punch,

Half a pound of ten would prob- ably meet requirements when coffee is available.

Coffee: lb, pure coffee, allowing Doz, for the gallon.

Milk: 2 quarts of hot milk, and

. 1 quart of cold.

Consomme or Bouillon is very ne ceptable before going home, and this can be allowed for at 1 gill per head.

friend

Phyllis &Dorothy spend an evening been cut in the white handker- at home getting ready for the office

chief that covers her face.

A sllit seurf is tied firmly beneath dance by giving themselves beauty

her chin. Bnishing off In a deflant- looking rabbit's ear of her headl

bow on lep

Dorothy:

Nobody

really needs and creams and crates of lotions foundations and what not. You and I'd never have time to use them when could remember even if we which goes on where.

more

For ordinary routine work on the face nobody needs anything than a decent plece of soap, some really good cream that answers nil

leeding, purposes-cleaning. foundation-and the very best pow- der you can afford. For parties you want a little extra make-up, that's adl.

treatments and finishing off their How it is Done

Work on the Floor new cocktail jackets

DOROTHY, unmoved by the

and

apparition, is cutting-out red nails, says they remind him of putting the last, feverish stitches into each takes one and five-eighths of a

on the Bour. She appears to be do- some one who's been drawing a fowl. ing deadly work with an outsize pair Dorothy: Um. He used to be the of scissors and several bright odd- same way about lipstick before we shaped pieces of velvet,

trained him. Phyllis: Are my bands dry?

Phyllis (removing scarf and hand- Dorothy (examining Phyllis's kerchief): How do I look? nails): Qufte. But

a pale-

hates Phylls: You know Henry

what

coloured varnish you've put on! After the Mask

DOROTHY:

their cocktail Jackets (1).

for me. I'm

1. These little cut-away jackets are glamorous-looking afairs made from velvet remnants bought in the sales;

Nata.

One is scarlet and the other! turquoise blue. Both have long sleeves, one has a Chinese neck, and the other a Peter Pan collar. They' are lined with Jap silk (1s. 6d, a yard), and between the velvet and the silk there is a warm interlining of ice wool (2s. 3d. a yard, 50ins, wide).

Phyllis; I shall wear a ribbon band round my hair with a little bow to match my Jacket. Now don't you copy.

Dorothy: No bows wearing rolls.

Phylis: Oh, I'd love to try those

2. Bow's soon look messy if they new rolls. Aren't they difficult to

are tied and retied. Dorothy makes Prelly good. do?

Dorothy: Dimeuli my fool! All a ribbon band to go half way round Madam's skin looks most refreshed, thanks to the witch-hazel you've got to remember is always the head with elastic at the back, When your Party mask, and the chin-line well tighten- to brush the hair upwards all round which keeps it in place, and is hidden ed up after its bandaging, though before curling it back over the finger. under the curls. A little bow is then forward, of course. tied on to the ribbon, and it can be Numbers 50

Madam should really buy one of our Never curl it special chin-straps and sleep in it all And your side-pieces of hair must be slipped to the side or in front without

kept short and tapered for rolls.

retying. night.

Phyllis My bow- will look slliy Phyllis: What does Madam "do

next to your smart rolls. now?

Plan your menu from this schedule.

Assorted Sandwiches and Bridge Rolls. Tongue, Hom and Cress, Minced Ham and Pimento. Crea Minced Ham and Pinento, Cream

Dorothy: Put the mask back in the witch-hazel, it's keeping cold on the window-sill, and soak two pieces of cotton wool in it. I'll need eye- packs after all this sewing.

Cheese and Olive, Creamed Egg. Dance Preliminary

Marmite.

Asparagus Rolls.

Lobster, Prawn & Chicken Prities. Stuffed Eggs, Anchovy Eclairs. Small French Pastries, petit fours, Anger rfult cake.

Gateaux, chocolate biscuits. Fruit Salad, jellies, trifles, apricot

creams

Strawberry and Vanilla Ices. Wafer biscuits.

Tea, Coffee. Lemon & Orangeade. Cider. Cup.

Consomme or Bouillon-at the end of the evening.

"As Sweet As A Rose!"

Every girl likes to have this comment made about her-that she is "as sweet as a rose!" To acquire the charm which warrants such admiration the first essential is internal cleanliness.

PHYLLIS and Dorothy are

Dorothy: No, it won't, bows are very cute and Shirley Temple, and just as new as rolls. I'll make yours for you. (2)

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Hair Refresher

PHYLLIS: Well, I'm going to steam my hair now (3), having a be-kind-to-your- and then make-up. I wish I'd some face week in preparation for a forth expensive French creams and lotions coming office dance, and Dorothy is to wallow in.

3. This is a quick-hair-freshener. invented by Dorothy. Towels wrung out in very hot water are bound for a few minutes. tightly round the head and held there

When removed the hair is soft with a nice sheen, all surface dust and grease removed, and damp enough to be pliable so that the waves spring nicely back in place.

Phillida Hughes

3 SWEETS

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THE sweet which is known as burnt rice was warm you. Put some clear jelly into a mould and not invented for King Alfred or other care- ornament with dried fruit. When set, put in a less cooks to play with.

I am giving the recipe for it because it has other possibilities.

Take a teacupful of Carolina rice, wash it well and boil it in milk until quite tender.

Then, add the yolks of three eggs and 4lb. loaf sugar. Flavour with brandy or vanilla.

Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and add most of this to the rice just before putting it

layer of the soaked cake, then a layer of dried fruits. Repeat till the mould is nearly full.

Make half a pint of good custard to which a little gelatine has been added, and pour this when cold over the pudding, so that the mould is filled up. Put in cool place until firm. Turn out of the mould, and serve with either custard or whipped

cream.

The simplest means to ensure this, which is adopted by many girls and in the dish. Sift a little sugar over it and brown women and men tools to take an occasional does of Pinkettes, the dainty under the grill. Decorate with bits of egg froth shake some fine breadcrumbs lightly over. Line

little laxatives which act as gently as nature and and put a currant on each one. neither gripe nor purge. Thus, the food tract is

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