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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1987.

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Local Anzacs Are Holding Their Annual

Plain And Fancy Dress Masked Ball On April 2

What

are

YOU going as?

Three ideas for FANCY. DRESS which are-

(a) easy to make (b)

comfortable to

to wear

JANCY, ̧dreas parties are great fun, but it isn't make the whole thing you can just make the bodice and always easy to think up a dress that, is almple, tofar it over an old evening dress or dinner skirt (the original, and of course becoming. It is important, skirt must be full). It is best to have the skirt in a deep too, that it shouldn't be too tight or too heavy, or you rich colour-wine for instance-and make the bodice of

black velvet, shaped to the waist.

will act hot and tired Soon as you start to dance,

These three dresses have been, designed with an eye on these points. One of them is sure to sult you, and you can make it for very little cost and trouble..

:

A circular-brimmed black felt hat can be bent up to make the three-sided hat. For the mantilla you will want at least three verds of black lace, more if possible; the well wants to be long and full to hang in becoming folds. Last details: an eye-mask and fan, and black bows On your wrists. If you happen to have one of those wide. TOP LEFT: BACCHANTE. Make a smock as shown frilly petticoats wear it, and let it show a little beneath In the disgram from two pieces of material flinen would the hem of your skirt, suit it). Just tack the two pieces together on the This dress will suit nearly everybody, and the black shoulders and up the sides and tie a belt round your lace vell is particularly becoming. You can, of course, walst. Gather the neck loosely.

adapt the shape of the bodice to suit you.

LEFT: BUTCHER BOY.

You must do to your

For the leopard skin

get a yard of leopard skin cloth. It's quite cheap and looks real enough. Swathe it round your hips, fastening it to your belt, and cut the edges in a slightly jagged shape.

You can turn your old beach shoes into sandals by brother's wardrobe for some of this outfit. Get him to tying them on with tape, Greek fashion. And the final tend you his bowler, a shirt, collar, and tie. Malce your touch-four bunches of grapes, two on one shoulder, two self a smart waistcoat from some gally coloured sateen. In your hair, fastened on by a piece of ribbon.

Over a pair of tight-fitting shorts, wear an apron made This idea will suit you if you are blonde, with curly of blue and white striped fannel.' hair, not too thin, not too tall,

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RIGHT: VENETIAN DOMINO. This dress is not as complicated as it looks. If you do not want to

Borrow the sharpening steel from the kitchen and tie it on a string round your waist, like a sword. Lang silk stockings and high-heeled Court shoes will make you look really gay.

Wear this outfit if you are long-legged and thin, Better if your hair is really short, too.

After the romps and excitement of Christmas, a quiet, sitting- down game is best for all.

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BUBBLE BLOWING

URING the holidays the children like to ask their ittle friends in to tea from time to time, and mothers often find that they are getting short of Ideas for entertaining their small guests.

After the romps and excitements of Christmas a quiet game which they can play sitting down will be all to the good.

They'll All Join In

A bubble blowing afternoon would be a delightful novelty, and is a splen- did amusement for children of all agen. It posscases, the great advantage that it can be played either indoors ör out, in the garden if the weather is dine, or, if wet, in any room covered with linoleum or polished boards.

The little guests should be asked to arrive about three o'clock, wearing their oldest nursery sults and frocks, with sleeves that will roll up above the elbows, or, better still, bringing with them their overalls, for bubble blowing In earnest is damp work.

It is a wise precaution to secure a

PARTY

mackintosh blb round the necks of the younger children, to prevent any posal- bility of the soapy water penetrating through their clothes.

The table at which the bubblo blowers are to sit should be a large deal-topped one, stripped of its cloth: for on bare wood the bubbles will bounce up and down like rubber balls. Chairs should be high,. provided with cushions, so that the children ean ait well. above their bowls, and perhaps the very tiny ones would be. happler sitting on the floor.

Give each child a clay pipe with a fairly long stem, keeping a few in re- servo in case any get broken, and provide each one with a separato basin of soapsuda.

Preparing the Soapsuds...

The suds should be made before- hand, for the zuccess of the party depends on a really good soapy mix-

WATSON'S

ture. Distilled or rain' water is better than tap water, and use a liberal quantity of soap flakes,

Stir briskly until they are "dissolved, "then"add"some pure glycerine can ounce to: a pint of water) and stiri again. The glycerine not only ensures the hubbles. being bigger and stronger, but makes them assume lovely, Iridescent tints as they Boat up into the air. During the afternoon, one of the grown-ups. could perhapa blow some demonstration bubbles Olled with. smoke. All that is necessary, is to in- hale from elgarette, and then blow in the pipe. The bubbies will be filled with smoke, and will look most fascin- ating breaking, into enchanting puffs when they burst.

To make the game more exciting, it is an excellent plan to divide the players into two aldes, making a divid- ing line of chalk or a piece of string down the centre of the table.

Ono player blows a bubble across the line, the other side returns it, and so the game goes on. The losing sido is the con in whoso area the bubble bursts. This game continues until one side scores fivo “gonis.

If you arrange an afternoon's fun on these unes, you'll find the children will be kept happy and amused until tea-time, and I wouldn't mind wager- ing that it won't be only the children who will get an enormous amount of fun out of such a simple pleasure.

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