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THE HONGKONG TElegraph, Tuesday, JULY 20, 1937.

WOMAN'S PAGE

Ellaline Terriss, 44

M

Y secrets for pre- serving the looks people

arc

kind

enough to say I possess-if they can be called secrets-- are, perhaps, a little old- fashioned.

beautifler

Happiness is a great and particularly a hoppy marringe. have been married for 44 years and to be successfully married all that time there must be a great dent of "give and take." This Is speel- ally necessary if a wife is acting in her husband's plays and I have always acted with my husband.

In this way me acquires balance and serenity, Nervous tension leaves marks on the face;, so does serenity, but one is bed for the appearance and the other good.

WHEN 1 was

ever

acting, and since, one of my strictest rules has been 1422 hour's sleep every afternoon. I used to miss a lot of fun because of the afternoon sleep, but I am quite sure it helps to keep the face young.

Most of the gals and young women to-day do not get enough rest-

though, of course, it is not possible is the water in which potato parings for everyone to take an afternoon nap-and this restlessness, which is have been bolted. Every day my daughter, Betty, and I drink it in the une of the faults of the times, is

morning. and we think it just as anything but an aid to beauty.

good us soup.

This is how it is made for us, The I have great faith in hot milk. I always neted hot milk, starting potato parings fire thoroughly clean- work on it before each performance ed and washed and then simmered and, I felt I needed it, there was so that all the mineral salts, which more hot mile between each act. It are just beneath the skin, are x- in Louthing and sustaining.

ND here, something else

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tracted.

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COSMETICS? Well! on the E stage, of course. But have always washed my face with would you believe it, I never used

in everyday life believe powder

soap and water! I don't many women do that now.

I drink a lot of water, too.

one of my favourite remedies for keeping the skin clear and the com- plexion good is to have the water in

which vegetables have been boiled served as a soup.

years married, Still Lovely

until 15 cleansed and muscles and circula- years BRO. But now I do and a tion kept in good working order, little lipstick as well.

That is why I feel that many of

and

are

pretty as the short hair fashions for and do some cooking. girls who lead busy lives,

This teaches me to be tolerant, for I find out just how difficult it is to Tund busy to preserve served to time.

HEN one must be interes! get everything cooked properly and

But my daughter says I don't put the modern beauty treatments are Bul

on the lipstick properly. This rather good. All sorts of people, who didn't one's good looks. I've a little place And this, although so simple, is umures me, as I made up for acting buther much about absolute cleanli- down at Lancing and sometimes all I can tell you about how I have

ness in the old days, now have their when I'm there I send everyone out tought my little battle with time. for other thing which I think has hair washed regularly

Another helped to preserve my looks-al scrupulously clean. I

used to won though I am probably lucky enough der at the little French shopgirls | to have เ naturally good skin and who saved up their pennies to spend complexion-is theatrien make-up. at the hairdresser's. Now every

Grease

paint nourishes the skin, working girl does it in this country, and so it is always elastic. When too.

Suine people prefer cabbage or spinach water, but my special brew

LAUNDERING LACE

the grease paint is removed, as it I don't like long hair. It doesn't has to be, the skin is thoroughly seem so easy to keep clean or 50

CLEANING TIPS

FOR SILVER

WASHING old und fine lace calls; W

gentle tor

Angers. Put your lace into a large glass bottle nearly

o keep it in perfect condition full of warm

water and a soapy

burax. Cork the silver should be cleaned at least tile powdered

The various cleaning bottle up and shake it gently until once a week.

methocl.

Hot Milk "Nightcaps"

NEW CURTAINS MAKE A

NEW ROOM

MIERE are so many new fabric front of the pelmet. The sides are designs that you can make any made in the same way as for the room look as though you had re- bow window scheme. Another treat- decorated it simply by putting up ment for this sort of window also new curtains in a new way.

has those side-pieces, but the front The pelmet is the most important of the pelmet is different. There are It gives character to three festoons, but they are less thing of all. a room and makes a window a thing pronounced, and the folds in them of beauty, even though there is a are rather loose. Instead of sleeves, drab view outside.

little separate box-plents are fixed If you have a bow window you over the gathers.

Using an Old Gadget

no

THE ideal of "onee

the head touches the pillow-off to sleep" all grubbiness has vanished. Then utensils required include a medium rinse, using the game

Athick chamois tenther, a good polish-is not always realised. Hot drinks squeeze of the blue bag in the rin-ing cloth and a brush with soft. fine of all kinds are taken in the hope need an ordinary plain pelmet board sing water for white lace will keep bristles. These should be kept in a

of Inducing sound sleep. But fre- with square edges. The pelmet itself it a good colour.

special box separate from any other

You can make use of the old- household cloths so that they do not quently easily digested nourishment should be of the same shade as the Pressing is a delicate job. Bury

into contact with any grit or added to a drink provides sufficient background of the curtion material. come

Just now plain beavy sutiny material, fashioned thick brass curtain-rod by the lace in a soft towel and squeeze dust. All the articles to be cleaned food to promote a long restful repose lined with a contrasting shade of painting it the colour of your room it carefully. Whilst it is still damp. should be spread out on a flat table ; pin it to the ironing board face-which has previously been covered

The dual rule of "nightcup" and the satne material, is popular. You and draping your pelmet over and downwards. Usu a warm iron for with newspaper.

sustainer during sleep is fulfilled by need a strip about two feet deep, round it in the middle. For this you bow need only a broad, straight piece of cut to fit the length of your

lined material, and there are a glass of milk heated to a palatable window. Line it to match the cur- pressing and a damp cloth to cover; the lace.

When a cleaning powder is used, It should be mixed to a creamy contemperature, but not to boiling ten-tains, and see that it Als smoothly gathers or more complicated orna-

along

the pelmet board. Then ny ments to make. The side-pieces are 11 you prefer other tactics for sistency with a little cold water. It perature.

it out on flat surface and make made in the same way as the pre- cleaning fine lace instead of washing should then be applied to silver with Who among us does not vecusion- vertical gathers at intervals (accord-vious ones. it, try shaking a little powdered a soft piece of material and rublerd

Those who prefer to have magnesia into it and roll it up. After

This may be ensed so that when it is nailed over the pelmets over their curtains can make A few days give it a gentle shaking. Weightly with long sweeping strokes,ally suffer from a rough throat in ing to your window) all along it,

rub roughly or in a circular the mornings?

curtains less ordinary by choosing As the powder

comes

Ruck- you will away

When you have nailed it interesting material for them, find the lace rentains fresh and clean.mation, and be particularly careful by drinking a glossful of hot milk, pelinct board it will hang in graceful

of hall-marks and delicate rulsed to which has been added one tea-festoons.

up see that each festoon has the gd silk blinds make a bedroom look Lace which does not enlt for quite such cautious handling should be surfaces, Tail pieces of silver such spoonful of honey. Blackcurrant tea, same number of fukts in it, or the more cosy if you want to keep the

as candlesticks and

eurtains drawn back. vases should be which consists of a glissful of hot effect will not be so good. soaked before washing in cold water rabbed lengthways, while

round to which a pinch of borax has been objects, such as bowls and gobletemilk to which has been added onej

To cover the, gathers between the added. Wash it by squeezing scully should be cleaned with horizontal another, cure.

teaspoonful of blackcurrant jam, is

festoons you

sleeves makse little in a lather of mild soap flakes. Louf strokes.

about six inches in diameter. Cut sugar is very effective for that slight stiffening which is attractive: Add

it to the last cold water.

Changing the Shade

are

по

A good treatment for a very broad window is to have a ruched pelmet trimmed with tiny tossels oli long the edge. There are no side pieces For those who do not find hot the boltam ends of the sleeves on to this pelmet, and it is made of A thin film of powder should be milk palatable by itself,

il drink the stunt In such a way that when left on before the polishing begins, which is more attractive CAN be they are lined and made up they rather crisp material with a satiny A light brisk rubbing with the made

addition of diy the

other will reveal the contrasting lining, surface. Both curtalus and pelmet chamois leather will. complete the Ingredients. Hot milk to which a The sleeves are nailed on after the are lined with a lighter shade of the

same colour

The ruching needs process. If there are any small dosh of pepper and salt has been festoons.

careful measurement. Cut out your hot- If you want to get a lovely creamy tracks or intricate patterns from added appeals to many, or

alline Then you come to the sides of the straight piece two feet deep and int, dip the face in weak tea, and which the powder cannot be dis-milk drink can be greatly improved

pelmet, which

also lined in it. Wherever gather is to come for a really yellow luce, use, a little lodged with rubbing, they can be by the addition of one of the many

The front of each side- make two vertical seams half an inch saffron in the water. A good beige removed quite easily, with the proprietary fand preparations on the contrust.

plece hangs half-way down the apart. Insert a piping cord in each shade can be obtained by dipping the special brush,

market.

nearest festoon and is then carried pair of schms between the lining and Ince in cold binck coffee. Let your irun be cool, and press the lace on

If it is remembered that it is For chills and colds in the head, some distance below with a slanting outer material, and sew down at the

not the wrong side hild on a thick cloth light, brisk rubbing, elbow one's temperature must be reduced, edge so that it shows the lining and bottom end of the pelmet. Put on to bring out the pattern,"

grease which produces the best Try hot milk into which has been hangs down in a point. The effect the trimming, then, when you re results, the weekly silver-cleaning stirred one teaspoonful of treacle, or is both dignilled and original,

ready, use the piping cord to draw Another useful method for loud-ritunt should be a pleasant one. hot milk in which on onion has Plain long windows are simpler. up the gathers. dering white lace is to soak it in un-

A single festoon

Mary Benedetia the whole boiled lukewarm milk, for a couple) of hours, Tín, préss gently withi the hands to loosen the "dirt. Change

the milk und keep the ince soaked in

It until clean. Rinse in warm water in which caster · sugar, fono table- spoonful to two pints of water) has been added.

A beauty treatment. før kläck face. is to dump it down with hot water to wilch few drops of ummonin have been added.

Never wash black Ince. Then roll it up in a cloth and press on the wrong side on a. flannel pad while atili damp.

Sliver lace can be given a groom- Ing with benzine. It is wise to do this job outside. Dip it in the spirit and

squeeze until it looks

clean. Leave It to dry in the open wir, An- other refresher for silver luce is breadcrumbs and powdered washing blue. Shake the mixture on to the lace and leave it for a time., Re- move it afterwards with an old pleca of flannel. You will feel quite proud of the result, for the lace will look quite new again.

Mr. W.

G. W.

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June 28, 1937,