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New for Beauty

LIPSTICK with a tiny compari- ment containing perfume is a novelty with exciting possibilities.

Without touching the lipstick It- self, the perfume is just near enough to impart to it the faintest fragrance -all one wants on the lips. At the Bume me, it keeps the plently perfumed.

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It comes, b, in a new colour clear delicate red, patriotically nom- ed Royal, which is so true to nature that it goes with all the

summer

dress colours. With it one wears n yayal rouge nail varnish to match for day, but a royni Iridescent polish which is red flecked with silver for Grey brown eyeshadow 19 with this make-up, but if you wish to be dashing add a touch of royal eyeshadow-seagreen

gleam of liver.

with a

Keep your brows and lashes black

by way of contrast,

For Sunburn

VOU probably want to get

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burned on holiday, but you cer- tainly won't want to be a painful process. 50 invest in a good, com- plexion oll which will replace those natural oils in your skin which are apt to be dried up by the heat of the sun, There's a new one, pucked in the daintiest of little packel Blasks, that keeps the skin beautifully soft and supple, and at the same time a tun that will helps you achieve

leave all your friends well in the shades. It costs is.

A New Salad Vinegar

Rose or curuallon petals make an unusual and delightful salad vinegar. Look the petals over carefully for insects, but du not wash them. mid only Kather them when they are dry,

Put as many as it will hold into a wide-mouthed glass jar, the kind used for bottling. Cover with the best white vine- gar and screw on the top. Leave in a worn place or stand in the sun for a week, then strain into small bottles and keep well corked.

TWO GOOD DISHES

THIS

11S is an excellent way of using up whites of ext Cost the in- site of a round cake-tin with cora- mel, and in this in them put four bren whites of eggs which have stiffly whisked and mixed with four

tablespoonfuls of castor sugar. Steam carefully for about 20 min- utes; let it nut on a dish.

Make a custard with the four ex- yolks, flavour it with vanila, lemon or chocointe, and pour it when cold round the fiting Island,

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[IX 1 level tablespoonful of corntour with a little milk taken out of a quart, and the rest of the milk with the rind of half a lemon for twenty minutes. Take out the lemon rind, mix the in- fused milk with the cornflour, stirr- ing for three minutes.

Now add a tablespoonful or so of caster sugar and a pinch of salt and

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This small holiday maker knows all about sand pios.

LMOST

daily I am naked some such ques- tion as the following. "My baby is 11 months old but has made no attempt to walk yet, though he says a number of words, backward in walking?

Is he

Anxiety on such subjects is natural when parents have to go by the ex- ample of other children when forming I opinion of baby's progress,

Those who have made a study of this de of unbycraft have found that cer- inin actions should have been achieved by a norinally leveloped child at cer- tain stages of growth.

to make them independent Probally the efforts will have messy results n Arst.

Food should not be too sloppy for this reason, and the child can be pro- tected by wearing a large rubber bib, while a mackintosh cover under his plate will protect the clolla.

A teaspoon is not the best feeding Implement for the child's own use; he needs speelal spoon that is Hght to handle, with a shallow bowl. 1 shnil

be pleased to give you further particu- lars of speens und first forks.

Encourage your boy to feed himself now. He will not make the effort fer himself as long as you are willing to to the work for him

The mother from whose fetter I Bad Te aper

have quoted is hot aware of the fact that it is usual for babies who talk

Our ten-year-old is developing a Firat she screams,

early to walk late. Progress is rare- shocking temper,

ly made in both directions at the then, if she does not get her own wop. she goes rigid. She has cut only is same rate.

teeth but is quite healthy-Parkstone.

A desire to walk coines to the baby ns part of a sense of adventure, but this child is already enlarging hisa boundarica through the realm of speech. Ils mother need not worry: baby will take his first steps la fits own good time.

Lazy Eater

He

My son of 18 months makes no effort to feed himself beyond holding a crust. Is he backward in this respect? appears quite intelligent and happy Stephen's Mother. MOST teddlers begin to use a spoon At the age of 15 months, and they should be encouraged to do so in order

MOTIONAL disturbances of this

kind are specially common with children who have difficulties over cut- ting teeth. I advise you to treat these outbursts calmly.

A wet sponge at the back of the child's head will cause her to unstiffen and a drink of water will calm her.

She will probably outgrow these ex- hibitions if you treat her calmly and give her plenty of happy occupations, Never let her think for a moment, how- ever, that she can bully you into giving in to her tantrums.

When she has recovered explain that you can only give sweets and small

Toddler's Progress

By Our NURSERY EXPERT

treats to tlo girls who behave pro- perly, and stick to that rule. In time hhe will come to aco that pleasant be- haviour brings its own rewards,

Doesn't Crawl

My baby girl of ten months is taking no effort to crawl, though she toill aft up by herself for an hour on end.-Chiswick.

A LARGE percentage of bables make

no effort to cmwl; they begin by pulling themselves up from a sitting position with the help of chairs, table- legs or playpen.

When they have mastered balance in a standing postian they go on to the further effort of taking their first steps unaided.

The mother whose chlid adopts that method is to be heartily con- gratulated. The crawling stage means much extra washing of sial p ments, and 1 is remarkable at wint speed a crawling infant can hustle along from one scene of mischief to another.

Defects in Speech

I am told that "something should be done" about my little girl of four. Her speech is apparently quite unfu- telligible to everybody but myself, al though understand her perfectly.- Worried.

YOUR te u probably sutters

from a tendency to transpost cer- tain sounds, putting in "1" for an "r."

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Drink to Beauty

LONG, ley cold drink when you

are really hot and tired may serm at the moment to be the most wonderful thing in the world, but sa far an beauty is concerned it com be your worst enemy.

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The sudden introduction of an liquid when you are overheated ir- ritates the stomach lining in a way

that is Esely to leave an aftermath

let it cool a little. Add three bea- ten eggs, and use this mixture to fill skin spots and blotches. Walt un-

moderate

oven

til you have cooled down a little be- two dishes already lined with pas-

fure you start and then sip the drink try, and bake, in until the paste is cooked and the cus-slowly so that there will be no sud- tard set. Grate a very little nutmeg den change of temperature in your

system to encourage those acids that i on the top before baking.

are such an enemy to beauty.

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Fruit Drinks

Fresh fruit drinks are excellent.

of fresh To prepare the juices fruit, sprinkle half a pound of soft sugar over a pound of ripe fruit, crushing the fruit slightly. Leave i overnight, press the fruit slightly and strain off the juice. Add about a tablespoonful of water, bring to the boil, remove seum, allow the syrup to cool, then pour off into bottles. It corked securely and stored in a cool place, these syrups will last a long time,

Alternatively fruit julee prepared in battled form can be used as the basis of refreshing and economical summer drinks.

A lot of liquid must be drunk in summer to make up for the loss of body moisture In perspiration. Drink at least six glasses a day,

Barley water either plain flavoured with lemon or other fruit Julce, is excellent ns a thirst quen- cher and a bracer-up of a sluggish

ver. I brightens the eyes, clears the skin in a wonderful way.

Barley Water

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Lunch

Menu

Minted Grapefruit

Kidneys in Bacon Forcement Bails

Watercress

Welsh Folds

Serve mixed orange and grapefruit pulp in grapefruit shells, sweeten to taste and sprinkle with powdered mint.

Parboil skinned lambs' kidneys, wrap cach in thin piece of bacon, fasten with cherry stick and bake in moderate over (Regulo Mark 5) for 10 to 15 minutes. Forcemcat bails can be rotted in flour and baked or fried. Scraps of puf pastry and the end of packet of pre- pared Welsh rarebit can be used for savoury. Put layer of rarebit between smail pieces of pastry and bake in lint oven for 10 minutes (Regulo Mark 8).

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for instance. Habit has trained you into translating her speech epaily, but the process is not so simple for strangers.

As you live in a large town there is probably a Speech Clinic where she can receive the special training that she now needs; otherwine let her go to an elocutian teacher who understands the correction of speech defects

Many children drop theso habits they are taught to read, gradually but your little girl will probably make rapid progress when she goes to school if this training is properly taken in hand in advance.

Forward Son

My toddler of three speaks clearly and has done so since he was 18 months old. He can recognise a dozen different birds by their note without sering them at all, and can pick out the letters of the alphabet. Is he too forward?-Southampton Water.

You were wise not to encourage

baby talk; there is no point in a child's having first to learn the nning gee-gee, then having to replace this

It is better for him by horse inter on. to have a shot at the mure accepted name right away.

I gather that you have fuken trouble to share your own Intereat in birds and natural history generally with your Hittle son. thereby encouraging hla This will powers of observation. always stand him in good stead.

1 am glad to hear that he has a baby sister, for that will obviale lils altract- ink too much attention wiilch would apoll his present natural intelligence. You need not be afraid of over- taxing his brain; such children assim. Hate knowledge happily.

Let him follow his own interests and help him along with tactful explana- tlons Keep to the early bed-time and a regalar daily routine."

Thunder in the Air

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URING warm and thundery wenther, milk will keep fresh longer if it is scalded, but if, in spite of this precaution, you, And it has turned, save it and ninke these excellent scones.

Mix together Goz, four, loz sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls sultanas, one table. spoonful currants, half a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, pinch of salt.

Rub in 2oz. butter and add the yolk of an egg and sumelent sour milk to forn a smooth, stiff paste.

Fold in the white of the egg, then fl some small gressed patty tina with the mixture. Brush over with sugar and milk, and bake in a quick oven.

Split open and spread with butter. Cream Cheese

Another way to use tip sour milk is to turn it into cheese.

Stand in a warm place to thicken, then stir in a teaspoonful of salt to each pint of milk.

The the cream in a muslin bag and hang it up in the shade to drain. This will take about two daya.

When quite drained. tighten the bag, and press it between two plates to squeeze out all the remaining mols- ture. The cheese is then ready for Serve with buttered rolls and

use. cucumber.

Curdle Cake

One of the nicest things to make with sour milk is curdle cake. Here is the recipe.

Mix together 1b. self-raising flour and 4oz. sugar. Make a well in the centra and pour in half-pint sour milk and a few drops of vaalila.

Mix well, then attr in four table- spoonfuls of sultanas. Pour into a mallow buttered tin, sprinkle with

and bake in chopped almonds. moderate oven for 15 minutes.

Light Biscuits

Biscuits to accompany that after- Mix together 4oz. noon cup of tea. self-raising flour, teaspoonful bl-car- bonate of soda, a pinch of salt, and n tablespoonful of currants.

Add suficient sour milk to form a stiff dough, roll out and cut into small rounds with an egg cup.

Placo on a greased tin and bake in n fairy hot oven for ten minuter. When cold sprinkle with caster sugar and store in an airtight tin.

Beauty Hint

If your And here's a beauty tip. skin becomes painfully sunburnt, bathe it with sour cream or milk, dabbing lightly with a sponge or cotton wool.

Allow it to dry on, then dust with talcum powder.

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A NOVEL egg-cup that ensures per- feet flavour, no atale eggs and no bother with shelling.

You break the egg into the cup with a little butter and seasoning, screw on the lid. place in a pan of boiling water and boll for Ave minutes. Then tako cup from pan, remove lid and the egg is ready to eat.

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987.

The

Hongkong Telegraph

SEVENTH ANNUAL

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC

COMPETITION

June-August, 1937

CASH

$250 $250

PRIZES

(Donated by "Hongkong Telegraph")

TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250

+

(Donated by Ilford, Ltd.,

London)

BELL & HOWELL FILMO STRAIGHT EIGHT MOVIE CAMERA AND CASE, VALUED $250 (Donated by Filmo Depot, Hongkong) TWO SILVER CUPS FOR SPECIAL CORONATION CELEBRATION SECTION (Donated by Dr. F. Bunje and Mr. J. C. M. Grenham) COUPONS FOR PHOTOgraphic gOODS (Donated to the value of $125 by Helmut Nacht and to the value of $50 by Agfa China Company).

THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.

OTHER PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:-

SECTION ONE:

FOR STORY-TELLING PICTURES

Firat Prize: Bell and Howell Filmo Straight Eight Movie Camera, with CDSC, valued $250, donated by Filmo Depot, Hongkong.

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Anal.

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