1937-08-16 — Page 14

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1987.

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Materials

10:. of "Alpha" 2-ply crochet wool in pink and 20. in white, i pair of No. 10 "Stratnald" knitting needles, 1 No. 13 "Stratnaid" crochet hook, and 5 plass buttons the size of a shel- Ting.

Measurements

Length from neck edge, 21n.; width all round under the arms, when fastened, 36tn.; length of sleeve_scam 7in.

Tension

13 litches to 2in. in whith and 21 rows to 2in. depth,

Abbreviations

K-kult p-purl; as, atches; dec-dc- crease or decreasing; Inc.-mercase or in- creasing rep-repeat; de-double crochet.

TWISTED girdle of white wool

gives

an attractive finish to

this holiday or sports jacket. The original was made in a coral pink shade, but the wool used for it can be obtained in a very wide range of delightful shades.

Always work into the back of all cast-on stitches to produce trn edges.

DEGHIN at the lower edge. Best ott 07 sts.

1st row.P.3, 1.3. Rep.

from finishing p.3.

2nd row-K 3 p. Rep, from

"finishes: K.3.

3rd ro10.--

finishing p.3.

3 1.3 Rep from *

These 3 rows form the pattern and are rep. throughout.

Continue in pattern, but at the same time, when 81 rms have been worked (27 blocks) ine. 1 st. at both ends of the next row, then at both ef every 4th row following un- cuds of

tl there are 115 sts. and 43 blocks from the beginning.

The Armhole Stopes.-Dec. 1 st.

at both ends of the next row, then

at both ends of every alternate row

until 31 s. remain Cast off.

Right Front

START at the

Cast on 55 sts.

lower edge.

1st row.--K.10. p.3, K.3.

Rep. from finishing p.3.

2nd row.K.3 p.3. Rep. from

4

from

Bulahing p.3.

4th row.-P.3, 3. Rep. from

•

Hep.

these 8 rows

You'll look

smart in

this

NOVEL

COATEE

The Armhole Slope.-Dec.

1 st

Pockets

CAST on 33 sts, and rep, the

3 rows of the back for 21 rows, then dec. 1 st. at the begin- ning of the next row, then at this some edge on every row, then at this same edge on every row until

have llata.

been dec. Work another pocket in the same way.

Making-up

DRESS the

PRESS

work

011

HEAT ENERVATION!

Restore Your Blood and Nerves to good Condition with

Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

and the Heat will not Worry you ca.

Towards the end of a long, hot, tiring day, do you find yourself depressed, irritable, played-dut? This condition is due to strain on the nerves, for during hot weather the blood becomes impoverished by excessive perspiration and consequently the nerves, which depend upon the blood for nourishment, become weak and "on edge."

To strengthen your nerves, and to enable you to stand the heat with a minimum of discomfort, you should build up your blood, for which purpose the the

there is nothing better than Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla. Devised by a physician, an M.D. of Edinburgh University, who knew that in the condition of the blood lay the main factor in the preservation of health, these pills have for more than fifty years been a world famous tonle for the blood and nerves.

wrong side with a warm the Iron

and

cloth Join damp sloping sides of the sleeves to the sloping sides of the backs and frontu. Press the seam, then sew up the side and sleeve seams and press them.

at the beginning of the next row,

Work i row of d.c. down the then at the same edge on every 3rd row following to neck, but at the shaped edge of each pocket, press, blocks then sew a pucket on ench front, same time, when 13 more have been worked (39 rows), begin straight edge to front edge. Work row of de. all round the fronts the

rever by working 3 sts. more in a gurter-st. at the front edge on the and neck edges. Press back the re- and sew neatly down at the nexi

row, then on every 4th row vers

the left following until all sts. are in garter- points, Sow buttons on st., but still continue the dec. at the front to correspond with the button- side edge until 30 sta, remain, then holes on the right. cast off.

Left Front

Now using white wool threaded Into a wool needle, work 2 rows of cross-stitch inside the garler-st. border on either side of the front. this exactly Hike each cross to be worked on a plain right front as the square, leaving a purl square be

Work 2 rows down the pattern la reversible, but omit the tween.

of each sleeve, leaving middle Luttonholes.

blocks between the 2 crosses.

WORK

The Sleeves

DEGIN at the lower edge.

Cast of

03 sis. and rep ing to neck until there are five in the 3 rows of the back, but at the all, but at the same time, when there same time ine. I st. at both ends of

three times on every 35th and 16th rows follow-

inoru.

25th row-Like Ist. 26th row-K.3 p.3 Rep. from

•

to

3

Make a Zin, chain, using pink wool. nnd sew to the side seam. Make another one in the same way on each other seam.

Bolt Cord

27 lengths. of white finishing k.13.

TAKE nre 93 sts, then continue without

wool. 3rd row.-K.10. p.3. k.3. Rep. until 13 renata, ka, cast olt 4, R.3. pre 1 rows (27 blocks) from the the 5th row, then at both ends of

each 6 yards long. 27th row.-K.4, cast on 4. k. 2 beginning, inc. 1 st. at the side edge every 4th row following until there

end, on the next row, then on every 4th inc., until there are 21 blocks from twist up tightly, then take the two Irom p.3, k.3. Rep.

row following until there are 65 sts, the beginning.

cut ends together and allow finishing p.3.

Shape the top by dec, 1 st. at both remainder to twist up into a thick Continue in pattern for 34 more then continue without Inc. until the rows, keeping 10 sts., at the front side edge is the same depth to arm- ends of the next row, then at both cord. Double it, then sew the end as on the back (43 blocks) ends of every alternate row until 3 about 214in, down to form a loop to edge in garter st., then make another hole buttonhole on the next 2 rows, then finishing at the side edge.

Onishing p.3, k.10.

0th row.-K.13, p.3, k. 3. Rep. frum

to

end.

Oth rate.-P.3, k.3. Rep. Trim finishing p.3. k.10.

This hat suits a young face

FULL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO MAKE IT WILL BE FOUND BELOW

LL you need is a yard of out

and stitch the

two

A dark-coloured felt, a yard pieces together along the line A B C.

Try it on, pin it into shape on your

of grosgrain ribbon, and, if you hend, then press the join, first on the wlah, yard of tulle.

The skull cap and

wrong side and then on the right, two flowers using a damp cloth. It is easier to

are made of the dark felt, two other shape the felt while it is dump.

flowers of light felt.

Black

Next

fit round your head the grosgrain ribbon on which your cap will be mounted:

Four Uny pleats regularly spaced and will help the edge of the cap to t snugly to your head, and will form trimming. Now mount the cap on

and white, brown yellow, deep blue and rose are good colour choices. The veil should be in the darker colour.

This is an excellent hat to wear with a taller-made auit. For sum- mer you can make It'in white pique.

*

the ribbon.

Using a damp cloth, press the pleats and iron the cap on a block.

From four thicknesses of felt cut two dark flowers (see illustration) and two light flowers. Give the Draw on a piece of paper the dark flowers light stamens and the plan illustrated above, following the light flowers dark stamens. dimensions given there. You then

The stomens are made with

have a pattern which you can pin strip of felt, cut as shown in the

on a piece of felt folded in half, Cut #lustration.

£J

sts. remain. Cast off.

THESE HINTS ARE

slip over the rosette when worn.

"T

Are Your Rooms Friendly?

the

WORTH CUTTING OUT Tuns is a very friendly room,"

SPRINKLE a little cau-de-Cologne on your clothes brush before you give yourself the final brush down. This will give you a feeling and smell of freshness, besides removing clinging grains of dust and light stains.

Relax in your Bath STIMULATING and refreshing bath, particularly sooth- ing to tired nerves, can be made by adding herbs to

your bath water.

A good mixture is thyme, rosemary, lavender, and lemon balm, but any sweet-smelling herbs can be used. A few rose petals, scented geranium leaves, or verbena will make the bath even more fragrant.

aid the visitor as he stood on the hearthrug surveying his 321- ruundings. His hostess laughed. "I

that a polite way of telling me that it is untidy?"

"No, it is not untidy, but, it looks Tived-in, and is therefore friendly. I cannot bear to see a room that has

for obviously been tidied up benefit."

Perhaps

the friendliness,

my

like

be-

beauty, lay in the eye of the holder, because hypercritical people would have said that the room was untidy.

It is easy to see what he meant. A half-read book lay on the table, and

It makes it easier if you put the herbs all together in a muslin) bag.

Hot and Cold be beaten into the mayonnaise with some knitting in a corner of a chuir.

CAUSAGES are good in

summer fried with bacon. served on the half of a fresh

and lettuce..

out its curdling.

Non-Runner

TEXTI

THE unexpected ladder your silk stocking Drop by Drop can be checked by touching it at either end with clean nail varnish. WHEN making mayon- It will not run further, even in the

a small. V- wash. naise cut shaped notch in the side of the cork of your olive oil bottle and hold the bottle under your arm.

Burn-Soother

Stamps soaking in a saucer of water betrayed the fact that stamp- collector lived in the house, a sporo part of a model engine was on the manteiplece, and a ruler, protruding from a school-satchel, showed that homework was in the air. Every- thing in the room proved that people worked and played there.

We all know the kind of room RED-CURRANT jelly will which makes us afraid to sit down. -The all will travel through the

give immediate relief if Everything is in its place, there is a incision in the cork at just the right applied to a burn, and it should pre- geometrical precision in the arrange- pace, one drop at a time, and can vent blisters forming.

ment of the furniture, and we havel the feeling of being in a museum, or in a house which is open to the public on Sundays and Bank Holidays only, The spilling of crumbs or cigarette ash causes Intense suffering to the owner. There is nothing friendly about the room, nor any trace of the ideas and interests of the people who ive In it, if they ever do. They have left no indication that they have been called away, and will soon re- turn.

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at-

Jimmy's

A la

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COMPETITION

See particulars on another paga

The Happy Medium

Do make your rooms "lved-in," felendly, and welcoming. We know what a difference flowers and a fre that is not make to a room, but enough. There is no excuse for dirt, collections of dust, unemptied ash- trays, un similar horrors, but there le a happy medium which makes for comfort and happiness.

Let your husband leave his pipes on the mantelplece, and his slippers under bis chair. Try not to be al- ways tidying up, and making a fuse about things that are left lying about, It may entail a little extra dusting and tidying from time to me, but that labour counts for little to woman who is out to create a real home,

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If your rooms reflect the spirit of those who live in them, the friendly, welcoming atmosphere will be there, and the job of making a home will be crowned with succesS.

Evelyn Meadows

from a

Not only for nerve troubles but other complaints, too, which arise weak depicted condition of the blood, such as Indigestion, neurasthenia, rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, palpitation, dizziness, premature ageing, loss of energy and strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pill are just the treatment required. Try them yourself. They are equally good for men and women. Obtainable from chemists everywhere.

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