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ANN MARVEL tells you
OOKING without fuel sounds remarkably like another version of bricks without straw, or at- tempting to sew without thread. But this time the trick actually works to our advantage,
Not only is it possible to cook excellently on conserved heat alone, but the cooking is definite- ly ahend in many ways, The principle involves a gradually falling temperature, so that totally- enclosed foods soften gently in their own juices, without the Hometimes ruthless hardculng of high temperatures in dry heat.
The den behind an efficient fuctless cooker is heat retention; reminiscent of the vacuum principle. Once the food has been brought to simmering point it con he transferred Innellately en casserole or saucepan to the insulated cooker, where it will proceed at re- duced cooking rate for some hours. In hot weather ven the steaminess of simmering saucepans, in .wintertime it saves fuel bills, and all the time it saves worry and attention-so surely there's "somelling to 11"
The Northern countries, Including Norway and Sweden, have found the "rook-box" effective for genern- tions, while practized cumpers stiff une the primitive
den of our inzetuthers-a stone and leaf-lined hole in the ground-to practical effect.
the test of time.
Gued notions survive
WELL--many of you pro; .
bably want how to make up a hay-box cooker. So here is the way:
First, select a clean, dry, soundly- constructed wooden box, with a well-fitting lid. These old-fashioned travelling chests e lent, but if there is nothing likely at home o and see if your grocer can fix you up.
Next you need plenty of the final
and freshest country hay, to guaran
tee a close, even puck. Now you are holiday is the time to bargain for
B.
Line up the battom and sides of the with brown or news paper,
tucking it nently into place. If you have only a limited quantity of hay you can cronomise by making the uter layers of the shavings, picked wool, or asbestos padding, so that the Jy is utilised entirely for the inner sections..
Finally, place the inside huy layers, ramming them down very tightly in even arrangement, and packling them round the
cooking vessels to form permanent "nests, Earthenware Chaperoles or small handled pans are the best choice, as they take least room, and are easily moved..
You must alłów at least 31⁄2 in. to 4in. of poeking all round them for ellective insulation, though an even renter depth could be given for the lep and Bottum. Last of all, you
FASHION
FABRICS
By Judy Brown
MANY new fabrics come and go during the course of a year, but lace has been popular for years now. It is one of the favourite materials for inforam evening gowns and the tunte. Lace appears' in many; glor!- vus pastel shades In addition to the more usual black, brown, belge and white. It is usually worn over un- derslips of a contrasting colour, Auch
black, over silver, brown over gold, white over black, and pink ov blask.
*
How to cook
without fuel
Inner layers of Hay
(or outer insulation and inner Hay)
Paper or Asbestos,
Lining,
Top weighted Hay Cushion
Next
By Walter M. Gallichan
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, MONDAY, NOVEMBES 1, 1937..
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One of the great casentials of sleep is forgetfulness or a nus- pension of conscious. mentali exertion. When the brain is overstrained and poisoned by fatigue, it often continues
to
act in spite of its weariness, and fatigue ccases to influence the soporific action usually associated with it. This condition of wakefulness may be induced by muscular over exer- tlon or by excessive exercise of the brain.
IN
some instances various remedies
soothe
for insomnia may prove incitec- tual. The sufferer his passed the stage when a hop-pillow, a hot-water bottle to the feet, or a narcotic drink the form of a "alglt-cop' will In
and the too alert
nerves senses to slumber. Frequently the next resort is to veronal or one or For other of the medical sedatives. e spell a
a drug may bring sleep; but If the disturbance of the sleep habit is serious, an ordinary dose soon be comes almost powerless, and there is the danger that a craving for struge may arise,
The simple forms of sleeplessness are often remedied by encouraging a Istate of healthy fatigue of mind and body and by a resolute endeavour to check brain activity for an hour or
member to have foods actually sim- racks, and simple directions for two before going to bed. mering when they are put into it, hind allow almost twice as long for using them. cooking must things as It is essential- ly a "slowed down" process.
The patent cooker, being lined Keep everything closely covered with stainless metal, is adaptable and clamped down. Never uncover for meat roasting, or the baking of Just to see how everything is get cakes. Metal discs are pre-heated ting on, because nothing enn spoil
so long as it is not left beyond time and set above and below the food, und all renson.
transforming the compartment into Overnight water storage or cerenin "radiant" oven. cookery has speelal virtues for the
A persistent type of wakefulness necessitates a more subtle and com- plex treatment. The primary cause of protracted insomnia may be only Vury dimly recognised by the consel- ous mind, or it may exist, deep down in the subconsciousness and never reveal itself to the subject. A state of nervous irritation brought on by strain, undue exerelse, or excitement is often a contributing factor in the disease, but the root-cause is entire-
colder weather to come, while cas- After tight sealing, the heat re-fly hidden and unsuspected. serole dishes can literally be lett tains well, and cukes brown very to their own devices during the busy
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day hours. In fact, you can go out evenly on the descending tempera-UE uncouscous source of the de-
stores too, by for a walk and let the conlting get ture seate. Ment will need thickly-padded hay along by itself,
Increased Dlavour d cushions to At over the top of each rection, before the lid is into posi- tion. It is as well to weight ench cushion down with stones, or a brick, to ensure good contact,
THIS accessory system is
shrinkage.
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tive position of the cooking vessels, this new freedom will be glad to tings overhauled in the ordinary worry, and sleeplessness origines RaceAKEÄAKAAVAAAAAESANKARKANKARAD and the recessing of the top padding, know that a most satisfactory course of kitchen routine.
Of course, you can make a small fuciless cooker can be purchased,
Is a stern but unrecognised conflict
In the case of a hay-box, the con-in all of us below the thin surface couk box just for one saucepan or complete with clamp-down sauce dition of the hay is a primary con-of our conscious thought. This un- | hot-water vessel, or mure club-
roasting intl baking cern. Spillings involve Immediate suspected struggle is apparent only orate affair with two or more nests, pans,
replenishments, and regular re to the psychologist versed in the making is essential for airing und analysis of dream symbols.
The same maintaining sweetness.
When the nature of the conflict is Tolds for any containers or kettles brought -into-the-full-apprehension that are regularly used in the box, of the sleepless man's conselousness, for they all repay for systematie the capacity for calming slumber is airing.
restored.
The great thing is to have sumelent++++
wooden par- space between them, itions"being" preferable, in addition fo thick hey divisions.
When you use your hay-box, re-
DARNING-
DAY TIPS
ACE can, often be invisibly Lage looks very becoming when
mended by running the fur ured
tunics and blouses, and sewing machine to und tre over the worn with tailored ensembles.
worn port. This is quite effective with face curtains and can be done
Blouses, dresses, rvondt, and jackets on linen goods too. flame are reen everywhere, usually
in gold or silver, but sometimes with
other
them.
"shooting" through shades
DEFORE mending
new darning wool
-with hold
I in the steam of a kefile for a few minutes and let it slowly dry, This
Both lace and lame are used exten- | shrinks it so it will not "pull" or dively for trimmings on plain dark pucker when the garment mended Is girments, both for evening und day-Iwashed'.
time wear.
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Tweeds are very popular, but they
OOSELY twisted knitting
are finer than before. They' appenr wool for darning
often better than the light-weight
in many unusual shades and pat-woollles, especially it tho darning is very loosely done. The texture of terns.
the damn is then more like the woolly Suede is not only used for shoes itself than when darning wool is
used for used." nowadays. It is greatly
headgear. Berels and hats are now! DARN children's socks and
made in suede, It is also used for complete ensembles-hut, jacket, skirt, with shoes and handbag. to
match.
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Men don't
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as beach pyjamas.
2. To discuss domèstic' affairs
in public.
3. To nag them about the angle ut which they wear their
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MODERN manicure can do wonders, the varnish right up to the end of for nas which are not all they the nail, wiping or just a slender should be. And badly manicured line at the tip.
nails completely destroy the charm
of the hands.
Put a litle nall-white just under
To begin with, if you want your the tip, and you will be surprised to 4. To be continually giving nails to be really well-shaped, do not see how you have, apparently, im
fle them down the directions when they
aldes, or they proved their shape. will grow fan-shaped. "Let them is annoying driving a car.
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the cuticle and Ale the tops in the and then, when. they have dried, to they know the way with their
shape of an oval, instead of a claw-draw another line of varnish in the eyes closed.
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5.
To order a meal in a res- taurant, it is a man's pri- T vlege to do so; Men feel that women do sufficient ordering in the home.
6. To
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7. To turn out their wardrobe without first consulting tl;em. The vitler
of a suit clothes gets the dearer it be- comes to a man. This particu- larly applies to tweeds,
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