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Chiffon dance

frock of rosy chiffon with float- ing sash in three Jonos of pink and graceful, store spangled skirt.

NY time's dancing time from now

ANY

an. Wherever you are, you want to look lovely In someone's eyes, sO choose your dance frocks in brighter shindes than those you ordinarily wear. "Colour always loses its depth under bright artificial lights.

Our artist has sketched some of tho newest Idens for evening dresses and accessories.

"Sparkle in sequins," say the fashion experts, and they have produced many little coats both in

·Trklescent and plain colours.

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Hayc your little coat by all means, but velvet, moire, lame or broende is a wiser choice. You'l find it much more practical, na sequins are apt to shed in large numbers after a tile wear.

'Bilhouettes are either straight and clinging or of the picture type.

THE

COLOUR AND

SPARKLE

The chiffon frock shown only re- veals its fullness when the wearer is dancing.

Colours have taken on a rosy hue, as this design le In a sultry pink with a three-toned sash of wild rose pink, a deeper tone and a wine red.

A star in her hair and others scattered on the skirt of the dress give a scintillating look to the wearer.

Dance rooms are often-times draughty places if you don't want to dance all the time, so I've shown- on the right a warmer dress, cut high to the throat, that would look equally well in taffeta or velvet.

An attractive deep hem of net has a few appliqued velvet blooms.

Flowers are much to the fore in decorating simply el dresses. The

Fitness For The Business

Woman

HE problem of keeping fit and brisk walk, not a shop-gazing loiter.

healthy when you have to spend] Exploré all the streets that lie close the best part of the day within the to the office, and make for any parks four walls of an office is not an easy that may be within reich.

one.

You can fill your lungs with fresh Lack of fresh air is one of the dir while walking by remembering main things the business woman has to breathe deeply. Breathe in white to contend with. When you spend you take. four or five strides, hours crouched over desks, and sit hold your breath for the same num- ting down, you are apt to forget to ber, and then breathe out slowly. breathe properly, and this leads to

Keep this up while you walk the branchial

troubles. You breathe length of a street, and you will be sinle air in the upper part of your amazed at how much fresher and Jungs.

more energetic you feel. Correct Try to get walking exercise dur-breathing brightens the eyes, gives ing your lunch hour. Take a really real colour to your checks. and

ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME.

banishes that tired feeling.

Adequate. Diet--A Necessity

The brainworker duca not need a heavy meal at mid-day, but care should be taken in the choice of food. Fruit and vegetables should be included in the diet, as these are rich in vitamins.

- Have a substantial breakfast. It

is very bad for you to`start a day's

work without having had any food.

By MARY

GRACE

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flowers on a picture dress of black

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to the Rhythm

larger the better. Sprays of flowers extend from the shoulder to the waist. If the garniture is centred, four to six large blooms made of lame, sequins or velvet arè utilised.

Hair ornaments have gone gay, and add extra sparkle to a pretty dance frock, One iden is a sequin ballerfly, another a band of lightly

TOMATO RECIPES

E housewife may take her choice using tomatoes. Here

of many delightful ways of are a few

novel idenst

Tomato Dumplings

Choose good sized tornatces, and put them in boiling water for a few minutes to loosen the skin. Take them out with a fork and peel care- fully. Season with salt and peper.

Make some short-crust pastry, roll

it out thinly, and cut into rounds large enough to enclose the tomatoes, Pin a tomale on each round, moisten the edges of the pastry, and cover the tomato over neally. Put the dump- lings on

greased tin, and bake in a quick oven 20 minutes till 'n golden; brown,

Tomatoes au Gratin

4 lb, ripe tomatoes.

2 oz, grated cheese,

1 oz. butter,

3 oz, breadcrumbs.

Seasonings.

of the

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twisted ribbon and flowers. Then We come to the question of Jewellery. Plecas set with coloured stones are popular, and necklace, earrings and bratelets should con- trast in colour to your dress. You'll and plenty of choice.

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A gold or silver bag and match- ing shoes is the most economicot. choice if you want them to go with more than one frock, but this season you will find there are imitation petit point, velvet and. sequin bags to tempt you.

So when you dance under gilt- tering lights to the haunting strains of your favourite tune, see that your evening frock, right down to the smallest detail, is in keeping with your bright and happy mood.

M. G.

MIDGE

"I wonder how you'd look

tun halo.".

and pour over prepared Garnish with parsley.

Tomato Marmalade

toast.

This is delicious with cold meat. Wipe 4 lb. ripe tomatoes, Remove

Skin and slice tomatoes, thinly skin and cut into slices. Melt 4 16.

Add

THAT AUTUMN COLD

I happens every year. As soon

us the nights and mornings began

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to get chilly, the first autumn crop

colds

their bleak malce pearance in home and offices,

of

There is nothing so utterly frus- trating to beauty as a cold in the head. Tired eyes, cracked lips, and a frlo to battle red hoses! What against. So why not take a vow to chills this season battle cold and and to become the superior sort of person whom germs leave in splendid Isolation?

To start your campaign against chills, try to get a certain amount of walking daily in the fresh air. It is so good for you and definitely tones up the system.

If you collaborate with the clock and get up half an hour earlier, a walk to the office, or at least part of The way, will leave you not only feeling virtuous but tremendously t na well. After a week or so you will ncquire that "gind to be alivo" feel- ing which is a sign of good health.

Shop gazing does not count much as a health walk, for standing about on a cold day, dodging from one window to another. often leads to a chill. So if you have shopping to de, get it done as quickly and com fortably as possible, and then put in twenty minutes hard walking. will repay you.

It

Watch your diet too. Go in for good nourishing meals, but do not overeat. Sketchy meals and snacks may see you through the summer, but us the weather gets colder, the body demands more fuel in the way of nourishing food.

An Increase in the amount of meat calen in autumn and winter is not essential, though there is a natural tendency with most people in this direction. What is essential is your dally raid on the fruit basket in the 'cause of good health. The virtues of vegetables should not be over-looked. Warmth Essential at Night

Warmth at bed time is also of tremendous importance. Have a hot water bottle, woolly bed socks, or an eiderdown if you belong to the Have the "feel the cold” brigade. bedroom Itself, warm. This is sen- A COBY sible, because going from silting-room into a cold bedroom and relentless sheets, often results in shivers and shudders.

Keep your bedroom window open at the top, but take care that the bed is not placed in a direct line of draught between door and window, Direct or window and fireplace, draught in a limited space is actually dangerous.

A Modern Cure

If in spite of all your efforts you And yourself landed with a cold, try relieving it with

grape fruit tea. This is a splendid modern cold cure. Cut a grape fruit still in its skin, into neat pieces. Pour over it a quart of bolling water, and leave for half an hour. The dose is four ounces of the lea every half hour-Grave-fruit skin has a certain proporilun of quinine in its make up, so that helps to make it a valuable remedy.

If you favour inhaling methods, try peppermint, Into an old tea spoon put four or five drops of oil of peppermint, then strike a match and hold the spoon over the flame until a vapour arises. Inhale this.

When you get that "stuffed up" feeling in the nose, dip a sponge in hot water, wring it oui, and place it is hot as can be borne on the bridge of the nose. This will give you a feeling of relict.

Madge Whiley.

Eastern

Beauty Culture

The business woman who values Mix together the crumbs and sugar in all of water in a preserv her health must wear suitable cloth-cheese, Fil well-greased dishing pan, stirring weil Skim anal Ing la colder

weather. Warmth ¦ with alternate layers

INDIA'S first woman Cabinet-Minis- of tomatoes, boll 5 minutes. Peel and slice 3ter, Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, must not be sacrificed to fashion. crumbs and cheese. Put the butter lemons, removing the pith.

Many business women do not allow in little dubs on top. Scuson well, them with the tomatoes to the melted United Provinces, is determined to appointed Health Minister to the themselves enough sleep. Rushing and bake in hot oven for about 20 sugar. Boil till the preserve adheres make her sex throughout the Pro- out to theatres, cinemas, and dances minutes.

thickly to the night after night brings serious.

spoon. Pour into vince beauty conscious. small Jars. Cover when cold. Cuts, seraiches, bruises, burns, consequences. You do not get sufl-Tomatoes a la Bombay

Lobel scalds and other minor injuries may glent sleep when you keep con- happen in any home, especially where inually late hours, with necessary there are children.

early rising. Soon your nervous vitality becomes supped.

KEEP SHE-KO HANDY

1 b. large, firm tomatoes,

1 oz, stoned and chopped raisins.

·1 oz. breadcrumbs.

1 teaspoon minced onion.

leaspoon curry powder. oz. bolled rice...

2 oz, bul

bulter. Salt and cayenne pepper,

A box of She-ko kept in the home Besides the repair of tissue which will come in handy for the prompt, takes pince during sleep, you goin curative treulment of all such in-a reserve of energy for the work, of juries. Antiseptic, cooling, anothing the following day. The moment you and composed of a blend of the very awaken to consciousness and mental Aniest Healing Ingredients, She-ko is activity, the expenditure of force scoop out the pulp. Melt the butter, Cut the tops of tomatoes, and an ideal healing ointment,

starts once again. No amount of. food and drink can make up for loss add rice, crumbs, raisins, pepper snit, the onion and curry powder, then of sleep.

and pulp

of tomatoes. Mix well. Offices to-day are more healthful Fill the tomatoes with this mixture, of all kinds, pimples, boils, ulcers and comfortable places than they stand on a greased dish,'and bake and external piles, She-ko is obtain used to be. Women have brought in a moderate uven 30 minutes. able nt medicino dealers everywhere.considerable reformation. They have Any mixture left over can be used

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SHE-KO

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Tomato and Cheese Toast

1 medium sized tomato.

oz'butter.

Pepper, Bali.

2 eggy.

2 tablespoons grated cheese. Slice of toasted bread,

Melt the butter in a saucepan, add

paper. When several people work tomato (skinned and sliced), fry til

bgether in an office of restricted dimensions it is a good plan to spray tomato is cooked. Add the cheese

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