1938-02-07 — Page 14

Swank Frocks

made practical

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1938.

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CASTORIA

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Look at the frock which the oldier

woman is wearing

In the left of the picture at the top of the page. Its stately, important effect comes from its elaborate draping, its boned neck, its red fox

chin-high,

muff pinned with gardentas.

The same ideas are carried out more simply on the frock you see here, designed for the mother of the family to wear at a New Year party. It is made of dark green, marocain, tong-sleeved, with softly draped high neck.

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Mug is in deep preen velvet and on the muff and on the right shoulder are apraya of holly ber- rics made with red heads and sur- rounded with silver leaves.

Sauce Recipes

TIVERY cook should endeavour to

FIVE

attain proficiency in the act of

Girl in

of

the middle at the top of the page is wearing an elaborate dress white satin, neck circled with gold chains, tolde shoulder straps curu- ing neer to the back, crossing behind and tying in front in a fringed casi,

The sash appears in the 'same teat on the dress here, good for a married daughter. But a much simpler way of putting it on is to attach the two ends to the bodice, cross them over in front, bring them round the waist and the to fall as before.

Dress here is in deep purply orchid colour, sash in pale pink, and the two ends are hung with. archid silic pompoms.

When

You're

Giving A Dance

MA

or

PARTY

JAKE up your mind first to be, someone must take on the of all whether it is to duties of Master of Ceremonics be a party for young people but if not, a friend of the family -preferably the host himself, or a "mixed" evening. In who can be relied upon to make the latter. case you must things "go with a swing." provide an additional room He must see to it that every- with plenty of easy chairs one has partners, and not spend where the older guests can the evening enjoying himself until he has made sure that take their case, gossip, or

everyone else is having a good play bridge.

time too. Remember that the young The Buffet daneers enjoy "sitting out" oc- casionally (the favourite spot Half the success of your even- being the staircase!) so do en- ing depends upon the food and sure that your house is free drinks, so do go to a lot of trou- from draughts. A lot can be ble of your own powers, hire a done with the aid of strips of catering firm to provide every- velvet nailed to the bottom edges thing for you. Lemon and The young girl of your doors, and heavy cur- orange juice, ice-cream (and picture at the top of tains which can be drawn across plenty of it!) as well as wine, sherry, and port must be on the the page is wearing open doorways.

the right

In

the

a gold lame frock, skirt box-Don't "Freeze" the Guests jileated all round, and short bolero pleated to match. Gold belt is studded with green and stones.

menu.

Dancing makes for hunger, so a have dozens of small sausage Your dance can never be Ted success if you are one of these rolls, caviare and anchovy sand- "fresh air" fanatics. A dress- wiches, trifles, jellies and blanc- ingroom with a howling gale munges, “Individual" fruit Using the idea of the pleated blowing through the window dishes, served up in grape-fruit balero, the nineteen-year-old of may be healthy if one is clad in glasses, are also an excellent the party here has hers made in top-boots and heavy furs, but idea. scarlet face cloth, pleated from a for filmy dance frocks a North Small trays of chocolates, pluts yoke. She wears it over a Fole atmosphere is not to be de- bon-bons, and sweetmeats.con simple white crepe frock, skirt (sired.

be placed in odd corners. with large unpressed box pleats, waist deep and swathed.

cut

Winter Wisdom

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So, if you do not possess cen- The supper interval should be tral heating, be extravagant for quite early in the evening, as once and have a fire in every this is an admirable opportunity bedroom as well as one in the for the guests to become hall (a small electric or gas fire quainted with one another. can be used for this purpose.) And remember a small but It should be the special duty of important point-ash trays!

Follow these simple tips and

WINTER brings its own problems, ply a light. No paraffin smell will

and careful planning is needed be perceptible, as the salt neutralises one of your family to attend to spuce muking-nol quite as dificult if the housewife's work is not to be the odour. The parafin must be re- the heating throughout the you need have no qualms as to Kin urt as the number of sauces Increased.

newed each day, and the block of evening and to see that nobody whether your dance is really go- would lead us to suppose--for most

Here 39 an easy and effective alt may be expected to last for feels too cold-or too warm! ing to be a success. method of heating a bedroom. Pro- about a fortnight before it crumbles

However small your dance is

of them are variations of a simple foundation recipe.

Once the foundation recipe mastered, sauce malting is easy.

cure a block of salt from the local-away.

If there is any suspicion of damp- thoroughly soaked. Leave for about ass in a room, place a block of smoothly. The remedy is to turn it the white article will not be stained from lumps, (2) of a coating consisten or fifteen minutes and then ap- we time the camphor will pro- over, and leave the under part ex- in patches,

camphor in each corner. In about a

drysulter, place in the grate and Dour paraffin over it until 1

A good salice should be;-(1) Free

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tency, (3) well coolted, (4) correctly

seasoned and Anvoured,

minutes stirring all the time.

the dampneла.

Cook gently for three or four bably have disappeared-and so will posed to the heat of the fire for n In frosty weather tortoiseshell and few minutes. Then wipe with a solt horn-rimmed glasses should always be placed in their cases nt' night. If Even in this electric age, we have left exposed to the euld they may sometimes to fall back on the home- become brittle, and then they will Jy candle. If there is any difficulty be able to snap enslly, in geiling It to At the socket, plunge

Here is the recipe for the founda- Lion sauce—sultably Invoured, it) Various ingredients can be added To make a are burn with a slow duster. can be served with fish, bolled meat, to, the foundation sauce-giving dia- and stends, flame, throw a handful fowl, vegetables, &.

tinctive favours--but it is important of soda on the coul. Allow one ounce

of flour, one to remember that ench sauce should ounce of butter or margarine, and a rive favour and plquoney to the Dealing with "Slicky" Cards

- little pepper and salt to half a pini dish without overpowering the na

of liquid. The liquid may be

Altural flavour of the food,

When playing cards

lieve been mille, half milk and half water or Here are suggestions:-(Propor- much used they sometimes become end of the candle in hot water for half milk and half stock (fish meat, tions to half a pint of foundation "sticky" and unpleasant to handle. 4 minute and it will then fit perfect-

To make them as freah as when new ly. set them out singly on a table and

talcum

&c.)

The Simplest.Method

sauce.)

Anchovy Sauce-Add one ten- dunt over with

mice

spoonful of anchovy essence and

powder, Clothes in Frosty Weather

A nicely whitened doorstep in very difficult to achieve in wet and fronty weather, but here is a good method of ensuring a permanent whiteness. Mix two parts of powdered whlling with one of powdered glue, and boil In a pint and a half of water. Apply

The simplest method of making is omit the salt. Serve with Ash. Both aides must be treated. Now

When preparing clothes for: hang- na follows:-Mix the flour to a very Caper Sauce Add one table-

collect the cards and, shuffle theming out on a frosty day put a hand to the step with a paint brush. smooth cream with a little of the spoonful of coarsely chopped capers.

for a few minutes. The powder fut of salt in the final rinsing wa- In cold weather; the problem of cold liquid, add the rest of the liquii (Pickled nasturilum seeda make an falls away, leaving the cards freshler. This prevents the articles from window-cleaning will be very much slowly, stirring all the time.. excellent substitute.) Serve

and smooth to the touch. with

freezing on the clothes line, and, in almplified it a little paraffin li addad' In very cold weather, the,sowing- the case of white clothes which are to the pall of warm water used. machino sometimes refuses to run being "blued," the salt ensures that

A. W.

Add butter and seasoning and stir botted mutton. ́until the sauce bolle and thickons.

Edith Rhodes

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