1938-05-17 — Page 14

CURTAIN CARE

ON the treatment meted out to

curtains depends the length of their Ilves.

One of the worst mistakes a house- wife can make is to let her curtains become tos badly soiled before washing them, Curtains never look so dirty when hanging up as they really are, so it is a good plan to take them down before they actually look ns it they need cleaning.

The great thing to avold is the necessity of rubbing, which injures froil curtains and pulls them out of shape.

If, however, the material is really dirty, soak overnight in cold water, In which a lump of salt has been dissolved. The salt has the effect of loosening the dirt, which will come away without rubbing, if the curtains are gently worked and squeezed.

For white curtains, the addition of a little milk to the blue water is on Improvement.

Curtains should be allowed to dry before starching, II, thoroughly however, you want them to hang evenly and beautifully, a good plan is to starch them slightly and lang them up while still camp, without ironing. The curtains can be pulled folds, and gently into the desired

will dry in that position.

Sometimes curtains have an annoy- ing habit of drying out of shape, and

amount of when this happens, no

pulling or ironing will put them right ngal. It w, however, simplify matters if, when they are hung out to dry, the ends are connected at two er three points to the adjoining curtain by means of spring pegs.

For heavier curtains, made of such materials as brocade or velvet, non- rust curinin pins prevent marking. A good idea is to sew tabs of spring such hangings, tapes at the top of

And to slip the curtain pins through these tabs instead of material itself. This

through the

light

will obviate the risk of tearing the material. It sometimes happens that curtains shrink after being washed- especially for the first time. This makes it difficult, or even impossible, to pass the rods through the hems. If the rods are lightly rubbed with talcum powder or French chalk, they will slip through the curtains quite casily and smoothly, without risk of tearing the material.

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SING in the RAIN

By MARY GRACE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1938.

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appearing in the

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may be purchased

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JEWEL NOVELTIES

THREE loops of pendant pearls, each swinging an inch below the row above, make the latest evening earrings.

THE three smart

girls have made

a good choice.

QUMMER showers ahead! You want to follow the example of the three smart girls on this page and buy yourself a cheer- ful macintosh.

Remember, it might rain over the week-end, so prepare to pack a macintosh in your suitcase and save your new outfit from a drenching.

Don't start off by thinking wet weather clothes are dull and uninteresting. Take another look at the three gay girls on this

Day-time carrings have golden with radiating strips of centres topaz held in gold settings, represent- Ing sunflowers. They look very chic and ght-hearted when worn with page, grey, platinum, and oatmeal.

All the latest earrings are bright

and

colourful.

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Sweeping semi- circles of gold are set with curving row of cabochon sapphires. Round brown topaz, encircled by row each of small diamonds and pearls, make a pair of fashionable earrings that can be wern for day or night.

or

Eternity rings are being worn by many smart women just now, but at first glance they appear startlingly builty. Some are set all round with

large fairly

cabochon rubles, sapphires, or emeralds. Others bear square-cut aquamarines, emeralds topaz. Eternity rings are also very lovely when act with pearls.

Some of the

exclusive most brooches of the season are made in the form of "ribbon" bows and loops composed of gold or precious stones. Often they have trailing fish-tail "ends." Emerald and topaz are often

Snapshots From Paris

girl who scorns THE face of a

make-up has a strangely naked

A woman look.

Have you ever seen whose complexion has been scrubbed with soup, surrounded by male ad- mirers?

A tace without make-up has the dance same effect as going to a wearing tweeds and wading boots.

Any woman can wear any colour, but it is the selection of its variation to suit her individual needs, that is Important.

Monotone dresses in Paris are brilliantly-coloured by enlivened

put together in the same breach or Jackelsoning contemporary fashions,

clip.

Your Phone Voice

Co much of our social life is con- ducted orer the telephone, these days that a churming phone voice Is essential to the woman who wishes to be a social success.

talkativeness, and Abruptness, indistinctness are the three cardinal faults of most people on the telephone. Abrupiness is

it is

Susan on the right laughs at

and umbrellas

carries that pretty transparent olled silk affair just for. show, and to offset her pretty larkspur blue waterproof coat.

This garment is hand made and has BI] artificial satin lining in the back of the bodice. Another important point is a waist high inverted pleat at back. This gives plenty of room over a rather bulky sports suit.

Oreen is another favourite colour, so is navy

or grey; and practical shades of town show several tonings, including an

off white shade that

is particularly smart for town or country

wear,

The raglan out in

a waterproof gives casy fitting at

an

point in the third model, which is cheap at twelve and sixpence, In off white it is trimmed with black, navy, brown or green with white spots. Beaver or fawn with brown, or you can have navy, green or brown trimmed to match.

Bride's Choice

Neat over-shoes help to dress-up wet weather outfits, and in addition to bootces there are new over-shoes with wide bar fasten- ings. They just cover the edge of the shoe, keeping the soles aug and dry, and when not in use can be popped in your handbag. It is to Mr. Charles Macintosh himself that we are indebted for garments in which we can brave the elements with im- punity. Just over one hundred years ago this clever Scot dis- covered how to proof a material that could be made up into gar- ments. The idea was a popular one, and the inventor gave his name to the new waterproofs, "THE mirrors I choose will have to do double duty," The then Duke of York wore

There are

In Mirrors

a "macintosh" of blue cloth the bride told me. resplendently lined with crim- two or three darkish corners in son slik. Waterproof covers for her little house, and she in- food were used in a tends her mirrors to act as North Pole expedi- "window" and highlights too. tion a year or so

MIDGE

the top of the arm. If you like more

a dressy "mac.' have the checked affair on the loft. Choco- late Brown, blue or black are a good choice of colourings. with the pattern carried out in white.

"Funny think mice "are nice, don't you?"

fact that on the whole they seem still to be anchored more or less to sane rationalism.

Feathers are in great demand again. This means ostrich dyed and or in the natural srizzly tone, and straight as sting

Do you remember how, as a young girl, you looked at your fuce in the mirror and wished that you had a differently shaped mouth, not to mention nose, teeth, cars, and hair?

Fancy material used la light in You used to believe that the only thing to do with your face was to be resigned to it. Times have brighten-weight and the garment la nizo cut with a deep inverted plent at back. cd considerably since then,

The oilskin glpay hankle gives & cheer ful holiday note.

To-day any form of naturalness, as well as any form of artificiality, con common failing. be produced by make-up,

Fashion Correspondent However, charming and attractive the speaker may be, on the telephone only the voice conveys an impression of personality.

As. for tollcativeness-moat of un have suffered from people who will

go on and on talking on the phone or anywhere else. remember

"keep it short."

So

Dagger point clip fastenings are the season's contrast note and tasblon

later, and the Polar

The hall is a small square one, pioneers were re with a blank wall facing the door. İteved and delighted For brightening up this we selected to And that they a long mirror with a narrow carved really did not let in gold frame, the water.

From then on wards macintoshes have got brighter and gayer. Nowa- days collaboration with the fashion people ensures that you get not only smart colours, but snappy patterns and fastenings into your wet weather outfit, "fashion

and you can still bo a plate" even in the rain.

To-day the inventor's inillais

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are put in all the macintoshes turned out by 2A Arm

and 03 a guarantee of quality,

promise" that they can be relied on Bummer to keep you dry even in a downpour.

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to

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Lastly, there is the woman talks with her mouth about a foot from the mouthpiece. No phone can transmit emciently under conditions.

these

SAVOURY SARDINES

CHANGE can be made from serving sardines cold on toast by

frying them up in their

own fut

and serving them un triangles of hol unbuttered tonst. -

"Little

buttercups"

morsels for high tea

ore tasty

or supper. brown

Sprend some thin slices of

bread

with butter mixed with squeeze of

chopped parsley and a

lemon Juler.

Cut the allees into fingers, and on

each finger put, fret, a sardine, then

a thin slice of chutney,

Sprinkle lightly with cayenne and squeeze a little lemon Julco over each finger.

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Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

The frame was grubby and dis- coloured, but after we cleaned it t looked like new. First we dusted the frame, then we brushed it with a enmei hair brush dipped in a mixture of i-pint warm water and a gili ot vinegar. The brush was squeezed par- tially dry, and we worked up and down the frame, a small picco at a time, till the gilding was bright and eisen

We renewed the ilquld and washed t'te brush from time to time.

Beauty Aid

A similar mirror to place horizon. tally along the side of the bath is, going to prove useful in alding beauty treatment while bathing (quite the best time) as well na for hubby' Khaving and for making the small room look much larger.

Instead of having a mirror over the manteiplece in the sitting room, we decided to have a colourful pleture there and have a round convex mirror on the wall facing the window where 1 will reflect the tla garden, and form a changing picture all the year

round.

The kitchen la so planned that when Mary is working at the sink her back is turned to the door where the trades men call. We decided to copa with this by having a mirror over the sink t eye level so that she can sco in tha who is coming.

As she is having a whitewood kidney- shaped dressing-table in her bedroom we choose a triplo mirror on a stand to go on top of this, with a long mirror to hang on the wall.

This we decided to place on the nar row strip of wall between two windows where it will add to the light in the room as well as give full-length reflec tions in the best way,

And hero's a eleaning tip," I told her. "Dust your mirrors with tissue paper, then clean them by rubbing with a soft rag dipped in methylated spirit. Dry with a duster and polter with a leather."

M.. O.

SW GREHOH REMED

WOMEN?

They were his weakness!

GAIL PATRICK

AKIM TAMIROFF

MEN?

They

menere his prey!

ANNA MAY WONG

The shack-studded story of a super-racketeer who held a city in his grasp...

until he tried to torrarize

a society girl into, bacam- Ing his wifel

THE LAW?

He defied the law botnuja ha mundo the lawi

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