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AVE you noticed the difference that even a few flowers can make to a room? What a friendly, cared-for

atmosphere they create in the home? In summer, particularly, the sitting room can look uncomfortably bare if you don't do something to all the empty fireplace and have a few extra vases about to make up for the absence of fire and lamplight.

Keen gardeners, I know, don't like robbing the garden for the house, but careful picking here and there should not spoil the show, and many cases encourages new and better flowers to bigom.

When I buy shop flowers, by the way, I usally Inox for two or three bunches with stems of about the same length and fir colours which will bar. Boise and then orrauge mixed bunches in the Beter vares.

You have probably noticed that come flowers, particularly the more delente blue om, do not always look their best indoora,

Love-in-a-mist, kipin and delphinium Bonetims have a rather washed-out funk, but they are lovely with a few spikes of pink gladioli. stocks, plnk carnflowers, Bweet Williams or rosen, any or all of which give a coleur con- trast You will fad that they go charmingly together.

You could use a bunch of this kind. loosely arranged in a large off-white pottery jar, together with a few leaven or Deld grasses, in the fireplace.

Or if you have the sunk type of fire, with no metal bars or ashpan in front, an oblong-shaped vase le wJtla shurter-stemmed flowers like stocks or mignonette could stand inside the grate and All it up in a charming way. Pot Plants

Two rows of pot plants, the taller ones at the back, are another idea for this type of grute, and with care they will last right through the summer.

The urwest coloum in vasen for table und room decorations are off-white and A pale belge shade railed mushroom, which you can have plain or decorated with gold.

An advantage of these two neutral colours la tint they will not clash with any particular scheme, for they go well with most colours and you can use the vares quite happy in one room or another as necessary.

Imagine, for example, two le

Naldera On Last Voyage

When the P. and O. ship Nailera, 10,000 tons, leaves Hongkong to-day, she will end 20 years' association

with the Far East, for the ship has already been sold and will go to the ship-yards for breaking up after the passengers have disembarked at Lon- don.

The vessel was built at Greenock, Scotland, in 1918, and has been on the Far East and Australian runs since.

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Not the only one to regret the pas- sing of the Naldera is the second saloon barman, "Tubby" Powell, who has been one of the ship's crew for the last 16 years.

"Among the experiences which I call to mind at once is one when we were delayed by a fog in the Red Sea. This happened in July, 1935, ond was very unusal" said Mr. Powell yesterday.

"Tubby", now aged 50, with 34 years' service with the company, re- members suteldes, deaths, births and other unusual occurrences aboard the ship. He knows most of the regular travellers by P. and O, and they all remember him,

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does the Flowers

Off-White Pottery in New Designs

red rose sprays

poppies & com

bare of pictures, so that you do not blur the effect.

Cornucopia shapes are also used for table vases, and in white or cream pottery they lend themselves to most unusual and attrac- tive arrangements.

Long - stemmed, graceful flowers are necessary for these vases, and the best effecta are obtained with few blooms, for they fall more gracefully if they are not overcrowded, Two or three spikes of delphinium with leaves la one suggestion; papples and grace- ful grasses is another. Cornucopia vases are rather tall for the dinner table, but they are lovely sel against the background of a plain wall.

Flowers last considerably longer, by the way. If you spend a little time arranging them in the frat place. Rose stems are woody, to help them to take in water by peeling them for an inch or two from the bottom, then spill them with a sharp knife.

Vivid pink and mauve anemones, with their pretty foliage, make a cool scheme in an oblong pottery trangh. Set them between tou candlesticks on the mantelpiece in front of a round mirror.

In palest

The horn of plenty has been revived as a foster rase green, filled with red puppies and ripe ecru, what could be more attractive? Flowering grastes can take the place of curn. Shell-shaped vases are new and decoratire Pictured above is unc

un of-white pottery, which sets of to unruriage sprays of red roses.

shell-shaped vases in off-white glazed pottery as decoration for the dining- room table.

You could place these together on a pale green organdie unt or a round of mirror glass, gud fill them from day to day with gleanings from the garden; sprigs of Forget-me-hot or mignonette, A few plaks, one or two roses, sweet pra, nesci za on,

If you have candles on the table ns well, choot! " colour whívha Will harmonise with the prevailing colour of the flowers. Pink candles look lovely with blue forget-me-nuts, vivt green with nasturtiums or marigolds, paler preen with roses, sweetpens or violas

Table Decoration

A single shell vase is pretty on a bureau or side table, especially if you arrange the flowers in it carelessly sa that they appear to be spilling out of it.

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Another pretty table arrangement is a series of flower troughs complete with candle holders. The holders actually miniature posy rings, and they and the troughs can be arranged to decorate the table in half a doze different ways.

The latter are very shallow, so keep them for flowers too short for other vanes or for the odd windfalls from the starden.

Victorian Posy

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In addition to the simple fluted shapes you can get theso vases shaped like dolphins the mouth is the opening for the flowers) and also in a cornucopia or horn of plenty" shape, which a particularly graceful. Colours usually cream or off-white.

These vases are small and shallow, no be sparing of flowers. One of the best ways of using them is as a home for traits of leaves, such ae-Virginia creener or ivy.

An arrangement of this kind w mike quite an important decoration, so put the vases on walls which are

Longer Life

Delphiniums are less likely to fall if you put a teaspoonful of salt into the vase with the water, and popples. which are difficult to keep alise ance pleked. last well you singe the stems before putting them in vases.

Aspirin has a good effect on droop- ing flowers, Allow one 6 grain tablet to a small vase, and two or three tablets

n large one; l up the vases with tept water and cut the ends of the lewer stalks before you put them in. This is a good tip for flowers with fleshy stalks which are inclined to droop.

It is important, too, to keep both glans and pottery vases clean. To re- move green stains wash out with vinegar or ammonia, or put in two tablespoonfuls of coal slack and A tablespoonful of water,

shake thoroughly and rinse the vase with cold water.

Romantic Veils and

IRLS with

pretty heads, take notei Everything is in your favour whicte millinery 1 D concerned. You can get so many charming effects with length of yelling, For specially smart dates" if you want to look romantic, wear your vell long so that it encircles the shoulders.

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Shown in the sketch is a practical idea trim up a small plalu Ballor shinpe, and if you find straight brims are rather hard, let the velling come just over the edge.

Talking of windfalls, one noating Kind Fashion

bowl is useful to take a full blown rose head or two, or modest pansies, and is charming for the dinner table.

You can get these bowls in deep smoke-colour glass, and there are small gians ones with a broad ftat rim in the same colour.

I have seen a tight little Victorian pasy arrangement with a rose in the middle looking very effective in pho of these. The dark gluss rlin makes a frame for the flowera.

The wall vase is another Victorian fashion which is becoming popular, and it looks well in a modem room.

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THOSE who say that cod ia taateles

will like it cooked in batter. Mix together 4oz. flour, a pinch of sait, a beaten egg and sumclent nour to form a stiff balter. Wash and dry the cod steaka, brush cach with oll or butter, then dip in the batter,

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But, however arranged, vells are It is just as well to note that with all definitely kind to women of every age. these small and sometimes existent crowns small hat-pins as well y elastic are needed to keep them in Ron

There seems a back-to-nature move-

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ment in the model houses, what with floral buttons, lest and twig head- dresses and betts, and ivy leaves to border edge to edge jackets. A visit

to the orchard has produced necklaces of bunches of grapes,

Prominent among the pany novelties are smart ttle frilled face collars and cuffs the kind that gire an expensive look to a dress at an in- expensive price.

They are made rich deep cream shade..while a companion Act of frilled organdle

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SALADS

URING the summer salads are a popular accompaniment to cold meat,

Here are comme mixed ones to put into the salad bowl. First, ergs and tomato This is good with cold beef.

Ingredients: 1 young lettuce, tu. Amall tomatoes, 3 hard-boiled eggs mayonnaise, i thinly sliced cucumber Shred the lettuce and arrange in a nalad bowl, leave the heart for decora- tlo If the tomatoes are very small place then in n ring, a little way from the edge so that the lettuce shows.

Pour over the mayonnaise and garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and fly chopped parsley,

Orange & Mint

Serve this with slices of cold lamb. Ingredients: 3 oranges 1 tablespaoni ful caster sugar, 1 tablespoonful of young chapped lit, watercress,

Arrange half the watererem on the bottom of a salad bowt. Peel the oranges, remove the pith nnd cut into thin allers Sprinkle with the sugar and chopped mint, pour over the colad dressing and garnish with watercress and sprigs of mint.

Nuts & Fruit

Healthful, delicious and nourishing Ingredienta: lb. chopped Brazil nuts sbtainable, or walnuta or almonds.

sultans (washed and dried), 2 eating apples, half an endive, or mit tard and eresa, 3 bananas,

Chop, the nuts, and apples coarsely and mix them with some mayonnale.

Plage in a dish with a border of edive for mustard and cress) and <Herd banana un top,

Sauces To Serve With Sweets

THE

first step in sweet sauce mak- ing in the most important, and that is to master the art of making a smooth free-from-lumps founda- tion snuce. That basis can then be variously favoured so as to appear like a different sauce on at least half a dazen different ocensions. But the

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foundation

be good. Take, for your sweet sauce, half ounce each of butter and flour, two ounces of sugar, half a pint of ntik, and a tiny pinch of salt. Melt the butter gently a pan, add the flour and sugar, and mix thorough- Warm the milk, add the mixture gradually, and bring to the boil, stirring gradually, and boil three minutes.

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The smooth, sweet saure that re- sults can be enriched by a dessert- spoonful of cream or a teaspoonful of brandy or sherry, or the beaten yolk of an egr, added slowly and off the life. It can be variously flavour- ed with essence of lemon, almond, or coffee, or with chocolate powder or desiccated Coconut. Each variety will be excellent.

Eup and Strup Sauces

Sometimes, for a change, make your sweet sauce with fruit syrup instead of with milk. The other in- gredients should also be different. Use half a teaspoonful of cornflour to half a pint of fruit syrup from tinned pineapple, apricots or any other canned fruit. Stake the corn- flour in a very little cold water, add syrup, boiling, and boil ove minutes.

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Hitle thinned golden syrup, sharpened with the juice of half a lemon. or a whole orange makes a delicious sauce, and If the juice is stirred in after the sauce is cooked, it puts vilamin C into the puckling

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With

Vith cheaper eggs in the market you can make these two egg sauces without feeling extravagant. Whip together two whole eggs, two ounces of

castor

sugar, and the juice of one orange and half a lemon. Continue to whip over boiling water till the sauce is thick and frothy.

Another foamy sauce is made in this easy way. Dissolve half a tea- cupful of castor sugar in three talle- spoonfuls of boiling water, add the beaten yolk of an egg, flavour as you like and then add the well-whisked white.

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Parsley Potatoes

PARSLEY has long been famous for its health-giving properties and its piquant flavour. It acts us a tonic for the blood, kidneys, und digestive organs and as a sedative for the nerves,

It is execilent sprinkled over salads, or in savoury sandwiches, It goes with hard-boiled egg quite as well as cress, and is very goud with cream cheese,

Parsley potatoes arc a novelty everyone will appreciate. Roast come medium-sized potatoes in their kins, and when they are soft cut them in half lengthways. Scoop out the flour, mix it with a little butter. seasonings to taste, and a good quantity of finely-chopped parsley, Return to the skins, put some dots of butter on top of each, and brown under the grill or in the oven.

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