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Diana Wayne talks sense about

Summer

OF all the enchanting occupa-

tions on

a really hot day, getting yourself nicely scented is the best

It may be accomplished in the grand manner-beginning with a bath and finishing with a fragrant gar- denin right in the centre of your topknot --or it may consist of a hurried, conven- tional drop bohind the cars. Whichever. way you do it, perfume is an infallible ohort cut to charm.

ONE

All are Good

NE of the cleverest women I know soaks a tiny cotton-wool ball in her favourite scent before she is going to a dance, and fucks It Into the centre of her decollet- age.

Another, a Frenchwoman, perfumes the hem of her frocks so that as she moves the leaves the air faintly sweeter behind her. Still another keeps a pomander (u dried orango studded with cloves, spicy and delicious) in her nen cupboard, so that the warm air permeates everything she wears.

There are as many ways to use perfume, In fact, as there are subile women in the world. And all good.

Very Cooling

ONE of the loveliest, wonderful in a

heat wave or alter a hot bath, is an all-over spray with perfumed can de Cologne. In case you don't understand about per- fumed Colugne-I didn't, either-the planation is this,

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Good cu de Cologne s :1 grand refresher-bracea the skin, soothes the nerves, cools every inch of your skin. But by its very nature the fragrance doesn't last. So now the perfumers are making the best. of both worlds combining Cologne for re- freshing with a light version of your per- „fume to remain falntly on the skin all day...

Thus you get eau de Cologne chypre, cau de Cologne "red roses,” eau de Cologne fern," and so on. And very cooling and delightful, too.

Perfect Lotion

TRY it on your sealp us well. Cologne,

feet summer setting lotion: the waves will

Tendered or plain, makes a per-

LUNCH MENU

EGGS MILANO

Fry a chopped

onion in butter until soft, then add to the pan a cupful of good gravy, half a cupful of pulped tomatoes, 2 cupfuls of drained, boiled rice, and |1⁄4ib. of grated cheese, Season well, and stir over gentle heat until the gravy is practically absorbed.

Put the mixture into a shallow ovenware dish, make slight kollows, and into each drop a raw egg. Add

a few small knobs of butter and put in the oven until the cups are sei. Sprinkle with grated cheese,

RASPBERRY SUNDAE Cover fresh raspberries toith caster

supar and mash well with a fork. Put a little of the mixture at the bottom of in- dividual glasses, add a portion of Ice-cream, and cover with more fruit. Pour over a desscrispconful of thin cream, and top with chopped nula.

Scents

'THE FRESH FRA- GRANCE of summer flowers is the ideal per- fume for out-of-door days. Match up your scent with a posy of real flowers for your buttonhole.

stay not only trim, but perfumed if you comb a few drops through your hair and pin it into place before putting on your bathing-cap or your tennis cyeshade.

Scented baths? The cholco grows wider and more tempting every day. Lily of the Valley is a favourite this summer, according to one famous perfume house, be- cause a royal Indy has expressed her special love for Lily of the Valley.

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Then there are pine baths and mimosa baths and verbena und geranium, and hundred other flower scents with which to sweeten bathtime. All, of course, with soap and talcums and bath dusting pow- ders to match for your further delectation.

THIS

Not Overdone

HIS business of getting all your per- fume to harmonise can be n fas- cinating hobby; but is not to be overdone. One does hear of women who refuse to use scent at all because it might "clash" with their face powder or lipstick.

They are in the same category as women who talks of calories and vitamins at every meal. A charming woman, with make-up and perfume pleasant and not overdone, cah never smell like a clash,

Perfume for personality makes a large subject. As a general rule you're safe with a perfume you love. It not only gives some- thing to you, you give something to it.

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Locks the curls... and curls the locks

Winds uniform curls quickly Easy to use

Easy to sterilize

Never necessary to spread the prongs apart with the fingers

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Acquired Taste

HIS doesn't mean that the seventeen-

THIS

years-old can run wild with amba and musk; but in these beauty-conscious days, thank Heaven, she is hardly likely to. There are so many beguiling outdoor scents for her sweet brlar and jasmin and fougere, and the fresh, delightful line that belongs naturally to seventeen summers,

As another general rule, perfumes suit- able for seventeens are ideal for over-sixties as well.

For the ages between, they fall into three groups: "straight" flower

scents, bouquets that are a mixture of flower per- fumes and faint splees, and sophisticated extracts labelled with "M" or "No. 7," or some equally reticent name.

Amber and Musk

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VOU may not like these sophisticated perfumes at first sniff. They are an acquired taste like caviare-which is just as well since they are usually almost as expen- sive.

The faintly spleed bouquets contain most women's ideal perfume at madest price. Is it worth searching for the ident perfume? Every Lane. Once found it will give you pleasure for life. No matter how you may wander you'll always come back to it with pleasure; in October, when you take your furs from their summer hid- lag. you'll sniff it just as appreciatively as you did this time last year.

WHICH REMINDS ME

Now is the time to spray a little per- fume on to your broadtail or nusquash, if they don't possess any already. Fur is the next best thing to your own skin for bring- ing out the true sicectness of a scent; and provided it is just a reasonably good per- fume it will smell cuen loveller three months

from now.

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"Comfortable.”

Women

LADY Oxford remarked recently

that she could not help thinking how, my more happy marriages there would be if men lived with comfortable women.

There are some of us who, though we provide every comfort for the man of

house, the

would hardly come under Lady Oxford's defini- tion of comfortable woman.

The essence of comfort in⚫nny- thing generally implies the elimina- tion of all sharp points and the com- fortable wife must have all her edges softly rounded to

to a smooth contour. She has no jarring nerves or jumpy, discordant tempers; ale is very easy to get on

on with; that doca she can have no .view points of her own, but she nover

not

mcun

Roes suddenly off "at a a tangent."

Towards

hör chlidren

the comfor- table mother

well- preserves balanced, amooth-running discipline; she enlin their excitements and soothes their dimculties. It is easy to fuss over trifles, to jump at the slightest upset, but to do so only pasnes on frayed nerves to the

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comfortable mather' with her serene outlook on things counts ten if not twenty before she scolds, and her quiet calm prevents à domestic upheaval

There are a dozen ways in which women can aim at being comfortable wives; the essence of it all is a ba- lanced mind. You have a true sense of the value of incidents. You do not fuss when your husband in late from the office, you do net fume when your small son tears his new refuse to upset the trousers, you

tea-party because your daughter has spilt her milk.

The comfortable woman comfortable

creates

surroundings. Your home is a home and not merely house. There are flowers grouped gracefully in every comer, there are priceless pinces and colourful

"schemas"; and there are ash trays everywhere, chairs which invite

use, papers which have obviously been read; there is even a spot where á man may sanoke bly

pipe in peace and. put his feet comfortably.at-easo.-

The home as well as the person- ality of the comfortable

woman radiates calm, undurried serenity. Are you as comfortable as all that?

C. R. M.

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Cooking Hints

APPLES are more easily digested if only a very, small quantity of water is added when stewing them.

Bacon goins in flavour if before being grilled, a little lemon juice is squeezed over the rashers.

Into

Don't pour hot marmalade Jars without heating the jars, other- wise they may crack.

Golden syrup mixed with bread- crumbs and a little ground ginger is

delicious Alling for pudding.

The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1988.

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Summer Clothes

Need

roly-poly Proper Attention!

Have some strips of fat bacon ready to place over the breast of Bare as this will keep the bird from becoming too dry, and will also im- prove the flavour.

The juice of an orange added to all kinds of slews prevents bllious- ness.

Keep herbs closely bottled instead of storing them in packets as they will then retain their strength.

Liver is more easily digested if stewed gently (not fried) and flavoured with mushronni ketchup.

Mustard will not stole if mixed vith vinegar instead of water.

Nutmeg udded to a plain suct pud- ding makes it more tasty,

Pieces of stale bread, dipped in butter, fried in Inrd, ond then served with Jam, or lemon curd, makes an inexpensive sweat.

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wiches consists of chopped pincap ples and dates mixed with chopped nuts.

Use only the best white vinegar when you are pickling-it is well worth the slightly higher cost.

See that you always use wooden utensils when preparing vegetables for pickling.

Wish lettuce leaves by holding them under a cold water tap, In- stead of soaking them in a basin, a process which

may make them BOKgY.

A teaspoonful of Warmi water helps to lighten omelettes,

A. R.

Useful Hints

WHEN you make meringues nt Whome they will not crumble it you add a pinch of baking powder to the mixture.

When making jam. take a large cork, make a slit in it, and push the handle of the stirring spoon into it. This avoids burnt Angers, and should it fall into the liquid, It will float.

When Botng a box ottoman work basket attach the lining with drawing pins. It can be easily de- tuched then when it requires wash- ing.

or

Always use a wooden spoon when rubbing ingredients through a sleve. It will not spoil the wire mesh, and, has

a forger surface than a metal spook.

If a tablespoonful of sugar Is stirred into the basting gravy in the roasting pan when a joint la cook-

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