1938-11-04 — Page 14

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 4, 1038.

wear.

odd jacket, two for everyday two hooks just inside the edge town wear, the third for sports of the flaps to correspond.

Stitch press studs on the inside! top of the pockets and on the in- Let consider first the side upper edge of the flaps, checked cont shown at the lower Then you can clip them on or off left of the drawing. This is in a jiffy.

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style that is most practical. If

you choose your colour scheme For this style you would need with a little care you can prob- the following lengths of 54in. ably wear the jacket over either material: size 39, 32, and 33in. a frock or skirt from your last bust, 1 yards; size 34, 35, 36,

38, 40, 42 and 4din., 1% yards. year's wardrobe.

The short sleeved jacket We'll suppose you have a navy blue suit and a plum-coloured shown in the second top illus- wool frock in stock-both tration can serve a double pur- colours were smart last year pose. You can wear it for suit and appeared in many women's purposes now and during the wardrobes. You might make warm days that generally come your odd jacket of wool fabric in September. Then, later on.

wear it without checked in some mixture of you can

Or blouse, thus making it into a navy, plum and petunia. striped tweed in suitable colour- jumper-top, giving the contrast offeel that's going to be smart ings would look good.

this year.

Have a couple of different scarves and change them to tie

An odd jacket

makes

new

a

outfit

frock.

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Lightweight tweed in petunia colour is a new acason's contrast for navy or black or for that dull greeny-blue that was worn a lot last year and will be much seen again this year.

Then if you should later on get an autumn suit in the new thunder-grey, your petunia jumper will again be a good partner.

Note the smart shoulder-line in this jacket, by the way. Raglan seams brought up to date.

You will need the following lengths of 51 inch fabric for the short-sleeved view shown. Size 30, 32, 33, 34, 1 yards: size 35, 36, 38, 1% yards: size 40. 42 and 44 ins., 1 yards.

SPORTSWOMEN

will first

appreciate the jucktet shown in the illustration. It's made on loose, bloused lines with shirt-style sleeves gathered into the wind-resisting wrist-

square

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AT the beginning of each until one's complete new would make a quick transition up with either your skirt or band.

You can have either the large season it is worth while outfit is planned and bought. from 1937 to 1938.

You could make a more com- If you have any of the skirt

envelope pockets setting aside an evening or

Somtimes just a change in plete change, however, by get- or frock fabric left and are good shown, or vertical pockets. a few hours at the week-end the colour of collar, cuffs and fing an odd jacket in new at adaptations you could make

And you will want for this to overhaul one's wardrobe. belt will do the trick. Some- colour that tied up with the two little bands of material to

Usually it is possible by times a new trimming will effect skirt or frock you wished to clip on over the pocket hems style the following yardage of renovate. This need not cost and tie up with the rest of your 54ins. fabric: size 30. 1% yards; few simple of a

size 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 12% yards: a complete change-this year,

size 38, 40, 14 yards; size 12, alterations to bring one's for instance, a few bands of much for such jackets are outfit.

Work a tiny bar eyelet on 11, 2 yards. last year's clothes up to narrow ribbon velvet stitched in simple to make and do not re-

each side of the pockel, in the date and make them smart, parallel lines on the collar of a new-looking and wearable centre front of the bodice, or for at least some weeks horizontally outlining the yoke, ferent

means

quire a lot of material,

plain wool frock and down the IN the illustration to seam stitching where it won't Susan Gay

day you see three dif- be visible when you're not versions of the useful wearing the extra flaps. Fix

Improving Parents On A EVENING ELEGANCE: Smart Coats, Capes,

The Menu

LIERE are a few uefto

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Pedestal

ASKING FOR TROUBLE

(WILDREN certainly like to look up to their mothers and think

making everyday meals th different, and compuently more in- teresting. They are all simple taj follow, and clo

involve extra work or expense.

Tomato Rice, or nion and ginere, i start quite an ordinary diner in they are the mord wonderful people festive manner. Serve the tomato juice in your oil coloured claret glasses if you have nothing else suit-o able.

wrong.

EWERY mat woman likes to un- che at least one fur wrap of ne kind for evening wear in her wardrobe, but whether it is a prneti- cally priceless chinchilla cloak. or a mi houkter cape of white lapin

and Jackets

white-fur-and-black-drews,

alliance which has been considered so attrac tive for several sensonIS.

ones nge

Unusual, too, are the monkey fur have the atod evening coats are either short evening jackets, which

additional advantage of being fairly If you want to look very atately, inexpensive, The black or one of the vast number of fursor of ground length this season. which come between these two ex-

to achieve a ground-length coat of a fact which may appeal to many time, depends, upon her etreum- then you will probably do your best smart, but the white ones are newer

white ermine with short sleeves and women. a smuth neckline. Bloused Bolerus

tances.

Classic Black and White

tulier

Another

The Popular Fox Family

the world. This, after all, is quite right, but the whole thing; takes another aspect when the mother tries to instit into her child's mind

Actually, if you go that much in the evening, for wrap is an economy. Try using oat flour for thickening that she is perfect and can do no

Worn with a

Long, three-quarter length capes soups and stews, Instead of four. Elves

She is setting her elf an impoedbly because it can be very pleasant favour to hath standard which she must con-solutely every drem you possess, and,

Cararul is another für which, for he made of white foxes, slung, side whatever dish it is added, and makes even the most fanilor taste just a tinually live up to if she wants to of course, it always looks snart, and evening; wear, is very smart in white by side, from the shoulders. There Is very tattering to the wearer. this season. It is ittade into small are lovely boteres and coats made krep her child's love and respect. Ittle different.

She is the model on which her

bloused boleros or slightly longer, of hale fox, very supple and soft. Mint and orange salad-thinly!

with bulky half-length

Silver fox Jackets and boleros are sliced rounds of orange liberally child life is to be copied. You will

If you are buying an evening wrop or the coats, sleg

us smart for day as they are for sprinkled with chopped mint-is just constantly hear her saying "Mother

smart and new

and new type of fur as good an accompaniment to roast knows best, you know, dear," "You this year, you will probably find that

never see mother doing things like your choice is equally divided be wear is lynx. This turning, so one of them will see you chicken as it is to guinea-fowl.

has climbed from the realm of time onwards.

through my occasion from lunch- her and

child will soon get tween black furs and white ones. Substitute orange juice for vinegar that."

sportswear lato that of evening furs when making mint sauce, and when stek and tired of bearing how per-

Ermine, for instance, that queen of by reason of the fact that it, too, has Moleskin, on, has become a very serving beetroot. It gives a

Fect the is, new

this now been dyed black most success grand affair this season. It la dyed favour to both.

Children are happiest when they evening furs, is dyed black

clothes season. And very lovely it looks, fully. Its long, soft hair gives it an black and made up into elegant Curds and baked custard are quite are dressed in their

worked up into soft, silky, jet black unusual appearance which is very ground-length evening conts, or "new" puddings when a tablespoon are allowed to play their own

Jackets with almost collarless neck- charming.

capes, which are draped, as only this ful or more of treacle is stirred into le games. It is only natural for

Like all these their exeltement lines, rather full backs, and three-

now black-dyed extremely soft and velvet-like fur cach Pint de mills out and get very grubby in the process quarter sleeves. The jackets usually evening furs it looks particularly enn be draped, with very graceful being particularly delicious served

reach of making mud "pies." Why spoil cold with whipped cream.

the hips, or ore a trifle smart over white dresses-and is effect. stating that mother longer. Baked apples filled with a mixture their fun by

more fashionable than the never shouts an mother is never of currants, brown sugar, and cln- namon or ginger have a fine flavour, dirty? They will start comparing and the custard sauce accompanying her with Mrs. Dlanit, the nextdoor them is greatly improved by adding neighbour, who does not mind how much noise her children make or

them to shout in

ulicst

a tablespoonful of sherry to everyw dirty they get, and who some half pint of custard: or the sherry times joins in the furt herself.

may

be stirred into the syrup in Mother, in their estimation, is a spoil which the apples were cooked.

Fresh fruit salad is mo

more quickly sport.

made when the syrup consists of

orange or lemon squash, using half,

or even less, the usual amount of

Land of Make Believe

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Cooking Tips

WHEN Donching eggs, place them

boiling water for # few seconds before cracking the shells, for this preventa the yolks from breaking.

Childhood in a marvellous land of water to dilute it. It is quite sweet make-belleve→a land where any- enough, and Improves the flavour of thing may happen. Listen to all Should trying fat become burnt, whatever fruits are used.

the stories the children have to tell beat it in a pan and put in a peeled Sandwiches made with cream

you. and even if they are incredible, raw potato, for it will remove all cheese and strawberry jam, using don't say~That is not true, dent, traces of burning. either white or brown bread, are a remember mother never tells lies." novelty at ten time, and deservedly Should this remark pass your lips, or carrots, use a wire cloth; this will When scraping potatoes, parsnips, popular; while rolls, or toast, with you will never hear any more of cream cheese und marmalade, are a their little adventures.

be found very efficient and, in- ' grent success for breakfast.

Don't try to Impress the fact that ridentally, prevent stained fingers.

E. D. 11.

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