THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
1938.
- a few hours at the week-end
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 inakde top of the pockets and on the in-
wear.
Let us consider frat the side upper edge of the flaps. checked coat shown at the lower Then you can clip them on or off left of the drawing. This is a in a jiffy.
style that is most practical. If
wool
frock
you choose your colour scheme" For this style you would need with a little caro you can prob- the following lengths of 54in. ably wear the jacket over either material: size 30, 32, and 33in. a frock or skirt from your last bust, 1 yards; size 34, 35, 36, year's wardrobe.
38, 40, 42 and 44in., 11⁄2 yards.
The We'll suppose you have a navy
short sleeved jacket blue suit and a plum-coloured shown in the second top illus- in atock-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, checked in
can nome mixture of you
it without a navy, plum and petunia. Or blouse, thus making it into a striped tweed in suitable colour- jumper-top, giving the contrast ings would look good.
effect that's going to be smart this year.
Have a couple of different scarves and change them to tie
An odd jacket
makes
a
new
outfit
wear
Lightweight tweed in petunia colour is a new season'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 he 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 54 inch fabric for the short-sleeved view shown. Size 30, 32, 33, 34, 14 yards: size 35, 36. 38. 14 yards: size 40, 42 and 44 ins, 12 yards.
will appreciate the first jacket shown in the illustration. It's made on loose, bloused lines with shirt-style sleeves gathered into the wind-resisting wrist-
SPORTSWOMEN
as
AT
T the beginning of each until one's complete new would make a quick transition up with either your skirt or band.
frock. season it is worth while outfit is planned and bought. from 1937 to 1938.
You can have either the large You could make a more com- setting aside an evening or
If you have any of the skirt Somtimes just a
envelope pockets Square change in plete change, however, by get- or frock fabric left and are good shown, or vertical pockets. the colour of collar, cuffs and fing an odd jacket in a new at adaptations you could make to overhaul one's wardrobe. belt will do the trick. Some- colour that tied up with the two little bands of material to And you will want for this 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 ɓdius, fabric: size 30, 1yards; means of દી few simple a complete change-this year,
are outfit.
size 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 19 yards: alterations to bring one's for instance, a few bands of much, for such jackets
simple to make and do not re-
Work a tiny bar eyelet on 44, 2 yards,
size 38, 40, 17 yardst size 42, last year's clothes up to narrow ribbon velvet stitched in quire a lot of material.
each side of the pocket, in the
day you see three dif- be visible when you're not versions of the useful wearing the extra flaps. Fix
date and make them smart, parallel lines on the collar of a
plain wool frock and down the IN the illustration to seam stitching where it won't
new-looking and wearable centre front of the bodice, or
for at least some weeks horizontally outlining the yoke, ferent
Susan Gay
Improving Parents On A EVENING ELEGANCE: Smart Coats, Capes,
The Menu
TIERE are a few suggestions for
making everyday meals a little į different, and consequently mary in tervating. They are all simple to follow, and clo involve extra ; work or expense.
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ASKING FOR TROUBLE
VERY nart woman likes to in- clude a feast one fur wrap of come kit for evening wear in ber wordenkar, but whether it is a practi- CHILDREN certainly like to look eally priceless chinchilla cloak, or u up to their nuthers and think shoulder cope of white lapin or one of the vast number of furs which come between these two ex- trener, depends upon her circum-
Tomato julen, or inclon and ringer. start quite an ordinary dinner in they are the most wonderful people feative manner. Serve the tomato julce in your old coloured claret glasses if you have nothing else suit- able.
and
orange
to
AVTORIC
You will
"Yout
tanken.
Classic Black and White
and Jackets
white-isar-and-black-dresa alliance which has been considered so attrac tive for several seasoNG,
The Popular For“ Family
-Long, three-quarter length capes
Unusual, too, are the monkey fur Most evening coats are either short evening jackets, which have the aditional advantage of being fairly ones are of ground length this season. If you want to look very stately, inexpensive. The black the world. This, after all, is quite right, but the whole thing takes
then you will probably do your best smart, but the white ones are newer to achieve a ground-length coat of a faet which may appeal to many another aspect when the inter
white ermine with short sleeves and women. tries to instil into her chikl's mind
Actually, if you go out much in the a smooth neckline. Try waing oat flour for thickening that she is perfect and can do no
evening, a fur wrap is an economy. Bloused Baleros soups and stewr, instead of flour.
worn with b nives a very pleasant favour She is setting herself an impossibly because it can be
་་ Caracul is another fur which, for are made of white foxes, slung, side whatever dish it is added, and makes high tandard which she must con- solutely every dress you possess, and.
of course, it always looks smart, and evening wear, is very smart in white by side, from the shoulders. There even the most familiar taste just a finually live up to if she wants to
is very flattering to the wearer. her child's love aml respect, keep little different.
this cusON. It is made into small are lovely boleros and coats made She is the modet on which ber Mint
bloused boleros or slightly longer, of baby fox, very supple and soft, salad-thinly !
faller roats, with bulky half-length sliced rounds of orange liberally child's life is to be cupied.
Silver fox Jackets and boleros are If you are buying an evening wrap or three-quarter sleeves, sprinkled with chopped mintis just constantly hear her saying--"Mother
15 a smart for day they are for Another smart and new type of fur evening, so one of them will see you this year, you will probably find that a good an accompaniment to roast nows best, you know, dear, chicken as it is to guinea-fow). never are mother doits; things like your choice is equally divided be- for evening wear is lynx, This fur through any occasion from lunch-
has elimbed from the realm of Substitute orange juice for vinegar hat," and her child will soon retween black furs and white ones. when making mint sauce, and when sick d tired of hearing how per-
sportswear into that of evening furs serving beetroot.
fret she is
Ermine, for instance, that queen of by reason of the fact that it, tuo, has
Moleskin, too, has become a very lavour to bath,
Children are happiest when they evening! Turs, is dyed black this now been dyed black most success grand affair this season. It is dyed Curds and biked custard are quite dressed in the pitest clothes starom, And very lovely it looks, fully. Its long, soft hair gives it an Black and made up into elegant
worked up into soft, silky, jet black unusual appearance which is very ground-length "new" puddings when a tablespoon- and are allowed to play their own
evening coals. or ful or more of trenule is stirred into le gomes. It is only natural for jackets with almost collarless neck charming.
capes, which are draped, as only this cach pint of milk used, the custard then to shout in the excitement lines, rather full backs, and three- Like all these new black-dyed extremely soft and velvet-like fur being particularly delicious served and get very grubby in the process quarter sleeves, The jackets usually evening furs it looks particularly can be draped, with cold with whipped cream.
of making mud "pies."
Why spoil reach 10 the hips, or are a trifle mart over white dresses-and is effect. Baked apples filled with a mixture their fun by slating that mother / longer. of currants, brown sugar, and ein-ever shouts and mother never namon or ginger have a fine flavour her with Mrs. Blank, the nextdoor dirty? They will stari comparing and the custard sauce necompanying i them is greatly improved by adding neighbour, who does not mind how tablespoontus of sherry to every much noise her children make or half pint of custard; or the sherry bow dirty they get, and who some- tines Jalna in the fun herself.
It gives
EL
new
may be stirred into the syrup in Mother, in their estination, is a spoll which the apples were cooked.
Fresh fruit salad is more quickly spori.
made when the syrup consists of A Land of Make Believe orange or lemon squash, using half,
ог
even less, the usual amount of Childhood is a marvellous land of water to dilute it. It is quite sweet make-believe-a land where any enough, and Improves the favour of thing may happen. Listen to n
whatever fruits
arc used. Sandwiches made
cheese
E, D. II.
TOGETHER AGAIN
Cooking Tips
HEN poaching eggs, place then Y in boiling water for D few seconds before cracking the shells. for this prevents the yolks from breaking.
evon
'more
fashionable than the
time onwards,
very graceful
M. S.
POPULAR H.M.V. RECORDS JUST ARRIVED.
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YEHUDE MENIUIN & SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. (Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt).
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Should frying fat become burnt, the stories the children have to tell heat it in a pan and put in a peeled with cream you, and even if they are Incredible, [row potato, for it will remove all and strawberry jam, using don't say "That is not true, dear traces of burning. either white or brown bread, are a remember mother never tells lles." novelty at ten time, and deservedly Should this remark pass your lips. When scraping potatoes, parsnips, popular; while rolls, or toast, with you will never hear any more of or carrots, use a wire cloth; this will cream cheese and marmolade, ure a their little adventures.
be found very efficient and, in- great success for breakfast.
Don't try to Impress the fact that eldentally, prevent stained fingers. you are paragon of virtue. De a
To give soup a rich creamy taste, Child with them, Join in their add to each quart just before serving games, Hve with them in their land a piece of cheese the size of a wal- DB1278 (Lo, Here the Gentle Lark. of make-believe, and let them see nut, Should you put too much salt that you can play the part of a Red into the soup or ravy, stir in a little Indian or a cowboy. Even if you do sugar, then it will not be nollerable. get rather dishevelled, why worry; the children will feel so happy. be- coure you are one of them that when the game has to finish they will wash antily themselves quite happily. There will be no need to lecture them on the virtues of cleanliness,
Should your children place you on a pedestal, all well and good; but should you place yourself there, and occasionally topple off, more harm than good will be done.
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After a jar of pickles has been Ab 313 (La Boheme. (Puccini), opened, grate a lttle horseradish on top of the contents before replacing the stopper, for thin will not only preserve the flavour of the plekles, but prevent mould from forming.
To keep a milky drink hot for some time, place the glass inside a half-pound cocoa tin and replace the
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