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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January, 18, 1939.

They Said Crinolines

Were Coming In

For some months now de- signers have said that hoopa And they are coming back.

certainly have, and not only as a freak fashion, either. Re- cently you saw pictures of the Queen and the Duchess of Glon- them: the cester wearing Duchess of Kent has a black crinoline dress too.

Here are three crinolines; you may not feel you can navi- yatr the honest-to-goodness hooped dress, but why not sway out in one of the other two modern, more feasible versions? are bc- Their fankion details low.

Getting A Fire

To Go

You

YOUR thoughts have turned now

from blue sens and warın sandsi le cosy armchairs and a blazing fire. Too often n fire is provokingly difficult to start, and tempers get hot while the grate remains cold. Try these four ways of lighting n fire: one of them is certain to suit your fre grate.

Fer each method be sure that the firewood and paper are thoroughly dry, and put a few cinders end smail knobs of coal in the bottom of the grate, as fire burns down as well as upwards.

Put a sheet of lightly crumpled newspaper in the grate. Wrap ench plece of firewood separately in wax paper taken from food packages, pila the wood crosswise, and cover well with small knobs of coal.

Soak two large pleves of coke in u Jar of puraffin overnight. Place there in the rate, stack the coal fightly above, and light at once.

Fold a single sheet of newspaper alantwise from corner to corner, then fold over in one inch width until you have a long narrow strip. Tie this once in the centre, turn it over and tle again. Make a good supply of these knots and dry thoroughly before using. Put five or six in the grate and heap small coal over them.

The fourth method is man's way, slow but sure. Crumple lightly a sheet of newspaper in the bottom of the fireplace, and set it alight. With eon! tongs place on the sticks of. Brewood, Wait until the wood is well alight, then gently put the coal on, slowly piling it up, small knobs! Arst, then larger ones, as the first pieces become alight.

old-fashioned devices

to

Two "draw up" there are not to be des- pised-a draw in and bellows. The draw tin is a sheet of strong metal and with a handle in the centre, should be large enough to cover the whole fireplace. Stand it in front of the fire for five or ten minutes, and the fire will burn up very quickly. A little persuasion with a strong pair of bellows will soon have the same cheery effect.

To

Cleaning Chintz And Cretonne

get the best results from the

it necess

sary to be very careful In their

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USEFUL HINTS

STALE loat can be made like new by first lightly sprinkling it with milk, and wrapping it in a paper bag. Put in a fairly hot oven for five minutes, therr "remove tho paper and return the luat for a similar time.

I too much salt has been added tu soup or gravy, stir in a little Bugur, and the unpleasant taste wil not be noticed.

When frying fish, use clarified

oil dripping or salad

to minimise the odour, und walt until a thin blue vapour rises, for this indicates the right time has arrived to put in the

If the oven containing meat be comer too bot, reduce its tempera- ture by placing a bowl of water Inside, for the steam will eventually moisten the air and so prevent the meat burning.

Before cooking a joint that appears to be tough, rub it with vinegar and allow it to stand for an hour or two before cooking, as this helps to make it tender.

11 # few drops of olive oil are added to the water when washing chamois feather gloves, they will not become hard or silit, and incidental-

the leather will be preserved.

white

handling. Material that has never

This was the crinoline as they wore it ing, wide-hemmed skirts. This dress is in coarse been washed before should be well

a few brave white lace with a curved boned bodice. seventy years ago and as soaked beforehand in cold water, to

It is made of black skirt is held out on a stiff taffeta petticoat; the which kitchen salt has been added women are wearing it now. In the proportion of a handful to staffeta with a quilted, strapless bodice, pointed top tier is gathered to the waist, stiffened by gallon of water.

down over a billowing, circular skirt.. Hoops horsehair net underneath to stand out in folds. Very solled cretonne curtains and hold the skirt out to its full width; looped This type of semi-crinoline dress is good for covers also need soaking in water before being washed, and it flounces of taffeta and lace run round the skirt, small people (the Duchess of Gloucester und will help to free them from grime following the lines of the hoopa. Hem of the the Queen wore dresses rather like it recently), Bodice and waist are tight-fitting as far as the if borax is added to the cold-water skirt te gathered into the bottom flounce. bath, as well as to the warm sonpy Here is the latest-of-all version of the hips; from there the skirt springs out in stiff benzene, hang them outdoors to dry. water used for laundering the cre- crinoline line, just out in America-a tiered folds over a stiffened petticoat. The dress is in then brush them with a wire brush

tonne.

cold

Try rubbing a clothes line with wax, for not only does it make It waterproof, but it lasts longer and is ensler to keep clean.

Ash trays will not become dis-

tinfoil, coloured if the interior is lined with After cleaning suede gloves with

On no account must soap bo rub-skirt. Don't attempt tiers unless you are pretty forget-me-not blue slipper satin, with a ruffle of, to bring up the pile and give them bed on the fabric. It should be gently squeezed and rubbed with tall, but if you are then go all out for them. They dark blue lace round the bodice, up and down really fresh appearance. the bands in two lathers, made with are a good deal easier to wear than the spread- round the hips and edging the petticoat,

Soup without soda, til, it appears to

be perfectly fresh and clean. Then

it is ready for rinsing, firat in warm.

Fand then In cold, water, Drying must be away from sun and fire, and Ironing should be on the wrong

• *side.

Chintz is best dry-cleaned, either

GUARD THEIR EYES

THE problem of keeping a Besides the obvious precautions professionally or at home, by rub- Tim a of seeing that when

bing gently with clean cotton wad- ding which will remove all loose interested dust so long as the surface is still baffling. glossy.

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writing he is sitting at the right ส often pretty height, in the right light (which Ishould always come from behind Ave-year-old Johnny him), and is dealing with a good I washing becomes essential, it

learns to read and write a bit, or clear print, you should make a rule must be done in a good soapy lather, do little Jobs by himself, it is a treat that at first the child doesn't work followed by a warm and cold rinse.

more than an hour a day. Strong, very stiff starch is required for his parents.

So when

to restore the glaze. A tablespoon- But it is important to remember

Encourage him to rest his eyes

ful of starch is mixed to a cream that these first years of reading, when he is not working. with two tablespoonfuls of water; to studying or doing any sort of close this is added one

white wax, finely shespoonful of work nt all may easily be a strain !

and halt on your child's eyes.

a teaspoonful of, borax dissolved in

Teaching children to woal: their eyes carefully every day is really as important as teaching them to brush

Up to the time he is four or five their teeth. You can start by bath-

a very little hot water. Che pint of years old, Johnny has red his eyes ing them with a piece of cotton wool boiling water is added and the chintz rather vaguely. He has dorte a lot soaked in eye lotion, but the best ls then rubbed well with

starch and

of staring at the sky, for instance: way is to use an eyebath. You can he has watched people and animals

(for children's eyes which is sold Before Ironing it must be well and things but as a whole rather a follon specially recommended

with an eyebath thrown in. damped and folded, then pressed than In. détail.

It's not always easy at first to with very lot front, wijsing, it first Now, when he learns to read, with a damp cloth. A polishing write and do little sums, he is also get a small child to open his eyou stron ligbeat for getting a good glas learning to concentrate both his in an eyebath. One way of start- Ling him off ja to fill ■ barin with

epid water and drop a small counter

marble In it,

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The heat of the basin melts the he eyebath.

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