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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February, 15, 1939.

Housewife's Bookshelf

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Recipes from Hungary." By Ike. wiprable Cover and spiral Evelyn Back: Published by Cob-stitching to keep it open at the right den-Sanderson. I

page mis friendly

little volume Micarld find a place in many kitchen

SIMPLE things seems different übraries.

done a new way. This came upon me even more after dip-

Unwanted Advice

"Enquire Within." By Elizabeth Craig. (Published 612 W. Collins,

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ping into Evelyn Bach's new Sons and Co., Ltd.) book of Hungarian cookery.

By A WIFE

Keep Your Best Frock

Clean

DURING the week-ends

If your frock is patterned, most of us like to wear the apron up in plain fabrie however, I suggest you minke our best frocks as often with a deeper tone of the same

as possible for then, more colour as frimming,

than at any other time in

the year, visitors seem to drop in unexpectedly.

The secret

of radiant

beauty

Take a little "HAZELINE' SNOW" on your finger-tips and gently massage it into the skin. The smooth and

lovely complexion which results will reveal to you the true secret of radiant beauty.

HAZELINE

Glass Jars from

ABOLERO effect is

of Pharmac'es

cleverly given to the bodice of the apron shown in the

seams at

Yel, there are all sorts of odd centre of the drawing. This is jobs to be done during the done by the curved week-ends. So it's useful to each side which are emphasised have a pretty apron at hand by two rows of simple embroi that can be put on quickly when dery. Similar embroidery trims necessary when you slip out the hem and all the edges. into the kitchen to make some It is quite easy to work with - hot coffee and sandwiches for out a transfer-just zig-zag the callers, or when you sweep rows with dots between the up the crumbs from the carpet points. Full instructions after your children's tea-time given with the pattern, guests have gone.

are

Natural colour tussore with

The three aprons illustrated the embroidery in cherry red. here are all made from one pat green and bright blue would

tern. And they can all look look attractive.

dainty as well as prove service- able if you make them up in some nice materials. As you can see from the back views in ming the small drawings, they cover panel your frock pretty well.

THE third illustration

shows another slim- line, for there is a long let in down the centre front. Make it of some plain

relief.

Do not tink I am alone when I sp. that I prefer to do things

FLOWERED artificial soft cotton fabric so that the my own way, and that, if I don't

silk crepe would be trimming is thrown up in good know how. i prefer to find out for nice for the first one, trimmed myself rather than have people with contrasting fabric or bins Here again the trimming is a shooting advice and puggestions at fold tape in a plain colour-per- simple bit of handwork-just haps the same colour as the rows of horizontal stitches They have a clever way with their To those on the threshold Let

at the cutect that frock you will most often wear worked one below the other and

it over. It's cut on very good spaced evenly, will of household affairs, and people who me apt to do so gener- Take pancakes for L moment. Starting with everyday batter, the others who are finding that ally have the best hearts in the lines, with slimming side seams good done in author prescribes the following practice is never fully proven, world; they are genuinely anxious to into which the slight fulness of colours-say yellow and green

here is the happy housewife's ce

fellow-creature comfortable the bodice

softly alternately on a mid-blue or a wine-coloured background.

humblest dishes over there.

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way. They are also capable, for

suggestions

are frequently worth while, but what they have not realised to that trait in 'ntost of us which makes us jib at univited advice.

Alting for Brain Pancakes:

"One calf's brain, half-onion, two eggs, salt and pepper. Skin the ABC, compiled by that popular and doing a job of work the right gathered. brain (after the usual preparations) writer Elizabeth Craig.

their As she tells us in the foreword, and cut into small pleces; fry very finely chopped onion in butter, and she has planned these 2,000 prac the brain, salt and pepper and two tical ideas for quick reference in egits. Fry until done. Fill the time of trouble, and she also includes pancakes with this mixture, fold a good dent of semi-technical in- and dip in egg and breadcrumbs and formation that often saves the.

and try in hot butter." Truly a hunger- labour

even indney in

From renewing home. average making recipe.

Here is her prawn Alling sug-

tap washer to tying your husband's dress lie, there is the right answer gested for another occasion:

"Two rolls, a few mushrooms, in reliable, concise form. paprika, salt iwo desserispoons

Shell

the prawns and cut

cream.

up

the

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When Packing Parcels

THE

to

I myself am by way of being a ereditably good cook. Recently a woman friend, who a first-class cook, came stay the week-end with me. Well, I dreaded her en- trance into the kitchen. i could 200 her keying herself up for command. Her eyes gleamed with enthusiasm. At her owar duties such a capable xed the would have deserved miamer greatest credit, but these were my duties and all. I wanted from her Was passive observation. Her er tical.

and helpful manner, though admirably meant. was simply 11 turn in the flesh,

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the meat. Sonk the rolls and, stow the mushrooms In butter, Mix well together, season with paprika und add the cream. Fill the pan- cakes with this mixture, roll to-

advice generally given #ether and dip in and bread- crumbs and fry in butter.

there who send gifts through the Nor are we at a loss for the post is, "Chouse non-fragile articles, sweet course. Palatschinken, with easy to pack,' their cheese stuffings, are real Hun-

But you may know someone with gurlan pancakes, so try them for a special love of delicate china or

"I can tell you a good way of glass. And it is hardly satisfactory beating apecal meal sometimes.

e-whites quickly! If you and yourself with a sand-to send her the money and tell her shouldn't put milk in serumbled eges wich tout to dispose of and a large to choose her own.

If I were you?" "Spongecake sports The Chine have 600 excellent you don't put it family to feed you will find Puszta way of pucking fine glass and china immediately." "And so on.

into the oven Loof a satisfying yet savoury offer wäre. They dlp each piece in cold lustered expecting her hints and an

I got su ing made with park.

With its colourful, yet workuit while it is still wet. It is then the most foolish mistakes, which no water and twist tissate paper round ticipating her remarks that I made wrapped in crumpled newspaper, doubt further convinced her that I The damp tissue paper, put an with was helpless soul who urgently a forms a protective pail.

needed her akt. Choose a box to fit the contents as nearly as possible and fill up the add corners with crumpled paper.

Suedes have been given promi- nence in display recently. Here, reading from top to bottam, aro

· Cour types that have been fer- ́tured. At lop is the liutcher bay type of jacket, belted at front and leone at back, and below is three-plece ensemble consisting of suede jacket, short suede top- coal, faced with the plaid of the skirt. The suede vest over an Korn sweater with hairy striped woollen, akiri, Also lie boxy yoked jacket below that have been popular.

Narrow strips of paper pasted dia- gonally across the frames of pictures and mirrors will prevent then from cracking by vibration,

1 once took a friend of mine up to see my sleeping child. He had a cold, and he was breathing rather heavily, "Oh, dear!" volunteered my friend. "He shouldn't be breathing like that. You must get Always dampen string before him into the habit of doing deep using it to tie up parcels. There is breathing exercises," Thats - [no_danger then of it coming undone,doubtedly a brilliant suggestion, but, Be sure to label "Fragile" all par- call me perverse or what you win, ! cis containing breakable articlen. Fresented her advice.

Characteristics

WE

WHEN THEY ARE TOO PROMINENT

WE all have definite characteristics gives single confidence, locks but quite frequently we are pathetic, and righs mysteriously and scerely rather fond of them. It is meaningly when human nature is only human that we should like our discussed, and generally tries to give selves a bit!

the impression that she is “deep," but misunderstood. She, too, IN diy tinetly chilly.

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look

two contrast

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At the left is a dress intended for spring wear, combining white and hunter green crepe. The dress is finely pleated from neckline to hem, 'czcept for the smoothly fitted corselet section. Sparkle on sheer is the story for the evening ensemble, developed white 'net posed over white taffeta, and embroidered in silver acquins in starfish and scattered arrangements,

...

Even enthusiasm can be overdone.

dic

There is a danger, however, when we begin to overdo our characteris-

for a cause. And they chide you ticz. There Is a

None of us likes people who are so very misguided way of achieving most reproachfully if woman, for

you do not stance, who has a great dent of poise, away at every turn, but, at the same

naive, that they give themselves "dnsh."

thare their hysteria. but she has so much of it that she is time, we do ilke a little warmth. Can anything be more pathetle than tle, don't become maudlin and like Further, if you are kind and gen- almost like in leeberg! She never little personal confidence, and a little the person who gues in so much for a doormat; if you belleve in firmness gels excited, never allows a muscle response to our own warm Impulses. of her body out of place when she,

"enthusing" that she loses all critical and self-control, don't become tough sitting, never allows herself to be- Other women one meets admiro stase and thinks everything perfect, if you consider it human to be a litte tray the slightest emotion: in short, exoticisin. Again, a spot of exolicism wither it is the hospitality of every inefleient, don't become fecklers, never make the slightest four pas. addy colour and piquancy to life, hostees, or every "show" she goes and if you rather cherish your sen- think, but if you daub your whole to see? Such people are usually sitiveness, don't carry it to the point even the slightest unkind Another type of women believes horizon with 11, the result is sotne- given to flaunting their enthusiasm where

naturalness She hates studied what like eating dish of very hot in your face. They exclaim and re- word hurts. behaviour of any kind und,' if the curry, One such woman, though she mark about every detail of scenery

Keep

your characteristics by ali potted one sits like a statue, she her is British to the backbone, hus, on through which you are passing, or means, bût don't "overdo" them. self sits like, a loose-limbed rag doll the principle that. French women hee

they let you know. that they will whith bus 'been carelessly thrown fuseinoting, adopted their exeliable down. Further, she is abrupt with und gestleulaling manner of speech. people, for she does not belleve in

the necessity of ulting the wheels of Glorifying Untidiness social intercourse; she is painfully frank.

The "Mustery" Woman

and

A quality which is exasperating when overdone Is untidiness, quite a lot of people do overdo it, rint so much because they are in- Then there is the "mystery" wo- trinsically untidy, but because they man, the type who likes to be an believe that it shows "dash" and enigma. "No one understands me," "serious" if you uso n Jittio-box;

she murmurs, or "I don't like being they advertise the fact that they one of those people who are easily never know where to find their read." To achlove the effect she has gloves or golf-sticks; and they glory [ in mind, she talks very little, 'never in a paper-strewn room. It seems a

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