1939-09-26 — Page 28

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FROM

PARIS

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 26, · · 1939.

Coats swing

SHOWS

bishop's

sleeves

fullness

at Suck

Paris.

contrasting

maot

fraid

shoulders

and

are released IF I could choose a winter coat below the waist; others use from the Paris collections I godets, and others just one would have one of those, with huge inverted box pleat from swinging fullness at the back, the waist.

There's something dashing Some designers put a half belt and carefree about this line, across the waist at the back, which is, most undoubtedly, the others use a narrow all round success of the shows.

belt or the cont may be belt- You can get this swing-back stin and the cout tops are more less. Waists are very neat and

line in various ways. Robert often tting than full. Piguet has a good idea when he

starts it with three flat tucks So long as you contrive to cach side of the centre front of keep the slim body-line and -n-coat-about-under-arm-level-small-waist-effect-you--needn't- and takes them down. in a be afraid- of looking clumsy or diagonal line to the centre back fat in a full-at-the-back coat. of the waist. Here they, seem

But if you don't like this

to mergo almost at right angles silhouetic here are others to into about half a dozen pleats choose from--but they won't stitched down perpendicularly look quite so smart and new! for a few inches and then

Wrap-over coats draped up on released, flaring out to the hem. the left hip;

line.

Neat

Waists

Coats with the skirts gathered all round front hip line or low waist line;

Some designers use inverted box plents which may start at the back of the coat bodice used from a yoke, or from

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Very square boxy shapes; Conts trimmed with flat furs-

like breast plate and the apron; or stitched, on so as to make the coat look like a jacket jand skirt;

Very plain costs cut to the bodyline" and slightly flaring from the hips, or sometimes Istraight; the fullest swagger conts ever mado. These aro one of Alix's ideas and they look specially good in check woollens, jor in plain colour cloths collared and lined with check woollen;

Or (another Alix design)

LEFT:

Ginghams are the smartest cotions seen in town on the hottest days, It is the younger girls and matrona who are wearing them, not only in jacket with dress ensemble, but in dremes, often with a matching_hat| or trim on a large' straw hat shown above.

The dress is in small check In red and white gingham and favoura a shirtwaist style with long_sleeves caught info wide wrist bands. The Lord Byron collar is finished off] with a flowing black slik Windsor ile.

RIGHT:

A kimplo evening frock for the young girl. Gypsy in slyle, it is] Wor by Judy Garland. screen youngster. The blouse in whitaj collon, and the varicoloured skirt is fashioned of alternating strips of} traffeta and net over a navy blue faffeta underskirį.

far,

pockets

satin bow of hip drapes

wool coat

wide straight Coat

at

free

Tasty

Home

the Made Pies

back

FEW dishes can be varied

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pleasantly or so readily as a ple. Whether the main ingredient be flesh, fish, or faw), you can give free rein to your ingenuity when it comes to the blending of special little secrets where ple-making la concerned, but the recipes given below may set you on the track of new discoveries in this culinary art.

from shoulder to wrist, where

When baking a savoury ple, the they're caught into a narrow hour or so. As soon as the crust in (oven should be hot for the first half- band rather like bishops' dark enough, reduce the boat .or alcoves. Some of the plain coat-move the ple to a cooler place and sleeves have cuffs, narrow or deep.

Shoulders are very square, but not exaggerated; sionally one sees epaulettes.

осед

Length Varies

Length is usually anything from an inch or two below the knee to full calf length.

Collars are either non-existent or else very important. The good old wind-screen collar that saves many

a stiff neck in winter is revived, and is usually made of fox. There are little military collars; and Peter Pan collars; and small turn-down collars with very wide revers.

Allx, over original, has mag- nificent shawl collars, draped necklines on coats, and big V shaped collars, the apex of the V reaching to the waist at the back.

Belts are usually narrow, and often there is no belt. Some times the waist line is marked by trucks or very well controlled horizontal draping,

cover the crust with a double plece of greaseproof paper. Then continue cooking until the meat is tender.

To test the ment, run o skewer through the hole in the top of the pic. When the ple is done, It is a good plan to pour little hot gravy through the hole in the crust, as there's always a tendency for a ple

to be on the dry side. Arized Grill

For a really satisfying meal you can't do better than a raised pio tomato, onion, and a litle sliced packed with bacon, sausage, egg, potato. For this kind of ple you should use a hot-water crust, made

thus-

For Day-long Freshness

Head and ahoulders above all other snaps when it's A caso of Rafeguarding your skin against infeg- tlont Obtainable at alt Compradores. After the Baik: Wrights Coat Tar Talcum Powder

Prevents chafing and prickly hinh Agenta: GILMAN & CO.

LTD.

Wright's

Coal Tar

Soap

WRIGHT'S Coal Tar Soap

Max Malini

Steve lb self-raising flour with 1⁄4 tea-spoonful salt into a bowl. Mei 3 ozs lard (but do not get it very hot), milk and water and bring to the boil. Make a well in your flour and pour in your hot fat and liquid. Mix smartly to n soft paste, using a fork, Knead till smooth, and then roll out. It will be found more expedient to divide the dough into two or three

and turn on to a floured board.

pieces and to roll each piece to the required size, shape, and thickness.

For the Ang I suggest à quarter of a pound of streaky bacon cut into neat pieces, and rolled in mustard, 1⁄4 Occasion-1b sausage meat or sausages skinned ally one sees belts that are wide and divided, two hard-bolled CERS, In front and taper away to a two cooked potaties, one large onion mere inch or so at the back.

Waists are either normal or low. There would seem to be a desperate effort going on to get the waist down. Both coats and dresses are often made with long bodices which seem to end almost on top of the hips.

sorakkan panel's extended to forms

A device used to get the eye accustomed

this lower line

and three tomatoes finely sliced. quartered, in the centre. The bacon Arrange in layers, with, the eggs, will supply most of the galt needed, but a sprinkling of mustard should

be added each layer.

Use a hinged ple mould or a thick cake tin for your ple and mould the Arst plece of dough Armly in to form the base. Molsten edges and then mould in the sides bringing the top rim well up to form a good join. Filt up with your mixture, mould on to the roof, Seni and roll edge, slit the top, apply the decoration and brush is to have some all over with egg or brown sugar

glaze. kind of braiding or stitching or tucking just be- low the normal waist,

Or a belt may be skilfully used, 19 for instance, a love-

ly gold link belt

Bake in a moderate oven for one

and a half to two hours. When cooked, make an incision on the edge

or by one of the leaves, fill up with gravy and allow to get quite cold.

Serve this delicious ple with crisp lettuce leaves and tomato or a nice cucumber and tomato salad.

Herrings

thin

about an inch Line your ple-dish with a wide which is | moulding, of potato pastry and then worn #t the it up with herring, trimmed, normal.

toned, and cut into quarters, sliced walst

tomato, onion, sweet pepers, button line an a black mushrooms or big ones cut small, frock, but all neatly laid in rows, and nicely front it has two seasoned. similar link chains looped across, one below the other, like a necklace.

in

full fat fur skirt. coats with cloth top and very

There is a vogue for braiding; Sleeves are usually tradi- and also flat furs are sometimes tional, straight coat sleeves or used like braid, narrow strips slightly big at the shoulders; being stitched in scroll but sometimes they are full designs or in bands and zig-zage, Volvet is also sometimes used on cloth coats and on fancy tweeds and woollens.

on

Add a squeeze of teman juice, a good sprinkling of powdered parsley, a grate of nutmeg, and lemon rind. Pour over it this delectable sauce:—

Two taespoonfuls made mustard, 1 teaspoonful sugar, nearly a gill of vegetable stock or water, and 1 table-

spoonful tomato pulp, well mixed together.

Cover with pastry, decorate edges and brush beaten egg. Bake in a moderate oven for 30 to 35 minutes, according to size of pie. Bloaters, prepared as herring and well washed can be used fustead of the fresh Ash; in which case no salt is riceded,

For the potato pastry you will need

Buttons are important-some times fancy, of silver or gilt metal, and sometimes of bone. For dresses, especially after-Bezs Bour, 4 oza sleved cooked noon and evening dresses, there are jewelled buttons, and Anny Blatt makes good use of coloured jbuttons on her chic hand-knitted

suits and frocks,

Materials

potatoes, 4 ozs margarine, and half teaspoonful salt, Rub the margarine into the flour, add sieved potatoes and salt and enough cold water to make into a stiff dough. Roll out and use, as short pastry.

No Oven Required

Face cloths, plain smooth

Now here is n ple that needs no oven-sea ple. You'll require 1b woollens, or sometimes rough lean beet, elther stewing steak, leg Burfaced woollena, are smartest,of beef, or beet skirt, lb llced but sometimes there is a self palons, 1b sliced carrots, 3 or 4 tornatoes, I cupful pros, 2 oza drip- stripe or other novelty weave. ping, 1 desserispoonful flour, salt, The plainer the better for town pepper, and mustard, and 8 ozs, suet wear seems to be the motto for pastry." materials for full length winter coats.

.

-Melt the dripping in the bottom of a big pan and fry your allced onions in It Cut the ment into small

Of course, for country or sports there are innumerable pieces and roll in the flour to which you have added salt, pepper, and tweeds. And for jackets, the mustard. Add the ment and the rest gayer the colouring and pattern of the vegetables to the pan, except the better. Almost every de-the tomatoes and peas. Barely cover with water, add seasoning, puf on the algner shows tartan and check pan lid, and bring to the boll.. Sim- Jackets with plain colour skirts, mer for at least an hour. Iniso vivid coloured velvet

Jackets.

Take care not to have the pastry roof too moist, and roll It lightly out Ag to colour, black is universal to the size of the pan. Stir up the for town, but there is a sprinkl-contents of the pan, add the sliced ing, too, of wines, purples, and tomatoes and pera, and cover with the other dahlin shades which against the pan sides. Put back the the pastry, roof, pressing it well Chanel especially loves; and pan lid and cook for another hour or blues and mustard yellow are hour and a half, keeping the ild on scen, too.

-closely and guarding against too great

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