Shorts that look like a smart divided skirt and tailored shirt in contrasting shade, are tops for tennis, especially when made of cotton.
Caring For China
DURING the summer months many
girls have morried, and are now in the process of settling down to run Amongst their homes of their own.
wedding gifts most would get dinner and tea services, but in a little while they may be horrified to find that mall hale-like cracks are appearing all over these cherished gift.
Yet, if at the outset they will take a little time and trouble to give the China some simple treatment, the annoying cracks can be prevented. Temper the Cupa
Before using the services, warp ruch plece separately in soft cloths and put a few pieces at a time into Cover with cold shallow pan. waler, then bring slowly to boiling point ut let Usem boil for ten
ininutes. Turn off the gas and let the China remain in the water until cold. This temper the China and enables it to withstand sudden ex- pansion when anything hot, like tea or coffee, is poured into the fragile cups.
One boiling is sufletent and the) China will be quite free from cracks: for a long me. A little alleed sunp nny be put into the water and the dishes shouli afterwards be rinsed) in hot water and tried and polish with soft towels.
When rinsing it a good plan to fold turkish towel and place it at the bottom of the bowl, so that if the "dellente "elina-should-ip-the-towel will prevent i from getting chipped. Removing Tea Stains
In the washing of any china, new or old, it it is any ornamentation or gilt or much red colouring, no soda should be used, as this : sometimes infurlous to the decoration. A des- serispoonful of borax or a few drops. of ammonia should be used instead.
will Crushed salt stalna, but if very badly stained a little powdered fuller's earth should be applied on a cloth.
remove
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This
with Jacket is of brown lightweight wool crepe with the line check in orange, and white for the top of the dress and lapels on the jacket. A suggestion of peplum ilare is given to the jacket.·
Useful To Know HANDS that are badly stained with handling fruit whilst jam making useful appliance for washing platen should never be washed in hot water.
A diah mop on a stick is the most
and dishes, but a hand dishcloth, 1 Rub them over with a piece of temon,
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Carpet Renovations
WITH the approach of longer even-
ings Indoors, attention will naturally be focussed upon the car. pets which are such an important item in the appearance of a room.
It
It is a good plan to turn a carpet at least twice a year, to ensure even wear over the whole surface. At the same time it will benefit if treated with a shampoo made by putting twe tablespoonfuls of soap-inkes and a tablespoonful of liquid ammonia into a small bowl of boiling water. Dip a this clean rubbing brush into sobition and go lightly over the whole cloth carpet, finishing off with wrung out of clean, warm water, but take care not to make the carpet too wet.
Blacklead und Suot
Nothing spoils the appearance of a carpel 50 much as the presence of stains which are more easily removed if dealt with promptly. If nolled with blacklead put a tile fuller's carü into a saucer, pour on a few drops of cold water and ammonia. Mix into a soft paste, rub wall into the eurpet and allow it to dry in. After wards it can be brushed well with a stilf brush so that the blacklend will be removed.
if root is split on the carpet, first sprinkle some salt over it, and care- fully lick the whole mixture into o dlust pati, Any marks still remaining can be treated with the shampoo.
Tea and coffee stains are best re- moved by washing the part with worm water to which a litle borax has been added. With fruit stains, how- ever, it is better to rub the spot with spirits of wine containing a few drops of ammonia. Ink split on a carpet must be soaked up immediately with treat the blotting paper. Then affected part liberally with milk, and rub with a clean cloth.
marks
also be Grease
should covered with blotting paper, and pressed with a hot fron. Repeat with fresh sheets until the paper comes away clean, when the part enn be Anolly rubbed with a cloth dipped in turpentine.
Should it be necessary to join a carpet first match the pattern and then reverse it firmly buttonhole cach edge with flax of the same colour ag the groundwork, and draw the two pieces firmly together to ensure a perfect join.
G. G. T.
Cucumber Cookery
Cucumbers are good in soups and savourles, as well as in salada. For- tunately, people who may And row euewaber indigestible are able to cat and enjoy it when cooked.
Cook cucumbers by any of the following recipes, and you will find them both delicious and digestible:--
Stußed
tile
One or more cucumbers, minced tengue, chicken, ham, or any well-seasoncet meat, and tomato sauce are required.
Peel the cucumbers, cut in half, re- move the seeds, and fill the cavities with the meat stuffing. Put the the halves together again. place vegetables in a casserole with a little. butler and tomato sauce, and cook gently til lender.
Cucumbers with Dutch Sauce
Required:-Oxle or two cucumbers,
a little butter und rensoning, iwo egg poiks, and half a lemon. Peel and cut up the cucumbers into cubes. Boll for five minutes, then drala and
beller for cups and nail articles, then wash well in cold water, Any put in a pan with butter, seasoning, whilst a hog's hair paint brush in ex-| very obstinate stain w be 10. and very little water, and simmer til collent for cleaning ralsed armsmenta-moved by being rubbed with some done. Han or porcelain figures,
Anell after using the lemon.
and issue polishers,
Parchment lampshades сап be Keep the cucumber hot, while you Cloths for wiping should be with- | out lini and old slik hundkerchiefs cleaned beautifully by rubbing lightly reduce the liquor by fast bolling for a few minutes. Add a little thicken- excellent with a new soft india-rubber.
Cane-bottomed chiles that have ing, boll again, and then, very ged can be tightened up by being gradually, add the benten egg yolkes well scrubbed with a soapy mixture and lemon juice.
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to dry, then paint cane over with a strong solution of salt and water, and dry again, if possible out of doors In the sun.
Pour the sauce over the cucumber, and serve at once.
Summer Soup
Killers will find it a great boon
Required: Cucumbers, two ounces to use needles of two different
of butter and stock, and seasoning. colcurs. As well as being easier on milk. Simmer the chopped cucumber the eyes, preventing strain, this has in the hot butter till tender. Add a immense advantages when dealing withi complicated pattern.
Windows will run up and down very early if the sash cords are kept well rubbed with little soft soap.
The rubber rollers of wringer should be rubbed periodically with a soupy.. cloth well sprinkled with ammonia, then wiped off with a Annnel wrung out of warm water.
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INDIGESTION
little onion juice, salt, and pepper, thickening, and the stock. Boil up, strain, and add a capful of hot milk.
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TOT everyone can make a good salad. To the uninitiated it is just a matter of mixing some greens together in salad bowl, sprinkling them with dressing, und putting tho result on the table; no job at all! Stopped in 5 minutes! faults, perhaps ils major offenes is Such a alapdash salad has many
Amazing evidence of the remarkable
that it looks as though it had been speed, with which indigestion and stommets handled. The first requisito of a paint can been orgy. This involves extreme care in the good salad is that it should look fresh. bay.
and prove the Ingredient of Bisuraind separation and washing of the Jettuce Magnesis to be the quickest-acting and leaves. If-the- central ribs ara |trost effective known la medical, metoden, broken or bruised, - the salud /^ will
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Within 5 mingites . teaspoonful of "Dignited" Magnesia In a tile water produced complete "vallef in enses where numberless other remédies had falled Limp lettuce is another common entirely.
fault. The fresh crispness of lettuce 'Blaurated" Magnesia Ta a complete is one of the major delights of a treatment for the rellot of stomach salad. Each leaf should be pulled off troubles-It neutralises the harmful acida separately, washed in cold water, and that cause the trouble and it spreada n soothing, protbetive fim over the stormach placed in a wire basket to drain. lining.
Salad dressing should not be added Gaturated". Magnania, powder or until just before serving, otherwise tableta. From your chemists for store the dressing itself - will mako the today, but be sure to look for the oval lettuce soggy..
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The dress ilustrated is deve- loped in rayon crepe jersey in navy blue and Benedictino yel- low. The gold plaque necklace has a blue stone centre, and the wide bracelet repeals the gold of the necklace.
Freshening Up "Stales"
THERE is an art in using up stale
bread and cakes in attractive new dishes, but before, they become as stale as all that there are ways of freshening them up. so that they be come very nearly no good as new again.
Dip a piece of, stale loaf in warm water or milk so that it is damp all over the surface, but not saturated similarly. Then place them in a brisk oven till dry and crisp.
A piece of a large cake, or n number of small ones, will be light and moist again if they are popped into a tin or,basin, covered with a lid, and steamed for half an hour in
pan of boiling water, Toke them, out and let them cool on a wire tray. Stale pies, tarts, and pastry cases made with short pastry will be crisp and fresh again after five or ten minutes in a fairly hot oven. It is better, however, not to re-heat richer pastries, since the melting down at the fat makes them indigestible.
Fourchettes in the "Free Fla- gers" construction or centre back elaboration form the interesting points in these fall gloves. The top glove has a whipped finish to the four-chette panels, dona in two-colour combinations.
In the centre self bows and a radiating group of fuckinga cen- tro Interest on the back of the alightly longer glove is an India brown giace with appliqus of green suede oak leaves and a small wooden acorn. This is a four button,
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Fever produces poisons. It's these poisons that make you feel hot and cold in turn, that cause violent pains over the eyes and that maite you desperately thirsty.
These poisons waste away your nerve and muscle tissues and weaken your digestive organs. That's why solid foods often make you feel sick. But you must cal to get your strength back or lo ward off another attack,
Horlicks, doctors have found, te cualty retained by weakened stomachs: it is easy to digest and. at tho salhe: Ume. pours quick new strength and vitality into your exhausted body. Get Hor- leks to-day from your store.
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