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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HOUSECOAT

HAS A

NIGHT OUT-

--but it comes down to breakfast with equal distinction. A go-ahead relative of your old friend the dressing gown, housecoats make the first real fashion change-over of the war.

IT'S taken the black-outs at Home to make them leave their evening dresses hanging in the wardrobe along with the

drawn by

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Coffee And Cards

There is a Lown in ward games we much passing across, or utilise Just now.

two occasional tables to hold bridge Now why it that some card ccores, penelis (sharpened, please!), parties are so much inori successful ath-bays, and matches. than others? Why does one evening turn out to be a real triumph while Sandwich Suggestions

another seems to "die" on you quite early in the evening?

Perhaps the secret les in planning Here are a few examples:

No room then the event beforehand. for mistakes.

Don't let the sandwich part of the refreshments give you a headache.

Brown bread spread with creamed cheese and sprinkled with chopped Have a good A warm welcome nuts. Water biscuits sprend with proves such a spiritual uplift, to chutney and decorated with little guests that will one accord they will knobs of cheese, Brown and white Five you full marks for your hostes bread spread with mayonnaise and Flaked tinned shredded celery. sing technique.

Card enthusiasts too, appreciate the sainion mixed with mayonnaise and right sort of chairs. Unless you have topped with waters of tomato between a very low bridge table, avold easy white bread thinly cut. chairs for card players. And as for humana spread on biscuits with the cards, remember "alf white" packs powdering of sugar,

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are not inspiring. They can at least Have your sandwiches and coffee or bo laundered". by cleaning them other drinks ready to be served with boracle powder and then polish- promptly so that they arrive at the end of a rubber and do not mean a ing them,

Hlavo an ush-tray parked at each long walt..

Madge Whiley corner of the table so that there is not

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One of London's best known dressmakers took his autum collection for a tour of the provinces. He found Englishwomen have made up their minds evening dresses are out of the war- Lime picture. He said: "Women will not dress up in the even- ings not in even the most simple dinner frock. What they want are housecoats."

And there you have the key to the fashion picture this war- time winter-housecoats, housecoats and more housecoats.

HOUSECOATS, or, even worse, hostess gowns, as they sometimes get called, sound high-flying for you and me. But a description of my call-it-what-you-like would take three lines of type, starting off with breakfast robe through tea gown into evening wrap.

January 12, 1940.

Blue wool scalloped edging on pink brushed rayon adds tho decorallve note at the drawstring neckline and defines the Inset corselet, as well as edging the three-quarters open sleeves,

Beware Of Damp

When the damp rainy weather comes it is necessary to take special precautions in the home.

To prevent your silver from bo-

THE housecoat illustrated is made mainly of soft navy blue coming tarnished, rub it light with woollen. The front part of the bodice and the neat collarinseed oil on a plece of flannel after

usual way. are scalloped on in cyclamen wool. The waist is small, the skirt the silver has been cleaned in the full, and a zipp fastener closes it down the front. Strips of grey leather. lamb make epaulettes and trim the skirt pockets.

Cheese "Spreads"

The following "potted cheere" costs little to make and can take the place' of butter when a savoury "spread" is required. In a cool, dry cupboard it will keep good for several months,

Grate a quarter of a pound of any sort of hard, dry cheese, mix it with a teaspoonful cadi of salt and

pepper and a tablespoonful of vinegar, and sti till melted in two ounces of melted margarine.. An egg yolk can be first rubbed into the margarine, It lked. Put the paste into a small dry pol, cover closely and use sparingly.

Choes and lentil paste is another spread worth trying.

Fry half a pound of red lentils for iwo ininutes in two ounces of drip- ping in a small pan, stirring briskly ull the time. Add three gills of water, a

teaspoonful of mixed herbs,

a teaspoonful of salt and a saitspoon- ful of pepper. Stew until the lentils ate soft and the mixture fairly dry. Then add two ounces of grated cheese, beat up, and turn into a pound jam jar.

Cover carefully.

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IDEAL DIET

Polish with a chamols

Brasa knockers and letter-boxes take on a dull aim during damp wanther.. Remove the Alm Arst by using a cloth dampened with methy- lated spirits. Then rub with metal polish in the ordinary way and you will Bnd that the brass keeps its shine for several days.

Wire clothes lines become rusty very easily. Prevent this by giving yours a coat or white enamel.. It is easy to wipe the enamelled wite with a damp cloth before using, and the flimsiest garment can be hung out without fear of marking.

It is dimcult to keep biscuits crisp in damp weather. If you put a ten- spoonful of sugar in the In when putling them away, they will keep fresh and crisp for many days.

Damp cause salt to become lumpy in sifiers.-nut-if a few grains of rice. are put in the empty sifter before the salt is added, this will prevent It getling clogged.

Wet weather plays havoc with your clothing, so take proper precautions. Care for Your Clothes.

Place coals and skirts on coat- hangers und hang where there is a Food draught. When dry press on Fura the wrong side with a hot iron. must be shaken well as they are taken off. Then rub gently with soft cloth and hang up.

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A wel hat should be placed at once un a stand, or stuffed with "tissue paper and left on a table in a warm place. When it is dry brush it well. Be sure to remove any omaments in your hats that may rust.

Damp and muddy stockings should be put in a bowl of coopy water as they are taken off, and left to soak for some hours. Then wash them in some fresh suds and dry as usual.

If your good winter coat gets splashed with mud, resist the instinct to wipe it off. You will only rub it in. Dry it thoroughly, then rub the material together to remove the caked mud. Brush vigorously to remove all traces of dust.

Mackintoshes and waterproofs, on the other hand, can be sponged with clean cold water when they get Ruddy. Rub with a medium nail- Anish brush in stubborn cases, and off with a rub over with a clean dry cloth. Hang your mackintosh on langer in a draught, and, if it is damp Inside from the heat of your

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FOR DIGESTIVE body dry with n cloth.

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The big problem with sufferers from gastritis or other digestive disturbances is how to avoid pain and discomfort when eating. The inflamed ilomach walls are so sensitive that solid foods can Even liquid not be retained. foods are often vomited.

Yet the patient must get quick now strength into his body. Doctors and nurses have found that Horlicks is retained in the. stomach when other foods are rojected. The reason is that Horlicks is 50 casy to digest. At the same time it rebuilds the exhausted body, and restores

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Stuff your damp shoes with newspaper instead of putting them before the fire. The paper will absorb the moisture and keep the shoes in good shape.

Currant Bread

You need one pound of self raising Ifour and plece of margarine Use size of an egg. Put the flour into a basin with a pinch of salt, cut up The margarine and rub it well in. Add a teacupful of wushed and dried currants and a little chopped can- dled peel. The curranis must be dry; wrap them in a doth after washing and then put them - on a plate. In front of the fro. If you like richer fruit bread allow a few more cur- rents and sultanas,

Melt half a teaspoonful of bi-car- bonate of soda lo a cupful of milk, stir it into the flour mixture to form in soft dough that will not stick to the harida. "Add more milk if necez- Bary. Shape into two loaves and bakd in a moderate oven.

If preferred, the dough moy be shaped into scones.

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