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February 23, 1940.

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Marquisette And Lace Popular For Gowns

on

Youth

Girdled in fuchsia-coloured sequins, the frock in pajcat pluk marquliette, left made with bullerfly sleeves, be- speaks youth.

A huge bow of the two tones of the marquisette is the only ornamenta- tion on the gown of flesh and moss- green will "marquisette. The two colours, set together in stripes, give an eerie effect.

Make Your Table Attractive

ATTRACTIVE moat tables often ♫ rely much on ingenulty for their charm. "Something different" is what we all want achlovo. But above all, the general appearance of the table must be pleasing without looking over-dressed or extravagant in arrangement.

Coloured cloths or mals with white china is one excellent Idea. The linen can be na gay and colourful or as softly tinted as you please.

Two-colour

effects ΑΓΟ also nehloved in

ved in this way, the china being

of one colour and the linen of another both being entirely unadorned. It

16 easy to produce effects of this kind beenuse one-colour china Lit often to

be met with just now. Flower

mats

are very decorative when matching or plain-coloured china is used. The mats may be of plain linen, derod in bright,

clear07,

flowers, each mat having a different design, or parchment mats, showing nower paintings, may be chosen in- stead.

Tea cloths are often adorned with flowers embroidered in coloured thread' scattered all over the surface. For the dining, and luncheon table there is a new kind of glass, made in- to all kinds of servers and dishes. It gives a charming air to the table, blending

well with the other appoint- ments.

Few Flowers, Well Set

The decoration In the centre of the table also gives much scope to your Ingenuity

A few flowers may be eked out very gracefully by those long, slender candles fixed In a flower holder. Among them, green or white candles look lovely with white flowers in a white bowl with a few dark green

evenths of flowers around a small etrcular mirror make a lovely centre piece for a round table. Three or Ave candles should be fixed at In- revits among the flowers. If you do not want to lay the flowers on to the table, they can be arranged in a cir- cular trough.

When you have not any flowers, green leaves with red berries (real or artificial) together with slender candles to match tho berries ca's runke a charming substitute,

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JEW YORK—It takes the younger;

NEW

generation to put on a fashion}

Meatless Meals

show when they step out in formalį It is not correct to suppose, as do so use of inilk, cheese, eggs, nuts, peas,

lothes, The other night,

while many housewives, that a meal without benus lentils, macaroni, whole wheat making the rounds of the snortest meat for the family is nutritionally and other cercals.

supper clubs in New York, we kept unsound.

an eye open for clothes the youngs-

Carbohydrate foods are all whole-

Meatless meals can be just as grala cereals, bread, proprietary ters were wearing. And we learned healthful as those which contain meat, breakfast foods, sugar, honey, frulis, u lot.

and they prove more economienl. In potatoes, and other vegetables. Foods winter time, when health depends so rich in fais are olives, nuts, butter,; Nothing old-muidish about these much upon maintaining the internal cream, vegetable oils and fats. girls! They know their age, and defences and disease-resistance, it t

dress

Foods that are rich in mineral cle-

are whole cereals, fruits, vegetables, especially salud fare whole grain

that important for it, rather than above it particularly Needless to say, the youthful gowns mens should help all they con in this ments and body-reitulating substances in soft pastel shades were lovely. 1 direction. .noticed particularly that rubile fuchsin, pink, flesh und gray are lovely on youthful figures, Many gowns of marquisette were in the slowly and its food value becomes A Balanced Breakfast colours. Another noteworthy item available at more normalut

Consequently, hunger Katisfied “A ̈meatless Breakfast can be'simply was the lack of ornate decoration, more completely, and fewer menis kalanced with fruit, cereals, and n most of the girls relying on their teim gures to set off the gowns.

In a meal without meat me does breadstuffs, milk and dairy foods. not get that feeling of repletion. But In fact. all natural unprocessed foods.

meatless meal digests much more

Older Women Distinguished

will be necessary.

All That is Needed

dairy product, such as cream, nut treams, or eggs, Lunch may consist of nut savoury, lentfl roast, cheese dish, pulse rissoles, or baked polpie, together with the usual vegetables and a sweet to follow.

In the average family, three well- By way of consolution, however, balanced meals a day, taken at suit- the older women at several parties ably spaced intervals, will supply t

It is doubly important, with meat quite outshone the youngsters. My that I needed in the nature of food.

rationing, to cook your vegetables informunt, a man, I'd have you know, From a health standpoint, mentless conservatively, so that the valuable assured me that the older women fore, being richer in vitamins, miner- elements are not cooked out. All were distinguished, not only because als and other elements that regulate vegetables, except old potatoes, must the body, gives, an inmunity to the be put in fast-bolling water, and it of exquisite clothes, for the young family from diseases of winter. But must never stop bolling while they crowd wore that kind too, but be with meat rationing, the housewife are cooking. Drain thoroughly 05 cause they were actually better look will have to take special care to soon as they are cooked. Ing and curried themselves will the prepare meals which are properly confident air that comes from know- balanced. another is ing it. So, if

often jealous, or at east envious of her daughter, it might well be the other way around.

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Rayon slipper natin makes the full-skirted slip of this gown, and quilted satin in contrasting colour forms the fitted peplum-back Jacket.

FEWER FRENCH TROOPS

Paris, Feb. 22. Spinach is a valuable blood-form- The Government has decided on a ing substitute for meat. Wash li well decree to cull up fewer men in the

batch Buch meal should supply the full in several waters, and cook in just next

of conscripts ikan range of food elements needed by the the water that clings to it after shak- originally intended. The next call- body for the perpetuation of its sub- Ing, with a little salad oil. Cook up for the land and air forces will stance and is activity. These ele- Ild on the pan. Chop it finely before comprise only three months of the inents are protein, carbohydrates, fats, fast and for a short time only, with

1010 class. and minerals.

serving or pass through a sieve, and reheat with a little butter and cream.

I. H."

I hope you remember how auch I've been writing about gray, for you haven't you have muffed one of the important colours of the year. In meatless meals you can supply Debutantes wear clouds of gray tulic, the protein part of your diet by the some without showing a hrighter

pale lining, A

pray Jace, sony shoulder straps, had the top of its heart-shaped bodice finished with cherry ribbon run through beading under the lace., Another dress was in misty tulle with rose coloured bowknots scattered at Intervals over: the very wide skirt.

There is much gray, not only an filmy tulles and no laces but a deeper gray, almost taupe, in stift silke usually. One such dress had a long Blted bodice onto which the very full and flaring skirt was Joined at the hip line with cartridge pleats, The repetition of baby blue must again be reported-most of the blue dresses are of net or pleated chiffon and the newer looking ones have draped bodices,"

Velvet With Ermine

While each evening produces it least one or two velvet dressca, us- ually black, velvet is less in use this winter than in ages. One of tho youngest of the girls, dining with hor parents at a small party wore a black velvet gown, the square neck nf which was bonded with enine for, as I think I've made clear, it's on ermine year. Many evening dresses are trimmed with ft or with mink or sable. A very striking dress noted was of oyster white faille, the long sleeves of, which had drop gauntlet cuffs of occtot..

Speaking of long sleaves, there is a decided falling oft in the number of evening'sults and covered-up dresses.

Trousers in turkey red or royal Blue with long milliary coat in black or navy blue in rayon taffeln und called "CasRNOVA,"

This modifes the decree issued stating that the call-up would cover six months of the 1910 class.- « Reuter Bulletin.

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