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EVERY SATURDAY

THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947.

WOMANSENSE

Cotton comes to town

Country cousin of the fabric world-cotton-has come to town, "Never before has cotton appeared in so many different uses. The Wanda sketch shows

slim, tailored cotton dress that Is the equivalent of a town sult. It is a red and white striped model by Clive Duncan. The appeal of the Ange Thaarup hai worn with this dress and the little toque, largely depends on cotton: Right: actress Rosamund John wears a black cotton velvet cloak over a while cotton Jersey

fabric evening dress.

TALKING COOKING:

Meal-Planning With Tinned Vegetables

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The institution of marriage is in danger of being wrocked by a

FALSE IDEA OF ROMANTIC LOVE

FALSE idea of romantic background,

temperamental com-

Jove is in danger of wreck- ptibility, or sultable and comple ing the institution of mar-entary skills and aspirations had exlated for long timo, "Butt riage, according to a prominent within American sociologist.

the Arrow circle of nequaintanceship most Americans

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In the opinion of Dr Margaret had in the 19th century, the soberer Mead, associate curator of ethnology considerations did operate."

Today, Dr Mead sald, this the at the American Museum of Natural History In New York, the dewy way modern marriage operates: eyed "April-May" feeling of a couple for each other is expected by too Benso many to last forever.

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"Two young people, relying in noj

upon the advice of their parents, willing to dare any degres in class, religion, It doesn't, she told the National of difference

and sometimes racinl And nationality, Conference of Social Work.

of love, when It doesn't, she said, the differences in the name marriage has none of the supports meet in some casual manner.

"(They) fasten upon each other of 50 or 100 years ago to prop it

the whole myth-Inden пигл of romantic love, marry without ploration of the thousand sober factors which should be taken into These supports Dr Mead listed as: account, go to live far away from 1. Marriage within the same social the surviving relatives as possible, group, as it existed among relatively with a fixed belief that no murringo isolated or stable communities of can succeed if one has to live with years ago.

up.

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2. Identical religious patterns of the man un;t wife; community morality.

3. Proximity to the elders, the

relatives.

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"(They) bear children who are

parents and the older members of a pleasure to be elected or

a community.

link to bind the marringe faster, but in no wider social context.

4. Pressure of communities.smatt

"(They) have to employ casual: enough and stable enough to enable sitters if they want to go out for an each family's Intimate fe to be evening, feel themselves failures if subject to scrutiny of the neighbours. they two cannot solve their own and children's problems, and, Anally. consider divorce as an outcome of "The belief that marriage should the marriage, almost as likely of bo for love, and with de regard continuance as Christmas."United for soberer considerations of cominua Press.

PARIS IS

SHORT

OF MODELS

By SALLY GRAM SWING TRANCE is facing its most criti-

MORE SILKS, cal shortage yeta dearth of

By Dixic Taylor MORE NYLONS

HIS is the time of year Then there are corn feltiers, which when the Hongkong meal combine especially well with chicken, planner

that ham, or sausages. discovers

there are few fresh vegetables on the market..

Bean Dishes INNED green beans (also called The situation is bound to pre- times prove pretty tasteless, but these

French and string beans) some vail for some time through

too can be combined with other in- the hot season, we are told. It gredients to produce a new favour. becomes necessary to rely large- Chop one or two slices of bacon ly on tinned or frozen foods, into small pleces and fry. Add a tin which, in the opinion of many of beans, mix well, cover the frying a local home-maker, are better pan, and heat thoroughly. than the native product any- way.

beautiful girls.

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That is the opinion of Marcel Ren- ville, president of the largest Paris model agency, who is in a dither wondering where he will find enough London beautiful girls to act as mannequins in the autumn collections. year there will be Cautiful women simply don't Tmore fully-fashioned stock-exist in vance any more," lenville ings. More silks, more nylons, sighed. "Chut of every hundred more rayons coming from the sec, only one really qualifies for the mills in greater but alas still job of fashion model."

As this

was inter- correspondent viewing Renville, a shapely blonde queueable quantities.

out of his office pouting. Take that blonde

ciri who was iust In my

office," Renville said. "She won't do at all. She had an excellent figure and a pretty face. but she was much too short, and what a lack of charm!"

Lord Hollenden, chairman of I. and R. Morley, spoke about the first postwar fully-fashioned alik stock- inga, due in the shops at the begin. ning of September. He also said:

There was now no shortage of Sweet-sour beans are another

rayon yarns in the hostery fac- variation. Mix a third of a cup of corice, and that 60 percent of their

for beauty Tenville's standards vinegar with a tablespoon of sugar stocking production for the rest of are so high that the average French

Heat the year would be in fashioned Frozen products are best for taste, and stir into the cold beans.

girl is almost sure to fall down on but few frozen vegetables are avail- well, stirring occasionally. Just be- rayons;

qualifications. From June until the end of the one of the a tablespoon of 9

250 In a recent model contest, able in the Colony and those offered fore serving add

and mix thoroughly. year more nulana than there had young women ranging in age from ure-fairly-high-in-price.No doubtswest relish this situation will be remedied, na Your family may like more or less been so far would be distributed. 17 to 30 paraded past Renville and

In time, vinegar and sugar, but you'll leam world shipping improves.

About 800,000 dozen too, fresh vegetables may be import that through experimentation, which fashioned silk stockings would ed from some distance, as was done is half the fun of cooking.

produced by the manufacturers this before the war when America

of which about one-third were year. plied considerable quantity.

And he gave 6- destined for export,

FOOTNOTE FOR MEN: socks for you yet,

sup- Cheese Asparagus

At the moment tinned vegetables ASPARAGUS has such a wonder- are the best bet. And there is ample ful flavour of its own that we variety in Hongkong and Kowloon hate to mention combining it with stores. Beets, green beans, carrots, anything. However, if you're serving beans, spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, do better than topping it with cheese asparagus, corn, peas, parsnips, baked it hot as a main timin dish, you can't brussel sprouts these are among the sauce. foods available in cana.

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pairs

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a group of fashion experts,

All wanted to be models. Only one qualified.

is red-haired Eiyane Evrard, She twenty-two year-old daughter of a .D fashion mechanie and Zarago No silk model for five years.

Elyane's measurements: Here are Height: 5' 6":

neck: 13"; bust: 3414": upper

0": arm:

waist: 22: hips: 344"; thigh; 21": calf: 137: ankles 8.

OOL, sweet recipe by Margaret Bates for STRAWBERRY MOUSSE, makes good use of over-

ripened fruit.

One tin, unsweetened milk, 4 tea-

Prepare a slice of toast for ench Tinned vegetables require a mini- member of the family. Place on it mum of cooking and usually are the heated stalks of asparagus. Pour served as they are, heated and top ver cach serving a thick whlie sauce ped with butter or margarine. But into which you have surred one- they can be varied in numerous ways half cup (or more) of savoury grated to iempt the family palate,

cheese (cheddar is especially good). Carrots And Onions Decorate with a ring of green or you tried carrots and red pepper before taking to the table. HAVE

onions?

And maybe I had better caution Have the amah cube or slice the newcomers about Hongkong peppers, onions and boll them in a small I have discovered that great care amount of water in a covered sauce must be taken in their selection since Dans About 16 minutes before they many of the red and green type in fulce.

add a tin of carrots, the markets appear to be sweet but Four off the and butter, and serve. Three

me. dium-sized onions to one can of car have the amah do the picking-anded with the whole strawberries.

are to be agrict, add salt, pepper, actually are hot. My way out is to

ar to taste before preparing

rots de a good mixture. This is a change from the familar carrot-and- pea combination which is likely to And favour with all except those who abhor onions.

Buttered Corn ALTHOUGH buttered tinned corn is delectable in itself, it gets monotonous if dished up too often... A different flavour-and a colourful

dish- obtained by combining with sweet green and red peppers and a bit of onion.

it

Chop the peppers and onion, cook

In a touch of water about Ave min

100:3

TAKE

Nevertheless Elyane is upset de- cause her mother and father consi- der modeling "a kind of perdition." And the life of a model is not too edly.

gelatine, 2 tablespoons spoons water,

lib. strawberries, 3-4 table-

of lemon She is alone, sinck her family lives spoons sugar, a squeez juice (or a pitch of citric acid), in the country, Because models' carmine.

reputations are considered "ques- tionable" by bourgeois Parisians, Elyane has a bad time meeting the kind of people she would like.

"I don't believe the model short- to do with the age is anything lack of beauties," Eyane explained. Tall, slim girls, or any kind of Pour into a glass dish and leave in nice girls will refuse to be manne a cool place until set. Serve decorat-quins as long as outsiders attach a

stigma

to the profession."—United

Reserve one-third of the best frult for decoration, mash and sweeten the remainder. Melt the gelatine in the tin of milk until water, whip the fluffy. Beat in the mashed fruit and and Imon gelatine, add carmine

Anno Edwards Press.

CARE OF YOUR FEET

BY PRUNELLA STACK

(Lady David Douglas-Hamilton, director of the Women's League of Health and Beauty)

The foot 1

to

the Kect . there is no reason why

should not develop as nature intend- ed. Exercises which alma strengthen and mobilise the feet are also most helpful. They take so

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HE fcet arc often sadly to do so, unrestricted by tight cocks little time to do that u fow can be neglected. It is only when or bootees. Later, when the child practised each day. Some easy ones

FOR MODILITY they throw out signals of dis- starts to stand and walk, the feet are lated below. utes, add the corn, mix well, and tress by becoming painful or do- play a most important part in main-

balance of the body. 1. Picking up a handkerchief. about 10 minutes. Stir in a veloping corns or chilblains that they taining the

2. Standing, curling the toes under, aro taken notice of Yet they This can be seen by watching tho Iump of butter or margarine, and

3. Sitting, trying to separate the your vegetable is ready for the table, deserve more than occasional casual way a child's foes grip the floor at then fattening them to the floor,

attention, for. as the foundation this stage. The less shoes are wor

toes apart from each other, then Whola kemel. com is bent for this of the body, their proper develop then, the better. dish, which is called "Savoury Corn." ment is essential for grace, poiso The major causes of foot troubles bringing them together again.

Children will love these exercises Southern Corn Pudding and balance,

are badly fitting shoes. Great cura NOT well known among British

one of the most to secure the right fitting should be and should be encouraged to practise

A child's shoes must be them every day. of mechanism in talen. people is corn pudding, intricate plecco

FOR STRENGTH favourite with those who live in the the body. However, modern civilis fitted regularly to ensure that he has

grown out of them.

Thre

1. Heel-raising, lifting the heels southern part of the United States cd conditions militate against proper not

quarters of on

Inch to an inch off the floor (keep them together) foot development. This is more complicated, but your

for All too, soon children's feet in a clearance should be allowed amoh can master it under supervi plastic growing state-are put inte growth. A good fit

the standing on the ball of the foot, and ground dropping again. Do this

smoothly slon Creamed style.corn is best for hos vilch are often wrongly Atting, heel and enough depth between the without any jerk.

caling with this dish. Here is the recipe:

tight, or too small, It is, un sole of the shoo and the upper part 2. Continue · heel-ralsing carned coraN

fortunately, not at all unusual to are other points to remember.

krice. bend bending the knees, when 500 cornis on the toes of young. These factors also apply to adults the heels are raised; and straighten- children who started lie with beauti- shoes. And here it is important to ing them when the heels touch the fully shaped feet which live been see that the heel of the show is floor again. Hold on to a support it allowed, la deteriorate.:

dirnelly below the heal of the wearer you find it hard to balance at first. This, however, need novor happen.

and does not run forward under the 3, Standing feet together, roll the Foot care, should begin at a very instep. It is worth while to wear weight on to the outside borders of carly age. We know, the enjoyment low-heeled shoes for walking for the feet, lifting the insteps off the

2 eggs, beaten slightly...

Vigdis teaspoon sugar, butter..

1 tablespoons

2 cups scalded milk.

1 teaspoon tents in

Combino

sprinkling of

and add

the order naked in foith which bables: wriggle their the sake of the added comfort floor, and curling: the loos inwards.

buttered=dish; in a slow oven

"until abn (90 to 40 minutes).

toes and play with them. Theyif children's and adults' shoes are Return to original position. Ex- should be given avery opportunity bought with these points in mind, cellent for wrengthening, the-archies.

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