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Choosing Wedding Gifts Sensibly

By "KATHLEEN"

THAT can give Alice, I thought, looking for ideas at the window display of a certain well-known china and glassware shop here-ten set. coffee set..cut glass bowl? I had a vague idea as I entered the shop meaning to find wedding gift to serve at least three purposes-suit my pocket, look good and be useful to the bride.

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I ought to have mentioned use- fulness first, but as the most ser- viceable gifts are often plain-look- ing and handsome presents the most expensive, I thought it would save a lot of time if I told the shopgirl what I was prepared to spend and let her make suggestions. Then I could think of usefulness and the appearance of the gift.

But the girl at this shep seemed for whom to know more anxious I was purchasing the gil, adding tactfully when I gave her the in-

HOUSEHOLD

HINTS

UNIVERSITY of Minnesota farm

school men sny a housewife can tell whether high-priced eggs really are grade A.

If the egg has a round, high yolk and if the cover of the yolk is strong and has plainly-seen while knots on its sides, the egg is grade A.

formation.

that "many customers have bought gifts from here for the same wedding and we can save you from duplicating them."

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Alice was luckier than brides-and that shopgirl might have had a lot to do with the was given many useful gifts of a sets varled nature, and only cruet

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Well-menning triplicate from friends, anxious perhaps to mako sure that pepper, salt and mustard found their rightful places in early married life.

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IF you are invited to a prominent local wedding, it is more than like- ly in a small town like ours, that you will purchase your glit from

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your the same shop as many friends and you might make point of asking whether similar gifts for the one you wish to pur- chase have already been rent.

As far

of the usefulness wedding gifts people todny 110, choose much more sensible articles than they did in mother's time, judging from some of the oddities that always graced our showcase or lay hidden in the old attic trunk.

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Silver articles were popular then;

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I remember silver vases that toppled over when flowers went into them,

ornaments and hideous little vast number of sweet dishes of the craziest shapes and sizes.

Today you will rarely find ព bride with gifts she cannot SC; people pay much more attention to the usefulness of the article. Besides good linen.

china nud

glassware ranke Just as nice gifts as silver ones, and you have such

wide chalce.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1948.

NEW FABRICS

FOR

YOUR HOME

By ELEANOR ROSS

TIERE are all aorts of new and

THERE

Rood Ideas in the household fabrle pleturo this season,

We are delighted with that clover match-up co-ordinated fabric bed- spreads, even including closet Atl- Ings. The new, simple yet striking nylons go beautifully with all homey, livable rooms, and in some modern Interiors.

And, while we are handing out bouquets, here's one for that wan- derful new damask, made of nylon and spun-nylon threads that is sald to be non-combustible and to have unexcelled wearing qualities. It is beautiful and eminently practical for upholstery and drapery.

Inoxpensivo Draperies

Now for a complaint. A reader tells us that she has been searching high and low for inexpensive dra- pery fabrics with simple designs, ruch as nent abstractions and nice little geometrics. She wants these for A simple but striking modern apartment, but all she can find at her price are those lush florals. Big cabbage roses, giant hydrangeas, flowers clusters are all very nice, but they have no originality and they are polson in some besides being a little too common- place.

Tooms,

As a compromise we would suɲ- gest a neat plaid or a stripe, pat- terns that are available in fabrics that are reasonably priced, and done in excellent taste, both tradi

being tion and modern designs available, The thing is, that with prices the way they are, for some- thing a little different, one just has to shop and shop. Usually, one's efforts are rewarded. We may find an excellent abstraction print.

Delightful Cottons

in the Things are pretty good curtain field, what with delightfui cottons, so nice for simple summer living. Designed for all but rooms of the elaborate or formal type, are rufted and tailored cotton curtain In sels In tiny checked designs, GIFT SUGGESTIONS

pluids and quite colourful

Une has tions. One or table cloth, water or

matching 'val- nicely embroidered luncheon set glass sets, ten, coffee or dinner sels aneca and come in a series that will make excellent gifts and if duplicat-work out nicely to various window ed, can always be put away for future use. More modest gifts that will be servlecable are cutlery, cut- used for glass bowls that can be frull, Jellies or cake, sandwich plates or even colourful flower bowls or vases.

If the egg fallens out and runs all over the dish, or has burely-A visible white knots on the yolks, farm school experts suggest buying elsewhere.

The latter, they sald, may be per- feelly all right but they're consider- ably less than grade A.

Your youngster won't slip on newly-waxed floors if you apply a small strip of adhesive tape to the soles and heels of his shoes,

If rust spots begin to show at joints of outdoor wrought iron furniture, sandpaper the spots after first soften- ing the rust with kerosene or other light oll. This treatment will also clean the furniture. Then-remove all traces of oil with turpentine, If the pieces need repainting cover spots with red lead, let this dry for

a couple of days, then paint.

Little-thought-of-gifts,

such

wine

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an attractive table lanp, lowel sets or little sets' for, the breakfast tuble such as fonet rack, and butter dish, honey and Jam Jars, never go amiss. You might also purchase, quite reasonably automatic tonsters, grid or wallle irons or attractive gadgets for the kitchen.

For the more impulsive shopper one enn say no more than "Think what you would have liked to re- celve, in the bride's place."

Pinds, in various colour combina-

measurements.

As for summer table linens, these offer a pretty bright pleture, what with tinen taking in everything fron plastic to cork or bamboo. There are simply beautiful plastic cloths, some with decorations that are hand-painted, and available in various colours. No plastic smell hore, which is a big improvement for this type of tuble cloth. Avail- able, are charming runners and place mats from far-off lands, in- cluding Italy and Ching, There are pleated...and...shirred plasties, there are mats that are cork on one side, fabric on the other. All in all, shop- ping for summer table settings is delightful.

The Reluctant

Baronet

by

INTO JOURNEY SPRING,

Winston Clewes, Michael Joseph, 9s. 6d. 223 pages.

HOSEN the Evening Standard Book of the Month, this book is dis. tinguished by a troubled vision of life and a steady honesty in portraying life.

The novel tells of a village named also and a Fletton

young man, also named Fletton.

Fletton, the man, comes back from the war, malm- 'ed in spirit, to find that he has inherited from re- mote relatives a ruined. estate over which there broods

A huge, tumble- down mansion.

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Yet, if I can be accomplished nny- where, it is surely in Fletton, that seedy, sleepy, hostile hamlet beside its disused colliery, and in the over- estate which is Godfrey's Krown patrimony, with its orchards full of

rotting apples, and its mansion dank and echoing.

Very soon, however, the

weed-

covered drive leading to the big house is being trodden by villagers,

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tradespeople, policemen, clergy—it short, spies on the new lord of the manor. Only one of the natives, the vicar's blind son, senses that Godfrey is passing through a crisis,

Godfrey drives his visi lors off with billing abuse. He seeks refuge from his self-disgust

whisky, until the local publican

to refuses

supply ony more.

Ted Sloan, a local loui, steals his flask. Godfrey takes the

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It may be that, for the author, some symbolism Jurks beneath the face of his narrative. not all, in a sense, returned from the war to an estate, spiritual as well, ns material, which has fallen into decay?.

But the reader need not trouble about symbolism. His attention is commanded. from the first page by a story possessing unusual qualities.

a gift for creating Clewca has atmosphere; he can convey the inner gropings of character as well as its outward manifestations; hi per- sonages express themselves in term dialogue, sometimes moving, more often hard-edged.

YOUNG Sir Godfrey Felton--for baronetcy is not the least tiresome part of the inheritance having spent most of the wor in a particularly abominable prison camp, has one over-mastering nim: He docs not want to be bothered by man, woman or government, No easy ideal ¿to realiso. în post-war, Englanti,

Instinctively boy's part agulast the police. From that moment Ted is his friend, and Ted's mother, a little old vixen, who is brilliantly drawn, his slave.

IT is through Ted that the main

I and, as It proves the suving, complication in Godfrey's life comes about. For Ted has got Sue Gribble, the grocer's girl, into trouble; ho hides the girl away in Godfrey's munelon.

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Godfrey, who does not know of the girl's condition, deceives police, only to discover, when he

And Harriet has the last word of all,. "That's

peace. You have

Aght it like binzes?'

upon

to

Harta-

CLEWES, WINSTON W modest frame-work of tive, has triumphantly created a significant work of Retion. His

success is due above all to the essential truth of his picture: this grubby countryside of swindling Tradesmen and

decaying gentry makes an admirably sardonie back- ground for the tragi-comedy of bad-tempered young man who is a baronet in spite of himself.

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This writer, one of the most im- portant of the younger generation, excels above all where so many of ble contemporaries fall, with the minor Agures. How well we co Sue, that "shrewd and simple young woman; Gribble, the wicked, but craven, groter; and Ted, the rustic lover taken unawares!

SPAN.

MIDDLE

By. George Santayana. Con- atable. 88. 6d. 196 pages. THIS second Instalment of sulo- biography opens in Germany the eightles, moves" to during America and Spain; but spends most of its time in England.

Santayana found three good things in Germany-uniforms, music and beer, standing for discipline, Idealism. and homely joys; and capable, as he thinks, of redeeming the soul from disorder, servitude and spleen.

Of two English friends he writes with peculiar rest-Lional Johnson, the poet, a child of premature genius of whom Wilde said that you could see him any morning come out drunk from the Cafè Royal and hall the pays a belated visit to his lawyer, first passing perambulator; and Earl that he has become, party to a Russell, of whom he paints a de- serious offence, under the Criminal.lightfully satirical portrait, Law Amendment Act.

Climax comes on a night of In Boston, there is Howard Sturgis, tremendous snowstorm when Sue's who became his mother's permanent baby is born with only Godfrey and baby and would emit frightened little Harriot, the vicar's daughter, to cries if a cab took a corner too fast. help. Many things which have been To cure him, Howard was sent to adrift seem to fall into place, above Elon. Through that flerce ordeal,

Godfrey's relation to the ho" displayed remarkable courage universe. It is an adjustment with and won real distinction. which Harriot is closely concerned. : An admirable book.

all,

PITCHER COLLECTOR

Mrs C. W. Bishop, wife of an American Congressman, with her collection of pitchers. The one she is holding is more than 70 years' old.

As

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Light Dish For Our Hot Weather

-Tempting Italian Antipasto-

and

S summer progresse: we long to

cat fresh raw vegetables, cool salads. One of the best ways have a big to enjoy all this is to platter of Italian antipasto. An eye- appealing, mouth-watering assembly of green salad, raw vegetables and a little smoked meat and fishi, prettied with red radishes, and served with salad oil and wine vinegar, to your taste.

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"A beautiful plutter indeed, Chef," some crusly exclaimed. "With bread and butter, and a cup of coffee, could make a whole meal on that."

Tempting Dish?

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"It certainly is a templing dish. You put a mount of cole slaw in the centre, and decorate it with pickled beets and parsley. Very nice!

"And here are a few silces of good smoked carp. It makes change from the sardines or an chovies. And I have some smoked The herring fillets for variety. smoked salmon or the whitefish or sturgeon would be nice, but they are outside the budget. And here is some, bologna cut very thin and then into the half-moons. We have plenty of the nice crisp carrot sticks and young onions, and the red radishes with the leaves."

"I'm glad you left on those lender green radish tops because they are so good to eat. One big advantage of serving this antipasto at the be- ginning of the meal is that you're sure the family will eat the cole slaw and the raw vegetables. We don't get enough of them."

Pleasant Additions

As the season

progresses and more vegetables come into the mar ket, or ripen in the gorden, the on- tipasto platter is subject to pleasant additions. Suces or wedges of red tomato; cool greer cucumber sticks; strips of meaty green pepper. With the addition of cold cooked limas, peas or string beans, squash or egg plant, seasoned with oil and vine- gar, the platter becomes substantial enough for a light summer dinner.

Romantic Love No

Longer Works

Columbus, Ohio,Romantic love" and "the free choice system of mate selection" would be banned if an

Ohio State University professor had

his way."

of Dr. A.R.. Mangus, professor zurai

leaves sociology, however, open the question of what he would put in its place.

Couround and

"The free choice system of male selection no longer works well," Dr. Mangus sald. "In our mobile society marriage brings together in

Lock

commun .who

are incompatible. "Further, romantic love blinds couples to each other's faults and Immatutillas. They awake to their Basic Incompatibilities only after marriage has forced them to realf-

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Follow with a light, meat-sparing main course,, such as the fricasseed meat and ribbon macaroni we are featuring today.

Antipasto

Dinner

Crusty Bread Butter or Margarine Fricasseed 'Meat and Abon 'Macaroni, Italian Style Prune Whip with Custard Sauce - Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four

Fricasseed Moar and..

Ribbon Macaroni

This is a good way to make a sub- stantial dish serve four from 1 lb. of any

cut of boned fresh ment: -Beef, lamb, veal or pork, or a combi. nation of pork and vesi. Hemove ex- cess fal in this hot weather. Then cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. Meantime. put 1 tbsp. savoury fat in small a good-sized saucepan, add onion, peeled and minced; minced celery, 1⁄2 c. peeled carrots minced; and a small section minced,

the

pe peeled Karlic. Slow-fry

In vegetables

the fat

until they

begla to furn colour. Then add the meat,

tap.

allsplee and 1 tsp. salt; cook and stir occasionally until the meat is a very light brown. Then add 1 (No. 3) can tomatoes.

Cover closely and simmer ovoz a meat is moderate heat until the tender. Allow 1% hr, for lamb and veal, and 2hr. for pork or beef. Add a little extra water if becoming dry. If convenient, stir in c. grape juice.

Arrange for service with ribbon macaroni as follows; Put the meat In the centre of a deep platter and surround with the macaroni, Pour the sauce over all and sprinkle with grated sharp cheese just before serving.

With Left-Over Meat: Left-over chicken, veal, lamb or pork may be used in making this dish. In this case follow the recipe as directed, but simmer only 33 min.

Ribbon Macaroni

Bring 2 qt. of water to a rúpl boil; add 1 tsp. salt and 4:1b, rib- bon macaroni. Ball rapidly until 1 is tender but not mushy, about 20 min. Drain thoroughly before us ing, but do not rinse with cold water. To season the macaront, stir in 1 margarine tbsp. melted butter or and 3 tbsp. grated sharp cheese.

Prune Whip Fine-chop enough well-drained, stoned stewed prunes to make 1 c. Add 3 tbsp. sugor and 1 tsp. lemon Julco. Noxt, beat the whites of 2 eggs with % tep. cream of tartar. until they stand in peaks. Fold into the prunes with an over-and-over motion. Transfer to`a qt.-sized bak- ma Ing dish; bake in a slow oven,,325 to 350 F, about 35 min., or until puffy, light brown and alightly, firm to the touch. Serve warm or cold with top cream, or whipped cream; or cold with custard sauce,

As remedies, Dr. Maugaug

parent. restada programme › of education to develop proper per, sonalities in children, to advise parents of the social and personal needs of children, and in methods of child', management.:

Trick Of The Chaf

To keep ribbon macaroni from sticking together "after cooking, add.

tbsp. salad oll to the water in which it is bolled,

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