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THE HONGKONG -TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948.

BEAUTY FASHIONS HOME

Twilight Satin Suit

By PRUNELLA WOOD

Jennifer

TWILIGHT in colour, twilight in fashion, this soft tailleur of slipper satin with the true violet-gray mauve tone. This type of costume is the invaluable standby of the woman who begins a separate department of her life with the close of every busy day, whether she goes on from personal duties to committee pledges' or, frankly, a good time.

For teatime conviviality, the theatre after a restaurant dinner, etcetera, a satin suit of any smart and becoming colour is a standard wardrobe pet, with which-all-milliners and accessory stylists are interested, not to say in love.

Teach Your Child To Be On Time

By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

WASHING

SUMMER SUITS

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By ELEANOR ROSS IT'S.nico to see a man all spruced up in-an immaculate while light-coloured summer sult, but, unless one has a good lonow-how it Isn't nice to have to be responsible for thaly upkeep.

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It is good that cotton cord seersucker can be popped right into the wash along with cotton frocks and such. Let them soak about 15 minutes first, just the proper period to loosen the dirt. Uso cool water rather than hot, since high tempera- tures serve to set some stains. Give a good sudsing whether in tub washer, and get a good standing suds collar. Wash from · ilve to 16 minutea depending on degree of soli.

Use a rubber plunger for

tub washing. ince well in three freshi waters. Pre-laundering care in- cludes scrubbing collar and cuffs with a soft brush and suds if these are very soiled. Also take care to remove before washing any thing that need special handling such es paint or grease, and frull sinina especially those caused by berries which are very stubborn.

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Light Starching

wary na to starching, which should be done only in cotton cords and then very lightly, Seersucker becomes stiff and loses much of its crinkled surface as starch is ironed in, while linen loses its natural tex- lure.

Before drying a suit, get as much water out as possible, then place The cont on a rust-proof hanger. Carefully straighten the coat, easing body and sleeves to full length. Pull trousers Inte shop and fasten to line by waistband, not by the cutis. Strutch jacket and trou- sers gently a few Umes during dry Ing process. Dry in shade.

IN any comfortable neighbourhood bringing himself to meals on time. around six or seven P. M. you. If you deem it wise to give him a may hear or see a father or mother, watch he can check the time from some other members of the family that. Otherwise he can keep check- or all of them together trying to ing at intervals at the home in find a youngster from six to twelve which or near which he is playing. to tell him dinner is ready. In some Be exacting of him. If, however, families this Is n dally ritual, he often plays ball with the going typically during summer days. and the regular time of this game This is needless effort for the Interferes, you might wisely com- round-up person and harmful prac- promise by letting him be late or tice for the child and his character by shifting the mealtime.

accor- development

clingly. I recall that when one of Any child old enough to go lo our boys at about twelve turned up school, could and should learn to late for dinner and was warned of take responsibility for being at the corious consequences for repeti- home on me for dinner.

tion he informed us that he just the child rule.

Is younger had to wait for his turn at the should not play beyond the sight bat. We accepted his explanation or hearing of his parents. At least and he expressed great apprecia- his parents should, within any on of our consideration. Ofteen-minute period know where

who

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Family Council

Ironing is the big job, and to do

a line, piece of work, the suit must

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be Ironert until it is completely dry, but not over-troned. Seersucker and cord

be froned when taken from line or dryer while still slight- ly damp. If suit is to be ironed inter, straighten, fold smoothly and place In a towel or plastic sheeting, taking care to roll loosely so that no wrinkles are worked into the fabric. Linen suits and others that have dried completely need to LYD sprinkled and left, if possible, over- night before ironing.

While one can acquire skill with ironer, it is but to use o manual iron on Inen suit, which should be quite damp. A sleeve board and a pressing mitt are two good alds for a professional-looking Job for those two difficult sleeve and shoulder.

he is and certainly near mealtime As you can see, the more regular they should restrain him to such your mealtime the easier it is for boundaries. Hold the youngster, your child to acquire the habit of six to fourteen, responsible for being on time. Even though you must serve the meal a bit late scen- sionally the child' should know he must be on hand at the regular time and stay there until the mealy is served, assuming that the circum-

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Get the Good Posture Habit

Mezzo-soprano Mona Paulee is an ardent advocate of good postura and exercise for figure fitness. For slimming the hips, she says, do this "hip-walking" exercise.

By HELEN FOLLETT

LUGURE moulding salons are flourishing everywhere. If (1 woman hasn't the will-power to help, herself, 'the salon will put her Yet, through the good looks ritual.

these

have establishments methods that are based primarily on posture correction. Good carriage is a matter of habit and practice. You don't have to have somebody pound you on the back, tell you to pull yourself up and assume the correct attitude. You can do it yourself us casy as anything. Every woman should have suffelent respect for her body to hold it erect, to move with

grace.

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Professional attentious for s- houette pulchritude consist of exer- elses on a mat, tussclling with rolling machine-the machine does all the fusselling-baths, bracing showers, vigorous massage treat- ments.

If you would nip off three inches from your waist line, it can be done. But you have to do some of the work. You will be Instructed in lorso twisting, one of the best of all exercises for tightening up slack muscles in the mid-section..

Stand straight up, hands extend-

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

A Duck For Dinner

THE duck I shall make into

д fat will come from the duck. When thoroughly browned, add 1 c. boiling water,-1-small-bayleaf-and-

fricassee delicieuse, and serve In a border of the whipped potato; it will be enough to serve the whole

family, with perhaps Barrie left

over,

the top.

Right here I'd like to give our

duckling:

After cleaning be sure to thoroughly with mild conpy

nd rinse well.

a few pointers on roasting it off with a spoon, and blot i

If the duck is to be stuffed and ronsted, try filling it with soaked pilled prunes, orange sections and sliced apples mixed with 4 teaspoon marjorani.

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a grated fort apple. Cover closely; simmer until the duck is tender, about 1 hr. Drain, off the liquid. There should be at least 1

The fat will to

rise, scrub up any

with twists remaining fat water from a paper.

towel. Save the duck fat to use in frying, or scasoning vegetables. To the duck stock add the cooked

chopped ne, giblets c. bolling water, tsp. beer tract and 1⁄2 tsp. liquid gravy sen- soning. Bring to n "boll Then slir For a crisp skin, place breast side

in 2 tsp. flour silrred smooth with down on a ruck in a roasting pan,

2 tbsp. cold water. Cook and stir and roast 15 minutes at 425 F. Then until boiling. Simmer 2 min. Pour heat to 350 F turn over the duck. Cover and re-heat. reduce the breast side up and continue to roast Serve in

border of whipped until tender, about 1 hours longer. Potato, hominy or brown tice.

When donc, pour or the liquid; · remove the fat; make a gravy, add the chopped cooked giblets, and serve with sections of fresh orange in lettuce nests. A dish to delight the appetite.

Dinner

String Beans and Sardines Relish Styla

Brown Fricassee of Duck or Chicken

Whipped Pointo Buttered Beets

Spleed Prunes

Heated Rolls Butter or Margarine Chilled Apple Tapioca with Cream Hot or leed Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)

All Measurements are Level

. Recipes Serve ›Four String Beans and Sardinos Relish Stylo

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beans, nud New Orleans plckle To 1 b. cooked, whole string sauce, and chill. Serve arranged on with thin slices of cooked carrot if lettuce. Top with a sardine; decorate desired.

Spiced Prunes

prunes.

Wash 1 lb. medium-sized Cover with 1 qt boiling water and let stand. I hr. Then add the grated rind of 1 lemon and the following spices tied in a bit of cheesecloth: 14 tsp. whole cloves, 3

and 1

and sim- 1 tsp. allapice. Cover and corns mer 45 min. lo 1 hr. (Or pressure cook 10 min. at 15 lbs, and cool in

Add -1

c. sugar, c. the cooker).

vinegar, and the Juice of 1 lemon. Simmer until the prunes are very tender. Remove the spices, cool and serve with duck or poultry of any kind, or with roast, lomb.or game.

Canned Apple Tapioca

mixed

ed at the sides on a line with the shoulders. Send the hands and the upper portion of the body far to the right, pivoting at the walst Inc. Six times, then six to the left and repent. All the time you must be trying to pull yourself apart at the waistline.

For reducing thighs and calves that have over expanded, there In a squatting exercise. Stand straight, arms out at the sides, palms of the hands downward, feet fairly whe apart.

Lower the torso until the buttocks are resting on your liceis. The outstretched arms help to give you balance). Then up on the toes as high as you can first position and repeal.

go. Back to

To the contents of 1 can of sliced apple add I c. apple juice, 1⁄4 tsp.. salt,, 1 lbsp. lemon juice and 4 tsp. nutmeg. Bring to a boil; then stir inc, light brown sugar with c

quick-cooking taploca Cook covered, stirring occasionally. Cook and stir until bolling fast. Chill and serve with top, cream or whipped cream.

Baked Dinner

Have no one should have to run all over New Orleans Pickle Sauco: In a Oven to the rescue. In the follow-

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A good exercise for keeping the hips slim is as follows: Sit on the floor, draw your legs up and grasp

the

naldes with ench hand. Then "hip walk" across the floor, rotating from side to side. The friction is what does the trick.

Reducing exercises won't help much If the anguished 'candidate for willowness continues to cat

too many foods that contain fatą. starches or sugar.

Those elements must be cut down to the limiti

Of course, nt a relaxed timo when no problem is on and when no one feels vexed, you might be able to lead the child to see why

put the scallop- the neighbourhood to call him to email jar mix together 3 isp. pre-ed potato to bake, follow will the dinner, and why he never should pared horse-radish, 1 tsp.

and tomatoes, and last be late. Such family-council pro-mustard. c. catsup, 1 tsp grated blue fish

The baking time: the fingerbread. n family of several children over vinegar, tsp. salt, tsp. pepper, for the entire dinner is less than 34

3 tbsp, salad oil and -1/3 c. chopped mln. sweet pickle relish. Shake thorough-

cedure, should be more effective in

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table

or minced chives, tbsp.

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Bix. But failing with suasive means you should annotinco

rule and enforce it. Suppose you have announced a

Brown Fricasso Duck.... rule, and it is habitually violated, Then set a penalty. Require the of

Singe, clean, and tweeze out pin fonder to alt unamused several feet feathers from a 4 to 5 lb, duck, Wash from the table for half an hour or with mild soapy waler rinso more, before he may eat. Go to no thoroughly; dry and section the duck extra trouble to secure him warm in 10 pieces. Clean and wash the food. He'll be good and hungry ali giblets. Mix together flour, Tight. If this milder treatment 1 tsp. salt, V tsp. pepper and doesn't work, let him have only bread and water, plenty of ench Bo decisive but do no exhorting or Jawing.

Dinner.

Chilled Grapefruit Sections:

· Baked Split: Blue Fish Lemon Wedges Quick Scalloped Potato Baked Tomatoes Cole Slaw Seed Rolls Butter or Margarino Gingerbread Squares

Hot or Iced Coffon-ör Me

* Milk (Children).

Trick of the Chef

1 tsp. onion shit. Rell the duck and. To keep raw prunes from becom- giblets in this; then slow brown in ing dry, remove from the packago n heavý, frying-1

· pan, using only a and put in a glass jar. - Then cover: little vegetable shortening, as some Store in the refrigerator.

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Small Anthony Ward loves to smile back at his Model Mother. Her love- ly smile is just as captiv- ating to him as it is in her successful modelling.

for a Mother

Lovely Joan Sleeman (Mrs. Ward) is teaching her son the simple routine which preserves her own entrancing smile. She knows to-day's soft foods do not pro- vide enough gum exercise, so this is what she is already impressing on young Anthony:

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Brush the teeth morning and evening with Ipana Tooth Paste; then massage the gums vigor- ously with panu on the finger-tip.

This helps teeth become whiter, more lustrous; gumis firmer, healthier. Get started towards a 'model' smile yourself.

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