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"Sorrows Of The Forbidden City"

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WOMANSENSE

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-Especially D uring December

By PRUNELLA WOOD

THIS is Vera Maxwell's famous fencer's suit, 1949 version, with the slick dress look although truly a skirt and coat, the latter buttoning up, the centre back.

The model is made of dark green jersey, although the silhouette can be had in various other wool weaves. The model is a natural for furs, is fino under winter topcoats, and while one does wear a blouse beneath, one also escapes the nuisance about bits of collar and tail getting out of place and bulging comically, out in plain sight. There is a vent, centre front of the jacket.

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By ELIZABETH TOOMEY

Simple Gadget

Grable's Feet Are Perfect

By PATRICIA CLARY

BETTY GRABLE has Holly- wood's most glamorous lege, but she also has its most perfect feet. S

Bunny Gardel, who makes up bil of Miss Grable below the neck that in't governed by her gown, saya it's a shame that nobody has ever looked that far.

"I've made up hundreds of pairs of feet in my time, but I've never seen a pair as perfect, as cute and pretty as Betty's," Miss Gardel said. "They're perfectly shaped and so Bexible she can spread her toes as freely as her Angers.”

In these days of corns, callouses and bunions, Miss Grablo's feet are os flawless as her face. Miss Gardel found no blemish when the primped Miss Grable's feet for scenes in "The Lady in Ermine, in which sho dances barefoot.

Artist Agrocs

On-and-Off Hair Care Won't Do

Courtens Shasta

Don't neglect the weekly shampoo if you would have lovely, lustrous hair..

By HELEN FOLLETT

THE casual attention to thỏ hair, ment that will keep the tissues from+ THE A common among many women Ughtening, that will stimulate the who depend solely on professional blood streams from which the silky services received at the beauty shop, threads get food and drink. It is... is really surprising These same well worth while..

women

The body make-up girl's praise of Miss Grablo's feet is echoed by the artist Christian von Schneidnu, who was commissioned to paint two life-size portraits of Miss Grable, ermine-conted and Barefoot,

Von Schneldag has won 35 first prizes and gold medals for his por trails and is listed in "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in Ameri- scalp and glorious crown are entire can Art" and "Who's Who in Interly overlooked.

national Art.”

..

UTE

scalp-

cream. their complexions No matter what your age may every night, and watch the diet be, begin brushing at onc carefully so no extra ounces will good going over the entire destroy youthful figure lines, but once a day will in a month's time, the health and well being of the make an appreciable difference in the tone of your hair. Also, it may postpone the day when tresses start The wise mother will encourage to show silvered shafts.

ber daughter to brush

Bruch until "The Grable feet

your scalp tingles have no dis- her small tortion; they ara perfect in line,

the That will tell you that the circula- hatr

as conscientiously form, strength, spring, gracefulness brushes her teeth. This site will be- tion in on the go. Don't brush the and character," he announced.

come a habit that may remain with way you arrange your hair. Till the "Chiropodists ought

her for many years. The silky shafts head forward, groom from nape to to themselves," shid Miss Gardel, atop her precious head are kept. In crown. Comb the hair forward from beautiful condition by dally room the crown and brush toward the naming 'perfecting. They will have lustre and they face. Hair likes

change. feet but they've nover mentioned will be agreeable to arrangement. The bristles of the brush shuuld

They're always

to get wise

As

Miss-Grable's.

of reasonable stiffness,

long "I guess it's eltier because she be frictioned for Ave minutes.

Before a shampoo the scalp should be

A enough to. pass over the scalp, thorough rinsing should precede the If you wash your own hair, be application of soap or whatever the sure to do a thorough job. Use n shampoo medium may be, While the good shampoo and give the hair two. hair is wet the scalp should have a or three applications, rinsing thor-- brisk mauling. By using this method oughly in between. Give your scalp you will have a brief scalp, treat a good massage during shampoo.

nover needs their services, or bo 'cause the chiropodists are too busy

admiring her legs

to look at her feot-United Press...

CARE OF WOOD

SURFACES

By ELEANOR ROSS

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

THIS is the season for Indoor One Egg Dinner a Week

cart.

hospitality, a season that Icads

up to the wonderful big year's-end HEF, what is your suggestion for who is a famous chef in the elty of holidays. No matter how beautifully a good meatless dinner these Melbourne. It Is Baked Eggs, Aus- furnished a room may be, it won't be days?"

tralian Style, unmoulded on, tomato planning unless wood surfaces of "My suggestion may not be origi- slices. They look substantial enough furniture show evidence of sustained nal, but I think it will be very for any hungry man. I shall pre-. effective." He opened the door of pare plenty of oven-fried potatoes: the refrigerator. "Look in that big to go with it. And dessert can be The vacuum cleaner with its at- glass casserole, Madame, What do baked in the same oven. It will be tachments is splendid for removing you see?"

a meal delicious for the epicure, dust-from furniture, but about

substantial for the big man, and "I see about two dozen eggs."--

for the slim-pocket- every six weeks, or, better still), "They are grade B eggs, that I reasonable every month, it is wise to give add have bought at a reasonable price. book" tional attention to these wood sur I really must criticise the American

Dinner faces. Mahogany and walnut wood, home-makers because they do not Chopped Spinach Soup if not vamished, should be treated buy more of the grade B eggs. every month to a polish, a mixture They are just as useful as the grade

tt

of equal parts of linseed oil, turpen- A' eggs. I use

tine and vinegar. Apply this mix- for baking and

B for custards,

and for the.

ture with a soft cloth and remove omelette,

the and

any excess cloth.

Varnished

with

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Baked Eggs Australian

Tomato Silces: Oven-Fried Potatoes Hot String Bean Salad Plum Crisp

Coffee or Tea

Biscuits.

of the re-' Cook 11⁄2 lbs. string beans asę

Milk (Chlidren) a second clean shirred eggs. The only thing for

which I do not use them is to boil, All Measurements Are Levet try or to poach. And that. Is not

Recipes Serve Four wood, provided the because they are not good. Ab,no; Baked Eggs Australian' surface is not waxed, will benefit it is simply because the white, is a

Thickly butter or margarine 4 it it is treated with this mixture little more thin and spreads when good-sized custard cups. Line with. once or twice a year. The vinegar they are broken open"

dry bread crumbs, then with thin will enrich the colour of the swood,

In Covered Dish

slices of sharp American cheese.. the turpentine loosens the dirt and

the eggs in a Break one large egg into each cup, "I see you keep IT looks as though inventors are portable model and a desk also aids the oll to get into the wood

1 tsp. taking the needle out of sewing, model of the revolutionary sewing and fill up the pores, which helps covered dish in the refrigerator. Dust with salt and pepper. Sprinkle crumbs over. Set the cups in. Fow people realise that eggs are 1 to alt down machino will be sold, at prices prevent drying.

arn a pan of hot water and bake in a at their sewing machines and start which compare favourably with

porous, and that unless they slitching without first pressing conventional models.

Light woods such as ash or pine kept covered, the water they con- moderate oven, 378 F., until firm their noses against the machinery

take a polish that will not darken lain evaporates, the while becomes enough to unmould, 16 to 20 mins. while they thread, in the needic.

or discolour. If varnished or oiled thin, and the yolk enlarges and Unmould on large thick alices of

tomato seasoned with salt and pep-: furniture has become solled or very weakens. Besides, unless they are

strong per, and heated through In butter; A simpler household gadget at- finger-marked, It could stand an covered they absorb of sewing machine, tracted almost equal interest among annual washing. For a spectul fur-and many people keep the eggs "A new type

or margarine.

Hot String Bean Salad with no bobbin, no shuttle, and a the women at the exhibit. It is an niture wash use a tablespoon self-threading needle, had its world electrically-healed serving table, turpentine and three tablespoons of in the pantry instead premiere at the Women's Inter- built on sturdy rubber rollers so it linseed oil added to a quart of boil-frigerator," commented the Chef. Usual in just enough water to keep national Exposition in New York, could be wheeled easily Ing water. Keep the water hot in a "That is not good. The excs soon them from sticking. If more than 14. Two SDO

spoots of thread at side by kitchen to dining room. side below the sowing surface, and

double boller away from the flame, lose their freshness. But they will c. of water is left, drain the beans... snd be sure not to add the turpen- keep two weeks in the refrigerator. Molt frying pan. Add 1/2 tbsp. lemon 14 tbsp. butter or margarino: by a method that baffled the women heating clement for t the top of line and linseed oil until the double Now that meat is so expensive, who save it, the spools do the work the table. Below is another shelf Loiler. has been removed from the think every home should have at jules, 1 tsp. sugar, 1/4 tsp. enit, 36 of the former bobbin and

week. Jule of com-

isp. pepper and I tbsp. minced pressed wood to hold the table stove heat.

east one egg dinner plleabed upper threading.

Itoms which do not require heating..

"And I I heartily agree. Found

jor

parsley. Add the beans; cook slow-- Both shelves are set in a modernistic Use a sponge rather than a cloth pound, eggs have almost as much ly, stirring often with a fork, until Two-tone stitching is another chrome frame.

for doing, this fab. Squeeze out as food value as the best ments. And they are well heated and quite dry.

of Just good Serve very hot, Canned string beans. feature of the new, machine.", Two The housewife can plug the table much molature as possible before their protein is threads of different textures, such in Just before she's ready to dish tackling the wood. Go over all the quality. Further, there's not a bit may be used.

Plum Crisp 43 fine sowing silk and monding up the meat in the kitchen. A re- wood surfaces and give them a good of waste; they don't shrink when wool, were combined in contrasting gulator keeps the glass top at an scrubbing. Then polish with a soft they're cooked, like meat. 1, wonder Wash, stone and quarter 11⁄2 lbs. or harmonising

colours..

even. 200 degrees Fahrenheit. After clean cloth and finish off with either why more families don't have cage tort plums (any kind); mix with the serving dishesvara,

for dinner?" wheeled unplugged, By pressing a button control the table can hear led, the wax or a good furniture polish.

and 1⁄2 tsp. cinnamon. Spread in a colour of tho stlteli was changed into the dining room and placed be- instantly. Thus, in the same stitch side the dining table to keep the HOUSEHOLD HINTS line, several stitches were white, foot hot. The manufacturers pro- mlaed that the table would be on followed by several

red stitches sale in most cities within

within a few Only the top showed, In contrast to the bobbin thread which wecks loops over the top sutch average machine,

on the

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think he'll have enough when he in a moderate oven, 375 F., for 30 have just enough soap in your wash sees merely a vegetable plate with mins, or until the plums are tender Ing machiise, but two to three inches a poached or fried egg, or a dab of and the crumbs are brows and of thick suds on top of the water scrambled egg! But this is easy to crisp. Serve warm or cold, with or

or whipped dry? will give the best results. Soap is The eggs should be combined without cream,

skim milk topping. offered rolled through, a hely your load the more soap is needed. escalloped with potatoes, or a big mall bowl, measu

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Call However, don't be too generous in copat applied easily to household fabrics pouring the soap flakes or powder, plenty of onions and tomato," sug- sugar 3 tbsp. butter or margarine,

appetising Spanish omelet Sp

with Purpose flour, c. dark brown The chemicall can be. sprayed on as It's too hard to rinse out. upholstered furniture, rugs, bedding

and 1⁄2 isp cinnamon. Work to-- gested the Chof. "Or we can have aether with a fork until the ingre

with tomato or das croquettes of "house dust not have to

mitshroom sauce, or we can make dients form soft lumps. Then usa as

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