1948-12-16 — Page 2

Here's The

Stuff That

Makes

Christmas

CHRISTMAS!

Look at those samples of Lane Crawford's Hampers!

(10 to choose from, each with a bottle of Whisky)

No. 3

$101.50

1 Bottle Scotch Whisky

Portuguese

Champagne

No. 2

$95.90

1 Bottle Scotch Whisky

1

食 Henriot

1

(French)

H

1

Manicu

1

Manicu

Brandy

1

1

2 Tins

19

22

Brandy

*Portuguese

Vermouth

Dutch Port

馆

Sandeman Gin

(English)

Sandeman Gin Capstan Cigar-

ettes 50

1 Box Cigars 25 Alham-

bra Coronas

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ALWAYS FIRST

"HORSE..

HEAD'

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AT THE

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WOMANSENSE

Christmas Gifts From Your Kitchen

By ALICE DENHOFF

IN making up the holiday gift lat, there are invariably people to whom one desires to give a amali, intimate, yet per- sonal gift, rather than an ex- pensive or oven inexpensive something from a store. That's where a gift from, your very own kitchen, made by your own fair hands. Is very much of the essence.

Such a gift might well be a fut Uitle Jar of delicious, homemade

from Then

The £10 Gap: Women turn

to Utility'

By PATRICIA LENNARD JOMEN are Anding too four dresses in the shops to bridge Stick whole cloves into the skin the gap between top-price utility. of. very thin-altinned oranges until at £7. odd and top controlled price. the rind i completely covered, a at nearly £18. They are therefore chore that the small fry will enjoy. buying more utility clothes because Then roll the drange in equal parts the uillity dress provides its own of powdered as root and ground safeguard of quality: it must conform cinnamon. Path as much of the to certain standards, whereas there powdered, mixture as will adhere to is no such specification for non- the orange. Wrap the pomander, in utility. tissue paper or other soft paper and The dress sketched is typical of better quality utility - wool keep for several weeks. Remove pn the Dar, shake off any loose powder, and dresses on sale for winter. Invariably the pomander is then ready for the prototype uillity wool dress shelves or drawern,

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To hang in a closet, crochet jum, beautifully wropped and be loose circular, cradle, or simply tic Jibboned. For a quickly prepared but the pomander with a pince of rib ever-so-good marmalade Jam, re- bon, "ending In a loop, Pomanders move seeds and webby. membrano will keep their fragrance for many

c. tangerine sections. years and mike pretty gifts, chop

the fruit. Combine with 2 ibap. cach chopped

Not home made but assembled by tangerine and grapefruit also chopped, and with grapefruit the giver is a good spice, shelf. For juice, 4 c. Rugar and e. light the male or female gourmet, espe -low heat and bring to a boil, cooking assembling a. corn syrup. Place in saucepan over cially for curry addicts, how about curry curry set-up;

chutney

pool,

rapidly for 10 min. Remove from heat; pour into sterilloed Jelly glasses or in a dish to cool. Makes about 2 jam. To "chop" citrus peel and pulp, use your kitchen scissors.

Another Home-made Gift

Not really a kitchen item, but made from items in your kitchen. that's the story of tho next small gift. Mix together дл ounce

cloves, powdered nutmeg, ground and ground cinnamon. Sew, into pretty little bags, and there you have sachel with a delicious odour,

long, grain rice, nuts, preserved ginger? A beau

salad bowl and with it a 'col- and herbs: lection of salad-picos

paprika, mustard seed, celery seed, pepper, garlic, salt, is a good choice.

Know Your

Manicure

one that moths will stay away from. Manners

in

And how about making up R batch of pomanders for those small but personalised gifts? Pomanders, elove-stuck oranges, were used Colonial times to scent drawers and closets and to do battle with the pesky moth. Today they are very popular again,

After Dark

By ALICE ALDEN

-Remove old polish thoroughly. using colion dipped in oily polish remover. Be sure that the remover is the olly variety. It is the acetone type of polish remover, not the liquid polish, which is responsible for many of the brittle- nail difficulties. To banish traces of polish from the edges of the nails, use the tip of m/orangewood stick, dipped in, polish, remover.

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Consider Cut And Colour When You Shop For A New Dress

Gloria Hetry, mónie star, 'always looks ehte because she chooses her clothes, with an eye to-colour and Iino.

By HELEN FOLLETT:

TWERY clever dress designer knows goods she wears. The wearer should

that temperament - as well as dominate clothes, be of first impor-. cut and colour must be considered tance, Arst to catch the admiring when a woman shops for clothes, eye.

Black"

The woman who, sees herself as D.

̈18, ・ and probably ` will nt- certain type, requiring certain kinds ways be, one of the most popular of attire, has already eliminated colours, if colour it can be called.

is

is sull the classic shirtwaister: the New Look has made it rounder and langer, for those are the only con cassions, utility can make to fashion. Soft and pale turquoise blue wool is used by Daletyl for the up-to-to extravagant designs.- date classic shirtwaister (above).

A Child's

First Lessons

'By GARRY CLEVELAND

MYERS, Ph.D.

Not only because it is most sophis- ticated of all but because it never overshadows the wearer,

many of her difficulties. That frock success only if she feels at enso in it and regards it with affection.

There are women who, by tem- Certain coloura suggest certain perament, require dashing colours seasons. Red suggests festival and joy.. and extrémo styles. They know In spring there is a rush for pastel how to carry their duds with vervo shades delicato green, sunlight and flair. Other women who might, yellow, faint roso-because they are as far as physical characteristics go, in harmony with the first blooms wear the same models, would be ut in the garden. During the winter terly miserable in them because season of furs and velvets and heavy they are not-temperamentally sulted fabrics, darker colours are in order. woman who suffers from To be clothes conscious la to be colour fear, feels that she must wear without poise. To feel all dressed

cold greys, drub · tones or dull browns up" in to be 1 at ease. It is over- is doing herself an injustice B4- dressing that creates the trump, cause colours have an effect upon The lady of fashion, knows that ela--one's moods and a bit of gay trim- gant simplicity has it all over ruf- ming or ornamentation makes ono fles and feathers. Then, one seen feel gay and young especially for the woman rather than tho. dry. Christmas, the season of good cheer..

The

Let's Eat

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Packaged, Prepared Foods

2-Filo and shape the nails, us- ing the coarse side of an emery- IT ONG, before your school child has board. Fllo-in one direction only, Le regular homework assignments, never- back and forth, Never let you may desire to help him with his the edge of the emeryboard touch reading, memory work or spelling. the cuticle, Lise the line side of If you can do ED without making the emeryboard 20, bevel, the edges a burden to him, you and he might of the nails. eut

both find it a happy and profitable experience. It is fortunate if he 2Buff the talls briskly so asked you to hear him read for his they will provide a mother base pleasure, or to show you how be can for líquid polishi

or spell. When This will also count or

he does so, makers I found that one of the prob-In fact the whole dinner is u you should express great delight over lems uppermost in their minds was good example of the way packaged stimulate circulation, :: Scrub

his achievement. When he brings warm, soapy water..

homo a paper of written work that the right use of packaged-prepared or prepared foods can it into the foods, such as the new bread and menu, remarked. The linned display it on the wall.. has a perfect or high grade on it, cake mixes, piecrust, canned meats, grapefruit juice in half frozen with

dinnerz-in-a-box and

prepared des- a dash frozen or bought ready- spinach

that

In

Dry thoroughly, remove cuti- ele, using a cotton-lipped orange--

DECENTLY in speaking before an pared vanilla pudding and served organisation, young home. In my favourite inchloerved

wood stick dipped in oily cuticle re- You need to be calm and relaxed serts,

the stick gently: when you attempt to help a child of Work.

can be

that way.

Carly

of limo juice. The My answer was that they all have cleaned in a cellott

a cellophane bag or in n mover.

to any age with his lessons. Set the: a place in the menu when time-sav- can: of course, if it's

If it's cheapor fresh around the edges of the nails soften and loosen the cuticle, which stage so he won't feel anxious and ing justifies the extra expense; or you can buy overlaps the nalia Use I also to re-hurried. When he forgets some which there is very little pantry stor--mumins-from-a-mix-un replace move stubborn Bits of dirt -embed-:: as a word or its spelling or age space for a variety of ingredi. home mixed combread. And for a

thing, ded under the sail ups. Just give him the

fact, show no irritation. A number

pleasant contrast to the convenience correct item or this.

Own Specialtios

foods we will have,

complete Go over une als again with Nothing is so important as for you should not interfere with the develop-

show him how he can get it himself.

"But these convenience foods home-cooked main course.”

Dianor olly polish remover to prepare the thing is

nover ralae your voice in anger

a good home-cooked surfaces for the polish

Grapefruit Juice Cocktail or even to feel the least bit vaxed at ment of

the family," said the Chopped Steak Gril cuisine for his slightest failure. Always ho

Spinach must feel hopeful and self-respecting. Chef. The homemaker should learn

Butter or Margarije errors and to cook her own specialites and to When his forgetting, err

Custard Cream with Blackberries" confusion seem to mount, persuade increase her cooking repertoire. The foods that come in packages are a him to pause for some fun,

Hot or Iced Tea or Coffee- If Child Lags

good convenience, but they would be they became a

Milk (Children)

Apply a coat of polish founda tion, then a single coat of polish. First, drain the brush on Inside of neck of boille so that there will not be too much on the brush. Ouilino

to the

polish

57-Finish by applying cuilele oll or brittle-nali cream, massaging it gently around bases and sides of nalis. Be sure to use oll or cream cuticle every night to keep the properly conditioned. This dally use will make the weekly manicure: # much simpler task,

is

Use Of Green In Decorating

By ELEANOR ROSS: -

anid

Uitle dleed mint to pea coup I And

Brown Rice

All Measureminets are Lever Recipes. Serve Four Chopped Stoak Grill,

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the half-moons; then, with light, When in the upper grades or senior, a little tiresome even strokes, paint the polish out high school you learn that your child steady diet."

tips

of the nails. Use an is lagging at school you

may bỏ They remind me of ready-made orangewend stick to remove any templed to rebuke or punish. him for dresses, I laughed. "The dresses all

To 1 lb. chopped beef thamburg gets on the cuticle. Allow polish to dry thoroughly. Do ha lagging. A more sensible way look alike until each owner individ-

homework ualises them with her own personal steak a second choles) add 1⁄2 tsp..

touches," not try to hasten drying by fanning to look at his ways of

salt, tsp. garlic salt and -isp. and help him improve them.- or holding under a light. This may

Individual Touches

pepper. Put through the food chop- cause the polish to bubble or dry The child who has little or no

regulation

Hat, The Chef looked bewildered. "It's per a second time. Shape into.4.1 of his evening programme unevenly.

before he enters higher grade hardly the same with packaged, prepared round pailles in. thick. Place on application to application Preparation for serious foods, selll about a non- homework must be individualised by laterest pre-heated grill about 3 in.. from-

and broil Whil

Well He needs to hold himatif to a time ing scaronings and additions, of the heat, schedule and to get down to serious they will taste exactly like the foods browned on one side; then turn and business promptly.

brown the other, about 10 min. al- this send served by everyone else." mere lecturing by the

Absolutely agreed parents often

the together. In the same broiler gril) 4 does more harm than good. They Chef, "That is why I add fried large slices each onion and tomato, need to be skilfully persuasive in onions to linned tomato soup; or a and 4 small slices bacor companionable family atmosphere.

To assemble, place the chopped

good the tinned fish very good for hors beef patties in the centre of

ter. Pour over d'oeuvres, but those I also make in sized heated platter.

butter or margarine dividual. For example, I add zour little melted

dill to the pickled her

her and top each with a slice of crisp- cream and dill

the Your tinned salmon is par ex- brolled bacon. Surround with

slices and tomato tence;

but even to that I add the broiled onion Bleed rew

сарета. WHEN IT IS advisable to trave! ; /HE:use "bi geen for many rooms, room-study, while clear shades of raw onions or encumbers, and overlapping, Garnish with parsley.

Brolled Onion and Tomato SlicesTM I also find it necessary light-and that is nearly always especially for the bedroom, has green with red accents' is a mighty to add a special these days clothes must be chosen been confirmed in the model įrooms :cheory combination for child's bed-canned meato; of touch to Peel 1 large onion. Remove the ends 4 alices 1⁄2 in. thick Brush with great care. An ideal travel that, break out at this Ume of year. room.

too much of the same monotonous with a little melted fat, dust Ing companion, is the essentially simple but very smart dinner Greeni, restful; yet mildly stimulating. A display of headboards showcaste. Some of them are improved by salt and pepper, flour. or îîine bread

dress cheerful and smart

Ahould

be con- upholstery in every shade of green slicing and sauteeing with a little crumbs, and place in an allod shal-- of the informal type, which, when

sidered whe

over a bedroom for pale chartreuse to deep

Tomato in the same. teamed with its own jacket becomes

Homemakers will Brid unlimited green, and in every type of materiallon, celery or other vegetables, low pan. Prepare slices of 1 large

Launcheon meat and ham like te scarcely ripe an effective afternoon costume, Pau! Parnes comes up with a real beauty possibilities for the use of some from sumulated leather to luxurious tice and heat in a rich Danish sauce way, and put in the pan with the

Chade of green ths the

the dominan! quilted velvettem a

and serve to scallop with maca and broil until brown on one side; daky potatoes, or onion Drip over 1 tbsp. melted fat of soft gray woollen with Venive colour in headboards, drapery and Lime Green Satin

hey are good to lace that sets off the rounded neck-upholstery fabrics Because gecon

then turn to brown: the other. Allow reon There was a handsome headboard val and check. Uno and graciously abcents) the combines yellow, and blue, it has the upholstered in me green satin and Then there are the new pack- 8 to 10 min. pr graceful skirt. The waist length bright runny qualities of yellow and "another; design was done in a der

breads and

mixer of all kinds,

Custard Cream With jacket is snugly fastened with self the restful quality of bluse. In a dark green velvet with button fufilag added, most of them of catab-

Blackberries (tin) Bond covered ball buttons,

room a bright funny green adds both nice for a definitely elegant type lished reputation. Quite a number of Make up 1.packago · prepared""" golely and colour and a feeling of of room. More down to earth for these are within the budget class, vanilla pudding according to direct light, while a cool, darker shade of most of un, was a headboard done in and save considerable Ume. And tons, flavouring it with, 1⁄2 tsp. pow green is effective in an over-bright white and green stripod glazed these can also be personalised. A dered cinnamon. Transfer to sher-

chintz

few dates, "raļains, nuts or prated bet glasses and chilly Before serviná Use OF

White accents are delightful in e che

chocso added to a yeast-roll mix

with sugared blackberries Nature's lavish use of green com- green bedroom, specially

o Of Groon:

for the

Chef into the devil food mix: packaged

To keep and prepare blackberries: sky, the colours of the earth and the choice for summer decor. Keep gingerbread made with black coffee rainbow hues of Bowers, demon away from the too-pale groens unless instead of water. These and many or raspberries before serving: First

them over, and pick strutes vividly the possibilities of they are well spiked with

strong other combinations, can transform

Temove alites pefect berries dr blis; of atom. Do for the actual mixinggrden with other colours, colour accents. As

commercial foods.

· FRENCH PERFUME

TOONL

when

they aro, and cut.

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which can be equally well' appiled Job, by, chooningreen, to set the de la maison. Cu to a specially not swish. Sprend on a plate my

“kovered to work but desired roomnects colour theme of the room, then plan- The Chief chuckled. "I like your with a paper towel, cover will

Waxsa paper and keep in the re- Thus a pale green with pastel colours ning headboard to play up the French with the accent American!"

is appropriate for a bedroom of the particular decorative effect destrod, he commented. And that reminds frigerator. Just before serving dainty, feminine type: Dark bottle the basie planning of a bedoom is moethe, specialita de la maison for place in a slave and rinse gently green with shades of beige or gray done as the rest of the furnishings our dinner will be custard cream with cold water, Deals and dry te a good choice for a masculine bed- will be naturally suggested. Bag of with blackbuizios, made with *.pras à paper towel.