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The Grapevine At The Ritz

ROBB DRAWS THE SCENE ........ OPENING DAY OF THE PARIS SPRING DRESS SHOWS

retro

her

In the famous Ritz Bar the fashion grapevine gets serious- ly to work on the opening day of the Paris dress shows. For this is the unofficial sorting house of new fashion ideas, where members of the smart set pass on to one · another the names of rising new designers... where buyers find out which houars have found wealthy 2018 backers... where tip-offs are exchanged in a setting which is practically a dress show in itself.

Jacques Fath Tries Out Sack Cloth

EVEN

Swomen

woman

LOOK centre-stage at girl standing up in a big black coat. She wears the latest helmet fashion in white with a bit black cockade વર્ક

one side. To her left,

sitting down-two more

new

hat fashions-a big-brimmed number Inz

tonst coloured strow with chiffon draping on

inside of the brim: ond, in front, a snappy clothe in scarlet straw with two pompons and quilla.

Nolice the sented

group in the near right- corner. 'The

hond

weman in the furs shows r small bat straped chiffon

In

With

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two hag estrets, all in

Are You a Bathing Beauty?

Courtesy Faberg

After your tub, pat on fragrant bath powder before you dress,

By HELEN FOLLETT

bright plak. Her friend B a bathing beauty. Nothing it urders the circulatory syst:m

she is not

live

white straw

ike a routing scrubbing In to be up and about its business. pertenkes on top of a the tub, followed by a shower, The effect of bathh dnes midnight-blue velvet to freshen the complexion and not end with the skin, but has skull-cap. Standing up the spirits. 17 fasikilous

a profound effect upon the en behind her

feels that MOBIRD

constitution. When shows o the newest alarting the day right unless skin fumettons 1 percent. The cond-henver line In the attends to this hentth-and- lunats und Ridneys have less crimson straw.

good lonka duty You'll se

work to do, and cun perform her loftering Ar tie cosmetie their duties with greater effl- counter where she will pur

Put elency, so adding materially to chase bath salts, tonie fotions, the general health, vigour and dusting powers all of the healy of the body..

Most arresting Ideas, Fabulous

same

scent. Her

back to front. It produces, yellow, kluiki cream, and string moming tubbing is a pleasur

Delicious again quoting the hand-cut, retour.

She carries with her an aura type of

with rather und back, narrow bust, and sequle mard diamond embroidery of perfume all the day long. shoulders brought forward as on markcloth evening dresses, 1 {cr health benchis. The if in a perpetual movement of Monkey-nuts and ironde und covering of the body is modesty or in more direct hazel

stalefect English-the consumptive, flat- diamonds and embroidered important one. I throws off

muts

Jouston

whil

coats.

"Peg of iny Heart" tam o'shanters

worn with evening dress....

THE MIDNIGHT SHOW By Anne Edwards

chested silhouette of the Bright the Young Things of the twenties.

Main style peluts of the show sure there; -

him Marla Montez, wearing a

Very marrow skirt, fight, s Ever Brocade Jucket and mam- short Jackets, high pointed moth pearl earrings the size of collars, round simulders, Ion pigeon eggs,

tight sleeves, Dresses all "tube

but more so than fast

looking" year.

As the show ended towards 1 nm. the experts Eumed it

p

elimination.

nn

a most

wastes. The hurman hide ever in a satte of decay and renewal, casting off dead seates to which the odour of perspira-

Dy on elings. removing these you will need cells daily and you fletion with a brush to be rid of them the skin Hunction entertaining, normally. This practice resets fabulous Jarques Fath in sati upon the

he of the only two men Paris who ran launch a world-i wide fashion singlehanded.

Unpredictable,

When the audience (which ht to be revived from Ume to time with leed orange juice and Decasional full coals with chanpurin) could! take their enormous round collars eyes off Miss Hayworth's koline give steep sloping Shouler followers expect shy chat her long

cinera

lirte.

that The other in Dier, whose counter- attack when he would show his collection.

PARIS. tasselled pearls, her low-cut HUNDRED black frock and her one-eye- Skirts two fo three inches

packed into stear and one-eye-covreed hat, giniter, but stiil well below the... three green bronze pattern

they were introduced to the new knee,

drvised by showrooms ut Jacques Monsieur Fath, Path's salon to see his mid- night dress show.

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It is basert on an entirely new whiteb has The singular

While wealthy clientele effect of -making the girls look from East and West. fashion journalists and trade buyers were packed info the back rooms-the seat of honour was given tol Monsieur Fath's most cele-] brated client and dinner partner-Rita Hayworth.

Sitt ng by her side was Princ: Aly Khan in lounge suit and carnethair cardigan, and beside

Spring Complements

1.1

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

Hats very small and round. Tooling like the crown of a hat with the brim' cut of.

Colours Krey. pulty, naize,

The Right Diet

For Diabetics

It

3y HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.. OST people have heard dia-

especially important Mbetes referred tn, but many that the diet contain enough people still are confused as protein fonds. According to Dr

what the to just

condition is. Herman O. Mosenthal, of New Diabetes Is due to a luck

York City. proper plauming of secretion, called insulin, from a the

diet will help to prevent gland in the abdomen known complications, such

as hard- as the pancreas. The symptoms ening of the arteries and kid-

Some of this condition consist of loss ney disturbances.

fat is of weight and strength, with needed In the diet. The mini- increased appetite and thirst. mum amount of fatty foods Later, there may be ching of suggested is one eg and 12 nervous glasses of whole milk a day. Butler and cheese arc also advisable.

the skin and certai disorders.

In order to make a definite Clagnosis. the amount of sugar In the blood must be deter- mined. In practically all in- stances, sooner or later, there is sugar in the urine.

In

Control Dist

treating this condition it

Low Sugar Content

The use of alcoholic bever- nges is forbidden in general, but small amounts, which are low

Ta

content, sugar

be may

taken.

The

treat-

purpose of the 13 necessary to control the diet ment in diabetes is to keep the; and to give inicetions of insulin blood sugar under nonnal level. when required. The amount of If the amount of food necessary food to be eaten depends upon to keep up the patient's energy the patient's weight and his permits sugar to appear in the type of activity. In general, urine at the amount in the sugar and sugar-containing foodis blood rises above normal levels, should be limited. The physician infections of insuil must will determine, in each case, utilised. The about what amounts of sugars decide just what type of insulin two-plecer is and starchy food, protein foods should be used and the amount plaid cotton. and fats are needed.

30 general, the diet should supply about 150 grams or Ave ounces of carbohydrate foods, ounces about 24

of protein from meat, milk and eggs, and +Rough fats to make up the caloric taf heat. requirements of the diet.

Home Hints

A préilminary dhunting of

FABRIC GLOVES are reling bare floors, with the vacuiT??

to be employed."

With careful

physician

be

Going Places-Designed

for

If you would keep yourself in splendid form, have a few minutes of exervice before the bath,

Stand tall. touch the oor with your lingers without bending year kuces.

Bend al the Ene of the hips, not at the waist. Ten or twelve of those mingements, then mins

do the torso twist. Hands out at the sides on a line with the shoulders. Swingt one breftward, one for ward, pivoting at the waistline. While doing this keep the body stretched, as if you were trying to pull yourself apart at the

complexion beenuse mal-section.

Let's Eat

BY

DA BAILEY ALLEN

Reducing? Have Potatoes Cooked In Many Ways

"WE have a bumper crou of potatoes this year." I anounced to the Chef.

the wek, with only a half cup of water in the cooker-so Hitle it doesn't touch the potatoes, In right or ten minutes they're done, Then drain off the pota- toes lightly about 30 seconds over a low heat until they fake. What flavour!"

That's good; the potutu 114 the most popular vegetable Lo the world is the most ver- satile; and fortunately easy in digest. But you know, Madame,Now take the baked potato

many people are eating less potatoes because they think they make them tat. Often I hear people say. I am not eat- ing bread and I am not eating potato because I am reducing!"

Reducing -Dict- "That's because the principle underlying a reducing diet is to cut out foods that cause fatty deposits in the body." I tx-

"So the plained.

doctor in- variably advises little or no fat, no sugar or sweets, and a greatly restricted amount

potato, starchy

as

of

cercals, bread and which are classed foods. But a little starch is needed each day to net as fuel In the body to

burn up the it can be if you are trying

other food,

utilised. So

to reduce you can take your

choice; two slices of bread a day or two average-sized potatoes. They have similar food and calorie values. But

fortunately

and

most people-and

Save

this tricludes young children adolescents don't have to worry about reducing. When cooked to

full

values, potatoes are

important source of vitamin C and some about peeling the

6 com.

will the spring traveller, this pert vitamins."

How

much

is

dark" I said. "In the first

donc In The brief, fitted jacket is set off by a small, diabetic may live a normal life stand-up collar and tiny covered

or many, many years.

treatment,

buttons.

A CHAIR SHOULD LOOK

NEW YORK.

CHAIN should tooit safe and example

Instead

place potatoes should not be peeled except in rare cases as when fried raw, or roasted In The pan with meat. they should be well-scrubbed and cooked in the jackets. And when peeling them use a potato teraper or a very sharp knife to prevent waste,"

Soggy Potatoes "And many persons do not inke the trouble to prepare

Marlame.

Isn't it healthful to eat the skin?"

Well Scrubbed "Yes, if the potatoes are well rubbed and the skin is not

inn rough for the digestive sys- tem. If potatoes are rubbed with a little fat before baking. the skins make pleasant eating and in most cases will prove a good source of roughage food." "Now that the cost of eating is so high," said the Chef, "I think it is a good idea to sug- Ke gest in this colunin some or, our new reeipes from the test-

chen that make

the ment, Ash, cheese and eggs go farther with the help of the popular Potato."

Dinnor Ceum of Celery Soup Whole Whent Rolls Baked Fish Slice

Potato Fritters

Paralled Coullflower preted String Beans lied Plumns Tap Cream Coffee or Tea MBK (Children) All Perurentcuts Are Level Recipes Serve Four

Baked Fish Slice

In a well-oiled baking pan place 1 to 1 lbs. sliced had- dock, halibut or codfish, or fish filets of any kind. Dust with salt and pepper, Sprinkle with 1 tsp. lemon Julce; then with

tbsp. cach onion ond green

thep

pepper chopped fnc. COVCT lightly with 1 c. coarse breat crumbs mixed with K melted margarine, shortening drained from boiled or bacon fat. Pour in water

potatoes (or use plain boiling water) to almost half the depth of fish. Bake in u moderate oven, 375 F. until the fish la tender and the crumbs are browned, about 35 min;

the

SAFE AND RESTFUL

Such chairs are un extreme potatoes properly," said the Chef. "They have soggy bolled

Potato Fritters "non-functional | ~89; nf comforting, and not like a streamlining" and some "super-potatoes, lumpy mashed pota- Scrub, peel and graté 4 good- handsome by the cleaner will prevent your floor | jet plane about to take off. fcial stylist have made a fadoes, burner baked potatoes

sized white potatoes. Drain off minute und - are crented with nop from getung sailed too fast,

of it. Pref. Hay'added, But he and greusy fried potatoes. And

uny water. To the grated potato all the the workmanship ae-Clean the mop after each use This support for people who preleted it wouldn't

last very

because the potato is not exald 4 tsp. salt, tsp. pepper, corded a Hood leather glove. either by shaking it into look fearfully at some ultra- long.

pensive they are careless with 1 peeled small onion, grated, 1 Double woven cotton, 40 fine paper bar,

tt. Development or by using the streamlined furniture comes from

of householdt

In fact, many people do cgs well beaten, 1 tsp. baking that it looks

like toeskin, is suction tool attachingit of your Prof. Earl D. Hay of the Design machines, automobiles ando rently know how good the

Powder and 14c. all-purpose used for

a gauntlet type glove vacuum cleaner.

Department of Mechanical aeroplanes calls for a new klud taste of pointoes can be. How

flour or fine stole bread crumbs. with matching lacing

Engineering, Iowa State College, of machine designer, he said. c they know when they boil Drop by tablespoonfuls onto n

then In quaris He should

sically an

of water and hot, well-olice frying pan, Things, like chairs, whore englucer."

throw the also know

water down

the slow-fry on both sides until stable When it is necessary to wash Job is to be

net-sta- enough art to is of wavy

Does the flavour stay well browned. Allow about 8 design for form sink? blue suede with ann treateil floor mop, use luke- tionary, should give you a feel- and pleasing appearance. back in the potato?" unusual clasp closing. It is a

min. warm, mild suds and rinse in ing of rest and quietness, he told Prof. Hay said this H

"No Chef, 1

goes down the pouch bt with a bottom ronde hukewarm water unt!) the the American Society

Trick Of The Chef- of age of simplicity in design. The dealo. And along with it go the risle

વ corded water clear.

Mechanical Engineers. Shuke out

simpler the design, the lower is vitamins, besidder valuable from

To make parslled builer to edge. The spat pump is ready thoroughly um duty. Dry, "A lawn chair should have the cost of production, too, he and calcium. Potatoes should be season

cauliflower or bolled to walk out in spring. It is of then dip in the same solution the appearance of stability, added,

intelligently cooked and used potatoes, meit 2 tbsp. bulter navy kid with the top of cocon You HC for dust clollin-one raher than give one the feeling The really great designer is freely in the normal diet. Of or margarine. When frothy odd

pint hot water and one-fourth he should hold it down for fear one who can tell the most will course the best way to prepare 1⁄2 tsp. pepper, ruede and has pearl

a few grains cup lemon qll. Hang mop it would take off down the lie fewest lines and simpleat potatoes is to pressure-cook nutmeg, and 2 tbsp. fine-minced by the handle, off the floor. street," he said.

shapes."A. P.

them. They should be placed on parsley,

in beige

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