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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1949.

WOMANSENSE

Sonja, 36, is still

of the bill

One-Piece Pedal Pusher

By ALICE ALDEN

of

THE PEDAL-PUSHER, prac- tical and smart, is working its way nicely into the ranks costumes for the beach as well as for bicycle wear. Celanese tropical cloth in used for this number, which is

really

опс-

plece affair. It has cleverly devised trimming band that continues to form a pocket over the right hip. The band may be pine green, navy or cinnamon brown,

all nice shades to

off the spanking-white.

Leather From

Salmon Skin

The Pacific

Asheries industry

The

let

American has an-

T

top

HE biggest drawing

By FREDERICK COOK

card the American' sports world has ever. Heen, the girl who has, worn down every rival, the smil- ing blonde who looks like n' schoolgirl, but is actually one of the great athletes of our time and one of its cleverest business women, ís. packing them in again at Madison Square Garden.

I'm talking, of course, about little Sonja Henle, who in her Ume hnx taken more than £6,500,000 from at least 18.- 000,000 people (not counting moviegoers), who was Olymple

in 1920. champion hack

who con still

with the utmost ense every one of the Garden's 10,590 scats (top price 302 cheapest 7a. Od.) and send the customers away dazzled.

SONJA ON THE ICE

approval.

of

own

lier

fashionable Southampton, Lonit Island; Florida and Beverly Hills, California.

Sonja's secret is hard work. thinka She lives on the ico, skating, dreams skating. Here's how this little (51t. 2in.) multi- millionairess spending her time while the Mudison Square Garden show is running

F

11.5 The show goes off. She goes to her dressing TOOM (the one Joc Loula uses when ho is the star of the one-night stand), dons a sweater and pair of slacks and rests. She talks things over with Her staff.

she

Il-Fitting Shoes No Bargain

Blylo and comfort are combined in these pretty navy kid pumpa

with matching-leather soles for Doxiklo comfort.......

By HELEN FOLLETT

will become

It is bad enough to sacrifice foot health to the false idea as

MIDNIGHT-She dresses and

Wherever there fcarrying her skates, which no EMININE feet take a lot of

is pressure punishment. Tie way on the flesh of the foot, naturo body else is allowed to touch)

a cushion many women neglect their poor produces

of dead leaves for her hotel. Takes shower, dresses and goes to twinging trotters is cruel and skin cells as a means of pro- cushions de- dinner (usually Inhuman, In many cases they tection. These night club for n thick, underdone stepk, with are screaming out for release velop into corns. Removal Is How champagne). If there is dance from the bondage of ill-atting only a temporary cure.

that

corns, much dances vigorously.

produca

more sensible to wear ing.

If shoes that are sufficiently, wide, Sho leaves about four and callouses, in-growing nails. Scala is 38 now. But she can she designs all the costumes. aleeps until one.

the sufferor will set out with give the toes wiggling room, skato A couple of husky men she rehearses the cast. Not on

The stern purpose of finding have moderate heels that per- partners into panting exhaug act or a gesture goes into any

1 p.m-A shower and mass high grade leather casings with mit the foot to assume A tion, and still go on a coupic, part of it without her personal age, with all hands on deck; het: flexible leather soles that pra- natural position. of hours more with scintillating

her dresser, own maid and colo acts. Then walk out and

hairdresser. de comfort without pressure, In addition, she

the masseuse and her runs

her poor feet dance half the right.

semi-permanent Ice show across Breakfast (fruit, poached egg, tranquil,

tea). Then a drive But will she? Chances are to what is smart or beautiful. And she has a wizard capacity the street in New York's Radio toast and

City.

and a three-mile walk. Back to no. She will go to a chiropodist It is even worse to destroy the for holding on to what she

who will give her the necessary Ang lines of the body by poor makes and arranging for her She owns blocks of flats in the hotel, more tea and a nap

treatment, do everything pos posture that is bound to appear money to multiply all by itself. Chicago, a large wholesale firm until 4 o'clock.

not for away, a chunk of real

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.-The time is sible to give her relief and who if one cannot move with grace

tell her will California, including Today she is boss of her own estate in

that the right and cabe. ice show over at the Garden. a. full-size ico stadium, houses her own. At Ave she begins to shoes will be the solution.

for get. ready

curtain time

Sore feet mean that correct again. Another shower, another this suggestion she will give no

Sha hobblen around in posture

impossible. The massage, and a shampoo. Then heed.

the

and soon the chest same lasts,.

is contracted, the ab- ot to the Gorden again.

corns and callouses are back dominal muscles go slack, tho It is a vicious doesn't make ankles thicken. a big, again. Sharing her work is

circle. ambling, amiable giant of a sense. man (0ft 4in.) named Arthur Wirtz, a 47-year-old Chicagoan. It was Wirtz who came down to new York to meet Sonja when she landed here in 1930.

A Clothes Revolution In

The United Kingdom

By WINEFRIDE JACKSON

This revolution in

during the

wear

supposo

Insect-Proof

Wardrobes

It just

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Use Herbs for Seasoning

aro.

THE word "utility"-defined with, bere must be no skimp-They have been close friends Tin the dictionary as "the ip on scams indeed, govern, ever since.

stato or quality of being ment specifications for "ality* useful" has so acquired a clothes forbade such a thing. A professor of physical edu- new meaning in Britain during

catlon has estimated that tho At last a formulu was found,amount of effort Sonjā puts in- It denotes The last few years. smart fashions of good quality, and the new designs, adapted Today a woman can go into and simplified, were released.to every single performance is heavy-weight boxing cham- Flared and pleated skirts took greater than that expended by any fashion store and ask for a utility suit, coat ar dress and the place of the too-full "bal pion going the full 15 rounds.

And what do you know that at a reasonable cost lerina" skirt which first camed

name of the she weighs?-Just 7st. 4lb. she can buy a garment of good these clother the

Look." This pleased material that has all the Intest "Now

knew since. women

=****** | «T‚ÂM glad to see that home- to cover, release the aromatic fashion details from the (London,

to see untig te bila Then fone,

well that few but the very and Paris dress shown.

and. slim could

thusiastic about experimenting herb, to the cooking food. For young fashion them. The tiny waisted Jacket

with herba for seasoning. Good a sauce use milk as the steeping the liquid. For salads use vinegar, yeurs of which accompanied the scire

chets have always used nounced the new product as the began.

herbs," remarked the Chef. " lime or lemon juice; and soup latest for milady's shoes and World War II, The Govern was also modified and became

ment planned to allow a large more tailored to suit the aver

would not be able to season well stock or water for gravics. handbags.

I did not have my herb tray. quantity of good quality cloth to age woman's figure.

Many root vegetables big salmon canning be sold tax-free, and directed

Pleasing And Feminino

The latest movable wardrobes "When I was apprentice to the greatly improved in flavour. by concerns report the new-type manufacturers to malte clothes

to

and chests are specially treated specifications leather as a by-product of a conforming

The result was a pleasing to protect clothing from insects and chef de cuisine, I made the use of mint, chives, parsley this deep wooden cutlery tray or marjoram, and dried beans new process of preserving the strictly laid down and devised fish with both the skin and the by experts. The scheme had ils and feminine silhouette that set and mildew. The inside sur with a handle in the middle," he

become a delightful surpriso a Ave added, lifting it and looking it when seasoned with basil. backbone removed. Invention teething troubles, naturally, but a new high standard of fashion faces are coated with

and it has even percent solution of D-D-T and of skinning and boning machines a lead was given by many pro for utility.

"With thin pieces of wood is a development in the food | minent

inent manufacturers who influenced the fashions coming mildew preventative. The out-over with evident satisfaction. eight compart-. processing technique

realised that although they had from the leading fashion house sitio surfaces are finished either divided it into been set a problem in design with the result that a slimmer in a grained blond maple or

ments, one for each of the herbs An ingenious attachment ing

rock-bottom and more practical line will be dark knotty pine-effect, then most used in cooking. Every

coated with plastic to make layer of skin prices, it was, to their own in the vogue in 1949.

summer I put in fresh chopped removes n thin with the fish. scales. The terest and that of Britain that Today more and more women them easily washable..

herbs. During the rest of the resulting leather is described as they should succeed. They knew

buying utility smooth, pliable and non-that women would never wear

Many of the converts are those The most expensive wardrobe year I use the dried herbs. They

special touch." I can be tanned and clothes that were unflattering.

who previously paid quite high in the line is a little more than are always ready to give the

Then five feet high with a full prices for their dresses. Women Startled

centre mirror panel. apparently they decided that it length

"Ze trick, of ze Chef," I leased. FO Packaged ready to put up when worth doing When the first utility made was hardly

gels it home, the were launched in when, within three months of the buyer

sells an edge over reptile skins for up fashiong

for Brotind. hamlling. They are also 1942, many women were startled the seasonal dress collections, wardrobe

utliity adaptations west US$20. and apprehensive, at dressing the

#government specification, being shown everywhere in the

One of the most inexpensive the

hour-glass The leather trade studying the new creation for ed the confidence of the pub- possible uses. Associateri llc, Women realised that these new cut-away jacket, the peg made to roll caslly under the

clothes were a good investment, top dress, the hooded swagger, bed. that they wore well and look and the fly-away coat with the cd smart.

back fullness beautifully tailor- of the ed and seamed.

porous. dyed.

Skins of Pacific Coast salmón are large enough to give them

thicker than reptile skina.

I'ress.

ta

clothes at

are

-

-

clothes.

is now but gradually the scheme has the slim sult with the additions to the line is a chest on smiling and pointing to each

With the launching

HOUSEHOLD HINTS "New Look" in 1947, however,

repre-

This new versatility in utility There came a crisis. It was fashions has been the result of can be removed obvious that inost women want a complete Whitewash

max3 overhaul in by applying A solution of aed to wear these new flowing production. It has brought new pound of seda dissolved in two lines; the point was could they high-speed methods of cutting. and one-half gallons of water. be made us "utility," or would more scientific sizing to cover Apply liberally and repeatedly the scheme break down on this most of the vagaries of a wo When it is softened, it can be knotty qu

and man's figure,

ine cbil- question of fashion?

centrated

of young scraped off, and the wall wish- Government experts,

training ed. Whitewash which is loose and scaly may be removed in sentatives of textile firms and workers. There are inspectors, manufacturers thrashed out the both in factories and shops, to part by applying a strong glue size. As the glue dries, it matter. The puzzle was how to see that the quality of work

the new simplify

sweeping maintained and customers we examine will pull off the whitewash.

skirts,

Intricately-cut the

encouraged bodices that gave a new rounded thoroughly the,make and finish shoulder line, the masses of of the clothes before they buy

aro sent Keep the milk in the dark, pleats, and all the detalls at them. Criticisms

radioflavin pockets,

and cuffs

necklines the shops to the manufacturers that important B vitamin in that went into the designing of and, if justided, are put right milk. Provide a covered box in model os Arst conceiven by

dressmaker, for the milkman to put your an expensive milk in when he delivers it. WILD realised that, to begin

as light

IT'S

n

destroys

Do You Clean Efficiently?

chores.

It

Checks Popular

new.

by

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Apart fron design, utility clothes are kept in line with the smartest fabrics and colours. This year, for instance, checks are popular again and this is reflected throughout the utility have a making your plan day by day, collections. The good Iden to

shades for those you may make some regular schedule

false which were shown in the col- That's why you use a lections of highly priced clothes: tasks special cleaning

that starts,

But you'll find that by famous designers are come every month or two na pencill

is lots of fun in even reated-burnt

with well DS for the daily

orange and there

that Black, navy Then, with planning the work-and

with orchid-pinit, weekly your lets made, time recorded, the results in time-saving and

donkey-brown, sugar-pink, and "household steps for greater eficiency a smoother running

a great deal of silver-grey. themselves felt noted. It is time to put the plan begin making

The utility scheme in Britain For, you see, you has not only resulted in keeping In order to have a very soon. together eleaner bouse by 12 o'clock, are studying to save time on prices at a reasonable level for each separate task, and you less effort on your ca and with

gooda that are worth the money, are also arranging day-by- day schedulo in which you are man to dress well at

thus permitting the average wo- coat The next step is to fit the aiming not to have more work within her income; it has an verlous Jobs that run from on any one day of the year other achievement as important daily

to weekly

to monthly than you

comfortably to its credit. The standards set into day-by-day plan that naish by noon, except, perhaps. have resulted in to elimina- overlooks nothing and yet is for

special spring-cleaning Hon of those

unnecessary evened out so

the trimmings which, in

prowar days, were often added to suits cheaper children in the and dresses in the Use large sheels of household, teach them to carry grades of clothing in order to design. Name the different their share: you aren't doing a hide bad making and Tanks by a key word or two, or child n favour by letting it take Today utility clothes ard copies by a number or letter. In life casy.

For the best styles, nol the worst.

part, too.

can't

that each day bouts,

and.

ot course, has its fair share.

seasonal tasks Your first entries should be If there are

in pencil. paper.

Fall-skirted, tight-walated gown of satin and silk, four- row pearl and diamond spray diamond matching necklace earrings, diamond bracelet....

designer's wife dress Dirby Horton at the ballet

in London.

Dinnor

Tomato Soup with Ham Croutons Curried Lima Beans Apple Chutney Kale Boston Brown Brend Peach Shortcake Whipped Topping

Milk (Children)

Coffee or Tea

All Measuremente Are Lovel Recipes Serve Four

Curried Lima Beans

Each Compartment

"Always I have sage," he went

Pick over 1 lb plain navy or comportment. "The sage is for the heavy

pork, pea beans; rinse and place in a meats, the

Then kettle. Cover with bolling water. Bausuge, goose and duck.

have marjoram, savoury and Put on a lid and let stand 50 thyme, each in a

compartment. min. Do not drain. Add 2 tsp. and salt and 1⁄4 tsp. powdgred basil, These are more delicate, should be used with meats and and slow-boll until

tender, from poultry of mild Cavour, such as 2 to 24 hrs. (Or pressure-cook veal, chicken, guinea hen and 35 min. at 15 lbs. pressure.) squab. For lamb and mutton I When done the water should be

ve practically absorbed. mint. For beet have

the beans basil, and for fish and some the chicken dishes I have tarragon. Transfer to an olled, reproof For most savoury foods, I have casserole, and bake 30 min. In oven, 375 F. to season the dried parsley. The garlic a hot

Accom- and the shallots I keep separate." through and dry out.

pany with chutney or plekle

I have

"And of course, we always relish. have a pot of chives growing

or

with

Д

Combine curry sauce,

a cut

on the window-sill," remark- Curry Sauce for Beani; Rub a ed. "They're so good with fish pt.-sized saucepan with and eggs. But there's one herb section garlic. In it melt 2 tbsp. that shouldn't be used with butter or margarino: add 2 tbsp. eggs, that's sage, for strangely fine-diced onion and saute until enough it adds a fishy taste. And yellowed. Stir in 11⁄2 tbsp, flour. oregano, or Mexican sige, must Then add 1⁄2 c. chopped sweet be carefully used too.""

green peppers, 1⁄2 tsp. powdered basil and s. tomato "I like, that in spaghetti les. Season with top, ougar, sauce," said the Chef. "Of course 1/3 tsp. salt, lsp. pepper the good chef is known by the and 1 tbsp, curry powder blend- precision, or shall we say, the ed with 1 tbsp, water. Simmer discretion" with which he uses the 10 min. Stir in 1 tbsp. minced herbs. It is not usually a good parsicy Just Before serving. plan

to add more than a little of

one or two kinds to a dish, and then

only enough to Boupcon or just

Five

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a taste.

Bavour. And only one or two

herb seasoned dishes should bo

Apple Chutney'.

Wash. core, pare and chop. 13.

served in. the some meal. The tart cooking apples and 1 large abject of good seasoning is to peeled onion. Coro and seed a bring out dra natural taste. It green peppers and minco fine. Combine the apples, valons and should never be a camouflage.'

peppers with 11⁄21⁄2 c. chopped raisins, a

vinegar clder emild

1 tbsp. vinegar. and I c. wine 'salt, 11⁄2 (8 oz.) glasses currant or other tart jelly, 11⁄2 c. granula-

Using Herbs.

When starting to use herbs, 80 led or light brown sugar, Juice enny. In a dish for four persons lemons, 1 tbsp. ground gin- use about 1 tablespoon minced per and 4 tsp. cayenne. Stir un- mixed. Simmer uncovered fresh herbs, or 1 teaspoon dried herb, or from 4 to teaspoon over a low heat until ns thick a powdered herb. If a dried as inm, about 2 hrs. When the herb is not cooled in the food, mixture gets quite thick, put on as in making a casserole, steep an asbestos mat and finish cook- (let it stand), 5 minutes laing. Seal boiling hot in sferilisedi tablespoon hot water or liquid jars.

of a