1949-08-27 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1949.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

IF BRICK IS YOUR CHOICE

DESIGNED ACCORDING ΤΟ THE principle of modular co-ordination, through which building materials of pre-determined sizes are used to cut construction costs, this brick house can be put up either as a baslo four-room-and- bath affair, for later expansion, or complete with six rooms.

By MARION CLYDE McCARROLL

FROM time to time, there has, whose designs have followed

been discussion of

homes this principle.

home

Now, for those many designed according to the prin- ciple of modular co-ordination.. bullders who would be inclined

to choose brick for that

that 60

new

This means simply that the house they plan to own at the construction of the house is earliest possible date, there Is planned

building available a very complete book- materials

Brick Homes" "Modern pre-determined let,,

to published by the Structural Clay sizes can be used In order

Products Institute of Amerlen. effect subatantial economies.

which tells the full story of Specifically shown has been modern brick homes in terms of

number of brick houses modular co-ordination,

#

10004

SROON #1

LIVING ROOM

$2418

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DRANG BOON

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THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN has dining room, living

As a basic unit, the dining room might be used as a second bedroom.

room, bedroom, kitchen and bath.

Acne Can

Can Be A Real Problem

.

no

Treatment

HIDROOM #3

̧16×4 ̃1⁄2 34×4° ̧

STORAGE

JEDROOM 43 10.0' 14'4”,

TWO MORE BEDROOMS AND another bath make up the first loor, which can be finished at the time of original building, or when the budget allows.

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Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Making A Perfect Meringue

Is The Test Of Bakery Art

"The

bake

WHEN" it comes to baking meng only temperaturo over

Amount of Sugar

often asked is, "How can 1 325 . Is when it is to be very make a perfect meringue?

thlis-not more than a scant Some say, "My meringues half inch thick. And no mat- always fall":" or "They shrink" ter how high the meringue la or "They're weepy, with water to be, it should always be put underneath"; or "They are so on a hot filling to make it sticky they can't be cut"; or start cooking at once." "They have beads of molature on top", or "They're tough!"

"WC must remember, 10- marked the Chef, "that when

To avoid the forming of raking meringues we are using syrupy beads on top," went on CER: whites, These must be the Chef, "the right proportion beaten sufficiently Do they Ret of sugar should be used; full of air which makes them level tablespoonful of granu- light. The problem is to keep lated or powdered sugar to on them tender, light and high egg white is the right amount. after the ple or cake is baked. I If too much sugar is used the think Madame, that you have

CER whites cannot hold it in very good solution In 'your re- suspension, So syrupy beads cipe for Mile High Meringue are formed. One more caution which valis for a little cream of The Indles should not be, too tarlar when the egg whites are inquisitive. If they open the beaten."

oven door to peek at the meringue before he to Ani, he

Stiffening Action

"That's becaus:

cream of tartor has n slight stiffening action on the egg whites, which tends to keep the beaten-in nir encased. A flat meringue means that this air has escaped while baking. My recipe niso calls for a small amount of cold water to be beaten in with the egy whitos. This expands into steam during the slow boking I recommend, and makes the meringue tender

and

much higher than usual. The slight tart flavour of the cream

of tartar blends pleasantly with the sugar and flavouring used, and gives an even richer taste than usual."

"Another Important point in making meringue is the tem- perature at which It is baked, added the Chef. "I get best results from a slow oven tem- perature of about 325 F. It is

12 to be 114 inches high, minutes enough. For a me- ringue 2 inches high I need 15 minutes. This is because for a 11⁄2 och meringue on a 0 ple I use 3 egg whites; while for a 2 inch meringue 1 need 4 egg wiites."

"When the baking is suf-.. fielently slow, the liquid of the egg is driven off and the meringue will not have a watery layer underneath. When it meringue is tough and sticky it Is also due to baking at too high a heat.".

"A Dish Of Tea' Exhibition

pic

By Clare Ray-Baker

shape of atom bombs. Mobile frolicys, electric. Tea-Trolley Tricycle ini <namel aluminium, mounted with trays, drawers and

or

ICCADILLY greets you with a "dish of ten,” at the Regent Street Ten prevent its being knocked off, Centre. The original "te to copy a feature of the earliest, bowl" was later disfigured teapot ever made In England, by £ handle, and as w

which stands aloof as it con- knapsack tea dispenser, are all both

caterer scious of its seniority. Perhaps boons to the show.

and to one e

At last the reminded "large family" teapot could society in gearral.

be resuscitated and called, for, bachelor's dream has соле

arc on

IN unwillingly

urns, A

of "cups that cheer the sake of tradition a "Punch true in the ever efficient Auto- but not inebriate." Fune- Pot" To the Master Potter, the matle Tea Maker, which draws tioning to full capacity, the articles hitherto viewed have crowds to its simple mechanism. Tea Bar and Lounge recedes certainly supplied him with good to the background until although the private collector material for further Inspiration, August, as 18th century will no doubt challenge bim Terpots, headed by some with a "good luck" bld.

from the Royal Household.

crowd the show-windows in

polters, who.

uh-

ro-

of a Chinese mout

Jnil

the Central Hall. The vivid By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.

colours of these unique Realists revil In the "Valen- pieces of English School tine Pattern" Teapot, adaptation To the youngster who enre, it is often possible to pre-

Porcelain and Pottery, con- nene vent any extensive scarring or

expressing suffers from it,

vey mental patterns similar gevity. Art collectors rause their affection, felicity and Jon- presents a very real prob. permanent damage to the skin. For example, the diet should lem. It is one that also contain

to those seen by youngsters eyebrows at the "Alinost chocolate, nuts. merits serious consideration cheese, gravies, greasy foods, or through a toy spectroscope. Marked" believed to have been a show piece as no other teapot of parents and doctors be- rich pastries, but an abundance of fruits, vegetables, and meats

bearing gulder's mark has cause in severe cases it can should be taken.

been found. The "Rare Yellow produce permanent scarring

Scale" puzzles the colour mixer of both face and personality,

in that fring yellow Mister

Was difficult process. The actor in- leading as it so often does to

perceived, slip through the variably stops to memorise the the development of an in-

throng of Art Collectors, stud- detail in the sole teapot of the feriority complex which may

en, housewives, and curious century depicting

a Shakes- last well into adult life. of the

peirian actor of the manufacturers, kera 10

perfed. The pride of the Liverpud lan cord the comments of the well-

comes to the surface when he to-do buyer or the practical finds that the "Very like a husband, 'swiftly return to their Pear" characterises the Liver offices with firmi convictions of pool Factory. The Inscriptions being able to produce as good of "H" for Hyson tea, and "G" ́n plice of art as any placed in Texpoys" reminds the Botanist for green tea on a "Pair of every nook and corner of the that both kinds of teas come exhibition. But which manu- from the same bush but under-

·facturer today produces china go a different

manufacturing such as H.M. the Queen's process. Architectural beauty "Cabaret.. Set"

Queen compensates the Architect's eye Charlotte's pattern Teapot be when it fell on the "Stalely Houses" all-white teapot, re- longing to H. R. H. Princess Hou

producing Sulton Hall in Derby- Elizabeth, designed to display, shire. elegance with simplicity? The competitor might reply by stamping Plccadlily` Circus on

An seborrhea. This long-continued inflam tuining tar, sulphur, and salicy-

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The hair and scalp should be washed once a week with 21 mild soap. Many patients with acne also have a scaly eruption

known scalp

n3 ointment con-

mailon of the sweat and

falic acid,

prescribed by the glands in the face is charac-

of physician

some by blackheads

may be terised

and

bonent. This should be rubbed pimples. The eruption appears most often on the cheeks, chin Into the scalp at night once a week before the hair and scalp and

forehead but, it may also

on the neck,. accur

chest, are washed. shoulders and back.

Mant, pollents with gene have an oily skin. The excessive ofl Exact 'Cause

removed should be

several times a day. A sulphonated oil

· Though long sought, the exact preparation muy be of value. cause of acne has not been dis-

patient washes the face The covered. Many experts believe morning and night with warm that

because it is so common water for two or three minutes, maturing period, then rubs some of the sul- during the some disturbance of the glands phonated oil preparation of internal secretion may be the skin for one minute, follow responsible; others, finding that ed by a warm water rinse and It has a tendency to run in then a cold water rinse.

his china instead of Old Chelsea sco inheritance as the It is also helpful to have the

factor, still others blackheads carefully

reflections... д fancy which Ultra-modern. tea-making re- that the main cause by the physician from time

to

originated from 18th century' quisites for the home add to in digestive dis- time, starting nt intervals of

potters' sentiment to immortalise the happiness of home life. Tea- turbances and the excessive use, once a week and later on once of fats and sugars in the diet,

local scenery. In his mind, making and tea-serving ap month.

paratus for catering in factorles, Aesop's fables would be substi- schools, hospitals, parties, etc. In some cases, a drying lotion Since the cause of the condi- tion, a known, there has containing sulphur and resor-tuted by today's Current Affaire, are highly prized for their

not been no speciale treatment pre- cin, used at bedtime, may bring

and to be thoroughly original, labour savlug, sented which will work in all improvement. Some patients aro cases. However, by following also benefited by X-ray treat- Well-balanced programme of ment

Into

removed

one might even attach to the cover a life silver chain: to

Latest premeditated Tea Ther- moses, ara moulded into the

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I shocked by the intrusion, and 'pouf' he falls down!

Mile-High Moringuo

Brzak 3 CHE whites into a good-sized bowl. Add 2 tbsp. cold water and beat until frothy with a hand beater. Then add 4 tsp. salt, tsp. ercam of torlar and 1⁄4 tsp. navouring, and beat until stiff. Next add 3 tbsp. granulated or powdered sugar and beat until stift enough to form peaks when the beater

lifted up. Pile onto a hot pic, iarls or cake, and bake 12 minutes in a slow oven, 325 F. Careful reading of this recipe stapce of will show the three beating that are needed First the eggs are beaten until

frothy: then the salt, erzam of tartar the flavouring are added, and the eggs are beaten unili stiff; and in the third stage of beat- ing the sugar is added, and the meringue is beaten

untli stiff enough to form peaks. These three stages of beating are very important as they thoroughly blend the ingredients, dissolve the sugar, beat in a maximum amount of air and so build up the texture and height of the meringue.

Dinner

Chilled Tomato and Cucumber Juice

Lamb or Beef Ragout Rice Ring

Tossed Mixed Green Salad Golden Meringue Berry Caken Hot or Iced Coffee or Tea

Milk (Children)

All Measurements Are Level Recipe Serve Four

Colden Meringue Berry Top- ping: Wash and hull enough strawberries to make 1 c. or use raspberries, mulberries or loganbercles. Drain on absor- rate 3 grade A eggs. Add 1/3 c. bent paper towels. Next sepa

powdered sugar to the yolks and beat until light and creamy. Add the berries. Last fold in the beaten egg whites. Heap on of the biked cakes. Return top to n low oven, 325 F. and bake 12-15 minutes, or until the meringues is firm to the touch and tinged with a golden brown colour.

Right Back In Style

THIS ORNATE 60-YEAR-OLD Ice-refrigerator, complete with sideboard, cold water spigot, diah rask and mirror, WALE The lady on display at an exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. In the picture seems to be making the realistic dummy in the rocker if the polished oak place isn't just "out of this

world.

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Complain

Little and often

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Make this complexion milk your daytime cleanser. It keeps your skin good tempered. Removes līpstick

and make-up in seconds. Afterwards your powder base spreads smoothly, Ronge blends saftly. Powder clings,

and your lipstick has a newer, smoother glow.. YARDLEY

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