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THE HONGKONG LELEGRAPH BA

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

From The Ideal Home Exhibition

From Our London Correspondent

LONDON, deposited their offsprings, most parents spent an hour watching them from a glana

observation gallery, obviously faschunted to

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them ance fhe vigilant

AST year, one and a quarter million people paid to see the Ideal and that itt Suzy or Johnnie Home Exhibition at had an unexpected streak Olympia. Probably several independence in hundred more saw it with having escaped

parental eye. · out paying for admission. This year those figures were eclipsed, for people have been pouring into the hibition daily since it open ed, and the organisers are "very happy with the re- Hult."

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ANTIQUE BEAUTY Secondly, the gardens won mir anuroval. Here it was pon- and air'e to relax in coolness comfort, to the sound of splash- ing fountains nari the scent

impressive There is an

rose,

forecourt and

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entrance

Elizabethan

of

Buili

Cloister.

will

程 crescent-shaned

It is Britain's animal chance with mt by Tudor archways. In

to duplay all her goods in one vast shop window. Everything necessary

for the Ideal Home all there are

in on view to the public, from uites of utility furniture to ex- Jning Bah-knives, from arti- ficial eye-lashes to pluss warh Ing machines.

IMPROVEMENT

im- There was noticeable provement in the style of tax- free (utility) furniture. The tendency in towards the smooth, elean lines of the Swedish type of design, with sidle-boards and well away rupboards standing from the flour on slender legs, Riving

ren and

lighter appearance to a facilitating cleaning. Unit furniture, divan

filments

for bed-sitting rooms, dual pur- pose

furniture, and settees three which can be split inta

section, with arms which fold breath the real, are some the ileus.

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ut

furniture

Good, and reasonably priced, antique copies rauert almost as much interest as the tax-free variety.

Among the housebeld gee- tions 1 dienvered some sicey ̈ ̈· inducing" pillows, shaped like a kare with a half circle

cut

in.

completely

mst for your trek to rest

This way you are

surrounded by allow, and can- hot lose it furing the night, for

it is claimed),

From this

section, people

passed on to gaze with envy at the French Pavillon. France

honoured guest this

year,

and the opening of the exhibi- tion coincided with the visit of Presistent Auriol and his wife to Landon, All the

of the

craftsmanship

century

eighteenth shown side by side with temporary design in

207- funiture. The setting is a Louis XVI one sheer of crimson damask and

white lace, where no a period dining table is displayed dazzling army

and cut class, with a

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shiverware

Limoges

fabic service. group

musical instruments is executed

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in contrasting woods, and brandy and champagne botllet all help create

luxurious atmosphere.

MR CUBE

leisured,

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You might almost detect political significance in one of the exhibits, notably an excel lent demonstration by Tate and sugar factory Lyle, of how D

Sugar

A machine is exhibited, works.

which takes in there from a room above, and board at the

sends them flowing mui

haul having or contents. But the

Mr

cl5*13* with wistarla and reach- bossant, windle

azalens

seventeen star- weeping and creamy amanenwn, Blazingt beside laburnum, hand- Lome magnoling contrasted with

thousands carnations, and crime pansles and

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of

polynn-

the was Loveliest Japanese garden depleting perne in Kenroku Park, Pana- zawa, with a view of sacred Fujiyama in the background.

ciro-

ALICE

other end,

together one-pound pac in the form of

familiar kels, wrapped in the blue cover touched the packet without human

feature was 2′ 3′′ |

Cube. whose electronic to give farth brain enabled him propaganda in a deep booming voice, while he waved a rubber hand to emphasise his points.

Riven Sterl

more Was

Apart promittence than usual. from the biggest working model strel-works in the world. of a

blast-furnaces, complete with comp tugs, express trains, buses and trains, there

THE "COATES" HOUSE in the Village of Idest Homes at Olympla.

STEEL IN THE MO DERN HOME at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympla,

DENHOFF

Plans

Your Dinner

COON It will be Easter consomme.

and it is

are

Easter

по

With the crown them on wires. All this is fun Now as to the food. Make a time to plan roast, baked potatoes, apple and easily contrived.

Escarole served with specialty of fruits. Do as they nips.

swank brunch In the the do for that really hang-up dinner, rings, asparagus or mashed tur-

for dressing And it should be a bang-up Lombardy

restaurants and serve fruit "on That is, on a ter dinner, no matter how salad.

for the wagon."

useful Here is a grand recipe

very dinner simple The fare; a

apple

rings, a good accompant cart, which is a item ment for pork from roast le piece of equipment for the per- nicely served, every

ron who likes to entertain but Slee red apples

Hly way hundred heatifully prepared, artis sausages. were a

14 inch slices who hasn't much in crosswise into specially selected articles male

tically garnished.

Remove

Cook gently in of facilities, and of course, cores. with or by steel for the home.

Some friends of The Grand sport, garden,

In planning to serve a lamb-chop syrup made of 2 e, sugar, 11⁄2 c. help.

Whole. Hall too, was a spectacle

but wonderful lamb water, 1 e. vinegar, 10 A giant archway dinner,

baked. It's cloves, 2 inches of slick cinna

at apples light alloys.

blue chops, stuffed and If the

is man. Cook until emmpany

Remove reached 1 feet into the

from transparent. laze of Olympia's glass roata nice hlen

to be few in number. gauze a baze created by blue

The starter is grapefrulf with syrup. If desired, add stretched right across the top.

mint jelly, then the chops, with colouring to syrup. Cook syrup

Parsley until thick. Pour syrup

Cool. Arrange slices. buttered baby beets, the Below

archway the

ball potatoes, pickled peaches, upple

With the around edge of crown reast of canopied pavilions and avenues

parker house rolls. are alt vaulted with the same

green salad, lorenzo dressing, pork: Fill centre with mint shining tracery of light metal.

dessert strawberry pineapple jelly. Luing the central avenue are 00 ft. slender, telescopic masts teel pennants, ver- with huge steel million and while, curling down from their tips. The main arch- way-a parabolic arch is ap proximately the same height an The Admiralty Arch.

COMMENDABLE

We would particularly

mend two sections.

4

und for shortcake.

are

This week's GADGET

red

BT IOAN DALE

over

ог

chops eut 11⁄2 inches thick and right by his friends, well then,

house- And for the modest hold, say the one-room affair or for the Here is the recipe

n career girl's household or that rib lamb chops for 3. Have 3

of a bachelor who likes to do cut half way through to

o Easter brunel might well be the gang go- bone. Sear well on all sides and the ticket, with season with salt and

pepper. Ing cut Inter towards evening sliced fresh Saule rooms and 2

the

chopped tbsp.

mush for dinner.

onion in 2 tbsp. melted butter- com-

Since the spirit is the thing,

bit of table 影 plan

gaiety. butter until delicately browned. Flowers in their glorious Spring and 2 tbsp. chill shuce;

Is the Nestle Playland Adki tbsp. four, bep, water colours are lovely and symbolic

with

DWIL

sew kind

of

This is a teapot-cum-kettle, equipped with

electric heating an element.

tez-

and

of Food The secret cook of the season. In the light veln One

making is for the water stirring thickened,

con- pre

decorated CHIS where children, over three and unti

the tea to mix at the correct under nine, become tree guests staully. Use to stuff between feminine features and doll hnts:

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temperature. This is what the bet in the care of a competent staff halves of chops, fastening with each "hend"

heating element does. When heatine of nearly 10 State Registered toothpicks. Place chops in shal- cardboard collar. Small bunches

the element is removed pussywillow twigs tied with Nurses, Assistant Nurses and tow pan, and bake at 400 F for of

pot can be *headed by

at each place 35 or 40

40 mln.

ribbon, lold play-helpers.

In

ле nursery- Matron. Here

If you want to splurge,

please your guests rhyme estting, with brand-new crown roast of pork is as good "special" always does,

#1 Place butterflies here toys, miniature houses, bicycles, a way as any to achieve

there on the table and on toy cars, and other wheeled special dinner.

Start off with something light flowers. Make 'em out of crepo playthings, child joined in the fun. Having such as grapefruit segments or paper, cut them out and pasle

oven

a

shyest the

the

used

Be an or-

something

dinary teapot.

And

the

Price of pot, complete with

ed, for element, is 28. walt size, 84s. for 700

500 watt size, complete with 3-corn flex. -London Express Service)

GATEWAY

TO THE GAR- DENS OF MUSIC-the Eliza. bethan Cloister at the Ideal Store Exhibition which was of ofd red hand- built

with archies made brick

of old stone and paving

Several Dagstones.

Loudon

60-year old

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wh! be Employed in a planting. IL will be bull by Ralph Han- Knightsbridge. cock & Son,

Fluorine Cuts Decay

In Teeth

By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.

THERE is much evidence that children born and reared in found areas where fluorine is

water have -the drinking

than much less tooth decay

places children brought up in where this mineral is from the water.

missing

Since tooth decay is to preva- fent, the possibility of prevent- In it by this method has been riven much study.

It has been shown definitely

children

living

where

olympis 1990

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AGE

EVERYTHING except EXPERIENCE

AGE

NOTHING but

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ETWEEN the sunrise and sunset of your business

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AN Enster novelty-merlague

Ast

Alled with coloured jelly epas.

castor

Ingredients required Three egg whites, 6 oz, sugar. dessertspoon Icinon juice, or empty yg shells, soal! quantity liquid felly (red, green, Yellow), small quantity chocolate

cr cocoa.

Save sufficient eggshells for the nests. To keep shells to- fart, plerce a hole in end of Cg with flue skewer or slee? knitting needle. Stir carefully to break yolk, and contents will Alip easily from the shell. Rinse hell with cold water and re- Stand mo!!l needed. serve

shells in egg-cups or empty

with CHA rack. B carefully Riquid jelly using a small fun- nel. Leave to st.

For the meringue, beat eg

chil whites stiffy. radily

all sugar is sugar, beat until dievalved and mixture holds ita Arld lemon juice. Spoon

stampe.

with

a fablespoonful at a time to gased ven trag, shape bowl of spoon so that sites are in high and rentre hollow. Sprinkle with grated chocolate or sifted enena. Bake in very Inoderate even. 300 degrees, until meringue is crisp and dry. Allow to become cold.

CeKabells In Dip jelly-fled warm water, eruck shells, and ped. Place a jelly egg in cach meringue nest.

I preferred one large mer- be made and ne est may filled with the jelly.cgg.

Unusual Way

Of Curing Whooping Cough

As a cure for whooping cough, twenty-four Solomon Island chil

the were dren

ordered by Medical Officer of the Islands to In six take an acroplane ride.

the spasms wholly h

other appeared and in eight eases there was definite improve- ment.

of

cuses

that

rinking water contains more than one part per million

fewer decayed fuorides have teeth than those in cities where the fuoride content of the water is low.

Rate of Decay

For example, the rate of de- where eay in one community The water had a sizable fluoride 246, as ngalast 722 content wan

the in A community where

fluorkles, contained no water or almost three times as great. Thus it would reem helpful in teeth to the proon of the be assure

which

of water

per million of fluorides.

one

pari

pre-

It too much Buoride is sent, what is known as mottling of the teeth may occur.

How-

ever, with one part per million this mottling of fluoride used,

takes place only rarely.

In order for the fluoride to

be of any help, it must be used

in infancy.

Studies are going on at

the

resent time on the addition of Buorides to the drinking water. various This belot done in

determine communities to

reduce whether or not it will The amount of tooth decay,

Drinking Waters

such drinking become mothers in- terested may employ it for their teres babies in thore areas where the fluorkie content of the available drinking water

high

Recently, a variety of fluoride containing water for infants has avallable so that

not

enough to offer protection to the teeth

Just how the fluoride reduces Us amount of tooth decay stil is not known. It is likely, how- ever, that It combines with the of the enamel on the surface

teeth teeth which makes the less susceptible to acids pro- the action of duced by the germs which are always present In the mouth;

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