Fashion Forecasts

Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17618, 9 May 1929, Page 2

Fashion Forecasts

CHIC ENSEMBLE. ! Potidre blue is the co-lour of something new in ensembles wilich is worn by Nancy Carroll in her latest Paramount picture, “The Shopworn Angola Heavy weight crepe satiji is used lor the two-piece frock and three-quarter coat, whilst a narrow band of darker

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Wuo accentuates the culfs and collar. 'Rather novel is the * uneven pleating on. the skirt and the side tie on the coat, and as an extra smart touch, Miss Carroll has added, platinum fox to form the deep cuffs for the coat. TAILORED WINTER COAT. An ultra smart winter coat is worn by Baclanova in her new Paramount all-talking joicture, “The Woman Who

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• Needed Killing.” | Pearl grey broadcloth is the material I used for the coat, which is cut on •straight dines, and has a large shawl collar and deep cuffs of matching fox fur. Miss Baclanova finishes her ensemble with a smart turban of grey satin swathed with grey flace and platinum pumps, and chiffon hose to tone. CAY SWEATERS. Brightly hued sweaters will make their appearance for the sports wear this season, and vivacious red-headed. Clara Bow who will appear In Paramount’s all-talking picture “The Wild Party,” has added several to her holiday wardrobe Miss Bow wears these sweaters with finely pleated skirts of toning shades, and always has a close-fitting hat in the predominating shade. SOOTHING AN INVALID. Few amateur nurses know of certain simple remedies against sleeplessness. They give, perhaps, a glass of* hot milk, which is unwise, for milk takes a 'long time to digest in their recumbent position. One simple remedy is to bathe the back of the neck with a o'.otli wrung out of water as h<(£ as can be borne. Tliis will draw the blood from the too active brain and induce sleep. A cold cloth on the forehead will sometimes be good for the same purpose, but it 1 does not work so efficiently. jf - THE BEST REMEDY OF ALL. The best remedy of all is spine stroking, which the masseuse is usually ordered by the doctor to apply 1 when called in to treat a case of "sleep- | lessness. This may easily be aceom- ! plished by the amateur nurse after a ■ little practice. I suggest practising upj on one of the household who is not ill, so that she may have confidence when she treats a patient. : This is how spine stroking is carried out:— The sleepless patient is placed on her right side in a comfortable position, all, ready for sleep, with pillows adjusted to that end. It is a good plan to put on the pyjama jacket the reverse ivay, so that, after treatment, /it may he buttoned down the hack. The room should be as dark as possible and absolutely quiet. With a warm hand, the masseuse strokes the spine down its whole Jengtli, firmly yet gently. A hundred strokes, it is usually found, will send

almost anyone to sleep. When this object is attained, cover the patient up and retire without disturbing her. FOR THE HOME COOK. When Making Scones.—Always sift the s bicarbonate of soda with the Hour \vfi,on you, are making a Ifitch K>f scones, if you just stir the soda m, it does not get distributed evenly th'iough the mixture, unci you happen across uiiplleasant mouthfuls of it. It isrwell, in fact, on the excellent principle of safety first, to sift Hour and soda together twice. Steamed Pudding Hint.—A steamed pudding made with butter instead of suet is as delicious to eat cold as hot, and infinitely more digestible. Two ounces each of sugar and butter and four ounces of flour make a very good foundation for a pudding of tins kind. Less sugar should he used if fruit—such as raisins or chopped dates or other, sugary kinds—is added. FRUITS AND SUGAR, Fruits work their greatest benefit on the health when they are eaten either on a!u empty stomach or simply with bread. In the morning, before the fast of the night has been broken, they are not only exceedingly refreshing, but they serve as a natural stimulus to the digestive organs. All fruit should be ripe, sound, and in every way of good quality,. and it shou/d be eaten raw. What is better than a few luscious grapes or a fine ripe apple, rich and juicy, eaten at the beginning of breakfast? Apples should constitute, not the finishing, but the beginning of the breakfast throughout the year. The good effects which would follow the abundant use of fruits are often more than counterbalanced by the tod habit of completely saturating them with sugar. Few fruits, if thoroughly ripe, at their best, require sugar if eaten in a raw state. When fruit is cooked, naturally a little sugar*is necessary, but care should be . taken not to oversweeten fruit dishes. There are many kinds of fruit that are nicer eaten raw than when cooked—such as oranges, grape-fruit, bananas and applies. Children should he encouraged to eat raw fruit, and to spend their pocket money on oranges and apples rather than sweets,

SAVOURY DISHES THAT PLEASE. Her© ai;e .some tried recipes for savouiy dishes which wil,l make the Housewife famous —in her own home, at least! Cheese Turnovers.—Mix together about a quarter of a pound of grated cheese, an egg and a little pepper. Cut some puff pastry into squares, strew grated cheese on each, and add a spoonful! of the mixture. Turn over the edges of the pasttiy, pinch them down, brush the top of each turnover with beaten egg, sprinkle with fine cheese and bake golden brown. Roast Cheese. —Grate three ounces cheese; mix it with the yolks of two' eggs, four ounces of grated bread and three ounces of butter. Beat the whole well in a mortal- with a dessertspoonful of mustard and a little salt and pepper. Toast some slices of bread, remove crusts, spread each slice thickly with the paste, and place in a Dutch oven covered with a dish, til|l heated through. Remove the top dish, and allow the cheese to brown slightly liefore serving at hot as possible. Curried Macaroni.—Break some macaroni into equal lengths and put it into plenty of boiling water to boil until quite tender; strain, leaving just a little of the water about it. Add a dessertspoonful of curry powder, a bablespoonful of flour, a tablespoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of brown sugar and a little salt; stir, and allow to boil for a few minutes. Servq very liot with tomatoes.

Fami properties are on the move at last. For some years past city properties have been improving a good deal in value, and now come the first indications of better business in the other direction. One Christchurch solicitor, who in the last two years has not customarily handled more than one genuine sale of farm property in a year, is now putting through four sales at one time. Almost without exception in the last few years farm deals were put through by the mortgagors taking over. More significant still is the fact that one man has not renewed the mortgage on his property, but has obtained the money through a bank on a scale mortgage. Previously the banks had not been lending money on farm properties.