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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1948
Page
11
A London exhibition emphasizes wool textile design with focus on the designer’s role. Showcased are a Jacquard loom model, hand screen printed scarves, prints by Australian artists, and a cloth construction method using color as a design influence. Carpet making processes are demonstrated with Wilton carpet examples.
Wool cocktail frocks in Paris gain glamour with jeweled sequins in jet black and golden hues. Leaf brown toned fabrics pair with mother of pearl embroidery on a matte white wool mousseline blouse. A black two piece or three piece set completes the ensemble.
France has a job tasting champagnes for 60 years, touring cellars and approving wines before marketing. Old Frenchman Louis Collet has sipped over 300 gallons and finds no successor. He says champagne is the spoiled baby of all wines, sometimes aging too quickly, sometimes not aging at all.
A simple chocolate pudding recipe blends butter and sugar, then eggs and flour with cocoa and milk. Beat yolks and whites separately, fold in whites, bake in a water bath until top is chocolatey and bottom creamy, yielding a delicious dessert.
Paris shows feature extreme lines balanced by subdued colors in grey beige putty and cinnamon. Designers mix quiet palettes with vivid accents while beauty experts suggest make up to suit diverse skin tones. Hair trends move toward shorter styles as coiffeurs discuss methods at Toulouse. Veronique Henriet returns with embroidered native outfits and orange muslin gowns with white feather accents. Parisian women revisit embroidered trims and beaded nighties echoing 1948 styles.
A collage of midcentury kitchen dishes with step by step guidance for pies meringues custards and prawn dishes. It covers making pastry fillings meringues custards and prawn mixtures with measurements ingredients and oven times for each recipe.
A four year run of unsolved burglaries in Honolulu is cracked after investigators link the crimes to prisoner Joseph Andrade who escaped from a road gang during a hunch and avoided capture until now.
An auction in Paris fetched high sums for hair mementos of historical figures. A wavy blonde curl said to be from Marie Antoinette sold for about 20 000 francs, while a chestnut tuft claimed to be Napoleon Bonaparte’s brought roughly half that amount.
After washing, lemon rinse helps remove knots by pouring lemon-juice water over hair then rinsing. Use bicarbonate of soda to whiten teeth by rubbing with damp cotton wool and finish with antiseptic mouthwash. Rub vaseline into lashes brows and cuticles before bedtime for smoother appearance.
A list of questions tests knowledge of geography and history. Topics include Trieste, Saigon, the Golden Gate, Marshall’s career, Nuremberg, Ireland and Ulster, Ku Klux Klan, riots in Malta and the Gold Coast, the British Open’s home course, and the 1948 London Olympics.
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