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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1947
Page
13
The 1948 collection by Robert Piguet features tiny waists and high necklines with invisible back zips, morning to evening wear with fur trims, basques, and sculpted skirts. Dior’s influence appears in mid calf ensembles and chic tailleurs seen with Michele Morgan, as fashion pivots between long silhouettes and dramatic furs.
The article outlines nutrition basics for home makers emphasizing a balanced diet. It lists core foods including meat eggs fish poultry milk vegetables fruits cereals bread and water and notes substitutions such as dried milk. It also advises daily milk portions, daily meat or fish, use of cheaper cuts, proper reheating, multiple vegetables, raw vegetables, and daily raw fruit.
The article provides two sponge cake style recipes with fillings and methods. It lists ingredients including eggs sugar flour arrowroot cream of tartar bicarbonate and butter, plus fillings with cream gelatin and vanilla. Steps describe whisking whites to stiff froth folding in yolks and flour, baking in buttered pans, cooling, and assembling with filling.
A recipe fragment lists sponge cake ingredients and method including butter brown sugar milk egg and spices with two 8 inch pans and a buttercream filling made from butter brown sugar milk and nuts. Steps include creaming and layering with a boiled frosting variation and a sugared nut garnish.
Pierre Balmain presented 33 dresses for Australian women in a fashion parade. Balmain said he expects even longer skirts to become fashionable and noted he adapted overseas styles to local needs by using lighter materials.
The article advises country girls planning a beach holiday to start tanning early. It discusses maintaining well tanned skin, measuring proportions, and three leg treatment options: rest, massage, and self massage techniques to improve ankles and calves.
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