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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
6
An antique hair care note promotes an auburn hair lotion for preserving red tones. It describes cosmetics for blonde and brunette, warns against henna darkening hair, and provides a homemade recipe using essence of pommery, potash, lavender water, and olive oil.
Fashionable promenades on the coast feature tiny pique hats in white or color, well cut and trimmed. Ribbon ties at the back help absorb sun and keep the hat secure. The hats are noted as versatile for beachwear and everyday seaside wear.
A guide describes melting candle ends in an old tin and dipping them in melted grease to form new fire starters. The method aims to reduce waste by using string and candle scraps to create usable ignition aids for stoves and hearths.
Guidance from a vintage text on head carriage and posture. It explains how chin position, neck alignment, and spine curvature affect facial appearance and the neckline, stressing an erect head, supple neck, level eyes, and mindful standing, sitting, or walking.
A sewing technique advises threading a Course needle into the sewing machine without thread and lightly running around the edge of the article. This creates a row of holes to guide an even crochet edge, reducing effort and time.
Instructions on sugar and vinegar use to prevent discolouration, and glycerine per pound of fruit. Test jam on a saucer to judge readiness, adjust thickness with water or sugar, and seal with waxed paper covers after cooling.
A recipe instructs coring and peeling cooking apples, simmering in syrup, filling centers with a thin Spanish chocolate cream, melting two and a half chocolate tablets with water while stirring, and filling the apples. Whites of two eggs are whisked with powdered chocolate and stiff peaks formed, then apples are coated and browned in the oven.
Miss Tallenee Tillyard of Sydney University teama offers to coach Canberra YWCA cricket. A practice match will open the season with Firsts selections and sessions led by officers. New Year greetings arrive from England Singapore Japan and China as Perth Conference plans progress with several Canberra representatives heading to Melbourne.
Line a pudding basin with slices of stale bread and stew some fruit such as raspberries or plums. Sweeten to taste. Remove a cupful of juice, pour the hot fruit into the prepared basin, and place a piece of bread on top. Let it set before serving.
A brief note describes stacking a cupful of juice atop a basin with a plate, allowing a wave the next day, then turning out and serving with eresm. It reads as a method outline for a dessert or beverage presentation.
Older kitchen notes describe preparing iced fruit by coating halved peaches and other fruit in beaten egg and crumbs, freezing for serving. An orange mould dessert is made from corn flour, water, sugar, and citrus juice, then set in a mould and decorated with orange slices. An economical icing combines sugar, butter, and milk to form a white frosting for cakes.
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