A Dress for 30/-

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 35, 4 May 1927, Page 5

A Dress for 30/-

PRIZE OF £2O OFFERED

TO CORRESPONDENTS F.R.S. (Remuera). —The material purchased must not exceed 30s. The time put into making the frock will not of course be taken into consideration. Alice (Epsom).—We are aware that evening dresses are worn out of doors, but the condition implies a “street frock” in the literal sense. Betty (Mount Eden).—The judging will not take into account the price provided 30s is not exceeded, so although you can make a frock for 17s 6d, I am afraid you would be putting yourself at a disadvantage to so restrain the quality of your dress. Sophie (Manurewa).- —All materials must be purchased, from shops advertising in THE SUN. This naturally includes anything used as a trimming. The following firms are SUN advertisers and can supply the materials required:-—John Court Ltd., Queen Street; Bradstreets Ltd., Karangahape Road; Rendeils Ltd., Karangahape Road; The House of Flackson, Karangahape Road; Hart Bros., Queen Street; Farmers’ Trading Co., Hobson Street; Kelleways, Broadway, Newmarket; Potts’ Drapery Store, Broadway, Newmarket; Madame Cretian, 12 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden; Scotts, Karangahape Road. HOME DRESSMAKING ONLY The competition is confined to amateurs, and professional dressmakers are not eligible. A committee of three expert dress designers will be appointed to judge the exhibits, which will remain the property of the competitors, and will

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be returned within one week of the award being made. CONDITIONS 1. —The competition is open to SUN readers throughout New Zealand. 2. —The materials used in making the dresses entered in this competition must have been purchased from shops advertising in THE SUN and the total cost must not exceed 30s. 3. —The dress must be seasonable and suitable for wearing out of doors. 4. —Cash dockets, Showing the purchases of the material used, must be sent in along with the dress for the inspection of the judges. 5. —The decision of the committee of three expert dressmakers appointed by THE SUN to judge the entries must be accepted by competitors as final, and from which there may be no appeal. 6. —Entries are to be at the disposal of THE SUN for one week after the judging is complete, for the purpose of exhibition, after which they will be returned to competitors. 7. —Each competitor must enclose her name and address in a sealed envelope and pin it to her exhibit. 8. —Notice of intention to compete must be given on the coupon published below and posted or delivered to THE SUN Office on or before Saturday, May 21. 9. —All dresses entered in this competition must be wrapped in parcels land delivered to THE SUN, Wyndham Street, Auckland, on or before Tuesday, May 31, addressed: Manager, THE SUN 30/- Dress Competition, c/o The Lady Editor, THE SUN, Auckland.

A TASTY DISH PINEAPPLE GATEAU A tin of sliced pineapple, four ounces of sugar, a wineglass of sherry, a small round almond or plain cake, two ounces of butter. Add the sugar and wine to the syrup of the pineapple, make very hot, slip in the fruit and let simmer three or four minutes; lift slices out and punch out hard centre of fruit; keep hot. Cut the cake in five or six rounds, trim off the edges and fry them, a couple at a time, in the butter, made very hot, until just beginning to crisp; arrange pineapple and cake slices alternately in a very hot dish, in the form of a cake, pour the boiling syrup over and round, and serve. Oilcloth makes a capital lining for a coal box, and saves the friction of the shovel and coal from wearing the bottom out. If a typewriter ribbon becomes dull, smear machine oil along it. You will be surprised how this will brighten the colour. One may often continus using a ribbon two or three weeks longer by this method.