The Kensington News and West London Times from Kensington and Chelsea, London, England • 4

Friday August 14th 1953 4 thlarauerite de Dray Dressmaking Sflillinery Knitwear (Customer Materials oMade up FREDERICK PARKER OF KENSINGTON LTD KENSINGTON DIARY By ANNE CAMPDEN KENsington 6987 64 OLD BROMPTON ROAD SW7 BUILDERS CONTRACTORS OF QUALITY 142 Notting Hill Gate Wll BAYswater 6601-2 OUR SERVICE IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE LONDON AREA WILLIAM WILLETT LTD Invite you to inspect their new showroom for Period and Reproduction FURNITURE THE WILLETT BUILDING SLOANE SQUARE SWl Tele phone SLOme 8 141 TAKE IT EASY Relax in the right clothes and enjoy your leisure and pleasure THE KENSINGTON NEWS AND WEST LONDON TIMES Your FURS are SON ON DRIVING CHARGE Sequel to 2 am Collision in Fulham Road Be fair to your furs give them all the care they deserve Our skilled craftsmen are at your service for CLEANING REMODELLING REPAIRING VALUING COLD STORING RELINING MOTH PROOFING It costs less to have your READY TO WEAR SUITS COATS remodeed during the i SKIRTS DRESSES LARGE SELECTION OF COTTONS OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY SHATTOCK LTD 8W5 Play clothes have a new importance this year and not only for the beach There is a wide range of inexpensive and original designs for off-duty hours and you can wear them at all times of the year and anywhere from the Riviera to your own home Tall tawny Kay Kendall now starring at Pinewood in the new comedy Fast and suits her leisure clothes to he favourite spare-time occupations like driving in sports cars record sessions and informal dining with friends on the Spanish style patio of her Knights-bridge flat Her drainpipe slacks are of sand-coloured gabardine worn with a tailored blouse of cream poplin Over this she wears a wind-breaker jacket in the newest combination of suede and hand-knitted fabric and coloured suede for the jacket with adjustable gilt buckles at the waist and thick-ribbed knitted sleeves and cosy collar of matching wool Towelling is an ideal material fol casual clothes comfortable uncrush -able and smart Star Joan Rice has chosen a two-piece outfit in emerald green towelling Brief cuffed shorts are worn with a white sweater or sun-top and a loose matching jacket is smartly styled with a stand-up collar and three-quarter sleeves Joan is also wearing her jacket strikingly with butcher blue linen jeans Brunch jackets are the newest breakfast-to -lunch craze from America So much more practical than the housecoat they are dress-length button-through flared from the shoulder or gently fitted The one illustrated here can he easily cheaply and quickly made from Pattern No 9061 It is just an easy to put on as a full length housecoat but so very much tidier and smarter Make one or two in bright and gay cottons for early morning (have you seen that new straw weave cotton yet Also included in this Pattern is a full length and f-sleeved version of the brunch coat which is an ideal dressing gown or housecoat for bedroom wear and would look really lovely if made in soft floral silks or rayons For holiday wear make the full length housecoat in sunshine yellow waffle pique or pet mattress ticking or bright red or blue towelling for the beach finish Wear it under your summer dress to give fullness or wear it as a skirt with a crisp white blouse Keep it fresh with frequent washing in hot weekly wash detergent solution the bobble fringe must be startlingly white to make an effective contrast Alternatively make your circular skirt in dainty spotted organdy For summer evenings combine it with a camisole top in the same material and pick up the colour of the spots with a wide velvet waistband with flowing ends to emphasise a small waist Bind the hem and camisole top with the same colour White organdy with cherry or royal blue spots would be particularly charming this year Silks for September Preview visits to haute couture salons show some interesting developments in the use of silk for the autumn collections The most notable feature of the choice of silks is the maintained interest in gauzes and organzas for autumn and winter 195354 In almost every house visited I found tissue organzas and gauzes These have been developed by designers and manufacturers into fabrics of outstanding beauty and intricate weaving In many cases colours are blended to give brocade effects suited to the winter season while retaining the delicate textures of standard organzas Bronze and copper are woven with deep rich greens and blues Satins too show new developments They are lighter in weight than in previous seasons and in most cases are dull faced One double duchess satin from a British merchant house has a dull sheen which makes it suitable for formal wear for daytime occasions and on into evening The couturier uses it with a white satin which features a shadow print in black The same tissue effect is achieved in a twill weave wild silk where the design is woven and not printed Another house shows a featherweight satin as light and crisp as the paper taffeta so widely featured in previous seasons but with the additional depth and richness of duchess satin The dull faced fabrics are important for the coming season and are highlighted in a fine faille with a miniature moire effect A British manufacturer has produced some interesting silk and wool mixtures which have a lovely weight and handle silk alpaca is another British innovation The romaine family is represented by a heavy crepe romaine which drapes like jersey and a double weave chiffon romaine which is incredibly light and yet retains its draping qualities AM TO PM latest craze the Brunch Coat This McCalls Pattern is specially featured this week at Pontings of Kensington (Paper Pattern Dept) BROTHERS INJURED IN COLVILLE SQUARE SCENE The broken neck of a bottle was exhibited in court at West London on Thursday when Issah Sulley a 35-year-old machine operator of Colville Square Notting Hill was commited for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of wounding two brothers Iaaac Glover and Matthias Glover of Blenheim Crescent He pleaded not guilty reserved his defence and was granted bail Dr A Cooper said that Isaac Glover was admitted to St Hospital suffering from two cuts over his left eyebrow together with punctured wounds on his face He was detained for an X-ray examination but no injury was found The doctor thought the injuries could not have been self-inflicted and had been caused by a sharp cutting instrument such as a broken bottle The doctor added that Matthias Glover had a cut on his head but he was not detained in hospital His injury could have been self-inflicted Isaac Glover said he went to a house in Colville Square owned by his brother to do some repairs in the the basement While there he had a conversation with Mrs Sulley and another woman who were tenants in the house Awakened after midnight by a banging on his bedroom door he heard Sulley demanding admittance and saying he wished to see him urgently As he opened the door Sulley hit him with a milk bottle and said Why did you beat my wife Glover alleged that Sulley hit him again and he lost consciousness Cross-examined Glover agreed that he had been sentenced to six imprisonment in connection with a stabbing affray He denied having assaulted Mrs Sulley or of having inflicted the injuries upon himself If Sulley had been in hospital for 10 ten it was not through any violence by him Matthias Glover said that after Sulley had struck his brother he jumped out of bed and there was a struggle during which he received a blow on the head from a bottle He denied all knowledge of any assault on Mrs Sulley PS Law said that when told of the charge Sulley was alleged to have replied Isaac Glover hit my wife earlier on and when I asked him why he struck me His brother joined in and I was kicked in the face by one of them I went mad and know what Aunt Took Little Niece Shoplifting Caught stealing from a Kensington store while accompanied by her little two-year-old niece Eileen McCarthy a 31 -year-old mill worker of Loughton Road Battersea was at West London on Thursday fined £5 The Irish mill worker broke down in the dock when convicted of stealing a coat worth 59s 6d from the store of Messrs A Modes Ltd of Kensington High Street A woman store detective said she saw McCarthy try a coat on the child and then noticed another new coat in the shopping bag which lay on the floor After telling an assistant she did not want a coat the woman picked up the child and her shopping bag and ran quickly from the store She was followed and given into custody PC Himing said McCarthy told him that she had bought the coat which he saw still bore a price ticket on it She was unable to produce a receipt and then said you forget it this time pay for She had £9 10s on her which she said was her savings to go home to Ireland for a holiday McCarthy pleaded not guilty but declined to say anything in court Tried to Steal from Phone Coin Box Arrested in a telephone kiosk at Thistle Grove Kensington a 24-year-old storeman Stanley Samuel Smith of Dacre House Beaufort Street Chelsea was at West London on Friday fined £5 on a charge of attempting to steal from the coin box Det Dilley said it was in the early hours of the morning when a patrolling police officer saw Smith in this kiosk Opening the door the officer saw Smith had a screwdriver in his hand and that the front plate of the box had been removed Told lie would be arrested Smith replied I care He has been drinking but was not drunk Saying that he was in good employment as a storeman Smith told the Magistrate (Mr Pratt) that lie had no excuse to offer for his behaviour except that he had been drinking Drink always seems to send me a bit he added I don drink much as a rule but I had a bit of an upset on this An undergraduate John Eccles the son of Sir David Eccles the Minister of Works of Barton Street Westminster was at W7est London on Thursday fined £5 and ordered to pay £4 14s 4d costs for driving a car without due care and attention Mr A Simpson prosecuting said it was 220 am on May 28th when Eccles driving a car down Evelyn Gardens Chelsea collided with a taxi at the junction with Fulham Road which was the major road As a result of the impact the taxi hit a lamp -standard and received considerable damage Eccles said at the time I thought I was on the main road and I am sorry It is my He later told a police officer that he did not see he was crossing a major road He saw the cab braked but just caught it Mr Harold Cassel defending said Eccles who pleaded guilty to the summons had not held a driving licence very long but had had considerable experience On this night he was aiming for the embankment from where he would know his way home and found Evelyn Gardens obstructed by road works and parked cars That was possibly the reason he had not appreciated he was approaching Fulham Road No 17 Bus Conductor Hit in Fare Argument The conductor of a No 17 bus John McKay of Anselm Road Fulham was said at West London on Thursday afternoon to have been struck twice in the face by a passenger after an argument about the fare Stephen Boxall of Adelaide Grove Shepherds Bush was fined £1 and ordered to pay £1 18s costs when he pleaded guilty to assaulting the conductor Mr Hughes Thomas prosecuting said that Boxall and two other men boarded the bus at the Adelaide public house Uxbridge Road There was some discussion about the fare and when he alighted at Loftus Road Boxall handed the conductor 3d McKay the conductor said he only wanted 2d off him and a further 2d each from the other two men Boxall asked Do you want to make something of it The conductor took no notice but held out his hand and one of the other men handed him the fare Boxall repeated his question whereupon the conductor rang the bus off The passenger jumped on again and struck McKay twice with his fist Mr Thomas said that when later seen Boxall explained I thought at the time that my brother had been pushed off the bus by the conductor so I jumped on and let him have one I am sorry now and Pepper Thrown in Shop Face A Kensington off-licence manager told at West London last week how although partially blinded by pepper which had been thrown in his face-he struggled with and held on to his attacker until the arrival of the police Bronislaw Witwicki a 23-year-old labourer of Willesden Lane Crickle-wood was committed for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of assaulting Harry Isaacs by throwing pepper in his face with intent to rob him He reserved his defence and did not ask for bail Isaacs manager of an off-licence in Kensington High Street said he was parcelling his takings when Witwicki entered the shop just after 10 pm and asked for half a bottle of brandy I was wrapping up the bottle when I saw the man raise his hand and I then felt a cloud of pepper in my added Isaacs I was partially blinded but I saw him making for my parcel of money I leaned across the counter and caught hold of his coat There was a struggle in which a showcase and several bottles were broken Two police officers entered the shop and seized the Det Sgt Stanley Clarke said that in a written statement Witwicki described how he had been walking the streets all day and had decided that unless he got a job he would rob someone I would not have done this had I had been desperately added Witwicki in his statement houses are making a feature of tabac on its own or combined with black or white There is a great feeling for greens from palest orchid to deep winter green One young couturier carries every tone of red through his collection Neutrals are again popular many of the beiges and mushrooms carrying overtones of lilac Black and white feature in one collection as a winter colour team which is outstandingly smart At yet another house the most used colours have a duskiness which gives an impression of colour dipped in black 8 Lace Luxury Lace is another favourite of the couturiers this season I think the wide diversity of style is particularly noticeable also the many different types of yam used The lace combining wool with cotton is exciting cotton and silk go to make the lovely Chantilly and the really opulent looking white Guipure is 100 pure cotton This last is embroidered on an acetate fabric which is soaked away in one stage of manufacture leaving the intricate filagree design ready for bleaching or dyeing Colours again are varied Cranberry has proved very popular with both the Top Ten and the wholesalers also Straw and an almost-black called Tete de 8 Recipe ELIZABETHAN FLUMMERY At this time of year soft fruit is plentiful and cheap but once the jams and jellies are made one is sometimes at a loss for other ways to use red or black currants plums and damsons which tend to be over-acid in flavour In the times of the first Elizabeth a dish called Flummery became popular There were many variants but basically it was made from one form of cereal or another cooked with fruit honey or other flavouring and was mentioned in 1615 by Ger-vase Marhkam one of earliest culinary writers He describes it as an excellent dish which is so esteemed of in the west parts of this kingdom which they call in Cheshire and Lancashire Flamery or It is still an excellent fruity sweet for late summer and eatly autumn and very simple to make The use of cornflour cuts out the more tedious stages of soaking or steeping the cereal as our ancestors were obliged to do and the cereal itself is important in counteracting the acidity of the fruit without the extravagant use of sugar The recipe given here is particularly interesting for it is the one which has been used by the Brown family in Scotland almost since they patented the preparation of cornflour in 1856 Blackcurrants are mentioned in this case but damsons or plums would be equally good and nutritious full of juice and colour If other fruit is used the puree should always be measured after the fruit is sieved and should be cooked with oz of Patent Cornflour to each 1 pint of puree BLACKCURRANT FLUMMERY 1 lb Blackcurrants 1 pint of water oz of Patent Cornflour 34 oz of Sugar Lemon Juice Prepare the fruit and stew gently in the water until tender rub through a sieve Use a little of the puree to mix the cornflour to a smooth cream put the rest on to heat with the sugar Add the mixed cornflour stir till boiling and boil for one minute stirring all the time Add 12 teaspoonsful of lemon juice according to taste Pour into a bowl sprinkle with castor sugar to prevent a skin forming and serve cold 24C OL BROMPTON ROAD THE BULL IN A HAMMERSMITH GARDEN He Went Down in the World For A While A black bull belonging to a well-known Hammersmith firm of solicitors was put out to graze recently The pasture was the lawn fronting the offices in King Street and despite the lushness of the grass the bull ignored both the opportunity of grazing and the passers-by who paused to stare For the bull is a stone one and is normally to be seen rolling a fierce eye from above the office door The reason for this descent lay in the state of the teak platform on which he had stood for almost 50 years Time and weather had made this unsafe and so it was that experts from George Dismantling Department arrived recently to put him on a sound footing once more It was a ticklish job The bull had to be lifted clear but his age and the softness of the stone from which he is constructed made this a risky operation The answer proved to be a lorry-mounted Jones Crane which by means of padded slings lifted his half-ton mass with the gentle care of a fussy mother and deposited him on the grass of the lawn Now the platform having been rebuilt the bull has been returned to his vanatge point but the local residents have made the most of their first close up of a long familiar landmark Although somewhat undersized a mere six feet from nose to the bull makes up for this by his musuclar good looks and seeming ferocity His nostrils flare his eyes roll in frenzy his hoof is raised in the act of pawing the ground and this obvious pride is justifiable for although his true age is unknown there is no doubt that he was already elderly when he came to Hammersmith in 1904 Up to the time of its demolition in that year he had served as the sign of the Black Bull Inn in Holborn a coaching inn of considerable antiquity While there he must have met Charles Dickens for in Martin Chuzzlewit it was at the Black Bull Inn that Mr Lawsome fell ill and underwent the considerable hazards of being nursed by Sarah Gamp and Betsy Now he starts on a new lease of life and there is no reason to suppose that he will not outlive many of those who pass beneath him as he stands pawing his brand new plinth Thieves Take the Safe and the Jewels Thieves broke into a flat in Arthur Court Queensway last week took jewellery worth over £7000 and the safe in which it was stored The valuables included four diamond rings one diamond bracelet one diamond necklace one diamond brooch and two sets of platinum cuff 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ALL FUNCTIONS CATERED FOR ALSO HALL FOR HIRE BAYswater 7684 FRO 3951 A New Music Club A music club to serve Barnes and adjacent districts of West London has just been formed Seventy music lovers meeting recently at the Barnes home of Irene Kohler the famous pianist enthusiastically endorsed the project and made suggestions for the organisation and initial activities The Club intends to present concerts by leading British instrumentalists and singers other concerts by young professional musicians from the principal London academies talks by well known lecturers gramophone recitals and discussions and hopes to be able to arrange vocal and instrumental ensembles among members Meetings will take place on the last Tuesday of each month The first concert will be held on September 29th at the Penryhn Rooms Sheen Lane SW14 when Irene Kohler will give a piano recital Miss Kohler has generously consented to give her services on this occasion in order to assist the foundation in the most practical way It is planned that subsequent events shall include a recital by the Oriana Madrigal Society and also we hope a recital from a famous Covent Garden singer The annual subscription will be £1 Is or 10s 6d for young people under 21 and bona fide students It is hoped that as many people as possible will decide to become members so that the Club can organise its activities on a correspondingly worthwhile scale A pamphlet containing full details and announcd-ments of the coming events will be issued shortly Copies may be obtained from the Secretary Mrs McIntosh The Barnes Music Club 153 Church Road SW13 (Telephone RIVerside 2154) or from The Treasurer Mrs Metcalf 23 York Avenue SW14 (Telephone: PROspect 3966) Membership is open to music lovers from any district Paddington Music Society The Final At Home of the Paddington Music Society before the new season begins in the autumn was given on Thursday evening July 23rd in the Ethical Church Hall Queensway A very interesting musical programme was given by performers who are all members of the Society Miss Ursula Hess the very fine from the Sebastian Quartet gave a beautifully rendered group of solos which included the Elegie by Faure Two groups of unusual Hebridean and Irish traditional songs were sung by Miss Constance Auger Miss Gina Panunzio the violinist who is a promising student of Max Rostal at the Guildhall played the Saint Saens Habanera very well indeed Finally the audience joined Mr Philip Davis in a novel guessing game Mr Davis who is an amateur musician of a very high standard invited the audience to recall the names of a series of familiar piano solos The next At Home of the Paddington Music Society will be held after the holiday season Members will be notified of the date in due course The Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra will recommence rehearsals in early October New members are welcome and should contact Miss Elizabeth Kendall at Bays water 1622 EMPIRE FILM SHOWS The free Commonwealth Film Shows at the Imperial Institute South Kensington next week will consist of the following programme Crocodile Hunters (Australia) Enchanted Isle (Ceylon) and Scientists in the Programmes are at 1230 115 3 and 345 pm (Monday Friday) and 3 4 and 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays Petticoat Pep Your petticoat of one moment can become a skirt the next This is a novel idea for a two-in-one garment for your summer wardrobe The new saucy slips with broderie anglaise around the swinging hems are made to be seen even only a little bit Here is a waistlength petticoat that can do double duty as a skirt as well when combined with a blouse or a camisoletop This will be an easily made and easily washed addition to your holiday wardrobe Make a circular skirt (or waist-length slip) in one of the attractive new denim colours lilac blue or slate Add a white cotton ball fringe around the hem for extra naughtiness as a slip and for extra charm as a skirt It gives a lovely Spanish The Velvet Touch Velvet is in evidence the most interesting is a silk velvet with a black pile on a white ground which produces a shot silver effect There are some taffetas with chenile embossed designs and silk jerseys which vary in weight from inion skin to a quality heavier than any we have yet seen Colours are interesting Several ROPE SPINNER HEARTS AND FLOWERS 0 0 0 This flower and heart strewn felt waistcoat is an ideal addition to a casual wardrobe You can make it yourself with the free illustrated Penny Wise sewing directions obtainable by sending a sae to Anne Campden 118 Church Street W8 0 0 0 White rope knots and scarlet netting swirl round the hips of full beach skirt in striped cotton.