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Show r iflirrru-- fii ifiPfti iTiTjaiiliipnLi njn i Hu irf f m,ar Ta "m oyiipiHviflWfcwy niffrmnimie Tjnff) iiiliji'iitt jpm 41 nnaiiiipfuiiiiT jt'fPiytiBf 'iijj ijtr'or AS THE YEAR OF THE OX BEGINS rhiE c 1 Guftiq IFet B-fl- oy C By CARMA WADLEY Deseret News Staff Writer V' Confucius say: Hoy Fet Choy! He means: Happy New Year, Chinese style. And today is the day the celebration t begins. t A. A 1 - y Today is the first day of the year 4671 m China the day the world leaves the Year of the Rat and enters the Year of the Ox. the Chinese Although officially changed to the Gregorian calendar many years ago, they Still enjoy festivals based on their ancient lunar calendar The date of the New Year changes year, but always falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19. every It arrives with the second new moon after the winter solstice. The Year of the Ox follows the tradition of naming the years after the animals of the Oriental zodiac Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar, and Rat. The Chinese New Year celebration is a time of ancient .tradition and custom. lasts several days. It For instance, the Chinese believe that all debts must be paid prior to the New (Year's celebration. According to another oriental tradition its bad luck to use a knife on New Year's Day. To use any sharp tool on day will cut your luck in the year o come. . . . its bad luck, too, to see the doctor, your hair,, or prepare food on that day. Among those celebrating the Chinese - New Year in style this year is th" iam Tang family, 2870 Millicent Dr. Their house is decorated with the tra ditional oranges, tangerines and quats, which symbolize good luck and prosperity. The whole family, including daughter kum-was- Ying, and her husband, Don Louie, and their Kristi, are gathered at the Tang residence for a day of feasting and celebration. , w- traditional oranges and tangerines are Chinese New Year decorations. Egg .Cake is a Bowls of Mr. Tang, Mrs. Kan Jan Louie, Jean Tang, Enjoying New Year's dinner at the William Tang home are (clockwise) Dane Tang, Mrs. Tang with little Chuck, Ying (Mrs. Don) Louie with daughter, Kristie, and Paul Tang. Wil-th- mm :;w. favorite, too. WoRld of Women h part of the festivities, Kristi and son of the Chuck, the will receive special red enveTangs, As almost-3-year-ol- d 8 T Saturday, February 3, 1973 lopes. The other is a pastry made from sweet rice flour, brown sugar and water. The envelopes are just big enough for a dollar that has been folded four ways, explained Ying Louie, and are a special treat for the children. This is made into a dough and then shaped into little cups, filled with lotus paste, and deep-fa- t fried. Other members of the Tang family Jean, 13, Paul, 24, and Dane, 23, and Mrs. Kan Jun Yings mother-in-law- , Louie, are enjoying the festive The rice balls are eaten on Peoples the seventh day of the New Years celebration. (Other days are celebrated in honor of the chicken, dog, pig,- -' lamb, cow, horse, and rice, food and Day tion. New Years Day is a time for the family, says Ying. It is celebrated with the family first, and then with close friends. Food plays a special part in the And, of course there are traditional dishes. n. Chicken is the basic food served on this day, says Ying. In China they also have goose, but the goose in this country is not tender and is hard to get. So in America we serve roast duck. Other food dishes vary. For instance, on the menu at the Tangs are such things as Roast Pig, Stuffed Black Mushe rooms, Chop Suey with Squid, an and chicken dish, and Bird Nest wheat.) Another food the Tangs like to serve at New Years is Egg Cake. And here is the recipe for aryone who would like to celebrate New Years, Chinese Style. EGG CAKE 6 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar Sesame seeds, if desired Beat eggs until fluffy and frothy. Stir flour and sugar. Pour into pan, sprinkle sesame seeds on top, and steam for about 25 minutes. in aba-lon- Soup. There are two foods that all Chinese families make for the celebration. I can tell you their name in Chinese, but I dont know the equivalent in English, said Ying with a laugh. Kristi Louie and Chuck Tang get ready for the New Year with poster that wishes happiness and prosperity. One is made with rice flour and water and shaped into balls. The baiis are steamed and sauteed with meats and vegetables. If youre lucky enough to have a Chinese steamer, fine. If not, Ying suggests that you put the cake pan on a rack inside another pan, with water just up to the top of the rack, and cover with a tight lid. The New Years celebration is a time when Chinese families wish each other long life, and happiness, prosperity, many riches. Oh, the luxury of the vanity there is hardly a table woman alive who does not long for a vanity table if she does not have one already. Vanity tables have been used in bedrooms and powder rooms for years, and within the last ID years or so vanity tables, complete with recessed hand bowls, have become the rage in the bathroom You can paint a raw wood kneehole desk to use as your table as a dressing friend did. She created a charming vanity area by decorating walls with a blue flocked wallpaper. The desk was painted blue to match the vinyl. Drawer pulls and doorknobs were decorated with detail from the pattern. For instance, there are vanity tables with glass or mirrored tops and with white flouncy skirts to the floor. The skirted dressing tables with their glass candlestick lamps sheet of mirror was cut and its edges bevelled to fit the vanity top. A mirand Venetian rors were very popular in the wa'.l-hun- g The standard mirror above the table was framed, painted blue, and bulbs inserted for an added glamorous touch. DEAR MR. VARNEY: ! know I have too much blue m our living room, but do not know where to turn. Our sofa is a print m different shades of blue and avocado green. Two chairs are royal blue, and draperies are a pale sky blue. MRS. E.F. 30s. tables is back again, and there are a The 30s look in vanity lot of , such newly decorated dressing tables around. The that is a poudreuse French word for a make-utable with a lift-uis top p p also popular today. When the top is raised, therein is the spot to place cosmetics and bobby pins, and there above is the mirror. is popular The poudreuse in French styled bedrooms, and many of the pieces are The vanity table is more trimmed with gold or, in some cases, with brass. The vanity with the lift-utop which exposes the mirror is used by modernists, too. There are vanity tables made of white plastic laminate so practical where make-uis elaborately inlaid and one was created from an ordinary kneehole desk. p i mmm popular then ever. This lAlWtill!UljiVPIU!kr9 involved. Also, some dressing tables are made of sheet mirror, which look very similar o kneehole desks. I These have DEAR MRS. E.F.: Yes, you have smothered yourself m blue. If possible, hang new draperies, perhaps white trimmed with yellow braid, under a yellow valance. Accent pillows on your sofa can be yellow and white. --- a Abby, Here Are Some Rules Vanity Tables Are The Rage ti lHf. drawers, generally plastic pulls, on each side. You can make a comer of your bedroom into a vanity area, and you can do it yourself if you have an eye for color. iiiTirr. ii Money in little red envelopes is a special treat for Chinese children. Mrs. Tang gives one to Kristi and Chuck. In other words, Gung Hoy Fet Choy! IN MANY VARIATIONS By CARLETON VARNEY President. Dorothy Draper & Co. ,f For The Older Generation and on the outside of the envelope I wrote, To be opened DEAR ABBY: Ive read on the day I go to live with your column for years in the my daughter, heaven forbid. 5. If they want to go away on a vacation, but are hesitant because of you, offer to visit another relative or friend so tucked it away in an old Yesterday 1 found a yellowed book and forgot about it. Ive clipping in a box of things. been widowed and I cant even tell you how for 6 years, but now many years ago 1 put it away, was recently forced to give but it applies even more today up my job and go live with with so many old folks in rest my oldest daughter. homes. I hope youll reprint it. Ive opened that letter and I MRS. WINNIE BRAINS think older readers your DEAR MRS. B.: With pleasmight benefit from it, as I ure. And here it is: intend to. Here are the rules: DEAR ABBY: Years ago. 1. Give what you can when my widowed mother toward your keep. Any budget came to live with me and my will stretch just so far. husband, she made our lives 2. Keep, yourself clean and so miserable that I deterneat. mined that I would never they will be free to go. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Monroe, La. News-Star- . I 1 3. Remember, it is THEIR bring such misery to my children if I ever had to live with home. Be especially considerate of KIM. He allowed her to them. One day I sat down and bring you here. 4. 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