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BATHING SUITS AND ACCESSORIES,
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Among the Important Items for the South and Our Own Summer
Season Are Listed Beach Costumes of. Distinction.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1928.
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There are always two distinct beach costumes packed into the bag that goes to the seaside whether it be in July or in January. For the spectator costume is distinctly dif Despite the general trend to-ferent from the actual awimming wards dutteringly
feminine suit. This year the difference is dresses, Paris has here and there quite marked. retained a genuine simplicity of The feminine awimmer these line that bespeaks n tailored Indays goes in for style, too. There fluence. It is especially noted in is real, distinction in the active sports and street dresses of wool swimmer's suit. They are general- len for the springtime.
ly made in two pieces, the top be- For instance, many of the one- ing cut quite low. The trunks are piece dressca arc worn with attached
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bodice jackets. These are naturally of a possessing narrow bands at the tailored type. Checked or plaid shoulder, but cut extremely low- woollens are often a smart feature to the waist in fact, at the back. of these daytime ensembles, Velvet- The colour combinations mark an eens, too, are seen in many strik-interesting point in these suits, ingly designed costumes, Colours Dark trunks and light tops are are Important, of course, and many
usual in combinations of favoured in colours. Here and there an all-one of the shades most spring dresses are seen combined toned suit is seen. Navy blue, grey, dark brown, red and green in the plaids, stripes or checks.
Suite, for instance, coming under are the dominating shades seen. the tailored list of spring clothes, Here and there a yellow or orange are shown mostly in woollens with defies the mode for darker shades
and makes a flaming appearance.
checks, cross bar effects, mixtures and blocks being particularly selected.
most
featured. The shorts show just be- neath the skirt. The entire armi is generally exposed but in some cases a short cape is used.
Smart capes and coats are used to accompany all suits. With the figured dress suits plain capes lined with
figured or contrastingly coloured fabrics are seen. Mono- grams or designs worked on the outside are a feature of the beach wraps. Cretonne or printed linen coats are again being seen.
Accessories that play so import- ant a role on the beach include many striking novelties this year. Bandanas and caps of rubber, rub- berized pocketbooks, bags, striking umbrellas, sandals designed after the Chinese manner, 'kerchiefs and scarfs all come under this heading. Girdles, brassieres and garters all come in fabrica suited to the salt water bathing and are comfortably as well as becomingly designed:
Virginia Lee Corbin, Firat Na-
tional feature player, has plenty of opportunities to wear bathing
costumes at Southern California Beach aufts, on the other hand, beaches. Miss Corbin, for real made to attract attention on the swimming, wears a two-piece bath- sands, show small printed silka Ing costume smurtly combining In the two-piece dresses of a highly in favour. They are design- navy blue and white, and another tailored design the blouse anded after the new dress styles, made entirely in beige tones. skirt are being shown in different principally, Unusual necklines, Colourful caps and accessories
long walata and pleated skirts are supply the desired colour note.
materials with smart results.
two thirds
Doris Kenyon, appearing in an interesting role in First National's picture, "The Valley of the shoulder capes and embroidery of There are suits of white corded Giants," has opportunity to wear steel or strasse but, although silk worn with blousea of white or Home unusual clothes. One cas-several of these as charming as pale pink georgette with double tume which shows a springtime ever, are shown in the new collec-breasted jacket of inspiration is smartly made in two tion, a new type of taffeta frock length made with godets and scal- pieces. The blouse is of red, made its first appearance which loped around the edge in three or green and yellow plaid velveteen. promises to be a close rival to the four sweeping curves. Several of A feature of the blouse is the trim- | popular "robe de style." This is the black coats and jackets in this ming of buttons-a feature that a princess gown with skirt in full heavy silk are embroidered in will distinguish many of the spring | godets, trimmed around the edge bande of white wool or trimmed costumes. Red cherries, too, are with a thick ruche of the same with rows of white braid and there an attractive decoration at the material,
black shoulder. The skirt of velveteen affords an attractive contrast..
FASHIONS FROM PARIS,
of
is one in white silk, which is em- broidered in short diagonal banda of black wool. White coats heavy wool for sports are often trimmed with pipinga of sports and worn with wide belts of black patent leather. Large flat white pearl buttons are used on a num- ber of the street frocks and others
The loveliest of these to our mind was in two shades of dahlia, the frock itself of a deep shade of pink, made with a huge bow of the silk at the back of one hip and a ruche around the edge and an underskirt which hung six or eight Paris. The last of the great inches below the hem of the frock "couturières" to show a new col- of the colour of the dark red have a round aliver button at the lection to the representatives of the press was Mme. Jeanne Lanvin and this collection coming at the
dahlia, with a ruche of the same around the bottom.
neck and wrists. The coats are, as a rule, quite full at the back often with a yoke.
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Mmc. Lanvin is very fond of THE HONG KONG OPTICAL CO. close of a strenuous three weeks of black and white combinations and A very wide belt of suede or in
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fashion openings provided one of those are prominent in the present the material of the frock with the real thrills of the season. Mme. collection. The favourite mate- plain, square nickel buckle is Lanvin is essentially a creator of rial for ensembles in these colours novelty which is seen not only on the modes, she follows no prescribe is the heavy corded silk which in the sports costumes, but on some ed lines, on the other hand, the our grandmothera' time was known of the afternoon frocks as "THE CHINA MAIL," General evolves, season after season, ari- as "ottoman." A charming en- Another novelty is a very interest- well.
Publishers and Bookbinders.
ginal designs which are absolute semble in this consists of a long ing arrangement of a kerchief 8a, Wyndham Street. Tel. C. 22,ly unique and individual.
full coat of black with full lower around the neck which is shown on For quite some years the pame sleeve and narrow collar and re-any number of models. This of Mme. Lanvin has been associat- vers of white, worn with a black hangs loosely below the neck at ed in the minds of American frock which is reminiscent of Mme. the back with a little up-standing 25, Wing Wo St. Tel. C: 1118,
women with wondrous "robes de Lanvin's "penguin" gown of last upper edge. One of the most Metal Merchants and Ship style" (known in America as season with a white oblong "chemi- striking of these is in yellow net
Chandlers.
"period dresses") of taffeta and sette" buttoned on either side with embroidered in gold pallettes wora Managing Director-
tulle with bouffant skirts, qualat plain black buttons.
with a frock of yellow tulle.
BRINGING UP FATHER.
Ship Chandlers.
E. HING & CO.,
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[WELL- THESE ARE THE
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©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
HORIZONTAL
1-Pastry
4-Mineral spring 7-Tint
9-Waste lande
(GL. Brit) 11-Brawl 13-Separating 16-An age 16-Article
18-A place for live
animals.
10-Stow
20-Twenty
21-A kind of wine 22-Peatuoript (abbr) 24-Of high temperature 26-Point of the
· compass (abbr.) 27-Exactly like
another 30-Supplication 83-A covering for the
.head
33-A pond 34-Young horse 96-Stupid (slang) 36-Exolamnation SP-A flap 41-Suffix.
to
Pertaining
43-To sharpen
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) | 45-Fluant
47-Not in
49-Know (Bootsh)
51-Non-professional
52-8uggest
VERTICAL (Cont.) 23-Girl's name
26-To coff at
28-Interrogative
pronoun
29-in no manner
55-To assert positively 10-A send-capsula
(58-A billow
69-A plant of the
mustard family
30-A grain
61-Consume
VERTICAL
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plano 2-Hotel 8-Urges
4-To separaté into
clasica
5.A culinary vessel 6-A State in the U. B. 7-A body of soldiers B-A diminutive suffix]
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mother 10-To breaths nolally
In alsop |11-Spun by a spider
12-To engrave 13-Saudy 14-Prcoured,
[31-A kind of tree
24-Outline
30-TRACK
loft by vessel passing, thru
water
37-Used on ships to
maintain equilibrium 38-Period of time
(pl.)
30-To securo 40-To curv 42-Prevaricatore
48-To Jump on one
foot
40-A run scored at
oricket
48-Chief magistrate of
old Vanica 50-A maseurs of land 69-To look Into alyly 64-Point of the
compass (abbr.) 66-Prefix moaning aut
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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will
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HONGKONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-
Island.
Fest.. Victoria Peak Signal Station
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
IUM MÖTOR”DIP
RIO [OR] İLE
IN
ISETS
1828
1774
Mt. Parker
1734
Mountain Lodge
1725
The Eyrio
1725
R
Peak Hotel
1805
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davis
877
ME
Bowen Rd. (filterbeds)
297
Mainland.
Taimoshan
8124
Kowloon Peak
1971
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