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THE CHINA MAIL,
WOMEN'S
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1929.
FANCIES
Frills of Yesterday...........
For the High Flier
This is one of the smartest, aviation
costumes seen this season. The white broadcloth Coat supports black velvet
ilar and lapel, with matching cape. While pert little white hat with black
olled brim combines te make as chic
**WASH-LEATHER"
MONTHS OF EXPERIMENT IN: DYEING
A big
chemical firm, with branches all over the country, has been giving special attention to the making of synthetle dyes for wash- able leather gloves.
"The result is that practically every colour is available for the dyeing of suede and chamois wash- able gloves," said alt expert. "Browns, greys, and blues are all successful, but the special shades now being sold in big quantities to Yeovil glove manufacturers pearly-grey, stone, and a pink-beige. Rivalling Fabrics
are
"The synthetic dyeing of wash- able gloves is a direct result of the many-coloured. washable fabric few. gloves put on the market a
Before that time, clay
years ago.
was
used for colouring leather gloves, and this, as women to-day may remember, had an annoying| way of dusting off.
Shoes, Too
"We do not, of course, carry out the dyeing process for the manu facturers, but merely supply the chemicals. Very often some special shage is required, and an expert comes from the firm in question to carry out experiments under our guidance in our own laboratories..
**We de a huge trade, too, in dyestuffa for shoe leathers. Brown ig in very high favour at the moment, and we have in stock no
un ensemble-as-the-most fastidious avia-fewer than 50 tints of this colour
krix could desire.
alone."
Camelia
The
New Era.
in
Feminine
Hygiene
"CAMELIA" solves a problem which has always been a cause of distress to womankind. No wonder that wherever "CAMELIA" is introduced it is permanently adopted! "CAMELIA" is a new idea which entirely supersedes all other forms of sanitary pads.
Your Doctor will Endorse this! Doctors and Nurses recommend "CAMELIA" for its many
hygienic advantages:——
1. "CAMELIA" supersedes makeshift methods with great
advantage to health and comfort,
2. “CAMELIA" is aseptic. It is made of sterilised materials, under absolutely hygienic conditions, and is packed in a dustproof, sealed box.
3. “CAMELIA" absorbs all surface moisture-a frequent
source of bacterial infection.
MAN CAMELIA” is deodorising —— it absorbs odour:
"CAMELIA" gives security, confidence, freedom from anxiety.
most
6 CAMELIA" is cheap enough to throw away and can
be instantly disposed of m the simplest and hygienic manner possible. No laundering, "CAMELIA" is, in fact,
most easily disposed of
STOCKED IN THREE SIZES
SIMPLY ASK FOR
Camelia
REFUSE IMITATIONS! Obtainable at all drug and general stores.
The Picture Hat Makes Its Bow For Summer
Milady who has bemoaned the¡ fact that feminine type hats have been in the discard for the past few months, may weep O more. Fashion has decreed the return of the more dressy-the more fem- inine bonnet,
to
who has suf-
the new sun-tan
be
OUR DAUGHTERS
A CODE OF ETIQUETTE FOR
TO-DAY
By Lady Kitty Vincent J Gone are the days when a girl who was not married at 22 was considered to be hopelessly on the shelf, yet was not allowed to go out without a maid or to take a journey unchaperoned!
Nowadays girls are considered capable of looking after themselves at a very early age. Even if a daughter does not leave her home, she often leads her own life and does a good deal of entertaining.
Most mothers try to give their girls a separate sitting room where they can entertain their friends. This plan generally works well, but a daughter who lives at home should remember that, after all, it is her mother's house and that she owes her a
In certain amount of courtesy. any case, it is a mistake for a girl to entertain men without first in- troducing them
to her parents, and the average man would rather meet a young woman's relations before he begins taking ber about to dances and theatres.
Times are Changed
So greatly have things changed since pre-war days that what is now considered absolutely natural would have been thought beyond the pale twenty years ago: -[ cannot imagine what my mother would have thought it a
young
Thrills of To-day.
The Dressy Sports Coat
The average woman, no
・mat-
love
man had brought me home alone ter how much she may From a dance.
tweeds, hesitates. Nor, incidentally,
can I imagine
what the young large sum
・
to spend on a definitely sports
usual daytime type of frock.
man would have thought of me type of coat unless she is sure it for permitting such a thing. To can be worn with afternoon and the go even further, neither ean1 imagine a young man existing who would have dreamed of sug- gesting such course. So you can see that times have changed
a good deal all round.
Many of the new tweeds; how- ever, are perfectly at home with almost any type of frock, due to the less restrained styling and
the addition of fur. Galyak, of all
A
fered have the advantage of cool, large pearl ornament on the left ness and lightness. Many of these front caught to the crown.
Dorothy Mackaill, who will ap
But since men do now bring probably the smartest as light as a hats are literally
pear
soon in Two Weeks Off" girls home there is a good deal Spring furs, caracul, and shaved feather, and there are others. 80
to be said for the father who, lamb are the favoured pelts. open in weave that the air can cir- selects for her bonnet a broad
whenever a young man calls for tweed coat, so collared or cuffed, "exclusive culate constantly through the brimmed transparent horsehair in
does not suggest an shade. This his daughter, accompanies them The all-season hair. Every one
to the doorstep and gives the girl sports model so much as when felt has finally given way fered from a light, close hat will chapeau has a double edge of
it and can chiffon around
the money for her taxis, so that it is trimmed in the fluffier furs, to look much richer straws, silks
transparent realize the comfort of this feature worn with any fluffy frock of silk the boy can see that there is no and seems 'and
hats.
There is an infinite variety in shape and weave and an unusual proportion of models that will prove becoming to a large num ber of types, Eccentricity has been largely banished from the milineryworld. Charm, grace of line and refinement are dominant. Hats are less bold and more aubtle.
women
The extreme pliability of the new straw weaves is responsible their sudden popularity. for Heretofore
would not abandon their soft felt hats which were so durable, so easily stowed away and so carelessly tossed around without any harm. But now, the new straws are in the same class this season,
The straw hats now being of
Street Ensemble
the cour
ockhour demari
please: "It
ensemble conuist-
ing: gold braid and has a three-quarter
of beige crepe frock trimmed with
Hats of straw are quite wide, narrowing down a bit in front and back. These do not droop so much at the sides as the smaller shapes. Some of these have the front of the brim taken back in a series of tiny pleats, so that the bat ap pears quite broad and shallow brimmed across the front.
The silhouette shows great vá- riety with manipulated brims pre- dominating, Irregularity of out- line, which endorses the long back and greater width on one side, -prevails, while off-the-face types: with brims placed up on the crown and sweeping down over the ears are recurrent.The fisherman shape with its straight swoop down the back has more or less influenced the designing of most of the spring and summer millinery.
And as for trimming well, er erybody has been predicting the return of trimmed hats but-as yet there are very few to be seen. The fact is the smart hat. of to-day, even if it is called "trimmed," has no relation to the trimmed hat of the past. To-day's trimming la a part of the hat and does not interfere with its clean lines. Nothing stands up or bulges out or creates fullness.
Satin ribbon in soft fat folds or bows, delicate chiffon circling the brim and in some cases just a rose placed carefully on the brio or under the brim are trim features of the picture hat Velvet ribbon
share of popular
many lovely hair
trimmed with just
end of velvet
ats are richly
loop or long
Colour follow those of the gar ment worn, though in some strik ing models colour contrast
ployed Purple
ned with
yellow, chartreuse with blue, Ingo with black and the epër popu team of black and white
A few of the cont meeting with favour-
are
Billie Dove, First National
jacket to match. The luxurious red for star, forecasts a wide
band at the bottom of the coat adds a grace that will attract every oye as madam walks down the avenue);
med white horsehair braid, bat, turned directly away from the face by the sole trimming:
or chiffon.
Satin ribbon circles the crown and forms a dat bow on the side of the horsehair hat worn by Cor- inne Griffith, a form of trimming which is duplicated on the hat which Doris Dawson illustrates. A rippling brim is a decided new feature and particularly flatter- ing.
For the Individualist
This beautiful satin robe, created in the Grecian mode, makes an extraordin
graceful gown for formal at-home siens. Of cream natin, it has all
crystal embroidery and a train Is mast dignified in effect. The
over-blouse that hangs ITA!. from the shoulders offers T type of alenderness to the wearer.
untrimmed coat, with
need for him to pay for them. with the flat fure,
In addition to the fur trimmed Many men simply cannot afford to
year to pay for a girl's taxis. And it is coat, it is modish this far better that they should not do wear the so, for it is putting the girl under either a scarf collar of the a very strong obligation to her material or men friends, and it is simply not.
with a separate fur piece. Such coats usually fair on a man who is earning depend for distinction on details his living. The system of com-
such as yoke and shoulder cuts and fine tuck treatment. ing home with a chaperone was a "sound one, At least a girl did preserve her independence where in these days she has to rely upon casual acquaintances.
For the woman who can stand wider shoulders, nothing is more chick than the wide cape collar, edged with a band of either flat or fluffy fur. Some of these capes A Great Mistake
are arranged in uneven effects, a "Autres temps, autre moeurs." There is no use cavilling at the new note in the spring collection
but it is a
Shawl collars, which are attached progress of events,
great mistake for a girl to "hune to the coat just at the back of the men in the way in which girls do neck, and worn loosely thrown over It is bad enough to be oblighed the shoulder, are fashioned entire
ly of fur, a flattering feature of to ask a man to accompany her to
a dance, but it is absolutely these sports coats. ridiculous to beg and entreat him
is young it is difficult to see things
in the right perspective, but there is no doubt that the shortage of men has made them far too much of a rare avis,
Doris Dawson, First National
as so many girls do. When one player, models. this youthfully chic coat. It is a light green ombre stripe with cuffs of ombre wolf in soft contrast. The scarf throw and trench belt add a touch of swagger. With this is worn smart French felt hat in matching I suppose that if a girl is asked to bring a partner she must make shade trimmed with a satin bow. some effort to find one. But the a new innovation in Spring mit linery. Suntau satin kid, in an pendulum seems now to be
unusual checkered design, fashions swinging in the opposite direc the novelty pumps which Miss tion, and hostesses prefer to ask
Dawson displays, their guests themselves. Also,
it must be remembered that the.
war shortage has by now been tion that she wishes you to bring made up, for the boys who were a partner you must on no account 16 when the war stopped are ask permission to do so. A now 26, so there is really no good hostess always sees that her need for girls to hunt the men guests consist of people who 90 perslatently.
know each other or who are in the
If your hostess does not men- same circle.
Pamela
Has recently received a selection of the latest style in
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