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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1931.
THE CHINA MAIL.
The WOMAN'S Page
GRAND
CLEARANCE SALE
at
ROLANDE SARRAULT.
Pedder Building (3rd floor) above Thos. Cook & Son.
Phone 22252.
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THE LATEST IN JUMPER SUITS.
CHENELLE JERSEY
SILK DRESSES,
Also
Two-Plece Chenelle Sports costumes and three-piece
wool crepe costumes.
The Felix Hat Shop
York Building, Next to Moutrie's.
PARTEBRAANBIE
LATEST STYLES IN
HOURI COATS
LADIES'
UNDERWEAR
BRIDGE COATS SCARVES
AND
STOCKINGS
SILKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
D. CHELLARAM opp. H. K. Hotel.
MATHEMATICAL DRESSMAKING,
The 300 dresses which a leading British woman dress designer is making for the Bew musical comedy to be staged shortly at Drury Lane, "The Song of the Drum," are largely a matter mathematics.
COST OF CLOTHES.
How They Manage in Australia.
An Adelaide draper, giving ović- ence at the women's basic wage in- quiry, made
since a statement, modified, that a warking woman could dress herself on £14/5/ a year. To enable this to be done, different standards would have had to be adopted, not necessarily in- dieative of a lower standard of living. but demanding a different selection of clothes and dress ac- cessories. Any girl woman, working or otherwise, with an empty wardrobe, and in need of everything required from head to toe. would find the task of providing a year's clothes at auch a sum im-j possible. But the estimate was made on the coat of materials only, i
or
The Latest
Winter
Creations are
on View at
of
Each part of the dresses Wag
these numbered, and
numbers formed a code by which the de- signer's choice of colours and fabrics was
made known to the dress artistes.
There will be another vogue of white for evenings, it is thought, as a result of the white-and-silver gowns in the ball scene, in which no note of colour appears until the men come on in uniform.
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WAH KEE
38. Queen's Road C.
to have your selection of the fresh stock of Chinese Art Objects.
Pyjamas, Dressing Gowns,
Night Dresses in great
variety.
JADE, IVORY & CLOISONNE,
SHAWLS, DRAWN-WORKS, LAMPS, FANCY GOODS,
ETC.
Prices Moderate.
LARGE SELECTION
OF
Ladies' Silk - Underwear, Cloisonne Wares, Lamp Shades, Shawls, Jade, Ivory, Linen and
Grass Cloth,
CHINA HANDICRAFT
COMPANY.
China Building
Phone 24806
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ing frock, 2/11; jumper, 4/; bras- (sieres (2), 3/6; vests, 137; under- skirt, 3/; night gowns, 9/; apron and kimono, 5,'; bloomers, 8; hata (2), 18/9; hosiery (9 pairs), 17/9; gloves, 9/2; umbrella, 5/11: hand-
STYLE kerchiefs, 4/6; handbag. 5/11;
7. Ice House Street.
Evening Kuwns
ready for imme-i dinto wear and any arders will be performe both promptis: and satisfactori- ly.
without allowance for making. It
is difficult always to work out es-
LINGERIE
This special group of beauti-
full silk lingeric features the
very long back-less costume
alip, chemises, dance scls for
formal wear and empire powns, ankle-length.
Beautiful silks
and danity laces makes this group of lingerie, particularly inviting.
leisure to shop where prices are such that considerable saving can be effected.
Only by making her clothes a matter for spare time labour and exercising
the always
strictest economy and care, could any girl or woman hope to look other than poorly dressed on an amount as low as that at firat estimated.
Stockings and Shoes. Present day dappers are being blamed for extravagant tastes in clothes. Their hosiery and shoes. come in for much criticism. It is unfortunately true that a wrong standard has been set in certain
WOMEN SMOKERS.
Doctor's Warning of Diseases.
Dr. Ernest II Griffin, lecturing an "Should Femalea Smoke?" at the London College of Physiology, said that one cigar contained auf- ficient nicotine, if injected into the veins, to kill two men.
"Fortunately," he added, "the greater part of the poisonous nico- tine i destroyed in the burning of the tobacco when it is smaked. Women usually smoke cigarettes of the coarsest and crudest manufac- due to the ture. This is largely fact that they have not such a re- fined sense of taste and smell as men have, and when a woman does smoke she smokes fast and furious-
Dr. Griffin added that the list of
Ty."
Kayamally Bldg. Mezzanine Floor, Entrance Gordon's
SALE
25.%
Reductions.
Gordon's
Specialists
in Ladies' Footwear.
To a collection already widely known for its variety, we are constantly adding new styles.
KAYAMALLY BUILDING.
HER FACE VALUE.
Mayme Rothacker, a 21-years-old typist, was allowed bail at Evans- ton, Illinois, on what one might call her face value.
This girl, said a police constable when she was arraigned for speed- ing before the Magistrate, and lacked the necessary £2 bail, "has an honest face."
"Not only that," amended the Magistrate, "it is a pretty face. A face like that is bail enough for
me."
BLUE CRINOLINES.
Jewellery, bracelets, umbrellas, and even bags have been specially designed to go with the outfits.
Blue lace frocks, with large blue crinolines, will be worn by the chorus, fashionable blue will also
fits.
soap, tooth paste, etc,, £1/7/6; shoes. £3. Some women able to make their own clothes might man-' age a satisfactory appearance on a material allowance of £14/5/ per annum. The smart touch of a lit- the handwork in the finish of their home-made garments, providing the cut was good, and materials and styles carefully selected from a suitability standpoint, could give in purse or in person, and it is not luxury items of attire. Costly silk that note of wardrobe distinction quite fair in discussing estimates stockings are an instance. There that is not necessarily dependent for the working girl's annual ex-is no reason why feminine legs
penditure on clothes to assume that should be upon actual cost in cash.
so expensively clad. 66:1:18]||(56) be seen in the jaunty sports out- Gratifying Reductions. it is incumbent upon her to make stockings of the type a duchess or diseases due to smoking was a very
her own clothes in order to manage princess would select to wear at formidable one. There could be no¶¶¶ÐRÆÐIZ That in the opinion of retail
to the best advantage upon a fixed Court are craved for, and frequent-doubt that cancer of the lip was timates for clothes exactly to an traders it is now possible for
amount. Girls who work hard forty worn by girle unable to afford largely due to smoking. Cancer of annual fraction, as many articles women to dress decently at less exa living, day in and day out all the them, and owning nothing else in the tongue, probably the most ter purchased the previous year, if pense than has been the case since cared for as clothes should be, give prices soared after the war, should year round, are entitled to liberty keeping with them, except, perhaps, rible disease that could be afflicted useful service for considerably more be good news for the majority.
Buch costly articles gave good ser- been seen among non-smokers. than twelve months. The annual Recent styles have been kind to engaged at their job, whatever it some equally unsuitable shoes. If on man, he did not think had ever
is. It is never suggested that vice, there might be some sense in cost of dress then becomes, more girls and women skilful with the or less, a matter of the expense of needle, for the quantity of material wardrobe replenishment. Con- necessary in carrying them out has sideration of this point places the been small. From remnants and} figures as detailed for the
en-oddments it has been possible lightenment of the Board of Indus- to make frocks of exceeding short- try, on a basis likely to be more ness and without sleeves. The pre- acceptable to the average individual. sent trend of fashion demands more Costs for women's wearing apparel material. Increased skirt length, in conformity with present fashions, floating, draperies, flares, sleeves, were itomised as follow:-Tweed and cape effects all coat, 15/; costume, 15/; frocks, yards when fabrics for frocks are £1/2/6; sports coat, 12/9; akirt, bought. But this is offset, fortun- 10/9; volle frocks (2), 10/; wash- ately, by a definite drop in prices!
mean extra
for recreation when they are not
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QUILTED DRAPERIES.
their attainment, but the silk stock- ing is only as strong as its weakest thread, and that is frail. Short
Quilted materials are more popu- dresses were responsible for the her than ever, and they are being popularity of absurdly expensive used now for window draperies and stockings. Now that skirts are valances. Machine quilted fabrics longer, hosiery economy can be con- may be bought by the yard; but templated with less heartburning since quilting has again become a than when it was "the thing" for popular pastime they are frequently legs to be conspicuous. Many wall being made at home. For a bed- dreased women of means have room, especially, it is fashionable Cavolded the lure of the costly silk to have. A quilted ensemble-
stockings for ordinary wear, and draperies, bedspread, chair their ensemble effect in many cases bolstering and footstool pads to has been improved thereby. The match. same is applicable to high priced
shoes of unsuitable type for street wear. A dress standard in which
of stuffs as charming in pattern and texture as could be desired. Much cotton, also, is now being worn and pretty prints offer tempt- ing solution of the cheap dress pro- blem. Underwear for women has working men should make their own these things are considered neces- been reduced to, a minimum, and a clothes, and thus appear better off Bary for any woman is false, with working girl in vest, brassiore, than they really are. The girl no bearing on physical comfort, and bloomers and undersklit, is attired whose only opportunity for shop in many cases, on appearance, as similarly to the average girl or ping must be anatched from the there is no greater sartorial error woman in any station of life.
lunch hour, also has little chance than to have any garment or acces According to an old French progains when purchasing clothing or
bọ take advantage of sale time bar-sory of outstanding coatliness. verb, we must always pay, whether materials. She is not always as
"ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE
BEAUTE
For the best Permanent Finger and
- Marcel· Waves, Hair Cutting 'and."
ul. Manicura for Ladies and ye Gentlemen.
Padder Bldg. at floor. Room 5. 1909 Tela 2516) MAJUT Opposita entrance I.K. Hotel
able, therefore, to make the prover- blal penny go so far as those with
The question of Silks for Winter can be answered to your satisfaction by inspection of the goods we are now showing.
They have just arrived and you really owe it to yourself to come and inspect them. KASHMIR
SILK STORE
36A, Queen's Road, C Oppoalie Queen's Theatre.
up-
LADIES' SHOES
Best Quality Foreign, made
Ladies' Shoes
at
Reasonable Prices.
WING ON CO., LTD.
SMART
NEW MILLINERY
READY FOR WINTER.
A wonderful opportunity fo
buy a beautiful, high class
hat at a price which is
exceptionally low for a new
* season style.
YEE SANG FAT