SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1931.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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SMART NEW MILLINERY
READY FOR WINTER.
A wonderful opportunity to buy a beautiful, high class
hat at a price which is
exceptionally low for a new season style.
YEE SANG FAT
AFTERNOON FROCKS.
The WOMAN'S Page
LADIES' SHOES
Best Quality Foreign made Ladies' Shoes
al
Reasonable Prices.
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WING ON CO., LTD.
FOR SLIM FIGURES,
The skirts of afternoon frocks For slim igures, tight-fitting have lengthened, and lengthened sectional tuck-in blouses are very smart. They should be in two to advantage, but they do not different tones and coloure and sweep the streets. na carpets by tucked fronts and narrow ribbon trailing on the ground-at least, trimming around the neck, tied in not the amarteat of them. They a long bow in front.
With the stop at a sensible length that is return of blouses, whatever shape far more elegant than that of the they may take, we are again con ultra-short skirts of yesteryear, fronted with the difficulty of tidy which, when one sat down, show-waists. Quite a good idea is to ed several inches above the knees, have a narrow band of the
soon
same
It is fortunate that the very un- material as the blouse fixed on to even afternoon hemline did come the blouso all the way round at the under the axe to be straightened, waist with small clips which fasten out and settled at the new length. [into the inside of the waist on the So many women adapted it indis-akirt. This keeps the waist very criminately, recepting anything neat. Those who are not as alim descending into dip, that it very as they would like to be complain became ugly. Renders that the tuck-in blouse is far more warned at the time of trying to their figures than the the tendency of an uneven jumper effect. They are.right to a hem to look bedraggled and untidy certain extent, but after all, there under full length, straight hemmed (are many littlh dodges that help conts, but cont lengths have been the plump figure. First, avoid the adjusted since then, and give a even waistline, get your blouses more graceful line to the longer made so that they go up in the afternoon and evening modes, by middle in front and behind and being made appreciably shorter. droop well down on to your hips
were
The Latest
Winter
Creations are
on View at
STYLE
7, Ice House Street,
Evening Kowns ready for imme- diate wear and any orders will be performod both promptly; and satisfactori Jy,
1931 COLOURS.
According to a Paris forecast of
fashion, colour is coming back into
Here are the choicest fashions of the season, embodying all the style features of expensive creations in Canton crege, wool crepe, satin and prints, with pleats, flares, bows and chic alcever.
NEW COSTUME FABRICS.
on either side. This does away *. Silk-serge, is a material that will with that hard line around the rave to be reckoned with in the waist, and very slimming. They near future. It makes up chaɩm- must be cut that way, however, if ingly into both costumes and frocks you just pouch them out they will and seems to be at its best in soft not lle flat and even, and will look shades of blue and grey. grotesque Another point to con- sider is colour. Do not have a white or very light-coloured blouse and a dark skirt but have your blouse the same shade or just a tone lighter than your skirt. Shaded blouses are becoming to robust figures. You can have them toning in with your skirt from the waist to half-way up your chest. It is even more becoming, though, to have vertical shadings, light in the centre back. and front and gradually darkening, to the sides and sleeves or vice versa.
A SCENT SACHET.
The task of sachet-making is easy and fragrant. You will neal cotton wool, a jar of sachet powder in your own particular perfume, and scraps of any delicate material. į crepe de Chino, voile, georgette--- that you may have by you. Pastel shades, of course, will look prettiest
Kosha, an attractive mixture of
CARE OF SILVER.
Clean, shining silver, whether
SPRING DRESSES
BRITTLE NAILS.
dition cannot be cured until
Brittle nails indicate excess of the supply be limited to requisite uric acid in the blood, and the con- the articles for table use, or comprise cause is remedied. To drink two pieces of plate either ornamental quarts of water every day, with or useful, or both, should be the pure fresh lemon juice added to housewife's pride. Plenty of warm,
soapy water, to which a little am- monia has been added, should be used to keep it in good order. For the removal of tarnish or stains, finely powdered whiting dissolved
In water may be used with safety. When the silver is clean and thoroughly dry a final polish can best be given with a clean goft chamois leather kept for the pur
рове.
Silver Inkatands.or any other silver articles that may be stained with work will require a little more drastic treatment to remove the marks. Chloride of lime mixed to a paste with a little water will remove ink marks if allowed to dry | Jon a silver surface, and then vigorously rubbed with 2 soft cloth.
in your lingerie drawer. Make a silk and wool, le another fabric, Silver that la to be stored should
getting up in the morning, and the last just before going to bed. No sugar should be added with the The question of silks
lemon Juice. for Winter can be answered to your satisfaction by an in- spection of the goods we are now showing.
the mode for evening. Jade green, little bag of the material, leaving that though extraordinarily light in be wrapped in tissue paper (each shell pink, and other shades of one side open, and cut two slightly weight, tailors most excellently, plece separately) and packed into each half pint, will prove bene- pink and rose, blue in various smaller squares from a thin piece of and it would also be hard to beat a box or tin case lined with green dcial. Take the first half pint on
cotton wool. Spread the sachet some of the French flannels, new-balze. tones, and off shades of white are powder between the squares, like comers this season, that have a taking the place of black and jam in a sandwich, slip the whole silky stripe running through them. When th: cold winds blow in hot white, seen so frequently hereto- thing into its bag and stitch down
the fourth side. Decorate one climates the question of a light fore.
The combination of two colours corner, if you like, with a ribbon warm coat becomes all-important. bow, a touch of embroidery, or a in day-time costume is A new
little sprig of silk flowers. Home feature of the Paris mode. Brow made sachets lend your clothes a 'and beige, brown and green, dark charming fragrance, fresh, sweet, blue and grey, brown, and char- and clinging all at the same time. treuse, black and green, black and
red, dark brown combined with
brick or dark red, and dark blus
and white are 'some of the now colour combinations. They are taking the place of the ever-present black.
SHOULDER BROOCH. '
Shoulder brooches are replacing posies of flowers, and famous Jewellers are exerting themselves to provide new and original de- signs for these ornaments.
Man
Woman in a
One brooch of this kind, some two inches long, shows a couple dancing. The
in dress clothes and the diamante "dress are perfectly. modelled. Flesh-coloured enamel is used for the hande; for the lady's hair amber is used, and for her partnera onyc The smallest detalle,évén to eyebrows and ovelashes, "árs perfectly executed, but the fashion, is likely to prove too expensive for any but the very rich woman..
On the Riviera they are solving it with short belted coats of white lambs' wool, which certainly look very charming, and are not quite as warm as they sound.
They have just arrived and you really owe it to yourself to come and inspect them.
KASHMIR SILK STORE
36A, Queen's Road, C. Opposite Queen's Theatre.
ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE
BEAUTE
"For the beat Permanent Finger, änd'- Marcel Waren Hair Cutting and Manicure for Ladies and Gentlemen Pedder Bldg. 1st floor. Room
Opposite entrance H.K. Hotel,
The Felix Hat Shop
YORK BUILDING, NEXT TO MOUTRIES.
NOW ON DISPLAY
THE POPULAR CASCADIA MODEL HATS
also,
LARGE PICTURE HATS IN ALL SHADES,
and
BLACK BANGKOKS.
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HAIR SHORT OR LONG. ANKLE LENGTH BARGAINS.
Paris says hair must be short or The more experienced town sale long. Just as the dressmakers are shopper can find a host of such buay evolving new fashions for the and fine lingerie to assist in her articles as evening shoes, scarves,
coming season, so are the hair-more fashionable requirements. dressers evolving new coiffures. The two-coloured shoes, or those The new
of contrasting fabric that will be coiffure will be die-
smart for another four or five tinguished by its smooth, glossy months, are remarkably good
can
neatness, even when expressed in value at the winter sales, and more curls and waves. The untidy, half-fanciful footwear in these times be easily worn with tea- gowns and pyjamas.
long hair, falling in curls almost to the shoulders has been definite-
Of fantastic hosiery. beware, ly burled. "One- well-known and also of eccentric gloves! costumier," says an overseas paper, Scarves will be a feature in the now collections, so buy what is
"forbade his mannequins to adopt the half-long hair fashions, mak- pretty. ing a rule that hair must be short
The ankle-length skirt-especial- ly when of uneven hem-line-is a or long, nothing between the two distinct help to the sale shopper, and all Paris is now following this because tall women will be well rule." The new shingle define the able to wear well the discarded shape of the head exactly. The top of the hair is left perfectly it is easier to shorten than to ultra long skirt, and, in all cases,
lengthen. Another gaining fashion is the Empire waist-which sug
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NEW SPRING GOWNS
smooth but sometimes there is a wave just above the nape of the neck; at other times one part of the wave is allowed to sweep the gests a further scheme of shorten-
ing a model! forehead, but even the waves are The perfectly smooth and sleck. French hairdressers have given up waving with irons almost alto- gether and water-waving is the rule. Most of feminine Paris has Its hair permanently waved, and for them the usun! periodical water-waving and setting is easy, but Paris water wavers have now become such experts in their art that they are able to wave perfect- ly straight hair by this method with success. Long hair is dress- -ed to follow the shape of the head,, and must be 1s smooth and sleek as short hair. Sometimes it le gathered in a tight little coil at the nape
of the neck; at other times, if it is very long, it is twist- ed into a tight figure 8. In one new coiffure, which is meant for rather thick hair which reaches nearly to the shoulders, the hair is divided in two and part of it arranged in a deep coil on the top of the head, the other part being, arranged in a matching call at the nape of the neck. Very pretty and alluring is the new type of coiffure which has superseded the our-phone style. With this, the hair is arranged over each ear in bunches of tightly made, compact, Bat little curls.
FOR
THE RACES.
Straw Hats of the latest shapes And designs from Paris.
RX4QTJANJIKJAGTÆEX1963BJEK RANG FRECKLES AND SUNBURN.
Exposure to Summer sunshine in- variably means a crop of freckles and sunburn for the sensitive skin. Precautionary treatment is worth while. Bathing the face daily with elderflower water is very beneficial equal parts of vaseline and olive to a fine, delicate skin and helps oll. This should, be rubbed into prevent sunburn. After spong- ing the face with the elderflower the nails and wiped off with
water, which should be allowed to chamala leather.
dry on it, smear a little pure olive When the nalls incline to be oil all over the face and throat.
a
Nalla that are brittle and inclin- ad to split should never be trimmed without being first soaked in soapy
is better brittle, contact of the hands with Leave this on. for a couple of warm water, and then
to ille rather than cut them. Every extreme heat should be avoided. A minutes, then wipe off with a night and morning they should be pair of chamola leather gloves piece of medicated cotton wool. well smeared with a mixture of should be slipped on when Ironing. This removes all superfluous oil,
but sufficient is left to form. | foundation for powder and a thín film which prevents the skin from burning or freckling. The face will not appear shiny, or greasy- looking as the pores of the skin will absorb any of the oll remain- Ing.
Water should never be applied to badly sunburned akta. Cleanse it with cream, then sponge with a little warm milk diluted with half its quantity of water. Oatmeal gruel is also very soothing and fa beneficial to the skin, but oatmeal, mixed to a pasta with, water is too drying for cleansing the skin at the seaside or anywhere the wind is hot and dry......
JUST LIKE HAIR.
The newest berets are made of a brushed wool material, so that when the head * la covered -- the wearer, at firat night, looks as if aho were Indulging a passión for fresh air. The effect is that of an attractive shingle, but none of the. 'wearer's-own hair is visible;