SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1931.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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Parisian Novelties
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MOODS AND MODELS.
What To Wear In Summer Months.
The Woman Correspondent of the Singapore Free Press writes:
Materials for our Sammer frocks will soon be discussed, especially materials suitable for tropical wear and tear. In this connection there is no doubt that Celanese material take the first place. This fabric. has now been brought a near per- fection as possible, and is suitable for almost every article we wear. Nothing can be better, especially out here, than to make our tennis frocks of white Celanese, which for durability is almost as everlasting as Tobrako. For morning frocks) we have Celanese prints in every fashionable shade and design, and for afternoon and dancing frocka the Crepe Suede in lovely pastel shades.
There seems truly to be no end to
A
In
LONG SKIRTS.
Life Conditioned By
Clothing?
resolution condemning
long
large
skirts was passed by a majority at a meeting in London of the National Union of Societies for | Equal Citizenship.
The resolution, which was moved by Mrs. M. Stocks, of Manchester, deplored the return of long skirta us a reaction against the personal comforts and physical liberty of women, reminiscent of the years of their political disenfranchisement. It called upon all women who valued Buch liberty to resist this reaction by refusing to follow the arbitrary decrees of fashion.
Mrs. Stocks maintained that a person's actions and mentality were affected by the clothes she wore and the coincidence between the free- |ing of women from hampering dress and the freeing of women in politica the varied qualities of this wonder- ate priced silks now being offered was really no coincidence at all.
"When our clothes get long again as they are advertised. These in-
and our legs are tied up, our minds a boon
James, marocains,
will suffer," she declared. crepe means. It is equally beautiful and elude
"When i read of women, whose flamande, Chinese Shantung, print- serviceable for evening gowns, from dead white satin to the most ed chiffons and georgettes, also skirts are like creamy foam round brilliant of colours. This last fact washing salins; a noble choice in- their ankles, I always think they have creamy foam in their
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LATEST IN
LADIES'
SPRING HATS
AT
YEE SANG FAT King's Theatre Building,
PARIS MODE.
Location Of Waistline.
to women
of
moderate
should attract us for we see now
deed.
must
"Taking the Lead." Mrs. Stocks recalled the "dreadful
Final Paris fashion showings de-that Paris is growing tired of black, The particular firme offering heads too." finitely doom dress standardisation. and black and white, as also of these goods make a speciality of Styles offered by the leading crea- pastel shades and that in the near pure silk for lingerie, and at really tors run all the way from garconne days to come bright colours, parti-ridiculous prices. How sterling and stays" which her mother bought for trouser suits to ultra feminine cularly reds and greens and orange
reliable they are many of my friends her when she went to school, but muslin frocks. One universal rule shades.
testify. There is surely no can are to be the vogue. is that all skirt fullness begins he- Taffetas and morocaine are still to need for anyone in these days to go low the hips. From there skirts the fure and these can also be had short of pretty underwear. Amongst may be pleated, eircular, gathered, in Celanese finish. I feel I cannot the many new materials to-day none ruled or shenthe lined.
praise too fighly the value of this Chanel, Molyneux and Schia- wonderful new material which has parelli favour shorter daytime brought as much joy to us women, Akirts, 12, 14 or 15 inches off the and as a lending fashion journal Hoor. Everybody shows some even-tersely puts it "is the one link be ing ankle-length as well as floor-tween beauty and utility and the length frocks.
new needs of the new woman." The Chanel endorses the tailored sight of a large
"Celanese factory afternoon made with her black satin from the windows of a house I stay- or faille peplum jacket suits, worn ed at during my recent leave thrill- with white satin waist coats. Herd me as I conjectured on the magic Iwool suits with eyelet-embroidered turned out from it day by day. Ēdower edges and flower-collared
Following close on Celanese are pique blouses, are outstanding. Molyneux sponsors afternoon fem-the Rayon fabrics both for dresses ¶¶¶¶¶¶rinity in ankle-length lace frocks and lingerie. They are within the limit of everyone's purse, and the
&
Kayamally Bldg. Entrance Gordon's Mezzanine Floor,
JUST RECEIVED
NEW WASHING
DRESSES
IN
Voile
Linen
and
Prist
From $18.50.
you
she refused to wear them."
'Where,'" she continued, "'do you think your figure will be when are 40' asked my mother. Well, I am 40, and I do not know where it is. I only know it is not where my mother thought it would be."
"To-day," said Mrs. Stocke, "When I go about I have શ superiority complex when 1
my clothes compare
with men's clothes. In hot weather I can take off nearly all my clothes, while men cannot even remove their couts without being- turned out of restaurants.
"We should do our best to keep that superiority complex. What annoys me is to see adult politically enfranchised women wearing clothes they do not like just be- cause other women are wearing them. I, for one, am not going to wear long skirts, if everybody else in the world does."
of chiffon, with matching parasole, floral designs for dresses are a joy warn with square-crowned, bell-
in themselves. One firm puts for brimmed large straw hats.
ward "double spon" Rayons, an ex- cellent substitute for silk and of re- markable durability. This particu- has proved itself so worthy of its ar Rayon is guaranteed to contain name as the Locknit which never no cotton whatever, but to be made ocems to go into ladders nor to wear
BEAUTY CONTESTS IMMORAL. from a new 2-ply epun yarn. It out. It too can be bought in pretty does not shrink, nur crense, nor pastel shades, and though we may
Geneva, April 22. crack, and when washed with care give up these for outside wear, if
The leader of the Swiss women's keeps its freshness unaltered. In fashion so decrees, we are hardly!
movement, Frau Emille Courd, to- these Rayons, however, as with the likely to take to vivid red or green day addressed to the White Slave Celanese goods, it always pays to or orange for our lingerle. Lockalt Traffic Commission of the League buy articles from a well known and with a special satin finish makes up of Nations a memorandum asking reliable firm. There are so many most attractively, but here again a that action be taken by various Gov- inferior specimens on the market really good standard make, even if ernments for the suppression of
which will never give satisfaction to a little more costly, should be chosen buyers, so when purchasing it is al- to avoid dissatisfaction. ways advisable to see that fabrics have stamped on them some well- known "chop."!
British manufacturers have gone into this matter whole-heartedly,
RETURN OF THE ELBOW SLEEVE
The woman whose arms are no
Bleeves.
of
beauty queen contests, which, she claims, are immoral. At the same time, a number of Swiss 'morality associations have opened a cam- paign to prevent the Swiss beauty contest scheduled for the coming Opinions differ about waistline and goods can be bought in our own longer firm and round but whose Summer. In support of their move- location. Chanel places it 46 country equal to any foreign fabrics, wrists are still her good point, will ment, these associations announce ||||||||LLE¶¶¶¶|£££ normal. Vionnet Indicates 'It highThere are, however, some of us who welcome the return of the elbow that the National Association
in a princess line emphasising the have still at the back of our minds actually finished with frills, as in that its members
Some are plain, others Hungarian Students has resolved in future wil DILETTENTELIBBLE2305511D138 bust. Callot favours the empire just a slight prejudice against the Edwardian days, while in others abstain from having anything to do line and Molyneux lowers it to the newer materials mentioned above, the frill effect is obtained by the with any girl who has taken part top of the hipbone in some cases. We haven't yet so to speak come
width of the upper part being in any beauty contest.-Transoccan- Worth shows transparent or knee into line. Where this is the case, absorbed under vertical seams all Kuo Min. split evening gowns, enhanced by we have ample choice in the moder-round, ending a few inches above bare legs and barefoot sandals. Feet thrust through holes. cmbrol. dered in the front of the frock near the hem give a new trouser effect.
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Molyneux's shaded slips, dark at the top and fading into stocking colour toward the hem, under dark) transparent frocks are an interest- ing treatment of this trend. Vion- net abandons high visibility but favours shading in chiffon evening gowns, lighter toward the feet. An all-over beaded frock is worked from the top to the hipline In microscopic dull beads. This new dull pinhead beading is seen chez Chanel, Worth and Molyneux also.
Divided skirts are confirmed by ail leading houses. Schiaparelli's version is practical, with knee- length tunic frocks or pinafores worn over three-quarter bell trousers.
* CUSHIONS FOR THE CAR.
In buying a new cushion for the car there are large shapes and small sizes from which to select, in bright and dull leathors, suodes and un- crushable: velvetė. Wedge-shaped cushions are small, and useful, for the owner-driver. A new design seen in a collection of simple but very attractive cushions, was in a clear,
blue leather. It was octagonal in shape, with the plecas mitred together and, at one nida, golden wings had been appliqued. The effect was decidedly distinctive.
The the elbow.
sleeve is then somewhat reminiscent of a half- closed convolvulus and very grace- ful.
No woman, however, need sub- mit to loss of arm beauty.
Art steps in helpfully when Na- ture begins to fall. Moat beauty speetallats have an "arm" course planned for the purpose of nourish. ing and whitening the skin and, in general, restoring to their pristine state of loveliness arms which begin to show signs of grow. ing either too fat or too thin.
And since sleeveless dresdes are alill worn, both by day and at night, it is comforting to know of treat- menta
directed, against the ap- pearance of that most undesirable of all features a red and roughen- ed elbow!
SODA BREAD,
Soda bread is excellent In an emergency, as it can be made in the short space of twenty minutes, and i can, if desired, be eaton hot. without any fear of unpleasant after-effects. Prepare several well-buttered tine. Mix together the following dry In- gredienta:-Half a pound of flour, one small teaspoonful of soda bicar- bonate, and one small teaspoonfal of cream of tartar, and then add one breakfast cup of milk. Place the mixture in a hot oven, then allow the oven to cool slightly and bake for twenty minutes,
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