SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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A The WOMAN'S Page
Smart Millinery
Chic Frock Patterus
Maison de Modes
Mme D'OBRY
Dress Designer and Milliner
18, Queen's Road C.
Phone 25011.
RESLOW STRAW HATS
JUST ARRIVED
FASHIONABLE ORNAMENTS.
Made From Old Kitchen Ware.
OUR APPEARANCE,
Homely
Looks Not Wanted.
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Some women are born beautiful, others achieve, beauty, but no wo man can have beauty thrust apon her. She must, so to speak, go aut and get it for herself.
It is comforting to think that the envy which the sight of a really¦ lovely woman soldom fails to arouse in another woman to whom nature has been less generous need not be too sternly repressed.
No mirror tells so unpleasant nor so hopeless a story but. that the "herofne" can, with a little care and trouble, transform her face almost beyond recognition, always| supposing, of course, that her facial imperfections are not of the kind that need the attentions of al doctor.
The first step towards achieving beauty is to recognise that passive!
BLACK LEADS.
Navy Blue Its Only Rival.
Mrs. Gordon-Stables writes In the London Telegraph-
Black still leada for smartnesa in The brass preserving-pan and acceptance of a too homely face is tailored suits this Summer, Its only 4|02|14|||||||||||||||30|2|3}}} the copper kettle of former genera. the stupidest form of resignation, "country" rival being navy blue, Lions have long existed in our particularly in a world that con- both in the lighter as well as the twentieth century midst as part of tinues to judge by appearances. dark tone. Dark olive green sulta the decorations appropriate to our
Further, to
inflict unnecessary a few women, who can also wear farmhouse furnishings, our oak suffering on one's neighbours is brown and cream-patterned fabrics settle, and our check curtainings, selfish, to expect them to endure it and the darker green. To-day the adventurous are going with a smile is asking altogether Navy blue, like black, is most farther afield and discovering that too much from human nature! If a successful in all the new light wool there are other types of kitchen- beautiful face be the gift of the materials with that hopsack, or ware equally suitable for incor- goda, an attractive appearance is grained, surface, Thick jerseys, or poration with schemes of greater something which every woman can tricots are best for the Spring, or suphistication..
get for the trouble of making it!, Summer, tailor-made. They have a
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SUMMER
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ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE BEAUTE
BANDANA TURBANS.
In the eighteenth century the china factory of Leeds turned out some remarkably fine moulds in- tended for jellies and creams. The characteristically creamy paste was wrought with all manner of: designs, seen in intagilo when the mould is held with its interior facing one. Some of these designs took the pineapple, with bunches of grapes and other fruits, as their subject. Others were in step form, nicely graduated,. others depicted birds. Such moulds, displayed on un ebony stand that tilts them at an angle at which their full detall may be studied, become delightful ornaments on shelf or mantel- piece.
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"Jugged Hare" dishes, with hare crouched upon the lid, were made at various of the Burslem factories about the same time. They vary as to quality, the animal in some specimens being admirably modelled, while in others he has little character.
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They belong to the same type of ward as the "Chestnut Dishes" in which boiled chestnuts were served to table. While the lid suggests the contents, the sides often repre- sent a folded cloth.
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more becoming than the rougher serge weavea. When the really sporting suits are worn, the bolder checked or striped tweeds are chosen. These 'look so well made with a coat cut either short, or in the new three-quarter length, in double-breasted style, and completed by either a cap of knitted fabric with felt or a straw-brim, or the smaller half-cloche shape, In a coloured straw-cire.
certain softness which is found to be
An interesting factor observable In the completion of the tailored sults this
season are the bright coloured hats, which are a most cheerful note relieving the sombre costumes. Every colour is worn on the head, possibly to be "picked up" again in the shirt or scarf selected. Yellow felt and straw is smart with black or navy,
so is red and two shades of green.
will follow as a matter of course.
Bellevers in soap and water will at once ask why these have not been mentioned.
Some skins are so delicate that the less they feel of soap the bet- ter they look. Those who are not A skin that is sallow, too dry or thus affffcted can use soap as they too greasy, rough, sunburnt or please as an aid to, and not instead over sensitive, can be, nursed and of, the cleaning operations describ fed, nourished and petted until ita ed. owner would hardly know It.
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THE TAILORED ROBE.
FOR SUNNY DAYS.
One of the prettiest and most figure in every woman's Summer Cotton frocks and jackets will practical fashions of the season-wardrobe this season. Many of the the coat frock-is creating
a styles in which the fresh simplicity psychological problem in the West of cottons look their beat are af London.
simple enough for the home dress- maker to copy,
Skirts and jackets made from heavy linen are effective when they are completed with a frilly gandie.blouse or one of broderie anglaise. Black linen looks so
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The appearance of a new Sets of pewter measures, former "mammy" type of cap, with colour-ly the pride of some tap-room or ed bandana swathes tied into knots kitchen, lend themselves to display
Better Every Day. round silk crocheted crowns, is re- in a variety of ways. They may
Commonsense and Cosmetics. --- Advice as to the most suitable ported by a Paris correspondent. be hung in due order from the shelf
The road to beauty la paved with cream or different types of skin These colonial styles, together of a dresser, or pendent from commonsense and cosmetics, using ir very easily obtained, and com
"We always speak of it as the with Algerian peaked crowns, pro- books screwed into the low rafters the last term in its widest sense, mon sense suggests the wisdom of tailored robe," a London Daily mise to offer a lavish quota of of a country room. Sets of copper Just as physical exercise is good starting in the right way. .. Telegraph representative was told bared faces to the sunshine of jugs, similarly graduated in size, for general health for the body, so And just to finish-debutantes June and July, when the Colonial prove equally decorative.
daily drill is good for the face. It and others in their teens can afford by the buyer of one of the fashion Exhibition will be in full swing. In the open fireplace the old iron must, however, be daily drill, and to dispense with "make up"; no departments of a West-end store smart for town with white, prim
These gay little hats will be ment-jack, with all its parapher twice a day at that. Beauty cuiti-one can afford to risk neglecting "We find that women fight shy of rose or pale coral pink as a con-
aubstitute for the rikisha nalla for supporting and turning vation, in short, to be successful, so simple
trast... a precaution against the coat frock. They think it is who did not leave the big joints, is an ornamental must be a matter of habit. But trouble as cleansing the face night
Linen skirts are most practical their native shores with their addition. And the kitchen caul-what woman would grudge a few and morning, and te
sure to be stodgy, like the coat | when they are designed with a there any jaunty little "voitures" to dron of iron may often prove of minutes spent night and morning woman who will fail to regard her- frock of pre-war days."
wrap-over front, or have wide box ply for hire through the vast beautiful form, and quits worthy in a contest with beauty as the pro- self with greater interest when her As "tailored robes," these pleats all the way round. Elther denizens of the Bois de Vincennes, of playing the part of decoration mised prize?.
mirror gives the heartening news dresses made of novel thin wool of these styles is easy to press and. and thereby give a realistic to a fireplace of more aristocratic
A clean face is the foundation of a day-to-day increase in beauty? fabrics are having a great success, keep fresh. Jackets are smart cut colonial atmosphere.
lineage.
upon which good looks are built I think not-Margaret James and are an important feature of on double-breasted lines with a
1981 fashion. fertiloin the Evening Standard. up. Clogged pores are a source of complexion ́trouble. Many women suffer, it would seem, from clogged pores.
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Beauty Follows Cleanliness. Face drill Instructions are simple that women may be tempt ed to doubt their efficacy on that account, and
A good cleansing cream is essen tial, and this is followed by a with a reliable tonic
lotion.
Clean and wash are the first two! "movements; so to speak, of the morning and evening "drill."
At night these movements are followed by an application of akin food. This is removed by the cleans- Ing cream" and tonic in the morn- ing, when the face is ready for any toning lotion of foundation cream
it may be necessary to apply before using the little touch of colour which ninety-nine women out hundred over the age of twenty. five need if their faces are to show
to the best advantage.
Final Touch
A little powder, a little atten
to eyelashes, lidar can
very deep wide opening to reveal plenty of the blouse beneath. Little straight jackets without fastenings are youthful and trim, while slightly more ambitious, but vary attractive are the waisted. jackets terminating with a narrow basque, flaring over the hips.
FOR SPORTS WEAR.
Tartan linens and checked ging-. ham play a big part in Summer sports wear fashions. A plain. coloured dress often has a jacket In one or other of these fabrics, and the waistline is defined at normal" with a belt to match, Three-quarter. length tartan linen coats look so effective. over a shantung dress made with the short sleeves faced to correspond. A patent leather belt and handbag In the most pronounced colour of thetartan provide a charming finish to the ensemble.
Veryelmple, to make are the one-piece dresser with contrasting tops that merge into short sleeves. Straps of the material of the lower part of the dress may be carricti un over the shoulders, if preferred, giving the pinafore line, Thi
Jscherming.