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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1932
THE CHINA MAIL.
SPRING
SALE
NOW
ON-
YEE SANG FAT
'
Co., Ltd.
The WOMAN'S Page
HANDBAGS.
Do You Know What Is Fashionable?
Silk velvet and
corduroy
velveteen are to be among the most fashionable materials for dresses and coats and handbags will undoubtedly be carried' in similar fabrics.
Already flat pochettes of cor- duroy are making their appearance in the shops. Many of them are strapped in leather or have a leather motif cut out and appli qued on the flap.
Two greyhounds in black and light grey leather decorated the flap of a pochette in deep blue cor- duroy velveteen, while another handbag made from moss green volveteen corduroy had a gco- 8|19||||||||||||1825120metrical design outlining the fap
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26. The Arcade,
Gloucester
Building.
JUST RECEIVED
A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF
SMART EVENING
GOWNS
from $45.00.
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ALEXANDER
INSTITUT
DE BEAUTE
Phone 28169, Pedder Building
(1st Floor)
Opposite Entrance to
Hong Kong Hotel.
THE USEFUL TRIVET.
IN THE MATTER OF MILLINERY
A BEWILDERING CHOICE
For years past women have not!
The feature of this season's mil-
shallow crown hata with medium
had such a bewildering choice in linery will without doubt be the the matter of millinery. The last brims that dip over one eye and few months have made a dramatic melt away at the back of the head. Modified tricorne and bicorne change. The bowler came in and
shapes will be important but they' quickly departed, its popularity are already free from martial In being soon ousted by reason of the fluence, and have a flattering afternoon Wear flooding of the market with cheap smartness for
when trimmed with drooping oa- reproductions. Apparently we are trich feathers. For morning wear that will not get out of condition to move on to more adaptations of they may show cockades of ribbon, however much they are
bent. masculine fashions and the latest little sporta mounts or a neat vel-Trimmings are an important fea is the topper though the feminine vet bow set below the right hand ture; feather fantasies, novelty sloping angle. Stitched linen hats wings and fan-shaped mounts. version has not much resemblance are always popular for wear in the Cigne feathers and fancy pheasant to the man's head gear. It is tropics and are very becoming made mounts are used on the sporting shown in panne velvet combined in contrasting shades: A pretty type of hats. Ostrich feathers with felt and the crown is really low. The small brim rolls up soft.
ly at the back where it is finished with smart bows of velvet ribbon.
The topper will probably be It is often difficult with a wall easier to wear than some of the fire or a gas heating stove to use
models which are the heat for any other purpose than other little merely heating. An excellent de perched at odd angles. These de- vice is the expanding trivet which mand effect from the dressing of palls out, trellis fashion, with many the hair, as the angles at which legs, and will hold a complete
breakfast before the fire. For just they are worn leave half the head: a kettle there is another which uncovered and they are therefore hooks on to the front of the grate not suitable for tropical wear. with cross-over legs, which can be adjusted to the correct height and screwed tightly into place.
'Robin Hood' styles will doubt-
less be preferred by many for their dashing air, while 'Glengarry"
OXFORD SHOES FOR SPRING.types are wearable and attractive
there is no lack of choice from The old favourite Oxford-lacing which continued diagonally across heel, will be the smart and prac- caps. After headwear drawn down shoe, with a fairly high Cuban styles inspired by men's hats and
the back.
Pouches Return.
tical walking modél chosen for the tightly over the ears, these hats Spring in black, brown and grey, resting lightly on the head will Pouche bags are apparently in and very often will two colours require some time for us to get ac- for a revival of popularity to carry and two fabrics be cunningly mix- customed to them.
ed. With tweed, leather, and with formal afternoon ensembles. Frames are very elaborate and in- sports clothes in general square clude finely-engraved metal frames military heels, lacing, strapped
and brogued, are always right. and those fashioned in filigree
Lustrons Oll Permanent Hair Waves work. Tortoiseshell is effective,
which are Large, Soft and Natural, too, especially when the clasp on design is traced in gold on the Artistic Finger and Marcel Wares, Oil the frame is gold coloured, and a shell. Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack
(any colour), Hair Cutting and Mani- cure for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con- scientious, Artistic Work by European Expert, Mr. Alexander.
CHARGES MODERATE.
A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameria. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging:
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES,
Price Moderate.
J
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel No. 23459,
26A, Des Voeux Road, C. Hong Kong
Embossed velvet and metal Ismes are other fabrics which are "being used to fashion new handbags, The! lame handbags are designed to carry with three piece ensembles comprising a velvet skirt and coat and a tunic blouse of lame..
Chain Evening Bags.
Very fine chain evening bags are making a re-appearance for even- ing wear, and they are being chosen in platinum and silver shades to use with the dull white evening gowns which are 80 fashionable.
In contrast to the large velvet handbags for daytime use these are very small, only just large enough] for a wisp of a pocket handker- chief and a vanity boz,
Moire is another popular material for evening handbags. Modided pouch shapes are preferred to flat pochettes, and these are fashioned with Intricate arrangements of fina pleating that may develop into a fanshape or criss-cross each other In lattice pattern,"
continue to be used on matrons' hata, and it is anticipated that they will be worn for many months to come.
Manila straw hate, says the woman correspondent of the Singapore Free. Press, are always a boon and a blessing to the woman out East as usually be tween September and April it is difficult to obtain new straw models from home. well and have the
of
They wear advantage
being suitable for Wear with both tailored and smart after- noon frocks.
PICTURE-FRAMES.
In many houses there are old empty picture-frames which have become mere humber-really-good| frames of best gold and oak which it is a pity to allow to decay and get out of shape. These can be cleaned till they look almost... new and then fitted with looking-glass. Given a support they make quite a a recent race good mirror for a modern dressing- mecting. Made of blue linen on table, and are also excellent for top, the broad brim was underlined adding to the decorativeness of a
model was seen at
Only intense personal effort will
with pale pink had each side stitch-room as a wall mirror. If the new effect a clearance, and then the [ed with contrasting cotton. A hat amber glass is used an appearnce new status of neatness must be such as this is very suitable for of warmth and sunshine is reflect maintained against the machina-
morning wear and is particularly ed into the room.
kind in shading the face fom the glare. Other styles have peaked fronts and sloping crowns. Bonnet- like brims that are narrower than those of a few months ago are alao to be seen.
The smart snappy cap effects that have been so popular still have their admirers and are useful for sports wear. They can be quite easily made at home by crocheting
a plain cap making two narrow bands, one the same shade as the cap and the other in a contrasting Lolour. The bands may be twisted and placed at the edge to form a roll or crossed to give a turban effect. A cap of this kind looks we made in either light wool or slk.Petersham ribbon la also a good medium for capettes.
Cloche shapes are not forgotten and have been brought up to date to join in the side movement in modified form. In the new, fancy felta with a semi-velour finish, or
a light-weight angora, these show smart inlets of felt. Fresh models are shown of chic sallor, shapes made with special brims
tions of that unseen power (pres sumably the God of Untidiness) which can be depended upon to (6) tangle in a disastrous and irra trievable manner any workbasket of skeins and reels left unwatched for however short a space of time; (b) elevata all one's most disreput able handkerchiefs to the top of the pile; (c) ses that your best boudoir cap is snugly smothered under a pile of woolly jumpers; (d) antwine - necklaces in ́an-ap-- parently endless mesh; (0) separ- ate and conceal in opposite corners of the drawer any pair of stockings not indissolubly linked together.
And as usual I shall find it easier, and safer to yield to this mysteri Oue influence, Untidineas does, after all, bring its own rewards. What tidy person would ever dis cover a wholly forgotten pound note (Bradbury period) in a box of old flowers and ribbons? And
if I return to my allegiance to the God of Untidiness he may yet guide me to that muck-sought green. buckle.
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
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now be sent to the Hon. Treasurer,
Mrs. H. E. Goldsmith, 525, The Peak,
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KEER HIM AWAKE
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By George Studdy