THE CHINA MAIL.
FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934.
111 The WOMAN'S Page
Blue Favourite HOW TO WEAR THE|
Colour
All Shades To Be Worn This Season
THE QUEEN'S PREFERENCE
London.
NEW SEASON'S HATS
Correct Poise Most Important
CROWNS MOULDED TO FIT 'AT RIGHT ANGLE
Paris.
Never has the correct posing of Blue must rank as first favourite this season. I is charming when hats been more difficult and more woven with sand-coloured canvas necessary than it is this season. fabrics. Every shade of blue, old There is no longer any obvious and new, fills the colour card. Dark centre to the crown or to the brim, of the and brighter, navy, deep madonna whether the hat be one blue, the duck's and linnet's egg slanting sailor or Toreador shapes shade, and the new soft tone with the elastic band to secure it as Sandringham blue, to the head, the wavy, wide brim favourite rolour of the Queen's. shape, or the small or large pla
There is a smart light sapphire toau shape. shade and a darker moonlight blue;
known
Yet every modern hat has its for evening. The bright Rickett's secret--the angle at which it must tone is not so good. for crude co-the worn. And to learn this secret lours are in abeyance this season. the best procedure is to concen- though there are plenty of bright rate upon the crown rather than Lones such as lacquered Chinese upon the brim when trying the hat: reds and Kerens. yellow and on.
shrimp-pink.
1 How To Do It. Pastel-tinted tones are favour. For the crown of the new hats ed. and specially suit the fabrics are most carefully moulded and of fashion. Wild rose pink and there is a key position which the 18th century brown, beige, makes for the perfect fit. So move yellow and almond-green are per- the crown about until you find its fect in taffeta, fatile and all axis in relation to your head and crepes and gauzes. Softest wool leave the brim to take care of it- materials also look their best in self. When it is most comfortable, faint blended colours.
you know you have got the right angle. Then, memorize it.
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Lavender Background,
Old-world lilac and lavender or- Particularly with the diminish. gauza are a pleasing back-groundjed brims of those hats which are!
eye in Gainsbor for the pastel-tinted floral postes tilted over the that will appear in delaine and jugh style must the cut of mousseline-de-soie. Lame is love-crown be perfect. ly in softly-woven pinks and blue,
the
For the modern woman has no flecked with gold and silver heavy mass of supporting curls or pad at the back of her head to sheens.
she Copper, too, is woven into the keep the hat in position, as
Wateau-like brown scheme with charming re-had in past days, Bults. Young people will havejshapes represent another phase of This shape must tilt plenty of fondant shades to choose pusing. from. Nothing is prettier for the straight over the eyes and be rais- ined to attain the angle by the high young girl than these colours chiffons, tulles or organdies. These back bandese of feather tips, flow- fabrics suit the more elaborately ers or ribbons. trimmed hats.
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The new woven guld or aliver) lame is now baked with a solid white satin. This in ideal for bridal robes and a perfect fabric for the moulded, slightly mediaci val trend of fashion.
In contrast to this style is the Empire silhouette, also tight but high-waisted, and at its best per- (Continued at Foot of Next Col.)
An Aid To Beauty. It is a matter of opinion us to whether powder, roage and lip- stick are aids to beauty but there is never any question about a clear skin, for it is an indisputable fact that such is casential to beauty, No matter how regular and pretty the features may be, if the skin is sallow and pimply the #ppearance is marred.
whole
eliminated
In order that the skin shall be clear and free from blemishes it is most important
Waste matter be regularly from the system, for it is the pai- sons from the congested food tract escaping into the blood which are the cause of skin troubles.
Through lack of sufficient exer- cise or some other cause, nature at timer needs assistance in the work of clearing the system and to fill this need there is nothing
NAVY BLUE FOR
LINGERIE
Fifth Avenue Sets New Vogue.
Back to Nineties?
The trend towards shoseing of those curves brings forth a charming bath- fog uit, designed for Summer, 1994, and worn here by Miriam for inn, film player. Of a loose-knit brown jersey, the high round neck and the bottom of the ting bloomers are outlined in orange and white. It is belted at the waist, and backless.
DON'T FORGET!
|Nautical Hats At London Displays
Quilted Taffeta, Scarves.
black with a fan of pastel colours on one end. Quilted taffeta with one! HIGH-NECKED FLORAL MUSLIN side black or navy and the other in
BLOUSES
London."
bretons
well
a pastel tone makes another scarf. There are also georgette and tinsel bor- scarves with narrow ravelled
angora
The sailor hát is the hat. Someders to give a fringed effect; they are like the bats worn by the sailors are in pastel stripes and checks with in Nelson's time, but with shallowera tinsel thread woven through them.] crowns; others are
with Embroidered
makes the small and large brims. The upturn-scarf to go with a top coat. Bows ed brim is general and is seen in are also made up with collars of all kinds of materials as
As plaid taffeta for wearing under straw and felt.
Breton sailors in spite of their shallow crowns are easy to
Two leathers are used for walking| For those who like a sharp clear line shoes, as when suede is thonged there are hate of stitched white can-with kid or white buck is thonged vas, pique or straw, and for those with kid. Court shoes have thong- who like a softened brim there are ed collars and other shoes show per-| straw bretons with ruchings of rib-forated trimmings.
wear.
coats.
Thonged Collars.
and
jbon and picot straws with rolled-up: Blouses are now made of floral
brims of cut ostrich feather dyed in muslin, spotted muslin, check postel tones.
plaid taffeta, surah and tle silk. The use of ostrich feather as Nearly all have high necks and neat material and not a plume is new and waists, and are worn over the skirt. in pastel turquoise shade it accen- A few tuck in, but a blouse that tuates a clear complexion. More comes over the skirt and is finished) casual are wide-brimmed sailor hats with a fancy belt looks better.
of navy shantung canvas and white pique; there is much blue in mil- many blue linery because of the frocks.
Variety In Hats
Other styles of hat also find favour. A small brimmed hat of Paribuntai straw with a downward dip is usually trimmed with flowers or feather pads. Wide brimmed picture hats may appear later on, trimmed with flowers or ribbon; the brims may dip or curve.
A hat with a square brim like a morlar-board turned upside down! has been shown, and there is Th four-cornered marquise hat. A hat with a jutting fluted brim in front growing narrower to the back is a novelty. Coolie hats. pirate hats jand bagnet-shaped hats have also Jappeared,
The sporta beret survives in 0 wider shape with a forward move- ment and is usually made of the same material as the suit and trim-
That checked taffeta makes Amed with stitching. effective and very young trimming
fur dark spring frocks.
Red and
Scarf Styles.
Taffeta scarves are in accordance white check on navy, for instance; with the fashion for taffeta. Some or green and white on brown.
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That rustic cottons, suggesting: the Tyrolean cottons handloomed by the peasants, are newer than new. More than one window shopper on Striper run crosswise or up and Fifth Avenue got out her shock ab-owi, in multi-coloured combination.| sorbers this week at the discovery i
of navy for lingerie.
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That ribbon has many uses, and There probably is no reasons why satin sashes are coming back for | lingerie shouldn't be navy blue, one spring. Pean d'ange ribbon in dark time lingerie went through a block
ar bright colours is a amart detail
era which finally petered out over for finishing off your pet sport in the theatrical district.
frock..
The petering out was attributed
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to wrong psychology. Lingerie is That little rhinestone buttons on supposed to be immaculate and dressmakered afternoon frocks willi dainty and no one was quite sure tie up with rhinestone belt buckles about that black georgette business and add formality. which had to attend a dry-cleaning emporium instead of a wash-tub.
Advice from a tired stylist would be to make your first move in the navy direction by choosing nighties, Įslips, panties, etc. in white crepe with a tailored finish of navy piping.
(fect in satin or silk.
There is
LOVELY? GEORGETTE TEA-GOWN
Worn With Full-Sleeved Coat To Match
Parla. Molyneux has made a lovely tea also the 1800 style, caught up at gown for Lynn Fontaine-Hunt for the sides, varied by the 1880 bus-her new London appearance in "Re- It is of soft tle draperies, now so often arrived union in Vienna." at by of.
extra clouds of coloured amber yellow georgette, has a grace- tulle.
ful long hem which ends. In a full Black од $ coloured taffeta train effect, and is worn with a long, ground can trim the new lower full sleeveti
matching in coat back-line.
colour, line and material.
better than Pinketter the ideal laxative. Nongriping, and non- habit-forming, Pinkettes net in a mild way and leave no Il after effects. If you are feeling colour, liverish, depressed, a dose or two of Pinkettes will soon put you right. And as an aid to beauty Pinkettes are indispensable. chemists everywhere,
are in gay colours with the edge piped in contrast and others arell
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling.
such as harbor, plow, and altho.
15
20
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16
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To
चप
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150
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HORIZONTAL Į HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 1-Spoke with caution 43-Combining form.
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13-Pertaining to Italy
44-Etocutionist 12-Pertaining to a choir 46-An Igneous rock
147-Juice of plants
48-Trackmen 51-Look 62-Proceed with long
stopt
15-A constellation 16-Old form of dagger
18-Vigor 20-Console
22-Council of state 24-Native of Sweden 25-American Tem-
parance Society (abbr.) 27-To let again 28-Ice
(Obs.). 20-Vexes (Colloq.)
31-Feminine suffix
(Fr.) 32-Weakened
33-Setor
of workers
36-Walke
37-Shakespearsan character 40-Finished 42-Antwer (abbr)
154-Prohibite {66-Lateral parts
87-Levels 156-Relevant
VERTICAL
1-Pronoun 2-Man's name 3-8illy
4-Dispose of by sala 6-Man's name
6-Gradle
7-Rubber
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siste
14
138. 139
19
| VERTICAL (Cont.)
(12-A bird (pl.)
14-ftefors
11-Strives to excel
16-Helpers
to specifically
17-A snake-blie serum
10-A fallen mateor, 21-Took
(away (Law) 23-A sawing
implement (pl.) 28-Large
artery
20-Strikes with the
open hand 29-Residance (abbr.) 30-Streets (abbr.j 34-Man's name 36-Conforme sg-Rubs out
'In 8. E. France 39-City 41-Ridicule. 143-Bacura
16-Rougher
|46-A note (Mua) |<9-Bird home
50-Equal
63-Taar
56-Province of
Canada (bbc)
The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle
• solil appear in to-morrow'e issue.
Bringing Up Father.
MOTHER TOLD ME TO TAKE THE LITTLE DARLING OUT FÖR
LITTLE WALK-
LISTEN- DAUGHTER-00 ME A FAVOR. MAKE IT
A MARATHON.
WELL- NOW CAN PRACTICE MY SINGING AS THAT CHILD
IS OUT
LOOKS
OH: OH!
RAT
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