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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1934.
The Woman's Page
The Discovery Of Lastex
20 Modern Dress Has Been
Revolutionised.
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CLOTHES THAT REALLY FIT
The discovery of lastex has been one
of the century's romances. While women have been bemoaning the fact that constant wearing- takes the shape out of their wool- lens and evening cottons and silks, four scientists, two in England and
10 two in America, have been working
12 in their laboratories, pressing threads of elastic through infinite- simally small holes and binding them with wool and cotton, linen and silk, trying to evolve a material
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New Discovery
The result is lastex. After much research scientists in England and
Bcientists across the water in America announced the new dis- covery, simultaneously and inde- pendently,
A London correspondent writes: "I attended a demonstration, for the first time in this country, of a full which range of fashion garments had been elasticised. It was point- ed out that in the thousands of! years in which textiles have been made, the four staple commodities, 13 wool, cotton, silk, linen have only been added to twice-once by rayon and now by lastex yarn. This yarn, which is being manufactured ex-
For sports and brick, coolnes and freedom of acilor ars the [W» BRDE?S= tial demands. Aluriel Evans, fentura actress, slowes her prefermca for a white polo shirt, brown knit shoria, and cleverly braided bell with anchor clasp.
A New Sitk Material
Combination Of Silk And Organdie.
THE SILK FROCKS PERSIST
with
The variegated silk frock the, long coat not only, dies hard but insists on living lustily. Light: dresses are worn with dark, coats, most of which are belted, with em- phasis on the belt, This either varies in colour or else has a long and striking metal clasp.
The are metal clips to correspond on the dresses, and when the neck has a back V this in held down with a metal clip and makes a pretty line. For the afternoon there are a good many ankle-length frocks. Some of there have a frilled basque and also frills at the elbows. Silks are of all kinds, but taffeta has pride of place.
copied A number of silks are from old models, Persian and Chi- rese. Many have a fine stripe. There are flowered and otherwise patterned crepes. These dresses may have a coat, but are more often worn with fox furs.
Long Lines for Evening Frocks.
Evening froçka keep their long Ines, and some of them have trains. With the dark frocks petticoats are worn, mostly in cream colour and with a good many frills. When the train is picked up the frills show. Other dresses are merely shoe-Į
length. Here the soft crepes have
10 tensively at Birmingham. and is
giving work to thousands of British needs of normal womankind. By taken to imitating taffeta, just as workpeople, consists of a patented means of a tiny insert across the taffeta, has taken on of the supple- elastic core (with properties which instep of court shoes, this popularness of crepe, differ from those of ordinary elastorm of footwear will be made to tic), around which is spun silk, cat-cling closely to the foot without the ton, linen, or wool, according to the discomfort of cutting across
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The Ascot Brim.
were
Bats for Ascot this year made of black lace or chalk white straw with. very wide flat brims and little pot crowns shorter than ever, in fact, they just sat on the head, but it is amazing how comfortably. Even without the elastic grip they: seemed to perch safely, and looked very smart.
type of fabric in which it is to be instep." employed."
Hats That Fit
"Quite apart from the obvious advantages of skirts and jackets
The white straw brim with a black lace crown had a short black made of a fabric which will never
go out of shape this yarn is likely to lace border dipping at a short depth revolutionise trade methods. For all round the edge of the brim.
FRUIT PATTERNED SATIN COWN
instance, in the millinery industry, one of the biggest problems to the wholesale manufacturer has been! that of sizes: The new double stretch fabrics have made it possible (to manufacture hats in three sizes only, which will cover the entire A gown of fruit-patterned satin range of requirements. By Intro- in very attractive Two or three ducing the yarn into stocking tops, of the top buttons at the back are the risk of ladders' caused by sus left unfastened, so that the edges pender strain, is greatly minimised. of the dress fall away, revers An insert of the magle, threads is fashion,
Paris.
Imitted into the top of the stocking. The same idea is applied to the tope of men's halfhose and half stocking, which entirely eliminates the need for suspenders."
LINEN" ACCESSORIES
Linen accessories give your navy blue suit or draža a - Croak touch "Gloves, in common with milli that li both fashionable and charm-inery, have been much simplied. ing. Try a plain white linen collar, Manufacturers are preparing to doop cuffs and a linen-covered purse. manufacture them by the militon Incidentally, linen purses have re for the coming, summer season, In movable covers that can be taken off soft' and olerant maches. Here and washed frequently,
"again, throw mixes will aufios for the
For Sports Wear
the
"I watched while a mannequin demonstrated had been elasticised. Tweeds and linens-oven linens may be treated in the new way-fitted slimly and exquisitely and yet afforded scope for the most strenu- ous drixe in golf, and the most Lenglen-like activity on the tennis! courts, Another girl strolled on in the most immaculate or jodhpurs for riding wear, immaculately-fit- ting around the knees, and yet with- out a trace of any fastening.
In the case of swimming suits the and lowest evening gowns, effect of the listex weave le to con- trol the figure. In the case of even-
ing gowns, by Ingenious manipula- tion it is possible to create a gown that also performs the function of
3 corset."
Breton Sailor Hat,
Glowing in Satin
white satin, consistent in beauty and rogue, again comes farth in a gor geous creation, draped around the lovely Pat Paterson, verven actrees, in the evening gown, diver bugle benda form shoulder strapt, outlin- ing a back es! to the waist. Spangled slik tullu iz wsad for the series of ruffles ca well as for the collar.
THREE DRESSES FOR SUMMER OUTFIT
Printed Silk Day Frock.
SUITABLE CLOTHES FOR
HOT DAYS
Paris.
The perfect
should include
summer wardrobe
a priated frock with crisp lingerie touches, a dark silk jacket dress and some sort of lightweight woolen coat and an- other silk dress, printed or plain.
Three such costumes aro
Bot merely a nucleus for a daytime town wardrobe-they are a com- plete wardrobe in themselves.
The navy blue silk dress with matching jacket seen recently has a soft cowl neckline banded with natural linen to match the stitch- Jed linen on the windblown revers
and cuffs of the little coat.
The jacket is one of this sea
It Bon's most interesting types.
la plain and snugly Alted through the back and the front fullness is held in place by a sash belt.
This is an ensemble that will The new material is organza,
and otherwise silk organdie. This is withstand commuting
Confetti Print.
any
Of the bevy of modes with which soft and silky and looks particular-amount of hard wear during the the millinery salons were invadedly well in an evening frock with a hot months. this year,
none has found such wide, stiff metal belt, and with metal rapid popularity as the Breton armholes. A bright green with A confetti print colourful anilor. This is largely due to the this to 'Its great advantage.
new print pattern in the smart fact that It is a becoming style for
Flowered Taffela
small all-over effect was ‘another. Flowered taffeta is important model sean;: It
has long,, alim
women of all ages.
One of the many versions of this among the evening frocks. It is lines and rather full sleeves that picturesque
carried out gay and bright. The material is taper down to button quugly at mode is There in fine canvas In a natural much less stiff than formerly, but it the wrists. Jahade, with a gay note of colour makes its accustomed swish, Metal. A huge jabot of mousseline de:
are distinctive everywhere. sole gives the dress an air of provided by the corded-ribbon in a belts cherry shade. The brim turns up One dress has a belt of plaited ele- crispness that will be appreciated
phant's hair fastened with a clasp. when dog days descend. all the way round.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This crossword 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.
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HORIZONTAL" 1-Animal used for
catching rats 6-Trusts
10-Full of mir 11-Howi
12-Part of the foot
16-Irane
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HORIZONTAL (Cont) |38-Coŝinge' yoll 1-40-in
42-8kli!
43-Military asistant 44-judges |46-Wander
48-Tumult 49-PlumAlka fruit
17-A slow, easy gallop 150-Covered with rust 18-An atom quaring an 61-form of a verb (p1.);
electric charge
20-sæld to a cat.
21-Maritime distress:
signal 22-Pertaining to the
Inside 24-Evening (Poet.)
of work
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substance
28-Boy's name
20-Unit
VERTICAL
1.Sword-like
implement (pl.) 2-Grates
Form
4-Bifora B-Using a typewriter
30-Part of a ship (pl.). Jump
13-Consumed
15-Kitchen utenall
38-Short galtere
7-Propellers
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garden
14 descendant 18-Rescue 19-8zare
|22-Fatters
28-Tumulta
25-Ever (Contr.) 27-Point of compass
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alphabet 30-An- Insect
31-Pitch
12-Mineral apring 22-contin
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37-PAS
38-Travais ir a vahicfa
30-Droves 41-Leave out 43-Spon 46-8mail herb of the baan family
|47-A bevarage
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