INFERIORITY
A luxurious note for Autumn is struck by this white fox-bordered lame cape that drifts "from just one shoulder, worn by Cynthia Westlake. The screen actress wears it over a sheathlike, extremely de- collette gown of silver lame.
HERE'S A MENU TO TRY
-For something just a little differ- ent to try on your family or a group of your friends these sum- mer nights try a Dutch supper:"
Bacon and Sauerkraut Malty Baked Beans
Apfel Strudel
Cucumber Salad
Beer
Menus such as this promote an atmosphere of friendliness, and hospitality, especially when ser ved with beer, since this beverage has refreshing qualities which set it apart from others.
ATTIRE AND THE OCCASION
THE CHINA MAIL.
COMPLEXES
AND MAKE-UP
"Why women make up? Why either, to a man's natural prefer- there's no question about it! It's ence for working with a pretty wo- all the result of hearing g so much man. No! It was simply due to the about psychology. It was psycho-fact that no woman is at her best. analysists who popularised beauty unless she is looking her best. As parlours."
Mrs. Fane is one of those people who like to hold forth on any given subject, so we all stopped taking to
listen.
“But psycho-analysis is for ab- normal people," someone objected. "And surely every normal woman likes to look her best?""
soon as we discovered that this. vague instinct was a good medical symptom, called the Inferiority Complex, the beauty parlour came
to stay.
Wasted Youth.
"Tm all in favour of make-up for that reason. I lock back sadly to my own “youth, when I used to “Of course she does, but she scrub a bit of pink s scented paper didn't know why till she saw it over my nose in secret, and then down in black and white. She rub it off again before I came down. thought it was vanity, but now she stairs, red with polish. People say knows it is an Inferiority Complex girls waste so much time over it, wasted as much and everyone is more afraid of that but I'm sure we than smallpox nowadays! You may back-combing our hair into little have one about your work and curls and arranging petersham character or anything else, of belts over our skirts, and threading course, but unless you're Helen of yards of ribbon into underclothes. Troy or Cleopatra you're sure to And if they need to sublimate find it staring at you from your their self-distrust by a collection of little jars and tubes, it's more looking-glass.
necessary still for us older women. I should say that two kinds of cream, and something in a bottle, and a powderpuff are all that are "Now, my dear, you're doing what needed for an average-sized com- all the young do, confusing two gen-plex, as mine is There's always erations. My mother and grand face-massage and rouge to fall back mother didn't suffer from them as on in a real crisis! Beauty isn't women. Victorian old maids had skin deep to day. It gets right down them, but wives and mothers were to our egos, and you really remove to busy combining their husbands inhibitions with a bit of grease on ideals of them as goddesses and a scrap of cotton-wool, whatever bottle washers. F
For my contempor-you do to your wrinkles."
"You'd make a good advertiser,” aries it was quite different: We didn't like being called the weaker said someone idly. sex: we knew there were too many
Two Generations "But your generation didn't have Inferiority Complexes, did they?" asked a prim lady hurriedly.
"Not really, my dear To tell you of us for any but the uncritical and the truth, as a busy, happy, and desperate and the real beauties to moderately vain woman I really find get husbands. We were starting on it enough just to buy a bottle or two and keep them without using Some of us foolishly thought that them. Sublimation, that's called," brains and push were all that mat-said Mrs. Fane briskly. I told you tered, but we soon found out our it all came round to psycho-analysis mistake. That wasn't just due, in the end!”
careers.
NEW FASHIONS AT
DRESS SHOWS
For easy movement and comfort in the summer evenings, Harriett Hilliard, screen actress, chooses this gown of turquoise blue crepe. The high pointed waistline is de fined by rows of tiny rhinestones which scatter-out over the dress- The same treatment is used around the V neck and short sleeves.
coat and skirt are in different stitches. One of the most amusing models is a flared evening jacket with the design of a 16th century stag hunt. This is worn with a velvet skirt.
Jackets shown by Alleen Rice are shorter and the skirts a little wider. She uses hairy wools. georgette var and ribbon. The stitches include cloque and
Paris dress shows are well under bronze sequin flowers embroidered diagonal herringbone effects. The way by now, and buyers are doing on the front of the bodice, has long colours are browns, greens, "burnt their utmost to take advantage of sleeves slashed with bronze lame onion," "chamois" and "exhibition
This is worn with a chestant red and blue.” them
One of the most interesting col-brown dress.
blouses lections is shown by Lucile Parray. The crepe and satin Points to mark here are the wide worn with suits are all slit and and real-looking diamond necklaces buttoned at the back. The jackets worn with afternoon dresses, the and tailor-mades are long and Before deciding open-toe, open-amount of gold, diamante, sequin tight-fitting. heel shoes are for you think of the
A great deal of velvet is used for and palette flowers embroidered places you have to wear them on the front of bodices, the quan- the evening dresses. One in black Think, too, on the hosiery upkeep, tity of gold and sealskin jackets velvet has white lace paillette since sheer toed stockings are their and the amount of bright laime. insets at the hem and bodice. An- fashion counterpart. That discounts
The long day coats are single-other, cut on long, clean Imes, is their chic for city streets unless breasted, and have wide revers, off the shoulders and has long tight you are just on your way to a smart One in black is elaborately braided sleeves. A third has wide bands shoulder to luncheon, matinee, cocktail party or down each side of the bodice and of diamante from dinner, where dreasy clothes are in worn over a blue tartan dress waist, and has à diamante belt
Another black coat is shown over forming a square bodice. The more informal open-toed a dress of periwinkle blue.
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