THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1938.
Bonnets Go Completely Giddy In a Nice Feminine Way
Imagination Rampant In New Top Pieces
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Personal
Jottings
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mocker are passengers in the s.s. Victoria, which arrived in the Colony from Shanghai on Saturday: Mr. Moc- kett is advertising manager of the North-China Daily News & Herald, Ltd. and previously resided in Hong Kong. The couple are bound for England by way of Europe, on long leave.
Mrs. E. S. Hill, wife of the local exchange broker, arrived in the Colony from London in the s.s. Corfu, last Wednesday.
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Mrs. de Ville, wife of Mr. V. I. de Ville of the Public Works De- partment also returned to the Colony in the s.s. Corfu, as did Dr. F. J. Farr, radiologist of the Medi- cal Department, and lecturer in the University of Hong Kong.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Cunningham of the Taikoo Docks, accompanied by Miss Cunningham, left for home in the s.s. Ranpura.
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Among the many other local re- sidents who sailed for home in the S.S. Raupura were Mr. F. Baker of the Public Works Department and popular officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Mr. W. Kershaw of the Medical Department, accom- panied by Mrs. Kershaw, Mrs. McBride, wife of Mr. A. H. McBride of the Public Works Department, and Mr. F. Hickey of the Chief Constructors Department, Civil Establishments, accompanied by Mrs. Hickey.
Mr. E. V. Gaubert, having com- pleted his term in the focal Naval Dockyard, left for home on Satur- day. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ganbert and their son.
Some of the sports hats are made of soft suede in pastel colours, and are draped and twisted with a Puck- fish light heartedness.
Whatever you choose for a top piece this year will be gay, feminine land quite giddy. It will be unusual, combining 21 amusing
Witchery of veils, Frivolity of down on top. The bouquets tower others sprout miniature vegetables | cleverly feathers.. Swatches of ribbon. heavenward in a little heap and in unexpected places. Others, with sense of whimsy and a vivid im- Swish of taffeta Garden flowers give you the look of a plant in full flat plateau brims, resemble a lagination. You may be a femme they fatale or a chic, sophisticated boa- or florists' favourites.. Appetizing bloom. These are combined with florist's window in the way
unex-boast a large cluster of blooms on ter. In any case, your new hat will vegetables. Vibrant hues or palest veils in almost any crazy,
top.
be fun, the choosing will make you tones. Ezct of these is an import-pected way.
Profile Hats
glad you are a woman, and the Snoods (those flattering little ant detail for your new bonnet.
There are hats of the profile wearing will be a proud lady-like Hats this season have gone com-loose twists of fabric at the back
very prevalent type, which resemble postillions. exploitation of your chic! pletely giddy in a nice lady-like of the hat) are way. Each one is more feminine) Some of the newest of these than the last, and each has lost all made of veiling and fit more sense of rhyme or reason. The re-lass tightly to the back of the head sult is a captivating charm, both in a very casual way. They seldom alluring and carefree.
Chapeaux Set Pace
are
or
match the hat itself. in colour, for some heretofore unthought-of com-
New chapeaux not only followbination is considered much smar- the present feminine trend of ter. fashion, but frequently set the pace
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Colour in Control
for unusual ideas. For this is the Colour, in fact, has taken com- season when you'll wear complete control of the hat situation. shade bination of whimsy and humour on Now your hat may be any your head which will be called a you fancy and will be quite chic hat through courtesy only.. Im-regardless. Not only are the most agination is rampant, and your top vivid shades used, but they are together without any ap piece is just as likely to resemble thrown ̈ a vase of violets as a nest of birds, parent reason, to give a pleasantly or anything else that happened to daring effect. Cerise and purple amuse the designer at the moment are combined with abandon, and Newest of the trends is the shep there is a whole series of pottery herdess hat. This is a very large shades, softly flattering, rather affair whose wide brim swirls upimuted tones, off the forehead to a point, to doftints of devastating things to your eyes and are becomingly at the same time make you look a adventureso little like Bo Peep Most of them all the copper have swatches of jersey on the be popular. crown somewhere, and frequently there are chin straps to match. of the new hats are the natural
Straw Turban
straw ones. Usually these are Other successes include the rough sailors or boaters in type, but even
of fernin straw turban not, of course, that these ar
visible, ity by a bright veil or a band of you can find much
have big bows for it only pealry out at odd places vivid from under the flowers plunked of taffeta splashed on the crown,
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the mezzo lack and pink combined for
sophisticates, and tones promise to
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