THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 29, 1989-
Here's A Challenge To All Those
Faces Behind Glasses
The attitude to
spectacles has styles. And naturally optical design-
changed and a good thing too. ers have evolved some very special After all, it's years now since the designs to meet the demand. American with Miss Dorothy Par- ker wrote:-s.
Men never make passes
At girls who wear glasses- which was then answered by the American poet, Ogden Nash, with
·n verse beginning :------
In fact, maybe the optical design; ers have got a hit ahead of
·women !
the
Now confess it; you've regarded your glasses just as regrettable ne- cessities. You haven't thought that a different pair might be an asset rather than a disadvantage to your
The girl who is bespectacled Won't even get her neck tickled.-personality. That's good fun, but it's out of date!
And why? Because with the steady improvement in the standard of smartness, women have ceased to regard spectacles as grim necessi- ties. They recognise them as de- tails of personal wear which have got to be harmonious.
One in five of English women is a
spectacle wearer. So naturally there's been a demand for attractive
A nico little evening bag is co efficient that it is almost like hay- Ing one's personal maid at one's el. bow. There is a place for every- thing in It Cigarettes and change," each in their own compartment, make up and slick up things to gether. Outside is brocaded with matal edges.
Still less have you thought of buying a supplementary pair for use in the evening only.
Some of the latest and most dash- ing ideas for frames are designed specially to blend with evening glamour.
Kitty
by foll Syndicato)
1-18
The mentally sketchy girl-friend is sure when her beau says he has a good one to spring that he means he's about to bounce some under- ling.
To begin at the very beginning, there are two points to study when choosing frames for your glasses, whether for day or evening, shape and colour. It's as personal a mat-stand a hard, regular hair do: a cen- ter as choosing a hat, so there are tre parting is the worst mistake of not many hard and fast rules.
all.
For instance, when I tried on a Glasses are apt to give a certain pair for fun that suited a great severity to the face. Counteract it friend of mine, the rather small with a soft hair style that avoids round rims me look unbearably straight lines, and with a well ex prim.
posed brow.
What The Stars Foretell
(By MARY BLAKE)
There may be an urge to shift or change furniture and other movable objects this day Innovations and revolutionary theories perhaps will cause a startling variation in me- thods of procedure, and prove up- Betting to many a person's peace of mind. Be careful you are not "penny-wise, and pound-foolish" this day. Many people might have a desire to "show-off" by ostenta- tious display or grossly exaggerat- ed action. Do nothing that might make you flagrantly conspicuous. The assumption of authority, with- out consent, is likely to be danger- ous and may bring about some of the day's gravest complications: Self-laudation and affected man- nerisms, are apt to be the
causes of much criticismic
day.
Married
and
this
en-
gaged couples, and those enter taining matrimonial hopes, ought to be willing to listen to any ex- planation or excuse offered for their consideration this day and accept it, if possible so as to eliminate any chance of discordant. conditions.
If a woman and February 23 is your birthday, you must be broad- minded and ready to place a liberal motives of your friends, if you interpretation on the acts and.
yourself from need-
indis- For instance, a too-long oval beneath wish to Your intellectuality
Choose rims of which the snape follows the line of your eyebrows. Probably you will want "half curve" earpieces for your modern hair, too. Study your make-up. Lips may need an extra accent to balance the glasses.
less worry....
.
An enormous hideous pair with Do you know that a carefully funny, almost triangular rims of chosen frame can actually correct thick yellow tortoiseshell, suited me some fault in a face's proportion? charmingly. Yet I couldn't criminately recommend them! a brushed-up hair style is vastly im-
Still, there are definite points proved by extra wide lenses. worth remembering.
For evening distinction.
might make and
you many worthwhile charm, frames in semi-transparent more frequently right than wrong, friends. Your intuition will be material of pale blue, pink, green, and may keep you from making amber, etc., look well. The newest thing is the "twocolour" frame with ed to receive many blessings, many mistakes. You seem destin a single line of darker colour against among which will be the means one of these neutral backgrounds. of becoming prosperous. Through If you have pronounced features art, writing, singing, demonstrat- Eye make-up, though often neces-or are vivid-looking, cut a dash with ing or selling you may attract sary, needs special care because one of the bolder, more accentuated flattering attention. Through mar- strong lenses magnify it.
styles! These range from all riàge your varieties of real and imitation tor- greatest ambitions probably will dearest hopes and toiseshell to (for example) deep be realised. green, wine, dark grey or even chalk white. These, if they do happen to suit you, can give a marvellously smart finish to your appearance.
Thick rims probably will not suit you for the evening, as they cast heavy shadows. Be sure to choose your evening `frames in artificial light.
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Hardly any spectacle wearer can
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Are you one of those who like glasses to be as nearly as possible invisible?
The child born on February 23, must learn not to be restless or discontented. Properly guided it is capable of developing a cheer- ful disposition, a love for reading, and an interesting in healthy, sports. After it reaches its majority it is likely to have many Some compromise between invisi- opportunities to make money and bility and decoration, with beauti-win a worthwhile reputation.
The optical designers offer you various new rimless styles.
fully engraved filigree gold bridges
and side pieces.
Many these are finished off with flat pearl ear-pieces and special
pads, and look very smart for for-prevent moths getting into it when To clean your fur coat and to
mal occasions.
The there
really cannot re
the kind which little eucalyptus oil on to cotton you are not wearing it, pour a seen from a short wool and rib gently over the coat. distance away. Rimless glasses with It not only cleans it, but gives it a thin platinum, sides and car-pieces nice silky appearance. and nose bridges which are almost transparent.
But what if you only wear glasses occasionally, and resent a fu'l-sized spectacle case in your bag? In that event. madam, there are two solu- tions:
One is the folding lorgnette with oblong frames and a hinged nose- piece, so flat you can carry it inside a glove.
The othor is the new folding pair of spectacles with five joints instead of two-the extra three being half- way down the stems and in the bridge itself. It folds up int little ornamental gane loss than half the normal sien,
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