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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TM1⁄2, 1912.
FASHIONS AND FANCIES.
RIVER DRESS.
Henley wook saw an extraordinary 85- semblage of beautiful gowns, and formed a great contrast with the even thon exigu- The ous style of last year's meeting. skirts, though falling closely in to the
NAPIER JOHNSTONES figure, were not hampered round the
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ankles to nearly the same extent as in the beginning of this season, and it was re- marked inore than once during the day that the example given by the Alexandra Day ladies had largely influenced the fashion in this respect. Their gowns. were made to fall in natural unrestricted folds from the waist, though without any This is no doubt superfluous fallnces, the ideal at which smart dress will arrivo when it has shaken off the eccentricities that seem inseparable from every novel fashion. Lingerie dresses, more or less elaborately trimmed, appeared to be the favourites. They were in white, in cream- colour, and in ecru, a lovely shade, which ivory has attempted, though vainly, to rival. The new figure was well in evi- dence at Henley. Imported from the United States, it is far from being sa graceful as that which it supplants. Tho idea of it is apparently to suggest a total absence of curset, with the result that the figure falls in masses immediately above the belt. One of these gowns may pasa muster if worn by a slim young girl, who carries herself well and moves gracefully, but when seen on a plump, middle-aged woman, there are no adjectives in the | English dictionary sufficiently condemna-
Fory wherewith to describe ber.
SUME LIGHT RIVER FROCKS.
On the other hand, some of the dresses were quite lovely, composed of filmy and Exquisitely soft materials in hydrangea tinta. The skirts, as a rule, were un- trimmed, many of the gowns madio in one, and, when coat and skirt was the ruic, the former was well open in front, and with sleeves almost to the wrists, One of these was in mauve chiffon over pink, and over it was worn a silk coat of palest blue, bound round the edges wita black satin about an inch and a Why continue purchasing half in width. The hat was of fine soft straw with wide brim, almost covered with sweet peas, which, in their turn, were veiled by dark grey talle. The re- sult was a complete success. USEFUL WEAR.
there is For ordinary river nothing so useful as the coat and skirt, the former being so easily removed when the wearer takes active service at the walls or the punt pole. The favourite materials for the coat and skirt are fine painted ninous, tassores, or shantungs as fight as possible in weight. A very lovely coat and skirt is in soft cream- coloured silk covered with fine Irish lace, with a blouse in rery soft white lawn with a ladder of little blue bows down the front. The belt, carried rather high at the back in a point, in blue silk of
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THE BERGE COSTUME.
Blue scrgo is as ever the stand-by of the stuart woman, and the suits prepared for her choice in the great drapery shops show an infinity of varied trimming One of these in addition to black braid and buttons on both skirt and coat, has bright emerald green satin revers so wide and deep that they reach to the waist, the points of the revers coming well Another costume is under the arms. geranium-red serge, with a border of palest heliotrope panne round the cost. This sounds inharmonious, but the tint of heliotrope is so soft as to be almost groy. There is a whole revers in this instance, boldly crossing from the right The made of the heliotrope panne. costume is otherwise untrimmed, but the skirt is cleverly cut so as to be without fulness and yet not ultra-tight. The sleeves of all these tailor-mades reach to the wrist.-X. and Z. in the Globe.
DRAPERIES.
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The recorder which foring the third
part of the apparatus also depends on the action of a diaphragm, but is arranged to give a written diagram of the disturbances in the air. A small light rod is attached to the centre of the diaphragm and passes to the rear, carry- ing a pencil point that records the vibra tions on a moving strip of paper such as is used in a Morso telegraph recorder. When the operator opens the steam valve of the siren be at the same time closes an electric circuit which releases the me chanisms of the Morse instrument and allows about 14in, of the paper to be fed ut. When there is no noise except that due to the action of the ship or the sea on the paper, but when the vibrations waves, a regular sinuous line is produced caused by the siren strike an object and return the travel of the pencil becomes greater and the amplitude of the iss increased. Since the sinuosities moment when the vibrator is set action is recorded on the paper, and since the paper moves at a known rate, the interval deed by the return of the vibrations enables the distance of the reflecting object to be ascertained, while its size may be stimated from the amplitude of the wares recorded.
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THE HAUR BOL GOLD...
The craze for gold trimmings and gold- coloured silks, satins, voiles and chiffon has been one of the most marked charac- teristics of the season. A very beautiful afternoon gown, suitable for races, wed- dings, or receptions, is in gold-enioured soft satin, with an over-dress of white silk muslin trimmed with the new emo- broidery, namely, flowers and leaves cut out of tucked muslin and applique upon the silk muslin. This very attractive and yet simple embroidery is having great success among the best dressmakers. The overdress leaves the gold-coloured satin uncovered for a width of a few inches down the front, and the en- broidery, trims it at either side. It is caught up very low at the sides and falls
PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AT SEA.
BIR HIRAM MAXIM'S PROPOSAL.
Starting from the view that certain bats possess a sixth sense which enables them not only to pursue a fly or beetle but to avoid obstacles in a degree of dark ness that renders eyes useless, Sir Hiram Maxim has lately devised an apparatus which is a mechanical analogue of this sense, and which, if fitted on ships, would, he believes, enable them to detect the presence of and to locate obstacles, such as other ships, icebergs, or land, in the dark or in fog. The sixth sense in bats he considers to depend on certain to the edge of the very short-pointed leaf-like organs on the head, which are train. The sleeves just turn the elbows, sensitive to vibrations in the air and and are again finished with the em-analyse them in the same way as light broidery, The lavish use of gold om: waves are analysed by the eye. In the broidery J11 evening dresses Was case of the fly or beetle the vibrations illustrated at the State ball, when three are set up by the beating of its wings, out of every five dresses were embellished but the bat is able to perceive and avoid in this way. At the royal ball given inanimate objects because the vibrations on Monday by Countess Cadogan at caused by its own wings are reflected Chelsea House, the Countess were back from those objects and are received wonderful gown of gold tissue veiled and interpreted by the special organ.. with tulle which was closely sown with crystal and gold beads.
NATURE OF THE APPARATUS,
The sixth sense, as adapted for ships, THE CHAT-OF-MAIL, RACK AGAIN.
consists of a device for producing and. As- handsome duchess wore at the sending out the necessary air-waves, of State ball a coat-of-mail gown, with the another for receiving back the reflected paillettes so closely oversawn as to pre-waves and making them reveal their sent a sheet of jet and steel, there is no
presence by ringing bells, and of a third doubt that the coat of mail evening gown for recording the amplitude of the waves is back with us again, and has come The first consists of a modified form of to slay. There is a difference, however, siren, using high pressure steam, which and an important one for the wearer. is designed to produce powerful air-waves The old coat-of-mail was tremendously having a frequency of 14 or 15 vibrations heavy, bat manufacturers of sequins or
a second. This frequency is too low for naillettes have now improved these little them to be audible the human ear a3 ornaments to such an extent that they sound, and therefore they will not cause are not one third the weight of the the annoyance to passengers that arises original. There is no doubt that gowns from the ordinary steam whistle; but of this description are highly effective, the waves, being of great amplitude and but equally there is no gainsaying that power, will be able to travel over great this effect is kindred to the barbaric. Our distances, and on striking any object will the other hand the new shadow Ince which be reflected back in the same way as has come so much to the front during sound-waves, though the echo will be as the last three or four months, is almost inaudible as the primary vibrations. as light as a spider's web. It is an ex- The siren would be provided with a quisitely delicate material, so much so trumpet mouthpiece and mounted in that the four-syllable word seems almost such a way that it could be turned in any inappropriate.
direction without interfering with the steam supply.
The siren or vibrator would be mounted on deck, and when the presence of other ships or icebergs, or of land, was suspect- ed at night or in a fog it would be turned to various positions port and starboard so as to explore the area lying more or less directly in front of the ship. It could also be used to communicate with other ships fitted with receiving_ap- paretus, by means of long and short blasts representing the dashes and dots of the Morse code. To prevent the receivera from being affected by the vibration of the ship, they would be placed within a large hoop suspended by rubber straps.
MODE OF OPERATION.
Sir Hiram Maxim gives the following: examples of the use of the apparatus, which as yet is in the experimental stage. Suppose that on ship making 20 milea
A minute
Repeated blasts
an hour the smallest bell of the indicator rings, and that in consequence of the warning a blast is sent out from the vibrator and the response returns in 20 seconds, then the inference is that the dis tance of the object is slightly over two miles, since the waves take about 4-8 seconds to travel one mile. later another blast is sent out, and from the quicker return of the response it becomes clear that the distance between the ship and the object is being reduced at the rate of 35 miles an hour. The in- ference then is that the object is a ship approaching at the rate of 15 miles an hour, and the direction in which it lies can be ascertained by noticing from what point the strongest effect is produced. In another case during fog the echo from the blast shows that there is an excep- tionally large object nearly dead 'abend, this knowledge being gained from the fact that though the distance is ten miles the record is strong. show that the distance is decreasing by about one-third of a mile in a minute, which is the speed of the ship; therefore the object is stationary. At a distance of two miles the record on the paper as sumes a peculiar character; the markings are of considerable size and begin sharply and abruptly, but their ending, so far from being sharp and distinct, tails off, the total length of the markings due to the echo being thus longer than that of those due to the primary blast. This shows that there is some sort of cloud about the object differing in density from the surrounding air. The record conse quently resembles, that obtained both The receiver may be regarded as an from a large stationary object and a Most people are beginning to think of artificial car. It consists of a diaphragm cloud, and the inference is that it is holidays, and are getting out their port- of rubbered silk, dft, or sa in diameter, caused by a large iceberg surrounded by manteaux and suit-cases, these latter stretched tightly over a drum-shaped cold air. Again, the record that follow- being found most useful by the feminine cylinder, and it is to arranged that theed a blast might consist not of one spot members of the community. They are air-pressure is always the same on both of zig-zag lines, but of half a dozen apote, also getting their dressmakers to pre-sides of it, irrespective of the blasts from and these would be identified as showing pare the necessary outfit for a stay by the siren. The vibrations set up in this the presence of a number of icebergs, each the sca. a visit to Norway or Scotland. diaphragm by the air-waves impinging of which has made its own record, in- Scotch tweeds, West of England surges, on it are caused to close a series of dicating its size roughly and its distance and Irish homespuns are the most suit-electrical vircuits, each containing an accurately. able materials, but it is necessary to electric bell of different pitch. Feeble suggest that they must be carefully waves, such as would be reflected from chosen for their absence of weight, only a small object or one at a great distence, the purest wools being light of weight, would cause only slight vibrations of the Some of the newest homespuns of this diaphragm, and thus would close only the first electric contract, thereby ringing season are as light as voile, and, in fact, voile itself is frequently used
the frat or smallest bell; larger ones material for a travelling suit. It is a would close the second contract and ring question whether it, with a silk lining, is `a larger bell, and so on.
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In connection with the use of his ap- paratus Bir Hiram Maxim points out that according Tyndall neither rain, hail, snow, nor fog has any sensible power to obstruct sound, and that acoustic clouds which bar the passage of sound never exist in foggy weather. The Times.
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