FASHION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1818, 1926
leather buckle worn right in front. Plait skirta are very smart when the slip-over sweater or blouse shows the same plait round the neck.
When I called at the Pioneer Silk Store this week I was surprised to see
According to Paris fashion writers, the many different kinds of printed silks
cravat fashion for that are coming out. A superficial glance scaris are worn in a at the designs showed me that the sports and general wear and the tighter country of their origin is Japan and the they t the more fashionable they are. manager, also informed me that most of Scarfs may be of wool or silk but the the silk sold in Hongkong is "Japanese | large pin that was in favour a short time silk. These printed silks come in patago has disappeared. The ends of the torus, one for each dress, the materiala scarfs are hidden ünder the close fitting being limited to one dress length. At the same store is a nice selection of child- ren's pjamas of printed silk,
In ready-to-wear dresses the silhouette seems to have undergone a slight change, The perfectly straight line has been abandoned by several fashion designers. Dresses will be slightly widened as the hips and very narrow at the bottom. This effect is achieved in many different ways. An overskirt on top of a very narrow skirt produces this effect and especially when this overskirt shows hand-run tucks. just below the hip. line.
dress of this character
is.
Dress for little girls from 6 to 14. The shoulders are smacked. The same work may be effectively done on the porkris and the sleeves. The bow is of a different colour shade than the dress itself.
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aport-jacket. Collars with bowlarge and amall ones are very fashionable. They Ryury weil with the close-fitting toquer und dams that are seen everywhere. Smecka.
here is a great variety in smocked dresses and they are useful not only for st.cet-wear but for sportswear also. The sketch of the little girl'a truck on this page shows the mock-on both shoulder and pocket. It is a model that Evening dress made of taffeta. The might be worn from the age of six to waist is held in where the arm-arams are. fourteen. The little touch of handwork The skirt is very full and shows the makes the dress different from the slanting back now * fashionable for urdinary. As material tub-crêpe or wool The cursue my be ofersey may be used. The tie of crêpe de taffels or anf velour. Slippers of the thine would look well in a darker shade same material as the dress.
than the material of the frock. Bleeves.
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WOMAN'S PAGE
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
To Make Hand-Knotted Fringe.
Friage is still very fashionable and will be so for a long time if the prophets are correct. It is very expensive to buy and, therefore, the description of the way to make hand-knotted fringe at home which I found the other day may be useful. I put it down for those who want to try it for themselves..
Take a needle with largo eye and thread it with six strands of knotted silk (for a light-weight fringe). The needle
put through the fabric on the right side, making a small stitch on the under. ride and drawn through. Next, the fringe should be cut the lenghth desired and all the strands held together in one hand (twelve in all) close to the material. These ends are turned upwards, forming a loop then pulled through and the know" rawn rather tight, close to the material. Caro should he taken not to draw the The material when tying the knot. strands should be placed about one-fourth of an inch apart.
Three models of hists all of which are very fashionable at the present. The two tum have small hetbends with a buckle in front. The upper tam might be worn with two very small hatbands? The large hat hus a turud-up brim at the back and two-ör one-rosettes of braki In front,
to be seen at the "Sign of the No sleeves or short sleeves" is an Lantern" in the fashionable colour out of date cry, and long sleeves are black. With some straight-line taffeta now being worn in many different ways. dresses, there is a taffeta bow which there has been a return to the old covers the whole front of the dress where fashioned sleeve, scalloped just below ➡
"we are used to see the waistline. This the elbow with 3 puff of different To Remove: Stains From Woollens. bow extends in big puffe to the Hips. material which is gathered in a very The iden may be varied by having two small wristband. Then some new models smalker bows one above the other in show-a very tight fitting sleeve and place the large one. Scalloped skirts others a wide sleeve with heavy em. and pleats showing from underneath broidery. With evening sleeveless gowns panels are also used to give the effect it is the practice now to wear heavy "bracelets or dainty puffs of silk or tulle A sketch on this page, illustrates a around the wrists. dress of taffeta with a corsage of flowers gapes and ato.
of fullness.
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Chemicals that are all right on linen and cotton are not right on woollens at all. Of course, turpentine will remove paint stains though it is much better to deal with them quickly after they make their You might try the bydrogen appearance. peroxide solution directly on to the gar- ment with the preliminary permanganate, But it has to be used weak and quite good and you can get enough of this for a few pence to deal with the soiled, gar ments of a household. Fruit Stainz.
or ribbons on one side. The skirt shows In shoes fashion shows all kinds of warm. Sulphite of soda solution is also
the upward slant and the bodice is slight variations. The Oxford goes with the ly fitted at the underarms seams. The light slipper for street-wear. For even upward slant is seen in most models now ing wear there is still the beaded heal that have the full or scalloped skirt and and the elaborate buckle. Taffeta alip the old fashion-same length in front
fers are great favourites for evening and at back-seems to be changing. wear just now. The patent leather The best way to remove fruit stains is slipper, so much worn during the cooler by using chloride of soda. The dress. season, has been ousted by the taffeta should be soaked in cold water frst. and brocade slipper during the summer. Then dip a feather into the chloride and At home and in Paris slippers of lizard touch the spots with it. After having skin are still being worn.
done this lose no time in dipping the material again in cold water so that the texture is not hurt by the chemical. This is splendid for material-that is white or of a fast dyb but not for a coloured one because the colour runs.
Other frocks are made of eight or more gorts that widen at the bottom and join together to produce a ripple at the bem. A dress like this may be made of geor gette with a band of gold at the neck and one at the hem.
In sports-wear, belts are "in" and as it seems, the widen the bettwards the tam variety and two small hat-
Hats seem more and more to tend to
banda instead of one seems to be the
Frequently the belt is made of the mate- mile. rial of the skirt adorned with a large
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Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon- ful salt; 6 teaspoon baking powder: 1 tablespoon butter, lard or other shorten-. ing 1 cups milk or water.
Sift together Bour, salt, and baking powder. Rub in batter, add milk, and with spoon mix to a smooth dough so that it may be handled easily on Boured board. Turnout dough. Give one or two quick kueadings to impact smoothness, Divide kneaded dough into sicces of the size of an egg. Form each by hand into a short. thick tapering roll. Place on flat greased pans, Allow to stand in warm place 15 to 20 minues. Brush with milk, bake in very hot oven. When almost baked brush again with melted butter. Bako tea niinutea longer and serve hot. If a glazed finish is desired-before taking from oven, brush over with yolk of egg which has been mixed with a little water. If desired, roll out on floured board inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter which has been dipped in four lay in greased. baking tin la even cows just touching. Smooth over with clean muslin dipped in milk and bake in fairly, hot oven 25 minutes or less.
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