THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1927.
NEW LOCAL ARTIST. Mrs. Sylvia Sayer, the wife of a asval officer, now on the China Station, spends much time making most exquisito black and white pen
FASHIONS FOR
EVENING.
When the average, woman,
of
average means, buys a fur coat she usually longs to buy a really smart
The
WOMAN'S PAGE
"BEAUTY CULTURE.
The face that rests resists the wrinkles! It may sound obvious, "and many argue that we caÓ TRO langer afford rest, in addition to sleep. Even that gift of the goda wha recently described as a
41 waste
ENTERPRISING
YORKSHIRE.
VARIED HORS-
D'OEUVRES.
Who says that Great Britain Though the morsel must justify knows nothing of the power of its existence by flavour, its first advertisement 1 The answer is duty is to look attractive, and Nearly everyone," and nearly daintiness is the first essential. I
etchings." I have just received four short coat or at most a three-quar- of time." She, who walks in beauty every one is wrong, which is provedla a bonne bouchee, nöt a meal,
menu holders in fins colour, on three-ply wood. Mrs. Sayer achieves long) colouring to perfection using
ter. They are so light for walking, so much less clumsy when worn with a suitable tweed skirt, and
about going out at night, it will be useless then. Here, in Hong Kong, are other alternatives for though the cold is intenso during the win- tar, there is no question of wait ing about for a car or taxi, and a
a medium of thick water, colour then, wisdom murmure “ But what composure can be begun to-day, but paint, and her anatomy, and par- spectivo, make her figures of moving coolica, rickshas, and junks, delight to possess. She has just undertaken a portrait, în relief, of a child, and a coloured 3-ply paint- ing of a favourite cat. The Sign of the Lantern obtained a monopoly
[Some examples of menu card, designs drawn by Mrs. Sylvia Sayer.]
of the calendars, and other similar
works of the artist. I am repro ducing some of the menu designs on this page. Bookplates, portraits, and personal orders can be arrang.
ed.
SPRING HATS.
It may well be that the early bird catches the first worm, and is welcome to it, but today is full of warm spring air, and folt bats
chair is very warm if equipped with a rug. In fact Hong Kong in the ideal place for a 'rich opera cloak. There is so much latitude in the fashion and design of these gar ments, that they can be made at home with the aid of a tailor, and a little ingenuity. Broche velvet ou first quality georgette grounds can be bought at The Pioneer Store, rich metal brocades bearing gold and silver patterns can be lined with cloth of the same metal Printed crêpe de chines are lovely and are especially effective when "used in alternate strips of plain and pleated Chiffons and velveta in lovely rich wine shades are be coming, and comforting, and if the ewner of such a cloa grows tired of it, nothing is simpler than to turn it into a teagown, and make a new cloak to match it.
"By how we all have bits of fur stored away, "and the "cloak calls loudly for the new high all-round Buffy collar. It is formed of a per fectly straight piece of soft fur, large enough, to stand well away from the neck. The cloak should have a yoke cut deep over tho shoulders at the back, and the frant. They are much more comfortable if they have sleeves, but these must be cut very full and bordered with fur, and thick ruchings of the
metal cloth.
like the night, knows that it is during the night that so much tay be done, and the habit of deliberate
must not be put off till to-morrow In physical culture classes, insu cient time is given to this secret of health, and of beauty. It takes o strong will to relax every muscle of only a limb for five minutes, and a trebly strong will to lie limp, with an empty mind. The poet, ful" did not realize what an ex- who wrote "peace is always beauti-
cellent beauty culture precept be was issuing to the world nów. craving to be led back to simplicity and rest.
Talking of a famous Manila beauty yesterday, a young man said; I have never seen any woman with such a sure knowledge of the value of her own profile, or anyone who could do absolutely nothing so pleasingly! That is Dat rest, Sir, it requires years of practice, and a strength of mind far beyond the usual untidy array of thoughts and instincts which we keep in our
"think-boxes." To get the very best from Beauty Parlour treatment, a special out- look must accompany the process. Closed eyes are necessary, milence is essential, and the treatment almost. useless if another patient is in eight, or if someone drops hair- pins, and hairbrothes, and leaves the door banging. The culture of physical beauty may not fit in to the life of every woman, her st titude towards the whole subject may be antipathetic, and very often is, but rest taken deliberately and the power to switch off the current is essential. Even in animate things like shoes and eloth suits become jaded with con- tinuous wear lasting over a-week, or two, and yet when they have been hung up for a month in the dark; they seem to gain radiance, and all the stretched and.aching strands of material have relaxed into their proper shape, and are willing to taken up the burden once more
by a letter in my bag this morning.. though many a hungry medical stud- It comes from. Lèeda, in far away ens has lanched sumptuously, and Yorkshire, and tell me that they often, in the great restaurants at read this page weekly, and they home, by taking his Bill of this ap are sorry that I have had & cold, petiser, paging his shilling in an and more sorry that I don't know maumed haste, and with an air of the finest cure in the world and importance, and rushed back to they send me a bottle of lozenges work! which are made in England, and a Before attempting to prepare the sample of Zam-Buk, with which I have been on the friendliest terms dishes gather together a willing tin- all my life. The lozenges called opener, a small mincing board and "Peps," moment too soon, far the whole chopper, a serviceable bowl and an
do help. colony is in either the first or last 88 slicer. Plenty of parsley, and of cold, and they certainly some shredded chillies; both green, and red. For the substantial course stuffed eggs, stuffed tama- toes, raw olives unstoned, sardines, sachovies, slices of usage, cold fried chicken livers, and any similar item may be served with a chopped vegetable.
stages
hare not arrived A
«Silver and gold are being used to- gether with good effect, especially
A sprained ankle has often made it a woman possesses white hair for
a new woman of the perpetual the silver throws up its lights, and golfer, or walker, especially in the
A happy design for between the gold warms the otherwise chilly East, where the cult of intense and
violent exercise for women is reasons. Temperature varies dan and colourless picture. Fars, in rapidly losing favour." For two gerously just now, and when it is Europe are being used in every years it can be done, and apparent hot, the tatin semi-coat can be IF with benefit, but suddenly there removed, and the pleated chiffon way and every colour and a very
comes a crash, and the victim is frock disclosed. lovely cloak was a grey and gold laid aside in complete rest for brocade, trimmed with, dyed blus a month or more. When she re fox. Hare has been bred in suf- appears she gets no sympathy, and probably wants none; her skin is ficiently good quality to be almost clear the tight lip, and the lines indistinguishable from foxakis, round the mouth, have been smooth- when the two are dyed. Skunked away, together with a good deal of bitterness about this and that, skins, cured, but not lined, can and before she knows it, she will sometimes be obtained from the develope laughing lines around her eyes, and join a minority of about larger stores, and used freely on
two, in this troubled colony. coats and on brocade gowns,
Madame Barrault has a few most fascinating evening cloaks. One of royal blue velvet, and gold em boidery, was lined with a pale ruch ed georgette of apricot Perhaps my favourite was made of heavy chameuse in duck's egg green, lined with chiffon and tissue. The hem was embroidered in gold and green straight leaves, standing proudly upwards to meet the low waist line. which supported the bloused top. A much favoured treatment at home cloak of layers of frills, straight not gathered, and usually chosen
are already growing uncomfortable. of the name material, varying in Down in The Lantern, there are a shade from dark at the hemp to few boxes of real spring hats, and cream at the neck. The cost or ,wo are not yet finished with cloak must be unshaped and tube January—but if one of your new like, and have fitted sleeves which year resolutions made reference to broaden at the wrist to a consider
abla size. keeping cheerful, s string straw Connor hat in buff, beige, rose, bois du rose, Provence blue, or a little Bangkok in black, will lighten the burden of head and heart. A silk crêpe frock, given a now volour hat in November, and a new straw sailor in January, feels as though it had had a birthday every time
LIMERICKS.
-There was a fair dame who and
Kowloon is too terribly slow," Baid her epouso with a grin: "What a rage she'll be in, I've rent a house at Taipal:
A merchant has written from
Leeds
Explaining that what mankind
needs.
For a cold in the head, Is to not go to bed,
But suck Peps, thrice a day, after
freds!
(Continued on next Column).
Sticks of blanched celery should have a dressing along the centre of each stick, made of melted cheese pasted with cayenne, tomato sauce, if ked. If the large green chillies are in the market, they make a delicious addition, when stuffed with dressed crabmeat, or prawns. Some eggs may be stuffed with minced ment and a sprinkle of carry sauCE- To make hot sweetbread canapes, mix equal quantities of diced sweet- bread with squares of celery, al ready cooked; add enough highly seasoned rich white sauce to mals- ten well, stir in bits of minced permiento, and parsley, and servÉ the filling on rounds of toast, or on muilins cut to a eanvenient size. In making hors d'oeuvres the garnish- ing is of the utmost importance, and tidyness of arrangement is receES- sary. A divided dish suitable for curry extras often comes in handy for serving the course, though a tray of convenient size filled with the small plates is equally good.
Pieces of cold chicken, or game, come into use here as a variation from the morę usual eggs ami sar- [dines, and any firm white feshed
fah can be flaked and coated in sazte, or a cold curry gravy, IL ever the larder appears to be slight ly overstocked with oddments, that is the time for arranging the dis- posal of all those irritating little saucers of left-overs, but they must bave a few new auditions to dis guise that resurrection appearance, even to the eyea that know the truth of the matter
My merchant friend, writing from
Leeds, With suffering humanity pleads, For abrasions of skia
Just rub Zam-Buk in-
A law of the Persians and
Medea i
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Use an old soft cloth.
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·HULL' AND LONDON
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Obtainable at all the Leading Stores.
AGENTS-
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DULCIPEL"
Keeps the skin fresh, cool and fragrant
Counteracts the effects of perspiration
Exercises & tonic effecton the skin
Prevents and cures "Hongkong Foot."
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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. PHONE C 16
A Few Leather Hand-painted and Embossed-work
LADIES' HANDBAGS
Still in Stock, to be Sold off at Bargain Prices.
TO-DAY
THE PIONEER silk store
CHINA BUILDINGS (Opposite Flower Street).
SALE.
SHINGLING
WAVING MANICURING
The promptest and most courteous service in Town
CAMPBELL MOORE.
18, Queen's Road Central (1st floor) OPPOSITE COLONIAL Distźndizt.
(120
For One Week Only: From January 24th. Smart Frocks and Hats At 50%. Disequnt
York Building,
Chater Road.
THE SIGN OF THE
LANTERN
Telephone C 4864.
THE GIFT - SEASON
and nobody should fail to inspect our new stocks of
PEKIN GLASS BEADS,
LACQUER WARE AND CLOISONNE, EMBROIDERED SHAWLS AND MANDARIN COATS
OTHER AND MANY
CHOICE ORIENTAL
GIFTS.
THE SWATOW LACE COMPANY.
21, Queen's Rood Yes HE.H. Garagi,)