THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 1st, 1927.
BON
APPETIT.
اللساني
French food, like French clothes,
I mean, of course, women's clothes,
FAIRY FROCKS.
There can hardly have been in the whole history of women's dress a
The
WOMAN'S Page
THE BOTTOM. DRAWER.
THE CHARM OF GLASS.
The bottom drawer in which
BY THE WAY.
EMBRIODERED NIGHTIES. Lovely nightgowns in embroidered linen, re-every stitch done by hand, aro sell- cach; there are five dozen of them
has a world wide reputation, justly more charming mode than that girl's used to store clothes and cognised since the days of the ing at Lane, Crawford's, for 82.75;
won
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The beauty of glass has been
Pharoahe, and although its po pularity has varied, at different times it has never entirely waned. Class and crystal ware had a great
rides, long before they had definite isles of marringe, is, I suppose, a thing of the past. Fashiums even in linen and undervogne some few years ago, when crystal toilet services suddenly be wear change so rapidly, that a
rousseau on which one may have came popular, and the beautiful worked for years would be old work which was produced at that period resulted in an entirely now, fashioned before it was completed
The bride of to-day is no kesp
I should be sorry to infer which Rolande Sarrant is spon-linen which they hoped to use as that the French are a greedy people, soring at the moment, the exquisite but the common phrase "bon appétit which is used whore wey simple frock of flowered or pat would say "good luck # or terned chiffon, long" can not the without somo
The hoyish vogue was charming special significaner! A antion that, our some people, but it had the let us say, appreciates good food, inevitable tendency to become hard Whether we ad naturally sees to it that they get it and unfeminine. even in exile; hence I suppose themired or disliked this vogue there French Store in Benepusfield Arefold) is no denying that it was a move a legacy of slender lissom maay English customers one sees figures for which the more feminine missle of to-day is particularly well adapted. dress of patterned simple lines is chiffon cut on slender and youthful looking, but it is also very feminine, and, best of all in this weather, cool. Simplicity
each one slightly different.
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FOR THE LITTLE ONE-I saw at
like Daddy's" for the small
Powell's shirts and pyjamas, just
Attached and soft collars
the There are The shirts are in plain colours with pylamas are striped,
eкnnot upset masculine dignity. malm beach suits too, and black and brown brogues, made on lines which
MARMET PRAMS-Whiteaway. Laid-
outlook on the glass industry. Ti-taw's have received the latest models deed from an industry it rapidly in Marmet prams and folders. The Marmet claims to be the world's
Happily one needs no passport to | in the right direction, for it has fastidious, and has the same desire regained its ancient standing sanghest baby carriage and it cértain- ;
shop in the Breach Store, as the left
there everyday testify.
It is interesting to see how even in far away Hong Kong and under Chinese management, the shop still retains its French Atmosphere
There is exactly the same arrunge
one
can
in
A
A mudel in unve-pink crêpa de l'hine patterned in auber- gine shante, and a little pace. The belt and tie of aubergine and the chiffon scarf puce- pink.
Note the washer-woman " sleeves the newest length which promises to imperil the popularity of sleeveless models. a
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Most of these frocks, which seem
to have her most intimate garments stamped with her own individuality
!
art.
The work of the artist inty is the most modern, and a glass of to-day is comparable to general favourite. The 1827 model. has the wheel shafts runding that of the painter and the sculptor, through the holy of the carring, ait are concerned in the production which protects them from damp and of beauty of form and colour.
dirt, and is fitted with special rubber buffers under the bad to! The charm of glass for use on absorb any jolt. It has sopho tyres the table has been much more and, of course, stormn cover safety clearly realised since we have adopt-strap and brake, and costs $195, the
her grandmother, but she longer considers it.her duty to make every stitch with her own hands.
There are two courses open to her; she can buy her undies ready made, and with the hundreds of different designs and materials already on the market she cannot fail to filed table mate in the place of darinsk something that appeals to her- par- ticularly, or she can have them made. Hong Kong brides are par- ticularly lucky in one respect, ab least, they can if they want their trousseau undies made for them get both expert advice and exquisite. workmanship. Lane, Crawford's trousseaux, need no introduction to old residents, they are more than undies they are creations." Near- ly every bride has some idea, though perhaps only a very vague one, of what she wants for her trousseau. Inny some fancy in material, in cut, or in trimming, but in any case it is often hard to find exactly what, she wants among theready mades" or to explain
it clearly to a dressmaker.
That is where Lane, Crawford's troussean expert comes in This lady, who spends her days' among lainty undies, is constantly evody. ing new patterns and is herself an expert needle woman, She can crystalliz from a very slight hint, the vague ideas of the prospective bride. She can visualise the com- pleted-garment and make a sketch of it to show her client. The advier of such an expert is invaluable : your idea of a method of trimming. For example, may be unpraction or unsuitable to the material, and je is only experience which can decide such a question.
I was shown a few of the designs.
in undies rented by Lane, Craw ford's, all of which beat the hall mark of good taste and chic, would be hard for example to find
A pretty dress, in" "mignonette a more exquisite, set than our ingen crêpe de chine. The belt is
of lizard to match the shore, heavy white crêpe de chine with
face china is apt to look heavy, especially in conjunction with fruit, Below but glass or crystal shows to the
fullest advantage.
There are to be found at the Sign of the Lantern dessert ser (Continued on next Column.)
folders re from 209.50.
SIMPLE SUMMER DRESSES.-At the Sign of the Lantern I saw some summer dresses all cut on simple smart lines in cotton grorgette, and voile from $15. I thought these dresses very reasonable in price and liked particularly mudel in pate mauve and green checks, and a pate blue voile with a pilet effect and a boyish how.
́STARTRITE . Shog.—I was very pleased to find that Powell's are now stocking. "Startrite" shoes, They are designed to help weak unkies in small children! The heel is continued on the inside under the instep, and the upper · streng- thened inside the inner ankle, so that the little foot is helped not to turn in or run över.
SILK TISSES FOR CURTAINS. -- Whiteaway, Laidlaw's bave. three new patterns at 83.50 a yard in their popular silk tissues, a very lovely orchid, a blue, and a gold shot with silver.
ORGANDIE FLOWERS.-Rolande Bar- rault is making delightful shoulder posies in organdic, chrysanthemums and dahlias, which keep crisp longer than chiffon and are very smart.
vices which combine the advantages
of both glass and china. They are the work of a French artist who has thoroughly appreciated the use for which he intended them. · That is in itself a big factor, for it by no means follows that a plate or how which is beautiful as an orna- ment, will be so when put to prac tion] usc. The glass of these dessert services, which consist of plates, finger bowls and fruit dishes, with jugs for cup or lemonade, has almost the appearance of precious stones. There is an amethyst set,
STEPPING
ASHION-WARDS
LANE CAWFORD'S
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SMART LACK SATIN HOES WITH SPIKE, LOUIS FLAT LELS
From 11.50
OR
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and a wide selion of Oriental articles
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Your early inspțion is cordially invited.
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for example, which might have SWATOWLACE CO., LTD.
[been carved from the matrix, and a service in emerald green which has the same fire and purity of colour. The third colour is a very lovely milkly blue but the exact tone, is very hard to determine. From a
distance it appears to be trans. lucent like a paic-sapphire, yet quite without the empty clarity of ordinary coloured glass. But on close inspection the colour seems to ebb and flow just as it dors in an opal,
I can imagine no fitter accom. panyment to fruit and flowers than one of these services on a highly polished table, for they have the two great qualities of beauty, namely colour and freshness.
NEW SUMMER FROCKS
ment of goods, somewhat haphazard fcut, especially in conjunction appliqué borders of fue net. The perhaps to our. English eyes, that with "huffy". material like front of each garment is decorated cloths. On a highly polished sur
any Parisian chiffon, calls for the greatest skill, with a nearly fan shaped insertion grocer's, and the goods are the but the instant success of the little of the net which has a slight floral sume too. Among the distinctively frocks Madame has 'sponsored, prove design embroidered on it. French goods are the wines of all that we do not have to go to Paris this worked on the crêpe are two
fans separated by lines of veining. Borts including the excellent vis attain chic.
A petticoat with a shadow panel ordinaire, white und red, which is the accompaniment of nearly every to have been designed for slender is a necessity in these days of trans- dinner table in France. There are fairies, are made to order, but parent frocks and Lane, Crawford's biscuits, fruits and sweets from Madame has three or four in her design is a front wrap-over with a French houses, tine and jars of foia wardrobes ready made: Among these wide inverted pleat on either hip. rus and hors d'euares. One sees I saw a slightly more elaborate This means you get a double thick- vegetables of all sorts, among them model, which still preserved the ness in front, a slim line and yet. Jeuf artichokes tinned, and bottles slender line, printed with a pattern plenty of room.
There are HO many charming of the soft bottom to use us of dull blue and ochre spots. The
undio materials to-day that the purifitres for a dish of meat. That skirt is made of elongated handker-bride kag & wide choice. The latest, you can get excellent French coffee, chief draperies and a distinctive which is designed especially for cheeses and jambus goes without nato is struck in the tie of a slightly travellers, is a very fine milanese, saging, but you may not realise deeper toned blue. A dainty little not 60 transparent as glove silk, but nearly as light. It is made in that, unlike our English grocers dress, of white chiffon has almost the new foxglove and sunset the French Store has powder and flat side tiers, and is faintly pat- besides all the more ordinary "perfumerie from the best Paris terned with sprays of heather, while colours Ceinnese is always popular for ready made garments, of which houses. Coty and Houbigant are mother frock printed in a bold the new three-in-one-step-in is an well known, less so perhaps Lubin geometric design in three tones of excellent device, while those who and Guerlain, whose perfumes are green is bound with emerald green prefer fiue linen or enmbrie will find plenty to choise from at Lanc, delightful and luxurious and put velvet round the neck, arm holes Crawford's, or can have their undies. up in the most attractive way.' and the scalloped skirt.
made to order in these materials.
:
tints.
Just Arrived
From $15.00.
York Building,
THE SIGN
OF THE
LANTERN
Chater Road,
Telephone C 4884.
21, Queen's R] (Next H. K. H. Garage).
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After a warmad tiring day-there is nothing refreshing as
OUR TOILETAU DE COLOGNE.
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