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THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP
Made a Nole of These Dates!
FEBRUARY 22nd and 23rd.
» WHEN A SPECIAL COLLECTION. OF MILLINERY DESIGNED FOR THE RACE SEASON Will be On View.
SPRING HATS.
THE DAISY DE LUXE BAG:
PAMELA
FOR THE RACES.
In Hong Kong, as in London and Paris, the new styles for the coming season are launched at the Races.
Women "go to race meetings as much to look at the fashions as to watch the horses
We are now showing an interesting collection of Race Frocks, Hats, Cloaks, and two and three piece Ensembles, which merit your attention,
13, Queen's Road Central.
FELIX HAT SHOP
7. ICE HOUSE STREET.
Just Received
SOME REALLY CHARMING FROCKŚ for AFTERNOON and EVENING WEAR at PRICES which
SURPRISINGLY. LOW.
A LABGE SELECTION OF DESTINCTIVE. MILLINERY IS ALWAYS IN STOCK.
FLOWERS.
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FANCY ARTICLES.
THE PIONEER SILK STORE
QUEEN'E ROAD CENTRAL AND PENINSULA HOTEL
$
A wonderful selection of ORIENTAL GOODS is Now On View."
SHAWLS, MANDARIN COATS, KIMONO, HAOEL COATS, EMBROIDERED SILE UNDIES, JADE," AMBER, MORYSTAL, and SILKS of Every Shade and Texture.
Lane, Crawford's Ladies' Salon.
FOR
RACE
FROCKS,
HATS,
SHOES.
&C.
We LEAD for STYLE.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 1929.
The
WOMAN'S PAGE
SEEN IN HONG KONG SHOPS.
POTS AND PANS, STOCKINGS, RAINCOATS, A ́ BAG, AND ALL MANNER
Pots And Pans.
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To Loveliness.
colours. Needless, perhaps, to say EvE makes rather a speciality of Every time woman likes pots, and they come from Paris, where women bags and all nothing but real pans, and most of us find it rearly are particularly fastidious about leather, with strongly made frames, as difficult to get away from a hard-their hose.
They are to be quite inexpensive ware shop as froth a milliger's.
and a very pleasing collection. There is something extraordinarily
Daisy de Luxe Bags: fascinating in the a hundred and I hear that a fresh shipment is one little adets for lightening the expected to those delightful Daisy I have always agreed with the cock's job which are now-a-days de Luxe" baga, but that is not beautiful woman who said, "Say appearing daily on the market. really news since they are in anything you like about me, but
Saucepans,
such constant demand that nearly don't call me well preserved." too, of abising aluminium piled up in fascinating with the hats they are designed to
every mail brings a few more, along How cold and dead is that word pyramids, are very different from guard, to the DOLLY VARDON HAT thing blooming artificially under preserved." It sounds like eate- the ugly old black iron pots which Shop. If you have not already glass. Not like the radiant, allur- wore as hard to keep clean as they made the acquaintance of the Daisy ing creature you should be. were heavy to lift and unpienting de Luxe bag you should loose no to, look at. Did you know that in
Why is a child's skin the delicious. WRITEAWAY, LAIDLAW's you could
time in doing so. They are emart. thing it is? Because Nature is get a set of five British made Practical and very light and easy always nourishing and renewing it. aluminium sauce pans in various lined with eretonne or musiré, and elastic, and because, unconsciously, to handle. Made of leatherette, keeping the pores healthy and for $6.201 Among the alumiLiam ware are mixing bowlsstened with a zipper, they can be the child itself is working with with n
measure marked inside, both hands free, and are dust and and sunlight for long hours every carried over one arm, thus leaving Nature. It is breathing fresh air pic dishes, double saucepans and rain proof. boilers, also fascinating milk boilers
day; it is eating the right things; it that by some magic in the design
sleep. But, as we grow up, most is having plenty of deep, refreshing cannet boil over. You can get a
of us defy Naturo nearly every hot water bottle of the same metal
minute of the day, and Nature seems to leage us to our fate. Can you wonder that rose bloom hardens to redness, and that lily, whiteness withere to yellow !
sizce
to keep your toes warm at night.
Other interesting gagets are new egg whisk, which operates like a patent washer by pressing on the handle boxwood pasty markers and cutters, a boxwood mallet for beating a steak, and stainless steći potatoe and vegetable kaiyes, and apple corers.
Chiffon Stockings.
At PETIT LOCviɛ have the most delightful sheer chiffon chockings of French make for evening and emart wear. They have the new slenderis ing slipper and "piled cuba" heels, and are made in all the new
when travelling Home, and they A Daisy bag would be invaluable make the most delightful week-end bags, since quite enough can be put inside without undue crushing"
Rain Coats And Bags. Evs tells me that she is expecting
One of the best methods of keep- to-morrow & consignment of rain coats, which sounded most attractive ping the lovely bloom of youth is by as she described them to me. They making regular use of the excellent are to run in price from $8.50 to Cyclax preparations
You can get $36 and are in various pretty them all st LANE, CRAWFORD'S in colours as green scarlet. navy, the Perfumery 'Department. and a fawn, etc. The cheaper ones are charming little booklet also which made of proofed rayon, and the explains their use and gives other more expensive of rubberised, silk valuable hints pointing the way to and satin. They are all well and beauty smartly eat.
By the same boat a number of leather hand bags are expected.
TO THE VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS.
THE LATEST AND MOST GÖRGEOUS HAORI COATS.
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By the way they have in a new Chanel perfume too, which is ex- quisitely fragrant and subtle..."
FOR FAIR LADIES.
SOME LOVELY THINGS AU PETIT LOUVRE,
The race gowns and hats which were expected to arrive at the end of last week, Au Petit Louvre did of shawls, haori coats, mandarin tot come as the boat was delayed, garments and Oriental embroid-but they are due to-day and will be eries. Things which we al love, certainly on view next week. but which are more particularly displayed at the moment for the pleasure of our visitors from over
A WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF ORIENTAL GOODS,
Tourists are spoilt people, for the; latest and most gorgeous type of Haori coats have been kept for their selection, and sprung on 113 5 3 surprise this week by the Pioneer Silk Store.
I think I have never eeen ey thing so absolutely attractive in Oriental goods made for Occidental wearers as these new coats. They are made of heavy yet soft antin in either navy or block, and have a design woven in like brocade of gold, silver, and colours; like that wonderful material, which is made for the obis of wealthy Japanese ladies.
Au Petit Louvre is a shop which is well-known by women of dis- criminating tastes, for the frocks are all models from good London from the, famous Maison Brand and Paris houses, mostly, I believe,
Cantonese. Spanish, and printed The shawls fall into three groups, shawis. They are, of course, all made in the East, but those whichly at afternoon and evening frocks, I was looking this week particular have the embroidery concentrated and saw one of the latter which. in one corner are generally known would make a perfect and original 23" Spanish," and those which are bridal gown, especially if the bride embroidered all over. as Cap-were young and with fair colour- some particularly fiae specimens tonesc." Among the latter are ing.
It is made of white net and silk embroidered in Pekin stitch-the lace. the lace darned with silver One. for example, is in black very close work which wears ever- thread- Cut with a rather high satin with a really lovely woredastingly. There are some interest-waisted tight bodice and long full design at the bottom of chrysanthe ing semi-circular shawls which are skirt which dips at the back, the mum flowers in blended shades of much easier to wear than a folded drese auggests the gladness of rosy pink, orange, yellow, and
square one, and are very prettily youth, while a spray of pale pink beige, with just suficient use of gold thread. They are lined with good quality plain silk some- times in quiet colours and some times in deep glowing tones.
The Pioneer Silk Store have also this week a particularly good show
HATS FOR THE RACES.
EXPECTED AT THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP.
embroidered.
Haori coats and coolie coats are, too, well-known to need any des- cription. but there is a particularly good display of them at the Pioneer at present, and a large shipment of new silks has arrived.
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fowers posed just in front of the shoulder, emphasises the same me tive. The lace is inserted in broad" panels which run in a prettily vaO- dyked line round bodice and skirt.
Another very attractive evening gown is carried out in shell pink georgette. It has the new Vivannet neck line with a deep cross over effect, but an interesting variation is that the wrap over of the skirt, which falls in a very graceful line, NEW DRESSES FOR YOUR sual left. The cross over of the is on the right instead of the more
ROOM.
bodice is, of course, also to the right. A pretty trimming of tiny When Spring nanounces her com- flowers of pink ribbon, and stitch- ing in the first dowers and breaking of Lido blue beada, borders the ing leaf buds every woman feels cross over and the fall of the skirt There are two dates which so the urgent need to buy new clothes Among the afternoon frocks, should enter in your engagement and have her share in the renuaia-there was one very pretty example book-February the 22nd and the ance of nature. And having bought of the printed ninon dress, which 23rd, Dext Friday and Saturday herself new clothes she looks around promises to be as fashionable this On these two days there will be a her home and longs to redeck and year as it was st The minion, big display in the Dolly Vardon rebrighten it after the winter which is black with a large pale Hat Shop of a consignment, of hata gloom. This feeling is natural and pink and blue rose, is worn over which have been specially ordered right, and most certainly should be
pink silk slip, giving a peculiarly for the Races. can't tell you gratified. We shall not, I hope, be scft and pretty effect. The very what they will be like, except that, needing fires very much longer and full high waisted skirt has inserted I am sure they will be smart, very their ending is the signal for that circular godets of fine black lace, attractive, and reasonably priced, moet necessary because I was not able to extract which will make your rooms ready insertions running up in a oblique spring cleaning and the same lace is used for two any advance information, but I for their new dresses. expect that you will find among A world of difference can be made hip,
line across the bodice from the right. them a number of crin straws and in a room whose furniture may be fancy silk tagels with medium showing signs of faithful service, width and in a very pleasing range brims, and probably poke benzet by means of new hangings and loose of soft tones, generally, with a beige effects, since those are, as far as I have been able to ascertain,, the have a most tonic effect on yourself fowers.
covers, and you will find that they or blue ground and pastel coloured. newest spring features
and on your family as well. - ***I noticed, too, that they have 4 In the meantime we must cont Readers of this page will know big aslection in various widths and | ourselves with the very charming that I always have an especial qualities of tetonnes with a dark | display of early spring hats at pre-recommendation for Whiteaway, ground, anitable for chairs which sent on the shelves of the Dolly Laidlaw's cretonnes, I like them get a good deaf of use, and some Vardon Hat Shop, and she would particularly because they cover so very pretty light ground cretonnes be very hard indeed to please who large a range of colour and design, with small Jacobean designs for could not find much to delight her and because they are always up-to-bedroom, nursery,or verandah use' among them. Angora felt, which is date and inexpensive. Among those There are also some very striking nearly na soft as satin, tagel strawa | I was looking at yesterday, when I Liberty designs, printed in strong with a silken sheen, corded silk, was choosing new clothes for my rich colour, on a heavy weight tofletas, add cria straws, in now. own home, were some very lovely silk single width material, which are and pretty shapes, ribbon trimmed, finish shadow tissues with a loose intended chiefly for hangings, but braided, and embroidered, make a Roral design. These are double which often make up rather surpris most attractive" display.
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BOVRIL
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Announcing the Arrival To-morrow of:—
FROCKS, HATS AND FLOWERS
FOR THE RACES,
From LONDON and PARIS HOUSES.
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Pedder Street Opposite Hong Kore HOTEL.
CHATER ROAD.
FOR THE RACES.
Smart three pièce SUITS in Silk.
AFTERNOON & EVENING
FROOKS.
BANKOK & JAVA STRAW HATS.
FANCY UMBRELLAS,
HAND-BAGS. -
WHITEAWAY'S
FOR
STANDARD VALUES
A NEW RANGE OF HIGH CLASS TABLE WEAR.
SYLVIA
ELECTRO PLATEID
ON
NICKEL SILVER
BREEZEWOS JOVIDARD VALUE
EP.N.S. Silverplated on Nickel; Fancy Edge Design, that is neat and looks well. Medium Weight Metal and will give years. of good hard wear. English monofastare.
STANDARD VALUE PRICES:
'SALT SPOONS (Dozen) $8.00
FISH BATERA FEUIT EATERS $6.00
SALAD SERVER
TABLE SPOONS TABLE FOXES. "Diarer BrooNS |
Diszer FoakA SOUP SPOOKS
TZA SPOON'S
COFFET SPOQUE MUSTARD SPOOKS-
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• $9.50
$4.00 $3.50 $3.00
Jam Spoons BUGAR SPOOL BUTTER KHIVE
FRUIT STOONS
(Dozen) $2.50
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$17.50 $19.50
(Pair) $1.75 (Each) 45 Cta, (Ench) 45 Cts.
(Each) 35 Cta.
(Each) $2.00
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