DOLLY VARDON- HAT SHOP:
ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING.
10 DAYS' SALE
100 HATS. MARKED
AT $5
Original Prices From $12 to $20.
PAMELA
FOR
SUMMER EVENINGS, Exquisite Frocks of Flowered Ninon,
FOR
SUNNY DAYS,
.41
Semi-tailored Dresses
Washing Silk,
of
13, Queen's Road Central.
FELIX HAT SHOP
ICE HOUSE STREET.
HATS, GOWNS, AND
NOVELTIES.
LIGHT WEIGHT SUMMER FELTS.
Inspection Cordially. Invited.
THE PIONEER SILK STORE
EXQUISITE. NEW SILKS, PRINTED COTTON VOILE IN THE LATEST DESIGNS.
Three New Shades in Kayser Silk Stockings.
THE HOUSE
FOR LOVELY SILKS.
In the Ladies' Salon
SUMMER SALE
Our Summer Sale gives every woman the opportunity to buy the clothes she would most like to wear, at prices well within her means.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
LADIES' SALON (MEZZANINE FLOOR).
TEL. 0. 4567.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929.
WOMAN'S PAGE.
ROUND THE TOWN..
SALES, EXCITING GIETS, NEW HATS AND FROCKS.
PIONEER NEWS.
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ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION ROUND WHITEAWAYS"
A tour of inspection round White away, Laidlaw's on the first day of the sale proved nearly as arduous as it was interesting. A good many
I have just had a letter from the Pioneer Silk Store telling me that from August 1 they have started a most delightful system of giving a gift to every purchaser of goods to the value of 820 and upwards These gifts, which are all of some value, and widely assorted to suit different tastes, will be displayed in other people like myself were play a. special showcase, and you, caning bunt the red star," and it was make your own choice.
hard not to forget the business in hand, the collection of a few facts
Among the new goods which came in this week are a number of pieces of printed cotton voiles, another for my readers, in the desire to new departure for the Pioneer. They are in a good colour range appropriate some of these exciting and in the new modernistic" spot "red star" bargains for myself. or floral designs. I also saw some However, I managed to combine the most attractive triangle kerchiefs of printed georgette which would be a two, and now that I have finished chic accompaniment to a voile or ninen frock, and was told that. three unpacking all my parcels I must quite new shades of Kayser silk, tell you something about the sale. stockings have arrived:"
SALE FROCKS FROM LANE, CRAWFORD'S.
I went, as I expect you all did too, to the opening day of Lane, Crawford's sale and found all sorts of tempting" and delightful things Having in the Ladies' Salon. secured my own bargains, I took a look round for the benefit of readers of this page. Some of the frocks I noted then have probably been already sold, but they were in every case typical rather than particular bargains, so will I hope.serve as a guide.
First two evening frocks. One is of pale pink wind made with a
beaded bodice beautifully
and
plissé frills on the skirt. The effect is at, once dainty and very chic.. The other is rather more sophis ticated in design being a sheath-like dress of tomato red ninon trim- med with gold galon shot with colour. The trimming forms a bird on the left side of the bodice and the three rows of braiding round the bottom of the skirt give the slightly flared appearance on which the chic of the new line depends. Buth, these dresses are marked at $19.50%
For present afternoon wear. I selected two frocks of printed silk volle. One has a foral design in tones of red and brown on a black ground, and is trimmed with wide The apron bands of plain red.
The other effect is very smart. dress has been designed for an older woman, and is carried out in silk! voile with a foral pattern in pink and black. It is cut with sleeves and a well fitting bodice" which opens over a gilet of pale pink georgette. Both these frocks were marked at $30.50. For the morning there are voile and cotton print dresses running from 80.50.
An interesting collection of this season's hats has been very much reduced, the prices running from 81. Corsets run from 88.50, and all sizes can be obtained in reliable makes. Shoes are from 83.50, and although the shoe sale had been on a week there were still many very Some odd. attractive bargains. ments in Celanese, Keyser and crêpe de chine undies are being sold at quite absurdly low prices.
10 DAYS' SALE.
I.
All Whiteaway's sales are good, tut the present one is one of the
best. I secured all sorts of bouse hold" goods. acap, writing paper,
Black and white satin are used for this distinguished look- ing afternoon dress,
can-
HOW I CHOSE MY TYPIST.
[BY A LONDON OFFICE MANAGER).
I have just finished a busy day interviewing what has amounted to a procession of girls and young women who have applied for the post of shorthand-typist in my office.
They came from all parts of London, and the first one arrived punctually at aine thirty, while the last departed in the neighbour- hood of six o'clock in the evening. They were the natural sequence to a couple of small advertisementa and two telephone calls to bureau- agencies who supply stenographers for the mall fee of half-a-crown.
I had interviewed at least fifteen before I spotted one who was at al prospective.
The fifteen were either too aby to speak out or talked so confusedly practically impossible to gauge again owing to shyness-that it was them.
Very Slight Knowledge.
I told each one of them that I necded typist-secretary who would be capable of answering the telephone, taking messages, and interviewing callers in the outer office."Could you do that, 'do you think? I asked them. They said it was obvious to me that they they thought they could. And could not.
The sixteenth on the list looked much more likely. She was very neat in her dress, perfectly clear in her own.mind what she could do and what she could not under. take, and the only reason why I did not take her on was because, į on her own admission, she had a very slight knowledge of shorthand, although, from a test which I gave her from a newspaper, her typing speed was good.
I saw in Whiteaway, Laidlaw's, i some embroidered motives to sew onto children's garments, in the form of cats, birds, teddy bears, and Dutch figures.
Whiteaway, Laidlaw's now have a ne selection of knitting wools in cluding Viyella wool in several pretty shades. They also have several sorts of wool specially made for making babies' things, and a number of thicker wools for knitting jumpers.
A Real." Vamp."
The next two who sat down to be interviewed should have been sent back to school, for they were too young and had no experience. real And after them came a
She literally swaggered "vamp. across the room, and, unasked, took a chair facing me, and crossing one knee over the other displayed a large expanse of silk stocking and smiled under lowered lids.
Having in mind the peace of the office from the point of view of one or two youngsters of the callow youth stage her stay was of short duration
Fathotic Tales.
In the meantime they poured in. Some were really pathetic, honestly in need of work, with cleaning spots on gloves and the tell-tale darn in stocking heels which told of trying to make two ends meet.
I would have liked to take them, but there must be no sentimentality in business, and they were not what 1 wanted.
noon
About three o'clock in the after- a girl of about twenty-two "was ushered in, and no sooner had the door closed behind her and she walked towards me than I knew that this was the girl who was go- ing to get the job. No1 She was not the beautiful, typist of fiction who gets the post because of her looks, and for whom the prospective. employer falls.
Precise Personality.
She was nice looking, it is true, but she had what none of those other girls possessed-personality! She exuded capability. She had just the right timbre in her voice to soothe irate telephone callers, her shorthand and typing speeds were without fault, and she asked keea, intelligent questions which interest in her work. She got the showed that she would take a real job.
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IT-MUST-BE
BOVRIL
WHITEAWAYS
LADIES' COTTON VESTS
SHIPMENT
DELAYED IN TRANSIT.
200 Doz.
LADIES' FINE COTTON VESTS.
Sizes from 34 to 44...
ALL ONE PRICE.
75 Cts.
EACE.
REMARKABLE VALUE.
HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS.
CO., LTD.
WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW & CO.,
HONG KONG.
GIFTS
FREE SCHEME
LOOK!
To all our customers who purchase goods to "the" value of $20.00 and over We shall present a handsome and valuable gift..
THE PIONEER SILK STORE
"CHINA BUILDING
HINTS ON HOMECRAFT.
QUEEN'S RD. C.
then be wiped with a cloth wrung out of clear, warm water,, and, possible, placed in the open air to dry.
brushes and combs, clothes hangers, sponges, talcum powder, etc., just inside the door. Then undies. There are some attractive undies in bric in pastel shades trimmed with feru lace. Silk stockings at $1 a pair, socks, knickers and frocks for the children, all very good bargains. Over 500 straw hats have all been very much reduced and there is a row of cotton, linen, and voile The Dolly Vardon Hat Shop is dresses at bargain prices. The men's just starting a ten days sale, dur-wear is all much reduced but I did
Wicker furniture has been pro- Now, it is quite possible that moted from the summer-bouse and ing which all the remaining hats not have time to linger at that about 300, are marked at $5. The
If grease is spilt on newly scrub- would have turned out to be a modern English house. Its popula- original prices were from 830 to counter, though I did notice some many of those girls whom I refused the garden to the interior of the $12. We all know the Dolly Vardon smart pyjamas for only 20 the suit, capable as I am sure this girl is rity is largely due to the fact that bed tables, sprinkle salt on it at bats so there is little need for me Upstairs in the furnishing de going to prove. But they could it is inexpensive, attractive c6 once, and it will not sink in. to add anything about their desir
not show me this in their manner
in good condition with little trou-
When making mustard, add, a ability, but I should like to remind partment, I found that lace, cur- during the time I interviewed fortable, easy to move, and is kept
pinch of salt, and it will improve you that an extra, hat often becomes tains and ceru shade piece ince for them. I should like to say to those
For Dusting Wicker: girls: a most valued treasure, and at $5
Forget yourself when you
the flavour and prevent
* you can well afford it. Here is a curtains were being offered at less apply for a job. Never mind whe
The blower attachment of a case in point. I have a navy blue than half the original price. There ther the spot on your sleeve is 'slow-
vacuum cleaner helps to simplify Stains or burnt marks on china ensemble, georgette frock and big are lovely "Liberty "cretonncs for ing soft crin bat, and there came a day 81.25 and double width cretonae at Try to tell your abilities to your ture
Do not worry how you look, the matter of keeping wicker furni- call be removed by rubbing with
free of dust. Unpainted salt. when though I wanted to wear it, I felt that since the sky was grey 81 a yard. Big white bath towels prospective employer and prove to wicker is best cleaned by scrubbing tiny inch of salt added to
him that you are a little bit better with warm, eoapy water to which and threatening the cria hat was are only 83.25 each, and there is
than the girl he has just sent out, a little borax has been added. inappropriate. A 85 extra" a smart turban shape which I had just heap of smaller towels, some white, and that you are going to be an The Painted Variety. purchased, made a chic and suitable some coloured for even less. Table exception to the rule that no man, ensemble.
linen is very cheap, and there are or woman is indispensable.'
In the long run, those are the Thore are a few pretty morning frocks of printed cotton broa dalath special lines in glass ware at bar tactics which will bring the long-
looked-for job. also included in the sale.
gain prices.
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Bournées.
coffee, brings out the flavour.
If the sink gets clogged, place
For the painted cr. stained variety a lump of kitchen salt over the of wicker a little parafin added to opening, cover with washing soda, the soapsuds will help to keep the and pour over a can of boiling colours bright. The furniture abould water. This is most effective.