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Maddening" Moments
man
The who dared
The manager was furious The young man scrunched. The waitress was flabbergas- ted. The young man went on
A scrunching. Over the faces of
his fellow lunchers stolen look
of horror mingled with ad- miration at his sangfroid. Still he went on scrunching
.. He didn't care. How delicious they were, these *** Ovaltinė " Rusks. How subtle their melting crispness
7 how piquant their un usual flavour. He took a drink. What an admirable unch he was having. Why "-hould be order anything else when he had got these perfect rusks? He toyed with the idea of passing them round, Perhaps it was hardly fair to keep such pleasure all to himself. And yet, dash it all, there were only a few left
No, he couldn't spare them. Certainly not.
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OVALTINE
RUSKS
APPETISIMS - BIGESTIVE- &- MABRISHIN
3. A.P. H. 8.
MASKS FOR SUMMER BEAUTY.
Instead of a mud musk, or one
TWO LAUNDRY-DAY HINTS.
To writen old lace, or crochet lace that has become yellow from disuse, place it, in thick neutrul soapsuds that, have been made rather blue, Boil for 10 to
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932.
WOMAN'S PAGE
RICHEST STREET IN andise at any given moment to
THE WORLD.
the worth about £10,000,000 1
Is there any other street which van say that both its sides are
GLAMOROUS, IRRESISTIBLEqually attractive to buyers?
BOND STREET.
Come, let us walk down Bond- street, and saty to ourselves yes oned again that surely nowhere else
in the world is there another street quito like this.
Not only the current world's riches, but the riches of a world that is dead have been ransacked to make the show which you may look on any day of your life.
Jade that patient generations brought to perfection beneath the Great Wall of China, looks across It is so accidental: Look as its the road to bouquets whose perfec roof-ling, toothed into the sky attion is a thing of hours. Perfec- vhrious angles and altitudes. Ob- lion that lasts for a day, a week, viously the roof-line of an old, re-ja month,, or through the denturies-- sidental street, and so "Bond-street it's all one in Bond-street, so, it be was when houseos began to go up perfection. Do the meadow land about that swampy little stream the Tyburn.
You can imagine the first timid steps of transformation: someone "throwing out from his parlour a bulging window with merchandise behind many small panes of gloss; someone else thinking, "That's not
instald of slanting over the right You will find the perfection ofere in the orthodox sailor manner. eured, ham and the perfection of
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exquisite bindings on rare editions It looks as though these hats are of the glassics: the perfection of the going to conform admirably to the goldsmith's craft, toiling ab utensils. luncheon-gown tread, since it That will dignify 'a thousand feasts, and the perfection of the dress atrikes a tailored note, in plain maker's art, which aims at one coloured shantung as well as print- sting success at a single balled flamenga. and crape de chine. the pastry-cock deploys the allur a bad "Idea," and doing the same;ing masterpieces of his oven, and Prints are dainty in small ring screens else, horror-struck, dying the potter the gazed and enamel-spots on bright red, and starry from street. that was going productions of hisln.
down,"
Be the richest street in the world. struggled into being, and the
Artists All.
square lines to be wrapped over on
floral motifs on beige and nut- brown grounde Matching Jackets follow with three-quarter sleeves marks of that origin are on it to- It is a street of artists-not only day, giving it the charm of variety, artists whose oils and water-colours designed to shape and finish beneath the touch of individuality, the and etchings adorn the galleries the elbow. They are made on short glamour of something that has which are plentiful in the street; grown through the centuries and but, of artists in leather and silver
tweed and broadcloth, crêpe de eline, ninon and voile.
In the very decoration of the windows the artist's touch comes through. Behold this fan, isolated, sucfient to itself, suggesting a do vastation beyond words when flirted by the appropriate hand
of lemon, cgg. or oil, the latest minutes, rinse thoroughly and hane taken colour and texture from the Fin ivory and ebony and amber; in the figure. This likewise applies to.
fashion in the beauty parlours is
the to mix
maak while the patient's" skin is absorbing the
manage cream,
You can hear the expert doing it
ar yon is on conch under a warm rug, feeling already pleasant- ly drowsy after the southing mu so you have just received.
Recipes for Everyone.
Into the face musk are being stirred just the ingredients which your skin needs" moet. It may be almond oil, or lenon, or yolk of | ogg, or some stimulating lotion, Each mask has the same foundation, but these and many other ingredi-
ents are added in certain propor-,
tion according to whether the skin
noeds nourishing, stimulating, or bleaching.
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The finished proparution is paint. on with a brush, while the
"patient" goes peacefully to sleep. After it is removed, ice in tapped over the face through a cloth soaked in netringent.
For Rejuvenation.
Musky intended to rejuvenatv tired and anemic skins take no extra long time to prepare, somue-, timos A much as an hour. After the face has been cleansed, the paste is spread over the skin and left on watil it is completely dry and has penetrated deep down into the pores. Astringent is sprayed ever the face after the mask is removed.
Most women requira oil masks to restore the skin after the dry winds of the winter Warm almond oil is generally used, but two, or perhaps three, are sufficient. If a course is. being taken it is wise to tako blouching treatments. for the ....xe.. mainder.
in the sun to dry. Trented in this manner, lace articles that have been laid dwhy will look like new.
Tussore is very difficult to iron here is the secret: The silk should be pressed when it is quite "dry.
years.
"The new shops in Bond-street are "Pharming as th old. because necessity forces the to make their effect in a little space. It is w street of specialists and of special its who take themselves seriously.
Is there any other strees where you can see a hat setting out from shop to buyer in a horse-drawn vehicle whose cockaded driver and footman look as though the Crown jewels themselves might be in their stately care i
World. Ransacke.
Is there any other shopping street that might eisually claim ita mer-
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE'S
NOTEBOOK, :
Making Up Velvet.
To avoid spoiling the bloom on
velves when making a frock, use
ny
It is a museum of a street where even he who sannct buy may un enviously feast his eyes,, on "rich- 06. Silken Samarkand and smoky Potteries pour their treasures into it, to walk along it is to pass in review the world's achievements in material beauty and more than or twice the beholder may entch his breath as a beauty that belongs to more than a day.
MID-DAY TO MID- NIGHT.
THE NEW SKIRT LENGTHS.
needles for fixing patterns and The new skirt length is going to seems, ordinary metal pins intrigue you, but a little mental make nasty holes in the material, reservation will immediately bring For the same reason, use silk in.it into focus. Slimmer lines, make stead of cotton for tacking. When machining the seams keep the foot of the machine raised to avoid pres sure on the velvet.
To press, iron the seams over i thick, soft blanket and take care to pass the iron along the fabric without letting it rest even for a Second; then you will avoid any ugly marks.
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Fitting Linoleum. When Sitting & difficult corner of room with linoleum, first lay a piece of paper on the floor and cut to the exact shape, then place the paper on the line and cut it; it will then be a perfect fit.
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When bottling liquids that are to be kept some time boil the corks to soften them, and while hot press them into the bottle. When they become cold again the bottles will be securely souled.
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When a surow top on the bottle is difficult to remove, try gripping is with a piece of sandpaper.
vast difference to ankle lengths, and the new gowns conform to being put on in the morning-any, from mid-day, for luncheon.
Imagine a type of gown intended to curry a woman through to smart afternoon functions such as rares
and garden parties. "Little jackets disguising low back décolletés following bathing suit bracer linea make these gowns adaptable for lunching, dining, theatre, or cabaret Six to midnight voiles have been succeeded by mid-day to
midnight gowns.
wear..
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The style, however, is not meant for ordinary morning wear, though models in this category do define longer akirts than those stopping just below the knees. You will like them just the same because of their
modified widths. .
One of these longer-skirted street frocks looks particularly charming, in scaling wax red shantung worn with a little sleeveless "bivadère striped jacket. A little nailor hat in the plain colour, shows a striped hand round the crown and a short" brim set straight on the forehead
summer evening jackets worn with ground length evening gowns.
Plain coloured themes match the darker note of a floral print in English linens, black velvet for a white and black figured linen being one example, Velvet flowers to tone massed round neck and sleeve open- inga replace fur
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When the new English cotton piques crose the Channel again, after being made up in Paris work- rooms, an apparently useruchablo quality will catch the eye in cky blue, white and bright red even- ing gowns: The material hangs perfectly through graduated skirt lines ending in full ground longti hems, and garlands of cotton flow- 1rs to tone with each dress aro strung round the neck, to be caught inta side of a fabric belt.
Simplicity spells elegance for these pique and linen evening styles with chomisier" fronts delicately suggested bringing a fresh move- mont into bodices when a single row of buttons paas down the front,, This note is sometimes eliminated for a zig-zag button fastening at the back posed just above and below the natural to slant slightly down- wards towards one side.
Cream Crackers
CREAM CRACKERS
Crisp and Flaky
made by
CARR'S of CARLISLE
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. YORK BUILDING,
HUNG YU COMPANY.
SHANGHAI TAILORS.
EXPERT MAKING EUROPEAN LADIES' HIGH CLASS
DRESSES, CHINESE" AND FRENCH SILK MERCHANTS.
70. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, (OPPOSITE LEE, YUEN STREET, WEST) Telephone No. 27803,
Parfumerie Rigaud
PARIS.
"UN AIR EMBAUME
Flacon de Luxe Grand Modele. A Hygionio and Rafroshing Porfume in grost favour on all Overson Markets,
OSTAINABLE FROM-
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WING ON & CO.
THE SUN CO. SINCERE CO.
AGENTS,
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No. 34, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
TAL. 57155.
We invite you to come and inspect our wonderful display of UP TO DATE modern furniture and get idea for your HOME, how to decorate it and make it cosy
We beg to announce that Messrs: KOMOR & KOMOR, Art and Curio Experts, will also exhibit some choice. Art pieces suitable to beautify your HOME:
Showroom :-Gloucester Building,
16. Des Voeux Road, C.
Tel. 28377. Studio:-Tai Ping Building,
16, Queen's Road, C.
Tel. 28326.
ATHENA
IN
GLOUCESTER BUILDING
16. Des Voeux Road, C.
I WAS ONLY A KID THEN.
BY CARYL BRAHMS.
When
was silly. And only four
I used to be soured.
Of the corridor,
But now that I'm older
And go to school
I shut my eyes tight
And run through a rule,
When I was young And I didn't know things
naked Father Christmas..
To let me grow wings,
But now that I'm older And got Ten for Sums* I'll write for an Airplane- "And" "dresa"it" to Mume|--
When I was littlö And sent to bod
I used to be scared
Till my prayers were said
In case of an accident
happening when
I hadn't made friends- With Heaven again--
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Now that I'm older- And don't have a light I'm still very glad When I put matters right 1
-Sometimes.