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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1934.
Conversation With the Hairdresser
The "Perm"
By I. M. C.
I imagine that everyone gets a good deal thrown in with a "perm"-I mean conversationally. It is the hairdresser's big moment. For one thing his client is excited at having made what is still a pretty momentous decision, and much has so for another he more time than in the case of a mere "trim, shampoo, and set. He is bound to talk, and if is better that he should talk about hair. of which he knows some- thing, then about, say. Hitler- ism. of which he inay know nothing.
Feeling this, I usually make a practice of asking some question. about my own hair, but cautiously.
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account of the deluge of assorted bottles which may ensue, I like talking about my hair but experience has taught me that no from an one else does, 1 less ulterior motive and insensibly we glide from the particular to the general, I remarking (all over again how wonderful per- manent waving is, and what a good thing it is so much cheaper than it used to be.
He says darkly that the ap- paratus is still far from cheap: I mean at the price people ex- pect to get "perms" now there But is simply nothing in it. does it then. I inquire use, a great deal of current? naturally. but it isn't
'the .much: it's
He says that" so tissues and Why. if the oil sachets and oll were liquid suver-the most the
- informs me) expensive liquid
there Is-it wouldn't be worth, what they charge.
Miss
And you have ta use the genuine oil. But what," I say, does the oil do, and he, explains it gets converted into steam by the electricity and has then the property of making the core- the central thread-of every hair distorts the Expand so that it sheath into waves; evidently in the Medusa manner.
I say respectfully that it is all very wonderful and when was it final Adjusting a invented? cylinder
on its appointed inch and a quarter "plot" he tells me that no with a superior smile one knows. Because it was dore in, ancient Egypt, for certain, and. China. But not. I protest, with electricity, and he agrees; no, of course.not with that, but then electricity is only one of a series of means which have been em- ployed. For instance. African hair with negroes wave "their clay.
me
African negroes waving their hair, with anything is to rather a tall story, and I suggest that surely it waves enough' by itself: I mean, don't they mostly spend their time trying to stop. [C? But he doesn't. he points of the frizzy sort out, mean negro. He means a little vaguely -Maoris and Red Indians and blacks like that. And, watching my hair steam, I wonder what exactly Maoris and Red Indians are doing in Africa, though after all you get Africans in "America, so why not?
And in Europe, he continues. permanent waving was done in all sorts of ways before electricity. was invented. He himself ha seen a machine that was worked by a treadle like a knife grin- ding one, and there were others run by gas. Impressed, I inquire If he supposes they had a tap
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to every curler, but it appears that you did not have the bur- ners actually on your head; the heat was blown on by fans. And another method was to have uttle wedges of lime, which at the crucial moment had water sprayed on them from containers.
But people, I object, surely used not to wave much, not as they do now, and he agrees-not wave but frizz; wasn't a hair- dresser in French afriseur Ladies have always frizzed so na to make their hair look more and be more easily dressed, but when they curled. actually they curled backwards. Confused, I inquire, "How backwards?" And he explains Starting at the other end". And am I feeling tired, because I do look a little tired. I say not in the least; I tell him I'm so much interested.
Guessing Dinner- Parties
'What's Intil't?"
A woman who does a certain amount of entertaining saya she does not consider a little dinner- party successful unless at least a couple of courses bring the question: "Do tell me what this Is made of?" or "How did you get this wonderful flavour?" It amuses her so much to 'bewilder her guests in this way that she has developed the notion of giving "Guessing Dinners, with a prize for the one who gives the most correct answers.
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Fruiterers are now importing various fruits, such as the grana- dila. which are obtainable very reasonable
The prices: fleshy part of the granadilla is placed in a little bowl and topped .with a spoonful of whipped
cream to form a delicious sweet" course with "which small sponge fingers are served.
Chestnut flavouring is, curiously enough, one that few people can identify. A chestnut puree, served with chopped nuts and a strip of angelica, within one of the spongerings that can be bought from the confectioner's, will usually puzzle the majority.
One of the most elusive of flavours belongs to the guava.. Guava Jelly is obtainable at the larger stores, and makes 2 to delightful accompaniment roast veal and jugged hare. Few competitors score full marks when this is included in the menu.
Only just lately has it been possible to obtain tinned Chinese lychees. Flavours are dimeult
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What The Well-Dressed A KNITTED SCARF
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London
Hair-Bands-One of the most distinctive evening headdresses in this season of coronets and ban- deaux is a roll of black or colour- silver tissue. ed velvet, gold or around which is wound a string of pearl beads The effect is ex- traordinarily good and a credit- able home made model is not difpcult to produce.
to describe, but this is a sort of cross between a very ripe goose- berry and a plum... It is so subtle that it would be a pity to serve. the fruit otherwise than with its own sweet juice and possibly a little cream.
Quinces are so little used in British cookery that to many people they are a novelty. If stewed with, pears, through a sleve, and served with custard, they, will form a simple but very excellent sweet, capable of get- ting a great many people gues- sing. and guessing wrong!
Full Face Value.-That's what you get in the new hats says eye Vogue. No concealing one
and all your forehead. Every- thing is out in the open and positively no cheating. These off- the-face hats have been with us for some time now, but there are so many variations on this theme that it will be long before we tire
them.
off-the-face of
These shapes come from many sources. The halo hat received its impetus from the British film called "The Private Life of Henry the Eighth
Spring Millinery Fashions--The Jaunty little short-brimmed sailor hat will be popular this Spring but there is a different movement
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A scarf is a good thing for a beginner at knitting to make because there are no dificult measurements to worry about. and no seams to join up.
You will need sük ounces of fourply wool in your favourite colour, and a pair of number four wooden or bone knitting needles. Cast on "sixty-four stitches, then work the first row in "alternate groups of four plain stitches and four purl. You will finish on B set of four puri stitches. Work the second row in the same way, "finishing again with a set of four purl stitches. Repeat these two rows twice, so that you have aix rows in all, which give you the first row of .completed pattern. For the next six rows, begin with four purl stitches and finish 'with four plain. When you reach the twelfth row, you will have two complete rows of pattern. Con. tinue thus, in alternate rows of blocks, until you have used up Now the Brst ounce of wool. work the next four ounces wool in plain knitting, and use the last ounce of wool to make a pattern exactly like the one at the beginning..
crowns. These vary from crushed to round blocked ones, squared types achieved through goffered ribs defining three or four melon sections, and the flat iron crown with its blunt, tip dipping down in front from a higher back. White Panama is another medium cleverly folded into a crown that gradually dips down in front from a high back line. In this instance the brim is single and the shape" quite round, with a navy blue and white spotted ribbon swathed from side to side across the back “up- lift." Mortar-Board brims are b teresting. This style is applied " tu a stifle Bengalę straw sailor shape with points jutting out in equal proportion at sides. back and front.
Pale blue canvas mesh ribbon makes an effective trimming movement across the crown of a black straw shape for afternoon wear and supplies a scarf through a streamer being released as it were from a little Hat tallozed bow. The streamer is sufficiently long to be drawn from the back and coll easily round" the neck- line.
The Latest A÷new neckline interesting the smart féminine world at the moment. It is made from myriad graduated strands of dull gold silken cord, slightly stiffened by a flexible wire thread and massed together at the back under a double half dome fasten- ing of gold medal This silken cord medium is also, used for a spray of graduated balls on a diadem. and can be seen side by side with those of golden metal worked up hitc wrought iron designs that look like shavings" and 'pleated *concertina/ strips made from
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Neckline Chauges. - Necklines have been all-important for some time but they are the first items to show change. For indoors the base of the throat Ene is a charming line for youth. Bibs of linen-lawn treated An various ways are pleasing with dark dresses. Some of the prettiest are pleated, A good substitute. for lawn, and more suited for practical use is washing crepe or satin. Already the bigger bibs, more correctly termed plastrons.
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They can be inserted or placed over a V-shaped wool and silk frock The eastest are those V- shaped back and front as they slip over the head: some fasten up the back with tiny buttons. An old fashion revived is a thick- ly sequined plastron of jet cut in a deep V back and front. Put on over a dull black crepe de Chine the afternoon frock just below neck-line, it is very attractive, a long-sleeved especially with dress that has touches of jet at the wrist.
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