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FAITH PRIOR
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cases,
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
Fashion
Round The Shops
PRE-VIEW
Lounging In Smart Splendour
We all go in for that sport called "Lounging."
Whether the spirit descends upon na from too, many dinners a Listen, my ladles, and you will|week, a hangover, a 3 am, closing hour, a friendly," chatty evening or a good book, everyone succumbs several afternoons or evenings a month,
hear that our sales are going over fast. Unless you make it snäppy all the bargains will be gone and you will be ticking yourselves for
your slow motion,
20 Percent For You
and be comfortable.
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Now, some of you may like that ancient robe and the dog-eared slippers. But say not so! You can still lounge in smart splendour
When lolling in grande dame Very high style is white crepe or fashion, and the "nats-nata" sharkskin pants with a tuck-in A large and exclusive emporium may be dropping in for tea or a blouse. The bicuse has chartreuse is giving you gals a yearly break drink, glamour and sophistication silk sleeves, large at the shoulder before the new season commences. can be expressed by a hostess gown and narrowing into a tight wrist.
Twenty percent discount on aping to any skin tone and softena of greyish chiffon, a colour fatter-
VARIED SELECTION parel, seen and unseen, gadgets the athletic build.
It is just plain lounging. after- accessories and necessities.
noon or evening; you would hate The bonnets and shoes are out-with shirring and hand appliqued and then only maybe, You want Full sleeves, small round neck to see anyone but your best friend, standing values, and there is still
lace, strategically applied, camou-to cogitate, bulld castles in the air, a good selection.
nages a small bosom. A. trala read or write letters. Then you Gloves--you nevér can have
gives a coquettish romantic dignity have quite a choice of garmenta enough of them-are really on Another gown, a bit more youth-to skid yourself into. salet
ful and used for the same situa-i tion, has double ruffles around
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Lastex panty girdles at and $3.95 are Investments."
$3.00
Be smart! Go take a look at the values offered here. Sheer-Navy
You all know perfectly well that clothes do have a lot to do with your success.
A small specialty shop offers the new navy sheers with white trims and white embroidery-they wont let you down.
Short and elbow length sleeves. pleated and flared skirts, tailored and dressy lines, are all points in corporated in this group.
Sharkskin, plainly tailored, solid
tuck-in
the neck of a pale point d'esprit or combination of colours in two hostess costume. This will soften plece pyjamas with a scrawny shoulders and flatter the blouse or a porter's coat. apper arm. Spilling down the "tront," caught here and there
with satin knots, they emphasise the voluminous skirt which softens long-leggedness.
Black wool jersey slacks, with a carry yellow cotton knit sweater and a black kerchief printed in purple, worn at the neck of in ̈a narrow band around the hair.
Grey slacks in duck with a white Still another knock-out hostess cotton peasant sweater and 3
is a purplish-blue chiffon green belt. gown very full blas cut skirt and gather- A white rajon overall with a
ed blouse effect with deep V-neck blue denim blouse. In front. The final breath is a wide and long chiñon cherry red.
The very latest-a striped silk sash of jersey blazer over slippery ink-blue |
rayon slacks deliberately cut too
All of these costumes require one short.
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woman | speak, and the deadly moods of with a child, has found her tus- dejection, are illustrations of your band most difficult in the physical | condition. A change of adjustment of marriage.
sometimes helps in such The delicate matter of physical which are not due to any kind of All the frocks in this particular piece of jewellery, no more. An·| adjustment is profoundly impor-physical weakness. To retire into stock of sheers have
Stop embarrassing yourself. Give. tant in marriage, and powerful in lonely corners is an expression of navy taffeta slips. And again we
their own interesting pair of earings, a brace a little thought to your lounging creating harmony or the opposite. it, and a danger. To force your say, "Dark. backgrounds are let or ring.
"equipment. It pays to be always Your husband is unable to carry self into bright company, go to finitely 'It'".
"Beware, do not let your im-smart in your clothes before triend on with things as they are and the theatre, read Interesting books,
or foe. you, because
same shop has a ship-agination run away with you when you love
him and and try to enjoy lie is part of a ment of new hats straws and felt it comes to alippers for these know his confilet, just suffer vour-cure. Not being able to make de combinations mainly. with viels.
gowns. Sandles, backless dressy self by giving him his social and cisions is also a sign of the trou-bows, flowers and fruit trims. All mules with a back-strap or a very soft heel-less ballet slipper. Sik solid shades are most, suitable.
personal freedom if you can. In ble which, now
This
that you are dark shades, too.
every way he says you are a won-making an effort to understand it, derful wife and mother, but the is already in the first stage of care. lack of adjustment is wrecking Do not regard the trouble ad an everything. It would be better illness, but as an evidence of wrong perhaps for you to give him a thinking and some malajustment chance to disciplinë himself while to the everyday.
you take the rest you suggest with
worse.
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a relation. But when a man mar- Dear Faith Prlor: I am in trou- ries a good wife, he has under-ble. I hope that there is a way taken * bargain for better or you can help me out, Several months ago I introduced my best girl friend to my boy friend. They UNTIDY confesses with some seem to get along perfectly, and humour to her hideous household as a result he never comes to sto muddles, her husband's intensify me but goes to her house quite ing dislike of it all and her own often. scorn of cooking and housework., On several occasions I went to. She was once a successful business her house and he was there. We woman and sees no sense in work- have nothing much to talk about. ing at home.
and I noticed that my girl friend
When you married you under-paid a lot of attention to him. I took one half of a contract. and think she is trying to take him If you loved enough to marry you away from me, but I am not the must love enough to carry out the fool to let her get away with it. contract honestly. If your hus Regarding the other party, I do band suddenly stopped his job of not think he realises the situation: dally work because he did not ke Please advise me what to do, and It, your home and life would be it it turns out all right I shall be disrupted. The woman who 18 ever grateful TROUBLED.
worked for, cared for. kept, Dear Troubled: In the first housed, and clothed is bound by place look directly at your altua- honour, duty and justness to give tion. Sad but true, something solid and helpful in re-friend has evidently slipped away your boy turn. Nor is housework and cook-from you. ing so menit 33 you say. It re-
This is your fault. But take
quires just as much concentration, heart. If you really want a re- skil, management, foresight and turri of his attention and devotion accuracy as work in an office. you can get it, though you must Adopt your business tactics and be amart. make them work in the home.
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Analyse what it is that draws hlia to your girl friend. Study AFRAID Is a young woman everything that pertains to her: driven to confide after suffering an mentally and physically. Use her Intolerable number of nerve-weapons with improvements, wracking scenes with a man she You must have changed in somma was once fond of, but whose morbid way. What is the difference in ways, strange behavior and violent you, now and, when you first met angers drove her from him.
this man. Go back to being that Your distress might be absurd, girl again. Do
not be obvious.
as you say, but then it possibly is Invite this boy friend to see you not. The young man has for years and work on him. been steadily becoming more If all falls you had better forget fanatical, and cannot speak with-him and look for other fish tri the out introducing texts to prove his ocean.
point. This emotional outlet is ep- parently connected with his peri-
tanical convictions and his solitary, DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE: "Your" brooding and intentionally hermit-second letter: Realise your boy like existance. I advise you as friend has never met your father, his mother is also most concerned. He must do so and be 'accepted by to see that she consulta a pay-Jour family. · Therefore, invite him chiatrist for the young man's to your home and for this reason. mind appears to be perilously dis
A refusal of your invitation, ordered.
added to the fact that he has not attempted to see you for.. some EMPTY is obviously suffering time. means only one things-all is from some form of neurasthenia, over on his part.
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which is not so much a disease as Then centre your thoughts on
de-
A fitting sheath for the exotic bearity of Gale Sondergaard, M-G-M player, Is this crepe evening gown, the high bodice of which is gathered and carries interest in the arrange- ment of corded shoulder strapà. The skirt is toe-length in front, but slightly longer at the back to suggest a train.
Umph in Dresses
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PYJAMA FASHIONS Informal lounging of an evening. bridge, talk, female chattering, and the like, can take the good old stand-by and still much in use pyjama costume.
Pyjamas are pyjamas more or tess when it comes to style. The long or short coat, the bolero, you reed blouse with this: the trousers mever over 20 inches wide and a long or short sleeve.
However, it is not the style in this case, as the colours, which give this particular type of costume the smartness and dash.
Mahogany crepe or satin with a lac coat is very new.
A purplish crepe coat or bolero
with orange pants and a lilac blouse is a bit gaudy but some- thing to rave about.
are short in length and very love-
ly to wear and to see.
stan looking about this shop Ah! Just what you have hankered for all summer. Heavy, natural Einen and fine canvas bags with black, blue and luggage tan leather trims. The leather is used in the right places-bandies, over the catch, outines.-A few with all- over design.
Due to a delay in shipment these bags are "better late than never." Automatic Lipstick
It jumps out of it's nobby metal container, smears itself across your lipa at the right angles, and returns to its case, practically in ene motion. No cap pulling, or rolling at the end. Just a slide of the jewel catch and imia. Coty put forth this new labour-saving gadget. There are shades to suit each of you and the base has) enough cream to keep your lips smooth and velvety.
Another item to gladden your heart again thanks to Coty. Tube brilliantine! Just the necessity for week-end excursions or travell- ing. There are two sizes. Evening Crispness
Nights are still quite warm, es- pecially when it comes to dancing. and for several months to come: Whoever said that "umph" was you will be in need of party or
dance frocks which can stand up}] going out of clothes?
when the wilting hours roll 'round. A small exclusive shop in Kow- loon can help you out, Their
Cocktail and carly
evening
shops certainly give that the lie.
a state of mind that needs cor-other people and activities about dresses th one of our specialty rection...by different line of you.
$3 thought, more knowledge of self and mentality, and interest. In things generally..
(Each week in this column, Faith Prior answers questions of a per-
These 5 to 9 pm. dresses of group of starchy cottons) and pastel marquisettes and organzas floating organzas and marquisettes have appliqued taffeta designs are the outstanding numbers in The awful fatness of spirit, the sonal nature submitted by readers sparingly scattered on the full disinterest in life of which you of the Dally Press.)
skirts and tight-atting tops. They (Continued on Pare 8).
American fashions.
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1938.-PAGE
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