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A WIFE IS HAVING diffi- culties with the table manners. of her husband. There are no children, therefore, sae Minds it difficult to point out table manner errors. After sting a ftw
of his actions with his food, she inquires how to break him of this personal habit?
Too bad you did not notice this particular tralt before you married the man, but that is over! If he is the type .who wili "take advice from the shoulder.” make your remarks in this regard sozie evening when he is in a good mood and the two of you are alone. If your husband wishes to "make the
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ing, or dangerous to individuals. A hostess rarely has a good time at her own parties. But, above all don't overdo it and make people feel uncomfortable,
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BUSINESS GIRL has been employed in the Colony for three years,
her work is highly techalçai
she feels that she can support herself through this particular channel of industry. Now, she desires to leave Hongkong sad go to the United States or England, but what" about a position?.
No doubt you
could support
grade" with smart young people, yourself through your knowledge. he will not do so by taking soup However, I suggest as in the past from the the tip of his spoon, but-
to other writers, do not leave your tering a whole plece of bread, etc. home unless you have a round trip The table manners are a spotlight ticket and a certain sum of money to home training. Check them up to depend on when you arrive in a by all means.
The table napkin should be laid foreign city. If such is the cas
then pack your bags and start on across the lap partly folded,
your way. It would be a good idea small section should, de only, a
used at the mouth. Soup from the side of the spoon, and the butter-)
very little
contact as many business firms In your line of work, and attempt to have references. In England this ing of bread in small sections as means a great deal, in America you require, Unusual food-na awkward moments with avocado ori mango halves served in the rind—. these should be eaten with a spoon, Or boiled lobster with the claws should be,,tackled with an oyster fork rather than the fingers. Be very, very careful of table mannera and eat the food slowly..
THE HOSTESS
STRANGER HAS BEEN liv- ing in Hongkong for several months. Her husband now re- quests that she entertala five dinner guests, this is the first large entertaining job she has tackled and she is in a dither. Exactly what are the neces- saries for a hostess?. She has been married one year.
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DEAR FAITH PRIOR: my husband and I were born in a poor district of England. We married "two years ago, and last September we came to the Far East. The wife writes ask- ing if she and her husband must remain in the class they are born? They have not in the past year. Is this only tem- porary? Can they climb into a superior grouping of people? Or would that toq only last while they are away from their own country? Husband & Wille.
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LARGE SUBJECT
Dear Husband & Wife, The sub- Jeet of classes in this life has been challenged and discussed in thousands of spoken and written
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YOUR HAT IS IN STYLE IF YOU JUST KNOW HOW TO LOOK FOR IT
UP TILL A FEW YEARS AGO, BUYING A HAT was a simple matter of elimination. You knew whe- ther you wanted a sport hat or a dressy one, you had a vague idea about colour, and then you tried on every hat in stock. Your chances of looking well in any of them were just as good as the next customer, Certain- ly your coiffure played little part in determining your choice, hair dressing was much in the same styles per head.
Many men wear a daily boutonniere as a matter of course, but women, the de- "corative sex, frequently hesl- tate to wear flowers except on definite occasions, and then as a corsage or in their hair. It isn't that the sexes are con- fusing their roles, but women are passing up a dally opportunity for attractive ornamentation and can learn a lesson from the allegedly conventional male. The woman doesn't exist who doesn't delight | In flowers and respond to wearing Then along came "coiffure for your head or you'll look as them. But fear of looking over-revolution." To-day there's though you have been scalped, For dressed or conspicuous makes a no one style affected by all this very reason you can go to great many women timid about smart women. There are at extremes and wear exaggerated wearing etem:
least four, equally smart, hats. The bumper sallor with a nothing alike. So that the high crown is a good example.. old try-on-everything method LONG BOB no longer works.
Are you one of those possessed of the "idee fixe" that you just
non't wear flowers unless a man gives them to you? It is a nice sentiment. but it works, out be practice only for the first few months of a romance! DULL CONVENTIONS
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Don't be smothered by conventions. If your spirits become more gay and your step, more sprightly when you sport a bou- quet, or if you feel your soul soften when you pin on a camellia, don't be a stasy. Wear them by all means, even if you're not going any place more adventurons" thap to the dentist with Junior. Get the idea that nowers are party acces sories..out of your head, Wear them every day, at any time of day. «
But
be discreet. Selcet your flowers for the costume and time of day. For instance Orchids are not for day street wear, it is like drinking champagne "with fried eggs and bacon Flower for every day should be casual, whenever they strike your fancy or express your mood or complement your frock. And at all times give a the texture of the thought to material and the colour of your
costume.
THREE POINTS.
The following comparison will help you to judge the three points of flower selection at all times; flowers, costume and the occasion.
The Party, butterfly orchids. 3. "Dressy event, fragile and romantic, dark red Chiefton, roses and violets.
3 Day occasion Informal, a cab bage rose.
4. For a hostess, Finch rose," or violets,
5. For the Jaunty suit, Harvard. red carnations.
6, Sophisticated ginner, a bright red antherium with yellow prongs. 7. The tweedy clothes, bronze ranunculus, yellow acacia and rose geranium, leaves.
white violets will make every And of course if you are the type
woman on the street envy you!
LIPSTICK!
The season for debutantes is on in London. The ma- jority of these budding young ladies are selecting white for their presenta- tions. And, careful thought is being given to the make- up for the white costumes.
Beauticiaris are agreed that rouge and particularly lipstick to go with these dresses must be of a red that carries a hint of star- let; which is to say that it must have slightly yellow tones. Blue or mauve sha- des, such as cyclamen, "are found to be too cold and unbecoming.
Since many of the smart- est evening frocks for sum- mer are white too, this advice applies to said cos- tumes.
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And ladies take heedl Don't apply lipstick too thickly. It will make your mouth look hard and puts you out of the present stylish youthful fashion
It would be a good idea for you to vest in a sound and rellable words. It La a large subject, book
etiquette immediately. However, hundreds of people Now, look at the position of hostess either go higher or lower than the aquarely! What would you do for sphere. into which they were born. intimate friends who call on you? {It is very possible that if you were Of course, you arrange the dinner born of a poor working class, that menu,
the table decorations, you may rise above the confines of flowers in the living room and see your surroundings. Education, in that a bedroom is spotless" with every day life, arts, sciences, com clean linen in the bathroom for mon sense, business, travel, poll- the use of the women, I would sug-ties, social, or a profession tends „gest you invite another member to to develop the character, Study, the affair then you would have an experience and keeping your head at even number which is much better. all times will certainly improve you You may wear a hostess gown, as a whole. person. It may take hostess pyjamas. The evening of years but you can do it if you the entertainment. ΣΟΥ
picture. receive, have the strength of character and your guests, put aside their wraps, are very wise, Be careful of your As it is a home gathering, you compardons, your associates, "your serve cocktails, see that your guests daily life waste Httle time, but have
cigarettes. You servant on, then do not neglect the art of nounces dinner, your husband will graceful play! Do not let money or lead the way to the dining wom¦ position turn your head and do with the female guest of honour, not try to be something you cannot the others follow with you in the live up to. However, there is one rear. Dinner progresses, and you trait you must watch which is com- retire to the living room, or the mon in hundreds of “self-made" ladies to the bedroom for facial people. It is the slight inferiority rejuvenation. The rest of the complex. be careful of it, be big evening progresses with bridge, enough, in character to overcome conversation, motor drive, hotel this prevalent characteristic. dancing, etc: At all times you must watch the comfort of your guests | in their desires and their con- versation, keep talk from become "-ing too personal, bustness-like, bor.
(Each week in this column FAFTH PRIOR answers ques- tions of “a personal nature' submitted by readers of the -“Daily PreSE")
The easiest way of get- ting a soft effect is to apply a cream, lightly, first, then Iput on the red lipstick by Up compression. After the process blot the mouth with tissue to remove surplus oll:
Another note of warning Be sure your nail enamel matches or blends with your lipstick. To be sure place five of your fingers on your chin right under the lower lip and stare in your mirror. The colours will be pleasing satisfactory or you will shrink with horror at the contrasts!
A long, loose bob frames pour Remember however, your hat isfrace so you can wear hats with in style it you just know how to or without. But don't try a tiny look for it, Maybe the following tilted hat, for your lovely locks will suggestions will help you in your cok like a shaggy mane A staal. autumn and winter millinery, shop-hat may look well but it must ping.
cover more of your head to balance, the, more abundant hair below.
Your new hat can be as classic in style or as cockeyed as you like the off-the-lace hat with a wide, but, for symmetry of line and high cuff and a large contrasting pleasing harmony with your hair-taffeta bow tied low at the back do, it ought to follow these general the face to soften it. And the can only be worn with hair about, groupings
SHORT BOB:
classic swagger felt is no longer everybody's hat, it is now your's alone. This last style is the perfect model for the Hollywood bob," UP-IN-FRONT — DOWN-AT-
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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1939. -PAGE
SPECIAL VALUE
SLACKS-$15.
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Dresses for
If you wear your hair cut short so that only half of the ear shows, a small hat is most becoming. Because your head line is trim and! your hair is back from your face you can wear those wonderful
If you wear your hair up in the
Ladies of Hongkong - it's your little things that tilt way forward. front and down at the back, you opportunity now to save as much also reduced to half price. Little all occasions are Or you can push the short ends of will look best in a hat with your hair forward, for
Practically every as you spend!
cotton frocks bright with colour softness a brim, The brim can around your cheeks and wear an up or it can turn down, it can be
speciality shop in
and demore in trim have been the city has off-the-face hat. But remember, a very wide or quite narrow And
the "Sale Sign" out, and they reduced down to $7.50. Specta- large hat may make you look all the crown should be small so that really mean it in the reduction tor sport dresses for morning; or hat and no hair. The suggestion it won't set down too far over the
of summer merchandise,
afternoon are on sale, and s Within several weeks it will small selection of dresster models. for flattery is a turbanlike hat naked ears. Whatever the size wear still continue to be warm in for that is all made of velling for it pretty straight on your head. climate, but the shops will be gown selection has been slashed afternoon. The evening dress, or for severe smartness a not tilted too far forward or previewing the fall season miland maybe here you can and a cough straw with a bunch of pushed way back from your face. iinery and wearing apparel. Your bargain to fill in your flowers resting in its conical crown The large brim. Baku straw or felt opportunity for purchasing late for August and September parties, wardrobe and brim turns up high in back. hat will datter you. Or the pali-holiday styles will be almost nil. Do you ever have too many aven laison straw with a tall stove-pipe and too, you may not find a bar- UP-HAIR
ing frocks? Not one lady in a crown is an example of how 'be-
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hundred dare say yes-so here La If you wear your hair up, there comingly extreme your hat may
your opportunity to find a har- is a resemblance of" line in your be.
gain and save toward the пет and exotic winter evening cos tume!
hair to the short bob, and again. The men say the ladies hats are the small hat tipped down in front "crazy" but be "crazy like a fox will look best. Remember that your and be smart, select the hat for hate should never cover the back your colffure
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THE AUTUMN FASHIONS:
"BUSTLE" AND "RUSTLE"
It is a bit early to turn to the inspection of the coming autumn styles. However, the clothing, buyers and designers are having their previews and selecting models which will be previewed in August. And this is what they report, We're to " bustle ** and! "rustle" right into the fall fashion picture, but we're not to lose one lota of glamour in the procession, for there'll be ostirch laden bonnets to lend allure and quaint little hair- do's with puffs and ribbons.
That we're to present a picture of queenly, elegant, wasp-waisted, swan-necked, straight-backed type of beauty of grandmother's day, 'is the edict! And you will love it!
The idea is such an "about face" and requires impeccably. good grooming stressing "regal posture" which was as dear to the 1880 glamour queen as her cotillion favours, and which will become an essential of chic this autumn.
PROUD OF PLUMAGE
There will be none of the usual casualnesa, for you'll be as proud of your plumage as the * vain peacock. You will strut your bustle and there will be the swish of be- ruffled taffeta petticoats beneath black bengaline,
One of the charming advanced. dresses is one which will be ex- tremely popular. The lady wil revel in the wide girdle that swathes her hips in crushed fabric and ends at the back over-skirt
fullness in lap over effect simulat ing the exciting bustle. The style is predicted to be a lead in the fashion parade.
Another ultra-new style has the aura of the "merry widow” about it's sleek-looking black, pliabie crepe. The skirt is fashioned in tiers or the soft material double- thickness for added weight, which give a tubular effect, The moder ately full bodice has an alluring neckline in a V which is emp hasized with a single exotic flower of exquisite detall The short draped sleeves are unusually fiat- tering.
It is reported that black,/en- namon brown and cyclamen red will be winning colours for early.
fall
IDA LUPINO, Columbia Mo- tion Picture÷Stadio's ́ contract... actress models a dressy, shirt- „maker silk frock of cyclamen tones. The costume: hat with yards of velling highlight the outfit which is correct for late morning" and afternoon.
VALUES ON SALE
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| LANĖ, CRAWFORD has the values and they are on sale! The summer's annual sale is now in SALË 'TILL MONDAY progress, accessories to wearing apparel are reduced
clear. Don't say that you were not Gloves, all sizes and colours: warned-RIVELLE, in the Arcade, Shoes, various sizes and styles, will continue to offer a half- Underwear and corsets, girdles price" sale until Monday. All sum and brassieres reduced to bargain mer's merchandise, apparel and prices.
costume accessories, have been Several particular outstanding slashed to almost their cost prices values are slacks, in navy blue, all to clear. However, the bargain is sizes, selling at $15. And hats, the new group of merchandise just dressy, sports, semi-tailored, and received from America which dre daytime styles are selling from to the late arrival date must be in. 8.30 upward. Straws, rough and cluded in this annual summer sale fine, a few felts, ribbon models in Various alzes are included.
Swimming. "gear" suits, capes, caps, and bathing shoes have been reduced and you will find the se lection is good.
Little girls and big girls will fina attractive morning dresses in col- ourful cottons tailored an summer's tashion designs. The play costumes for “grown-ups" are a good value. Stacks, two and three piete.play salts, drindis, shorts and shirts The morning are all reduced to clear.
Frocks of all types and summer styles are on sale.
dresses im cotton. semi-sport frocks for afternoon, as well 1.3 fornial · styles. And the evening
Hats in various grades of straw are on sale from $5 up. The shapes and sizes vary, the colour range is wide,'
gowns have taken a worthwhile reduction. There are many Co- |lours, and creations offering a Informal and formal afternoon wide selection." However, a word dresses are included in the reduc of waring, don't. - wait ́ ́ too. look tions. Chiffons and acetates in before you investigate this sale bright colours tailored in individual because the size range is limited attractive styles will be extra in many departments,
values to the shopper in the pre- sent weather. Too, these garments, REDUCED TO HALF
maybe worn far into the autumn. MAYOS in the Arcade is in the The group of summer evening "Hale business too! All summer's" frocks are each a distinct creation millinery and ready-to-wear has of charm and fashion Many of been reduced to half the selling you who are bound on late vaca prices of two weeks ago,
tion's will welcome the opportunity
"White is right" for this sum of the value and saving. You can mer, and there are several more just about purchase two evening months to go of this summer frocks for the regular price of one climate in Hongkong. There-in this sale. fore, a new white chapeau at While you investigate the bar hair the original price should be gains in this shop do not forget to tempting. The millinery sale in-investigate the "sale price" of col cludes models large and small, lars and cuts in sets, gloves, baga, with brims and without, and a jewellery gadgets, artincial flowers, wide selection of styles. The and the tailored blouses of which sailors, doll-hats, sport and semi-only a few ate left. Too, the child, sport creations in various types (ren's frocks for moming and after- of straw,⠀⠀ The trimmings varynoon are their own bargainą, in veils, ribbon, flowers, pins, quills value for the low price during this compliment the individual styles. clearance.
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