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A SIMPLE AND
ATTRACTIVE FROCK.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920,
HER PAGE
THE SERVANT PROBLEM.
"LABOUR" PEERESS.
YOUR NEW GOLFING OUTFIT.
BEAUTIES OF ALL NATIONS: V: THE RUSSIAN TYPE.
The year sketelad above is of greenish fun, coope de chine, girdled with Froid embroidered in bruge wetal figud and brunar tugris,
Designs
of the Moment.
AGRIFFIN'S
EXPERIENCES,
My dear Joan,
Having read your little article on "a chat about servants" in last
| Wednesday's Hongkong Telegraph
I thought you might be interested
to hear of some experiences of a
griffin."
I arrived in the Colony about three months ago and after having existed on the verandah of an Hotel for a few weeks, that being the only accommodation obtain- able, my husband succeeded in securing two unfurnished rooms at & rental per month for which we rented a nice villa at Home for half a year! I began to ponder on how to cut down expenses to help meet the high bouse rent. when a friend suggested what seemed to me to be a very brilliant idea. It was that I should employ a "makee learn" collie straight from Canton. She also advised me to engage a cook-boy who was working for a friend of hers and who had recently been promoted from the position of coalie to that of cook. Her idea was that although he knew very little English he could be taught and would be willing to work for less wages than a fully-trained cook- boy.
1
COUNTESS
OF WARWICH
2
Walthamstow
Well kunnen fær ber adrane- ed political views, the Countess of Warwick has been adopted by the Eas! Labour Party was prospective Labour cautiidate for the von- stituency.
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
FRENCH OPINION ON ENGLISH GIRLS' MASCULINITY.
In a lecture on the modern
GORGEOUS COLOURS. TABOOED BY REAL PLAYERS.
Golfing women, by whom it is meant women who play serious golf, are getting very tired of the variegated bird-of-paradise cost- umes which were so frequently seen on the links last summer and autumn. Very few real golfers have succumbed to the fascin- ations of the jumper, though the old-fashioned sweater and par- 'ticularly the jersey coat made in cardigan style-still has many devoted admirers.
It does not, however, follow that because gorgeous colours are taboo the clothes worn for golfing need be monotonous or dawdy. The new striped tweeds will undoubtedly be very popular, particularly those which convey a neutral colour impression when seen at a distance. This can be accomplished by selecting a tweed that has a fawn or grey stripe al- termatad with one of soft blue, green or mauve, or a darker stripe of the same colour. Black and white materials, with blue, green, or purple overchecks, are always smart for sports' wear, and looki a delightful fresh grey when the wearer is over 50 yards away.
Last year most women chose the brighter colour of the tweed for their "woollie" and other ac-1 cessories, but tastes, having been satiated with vivid jumpers. These Buggestions rather
stockings, and hats, it will be the appealed to me, as I imagined
neutral colour that predominates myself trainging these IWO
in this season's costumes. servants to iny own way of doing
Shantung is going to be a things and at the same time young Frenchwoman, given to favourite material for shirts. effecting a saving on my house- the Anglo-French Society in Please note the word shirts, for hold expenditure. Now I will London recently M Claire de it is important. Golfers do not tell you what happened. Before Pratz said the Englishwoman play in fancy srepe de chine going to the office one morning was inclined to regard the French blouses, nor in garments put to- my husband mentioned that he girl as behind her in educational gether by handstitchery.which is would like bis tennis shoes development.
not equal to the strain of games cleaned. Later on I went to see
Frenchwoman had requiring "open" erin work. if this had been done and after developed along the lines of her Another revival which will be questioning the "boy" who own femininity, while her Eng-cordially welcomed by sports appeared very distressed. I dis-lish sister had tended to develop covered that he had been trying
toward masculinity. to clean them with the contents
blanco
But the
versa.
women is Japanese silk, which always has such a clean, fresh of a bottle of Eno's Fruit Salts!! She spoke of the girl of the appearance and is wonderfully The label had come off and he past, whose education was entire-are also correct and comfortable. hard-wearing. Striped spun silks had apparently mistaken it for y altruistic. as opposed to the Remember the rule for smart modern girl, educated on rational
sporting clothes; a plain shirt and scientific lines, and said it My next experience was with was a question who was the better with a striped skirt, and vice the coolie, when, soon after I had citizen the one whose person- my afternoon tea, I happened to ality was developed or the one go into the kitchen and discovered whose personality was repressed. that individual cleaning the A combination of the two, she handles of my dainty tea-cups thought, would be perfect. Among the new bright colours, ingenuity and originality with with his toothbrush! The boy had which everyone welcomes, bright which it is shaped and trimmed. gone to the compradore and a Venetian green leads all the rest. the hip line may be widened or the coolie happened to have not a Very lovely is a straight banging narrowed, the skirt hem made to single word of "pidgin English dress of this charming colour in appear confining or otherwise and, in his vocabulary and I knew no entire silhouette Chinese, I will leave what followed silk voile, all embroidered with indeed, the silver and finished with a wide netamorphosed. Therefore, it to your imagination. collar of black velvet, which hangs will be seen that the fashioning Things reached a crisis when, loosely across the back. In front of this accessory is not a
on arriving home after being out
matter
the corsage is cut in a wide to be undertaken lightly. ...to dinoer just before Chinese New shallow square. A silver ribbon! Perhaps one of the best Year, I found that my dozen weighted with silver tassels belts examples of the apron type of English silver tea knives and forks it. And of the same vivid green dress is found in a French model had disappeared and with them is a half long coat which was of two-tone taffeta sort of the "boy" and coolie. worn at the Riviera with a dress hydrangea blue-and-pink whose
of soft black satin.
skirt is moderately wide and
Thank heavens I have now two A new sleeve on a little dress untrimmed save for a series of good servants to whom I pay a of marine idue velvet set in a cordings in slightly oval outline decent wage, and I assure you low. rather wide arabole, and of directly below the waistline in that the extra expense is monet elbow length was also seen. It front. All about this corded well spent. I thoroughly agree was drawn into a four inch band, section are placed narrow flounces with all you say about the fool- nuch wrinkled, and then pushed of the taffeta, to the number of hardiness of employing cheap a little up to give a puffed effect. tour, making the apron effect servants.
I am sure it never has
Of course a lining controlled this terminate at its greatest depth. Paid anyone and never will. fulness. A wrinkled collar cover-just above the knee line.
ed entirely the neck. 'and curved} At the top the flounces stand! about the chin.
away from the waist line and Another novelty was shown in frankly extend the width of both a little dress trimmed across the waist and hips. To balance the front breadth with three flounces flounces of the front there is a placed diagonally. The back broad sash tied in big loops and breadth slightly ful, hung per-ends at the back, thereby con. sistently carrying but the apron fectly straight.
idea.
black
The
Yours etc.
NEWLY-WED.
THE ARROW OF GOLD.
The present craze is for long
There are dresses that seem a Whether it is a strange coincid. coat-garments-a sort of glori5ed sack-of black velvet worn over little doubtful of the propriety of once, or whether there is really a coat is employing aprons as a decorative connection between the lovely white dressés. collared and cuffed with fur, and feature and which compromise Rits of Joseph Conrad's "Arrow belted either with jet or withby disguising the basic apron in of Gold" and the present vogue
varnished various ways. A model from a for golden arrows as ornamente, openwork,
celebrated French couturiere is can hardly be authoritatively leather,
an excellent example of this. The determined. The fact, however, POPULARITY OF THE APRON, fabric is buttercup satin, the hem remains that both in Paris and Recently the apron has been of the skirt in alightly Turkish London the most fashionable elevated to the rank of a desirable suggestion and a long, wide apron jewellers display prominently in accessory for dressy wear. Its of the satin with sides running their glittering etalages various On this kinds of jewelled and plain arrows translation from gingham to satin into a blunted point.
and chiffon is one of the little piece of satin are imposed gold] of gold to be worn in the hair or iacongruities that Paris delights embroideries in lace effect, and as bar pins. One of the most to spring on a sartorial world crossed over the gold embroideries elaborate types of these arrowa constantly demanding something are two bands of satin forming a is set with diamonds and ranges new and untried. It has come continuous line with the surplice in size from veil pin to oraamsat about that lace, chiffon, taffeta, of the deeply V'd bodice; the for the coiffure. In the latter velvet and even serge has been latter has sleeves of talle more form it is priced as the jeweller's pressed
apron service. flike an abbreviated scarf than announcement reads, “as low- is into
the degree of the regulation armi covering. According
to
£140
other
Borg
PRINCESS GEORGE F
ATTENBERG
Princess George, of Baltenberg was formerly the Princess Nada Torby, daughter of the Countess Torby and Grend Duke Michael of Russia. Her beauty is typical of the Pussian Komen of the upper classes. Intelligent, charming, highly accomplished in the arts, and unusual linguists. Russian women are noted as perhaps the most generally attractive in the world. Of the general. Slavic type, modified by refinement and education, the Russian striety woman is usually dark-haired, with large, Inut well moulded fentures, derp, thoughtful eyes and a charming manner, half serious and half guy. She is usually of cood physique, and while not athletic in her tastes, in physically strong and graceful.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
wards wide-ribbed stockings, pre- There is a great leaning to- ferably hand-knit, but not dis-
Cr playing chessboard large symmetrical designs in The French convent girl was divers gaudy colours. "Clocks " bright up on the principle of are quite permissible, especially A SIVER-CLEANING SUGGESTION. much education and little in- when chosen to match the hat traction, while the modern giril ribbon or sailor's knot tie which attending the Lycee had much in-is introduced on many of the Istruction and little education. severely-tailored golf shirts.
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GERMAN PRINCESS SUED
FOR DIVORCE.
Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the fourth son of the ex- „Kuiser, and the most beautiful of the former Emperor's daughters- in-law, who is now being sued for divorce, though there has been 1 no previous report of marital troubles. Before her marriage' in
1908, she was Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. - Prince August was listed as wounded in the war, and since the close of hostilities has worked as an automobile salesman and also as a bank clerk,
JOTTINGS.
NOT FOR DANCING.
The interiors of silver teapots Some of the most expensive and coffee jugs are usually rather shoe shops still favour for evening hard to get at to clean, but you shoes a fan-like arrangement of will find that if you mix up a small ostrich feather trimming to cover pasta made of equal quantities of the instep, but alas! after one four, soda, and vinegar, and dab evening's dancing but a few the inside of the teapot for other strands remain, chiefly because similar article) with the mixture, the feathers are quite an inch too it will serve its purpose without long for comfort. For ordinary any undue labour. If you cannot wear, however, they look very get your hand inside the teapot smart, especially when the fea- wrap a piece of cloth around anthers are saaded with several old kaife, fork, or spoon, and tints or reproduce the colour plaster the paste op, or, better scheme of the toilette chosen, still get a small brush, with a while for the instep that is not all handle long enough to reach the it might be, they are invaluable. bottom of the inside of the silver teapot. Let the paste remain for a few hours--then clean out, and,
with very little exertion, the inside of your teapot or coffee-pot should be spotlessly clean-
FOR CURTAIN ROD.
In inserting a rod in curtains if a thimble is placed over the end
A FASHION FAD.
The craze for colour isn't con-
fined to mere outward show, for one very famous ruaker of corsets is making a great feature of rust red cnes just now, Most of us will be old-fashioned enough to. agree that fortunately such fads
of the rod it will run easily there only for the moment, and white, or perhaps a delicate shade. that nothing really compares with
rough the heading. This eliminates the possibility of tearing, and saves
a great deal of time and patience.
TO KEEP CROCKERY FROM CRACKING.
of pink, for underwear.
TO RUN RIBBONS THROUGH
LINGERIE. Running ribbons through lin-
It is an extcellent plan to place new crockery in the copper or agerie is often a tedious bit of If a piece of string is tied large sauce pan, cover with cold work. water and bring slowly to the boil, to the end of the ribbon before it after which let the articles stand is withdrawn when the garment in the copper until quite cold.is to be washed, the string will This treatment prevents future take the place of the ribbon. Then, cracking whet hot tea, etc., is when the garment is ironed, the poured into them. Delicate china ribbon may again be tied to one and fine glass-ware may be so end of the string, and drawn into treated without fear of disaster. place easily when the string is
withdrawn. UNUSED LINEN KEPT WHITE
WITH BLUING.
A NOVEL SAFE. Newly embroidered linens may It is a dainty little jewel box, be kept in their original whiteness weighing only four pounds, so until needed for use, by dipping milady can carry it easily when them in very blue water after travelling. So could Mr. Burglar, washing. When dry, they should but be will not; for the minute be folded without ironing, and put he lays a hand on it, a bell inside away. When the time comes to wound up by milady before she use them, they must be washed retires begins to ring frantically... again, and will come out as Any wise burglar would drop it.
fat once and run himself. freshly white as when first made,
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