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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1922,
18th Century Influence in Millinery.
FRINGE UNDER CHIN.
IF Persian courlier of the for autumn. It is made not only cascade from the upturned brim brimmed hat would not be taken; resembles elaborate Persian am- sighteenth century came to life in black and the various shids at the back. You may not over for autumn. It seemed broidery. Sometimes actual Per- and went to Paris he would of brown that are in such good especially admite this frings are highly likely to certain well-sian embroidery appears on these marvel exceedingly. Likewise reputs among milliners at present, rangement, you may want to advised milliners that it would coats but more often they are would a contemporary doge of but it appears made of velvet in wear your new tricorne without winter kill, that it would dis ont trimmed with fut. Foulards Venice. The Persian would see all the bright colours.
i-but you'll have to admit that with the first frost The wide-printed in Persian colours and costumes called "Persian" that?
it is morel and clover.
brimmed hat is in evidence, and ¦ Persian designs have also called he never dreamed of, he would
One striking example of this While turbans and tricornes it is scarcely narrower than the forth much admiration, ee embroideries such as no hat that was recently worn by a have certainly won a sure place cartwheel dats of summer. needlewoman of his native land smart French woman Was in for themselves, French women Obviously it is heavier and more! One bears rather glib referenca ever thought of fashioning, he golden brown velvet with silk have not given up the wids difficult to wear when its brim to Persian colourings." The red- would see Persian turbans that fringe of the same shade going brimmed hat. It has been said consists of two th: kassses of dish tones play an important part would cause him to start and under the chin and falling like alover and over again that the wide velvet over a substant al canvas in the Persian rainbow, apparent-
foundation.
15, but other colours are Much has been said abour | laoking-yellows, greans, bloss 'Persian embroidery as trimming and purples. Often they are com-
stare.
But it really doesn't matter. Interest of Parisians has been centring around things Persian and things Venetian, and this interest
WAS enormously stimulated and given excuse by the Grand Prix Ball, represents ing a reception given in the eighteenth century by the Doze of Venice to the Persian embassy ANOTHER ORIENTAL
INFLUENCE.
To make the clothes a little more intricate, and also the fact that the undisputed cynosure of all ages at several recent gathering may khai Dinh bỉ nam, CT- pero: of
In to Chines?
an
principality, who wears gorgeous black and gold costumes and a pointed togue. and who
k
surrounded by a retinue Ronamites that were even more resplendidly attired that their emperor.
So the season may present an interesting race between "An- nam. Persis, eighteenth century Venice and North Africa for supremacy in women's clothes!
From this medley of source the milliners seem to find most promising inspiration from Persia with Venice playing: second fiddle. The Khai Dinh of Annam and his retinue may have given suggestions for colour and rich materials, but certainly his little pazoda-roof ha: couldn't the millicers compete with
agains: Persian and Venetian turbans.
The so-called off the face shape has been hard dying, but from -what-one-ses in Paris-now-it!
would be safe to say that it had at last been safely interred.
GRAND PRIX HEAD DRESSES The two outstanding forms of headgear from the Grant Prix! Ball were, of course, the Persian. torban and the Venetian tricorne.! Of the latter there was one made showing violet velvet draped around the head. and trimised. with red, green, purple and gold feathers
Even more striking at the bill were the head-dresses that some on described
"animated
Christmas trees." These showed a fairly close Sking cap-like į turban that supported a silver! tinsel device that waved glitter- ing branches two or three feet in the air. But fortunately no one has tried to perpetuate this species of turban trimming for
Permane į with red, me and gold fathers,
WHAT COLOURING,
Borg
pot
Bright red avarate
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE
Cherry File.
Require: 1 sponge cake made in a border mould, ozs. of loaf šugar, lê gill of water, 2 table- #poonfuls of sherry, tb, of oberries, ozs. of caster sugar, 1 gill of cream, vanília essence.
Put the sponge cake into a glass dish. Wash and remove the stalks and alones from the cherries. Put the loaf sugar and water into a saucepan over gentls
the under site it, there beigi mark i Aright Mur one gleur it form the aly trimming on this large black select hit, EN with ent crysta! heads and murring..
A Left-Smart tric ene devets oped in gebden brown velvet, with golden brown sill frings falling From "upturnvid hrum at back and formeny odd chin stran
Belut - This nide-brimme-l Potter" refst hut turns up at the frunt uwi is trimmed with gobi Libbon that is lovely knotted aut forms a long streamer at the right.
side.
A USEFUL NOVELTY.
Among the most useful novelties that have ap peared lately is the glove
drier.
It is one of those inven- tions so simple and so badly wanted that one wonders how it remained so long unthought of,
The glove-drier is just a wire hand, the wire quite pliable, so that it can be squeezed narlower widened to fit any aizs of glove. After washing the gloves are carefully pulled
or
on to a pair of driers and bung up in the air, that is all; but it avoids those shrunken, twisted fingers that one can't get into when the glove has dried. Formerly the only thing to use glove- stretcher, and that, unless one had infinite time and patience. was sp: to be disastrous to the seams.
$2.
JOTTINGS
The most novel parasol of the $33son is composed entirely of pale sellow uncurled Ostrich plumes. It has a black handis and a white top.
At a gathering in Deauville .. where the fashionable women of the world were assembled, there. was not a single black gown to
Belor-Sorrow bands of fur trim this jacket of Persian material, entred crepe de chine forms the Tining.
Tailless erming jacket trimmel with spares of luck releet aur momentel with oppliqued scrolls of the ermine.
general wear. The plumed turban, however, made its appearance forthwith at the races. It was made always in velvet, of bright colours, or in black trimmed with bright feathers."
There was nothing strikingly new about the tricorne brought into prominence as part of the Venetian pageantry at the Grand! Priz Ball, till it has become! immensely smart. The courtiers of Venice wore it embellished with metallic lace. The women at the French ball pulled it down! jauntily over their foreheads,: often banging a black lace veil from one corder to another. letting it droop off the face to show the eyes and nose but con- cealing the mouth.
You saw this fashion aide by side with the -other trick effected by the women in Persian costume, of wearing short veil that hid the eyes and nose but left the chin and mouth bare.
The tricorne of velvet or of velvet trimmed with metallic embroidery has been taken over by the milliners as a highly desirable addition to their offering.
best,
stir until the sugar has be seen. Light colours predom- melted, then boil fast to a syrup.inated.
Add the cherries, and simmer
gently for 10 minutes, strain off
Bags to be carried in the even-
the syrup, add the sherry to it, ing are made of brilliant colours and pour it with a spoon over the in chiffon velvet and brocaded
for autumn millinery, and this is bined with gold threads in the sponge cake. Put the cherries velvet on satin. Usually these something of which we shalldoubt-embroidery, but sometimes the when cold in the centre of the are mounted
cherries.
ос silver tops
less see more. For the nonce, how-effect of gold is produced by silken cake, whip the cream, sweeten to and often they are jewelled. ever, the Penian turban is more threads of a rich old gold hus. taste, flavour with vanilla, and often wrought in velvet, while the This produces a richness of colour pile it 0787 the Persian embroidery is bestdisplay effect that you cannot very well Dacorate with fresh cherries. ed on the frock or wrap. The jacket imagine until you have seen it. that made its appearance the last Sometimes these full short costs days of the races and that is much are of fur ermine or the white adwired is made of material that rabbit that the French call lapin.
Silver embroidery is seen on some of the most lovely new Note-Brandy, rum, or any frocks. White wool embroklory liqueur may be used in place of on black fabrica is also very sherry.
populer.