HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1924. (FEATURE SECTION).
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
✅ practical cupe like this bes comes un invaluable possession in any wardrobe. This me has 'an upstanding ruchedd collar of self material and a shoulder poke that gives the close, neat shoulder line so desirable this gear.
FASHION NOTES.
DON'T SAY-
There is nothing in which, a woman botrays her lack of cul- turo and reveals her social status more than in hor incorrect use or ignorance of certain expronajons pecullar to sport, art and musto. If she is not sure of her ground aho is much wiser in not discuss- ing the matter at ull.
Looking at pictures, don't re- mark that that they were "done" by a certain artist. Say they wore painted" by him. Remiomlior that "medium" is the right térm to U80 for the oil-colour. wator-colour,ar-crayon in which they are exocuted. Don't way. That's a pretty view," designate the subjact ан "landscape
Seascape," or "interior" as the case may be. Never refer to a portrait as a
likeness."
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Don't tell your friends that a picture is "on show" at an ex- bibition. "Hung" is the expres- sion always used.
At the opera, don't talk of the "actors." The singers are spoken of as the "tenor," "baritone," soprahu," "contralto," and mombers of the "chorus," accord ing to their singing parts, and they "sing" the opera,
act" it.
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Novor call the orchestra the band." The latter is permissible only for military bands, and where brass instruments predom- inato.
Don't say that the music was "writton" by so-and-so.
Com- posed" is the only correct term..
*** Certain expressions sometimes used in social intercourse by people unaccustomed to the bost society should also be eschewed. Such colours as canary, orange,:
Don't say, "Pleased to meet you" apple reds and foliage greens are when introduced to anyone, or stressed for the sport hat of soft make any reply regarding the felt that is destined, according to state of your health to the purely authoritative opinions, to bo nugli conventional "How do you do?" in demand for the spring season.
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The vogue for extreme stylos --in-earrings -continues, --and--the doublo and triple hoops of pearls and of jet soem to lead in
popularity,
Don't repeat the other person's name too frequently when in conversation, with-them, and-be careful of your use of "I said" and "they said" when recounting some past discussion.
AN EFFECTIVE ARRANGMENT.
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NEW PARIS FASHION FEATURE.
(Special to "Hongkong Telegraph.")
JULIE MAROT,
In the morning it close fitting hat of black velvet is about the most appropriate.-While in the afternoon it is more fashion- able to wear a loque of havana brown taffeta, especially when the toffeln is bunched out to form the “halo,""
Akvely hand-stress to wear in the evening it the theatre is made of pearls, with a bird of Paradise' mount well arranged in the front.
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THE FASHION FOR SILKS.
The many novelties in funcy silk aro a clear in- dication of the predomin... ance of this fabric in the fashion of the moment.
The number of now de- signs is surprising--bro- oaded and jacquard do- signs, embroidered effects; two-colour tints. und flowered patterns for the picture frock, all in bowildering wealth of colour.
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Although the . destruc tion of raw material in the earthquake in Јарап caused wholesale prices to harden, this only affects people with small stocks.
By the larger houses dealing in silks, big stocks are always in advance, so that what is now being sold over the counter was bought before the markets were affected, and the public will pay no more than before.
The popularity of the plain black and erope silks shows no sign of decreas ing: Indeed, everybody wears silk, its prosent
price putting it within the the reach of all,
TORTOISHELL BEADS AND WATCHES.
BLACK & WHITE.
Here's a sport blouse of bold-
ly printed with combined with a skirt of white silk banded with. black, A wide white scarf udda to the appearance as well as the comfort of the frock.
In compliment to the craze for cigarette holders and cigaretto brown, the Parisian jewellers are cases. made of this delightful showing some delightful novelties shell, while little ornamental in the form of little pondant travelling clocks and ash trays, watcbos set in cases of dark or made either in blond or dark light tortoiseshell, the backs of tortoiseshell, are very much in which are ornamented with mar
uso, just now. CaBite initiale .or oypher manogram
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Even tortoiseshell paillettes, and tortoiseshell boods, the latter Long, sirings of tortoiseshell out like precious stones, are being beads, weighted with heavy silver used to enhance the beauty of gilt tassels are also now bead embroidered dresses made fashion, while fortoiseshell and of balge and champagne-coloured amber glass bangles are for woar Jaoo, Tortoiseshell and tortofo with walking costumes and shall glaas buokles at oth afternoon gowns, made in shades novelisk which are being use of brown and cbelge colour
10-kold draporibs in plado; and to The tortoiseshell orase, (Kiss Tecmo the brown: kulada;; velvet om.
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THIS WEEK REC EIT.
Orange Sponge.
Required: 3oza. of cornflour, 14 pints of water, 4ozs. of caster sugar, 2 oranges. 2 ogge, lemon. . Pool the yellow part of the rind of the orangoa very thinly, blond the cornflour, sagothly with a littlo of the wator. Put the rost of the water into a pan with the orange peel, and bring slowly to the boil. Strain on to the corn- | flour mixture, rotum to the pan, add the sugar and bring to the boil. Stir ovor the fire for lon minutes. Remove the pan from the fire, add the strained juice of the oranges, and the half lamon, and cool. Beat the whites of the egge to a stiff moringuo, and when the mixture has cooled, stir thin in lightly. Pour into a mould rinsed out in cold water, and leave in a cold place to sot. Turn out, and if likod, sorve whipped cream.
BAGSE AND SHOES. Handbags and shoes are two of the most important accessories, to the Pari- sienno. The prosent edict is that both be simple, but original in lineand colour..
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Ons designer makes some extraordinary shoes which faston up to the ankle bono, usually with a singlo button. Thean ho often adorns with * Boroll- shaped piece of leather, so disposed that when the pair of shoes stand sido by sido they suggest a curious mask This with large oyen. designer also makes little. boots without any vestige of laces or buttons. These simply slip on, and aro puckered about the ankle by an elastic, over which the boot turns back in a fringe. The smart-) thing is to wear these in the same colour as one's morning frock or ruit so they appear in bluo, belge. grey and chestnut colour- od kid. Other high shoes resemble the Roman san- dal in the complicated straps, which "mount up." well above the ankle.
The square or envalope- shaped handbag is tho rule. It is really no more than an envelope, as it has no handle, and should be carried under the arm. Morocco or lizard skín are' the favourite materials for these bags, and they are often Anished at the odger with a sorios, of metal clips, which have the practical value of "pro- vanting the edges of the bag from wearing out, as they are so apt to do,
Such unusual trimming is found on some of the new evow~ ing gowns. consists of long ties that begin on each shoulder, loop over each other and fall nearly to the dress hiem-
Another pretty evening dress shows the rather full drape that is formed by a skirt wrapped around from the back to one side--instead of from the front to one side, us is usually the - way it is done.
STRAIGHT OR WAVED?
If you decide on wearing the hair curled invest in two pairs of curling tongs so that one may be
If you happen to be one of the heating while the other is in use bobbed brigade, study your fan- for this will effect a great saving tures carefully, especially profile, of timo and be well worth the e before you decide whether it willtra investment. suit your type botter to wear your hair straight like a mediaov.
Bobbod hair should always m jal page or in dainty waves and curled in layers, beginning at t
curls. The girl who possesses top. Take a strand of hair and mall, regular features and a lightly run the tongs down to tim grave expression will look pretend, then grip the hair firmly tier and much smarter with her with them and roll them up un hair, combod amoothly over her der it, as close as possible to the head, the side pieces caught back head. Hold them frouillon za with a small slide or combed a minute or more, then work that straight down, The laughing handles up and down, so that rougish-type with a retrouseofthe-tonge-may reach to the ax nose, should adopt either curls or treme rosta of the hair. Con- tinuo taking up strands of bair Bobbod hair when worn waved whole of the top has beernicely right round the head ti the needs constant attention, for curled, then start on the next nothing looks more untidy than layer and treat it in the emer hair which ought to be waved
W&VOR.
and isn't. Yet to have the hair way till the whole head has been waved regularly at the hair curled. When curling. the last
layer, that ussrest the neck, our dreaser's is not only an expense, the hair upwarde instead of down- but takes up more time than the
wards, majority of girls ongaged in business can sparo. With a little -For "waves 1180 Waving care and practice, howovor, it is tongs, and troat the hair in quito possible to curl or wave similar mapper; that is to say, one's own hair quite satisfactorily, start waving the upper portion and once the art has been acquir first and then taking up layers: ed it can be done in a very few till the portion nearest the head
minutes..
is reached..
SMART IDEAS IN COLLARS & CUFFS