HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY
12, 1924. (FEATURE SECTION),
MEANS
Large
MILKMAID
SAFETY
Small
Sirt
Sire
2 pt.
25
cia.
STERILISED
Μπικ
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
JULIE MAROT.
This frock of silk nium condnnes the cipe and the apron effect very fast folly. The ninon, is a cream shaude, while the under-skirt is owered by a pattern worked in and and cream bradu. On the right shoaliter are roars of red brints which help to support the yousumer cap
THE CARE OF SILVER.
BRITTLE NAILS.
OUR FASHIONS:
By a Townswoman.
neuralgia part. If you don't sleep for the first night or two with a scarf tied securely. round your [head, you'll-koow what that Donna. What's almost worse, your new and carefully set waved What a craze there is for uni-will resemble nothing so much us formity just now! The more you a last year's bird's nest. Theso look exactly like everyone else mornings when we wake up to a as long as it is the right, or of couple of murders with the break- overgone tho smarter you aro.fast coffee, we don't want to Samo people call it a slavish lack tackle any extras of that descrip- of originality and imagination, tion.
hut I think that is just what it is
not.
My thoory in that the modern woman has such a strong per- Honality that she doesn't need to 'exprose it by unusual clothes. Dress-her-just like all her friends and who will still stand out from them by force of her own individ-' ality. It is the person who is really uninteresting who has to try and attract attention by the novelty of her clothes. Thore's one great point about it, anyway
aur monfolk can't jeer at it as they de at most of our new ideas, when they're terrified themselves) f differing from each other by so onch as a button!
FULL YET SLIM.
In Paris, by the way, the pre- scot uniform for afternoon and a black somi-evening wear is frack with a light, close-fitting bodien, a low, but not very low, waistline, and a very, very full skirt, made that when the wearer stands stili it has the up- pearance of being quite narrow. The fullness is given by ments of finely pleated gourgette, which is cleverly let in between the panels of black satin which form the skirt.) This frock is very effective for dancing.
Talking of fine pleats, which are more fashionable than over, I saw recently one of the most Attractive scarves I've net. was made of four strips of plented ninon, a yard and a half long, in! different colours. It was folded closely round the throat and Lied in front, and the long ends spreadi out, revealing the colours brown two shades of beigo, and range. Work with a brown costume, viti was very striking.
BLACK & WHITE.
And now we're wearing flowers. Here the stripes go round on the again, after years and years of calling it country-nousinish But skirt and under the arms but soup Planty of warm sonpy water, tog As a cure for brittle nails, there no one could say that of these dard on the slectes did front, which a little ammonia has been is nothing better than drinking tight little tailored buttonhodes of Se ride tucks at the hem, a few added, should in used to keep two parts of water every day, a camellia or a bright carnation, dont coloured-haitons and a silver in good order.. After this, proferably with a little puro frash In the evening we're very exotic: Leirfure effectively usat, cleaning with precipitated whit-lemon juice added to each half orchids or nothing! ing is to bo recommenduil--"pro-pint of the witer takon. oipitated' neoda emphasis, for brittle nails are a sign of excess of uric acid in the bloud, and nothing will permanently remove- the condition till the acid has beon driven out of the system.
A DAINTY FROCK.
For
A WARNING,
No MICROBES.
These thrre hats answer practically any millinery problems,
MILKMAID
MTH
The very large one, untrimmed save for the ribbon streamers and the flat fl avers about the
cruten, id quite the thing for tour with summer frocka.
The small straw one with the ribbon coeurd is right with the suit and tailored frocks and the black qulin model with the bow of lace fits in between these extremes for weir with the silk afternoon frock, or for afternoon tea or when dining out.
CLEANING STRAW HATS.
Dust and Bon quickly have their offect upon summer hats, and it is surprising how acon they grow dull and shabby. This is specially true of black and navy blue, of which particular care needs to be taken.
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Dark straws should be well brushed till all the dust is
THIS WEEKS RECIPE.
COCOANUT TART.
Required: 1 tablespoonful of cornflour, 1/2 pint of milk, 2oz. of dosicented coconnut, loz. of sugar 2 eggs, vanilla essence, 2 table- sponfule of jaw, an open tart of short crust pastry,
Method: Blend the cornflour removed, and then brushed with with a little cold milk, and put strong cold tea in which has been the rest of the milk on to boil. Heat the yolks of the eggs to a dissolved a teaspoonful of gum, cream and stir the hot milk on to The Jutter is for stiffening
them; add the blended cornflour purposes. but if unnecessary and stir over the fire until the Should, of course, be omitted.
mixture thickons. Remove from White straws, too, should be the fire, add the coconut and vanilla ossenca. Put somo jam freed from dust before being at the bottom of the cooked pas in boiling water, in the propor over. Return to the oven until | sell-treated with oxalic acid dissolved try tart and spread the mixture
tion of one teaspoonful to bait nicely browned. Beat the whiten H pint. Thorough rinsing is im- portant, and the hat must her of the eggs to a stiff meringue. add sugar and vanilla casoneo, dried in the open air, though not and pile on the tart. Droge with in the direct rays of the sun,
sugar and return to the oven, to not the meringue, and bake it pale brown. Serve hot or old.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Butterfly wings with a bit of glowing colour introduced in the si lower drapery are exquisito on
Just one word mors, and, that warning. About shingling. No use saying it doesn't interest you. I find the women who have
The best way to prevent a hat becoming shabby before Its re- asonable time is to brush it each night before putting it away in box or wardrobe. Pull bows or
The first half pint of water to say about hidass, and on-georgente frocks of misty gray or should be taken the first thing infomininity and erowaing glories ¡luck. tho murning, and the last just and so forth are just those wh before going to bed, and if to sneak out one aftern on ench of these the juice of a lemon return home, nervously elated, 1 added cura" will be with mouralia and loose hat
The warning effected much more quickly. No sugar may be added to the lamon ¡juice.
asch Tiny watches, perfectly round flowors into shinpo, and, if possible
Nulls that are inclined to ba brittle and split should nuver bo ent without being first soaked in warm soapy water, and then it is better to file rather than cpt them. Every night-and-morning they should be well smeared with Ja niixture of equal parts of yellow vaseling and olive oil. This should be rubbed into the nails and. wiped off with a chamois leather.
Women with very brittle nails should avoid lotting the hands come into contact with extreme
inerouno thin
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Shaded frocks are one way of bringing originally into straight- in shape and enamelled in pastol have a little muslin bag inte line frocks, Greens, purples and colours, are worn as pendants which a delicately coloured sum-rede hade into delicate abaden:
mer straw may be slipped.. from black valvet ribbons
in a most fascinating manner.
SHOES FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
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THE TROUSER SKIRT.
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A olover Parisian lailor has found
Way of making a "trouser skirt," which looks quito like any other smart skirt, but makes walking a pleasure instead of a trial. Tho skirt looks narrow when seen in repose. Actually it is made up of a divided skirt covored by a front panol and a back panel, so wide that they must at- the sides and swing apart only when a long stop necessitatce it, No one but the wearer and the tailor need know the real natura of the skirt.
NEW SPORTS FROCK.
a cloan soft chamola leather kopt
for the purpose.
Silver inkstands, or any othe silver articles which may be Istained with ink, will require a little moro drastic treatment to remove the marks, Chloride of Here is an exquisite summerimo mixed to a pusto with a little frock of silk crepe with embroider-water will always remove an ink ed georgette "froud" in big mark if it is allowed to dry on, colour. It in worn with amert kid and then is removed by vigorous
rubbing with a soft cloth. shoes of brown,
whiting should never be used in the rough.
Never put silver away without first of all wrapping it up in green baize. This will provent a good ideal of tarnish, and the articlos If table silver is always washed will not be so difficult to restore Immediately after use, it will not when they are got out for us0 so often require to be cleaned again. Spoons and forks should After washing so that it is not rub against each other, but vach item should havo a fold of thoroughly dry, when polish with the cloth to itself.
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For sport wear the flat-reeled oxfords are recommended. Thosa trimmed with patent leather
·ara a good selection.
For wear with tailored frocks the strapped oxford with the higher heel is needed. For evening gold or silver slippers with fancy stockings to match, ura worn. With silk frocka pumps of astin or patent leather, with buckles or strips, or both are worn.
PARIS FASHIONS.
Fans aro on their way. back to fashion's favour, but this time, instead of the enormous, models bo- hind which घ Woman could almost bido herself, it is the small fans, inspired by the delicately. painted fans. of carved tortoiseshell, mundalwood and ivory of the Empire period, that are clamour- ing for attention. Thoro° who can afford to pur-`. chase genuine fans of this period from the antiquo shops are the most to he envied, but for thone who cannot, fan makers have created some very charmn- ing little mindern fous of painted silk mounted. on delicate mother-of-pearl Blloks, as well as fans of black laco mounted on ivory or ebony sticks.
Batik patterning changed its scope,
and Instead of the all-over patterned silks that wo have soon so much of-too much, perhaps during tho past threat soasons, amari women now only woar dressos decorated with a band or a motif designed specially for this one particular gown....
Round metal butt 'n
have
a good deal, to do with the smartness of this two-pieco sporta Frock, Other contributory causés. ard the very short sleeves, long pointed collar," wrap skirt ond· fabric of lichen green flannel.
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