THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925.
Royalty Bonbons
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DELICIOUS
(Obtainable Everywhere.)
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WOMEN'S INTERESTS FRIENDS
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A mein yay frock, in spite of ita sample and sober hapuning, of straight black taffeta tunic, ends in a froth of gold fore that finishes the skirt. A wonderfully long bont of metal ribbon and u larne bouquet of magenta, coloured roses with metal learen all conspire, ta make the Frock lively.
BREATHING FOR YOUTH.
With the exception of profes sional singers and elocutionists, i who aro taught to breathe cor- reetly, hardly one woman in u thousand is a deep breather. And deep breathing is essential to beauty and youth as well as health. The shallow brother never obtains enough: oxygen to give her a clear complexion or bright yes.
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The first step towards deep breathing is to nequire the habit! of walking 'correctly. walking, or sitting-fur do correctly is as important as to walk correctly-the hand should le erect, the chest expanded, and the shoulders thrown back and
| drawn downwards. This enables the lungs to be filled and emplied. without any effort.
If you are a shallow breather' and wish to improve your health and your looks, practise the fol-) lowing exercise every day for several minutes. It will brighten your ryus, clear your com- plexión, and give you a graceful; earringe besides warding off that,
middle aged spread which is so much areaded by the wonen who wishes to preserve her good Jooks.
Stand with the back against a door or wall in a men which is thoroughly well ventilated, withi the back of the head, shoulders,į elbows and heels touching the wall or door. Then inhule, very slowly, through the nostrils a deep breath. Hold it for a second nr longer if possible: then, very slowly exhule.
BEAUTY SECRETS OF FAMOUS BEAUTIES: 16
BY FLORENCE VIDOR.
MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS.
For my screen work, I hart made a study of mike-up, and have been amazed at the effects it is possible to get by using the right shade of powder undoronge,
Whereas i am n firm believer in natural beauty. I believe that the synthetic kind is equally important, since we all resort to it. And since we will use rouge and powder, we should do it well.
I consider a foundation creem necessary, but it should be carefully removed or it will clog the skin. If rouge is applied. I believe puste range is almost imperceptible.
Always upply the vonge where your carn colour anturally. comes. If you apply it high on the cheekbones and work i down instead of outward, it will apparently lengthen your face, Over this dust your powder, which should also tone it with your skin. White praeter in impossible, and so is deep pink, Cream, pale flesh, and the ruchel shades are best.
If you have a large now, be sure ant to use a powder lighter than poner skin unless you want in emphasize this feature. When ronging your lips, follow the shape of your mouth and do not try to create an entirely new line.
If your eyelashes and brows are very light, they can be improved by the judicious use of a dark eyebrow pencil. If they are deep set, never make them up at all, as make-up makes them look more aɔ. If your eyes are very prominent, use the least little bit of rouge around them.
When you have finished, survey yourself carefully and eruse all the traces of your handiwork. Untees you look Kamera autemALKERİ VÕI ITA SAt vell mane utal
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Here are three dazzling creations from a French couturier. The evening wrap is made of ciglet chiffon velvet bundel with mauce brocaded silver lame, edged with pearls arranged in striking pattern. It is collared with, Mongolie fur that blends with the mauve trimming and is lined with silver lame.
The shimmering whate evening gown in the centre fits the figure closely and has u circular front edged with a deep valance of silver Ince and brown fur. The trimming around the arms and down the novel opening in the back is sitrer bugles and pearls. It is worn over a slip of silver cloth.
On the right is seen an oerdress of black chantilly lace embroidered in rhinestones and brillimus, arranged over a slip of bläck satin The skiri feuthres the godets that are this seon's pride.
NEW IDEAS IN CUT GLASS-
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.
RI CE AND DATE FUDDING
PUMICE STONE FOR BEAUTY.
It is not always that fashion and beauty go hand in hand, but in the case of the present vogue for eut glass the two torms are practically interchangeable.
English cut glass has always been the most beautiful of ita Remove stones from dates. Boa: stone with soap and rub the palme kind produced, and manufacturers eggs until light. Beat in sugar, of the hands. It removes the grit of to-day are taking advantage of salt and milk. Add rice, dates and makes the skin soft and the present fashion to supply yet and vanilla und air until smooth. For rough elbows more varied and niore lovely de- thoroughly mixed. Pour into a 'punice-stone, liberally smoored sign. It is possible to obtain buttered pudding dish and bake, with creurs, is the best treat- every itent of table requirements, 30 minutes in a moderate oven. Imont. Rub the stone round and many of general household Serve warm or cold with or with-over the elbow till all the creami has been absorbed by the skin,
A picce of smooth toilet pumicestone should find a place One cup boiled rice, 12 dates, in every sponge howl. It is in- eggs, 1 cup suur, cup milk, valuable for removing grit from teaspoon salt, teaspoon va- the hand after gardening, house- nilla.
work, &c. Smear the pumice-i
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fand dry.
The table so set has a beauty This is a simple nourishing, then sponge with warm water all its own, and moreover, glass pudding excellent for children or is much easier to keep in order
dessert.
than silver. A new appointment grown persons. If served very of particular charm is the fruit cold with whipped cream it salad set in cut glass, which com- makes an impromptu company prises a large bowl for serving, aud individual howls set on glass plates for each guest. Glass servors are also mude to match. Another charming novelty is the cut glass jug intended for water or soft drinks. Down the centre of the jug runs a glass shaft fitt- jed at the top with a stopper. This is intended for ice and, of course, keeps the contents cold. Ice cream glasses and sundae glasses, grape fruit bowls, and glasses of every description may bo choson unsuite.
But it is not in white, alone! that this beautiful ware is mude, Amber cut glass adds a note of Bunny colour to the table it de-i corates, and may be made part off
a charming colour scheme which includes table mats and floral decorations.
In this matter of coloured glass there are also delightful sets in opaque ware. For instance, a [set comprising jug and handled tamblers is intended for fruit drinks, and is of daop, orange glass with handles in black, or, alernatively, yellow with icaf-. green handles. Then there are cocktail glasses, cups for iced coffee, and bowls for ice cream in beautiful blue opaque glass, and water jug and tumblers of Bristol blue.
A novel and appropriate note is struck in the design of the latest cocktail glassos. They are rathor wido, and raised on long slender stems, while on Oe gluss | itself is ground in a picture of a cook. Another pattern shows a
THE LASTEST IDEA.
This ja absolutely the last. word in parters. The idea is to put your husband's or sweetheart's, initial, in silver, on where the little buckle
For callousos and any harden- ing of the sales of the fest, pumice-stone smoured with olive with soap and rubbed over the oil is excellent. Well-smeared
arms the pumice-stone will re- move a slight growth of hair.
After removing a corn, if a drop of castor oil is put on a piece of pumico-stone and the place from which it has been romoved rubbed, the corn will not form again.
TO-DAY'S BEAUTY NOTE.
If you do your own manicuro, remember. to file your nails first of all, for after soaking your fingor-tips in warm, soapy water they will be too soft to file pro- perly. After filing, soak them! for five minutes, them remove the surplus cuticle which has grown ap over the nail with the point of an orange stick.
Press back the rost of the cuticlo with the shaped ivory instrument, but never cut it-this always coarsons it.' Now use the omory board to finish off any rough edge left by the file, then apply your polishing paste or power and rub vigorously with the bufler. Do not attempt to polish all your nails together: they are not flat, and the buffor cannot touch their whole surface at onco. It will ropay you to give a few moments to each nail separatoly. As a rule well-carad- for nails do not need any bleachTM ing but if they, have become ntained underneath, wrap a tiny strand of cotton-wool round the sharp end of an orange-stick, dip it in peroxide of hydrogen, and) draw it under the nail, This will ...at once remove any discolours-!
OUR FASHIONS.
Han it over struck you that, in spite of the apparent utter in- consequence of fashion, there is really a good deal of logical sequence about it? It must be so, if you stop to think of it, for this is what gives the great designers their power to forecast the mode to a certain extent. For instance, skirts are fuller. Well, it ob. viously follows that they must bel short, and stay short. sinco nothing could possibly be dowdier than a long, flaring skirt. Fur ther, if skirts are short, hats are sure to be smallish, es a largo hat worn with a very short skirt looks top-heavy and absurd.
It's rather amusing, by the way. that while the very low V back is the nowest line for evoning, a favourite design for day frocks is i the neckline, with a very long Vi in front. The point of this ends at about the hip level, and it is filed in with a perfectly plain| vost, generally of the same ma- torial as the Frock, but left loose and unattached to the rest of the bodice. This is a Vory becoming) line, and a great favourite at the moment. It usually happens with a gored or pleated skirt, and, of course, long slooves. You don't: see one solitary day frock without them now, even a few evening frocks were seen with long plain sleeves to the wrist, but these, were, of course, exceptional. Onej of them was most unusual; it was of plain gold lame, in absolute uncompromising sports style- jumper top. separate skirt, high nockline, and a tiny fold of itsdif tied round the loose waist. But for the material you could have played a round of golf in it with! perfect serenity. It was interest- ing, as showing the influence of
sports dresses clothes.
on all our
Mrs. Frederick C. Nano, wife of the secretary of the Rumanian legation at Wash- ington, has returned to the United States after visiting her home. She is considered the most beautiful wife in the diplomatic corps.
MEXICO'S DANCE QUEEN.
Queen of Mexico's dancers is Sonorila Estella Mon- teltanu, by popular acclaim,
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