ROYALTY
BONBONS
DELIGHTFUL
ASSORTMENT
Blue Bird, Lane, Crawford, and others." NESTLE'S
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1926.
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
ROYALTY BONBONS
HIGH
QUALITY
Blue, Bird, Lane, Crawford, and others. NESTLE'S
Rose rotorral pussy willow -taffeta combined with gold coloured taffeta makes this frock. Thuld" is used for deep hentamil. appliyund flowers. Metut thread, gold ribbon and bits of rose wret trim the frock. A V-neck in back cut lower than the front is a new feature.
NOTES FROM PARIS.
THOUGHTS ABOUT BEAUTY.
Beauty, like godliness, comes not to the frantic seeker but to the bolievor.
If you would be beautiful, begin by thinking boautiful thoughts. Remember that if the eyos are
the windows of the soul, their expression is the.view.
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Beauty is composite of grace, comeliness, and soul Tho. first stirs, the second inspires, but the third-alevator map.
Too much beauty is fatal.
The problem of the beautiful woman is to remain so in all her, moods,
Evon the plainest of women' rise to occasional heights of beauty. When they do they are truly dangerous.
The woman possessed of a beautiful body becomes the slavo
of man; the woman who boasts of
a beautiful mind becomes his mastor. The woman who com- bines both becomes his real mate, which is the splendid goal of true womanhood.
Petty jealousies and prejudices are the maggots, that nibble at bonuty. The ugly woman is meroly decayed.
There can be no austere beauty either of the mind or body, True beauty glows, pulsates, captivatos.
and
Beauty is worth all the sacrifice ever made for it.
THE NEW COLOURS.
Everyone knows that bois du rose in an ever-increasing variety of shades is the most popular colour of the year. Grey, which promised an important
WAS
The popularity of every shado of blue is evidencod by a glance at the new collections. Chinese blue and the old favourite. Alice blue, are very prominent.
Wool embroidery on geroratiorate. erepe and chiffon is one of the
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now style tips from the Paris openings.
The more colourful the ombroidery, the better,
At the left is pictured a polka-dotted street frock. In the centre is one of the popular cape coat models, and at the right an evening gown with beaded and crystal tunic to go over a silver alip.
EXQUISITE DANCE SHOES.
PARIS IS WEARING-
Of intriguing loveliness, the. Tailored suits with short coats approved shoes for wear with the of plain cloth, and skirts plaided formal costume are extremely in- in big squares in .self tones to teresting. They are quite as de-match coats. serving of attention as the frock itself which is supposedly, the foundation
place in the colour schemes for the spring, comes second and rathor a long way behind. Beige, refuses to be ousted. Navy. blue is, receiving definite, encourage- ment from dressmakers at any
For a really fresh note in fashionable colour we must turn to the Lely blues, to which a Paris designer gives first place in a list of new colours. These vivid
Evening gowns made entirely blues are seen most frequently in Their materials are the exquisite coat-of-mail.
the ensemble. of gold paillettes, like bright facings, sashes and other decora- and colourful brocades; gold and tive touches, and are becoming to silvor kidskin, velvet gold and the young. The newest pink is silver cloth and satin. Nor is the "coats and collars, edged with tiny
Coffee-coloured organdie waist well-named "foxglove pink," for benuty of the fabric the only bands of roso, blue, orange, green, if you can recall the colour of the claim this very special footwear and purple muslins. flower you know the exact shade has to distinction. Shoo buckles in great variety, in which many charming frocks of carved wood, coloured conure made.
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Some of the loveliest neo frocks are made over narrow sheaths of metal cloth, particular ly combination of pink and Hilver.
of
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Thero is also a Opera slippers, strap slippers position und oramellid metalk asfondunt pink which, like the Land sandals, the three approved well as cut-stool and brillianta Loly blues, is a colour for youth-stylbs in evening shoes, VID with
are seen.'
ful people.
each other for supremacy, н0 Parchment hand-painted in of green,
There are many lovely tones there are many smart inter- chartreuse is a pretations of ouch. Some havo Slavic designs and vivid colours favourite, and many delicate high, spike heels, others profer makes shades for some of the shades of mauve; pearl gray and the Louis Quinze heel, while get smartest new lamps.
ripo porn complete the list.
Aboue is Jeanne Gordon wearing one of the new wide-
others find the low, Spanish heel to their liking. Materials are combined, 18 gold or silver brocade with, gold or silver kid- skin, and there are trimmings of rhinestones, for novelty.
Heels aro stressed in the sea- son's brilliant, models, and wo have borrowed from the stage tho fashion of rhinestone heels, elaborating the idea, to in- clude enamel, silver and gold. In some of the lavaliost ofterings there is a harmonizing of colour -a'ahoe in the orchid tones hay. ing heels of black enamel inlaid" with silver, The all black even.. ing frock, with flower corsage in the coral tonee, may have shoes of black to complement it, but their hools will be of sparkling coral-tinted stones..
WHEN USING PERFUME.
It is the fashion in these days] for women to choose individual! profumes and to koop to one only
menting
To the buck or the front of the mode, pearls, and more often their charming imitations. bedeck my lady fair. The hulf fringe of graduated pearls pictured above is, a conceit Below, a loop-and- string set of necklace and wristlet is intriguing.
new
DESIGNS IN POTTERY,
THE MODERN SPORTS SUIT.
At successive dross shows this spring the charm of the modera sports suit has been more and convincingly brought home to us. Time was when sports clothes ware serviceable, and that was all. Now they are lovely, delicato, ravishing and still sensible!"
The typical sports, suit of the year consists of a crepe de Chine or tharocain jumper, rather long. having just a suggestion of fitt- ing the figure, with a boyish col- lar and plastron front and a suede belt which heightens the effect
of supplences; a very short pleat- ed skirt and e, cont or. cape in a woollen fabric. Bois do rose at its rosiest and creamiest is a favourite colour, the jumper be ing of a more delicate tone than the rest of the suit. But all shades of green and mauve are also used, and so are the new foxglove, pinks.
Plaids, checks and "stripes are introduced in seemingly endless variety. A suit in two shades of rose had a pale rose check jumper| faced with plain roso in a deeper tone; the checked and plain; material alternated in the broad pleats of the skirt A sports dress in fuchsia colourings was finished. with fine pleatings on the sleeve ends and on the short scarf which was worn tied round the neck.
A copper-coloured suit was made entirely in the one shade, but with another of stone colour a white marocian jumper was worn. Often the jumper is of the tone which dominates the various colourings in the chack or plaid.
A hand made French frock chooses grey georgette to ex- press its dainty youthfulness. Little diska of self material. each fastened in place by a tiny silver beal, trim flaring panele. of the skirt. Bodice is trim- ined with beads, also. It marke its, waistline with decorated diamond shaped motifa.
skirt. Robin's egg blue and red for it always takes to the soft, green were blended in the open diaphanous fabric. chock of a pleated skirt, which was worn with a blue jumper, and universal. It knows no age re- The appeal of the "jabobs" is an orange tunic was exactly right atriotions. Old and young foster with an orange and brown plaid it. It appears on dresses, for suit. The suede bolt, too, often every occasion, and in every picks out "the principal colour material under the sun, from in the check or plaid.
soft fluttering silk to a dignified faille or Bengaline. It also ap peare iri sheer "georgette or. chiffon Its position is also
in the majority of ouses. around the neckline in the centre front. Of all the many features of the jabot," like the chamels- "Directoire" which have tried!
Transparent china with con- ventional designs in pale colour, together with gilt edges. calls up pictures of an Adam room and JABOTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS optional, but of course, we find it Chippendale or Sheraton furni- turo. Modern furnishing, whether it be truly 1926 or one of the more robust reproduction-styles, .calls for brighter colouring,
for pottery, deeper tone and glaze--in short, so hard of late to make their on, can change its spots, so to marks on the modern mode, the speak. On one dress it may be "jabot" is perhaps the only dignified, with the stately dignity For that reason much attention on which has made any remark of Directoire," than which there is paid nowadays to the produc-able progresa.« tion of this ware which, gives ex- cellent service, for it is tough and But it has become so strongly hardwearing. In good qualities entrenched, is so much a part of the glaze is clear, hard and lead fashion's latest expression, that less, so that it never cracks, and those who pushed the "Direc the dosighs aro bright and origin.toire" should be largely satisfied, al, painted by hand under the No one can deny that it is a most glaza, eo they never lose their graceful and picturesque ad original brillianoy nor yet wear dition to our mode. off with use
CHINA FOR THE OAK DRESSER
Blue scroll ware is rare and much sought after, and it has in- spired the design which appears on a modern dinner and ten sor- vice. The groundwork is creamy white, and the pattern a rich bluc It looks just right on af dark oak dresser or in a cottage dining room.
Charming in its primness is design which takes the rosemary as its motif, and the rich crimson flowers tone admirably with the blackground, which is a delicato shadef cream.tw.
A deop honey colour, is the rich basis on which winds a de- sign of yellow, green and búff, and the deep colour of the rambler rose, thrown into relief by: a delicate tracerwy of black,
COLOUR IN HARMONY." Pink, yellow, lavender, greon: In cold print the hues sound crude, but in a service of Persian design they blood in absolute harmony and cheerfulness, and provide just the right tonos for a room that is Oriontalla its furnishings or ot doteras.. or In
for boudoir, bedroom, and bath vory little rubbed over the pamal room (says a Daily Chronicle of the hands. A spray on hand- writer.)
kerchief and, perhaps, hair com pletes the toiletto.
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In comploto contrast is
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The scent in the cut-glass flagons on the dressing-table, the Small sachets sewn under soap, bath salts, face and talcum pillow-slips and cushion covers design that suggests a clover powders, the sachets in the ling- are subtly apparont when the
erie drawers and with furs, all weary head is laid on, the soft field. It is restful and very Eng- disseminate the identical delicate down. odour which the wise woman lias made so personal
lish, and would bo
be the ideal pattern to give to someone going abroad, where it would bring a suggestion of tho English
It is very bad taste to use a cheap and heavy adent. Porfume Perfume, stains one's clothes, should suggest the freshness, and. and the "scant grows stale. The beauty of a garden of flowerą, right way to use it is in drops The smart woman chooses a countryside when they are tired bohind the ears, as the clover scent which is a blend of rare and of those flank
It balances the rigidity of the straightness in the upper sil houette. It gives feminine lure
is none greater, or it may be a one of the greatest aids to youth, happy, flattering, feminine thing, in a day when the youthfulness of a style is the telling point.
"Jabots of Ince are dainty ac cessories. In these later day versions, the "jabot is not the stiff, starched thing it was of: yore. Now it must fall softly to accentuate the straight line that is fashionable. Its length is optional.