THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER
1926.
HESTLE
MAY
MILE
NESTLES MALTED
MILK
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These attractive boudoir caps are discitaned in the 'article by Joan.
NOTES FROM FASHION SALONS.
ا ارومیه
WOMAN'S
WORLD
OVER THE TEA CUPS
(SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH BY
JOAN)
Theatre. Someday you will see it, I hope although it will most certainly be a case of Mahomet coming to the Mountain, because I do not think it will ever leave the. Prince of Wales Theatre" until that building falls in. From prs.
London, Nov. 4th. view with Lady Frances Balfour. Oyster moire, so Margarita says, who, as you all know, is one of Is being used a lot for the more the pioneers of the Woman's Move- elaborate evening gowns, and she ment. Having been born at the proceeds to put temptation in our time of the Crimean War-as she way by sketching the cute little frankly admits, she has had con- design herewith, which should ap-sidarable opportunity of studying peal to all women between twenty and assisting our efforts to cman-sent indications, it will stay on and forty-five. In fact all cinste ourselves; and, somewhat until it is called the 1946, and un- women! I never could resist a paradoxically 'porhaps, no one is tif the leading lady who has ma? | alde panel, and this one is lined more amazed at the progress, we with jade taffetas. Obviously with have made. Sho is a little, active a nice neutral colour like oyster, old lady, with considerable hum- your panel could be lined withour, and "no nonsense about her," coral pink, blue, gold-in fact any no lavender-scented, sweet In- colour you might fancy, provided effectuality which is so delightful always, that the flower on the shoulder is ohosen to match.
a tremendous personal triumph, having been a member of the chorus until quite recently-Is forty a thing. I believe, that never happens to leading ladies! When I talked, to Charlot, he told to read about in old ladies, and so me about his eternal and unawer- extraordinary tedious and bafflinging search for lateat talent, every- when one happens to be related to where he wont, particularl them.
throughout the provinces. He cer-
This National Council, constar-tainly finds it, and when found,
develops it.
gates from all parts of the King dom-representing you if you paid your ninepence, I think it is, Into its coffers-has done good work
The Street of Adventure.
This week I have been reading a book about life in Russia; an
And then I would refer you to the alluring boudoir caps by Made leine. Of course, any member of the stronger sex, scanning this page contemptuously, will say: "I'ding of nine hundred women dele- like to meet the woman who would spend the night in a lace cap with points at the sides!". To him would reply that no woman ever spends the night-in a boudoir cap in sending recommendations to intensely interesting publication. or any cap.except one of the neat Parliament, asking them in effect It is ostensibly the tale of an En.. est and tightest variety, to protect to "get a move on" in certain direc-lishwoman who worked on the her shingle. We wear boudoir tione, and wake up and consider Famitine Relief Commission' in
points for other caps-well, when. do we them?
Russia under the Bolshevik régime. course, tend- Because it has a plot of sorts, it don't know! But we all posses time-all, of
Improvement
comes automatically under the them, and love to put them on, ring to the
of things for women and children: heading of fiction; but actually it only for a few minutes.
and it may have struck you occe is a thrilling narration of the con- sionally that there is room for im-ditions prevailing in Russia at the provement in this direction!
The one at the top is of lace and thin wire, adorned with silk fruits at the side, and ribbon of Velvet is the latest material for matching silk in a geometric dr-what less elaborate affair below a colour to suit you. The some- evening shawls. One in sunset sign. A coat of this in dark red is, as you will see, of lace, ribbon pink, with a very lustrous sur-had a cape at the back which was and pleated not. There is not the face, was embroidered in bright extended to form the sleeves. silks and edged with matching fringe.
If you have a quaint old brooch, or piece of enamel or carved ivory, A white beatled dress was pat-which you can find no use for, why terned in pink beads, to imitate not sew it, on to the little tab of a pink-veined, marble, and trimme silk or velvet hand-bag? In bars with the new short fringes of pink that are made on to a frame there and white beads.
An evening cloak of black velvet and gold lame had a cellar of binek ostrich feathera painted herej
and there with flecks of bright
gold.
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slightest reason why, with a little' ingenuity, you should not evolve these gaps for yourselves; in fact, there is everý reason why you should for they cost a great deal to buy, and comparatively little to make at home,
The more learned among my
first the
But I must finish with good works, lest I should be accused
of propagan-
da and aat
MARTED "MILK
A recent picture of Lois Wilson the beautiful cinema star.
FASHIONS, FADS AND FANCIES.
period, and tella of horrors with simple restraint and penetrating realism, which somehow have the effect of rendering them all the more horrible. I find I have so far ömitted to tell you that the title is
Lizard and reptile akins of allery. Vivid tints which were 80 "Fourteen Thumbs of St. Peter aorts, calf leather, suede, velvet, popular a short while ago, are no and the author Joice H. Nankivel. and even ostrich hide is used in longer admired, pale creamy, blue I notice a contemporary reviewer the making of the modern hand-or mauve tones being used instead. ally forth-
expresses surprise that in dramatic with. Let me tell you 'that Andre Char- lot, whose portrait I have had
upon editori
circumstances the characters all bag. Black suede is particularly. These are often shown in a sort of act naturally and don't go into important this year and it is a marbled effect which is most up- hysterics. This is as it should be tonishing how many black bags pealing to those who like their are being sold. Chanel red, jun-letters to be as perfect as pos- is always this little tab under the readers-and I'm sure there are
for I always think that the averagegle green, tan and brown are sible. The linings in the envelopes centre of the handle on one side. heaps of you may have got it up
well-balanced person goos Into and it is just the place for an ori-against me that I sheared off the
hysterica when the electric light other good bag colours which come are also in a marbled design, but ginal little ornament.
question of the Annual Conference sketched for you this week, is ready fuses, or soot falls down the chimin both suede and glazed leather of a deeper tone than that used" of the National Council of Women to throw in his weight and it is ney in the middle of dinner, but styles. The large square envelope for the envelopes, while address One of the latest colours is call-of Great Britain last week. It some weight to throw in On the behaves with calmness in times of of suede with the flap outlined in and telephone number are printed On casting my eye tiny gilt clasps is new and smart. in neat lettering of the deeper ed "black tulip" very, very deep wasn't because I am not interested side. of the gay and irresponsible, real emotion. shade of purple-violet. These dark,
in the advancement of my sex, be without the least auggestion of up- over the foregoing, it doesn't strike Some smaller envelope shapes are shade.
For the Shingled. Cire braid la being used a good rich colours are very fashionable lieve me; it was because I was at lift or improvement-except that me as cheerful reading; but don't made exactly like envelopes being den! to trim frocks of hull material, just now-"ink-blue" is another of the time of writing a trifle vague which comes indirectly from hav-let this deter you if the subject stitched to represent an envelope.
13 to this year's programme, ing laughed oneself into a jellified interests you, for it is a fine book, such as cloth. The braid always them,
etcetera. However, I have since state, as I did at his 1926 Show and a change from soul-analysis matches in colour.
made honourable amends by seek-which is now being given to pack and matrimonial misunderstand- Bewildering new
furs keep ring, and being accorded, an inter-ed houses at the Prince of Wales ings. Smocking is often seen, some
mexing their appearance. "Leo- times forming the whole trimmingardised gazelle is one of the lat- of a frock. An attractive mod:)
eat. This flat, close fur is artifi- was pleated all over in tiny pleats,cially spotted to look like leopard. held in by smocking at the Giraffe, is used a good deal, its shoulders and hips,"
natural shading being very attrac-
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PARIS TELLS US-
That even on fur coata a tiny tive. A beautiful giraffe coat had soparate bolero of the same fur is A new Rodier material is a sort the shaded strips. used vertically often seen. This new fad has the hip-line, and from the advantage of giving an extra there horizontally in
wide I allowance of warmth just where Яounce..
of heavy vélour, embroidered with down to
Bhogin
Down
cubning latest neck ar
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Cire lace is being used for many evening frocks it is a new luce with a very bright, shining sur face, and looks specially effective {In black."
EVENING FROCKS.
OF POWDERED GLASS.
A wonderful new material has
it does most good! Of course, it is only seen in the softer and more. pliable short-haired furs, such as broadtail and mole, which are now- adays, cut and used almost like cloth or velvet.
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A new leather sports coat was belted by a separate leather belt, buckled round the wearer at the real" waist, and trimmed only by' large turn-back cuffs of printed silk, which matched the separate silk scarf.
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Black silk fringe is used moat originally on a new afternoon frock of heavy black crepe de
a foundation of good tissue, "on which is applied a brocade-like pat- tern in black velvet. The velvet chine. Its beading is sewn into
the under-arm seam of the long, is then entirely covered with pow- dered glass which is fixed on by a tight sleeves, from shoulder to new process which makes it ad-wrist, and this line of fringe is continued, across the back in ga here perfectly. The effect is a
From the hipline a cape effect. wonderful one of subdued bril- lance, very rich and lustrous deeper fringe hangs almost to the ham of the skirt all round. This without being glaring. The glass
is always silvery, but is applied on a beautiful and very effective
the gold tissue shot with various colours. The green and gold was perhaps the most effective making the wearer look like a mermaid splashed with silver spray.
model.
The main characteristic about the autumn coats is that they are more "wrappy" than those of last your, and less strictly tailored: There are few more beautiful An all-round bloused line is fre- shades than silver for evening quent, and the magyar shoulder- weat apecially for dark women, line is seen just as often as the sot- but the blonde should choose in sleeves, green and gold, A muscial com p edy star who is famous for hor "blondity has chosen one of these effective colour combinations.
Long-sleeved frocks of lace with lace coats for informal parties are a smart fad. A frock with Jong,
tight sleeves and a slim skirt, had: a alceveless cont of matching beige lace and a pleated collar, which extended in long panels to the hem of the coat. A belge chiffon belt, intermingled with fuchsia
MILLARTA
This graceful dinner frock ia of oyster matro, the aide panel being lined with a colour.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.
A New Dance,
Girls with shingled hair will be delighted with the new and dainty
Many musical societies and col- leges are endeavouring to popu- combs and brushes that are being larise the new dance; the Trabia. manufactured for their especial This is danced to the old Mazurka use. The new sets are made with rhythm, and its promoters think
it would provide a successful anti- coloured-enamelled tops and these dote against the present lack of brushes and comps can be tucked appreciation for classical music away into an almost incredibly The return of period frocks with a VR SAL
DUTCH APPLE PIE. Dutch apple pie is nothing more their bunboy skirts and big sashes, toffetas-case of the same nor less than a one-crust apple show that a more regal dance fa colour as the enamelling, and this, ple made nummy" with lots of wanted, say these authorities. It re bordered with 'gold.
is prettily bo sugar, cinnamon and butter. The tomains, however, to be seen whelldera,
apples are pared, cut in halves ther the modern ballroom will take and cored. Place cut side up in to this type of dancer after bestow
a deep ple dish lined with plaining so much favour on the Char- pastry. Sprinkle fruit with sugar lehton and quick fox trots and cinnamon and dot generously
with butter. Bake in a moderate
Gold and Silver.
oven. When the apples are almost The smartest women do not now done, about ten minutes before re-bug handbags to tone with toilette moving from the oven, pour or complexion. Instead, bags are to a cup of cream over apples. used which ars odd, the new mesh Finish baking, cool and serve. bags having à bir sale. These
The cream of course can be omitted but it makes" a delicious pie.
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golden bags are, of course, vory attractive In the ballroom, with the coloured frocks, but they are most desired when the owner happens to be wearing a silvor gown.
Smocking Revived. Quite suddenly, smocking has Applications of velvet cut-out bapt into fashion's Jime-light."It pattorns are lan important feature is a very attractive means of or
velvet, held it in place, and gave It a lightly pouched effect!!!
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In the new trimming. Almost in- [namenting afternoon frocks. variably they are arranged with In fact, h frock cannot be over- metal thread, either found outlin-smocked. On many of the new fng the silhouette, or accentuating jumporsults, particularly thoso, of the material employed. Applica finely-spun silk, smocking how tions which combine gold lace are gives quaintly-dhaped yoke effects, quaintly worked in imitation of and the long full sleeves are often antique designs. Gold kid or ten-smocked at the armhole as well as ther may also be used. Large at the wrists. Tops of the skirts motifs are seen across the front of are also smocked. This art has a frock la girdle fashion,
not been practised for so long, very little being used, in recent A great deal of ribbon trimming seasons oven on children's clothes, Is found in the now models. Plain that it is difficult, a West-ond ribbon is used shirred, but there dressmaker states, to get workers Bre variegated designs, and chiffon who are proficient in the work ribbons, about half an inch in
Delicate Notepaper.
width, which are finished with an edging of gold or aliver tinsel It is not now. considered tho 'thing' to use ostentatious station- thrend..
Afrock of chartreuse-colour-
ed chiffon, the skirt embroiders ed and discreetly beaded.