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MILKMAID MILK
FOX HEALTH & STRENGEN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, "AUGUST 20, 1927.
MILKMAID MILK
FOR HEALTH & STRENGTH!
CHANGING THE TONE OF THE VOICE.
THE VALUE OF A LITTLE MASSAGE.
Loa Angeles, Calif., June 30-A good shure of humanity is mas- querading through life in a false voice!--just because a little air passage in the skull is obstructed. And if you don't like your present vocal disguise-why not change it
to auit.
CARE OF BEAUTY IN SUMMER.
OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
Summer care of beauty must have been the topic of conversation that originated the old proverb:
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
For nowhere is it truer. The? annual autumn peeling and tedious hours spent bleaching the skin and So says a smilling little Los An-removing freckles can be dispensed geles woman, Mrs. Rita Green with, if a little preventive care is Breeze. From the Indians, she taken carlier in the year. says, she has learned to judge a person's singing voice from the shape of the head. And from the Indians she has learned how Lo change both tone and range.
Voice Mechanisms.
WOMAN'S
WORLD
OVER THE TEA CUPS.
(SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BY "JÓAN")
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NEGLEGEE BACK IN
POPULARITY.
THE TIME FOR FRAGILE CHIFFONS.
New York, July 2-This gum- mer's fashions, fluttering and float- ing in the most feminine manner, offer negligees the opportunity to come into their own again.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WINTER.
THINKING OF FURS AGAIN.
Summer's torrid days, curiously, are the best time of the year to consider one's winter furs.
First of all, one's fur coat and other furs should be given then scrupulous cleaning and either be put in cold storage or packed away carefully in camphor and moth balls.
But even before it is put away,
it is a good plan to have your fur coat made over for next winter
London, July 7th, 1927. Arnold Bennett has set our meat; egg and bread crumb, and with dissert Us Madeleine has aketched for us to
un- fry in boiling fat. Dish with hand, and on the brown sauce or tomato sauce, and
For with house dresses and even one of the new season's models certain which illustrates that the small whole he has impressed me con- serve bread sauce as well. Garnish aprons making the most of bows, flouncings and other feminine hat will be a long time dying--if it siderably. He certainly has had with watercress. ever dies. It is a black turban of extensive experience of a particu While on the subject of pigeons, touches, negligees quite properly light weight felt, with wide lar type of woman whom it is the I am reminded of an appetising demonstrate that they are the most Chop feminine of all women's apparel, flare, which is exceptionally thic fashion to call "Modern", but who method of roasting them.
a has existed throughout the Ages, up a dozen large mushrooms rough-being the most intimate.
while there is time to look around Swim, ride, play tennis er golf, and becoming, crowned with
The Psychological Moment. for ideas. At least every rip and walk and romp in the open for sum-silver buckle. The crown reveals beginning possibly with Eve, or y mix with two ounces of butter,
worn place should be repaired and mer pleasureyes! But don't for- a tendency to broaden, but never-undoubtedly with Jezebel. But season with salt and cayenne, stuff the birds with theless follows the head-line close to return to the fashion part. In and
Therefore it seems the psycholo-the lining put in condition. There get your complexion!
mixture Truss, cover gical moment to sponsor the most is never an excuse for a shabby ly, as has been the vogue this describing one of his "heroines" the
thickly buttered paper, fragile, intimate negligeo possible, fur coat.. It is the most fingrant Your, skin, nails, eyes, hair and many moons. The felt has firmly he says: "How she managed to with
and roast for about Tips udi deserve a little considera-established itself as the correct be always smartly dressed, I can-
twenty using filmy chiffons, delicate, cob-1aign of slovenliness that a women "Voice is a column of vibrating tion. Give it to them before you complement of the tailor-made, not explain; she herself could not minutes; then remove the paper, webby laces and exquisite flowered can flaunt and stamps her de- air," she explains. "Tones are start into the water or to the ten-and for this reason it is
never have explained; it was just a girl's and brown the pigeons under the nets.
finitely as not belonging in the grill. Make some more butter hot, created by forcing the air through nis courts and you won't have to entirely out of season, because miracle. But many such girls and in it fry an anion minced, until now for several seasons of the very
Then, too, pajamas--the rivals class of the well-dressed. a complete system of resonance spand double the time getting them here, at any rate, we always have accomplish many such miracles."
Cause to Rejoice, chumbers in the skull. If anyone | back to normalcy afterward.
the tailor-made with us in some Now the point arises: Is Mr. quite brown. Add half an ounec feminine negligee seem to be leav of these is impaired or the entrance
other. Water and sun rob the skin of its form or
Our need for Bennett merely being subtle? If of flour, and brown, then three-ing the bedroom for the beach.
This summer, women who wish quarters of a pint of stock. Boil They are becoming garments. for blocked, the tone emitted is impernatural oil. Try the simple pre-Tailor-mades in London is summ-he is, of course we know what he up, simmer for ten minutes; then recreation rather than for rest. The to have their fur coats made ovar strain and serve with the nigeons womanly woman who has enjoyed For the coats of next season take will find reason for rejoicing. caution of covering the exposed ad up very aptly in the words of means, even though we may not surfaces with cold creams before a character in 'n play I saw
An excellent stuffing by way of feeling naughty wearing sporty venturing out-of-doors. There are cently: "In England we have
change for fowls is made by pajamas in the privacy of her houd- unto themselves all the beauties odd yokes, roasting and peeling a dozen chest oir, finds that she and sun creams nine months winter and three freckle
no longer of tiers, pockets, Or if months bad weather." galore for sensitive skins,
Then pound them and add derives that pleasure when every-jabota, revers and flouncings of And every you wish, your own cold cream will
is small onion, a teaspoonful of body is wearing them in the open, the season's gowns. chopped parsley and a tablespoonful
woman knows that it is much suffice.
of grated ham; also a dust of mace, Many women, therefore, are ask- easier to make a garment look ing for a distinctive negligee-brand new when the mode lends "something lovely, and soft and itself to piecings and supplement floating-and of an unusual colour." ings.".
fect.
This accounts for some people's nasal twang, the old falsetto of some otherwise sturdy males, the insufficient, cluttered tones of some A series of simple fin- gertip manipulations will change a person's voul tones. They will also prove their ofllency in altering the vocal sound given by a dog.
"To Illustrate:
women.
"I have a pug, notf neither for his beauty, or bravery. But he is famed among my friends as a suc- cessful patient in voice-changing,
Didn't Like His Bark. "Pug had a gutteral, growly, indistinct bark. I said I would change it.
"I gave his head a set of finger- tip treatments. Now his bark is an octave higher and much clearer
Extremely simple are the treat ments by which Mrs. Breeze claims an individual may attain a change of voice. They consist principally of manipulations to promote proper blood circulation in the head and require only three minutes at a time, three times a week for two ...weeks.
creams
re-
The little dress which Steph- unie copied for your delectation Rub in the cream with a lavish is cream washing silk, ornament-1 hand, over face, hands, neck, arms, ed with Chinese red embroidery. shoulders and limbs. It will shed I can imagine nothing more effec- water like a duck's back and protect tive is its particular line, and if the skin in a marvelous manner. it were adapted for tennis, the No uncomfortable blisters can come embroidery might be omitted, to a skin well protected with cream while the side could be slit in the Nor can tan break through with such vehemence. For cxercise on and becoming fashion. I feel that modern very sensible, comfortable land, dust the body with sun-pow-at this juncture I ought to bestell
ing der before starting out.
you something about! tennia great
Play in the water or on the beach Wimbledon-our
or courts if you will, hours on end. event of the year; but in this re- But after every form of exercise spect, I am absolutely un-British take a cleaning bath and apply more and range myself with the man in cold cream to keep the skin soft that wonderful play, "The Con- and pliable. Dust with talcumstant Nymph", who said that the before dressing.
English are always knocking a Lips succumb to exposure to wind ball somewhere! You will do me A good lip salve the justice, to remember, however, and water, too,
used before venturing out will pro- that I never fail to give you a new teet them and keep the soft curve sports style when one comes along; that, means beauty. Before retir- and as Stephanie is an ardent
Of other vocal types Mrs. Breezeing, rub a little of the salve into ball-knocker," we are well look- said:
the lips, if they are inclined to burned after,
"Persons with high cheek bones,
other things being equal, have the best voices. Heads that are longi
Heavy-jawed, Low-voiced.
Fashions in general seem to me Eyes Suffer Most.
to be fairly stationary, but for Your eyes have the hardest time garden-party wear, long sleeves are coming into vogue, while the
Eye
revival of the
An afternoon frock in crepe- de-Chine. The cecurdian picat- ed skirt can be slit at the side if desired, and a colour note is introduced by means of em- broidery in vivid colours.
nuts.
pepper and salt, and two ounces of butter. The minced liver of the bird may be added with good effect. | Mix all these ingredients well, and
use for stuffing.
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Consider the Use.
Next winter's fur coats will re- flect individuality. Just as from Before planning a negligee I al-a multitude of styles a woman This week our sketch is of the ment she has in mind. Is it to be that best express her personality. ways ask just what type of gar.now picks the gowns and froeks" Countess of Oxford and Asquith, a tea gown? Or a lounging gown? 80 next season's coat will enter the better known to the reading public, Or the most intimate of all, a gown class of the individual apparel that and for that matter to the general to be worn only inside the boudoir? is designed especially for its public, as "Margot." I gave you
wearer. Women have tired of standardization in fur coats.
last week an extensive. quotation If it is a tea gown, I plan a softly from her latest book "Lay Ser-draped crepe, satin, or georgette on The long, ruffled revers of one mons" on the subject of health. much the same lines as a dress-coat give it an individuality un- and they deal with Character, Care- with perhaps not so tight a swathed like that of the coat with a button. lessness, Politics and Fashions as bipline and with sleeves looser and ed mannish collar. Pouch pockets well. On the subject of the latter, cuffs wide. Length, style points, on this model will distinguish it the Countess deplores that we deck colour and textiles are the same as from similar pelts that have either ourselves out with imitation pearls, dresses. For the day of trailing plain pockets or none at all. feathers and fripperies, and that tea gowns with yards of chiffon As summer styles have spon- we have no "tops" to the tops of sweeping the floor and flowing sored the two-tone idea in colour, our heads; in other words, that we sleeves that dip in cups has passed.so winter furs will sponsor the have most of us dispensed with the
two-tone idea in materials. Prac
neat little bun. It may be a pity;| The ten gown to-day is a com-
but if the departure of the bun has fortable garment, easily slippedtically every coat has contrasting trimming. which again enables taken in the bandeau, and the hat into suitable for an hour's rest last season's coat to lend itself which used to, like the cherub, "sit before dinner. smiling aloft," we have much to he thankful for.
The Street of Adventure.
admirably to fashioning an entire-
The lounging robe is the secondly different coat for the coming
type of negligee. This corresponds winter.
to what was formerly called a kimono, It is meant for boudoir
Same Furs.
This week I have been reading wear, when Milady is having her The fure used in hext season's Miss May Sinclair's latest book, manicure and getting her hair coats do not differ greatly from "The Allinghams" (Hutchinson) dressed. It is also ideal for travel last season. There are pony For those of you who like intimate and just the thing to take on a fort- studies of family life, without any night's visit. particular plot, this is a book which
from the chin to the crown usually of all your features in summer hats are wide and floppy on both show a long, vocal range and time." For the water makes them! brilliant quality. Those which are deep from the tip of the us to the smart, the sun's glare tries their sides, and feather boas and din- #trength and the dust and heat phanous couts are worn by young! back of the head show more syn from sports strain them. The eyes and old. In short, one might say pathy and appealing quality, with:
should be washed before and after that there is a perhaps a less extended range.wimming, or other forms of sport, fluffy", after simple severity.
While talking of fashions, I am Particularly wide-spaced eyes mean in warm water slightly disinfected,
caracul, coats,
beaver, seal, unusual resonance.
led to mention a book in the wrong
leopard, mole, ermine and so on. "When the head rounds up well preferably with boric acid.
will please you. The Allingbams One of the smartest loung- But the manner in which they in the back, it indicates, the indivi- shades or hats should be worn for place, because I feel that the point their protection whenever feasible. in question has more to do with
six ing negligee I have are father and mother and
design-flare, are tiered, have yokes, dual has the initiative to express.
things sartoral than with litera-
this season is children, not to mention a dominat-led Hands are more expressive than ture. In his new book of short]
3 stun-flounces and their contrasting through the voice, what he feels,
is usually conceded.
Onc glance stories ("The Woman Who
agree that there are many." Oning and rather dear maiden aunt. ning print on a dull blackground-kid or other fur touches are de in the autumn, will often reveal the Stole Everything"-Cassells), Mr. the other hand, is it possible that Miss Sinclair allows her characters great decorative flowers splashing cidedly new.
Sports wear influences the new "People, who are rather large-entire summer's activity. To keep
the author really thinks we can to reveal themselves by their con- their rich Indian orange, rust, wild
"Mrs. orchid and deep, royal blue and fur coats to a large extent. The boned and heavy around the jaws the hands soft and attractive, cream
manage miracles in manipulating versation. She never says: and lower parts of the head, will or vaseline the nails daily. for out-
a dress-allowance of minus some Allingharn was a selfish, spoilt little crimson colours in a gorgeous de-straight-line, tubular silhouette ia. still the most popular, but this is nearly always have low voices doors makes them dry and brittle
If so, I would woman with a streak of sentimental sign. Freckle
thing per annum.
The coolie cont was the inspira-often broken by a bloused waist- basses.or contraltos. Baritones and they need softening.
like to assure him that I have been kindness: she thought that because
But there is line above a straight skirt, by and low tenors, together with the lotion should be applied to hands
trying to do it for the last three she had brought six children into tion for its cut.. mezzo contraltos and mezzo sop that need them, just as much as to Hands should be care-
years with a very definite and un- the world, she had the right to con-suggestion of the harem in the pointed yokes of contrasting fur, miraculous result! For all our trol their destinies:" but before we swathed sash of plain black border-by borders in rainbow pattern of ranos, will usually show a balance the face.
often as you in the distribution of the vibrating fully creamed as
sakes, I hope no husbands read the have read far, we know this. groom yourself.
paragraph 1 have quoted--or if they "The extremely high tenors and
Hair is seldom given enough care colouratura sopranos usually have in summer time. The bathing cap light, bony structure, slender
that is any good has never been in- throats and rounded, rather oval-vented. Hair always wets wet shaped heads, providing adequate when you are swimming. And of resonance space, at the top of the course the salt water roba it of its hend, from which their high tones natural oil. The sun streaks it:
And the wind blows dust and dirt "Long throuts are also charac- teristic of extremely high, brilliant into it which clogs the pores and prevents proper circulation and excretion.
aren.
come.
voices."
CUBISTIC BULL.
A bulldog's head of amber in the cubistic manner vies with the bird umbrella handles now so popular. The umbrella is of dark brown silk.
Care of the Hair.
Hair should be rinsed carefully after swimming, rubbed with a turkish towel to soften and brushed at least 50 strokes with a good, stiff brush. The girl who stays on land must remember the daily brushing and should also massage) the head vigorously nightly to stimulate circulation. Some good nily tonic should be applied every other night and the head rubbed thoroughly with a bath towel after. wards to remove any oil from the hair itself.
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MIJE LINE
A delightful little hat in the light-weight fell, illustrating the vogue of the flare crown. A silver buckle surmounts the whole with distinctive charm..
AN EASTERN FANNING.
[By Y. Curtis.) Much has been written about the
Summer make-up is a problem in itself. "Don't forget that a wind- blown face cries for a darker rouge and powder than a bleached winter language of the fan, and of a sure- more eloquent face. Light powder looks anaemic ty, there is no on a tanned face.
medium for the expression of the These are simple precautions. emotions. But the girl who is wise enough to Yo San of the almond eyes, knows consider her beauty in summertime will have no regrets. A nut-brown every move in the game, the lower maiden is nicer to read than to see. ing of it, the side-long peer, and the And a blistered nove is never nice total eclipse of her tantalizing little
--ever to read about.
face.
Cultivate these simple beauty!
The crinolined, early Victorian savers and the summer will give beauty, toying with her liliputian, only pleasure-no blemishes.
Mother-of-pearl, or ivory Watteau
read it, I hope it does not strike them particularly-otherwise we shall hear this sort of idiotic gen- eralisation: "Plenty of women manage to look smart on nothing a year, my dear! It's just knack!"
Try This!
'I don't know whether Pigeons are much in your line; but in case they! are--and you never know what you may come to (as my last servant anid, when comparing her present with her apparently glittering past) -the method I am about to give you is called "Pigeons a la Mira- beau. Split the pigeons in balves, remove the breast-bone, and braise When gently for half an hour. cold, spread with a layer of sausage
painted bit of coquetry called a fan, was also an expert.
So is the Spaniard and Italian. The black lace fragility of her fan, becomes a powerful ally in her dainty fingers, when playing the mighty Cupid'a game.
The Countess of Oxford and Asquith. (A new caricature.)
ed with the same striped taffeta of various furs and other novelty
plain black bordered with the same touches.
striped taffeta that edges the bot- tom, sleeves and front of the robe, Beyond the Reach of Pajamas.
Loose sleeves, straight lines, and and the gorgeous colouring of this axquisite print give a dash and yet
After Motoring.
If you have eyes that are easily irritated by dust and wind, "it is a wise precaution to carry a little borax in the pocket of the car. Take
a feminine touch that pajamas could a pinch of the borax in an egg- never achieve..
cupful of warm water and bathe the eyes with a morsel of cotton- Rich
filmy gold lace. and
wool. This will give. Immediate chiffon in a chartreuse green relief to eyes irritated by dust. shade are the materials used В bronette for a negligee for bride. Fashioned over a match- ing slip of chiffon topped with gold lace, the upper portion of this negli- gee is one with the long graceful sleeves that fall well below the knees, their pointed, edges finished with deep gold lace.
Fashion's Best Features.
The lace, edged with chiffon, use of the fan, and this, despite the fashions the semi-circular skirt beauty of the gigantic ostrich fen- with its stylish points. There soft. ailken-flowers in pink, orchid and thers, wielded by the film "vamp." blue snuggle at the gold lace waist- But it has been left to the Inds line, with streamers of colour hang-
East, to add yet another interpreta- of the British Navy and Army outing.
tion to the language of the fan.
The neckline is Vionnet, the belt Each silk-clad, long robed Chin-
In future when fans are mention-nt almost normal waistline, and the ese, becomes a Micado to West- crn oyes, when manipulating his ed, a mind picture of hundreds of hem takes points to unevenneas fan, in either house or street. sailors und soldiers, in a Picture all hints from the summer's best- House in Hongkong, bronzed, huge, fashions. Ita exquisite flowing. English modern dress does not! lend itself to the subtlety suggested and Oh! so terribly hot, each and sleeves, with the weight of the gold whirring whetstone, will recur hanging in soft folds, given an un- by the wearing of a fan, so perhaps all wielding a palm leaf like a lace just enough to encourage their the English modern Miss is poorer from lack of this knowledge, again and again to one spectator. believable grace and alluring charm. If language it conveys, surely each I always use pastel shades for the It may be that the frank camare fan is yelling, "Hot! Yes!, but, die, that obtaing between the What care we!" and so on through most Intimate negligees, Ibis, sexes nowadays, has done away the whole picture, with great peach, sea foam, cherub, flesh and
so on. Or white. with the coquetry inspired by. the vigour, the palm leavea whirr.
the
POUCH BAG,
This very new, quaint little. pouch bag of peach organdie with painted cherries and cherry blossome fo for summer.