A dainty Nttle jumper of pale yellow crepe-de-Chine cm- broidered in red, yellow and gold. The our-sided revere is
an attractive feature
NOVELTIES. IN WEDDING PRESENTS.
WHAT TO GIVE A BRIDE.
DOMESTIC LIFE OFTEN MEANS SHACKLES.
A REVOLUTION IN THE MODERN HUSBAND'S IDEAS.
The looker-on sees most of the game. I am a single woman with
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
WOMAN'S
WORLD
OVER THE TEA CUPS...
(SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BY "JOAN")
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career, and I see discontented
London, July 30. wives and husbands-on all sides. I do not blame the women. The
Madeleine says we all require smart evening frock to trouble lies in the transition stage very
wardrobe. The through which women are passing. include in our
here sketched is a Women who have freed themselves frock by a mighty effort cannot volun- bination of black and flesh colour tarily put on shackles again and very popular and always be- feel happy. And domestic life coming to dark and fair alike. spells shackles to a woman who has Madeleine says that the series ever known any other, who has of ragged fringes is very much in yearned for any other. Have you the mode. Flesh coloured geor- tried it? I have.
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Duties That Must be Mundane.
I do not mean the domestic life where everything is done for you. 1. mean the domestic life where you have to do a full share of mundane duties, where, if a maid fails, as her tribe is continually doing, you have to make up the deficiency. mean the domestic work which goes on from day to day and never finishes, which leaves you too tired to take any interest in anything „else. Hundreds of women lead this life and there is no freedom in it; they are bound to the grindstone day in, day out. They cannot help it their husbands cannot help it It and the difficulty of getting help. I am going to show presently how it might be helped.
In the menutinie, look at another set of married women-those with
little more time to spire.
maiter,
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gette forms the basis, and over
it is black chiffon. The bodice
ure
An evening gown in black cul pink-black chiffon over
There pink georgette.
three tiers of heavy black fringe; and the shoulder kret has long floicing ends down the back. The ideal frock for a holiday wardrobe being easy to keep fresh and amart, at the same time having an air of distinction.
1927.
| CLEANING THE NEWER TYPE OF SHOE.
HOW TO TREAT THE DELICATE SKINS NOW USED.
The wide variety of shoe leathers produced within recent years na- turally necessitates a large num- ber of new shoe-cleaning materials. Consequently this need has involved a great deal of research work on the part of manufacturers of shoe polishes and fabric-shoe cleaners.
place, first covering it with a cloth. When the dough is well risen, thoroughly knead it and form into fancy twists and rolls. Place them on a floured baking sheet; and let them rise in a warm place for ten or fifteen minutes; then place them underneath the browning sheet in a quick oven. When the bread is nearly cooked, | brush it over with milk, and return
to the oven to finish off and glaze., shoc
To Remove Stains.
For the popular lizard skins, either natural or dyed, a white ercam suffices, but for
rougher surface,
4 non-inflam-
It will be obvious that you must python, which has a dull and have some time at your disposal to make these fascinating and ap petising little rolls; but the result is well worth the effort, and they work out very cheaply.
Is That So?
mable spirit cleaner'is used.
"This is the same cleaner that we sell for removing stains from beige or other delicate shades of satin and light-coloured glace shoes," said a well-known manu- facturer of shoe polishes.
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NOTHING BUT
"LACTOGEN
FOR BABY IN THE FU TURE"
Stathens
A charming little dressing jacket in shell-pink silk, trim- med with pink rosebuds. It would be equally becoming in mauve or pale blue, and the rosebuds could be pink by way
of contrat.
THE ART OF FLORAL DECORATIONS."
Our sketch this week is of Miss Isabet Jeans, another actress whose lot seems to have been cast on Vampire lines, although I believe she always sees herself playing Treatment of Metal Fabrics. very successfully in comedy. Whatever she may strike you as "For gold and silver kid shoca here, she is exceptionally beautiful-we' make a special liquid 'cleaner to look at, having a stall, sinuous which contains a certain amount figure (can you wonder that they of metal. For metal and coloured make her a "Vamp"--for was a "Vamp" ever anything but tall and tinsel brocades we make a cleaner sinuous); a deliberate, somewhat in the form
of white powder. "slinky walk; Blawless fentures This is applied, with a soft brush ment has become a very high art
a small, well-shaped head, adorned to the shoe. The powder is by dark, wavy, perfectly shingled
SCOPE FOR THE ARTISTIC WOMAN
Flower decoration and arrange
so and offers opportunities for a
to very pleasant as well as lucrative occupation to the woman with a strong sense of colour, good taste, artistic
originality, and the sympathetic hands with which sume: women
handle. delicate blossoma so much more successful- 3e than others.
Every
For Hard-Court Tennis Shoes.
"Shoes of 'sunburn canvas,
almost the shade
វ៉ង embroidered in Rhinestones, while the black fringe is mounted You in three tiers on the skirt. will notice the arrangement of the Rhinestones, which is cal- culated to give length to the figure. A shoulder knot on the left, with long streaming ends,. completes a distinctive toilette. I wish I could keep on writing! about fashions after have finished everything there is to say; but I can't. Therefore We have no alternative but to pass on. to the next sketch, which is of a charming little dressing jacket | evolved by Stephanie. It is of the palest shell-pink. I hope. I shall not be detracting from its *Two considerations are apt to in-
charm when I say it is the kind of thing anyone could make at fluence, people's choice of wedding presents in these days, une the
home. If you are like. me, the need for economy of space in the
only use you will, haye for a
hair which shouts the hairdresser's fine that it is not necessary flat in which many young people
They are not, physiendly worn out.
dressing jacket is when you are!
art; flashing eyes, and a drawling, brush it out of the material again. insinuating voice. I remember It takes off the tarnish and dis- start their married lives, and the but they are mentally rusting out, sitting up in bed to have your te
her for fine performances in u play perses as it is applied. other the shortage of labour,
| called "Cobra", wherein she
'Was The latest canteen is in the form and they do not know what is the and toast instead of breakfast. The search for excite-The time when we donned them
not only "ramp", but super- of a polished muchogany side table mart, which the men deplore and while we "did" cur hair, has gone
concentrated essence of that ilk, with a set of plate and cutlery for which wastes their mone is the forever, let us hope; and for the
and in, Ivor Novello's play" "The cight people, and with a revolving craving of ramble women for a rest, we require a full length gown.
Itat," when she still had to shed colour.. top which converts it into a card. Marriage is not a sufficient However, for the "ea-and-toast"
hard tennis court and horist employs experienced women prominent West-end temptation in a pink negligae of a table when required.
career for the modern woman. fraternity, nothing could be nicer,
trimmed with voluminous. ostrich | worn by "hard-court players, whose work it is to go to house Service questions have evidently What was enough for our geand-I'm sure.
feathers. When Miss Fay Comp also has to have a special cleaner where flowers have been ordered been considered in the improve mothers with their limited educa- Next, we have a perfectly delight-
ton went to America for a rest ments in hot-plates. The newest tion, their restricted ideas of free-jumper. En suite with the design holds two entree dishes with dom, is not enough for their grand-pleated skirt, of course it is ideal; of good fringe if you are to get cure, and left that beautiful play This is liquid and is the same for the decoration of rooms and a plate oven between them. The daughters. The modern woman is but there is no reason why it the desired effect; and silver The Man with a Load of Mis colour as the shoe. We sell more tables. There, with suitable vases be remembered liquid than solid cleaners for can-trails of greenery, cut. blossoms top of the plate oven can be re-capable of running a business; should not contrast if desired fringe over grey satin will give chief," it must moved and so afford space for a therefore she is capable of more Crepe de chine was the material you a most enchanting receptacle, that Miss Jeans took her place; vas shoes, because it is easier to and flowers and shrubs in pots at third entree dish if desired. Athan supervising the smaller homes chosen for the one sketched, and and one which will look as though and if she was a "Vamp" then, at plate oven to hold half a dozen which are now the
Her you will see that embroidery plays it had cost a considerable amount. least she was a human being, and are a clever needle-not a product of the cinema era. plates is also to be had with a little brains are going to seed.
an important part. The colour Unless you was pale yellow, and the em woman, however, I should strongly Everyone by this time has heard of An Old Simile Up to Dute.
broidery was red and gold and advocate that your first attempt is Noel Coward's play, "Easy Virtue," not on the grey and silver, because in which an American actress made effective. The re- This generation is expecting to Breen-very
silver or other metal fringe is such a hit as the heroine (incident-
A Kid that is Easily Damaged, mach and too little of its women.
vere on the right-hand side is a
ally, I must once again remark It has a new creature to deal with, novel and becoming note and one never cheap.
that "heroine" is becoming a most "Gunmetal kid, which has the and, to use an old simile, it is trying which lends distinction to what
ridiculous, term, inasmuch as the somewhat iridescent finish of silk to press the new wine into old might otherwise be an ordinary
Probably. you have always leading woman in these days is kid, should be dealt with very bottles. New conditions must belittle jumper. made for the new woman if she is In your spare hours, you make placed Vienna Bread in the same nearly always anything but carefully. The finish is so easily and, al- to be happy. I am surprised that yourselves an ordinary little satin category as your boots and shoes: heroine in the generally accepted damaged by friction,
when Virtue though good white cream can be she has not made them for herself. or silk Dorothy bag to the re- that is to says, you have regarded Victorian sense, I can only suppose that the con- quired size. Next, you must buy it as something which you must inevitably triumphed over Vice the used, usually wiping with a lamp. ventions of marriage have been too some deep fringe very deep; about buy and never attempt to make. next day, or within a satisfactorily cloth is all that is necessary." much for her.
twice the depth of the bag, and of This certainly describes my own short period.)
Jewelled heels and buckles usu the same shade. This fringe is state of mind on the subject, until lot of Miss Jeans to portray the Half the married women are sof-
round the bag, as you see, I came acrose a perfectly simple "heroine," then in the film versionally are cleaned by brushing with fering from too much to do,und and gathered underneath to form recipe for
Vienna Bread the of "Easy Virtue," and I hope you the white powder used for shoes the other half from too little to do. a gigantic tassle. The handle other day, which I will hereby pass will all have an opportunity at of metal brocade. Naturally, the And both are doing the wrong kind will be of silk or cord, as you wish, on to you. You cannot fail if you some time or other of seeing the brush ought not to be too stiff or of work. Woman has been educat and is used to draw the bag to just follow the instructions care-film, which is magnificent, and the stones may be dislodged.
PASTEL HEELS.
White stockings with colour- ed heels in pasted shades to match the summer costume are very new and very smart.
methylated spirit lamp underneath. A charming novelty in sweet dishes is in the form of a minia-
rule.
sewn
this bag is that it must be made
Try This!
It has fallen to the
You justifies Miss Jean's claim to be Ingredients first. require: One pound of Vienna, seriously considered as an expon- Flour (your. baker will supply): ent of parts which require more also half an ounce of German than ordinary sinuous "allure." yeast (baker again!); one tea- poonful of Castor Sugar, one egg, an ounce of butter and one gill ofj tepid milk.
ed beyond a round of drudgery.gether. The great point aboutfully. She has been prepared for a carcer and then had it taken from her or been given an inferior career. Women with brains trained to think must have some thinking given them to do. Planning meals and making a timetable for the maid, or maids, are not enough. Naturally, the clever woman turns to bridge, while her not-so-clever sister dances and flirts.
Proper Inconies for Work.
The work of married women
ture reproduction in silver of the needs reorganising. Capable, clever
4)
women should no longer be expect-
well-known Sussex "trug," or gared to be content with a quarter-time den basket.
job. Every individual man or woman should have a career and stick to it. It is absolutely unfair that the men should do the work and the women sponge off them.
The Popularity of Glass. More glass is being given than ever before partly because it is In- bour-saving Sets of peach Melba glasses in English cut glass with colour are very popular. A set of four or six grape fruit glasses in English cut glass, standing on hand-pierced silver dishes, are also much appreciated as a gift.
a wire, so that it also serves as a
A Theatre bag you can make at home.
The method is to cream the yeast and sugar very thoroughly; butter and milk then add the gradually, first warming the butter in a stewpan and adding the milk to it when lukewarm. Having pass- ed the flour through a sleve, add this mixture of sugar, yeast, milk, and butter to it and beat in the egg. You will now have your dough, which you will set to rise: for an hour and a half in a warm
OLD ENGLISH GLASS.
ام
Miss Isabel Jeans.
and
apply and dries very quickly.
her command, the decorator plans some pretty schme to delight at wedding reception, "There is little demand for guests suede cleaners for shoes, so we sell dinner party or dance. the cleaner we make to bag manu- facturers.
Many of the straw and canvas shoes on the market clean very successfully, using only soft water and, if necessary, a soft nail brush. The soap should be pure and the water not too plentiful.
Some Shoe Fashions. "Gunmetal leather shoes--these are really navy blue with a grey sheen-are selling very well," said a member of a well-known Bond- street firm. "We have now varie- ties in a similar leather in flesh colour."
APPLIQUED PUSSY.
This beach of blue oilcloth has an appliqued white angora cat and white border.
noon seems to have invaded Paris. A season or two ago a really chic Now that an alliance of two of Parisienne would, Kave turned up more leathers is so frequent in her dainty nose at euch an idea women's shoes, more than one type would have dubbed it "provincial" of cleaner is necessary for many but the dance craze has wrought varieties, and great care has to be taken in applying each.
many changes. Nowadays it is usual for girls their mothers, too are niso delightful for flowera and For instance, satin may be strap-to arrive at a ten-dance dressed If they are making proper incomes job. I would not be maid-of-all-
are much sought after, as well as ped with silver or gilt kid. Gilded in fragile Trocks of lace and chif for proper work they could afford work in my husband's home.
the two- lipped finger glasses known leather and coloured silk and kid fon-decorative shoes to match? Capable It means a revolution in your efficient domestic help.
to Americans as "rinsers." The often nre allied in evening shoes. Some women can "get away" withi women should be ashamed of pot-husband's thinking, but women are
TO HOLD YOUR FLOWERS.
latter are so wide that they need a Black satin and gold metal cloth innovations of this kind, while tering their time away doing a little used to revolutions; men say they
glass block to support the flowers. fashion shoes with a patent com- others, less gifted or less adaptable, shopping a very little housework, want partners. Let them have and having a great deal of amuse partners, equal partnera, who share. "There is a great demand for old
The cut-gloss preserve jars on position heel, and shoes of pale only aucceed in looking what the Another present in cut glass that ment while their husbands work all the heat of the day and the shadeuble glasses to use as flower vases,” stems, that, filled with home-made coloured leather have strappings French call endimunchee. is very often given is a big bowl day.
of the evening, not parasites who
The Right Court Shoe to Choose, or contrasting shade.. with silver rim, to be used for
take all and give nothing, nor the days a dealer who is an expert in preserves, graced the tables of our of reptile skins or kid of a darker
great-grand-
For a black satin Court shoe to An Australian Invention.. vegetable or fruit salads, fitted with Once upon a time, the partner other kind who give all and expect old glass. "Here is a complete set grandmothers
look its best it ought to be cut up ship was more equal. The women nothing, I am not sure that the of a dozen, which is unusual," and mothers, are also requisitioned as receptacles for shortstemmed roses. had several children, and it was day will not come when the more he pointed out a group of the slend-And some people are buying the Another firm of boot polish high on the foot, otherwise it's rose bowl.
necessary to look after them. Now- domestic of the partners-wheer, tapering glasses. that, filled cut-glass water bottles with narrow manufacturers make a preparation apt to sprawl a little at the sides. adays women have few children "A case of Worcester china coffee and they can always find competent ther father or mother will run with roses, were ranged on a long necka and having them cut down to in the form of white liquid. This, and make the foot appear wide. au Australian invention,, can be The heel, like all the best of its cups in black or gold, with silver people to look after them if they the home.
narrow dining-table. Another old make small bowls, an act of van- piece that is being sold for flowere dalism that almost brings tears to used on all leathers and also for tribe just now, should be the slen-
the eyes of the genuine lover of old shoes of Panama straw.
der Spanish heel, which is so much was a charming old punch goblet.
ginss, though one which is excusable we produce 5,000 gallons of varieties. In one of the newest smarter than the waisted Louis is to be seen among most collec- drudge if you are capable of some may be that if I married my chil-
"Then the old syllabub glasses, where the neck is badly broken.
If only the lip is chipped this can this preparation daily," enid tions of fashionable wedding pre-thing else. sents; while an inexpensive but
I am not despising the domestic thing I know, that if children were or, as some people call them, jelly easily be remedied by having it member of the firm, "and send shops in Regent-street, where only: department of one of the big stores found-far from it, since I have my career Iwould make a career of glasses, are used for the small ground down all round to make it supplies all over the world. One are sold, all the shoes had Spanish
They date from level. In fact, many people do not of our biggest markets for had experience of it but if I had thereof; it should not be a side-about 1780 to 1815, and this is a know that old glass can be mended. préparation is Germány.” the capacity for cooking I would be show in a general servant's life; it very act and rare with their curved
Beautiful China.
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Accepting The Situation. ́ ́ ́
It
or gold linings, and a set of silver wish to take up a career and earn gilt apoons, or with little Innd-money to give their children a bet- scapes beautifully painted on them, ter chance. It is not intelligent to I speak as a single woman.
greatly liked gift sold in the china'
is a small oval mahogany tray, with
seven sectional china dishes for
hors d'oeuvres, the china dishes either with a plain or coloured bor- der, or in various attractive de signa
dren would be my career.
But one
children and reap the emoluments spring flowers.
a cook, a first-rate cook and be paid should not be a "tic" in a round rima." accordingly. If I were good at of gaiety; it should not be a source
dressmaking I would be a dress of grumbling and the excuse for The old Georgian goblets and old maker, I would be first class at my adopting a martyr's attitude. sugar basins out of the tea caddies
lovely old ale glass that had been broken off at the foot was vory strongly and almost invisibly mend- ed with a little metal plate under neath.
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shoes, perfumes, and sports clothes. the heels, and thert was available a varied selection of those fancy little tag ends which finish the Jaces In the Court-cum-laced type of shoe which Americans and Froschwomen like so much.
Ever-useful Black Satin. The American fashion of wear ing black satin shoes in the after