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The three-piece tailored suit for travelling pe morning wear. It is carried out in copper-beech suiting as to cont and skirt, and in lozenge-patterned crape de chine repeating the copper tints on" a "betyr ground, as to jumper.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JULY 28,
WOMAN'S
MODERN GIRLS.
MOTHERS MUST MOVE WITHI THE TIMES.
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WORLD
SUMMER MODELS.
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FASHION NOTES
BUTTONHOLES: OF THE MOMENT.
THE SLENDER SILHOUETTE,
After a Burvey of the new Modern daughters and mothers
models prepared for the summer, have at least one trait in common is at once realised that all the The boutonnieres of the moment
have designers' efforts
been are certainly original and effec- -the inability to leave well alone. centred mainly on still further tive, but they could hardly be call-
They remind me of the Ameri
alendarising the feminino xi)-
ed natural. The shape and cnns, with their naive and charm-houette, at any rate in effect, this characteristics of flowers are fol ing eagerness to find out exactly effect being got by the combination lowed, but the colours and texture what the visitors to their country of, acientific cut with... well. are disregarded altogether. Pat. think of the manners, morals, and studied choice of colour and a terned atlik is used for most of climate they find there.
clever disposition of trimmings.
them, printed crepe do Chine, tar- Thus, Inquiring algnals, hall The Paris couturiero is, mainly tan taffetas, and dotted silks being friendly, half hostile, aro tinually flying between the little genius and her architectural brain.
consuccessful because of her sartoriai most popular. democracies whose members were She designs her modele as an born about 1880 and 1908 respec-architect bullda B cathedral. tively:
chance, but always problemte They are never the result of
cleverly solved.
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What is your real opinion of us às mothers-as daughters 7"
Complimentary or otherwise, the reply does not seem to alter their own private opinions In the least.
Then and Now.
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The pleated skirt is dying hard, but, there are variations of it. Iforizontal stripes are still with ин, Often, however, the stripes. turn into lines, and newer are the triple hands of colour at the edge of jumpers and skiria.
For day-time wear there are pleats and pleats, and yet again, pleats, a different kind for each gown, or may be, several varieties will appear on the name frock.
Times are indeed changed when all these bargains, these excuses and prevarications have to be made with a packet of young creatures who, wenty-five years ago, would have been kept very sternly in the rear of the maternal
onnees. It does not seem so long.
But must he noted that none ago that war waa raging over the of these pleats interfere at all with burning question of whether the general insistence of the young women should be allowed straight line modes, because they latch keys, and, here are their are all the flattest of their kind. modern editions deciding, out of the serious and rather lovable mouths of babes and sucklings, whether their mothers shall be allowed one.too,
In spite of contrary opinions, 1 do not think that there is a solitary girl who would not prefer, her mother to be young-looking, smart, independent, and up-to-date-If It is" done gracefully enough. A character in one of Edith Whar ton's books says: "I do believe I
BEAUTY TREATMENTS. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE. xives one more hold over one's
HOW TO KEEP, THE ARMS
WHITE & SHAPELY,
PRUNE CREAM. After stewing prunes there in "Summer in a acason when pro. usually gome prune Juice left tective beauty treatments should over; the surplus juice cari'be used be given great consideration," said up in this way to make an excel- a West End beauty specialist,
ent nourishing dish. Place prune Women who play games, and juice in a small saucepan, about swimming, enthusiasts in parti- half a pint, bring it nearly to cular, do well to give their skin tolling, then break in two oggs, a protective 'mask' of nourishing cream and powder, so that the sun's raya and sca breezes cannot penetrate and cause unsightly red- dening and roughening of the *akin.
"In the morning the face should be bathed with a cleansing lotion, thon a cleansing cream should be applled and, if a motoring or sen- bathing expedition to anticipated, the skin should be protected by a
lotion special
that contains powder. This should be applied before using ordinary face powder. nourlahes the skin and proventu discoloration by sun or strong winds, and helps to prevent sun- burn after the face has been dump- ed with acn water.
"Whon short-sleeved or sleeve- less frocks are worn, special atten- tion has to be paid to the arms. Warm milk is good to dab on the arms, and they should have daily applications of good whitening and softening creams. Massage in a great help in stimulating the cir culation and preventing the arms having R mottled appearance. This can be given by smoothing the arms from the finger tips to the shoulder with the opposite hand.
Massaging With a Itotary Movement.
'Another good type of massaue given by clasping the arm with Angers of the opposite hand and working the fingers up the arm with a twisting or rotary, move- mont
"A popular lotion for whitening he neck and arms when in even ng dress is a clear liquid which as no sediment, and therefore is
This is. asy to apply evenly. aeroly spread over the neck and rms it must, not be rubbed in- id when it is dry it leaves n' fine hite film which does not onelly ab off.
"The eyes, too, need attention. special oil painted on the lids olps to keep the wrinkles at bay hen the eyes are tired."
Extremely modish at the moment is the evening gown in mauve and silver brocade, the Inaffont skirt of which is com- posed of two fidi Bounces drap. ed up to the left hip where they form a pouf. This corsage is finished with a triple row.of large pearl beads.
A simple and effective solution and scramble them, lu it.
This
girl to have kept one's figure," but alimuess and a complexion that knows the virtues of a little 'skil ful make-up are not the most im- portant assets towards complete mother understanding between and daughter.
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Tolerance.
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more necessary than modern silhouette fa really modern outlook, combined with tolerance, a sense of humour, and the saving grace of knowing exact- ly where eighteen may rush in and thirty-eight fear to tread.
But how any of these new
mothera "young"
such have qualifications?
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Two little satin hats which the amateur milliney might well copy with excellent res
aults.
COMPLEX CULTURE.
for instance, may be made entirely A nodding bunch of primulas,
in dark patterned silk, the petals into lifelike calyxes. being cut true to shape and fitted Or two kinda of silk may be used in tho same bunch, a printed one and a mild tartan.
Chrysanthemums made of hun. dreds of piceca of silk cut in tho shape of petals, are amazingly effective and diverse. Large double poppies in back and white | taffetas are smart and striking, and of roses there are many,
Perhaps the enrnations are the: most effective of all, and most re- miniscent of nature. The model- ling of the flowers and the shape of the petals are extraordinarily
clever,
HOW TO MAKE CRYSTAL TREES.
DELIGHTFUL HOME DECORATIONS.
Small crystal trees are now con sidered very smart is table decorn- tions, and the making of them from specially prepared sealing wax and crepe paper is an inexpensive and intriguing hobby. Even experi- enced fingers will have little dif- ficulty in modelling the simple leaves and petals which are after- warda assembled to make the tree.
There's a better selection
At
LANE, CRAWFORD'S
LADIES' SALON
Two smart blouses for wear with tailor-made suits. The first is in white crepe de chine with tiny floral nattern in navy blue. The second, carried out in oyster tinted soft satin, in pleated from yoke to hem, and fastened over to the
gide with mother o’pearl buttons."
VIVID NECKLACES.
NOVELTIES FROM PARIS.
The newest of bracelets aro
WHITE JADE.
THE LATEST IN FOOTWEAR.
White jnde Is to be the colour of
Cut some twelve-inch lengths of ne wire and bend them into fenf or petal shaped loops. Smear the made of leather and gold. Stitch- the smartest summer shoes. It is loops with while paste and pressed leather atrapa are bound a pale cloudy shade, neither white, them daily on to pleces of crope together and linked with gold; or beige, nor grey, but the Dxact paper which have previously heen golden plaques, bosses of jade, colour of the rare Imperial white stretched,
turquoise, and carved onyx, aro connected by plalted leather jade of China. It is much smarter When dry, trim off the paper thongs. Snakeskin is qlso much and more becoming than the fairly close to the wire, leaving used for the purpose.
ordinary white shoe and har- Just enough to cover the edges,
monizes
the effectively with and slightly bend the leaves or petals to give them a natural Thick black silk cord is often natural belges, kashas, and pale substituted for feather, and several pastel colourings that are so much
appeara,
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To complete the leaves, heat a rows threaded at intervals with in favour just now. stick of coloured transparent gold, jade, coral or turquoise By Olive Roberts Barton.]
sealing wax in the flame of a beads link up bara and plaques of Aren't we becoming very much methylated spirit lamp, and smear gold. Involved in our culture?
Aren't the wax, quickly and evenly, over
In contrast to the ornate bracc-
The modern shoo ls much too fragile and attractive to risk ruin- fing, in a sudden shower, so the
Too many of them Imagine that
In buying their clothes
the debutante department and insial- Ing repeatedly that "Of course my girl always tells me everything-- she and are such pals!" will have They forget the desired effect. that modern young people are
we becaming Involved in our poll- both sides of the paper-covered quick enough to recogulse any ties? And how about religion and loops, If necessary the wax can lets of enormous links, knobs and wise woman carries in her bag a thing that is genuine or otherwise, education and almost everything be smoothed by passing the leaves curious design, which are so much pair of very thin black or brown and a too frantic straining to catch else under the sun?
quickly through the flame..
worn at the moment, there is a rubber tips, which can be slipped that easy, elder sister" note will
When we speak of the simple Now build up the tree by new type of plain gold to clasp the jon at a moment's notice and will end in the girl going for advice to someone with more wisdom and life we usually refer to a little assembling the leaves and petals wrist made of narrow slats or little protect the
garden, flowers, sky, gingham and binding the branches with columna flexibly linked. An inch Those rubber tips are carried in a less schoolgirl complexion.
On the other hand, I know dresses, sunsuts, curly-to-bed, and strips of tineel tape, or tricateen. and a half to two. inches is the women who are tremendous suc-up with the chickens. Cosses both as mothers and attrac- Roosevelt advocated the simple tive individuals, without any of life. While he lived there was a that so-called antagonism between strong back-to-nature movement. them and their grown-up daughters.
Theodore
Were he living now, I wonder if he wouldn't get behind another movement a movemont to lead a simpler life institutionally, so to speak.
A Sheer Impossibility. They dance well, enjoy a cock-
We have delved ao deep, we are tail, fake pains to keep a youthful all mixed up. Isn't it time we get appearance, and have a sporting back to elementala? Most of us outlook to match that makes con- would be happler. We're so con- versation with them provocative fused trying to understand all the and amusing. But they have kept things written for us, and lectured their dignity. They do not make to us, and radioed at us, we feel
a point of introducing their unlike ships in a storm-tossed sea happy daughters as "My baby girl half the time.
we grew up together!"
They
Is it a desiro on our part to try
do not hover indefinitely at a to keep up with things, a fear of rather feverish thirty-five. Their being behind the times, or a fran- clothes are the last word in chic, the determination to be considered but chosen with care.
cultured? I don't know! But I In short, these
Buccessful do know that half the time we modern mothers do not attempt to haven't an idea what it's all about, meet their daughters on their own There has been so much half- ground.
baked thinking and talking recent- They know that, however allmy, People who read and quote the figure, charming the face, and the things they read without the youthful the mind, it is a sheor least idea of what they are talking Impossibility to shift the date of about
arc
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Fine wire, crepe paper and transparent nealing wax are needed in order to fashion charming "trees" for table decoration.
Painted Buttons.
The fashion for the finely-work- ed lingerie blouse of soft linen
usual width.
Large plaques of chased or embossed gold, linked together, are also very much in the mode, and in keeping with this rather bar- baric taste are dull gold and silver armlets which do not quite encom- pass the wrist, suggesting the in- fluence
ancient of the very jewellers' art.
The smart way to wear those wide and heavy bracelets is over the cuffs of the jumper at the wrist.
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Necklaces aro now made of enormous round beads of viviil colouring scarlet, azure or tur qualse matrix, each with a knot of milk between.. Or flat, round beads of fade, turquoise or coral are strung together alternately with thin circles of gold, so that they look almost like a lot of counters threaded together.
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one's birth from nomewhere round I read the report of a lecture on lawn or muslin, to be worn with a Rathor pretty and unusual neck 1800 to somewhere round 1908. philosophy recently given to a plain lailored suit, is responsible ornaments which have just made They do not even try. But they class of students, and upon for the return of fancy buttons. their appearance are dainty posies pretty certain of their my word I didn't understand These are designed to decorate the made entirely of tiny coloured daughter's admiration (and syllable of it. The one who re-front of a light blouse, and the china beads, which hang low from respect, which is far more import ported it didn't know, and I heard newest are of crystal, over a little silken cords or narrow velvet unt), not to mention the envy of later that not one of that class plaque of painted flowers, giving ribbon. those. contemporarles to whom, (seniors in one of our big col- the impression of a transparent both physically and mentally, they
The most recent design for a can give at least, ten years atarlages) know what it was about ball with a gally-coloured centre.
efther."
To accompany sports clothes there Jan't that better than the,
This is an exaggerated but true are paintings of dogs or horses diamond necklace, shown at the y pouring I pint of boiling water It la done. Set it aside to cool, spurious "girlishness" ao many instance of our endeavour to heads, also enclosed in crystal, and Paris exhibition of the Soelete dos, another fancy which will please Artistes Decorateurs, has a row of mothers think is essential for the absorb knowledge. winning of their daughters'
I'm beginning to think that a the sportswoman is the series of half spheres, the flat sides of friendship?
thorough knowledge of the three game birds beautifully painted which lle against the throat, By MOLLIE., PANTER-DOWNES, in's, and a course la mother-wit is and used for links for tailored studded with diamonds and divid":
od by short chaina of diamonds. London Morning Post.
about as good as anything.ofir.
or an eye balh is that familiar will take about three minutes,
ad well-recommended one made When it turns into a thick cream,
I teaspoonful boracle acid.
should be left to stand for 24 When cold, sprinkle it with a little ours before using, and then desiccated cocoanut or a "ttle pplied by an ayo bath with equal nutmeg for flavouring, whichever is dantities of cold or warm water. is preferred.
shirts,
delicate footwear.
Camall rubber case in the pochette
and take up very little room.
A fumper euse in fason orepella is made with a front- pleated skirt and a panelled jumper Scarf of fawn spotted crape, and bell of brown patent Leather,