THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY: AUGUST 11, 1928.
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"TIED DYEING."
PALE ROSE. ›
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Developed in pato baliste de soic, this gown er- cmplifica the clever use of tucks and pleats in modern clothes, and is typical of the attractive untrimmed modela in
the heat collections.
STRAWBERRY MOUSSE.
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REVIVAL OF AN OLD HANDCRAFT.
This is not a now art, but an old handcraft revived. The Orientals have always been very clever with their fingers, and used to do all their pattern dyeing by means of tying up material and dipping into various dyes,
in the Indian bazaars it is a common sight to bee the natives doing this kind of dyeing.
"Tied Dyeing" is very similar to Batik work, though much simpler, being done entirely with string and dye without the aid of stencils, wax, or hot irons, used in Batik work.
If you wind a number of stranda of thick knitting cotton round a piece of material (folded in four or eight) you will find, after: dipping in dye and untying, that where the siring has been there will be a white mark left, which is repeated in the place in each fold, so that upon unfolding you will find that you have made a complete conventional design.
A floral pattern can be made in the same manner by tying in two. places after folding the usual four times; so that the tied piece of shut-in material resembles
umbrella. The "ferrule" boing the centre of the flower, and the second tle being made a little over half way down the "handle," the remainder, below the second tlo, la the portion to be dipped in the colour for the background.
Pansy Design.
If yellow dye is used for dip- plug in up to the second tie from the centre, and purple for the background, you will get a very effective pansy design, especially. If you dip the "ferralo" centre Into the purple up to the frat tio,
WOMAN'S
WORLD
ART IN LINES THAT POINT TO CHIC.
'Move a blouse 'than a sweater is the new grey silk and blue pointed stripes, worn over a grey pleaded skirt. Brown edgra the diagonal lines of a sunburnt chiffon evening gown and
vertical lines of colour liven the scarf collar of a brown costume.
LINES THAT LOOK SLENDER.
[By Jacqueline Howard.]
DAINTY SUNSHADÈS:
threads.
matter
SUMMER HATS.
FOR THE MATRON."
CHOICE OF SHOES,
SMARTEST SHADES IN STOCKINGS.
There's a better selection
LANE, CRAWFORD'S
LADIES' SALON
Stockings ато 30 much in ovidence now, with hem-lines so brief, that they must be very care- fully selected indeed.
Very dark beige, without m touch of rose in it, is one that particular women like very much. And it certainly is more distin- guished than the somewhat banal, light beige colour, that everyone has worn so long.
Many women wear these dark belgo hose, with every type of costume. However, the majority of women prefer those lovely rose-pink hose, or lavender hose for evening wear, for they may be worn with any frock, and any kind of evening slippers.
A bright, sun-burnt, bélge is: another colour that is new and much in favour for evening. Some women are wearing gun- metal and taupo hose with their day-Lime costumes, and they have A distinctly smart appearance.
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Just a word about the cholec of shoes, for these are of as great importanee 'ns, the dresses, and must be chosen to harmonise.
If you are wearing a navy-blue ensemble, your shoes should bej navy kid. For
dove-grey ensemble, grey suede shoes to har moniso look very well.
Black patent leather shoes are very smart for black dresses, with stockings of grey or "beige- mauve."
For sports dresses, the models
MORNING COSTUME.
Grey cloth pleated skirt and grey stockinette jumper into which is woven a design in metal threads.
COCKTAILS.
OCCASIONAL ONES ARE HARMLESS.
Are cocktails härmful to young women?
Ever since the habit came into
IN MANY GAY COLOURINGS.
Sunshades at this moment take The vogue of the large straw are endless. Flat-heeled shoes in a place in our thoughts. Practi-model is satisfactory for the serpent's skin or lizard, look well, The question as to who really cally all the stores in Paris dia- matron. Many designs are de- and, of course, white kid or buck- as this combination will give a decides the fashions is one of play new styles in sunshades.corated with large ribbon bowa, akin shoes for sports and pro- rich dark brown, and wherever those problems which are for ever There are many in cretonne, ás and posles of flowers, placed high menade wear 13 always in THIS WEEK'S RECIPE. the purple lins mingled at all with being discussed, and for which always; same with allky fringe to on the crown, are also becoming fashion.
the yellow the pansy will be innumerable solutions are con- make them more gay. Sometimes Jewelled brooches are especially
For evening wear, shoes, of shaded with brown, giving much tinually being put forward and the pattern is outlined in gold popular as a finish to matrons' more character to the flower.
silver broche or glace kid, or gold | turned down.
hats. This is such a simple method of
does not It Feally One quart berrles, 11⁄2 cups
Occasionally
Speckled straws are, particular-lame are all smart, according to conventional 2 sugar, 1 tablespoon granulated making patterns that, with very whether the credit for any parti-
On the large model of coarse navy and Palo coloured kid shoes are much gelatine, 4 tablespoons cold water, little practice, original designs cular fashion should be given to pattern is painted in gold to rely effective on older women. A the costumes they accompany vogue about ten years ago it has 24 cups whipping cream. can be evolved in a few minutes. the dressmakers who designed it flect the raya of the sun.
An olive and paste buckles always look distin- many medical men, Hull, wash and drain berries. "Twisted dyeing" is also very or to a few superbly slegant whole, the cretonne patterns are cream straw is trimmed with liked, while black satin shoes with been unsparingly condemned by Sprinkle with sugar and let stand effective for scarves or cushion women who consented to wear it; in floral designs, and the most grosgrain ribbon, one hour. Press through a coarse covers, First fold your material but the kind of decision that is popular seem to be those with old sieve. Soften gelatine in cold on if you were pleating for knife made maliers very much
Feather trimmings are smart. TO A YOUNG IDEALIST. creases the sense of bien water for five minutes. Dissolve pleats, then twist each end in the women in general and, incidental- ing glories, and petunias, and all
One attractive cardinal red straw over hot water and stir into reverse direction until you can ly, to men.
There
110 doubt colourings. berries. Let stand unt!) mixture twiat no more; then take the two
general Crepe-de-chine is used for a was adorned with an upstanding begins to thicken. Fold in cream ends and twist together like that
Turn Into skein of wool, similar to those have every reason for grati- number of gay sunshades, with bunch of red and black cock's "whipped until firm.
mold and pack in ice and salt. bought in shops for darning. tude to
those responsible for edgings in catrich or marabout, feathers. Let stand four hours. Use six' Now dip quickly in a dark dve the fashions of this year, because Taffetas is employed for this same cups of finely crushed ice to one (blue, black, purple, or brown only the careless or the unaccing type of sunshade, and in such
un- colours as red, pale blue, palo ways. Gay velvet ribbons aro This will do) and you will discover need wear clothes with an
used to band many models of sun- cup of leo cream anit.
pink, orange, green and yellow..
shades: Suede is a basis, too, for recipe la for fresh strawberries decorative twisted design like becoming line. but tinned ones may be used with those seen on the popular black
There are, however, one or two
Satin sunshades in gay coloura extravagant Cubist designs and and white véined scarves.
One of these is danger pointa. equal success.
the fact that a large number of are self-trimmed in a variety of conventional patterns..
MOST BEAUTIFUL BACK AT HOLLYWOOD.
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Pictured. is Jeanette Lof, whose back is acclaimed the most beautiful on all of the Hollywood cinema stare.
be can women
in
patterned materiale need
to
COR-
alderable care in the way they are made up for people who are not particularly slender.
The Danger of Stripes.
In themselves, on the model figures in the shop windows and proportioned on beautifully mannequins, these fabrics are really lovely. Many of them are created by artists, and are ex quisitely balanced in both colour and design; but a great many of them consist of lines or stripes of and shades. different widths Now, the usual way of treating then is to let these stripes go round the figure. Nothing can be said against this practice in the case of a slim figure, but if it is adopted by a woman who is already rather too round, the Inevitable result is that she looks rounder still, which is disappoint- ing for her and distressing for her observera.
Another point of danger comes at the neck.
A neckline which is too high has a sudly thickening effect upon
a neck which cannot be justly.
described as a slender column. A
crimson straw is finishd with gulshed. fashioned flowers, such as, morn- patterned chiffon arranged in a
bow across the crown. the flowers that provide gay
BRIDAL MODES OF THE MOMENT.
There is the demure lütle pearl cap which droops over · the neck in a very delightful manner: and the close-fitting cap of spotted net lightly embroidered with pearls and finished with pearl drops over the ears; and the bridal bonnet with a tiara of pearls in front, graduating to points over the the ears and there finished with orange blossom sprays.
Platinum and Gold.
to
д form
cross-
of
square neckline intensifies any depths. Now it is at the top of
A luxurious bag for evening or appearance of squareness there the hips, a little higher or a little lower than this, or even in the may be in the figure as a whole,
AV neck, on the other hand, is place where the eighteen-lich formal afternoon use is rando of
a definite arranged always helpful and a long waist used to be worn, and as tiny, platinum and gold links
L de belts or sashes have U-shaped neckline has finitely slenderising value. These plate on most of our frocks, the bar pattern. The amount notes apply to necklaces quite as exact position where they should
emeralds, is not with large forcibly as to the neckline of a come needs to be decided with gold worked in a leaf design jumper or gown. The choker care.
It is impossible to be dogmatic and inside is fitted a tiny pures, necklace is to be avoided by the
covered about this. An inch or two or which is a replica of the larger short and generously neck, The long necklace or even half-an-inch may make all bag. Gold chain bags have lost.
favour lately owing to the popu- etring of bends may be a valuable the difference between what is 18 not.
of brocade and allk ally in the matter of a pleasing becoming and what
Houghly speaking, the position larity appoarance.
will be determined by the length pochettes, but a model as distinc- of leg of the individual woman tive as the one mentioned is suf The waistline la in a wandering for whom the gown is being made. fciently unusual to be sure of Only a long-waleted woman should notice when carried by a smart mood at the moment. comparatively short time ago ifs keep her waistline fairly high-a
Waistlines. ›
one ambition seemed to be to long-legged woman can usually woman, and metal bags may be descend to the lowest possible wear it fairly low with advantage, relied upon for unending wear.
The world may laugh at your
standards Of truth and sincerity And, judging by its' own
measures,
May doubt your integrity.
The truth probably is that an occasional cocktail does no harm and may do good by stimulating o jaded nervous system.
so makes for enjoyment of the time. On the other ha several cocktails are taken": or taken at the wrong time, are unquestionably harmful.
The Drug in Vermonth.:
to the strong spirits, they should
drunk never be except when well diluted!
As
Сливо
A day may come when you're with water; otherwise, they may
acute
often Irritation, weary of faith to your own ideal, amounting to inflammation, of the When your own fino perceptions stomach. The principal drug in Are blunted and nothing's vermouth is worm-wood (wermut
reall
in German means worm-wood). There are other herba in ver- Then it will be that your mouth, but wormwood is the chief attraction, as it is in absinthe. Absinthe differs in the main from vermouth by being a strong spirit; vermouth is a weak, white wing Impregnated with wormwood.
courage Will be tested to the core, Then you'll be made much
stronger
Then ever you were before.
Stand by your faith when dis-
heartened,
Why Food Should Follow, One of the evils of cocktail drinking is that this strong spirit For its own sane, splendid is usually taken on an empty
Bake,
stomach
appetiser. And confidence it will give you infames the stomach and pre- Which nothing on earth can duces fictitious feeling of
shake,
"
THELKA COOMES.
CURLS AND A BOW.
A favourite way of arrang ing half-grown hair when even
ing 'dress is worn, az
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hunger. If it were immediately followed by soup or some other food substance there would be little or no harm to most normally healthy people; yet there are some [whese stomachs are very sensitive to irritation to whom the results would be harmful..
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But many people make a prac- tice of taking several cocktails and not following them imme. dlately with food; to these the practice is destructive of the digestion.
Spirit that is Best Taken
Sparingly.!
The gin in the cocktail is also a beverage which should be taken sparingly. The best gin is made of spirits distilled from rye and mait, to which the juice of juniper berries and a little salt are added; but the cheaper gins are made with potato spirit and contain not only the juniper berries but a turpentino-these quantity of have an irritating effect on the kidneys,
No Harm in Moderation. If one does really enjoy a cock- tall there is no great harm for most people in taking two or threa a week; they should be drunk on faltting down to table so that they may be followed immediately. With Zood, or otherwise after meals.