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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1922 7 m
THE WORLD OF WOMEN
Suppostions of CHRISTMAS
WRAPPINGS
WRAP
YOURSELF IN THIS
IF YOU'RE * GOING
FORMAL-
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
30
STAR
THE
THEATRICAL
EVENT
OF THE SEASON
THE
ITALIAN GRAND OPERA
will present
-DEC, 28th-
CAVALLERIA
RUSTICANA
and PAGLIACCI
DEC. 29th RIGOLETTO
DEC. 30th
TROVATORE
DEC. 31st TRAVIATA
JAN. 1st
LA BOHEME
JAN. 2nd TOSCA
JAN. 3rd
LUCIA LAMMERMORE
JAN, 4th CARMEN
JAN. 5th
MADAME BUTTERFLY
JAN. 6th FAUST
ATTLE WRAP"
15 JUST THE THING FOR
"THE HOLIDAY PARTIES —
"FANCY DRESS."
Must be Striking
in Effect.
The planning and making of a RECOMaful fancy dress is probably only a little less fun than the wear- ing of it. Anyhow, it appears that invitation cards for the nursery hearing the words "Fancy Dress'
n direct challenge to mothers to set with to work.
are
A pont enrnival dress ninal he striking in its effect, no matter whether it in splendid, eomic, or picturesque.
Consequently, colours detail
must be strong clie
xaggeraten. Gilded
CRA
look as well as brocade, nad cotton
plush may outshine vetres. Excellent
may be made of coloured uil-costumes are, moreover, frequently mize. towelling, sucking, book both cheap and easy to
improvise.
instance. The small boy may, for
muslin, teddy bear cloth, and check take an amusing appearance
success for some small wenrer carnival rustume.
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· AND FOR DAYTIME-DOING-5 THIS WRAPAROUND CAPE HAS A
REAL HOLIDAY TOUCH! •
No more danger of eating over-, ripe or too young fruit now that the "electric palate" has been cre ated. All you have to do is take the fruit to be tested, apply the electrynx as above, and you soon will know the answer to the neldity and juice character and also the state of ripeness of the fruit. The electrynx is so sensi- tive that it can measure the ae- tion of one-millionth of an umpere, or about one-tenth of the "wing power" of an ordinary fly.
EVENING COLOURS
Paris evening clothes that are
TO-DAY'S RECIPE.
Boil three-quarters of a pint of milk with one tablespoonful of finely chopped lemon peel and four ouncea of caster sugar, sprinkle in two tablespoonfuls of small sago, and simmer together for ten minuten. Adil quarter of an ounce of gelatine before cooling.
Fold
liqueur or fruit syrup and two large in two tablespoonfuls of
tablespoonfuls of whipped cream, with about one teaspoonful of vanilla to flavour, and turn into a mould that has been wetted with cold
wator. When set turn out and garnish with desicented coconut, some of which has been colouted pink and some green with a Fow drops of harmless colouring matter.
ASSURING SHOE SMARTNESS
gingbam, whilst such various mater policemau, and all he requires is being publicly spproved by tis
ns mopcotton, curtain rings, tunic and trouserk of navy, serge, tinguished women are the sort that Shaped shoe trees, the kind that glass heads, luggage labels, toy helmet of cardboard and shiny call balloons, and shvepskin duor-mata black oil-blaze, a truncheon, also apart from the woman inside them. dispensible to shoesmartness. The no attention to themselves fill out the shoes perfectly, are in- have all played part in achieving haize covered, large white cotton One of the most significant changes minute you take off your shoes, pat
of gloves, and a whistle. Made
a smart nurserymaid in short is to abocnoo of black. The Ananthe shoes trecs in, brush your cial depression supplies all the shoes and put away carefully. The The Comic Aspect Is Popular. blue cotton dress, and starched cap ebony the world can stand, and trees do their best work when
and apron, he will carry a baby Lender Any fancy dress that raises a good doll if he wears his own boots called out along the clothes line. When you consider that your shoes and hopeful colours are shoes come fresh from being worn. laugh by its design, or by the idea and stockings they will provide an The Farisicane without her black have fully as much time on the suggenter, is more of muccess. Such amusing contrast to the rest
in something startling and decidedly trees as on your feet, you realize "Washing Day" will suggest an pleasing to the eye. Pink is one of the importance of this type of shoo easy make-up for a little girl. Her the coloura the most in favour. Pale care. frock can be of red and white check blue and lost-bud green are worn. gingham, and from the waist it may shades, there are deep purple, blue,
White keeps its place, and, for soberi be festooned with a very thin clothes Jine hung at intervals with the brown, mid cinnamon.
smallest-sized clip pegs, and to rach peg should be festooned a scrap of coloured mag or doll's garment. A cup of scarlet oil-baize decorated with pegs would serve as a heud- drean,
A large hundkerchief of· gold metal net with two sides bordered with gold sequins is In smart new note for evening.
EMBROIDERED HOSIERY
Brand new for popular wear is embroidered hostery. Usually The "Order of the Bath" will there is a little formalized pattern servo as custume for either boy across the instep, running up the or girl. It should consist of a long shin. They are very attractive in trousered suit of whito towelling. light tones, with pastel am- with a cape of the garest towelling broidery- that can be found,
in açarlet bedroom slippers, and the
cap is a turban made of loofahs gilt paper lined with cotton, or gold A big aponge should hang from the il-baizo will serve. A gold cap waist, and a small tablet of pink with flowing veil of white book soap be worn as a neck pendant.muslin, red Turkisht slippers, and And the Picturesque Appeals, brass bangles and anklets complete
the picturn. To represent a desert princess The boy who attends as a Chinco would please a child who likes the nnndarin is also good to scon "grown-up" feeling. Full trousers pale blue sateen trousers tight at of emerald green sateen are gather-the ankles and a contes Oriental tlu ankles, and surmounted tapestry over a vest of yellow volyet.. by a vest of many coloured stripen Ho woara a black satin cap nud and a eleoveless bolero of good-lung scarlet pointed shoes.
ed at
SALESMAN SAM
This is Lyolene's bracelet and scarf pin of wood. The contre disc is of silver metal.
Not the Trained Ones!
Across
1 Higgledy-piggledy is fairly neur
it
Quite important people are not iil in a liner.
▷ Refunded (unog.),
10 Pay back.
12 A county of Britain,
14 A quite poetic feature of Shern.
ton.
15 The human variety is never 9
Across.
16 A welcome little songster on the
links, and
19
one of the same tribe, but scarcely a songster,
22 Character in Harriet.
23 Relation, possibly to resist.
25 A German river.
28 Get hungry for this bird. 20 Artificial language.
32 A kind of finch.
33 This day in April 19th. 34 Fnahions.
35 Summary.
Down
1 Falstaff's handicap. 2 Increase in fiction from Scot-
land.
3 The month to progress. 4 Belgian town.
6 Justifiably dismal, being told to stop in one breath, and to clear out in the next.
7 An Archbishop skilled. A muta
ly praiseworthy.
8 A West Country resort. 11 Officials belonging to the lady
after you and ma
13 The room was put in order ot
once (hidden).
17 Motive.
18 Not the sort of man to patronise
the most expensive hotels.
20 Found on cliar-a-banen and, with apologies, something like them in handcuits.
21 Burlesque some pon has finished.. 24 Honours divided (out
"Patience").
26 Fathers of sovereigns:
27 A presto transformation."
of
30 May consist of one or a number. 31 Shakespeare, added a lady, but this was quite enough for Moore.
Yesterday's Solution.
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TO TO | THOI OROUPTER UPSHOT E SUIFTE" SILENT U HEELED ND SWEDE DE
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AW, DON'T GET
EXCITED!
YOU KIN DO A LITTLE OF
TH' WORK VERSELVES!
CAN
OPENERS
IFYER GONNA HANG AROUND HERE SELLIN' IVER PEANUTS, YA GOTTA DO SOME WORK","
GO BUY SOMÉ FISH AN' TOSS 'EM TO TH' SEALS!
DEAR
Dear
SEAL
NOT THE CHRISTMAS KIND
XXX
SARDINES!
xxx.