THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, Tuesday, DECEMBER 28, 1937.
By
SPARKLE..
After Dark
MARY
GRACE
Evening frock of soft potunia pink chiffon, with a close-fitting shirred bodice. Tha skirtfullnassis drawn into the front, follow- ing the nowest line. Pink and silver flowers make a charming headdress and diamante bangles sparkle at the wrist.
Colour Favourites
AMONG the lovely new colours for starlit hours are petunia pink, hanging from the most delicate of shades to the deep blush hues. Next come the blues and mauves of the cyclamen, and a red that matches the brightness of holly berries. Another red, called stame, is among the first favourites for striking evening“frocks:
Frog green, a pretty shade, is another newcomer, and there is also a subtle colour called pine mist-a very soft greeny blue-to gladden the eye among the purples and deep blues of the season.
Lucky charm bracelets are 'a whim of the moment. Two novellies caught my attention at a dance recently. One had black and whilo dice suspended from a thin chain. The other boasted minute coloured Agures Hiphiand piper, a golfer with bag of clubs, a Dutch girl, two Hungarians, and a newaboy,
Sequin Haloes
Diamanté
Metal Tissues
TITH the advent of Christ-:
mas shop wndows are filled with gay frocks telling us that the season of parties is round the corner.
I have just been making a round of the mid-season collections. The extravagancies of the earlier dress shows have disappeared, and sil- houettes are greatly reduced.
If the tale of evening fashions were strictly told, skirts would have pride of place. Their great novelty consists in their Irregu larity: no two are alike.
Clearing up the Mess.
CHRISTMAS parties are over, the quests are gone, the hottac looks untidy, and the family feel flat. But make the best of what's left.
First of all don't take down all the decorations, just plek out dead flowers, withered leaves, or dils of tinget which have got straggly looking and throw them away. Leave the rest till after the New Year.
Then the question of food: you are faced with the remains of a turkey and half a Christmas pudding. Try this method with the turkey legs.
Make a paste from salt, white pepper, curry powder, mustard, cayenne, and butter. If you like things really tasty add some Worcester sauce, chutney, or mushroom powder.
Score the bird's legs deeply in several places, put plenty of the devil paster into the cuts, and spread the rost all over the surface. Leave the legs like this for some hours. When you want to cook them put them under the grill for about ten minutes, turning once or twice.
The plum pudding can be changed from a wearisome cold wedge by being cut into alices, heated through in the frying- pan, and served with a sprinkling of castor "engar.
HUSH !
NOT SO MUCH NOISE, CHILDREN! Ugly voices are not only an irritation to other people, but a drawback
One designer raises the line into children, and tiring, too. You should not overlook and front, another's skirts are so nar-ignore bad speaking habits in young children. Bad habits
row that they must be allt at the side in order to walk.
Bide by side with these are the
draped skirta, and the rather stiff wide- skirted styles that stand us in the stead of picture frocks this season.
The newest of all Unes is that
sketched by my artist, showing the fullness brought to the front of the skirt. Made of soft chiffon, the bodler line hugs the figure.
Yes, we have gone back to curves: where the figure has
curves, the gown haa curves, too. Loop drapery, shirrings, bands embroidered with sequins or dia- manté, are curved to follow the lines of the Agure.
Evening frocks this senon must have B touch of pretty-pretty about them. With a simply cut dress in the Jashionable black mus!
masses bo worn
al Jewellery so that it glitters and sparkles ns grandly ns the most elaborately trimmed gown.
There is, too, a defl- nite effort this season to keep the waists higli, but
have noticed some Bushes tled low on the hips. This, in my opinion, is the forerunner of a lower waist line next year.
the As to materials, the richer better, and never have I remarked 60 many reasonably priced brocades and metal tissues. Dull surfaced jersey fabrics that cling closely to the figure, and, of course, the ever popular velvet are for mother; for her daughter, “chiffon"or"niet.~
Even if a dress is not sequin trimmed. this popular decoration appears on the accessories.
Sketched below are a few suggestions - halo headdress composed entirely of sequins, a matching necklace, niso bag and shoes bespattered here and there with these pretty ornaments.
Soquin hala & necklaco
are difficult to eradicate, and their effects far reaching.
The trouble is often accentuated by the fact that many people in charge of children-mothers included-have unpleasant, and therefore ill-used, voices themselves. They don't recognise the signs of voice-strain in their children, and cannot instruct them In those correct habits of breathing and speaking which are essential. Too much is left to the school, and children are not given even rudimentary home training.
The clear, live tones of a natural young voice are lovely to hear if the child has a sufficient vocabulary, breathes correctly and is not shy, flustered, or trying to impress. But many children develop a trick of drawing in their brenth through the mouth at Their words the beginning of speech and after every few words.
tumble or are gasped out, their voice getting shriller and louder as they try to create an effect,
When the noise of such a voice the arms, bend forward and empty becomes unbearable the child will the chest of air. Then take another be told not to shout, but it is un- breath slowly, smoothly and through some the nose. This is sent down to the likely that he will be given
region, the mouth prompt and. definite Instruction as stomach
being
to how to become forceful, conving- kept lightly closed and the body bent
ing and attractive by using his voice just a tiny bit.
in a lower register, and by thinking out what he wants to suy.
Finally,
release this breath quite vigorously and expel it by the mouth.
It is important that you feel, no strain with this exercise and that your breath is only held down for as TENDENCY to talk in a high- long as it can comfortably be held. be repeated pitched nasal twang is shown at The exercise should
three times.
an early age. Children with narrow
and lazy nostrils, throat and nose trouble, shallow chests and a prone- ness to tummy-ache, frequently have NOW for the third lesson. It is a whining voice that may develop called "Bees in a Bottle" and la Into a hard, shrill and unpleasant adult voice.
fun for children to do. The breath
is inhaled through the nose, mouth Chronic catarrh and swollen ton- shut and chest well up. voice-box sils often result in the
Holding his breath easily the child being misused, while an inadequate drums on his chest, with his hands Intake of breath embarrasses both and makes a buzzing noise. speaker and listener.
When his breath. has been exhaled -You-can-teach-your.children.carly naturally the buzzing is repented. in life that they will not get em- The sound of several children doing always makes phasis by hurry and shriliness of "Bees in a Bottle" voice, but by a steady fulness of them laugh, Laughing is breath behind their words, by clear, exercise and'n grand tonic for both
mind and body. well-toned speech.
The first lesson, then, in good voice production is correct breath-
fine
ing. The child must have breath You should be careful to see that
enough for the effort of speech and your children don't overtire their for the support of his voice. Breath- voices. They should never be allow- ing should be done, not at the be- ed to shout or sing when they are ginning of a word or a phrase, but below normal, cold or tired. at the end of words and sentences. Much use of his voice while a Try a little practient demonstra- child is 1 or feverish weakens his taxes his vocal tion--first with single, double and vocal cords and repeated words, second with short nerves. sentences, third with long sentences. Smoke, dust, cold, the air of Il- divided up conveniently here and ventilated rooms, a diet low in fats there for breathing purposes. Breath and mineral salts and deficient_in is inhaled and exhaled through the milk-all are bad for the voice. Too
of course, should be many
and sweets
sweet cakes nose (which, clear and free for that purpose). Irritate threats and make children ilable to catarrh.... A clear, rich, resonant volce is impossible with entorrh.
THE
the
THE second lesson works wonders Many songs used in schools are
on the vocal cords and helps to pitched in a key too high for Increase lung-capacity and to lower average child voler, which may be- the pitch of the voice. Most women come permanently damaged through would benefit by this as well as their being forced up to high keys. But young children.
verse-speaking is an excellent train- Take long, smooth breath, raising ing for children's voice and speech the nemia imply. Now throw down and, therefore, personality.
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