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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 22, 1939.
PARIS SHOW-DOWN
This is one of the mare dress afternoon frocks. The top and sleeves are in einuation coloured lame. The bodice is alphtly draped from the shoulders and crosses in front From under the arms two pancis are set in and run down to the
gals. They are of boille green. marocain. The swathed wall- band-very tight-and the full, -gathered skirt are in dark brown-
marocain.
"Beam' irimaning is one of the
·došalis of fashion, filmtested here by while option besid on dark Blue linen to emphasis the ́gores (which: fill and fårn the Hitle pok from Piquet. The fattor Alo désigned the poke bonnet of 'CORZBO'・ NAVY: wiraw with gron
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Black silk jersey afternoon freek, with panels of shir- ang on the shoulders and apatu low down on the hips. From the hips spring two sets of elus- ter pleats, matching these on the
Another clump of pleats was set in ke a tall at the back of the skirt. Waist was swathed with a bandage of Jersey, tied in a knot-in "front. Note these new deep tight waists on frocka,
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Two-coloured suit in black
andi caramel brown. (Black and brown are, often twins this year) Jacket was black except for a panel of brown which ran down the froni, another down rach side, another inside each sleeve. High, roli collar was brown, tipped with black, and the jacket, just be- low two hip pockets, had an edge of beaver fur. Skirt was brown, with two unpressed flares of ful- nesa.......ia...front, Hat, an off-the Juce acoop, is black with a brown bow.
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grey broadcloth, with a double shawl collar of cloth, and ever it male. It buttoned with Jour silver buttons, double- breasted, and at the walst took a dipping line to the back; at the back it wor pleated from hip to Nole swing out with a flourishą. how log the two fur-edged pockets are set. Tricorne hat was trimmed with a touch of fur, too.
Do Women Dress To Please Men?
WILAT mative delves a norina)
wonlan to dress attractively? What Designers and Leaders
There are three possible answers:
she has a flair for fashion artistry;
she wishes to go one better than her
of Fashion Think
pression of artistic tendencies.
next-door neighbour; or she is set- but I warn people to have white or millions of men. ting out deliberately to captivate some bright shade at the neck."
male admiration.
Modern wonen
So she dresses to please herself, but, incidentally, she pleasse thou- sands of designers, dressmakers,, newspaper photographers and Spending Ume on beauty culture Paul Polrel, fashion expert, thinks and on dress is not the monopoly of resent that last flat sloppy women who believe they highly civilised women. A dazzling- reson. They will deny it until they can wear badly fitting tweeds simply ly beautifel 10-year-old girl on a are Jade under their cosmetles, because they go to business and earn South Sea istund for days watched | Since their emancipation women are a living are making men effemin- the amort society women coming
growing less willing to admit that ale.
ashore from a steamer, Those cur Hey consider the male reaction. The motive of fashion to-day is a mined lips and pale rose .com- The late Lilyan Tashinon, noted quest for artistry add a desire to plexions fascinated her. She in star atte the only woman in pleuse the opposite sex, declares journeyed miles into the woods Hollywood ever, to be universally Polvet. Often these motives are to gather certain berries which have acclaimed the best-dressed netress, subconscious. There is a well-known a red juice. These she rubbed on was one of the few women to admit type of young girl who before she her lips and cheeks. Expectant-eyed dressing to attract men,
marries spends half her salary on she returned to the docks hoping to "Average men don't understund a clothes and cosmetics. She will capture the admiring glances of the woman's clothes, but they know how dash home frantically after work, tourists.
to appreciate them, she said. help to cook the dinner, and run Essence of Chic "Frankly, I try to please men in my upstairs to don. 蟲 smart gown.
dress, I want them to like me-fo Breathless, pink-cheeked, sho Ap- The essence of 'chle in a woman is feel that I'm not hard to look pt." bours just in time to welcome her to show, she thinks of her appear- flance to dinner. Naturally he is ance, Jean Patou, the famous Frenchy dazzled by this well-groomed girl designer contends. After inarriage, she is sure of his
Elegance-not trick clothes-con-
An Aesthetic Value
"Womanly beauty was
always affection and not afraid to let her stitutes good taste. A gown should theant to be appreciated by men husband see her in a kitchen apron, be a frame for feminina charm. It The objects of clothes are (1) make a woman more beautiful; and, An Artist in Many Spheres
to
(2), less important, to keep
her
I warm."
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must be perfectly balanced.
· Battle Carnegie, the prominoni Mrs. Harrison Williams, acclaimed American designer, believes in sim❤ Gabriello Chanol, well-known the best-dressed woman in the plicity. She adapts the Paris trend dress designer, has for years necen- world, knows all the answers. It to the American temper. tunted sex.nlpeal in her creations. you ask her why she dresses well, Captain H, E. Molyneux believes A few years ago ale Journeyed all she replies simply: "I just dress to well-dressed women do not consider this for whom they dress, "I like to: ECO the way from Ports to Hollywood please myself." Undoubtedly with this object.
Is true of Mrs. Williams. She is on a woman in long skirts," he says. There is nothing shameful or de- artist in other spheres as well, par- "There isn't a woman in the world grading about a young woman ticularly in house decoration. She who doesn't look more beautiful dressing to attract men," she says, was the first to introduce white walls with long skirts." "In my designs I strive for feminine to America,
lure. I try to give them sex appeal. With a delicate touch she arranges to
It's not necessary for any woman
bo a wall-flower is selfish.
I stress simplicity, beauty of fabrle, a bowl of Hilles correctly. She has Every woman should be as attractive of design and of workmanship, rhythm in her walle, and her voice as she Good taste is my byword. For in- is musleal. Everything · sho does, mental tonic. stance, bisok is a fashionable colour, every insignificant gesture, is an ex-
Summer Suppers
O evenings it seems too suitry to cat a big, hot meal and the
family is tired of cold foot, try one of these light supper dishes, ASPARAGUS EGGS, for instance. Put the contents of a tin of asparagus at the bottom of a buttered, fireproof dish and break over the top the required number of eggs, sprinkle well with grated cheese and bake in a moderate oven until thoroughly heated.
Or SCRAMBLED EGGS and SAUSAGES are popular. Skin some cold cooked sausages and cut them in three slices. 'Eug and breadcrumb them and fry in boiling fat. Scramble as many eggs as you need, put in a diali and surround with sausaper..
enn. Clothes are a
Freat
Ullfford Lewis
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IF you sinoke, you can now keep your cigarettes in all kinds of fascinating cases that are both novel; and decorative. ·
One case is disguised as an en- name and velope, with your own addross written on it in bold black or white lettering.
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violent check-strawberry, green and yellow un black. The topcoat had a tuxedo front-flat is, a narrow roll collar which turned back in revers right down to the hem. These revera had a panel of opossum fur (one of the season's star skins) ruining right the way down. Jacket under- neath was loup, high-cut, and plain, in the same check. Skirt under that was plain black, straight. Cuff cap was made of ópossum.
The slim frock worn by Esme O'Brien, New York socialite, at a recent Arst night is purple erene, with nink and yellow rose buda embroidered at the hipline, and real pink rosebuds fucked under kho chun Contrast u added in emerald green gatin sandals and hair-ribbon, and the He resiculo le white and silver sequins. The lynx bolero is one of the many fur boleron worn.
Other caso, made in silver, aro These
cases are made in gold, engraved with a map of the world. silver, black enamo}, ond white Cigarette cases, engraved in one an anti-aircraft gun," enamel. Ther bear also a realistic-corner with looking "London" postmark over a have been seen in London.
D. L. facsimile of stamp.
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The
Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
June-September, 1939
$250
CASH
PRIZES
$250
(Donated by "Hongkong Telegraph')
TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250 (Donated by ILFORD, Ltd., London)
SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW
CLOSING DATE & TIME:
29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M.
THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION,
IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.. Prixes will be allotted as follows: *SECTION ONE:
For Story-Telling Plelures.
∙lat. $30, 2nd $15. 3rd. $10.
SECTION TWO:
General Pletorial Section: Landscapes, Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.
1st. $50, 2nd $15. 3rd. $10.
SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studies.
- Isl. $30
End. No. 3rd. 10 SECTION FOUR:
Still Life and Table-Top Studier. 1st. 830. 2nd, $15: 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE:
Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. Ist, $15, 2nd. $10. Zed, $5.
RULES
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1The Competition is confined ex- ..
clusively ta amateur photo-
grapher
-No employee or member of any Arm in the photographie trade is permitted to compete,
J-The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in each Bection, Esch entry inust be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com- petition. wad which must be pasted on back of entry. 4-The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong-Telegraph.
All photographe entered mtart have been taken in the Colony at Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in. other Competitions are ineligible. -No responsibility will be ancepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries.
1- entries to be alther black, pla, or toned pictures, and must
USE THIS FORM
AND PASTE IT
ON THE
BACK OF EACH ENTRY
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be
photo-
mounted. Coloured stapha are ineligible. -Pletures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by s amalar print in black and white. 1-No picture to entered in more
Wien one Bection. 10-Mounte
to bo, only while er Cream, and. except in the -Children's Beation, must be of one of the following als;-10x12, 10x20,
11.-No correspondence will be entered Into en connection with the Com- petition.
12-Entries in the Children's Section
must bear the entrant's name, are and address on the entry term, counter-signed by a parent, 13-Membery - of the Sixth of the Hongkong Teleuroph and the South China Morning Post are not permitted to compete, 14-The decisions of the Judges shall
be flaal.
15-At the conclusion of the Com2 – polition, entries will be returned la competitors" on application at the Telegraph oces within seven days.
SECTION
NAME
ADDRESS
DATE
ENTILY FONSI
Plesso we block letters and pasta'tishs
on back of each Entry. It entered in Children's Beetlen, parent please con Lendas baru.