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How to look Charmingly Chic
In 10 Ultra-Easy Lessons
New York. chiffon or marganza with long, Here are ten ways for women full sleeves, or a picture dress
to look up-to-date this spring, harking back to the 1850's. summarised, from the two-day $1,000,000 show "Fashion Fu- tures":
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Have a South American, Greek, British, Chinese or Turk- ish note in your costume. Or
A pro-
Fashion
Report for the Non-Evacuates
theatrical producer-black and Mrs Gilbert Miller, wife of the
white silk suit, small white- flowered hat and tiny black parasol twirling.
1. Choose a hat that is rea- maybe a Maharanee turban. Or sonably sane (not too grimly-a good old patriotic emblem reasonable) and above all, be- somewhere. coming; and wear it straight 10. And after it's paid for, --not cocked over one eye. don that "pure-browed look."
2. Brighten your navy blue The final highlight of the outfit, if you choose one, with largest all-American style show Mrs Byron Foy, the former "pursuit red" accessories, white ever held for the fashion trade Thelma Chrysler bouffant touches, or a pink petticoat that was the selection of Miss Jose. black lace with aquamarines. occasionally shows when phino Caldwell of Philadelphia Mrs Thomas Shevlin-sheer spring breeze lifts your hemline. as "Miss Fashion Futures." She white lace long-sleeved blouse Or-
wore a black chiffon evening worn with many long strands of dress.
assorted jewels and a long ac- .3. Choose a cape outfit- The sea-siren silhouette, the cordion-pleated green and white solid colour full-length wool cape plastic bridal gown and the pan- striped satin skirt. over silk dress, hip-length wool taloon skirt also had enpe over wool dress, maybe in iminent part in the repent run expression supposed to accom- The pure-browed look is an two tones of a colour; floor- of "Fashion Futures." length flowing Jersey cape over
pany the pompadour, which is They were among talking still high style. evening gown. Or
polnts in a spring style review. Many hats were designed for a that moved for four hours to high-front hair-do, narrow at 4. Buy a bright, slim reefer ward its final highlight, the the sides of the face, and some coat-spring green, Parma vio- choice of "Miss Fashion Fu- of these hats had bibs, which let, or Chinatown red. Or-
tures," from five contestants made a sort of ruff of veiling or 5. Wear a slim little two- from over the country.
fabric around the front of the piece suit, with either a plain or Another highlight was the neck, peplum jucket. And—
naming of five best-dressed wo- The sea-siren silhouette was men by Ilka Chase, who said shown in foundation garments 6. Consider green as the "in other years there were ten, of opalescent pastels, and also leading new spring colour, with but in hard times we must make in cocktall suits with a "fish-tai! all the beiges, off-whites and sacrifices." light browns in a prominent
silhouette," short in front and One outfit chosen by each of, long in the back. place; navy still good; combina- the five, who are in there pitch- tions of black and white popu- ing, sartorially speaking, was long-trained white gown and The "synthetic bride" had a modelled at the show. The out- vell made entirely of plastic. fits were: 7. Be sure your new outfit
Another new development was doesn't have a "football shoul- de Wolfe, a leading member of fringed one dress and made a Lady Mendl, the former Elsie black synthetic straw, which der," but a softer, feminine the Antibes set," which is now pair of shoes, shoulder, sloping dropping, but holding forth in New York-- not drooping.
The pantaloon skirt was on a white sharkskin with quilted gown of Greek Influence. Some Choose either a clinging blue cont.
of the gowns in this group "had silhouette or a billowy skirted Mra Harrison Williams-pale accordion pleating and classic gown for evening; maybe a pale pink lacd off-the-shoulder gown. gold chain banding.
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Monster Raffle
in aid of the War Fund inaugurated by the "South China Morning Post" and The Hongkong Telegraph"
LIST OF PRIZES
Sunbeam-Talbot Sports Car (Gilman & Co., Ltd.) $5,950. Frigidaire 5 cubic ft. (Dodwell & Co., Ltd.) $0.00. MofTat Electric Cooker and set of cooking utensils, (Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.) $389. 5 prizes on. 1,000 Gold Flake Cigareties; 5 ca. 1,000 Players Cigarettes: 5 ea. 1,000 Capstan Cigarettes; 10 ca. 1,000 Players Clipper Cigarettes; 10 ca. 1,000 Embassy Cigarettes (British-American Tobacco Co. (China) Ltd.) $500. Pilot All-Wave Radio Receiver (Hongkong Motor Accessory Co., Ltd.) $350. Prize to the value of $250 (Mackintosh's Ltd.). Prize to the value of $150 (Directors and Staff, Mackintosh's Ltd.). GE.C. Radio Set (Mr. F. A, Mackintosh)) Approx, value $100. Vanity box and compact (Mrs. F. A. Mackintosh). Filmo Camera (Filmo Depot) $220. Prize to the value of $200 (Oils Elevator Co.) Imperial Portable Typewriter (Reiss, Bradley & Co. Ltd.) $275. B.S.A de luxe model Bleycle (The British Bleycle Co.) $200. Empire Baby Portable Typewriter (U. Spalinger & Co.) $138. Tavanne Chronometer, Eterna Chronometer, Election Chronometer (Ed. A. Keller & Co., Ltd.) ($100 each). Case Pommery & Greno Champagne, quarts (Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ltd.). Copy of Collection of Famous Pictures, Sung Dynasty (Commercial Press, Ltd.). Two pairs Ladies' Shoes (Gordon's Lid.) $50 each. Prize to the value of $100 (Anonymous), Centenary Souvenir Silver Cigarette Box, value $200; Empire Silver Salver, value $200; (George Falconer & Co., (H.K.) Ltd.). Three bottles of wine (Anonymous), Silver "Lotus Centrepiece (Mr. J. I. Barnes).
Silver Cigarette Case (Mr. A. C. Ellis). Down Quilt (Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Lid.) $08. Four "Innoxa" Beauty Cases (Colonial Dispenanry) Respectively $37.50; $30; $30 and $22.50. 12 ft. Canoo and Paddles (A. King: Slipway). Lafayette B-tube All-Wave Superheterodyne Radio and Phonograph Combination (China Electric Company) $300. Two cases len-1-gallon tins Texaco Motor Oil (Texas Co. (China) Ltd.). Case Spey Royal Whisky and Case Canadian Club Whisky (Central Trading Co., Ten en, one ton household coal (John Manners & Co., Ltd.) Broadway Model Radio Receiver (RC.A. Monu- facturing Company, Inc, in confunction with the Clipper Merchandising Company) $265. General Electric (U.S.A. Console Model All-Wave. Iadio Set (Andersen, Meyer & Co., Lid.) $600. Case John Halg Dimplo Scotch Whisky (Gande, Price & Co., Ltd.) New Yacht (Wing On Shing Shipbuilders, Cheungshawan) $4,000. Twenty cases Ewn Beer and Five cases White Horse Whisky (Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.) "Ebel" Diamond Wrist Watch (J. Ullmann & Company) $400. Case Grant's Whisky: Five each cartons Schlitz Beer; Three cases Foster Export Lager Beer (H, Corra-Agent L, Rondon & Co.) G.E.C. Overseas Ten Radio Receiver (General Electric Co. of China, Ltd.) $550. Flity bags each 40 lbs., "Battleship" Brand Australian Flour (H; Skott & Co.) $275. Majestic Water Cooler (Majestic Corporation) $50. Case Port Wine (H. Ruttonjce & Son, Ltd.) Case H.B. Beer (Hongkong Brewery & Distillery, Ltd.) Two Credit Coupons $100 each: One $50 on the Sincere Co., Ltd. (China Provident, Loan & Mortgage Co., Ltd.) Magazine Cine Kodak (Eastman Kodak Company) $540. Beach Canoe and Paddle; Silver Rose Bowl and Card Case (Major and Mrs. Wilcox) Ten each 1,080 Banker Cigarettes;
Seven
ea. 1,000 Banker Cigarettes; One-500 Banker Cigareties; Five each 1,000 Golden Dragon Cigarettes; Four each 1,000 Golden Dragon Cigarettes (Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co. Ltd.) $414, Lady's White Curly Lamb Jacket (Anatole Zaltzelf & Co.) $100. Mofalt Electric Refrigerator 0.0. cubic feet, $900; Moffatt Electric Cooker 70, kilowatts $410 (Shewan, Tomes & Co., Ltd.) Set four Seiberling Passenger Car Tyres (Union Trading Company, Ltd.) $200, Lady'a Sille Dressing Gown (Tajmahai Sille Store. Ltd.) $10. New Morrison Mini-Grand Plano and Bench (Tsang Fook Piano Company) $650. Solld Gold Imperial Rolex Oyster Chronometer (Lane, Crawford & Co., Ltd.) $400. Burco Electric Bath Water Heater, (China Light & Power Co., Ltd.) 25 pairs leather shoes (Bata Shoe Co., Ltd.) $250. 200 lbs. Kwan Yin Brand Black Tea (China National Tea Corporation) Silver Tea Set $110; Silver Rose Bowl $150 (H. Ruttonjce & Son, Ltd.). Goods to the value of $250. (Directors; Wm. Powell, Ltd.) Prize to the value of $1,000; (Harry Wicking & Co, Ltd.) Westinghouse Re- frigerator, 5 cubic ft. De Luxe Model, value $1,050, (Davie, Bong & Co., Ltd.), Gold Chronograph Step Wrist Watch, value $230, (Standard-Vacuum Oil Company). Gift Menu to the value of $200 to be served to the winner at either the Golden City or Ying King Restaurant (The Golden City Restaurant, Ltd.). Silver Cocktail Shaker; (Messro, Carmichael & Clarke). Single Stone Diamond Ring value $500 (Messrs, Sennet Freres), One Pair Marble and Bronzo Book Ends value $100 (Messrs. Raoul Bigazzi), 1,000 Gladioll Bulbs, value $75; Flower and Vegetable Seeds, value $25; (The Clover Flower Shop), One Canteen Set, 49 pieces, value $230 (Mollers', Hongkong, Lid.). Prizes to the value of $500, (Mr. Eu Tong Sen). Four coupons each for $100 for goods at any of the Company's Stores. (The Dairy Farm, Jee & Cold Storage Co., Ltd). Lady's diamond and platinum wrist watch, value $3,000; (Directors Messrs. Ipekdilan Bros. Ltd.
per Mr. T. M. Gregory). Jade necklace, value $300; (Mans. L Ohl). Cheque for $500; (Sports Club), Ancient Ivory Carving, value $600; (Mr. L. Lowry). Second-hand "Motocamera complete with Pallie Baby Projector and ten films, value $300 (Mr. F. L. Lam). Chinese Blackwood Cabinet, value $200 (Mr. E. B. David). "Nogatco" Botany-Wool-Pullover value $30 0("Commercial Traveller Single pass for one year for Queen's Theatre; Single pass for one year Alhem- bra Theatre; approximate value $300 (General Amusements, Ltd.) Oll Painting (Miss Mitzi Glover); Silver Salver, value $90; Crystal Bowl, value $20 (Anonymous); Prize to the value of $250 (Hongkong Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.): Five. cases U.B. Beer, value $172.60: Two cases Vat 60 Whisky, value $175; Five cases Sunkist Assorted Canned Frults, value $102.60; Five cases Sunkist Assorted Canned Vegetables, value $93; Five Sets Cutex Latest Manicure Sets, value $55 (W. R. Loxley & Co. (China) Ltd.). Prize to the value of $200 (The Kowlon Motor Bus Co, (1933) Ltd.), Silver Pagoda, value $150; (Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Tavadin). Two Colour Prints on canvas and one Chinese Drawing (The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo). Two Children's Sewing Machines value $18 each (Singer Sewing Machine Company). Four Prizes each one case Sunkist oranges, value $100 (Hang Tol & Fungs Co.). One Pair Dunlopillo Single Bed Mattresses, value $200; (Dunlop Rubber Company (China) Ltd.), Five Prizes, cach a coupon value $100 for "One Year Free Smokes" (C Ingenohl Limited, The Orient Tobacco Manufactory), Two Prizea Ivory Figures (Mr. Tang Shiu Kin). Electric Automatic Record Player, value $1,200 Kitchen, per
Hongcony
value $500; Oil Painting "Hongkong Harbour" value $300; Oil Painting "Water Lilies" value $200 (Mr. G. V. Smirnoff), One Pair Pink Hand- Knitted Blankels value $60 (Maud M. Mather). Two cases, 12 bottles each, Chalis Stern Finest Old Tawny Port: Optorg Company (Malaya Ltd. Two dozen Felt Hats, value $90 (China Bros. Hat Mfg. Co.). Ten bags each 240 lbs. First Grade Rice value $210 (Mow Fung Tat Kee). Tapestry Footstool (Mrs. J. F. Grant). One set "Stuart" Crystal Sherry Set, value $75 (W, N. A. Smalley & Co.). Hermes "2,000" Portable Typewriter, value $200 (Hongkong Mercantile Chemicals, Lid.). Six Round-Trip Tickets available either for Shanghai or Manila: Approximate total value $1,025.00 (Java- China-Japan Lijn, N.V.), Dunhill Gold-Plated Lighter value $50; 12 Tins Mocha Coffee value $18; (Graeco-Egyptian Tobacco Store). Lady's Clip-On Watch, value $40 (0. Kees & Co.). Pastel Painting (Miss Christing Corra). Collection of Very Old Foreign Stamps, value $250 (Anonymous). Scale Model and Stand of Empire Flying Boal; (British Overseas Airways Corporation), 100 Books of ten tickets encli; value $350 (Hongkong Bowling Alleys). Prize to the value of $200 to be made at discretion of winner (Liu-Ho-Kou Ironworks, Ltd.). One pair Lady's Jade Bangles, value $300; One pair Lady's Jade Bangles, value $200; One set Lady's Pearl and Blue Stone Jewellery consisting of Bracelet, Brooch and pair of Ear-rings, value $150; Ond Lady's Jade Necklace, value $180; One caso Mumm's Champagne (quarts) value $170 (Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung). Gent's Gown, value $15 (Mr. S, C. Li). Carved Malachito Vase, value (Mr. Wong Sik-chung). Set of Lacquer. Trays and Lacquer Box, value $47 (The Peking Embroidery House). Jede Necklace, value $25: Gross Linen Cloth, value $5 (The Shanghat Trading Co.). Two Purchase Vouchers, value $100 each; One Purchase Voucher value $50 (A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd.). Rowing Machine, value $125 (Inter- national Sports, Ltd.), "An Old Chinese Garden (Book) value $50 (Chung Hwn Book Co., Ltd.). 20 Individual Supplies of Triton Motor Oil for duration of the War: (Waple & Co.). Embroidered Luncheon Cloth, value $35: (The Kowloon Linen Shop): Electie Razor, value, $30 (Anonymous). Five Permanent Waves, value $20 each (Helen's Beauty Salon). Salling Dinghy, value $700 (Marsman Hongkong China, Ltd.). 50 cases, each containing 37 lbs, assorted Sugar Pro- ducts, total value $360; (The Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ltd.). Credit Coupon value $100; (The China Emporium, Ltd.). Credit Coupon value. $100; The Sun Company, Lid.). Credit Coupon vnlue $100, (The Sincere Company, Ltd.). Credit Coupon value $100,. (The Wing On Company, Ltd.). Carved Ivory Box, (Fook Weng & Co.). Six Swiss Calendar Wrist Watches, "Eloga" Brand, value $200 (Liebermann Waelchil & Co., Hongkong). Itadlo Set, value $185; (Rotary Club of Hongkong).
Dressing
lue $300
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