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She belongs to ME
only her arms can hold my love....my hate...my forment
SAMUEL COLDWYN proventi
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS
meterring
MERLE OBERON. LAURENCE OLIVIER DAVID NIVEN
VIASSIGNME WE
Released Pres
ALSO LATEST GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS:~~~~ Hongkong ready as Communists reach border. British winners of International Film Awards. Army exercises roach final stage in Germany.
SHOWING
TO-DAY
QUEEN'S
At 2.30, 5.15. 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
"REIGN OF TERROR"
Raming Spectacle of World Gone Mad
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949.
WOMANSENSE
SHOPS SHOW 1947 DRESSES
AS 'NEW'
Return of the short skirt
brings them out again
SOME "new" dresses which will soon be women buying in the shops will be more than two years old.
re- Manufacturers and tallers had them left on their hands when the "New Look" long skirts came to sudden popularity.
Now, they will be put on sale again as skirts are once more to bo
14 to 15 inches from the ground-just below the knee.
One retailer who has a nun- ber of these two-year-old dresses in his stocks said today:
"When the long skirt rage swept the country we were un- able to sell these dresses, even at greatly reduced prices,
At Old Price
"We shall have no difficulty in seiling them at their original price of between £3 and £3
For our type of customers the length was
baste the only AlTerence In the style. Only those who insist on the intest fashion will and anything else Arently changed in these dresses.
They all have full skirts, microw waists. Necklines vary.
"They are the type of dress most women prefer. Nothing a exaggerated and the line follows the natural line of the figure."
Another store reported that dresses put by or unsaleable are being brought out and customers are buying them not knowing.
were designed two years
they arto.
For Evening Out
In the same way that women necording to these stores really prefer short day dresses, so do they prefer full-length evening dressen
Commenting that the Duchess of Kent recently appeared in a ballet-length evening dress, onc manager sal1:
In for high "Those who gu tashion may follow the shorter evening dress phase.
The ordinary women, how- ever, prefer full-length evening dresses. They feel they are really in evening dress if their.
The dren with which-in 10%) Dior designer Christian launched the New Look.
Handbag Reflects
The 151n-from-the-ground skirt that the New Look pas back.on the shelves is now style No. L
London Erorate Service.
You Seldom Find “Girl” In
Film Titles
By PATRICIA CLARY
HOLLYWOOD. NILM producers are missing a bet, aus Carter announced. Everybody wants to see girls in movies, but the producers never!
with the
Dress Style dress renches the ground.
"For every one bailet-length
dress sold by us we sell in full- length onen."
-London Exprave Service)
Adopting The
Italian
Look
MANIPULATED treatments in lug good pictures V broadcloth, closely reflect-word "girl" in the titles.
the
Buy Clothes That Flatter You
Courtesy REO Radio Pleteros
A good cholon for an kiformal autumn costume is this Jerkin and blouse set worn by Molve Star Laraine Day.'Shie wears them with a plain tweed skirt.
By
lies Ang
dress-maker
"Boy meets girl is the basis of targe
butious, self-covered
Min plots," Miss Carter many wide, shallow box bags, incl
Why don't they use the
HELEN FOLLETT ure a few of the fashion points said.
strong selling
gre OOD looks not always rules and ringlets. Do you The way I is now, the word "what you
with.
tailored clothes? look best in were born girl in a title indicates 99 times but what you have created by Wear them and have your party
the picture is
your head. We see duds plain, too.
in the autumn collection by word Kirk as
point? Inn American fashion salon
In the group of box
designer
Mme. Jolles
Using
Your hairdo
tapered siden and lid closings out of 100 that
set inside just a quickie to all the second evidence of that all the time, should not be bouncy, but short
with Jorge mirrors
ed
fened swivel handles.
DETROIT... Marking the "tut kind of most fan looking drawstring bag
WALTER TANGER Production
can
starring
Robert Cummings Artena Dahil
NEXT
CHANGE
M-G-M prosents William Shakespeare's "ROMEO and JULIET”
• Norma SHEARER Leslie HOWARD
ALHAMBRA
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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
WINE, WOMEN and WILDGATTERS
They fought like fury for what
they wanted!
JOHN WAYNE MARTHA SCOTT
WAR of the WILDCATS
EKORCL "CARST“ HAYES MARJORIE GANDEAD DALE EVANS
CRANT WITHERS
ALBERT DEKKER
A REPUBLIC PICTURE
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COMMENCING TO-DAY
5 SHOWS AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
"REIGNING
BEAUTY"
親美
王 艶
CHINESE PICTURE.
now
175
this country.
Jaising of imported fashions, advertising pri window cian.
A
new
the
Black is better
Dowdy wonen turned into and irim with a few wide un- the lid. One bax with tapered half of the double bill.
ladies of fashion! This presto- dulations. There must be har sides looks handsome it strij
They never use the word in change net usually comes through mony of line in the composition fallic and sull Another
the the titles of hit pictures. Why the magic of some clever dress that is You. oblong box bina a pair of slf- out of the 100 top grossmaker who knows that the cui
The colours you wear will bas-Fictures in Hollywood history,
a frock is practically
have a decided influence, upon construction only two of them had the fatal of And nowhere else in cally an envelope time any Ameri. stu
your complexion and your figure. with a soft flap elesing which word in the title Harvey Girls' whole main business.
and "Three Smart Girls'."
A clever dressmaker can dis- if you are u redliced ayold stere has offered an
may be pulled to. Ray-shaped
art brown, which scema
to be the Italian import collection and · Proof that this thinking
total [uklas ure used The movies that do use these large hips and hide also representing n
valid is seen in the let that said
on either side for decoratiuni.
It is flaming thatch. word are the kind that most acerdeveloped bust by means of favourite of the girl with the
soft folds on the bodice. The draped broadcloth group tresses play in when they're try being done all the time. Neither and green runs a good second. approach to the merchan- although the first publle pro-
motion breaks Via newspaper done with deft manipula ing to get started. Miss Carter the skinny or the heavyweight Blondes should avoid pinkish tion of the fabric. Several herself played in some of therO should wear clothes that A liko tones. selecting other delicate models have yies a Detroit Company presents pinya.
trlan pot boilers done with
names like the paper on the wall; too tints for dress up, dark colours slinped showing from the Milan, already been sold following a gular
panels of un- "Cadel Girl," "Girl in Trouble" vealing and the weater never for ordinary wear. prested pleats get asymmetri-Land "The Girl in the Cuse."
really looks comfortable. Italy couture. These fashiond private lashten tea.
Bell-shaped pleats Con- Traily.
Some men have a way of say-
can get away with 10 A pic-
A cerise hat have been brought to this Bloured Top, Narrow Shirt ceal the wide gussets on
Having progressed a Jow
Miss Carter tures,
Ing that women pay too much almost ull colours. is now
Truth dreas.
ís, above brown eyes
and brown country not for purposes of
Flug dressy satchel.
starring in RKO Radio's "attention
All blues [reproduction or adaptation.
Married a Communist."
many women don't give the sub- hair is simply tops. Envelope Stylo
Jeet enough thought and, for are good, especially but to sell as originals at
these women, the superlop male known prices competitive with top
sex has no admiring glances, light designers here, speci, fically between $300 and $400.
the
of
severni
How the focision lhouette shortening narrowing and
are
envelupe with attractions" 15
denable
This senson's skirts and bloused and easy
nok above the waistine 19 Sus-"special nádovi tained, whethe designer source well don in be Ameriena, French, British,partment
of broadcloth. bag ense, Italian, This bng as really two envelope In this Or, is
back major impression of the Milan bags used
to buck and couture exflection
held by a brundeloth and gold The inctal chain top handle. 1W0 compartiments are lined
F
with
Suspects Male Plot
to
Brunettes
what is
na French blue, that shade. Few Amoky -
Krey
find black flattering, Know brunettes
duffy but they can glory in dove grey, are entitled to beige, yellow and white.
Study
enll that," she
Your girl?
your
Arc type.
Then you
Agure. you
They could
"The Communist an used, and the Girl.
The explanation, Miss Carter The company worked with
allows is probably that movie dressmakere four Italian
trying
to keep Biki represented - Ventura,
executives are girls in their place. So they de- Noberasko and Vauna-in hav-
herately use the word on ple- Ing the factious keyed to the
Buttons, covered fo broad-
know won't make why the American woman at types pointed towenest sphis cloth about
the size of hard tires they dissement wouls to look, and tented young customers,
candy balls, are used to trim any money anyway.
One, a large,
As a selling proposition, the
of 48 collection
peres repre- sent not 49 separate models. ht stocking of Individual styles in as innny og four dif- ferent colours or three separate Bizos, Thinking behind the cu-
These fashions BIT, Arst of all, eminently wearable,
They balanced between
♫
a somewhat dientele serves.
Etich
Meticulously Tailored
tire promotion, says a epokes- ulously tailored, quietly stated man for the store, is to give kind, the the customer who can spend can worn
with contrasting sollo
well
Jewel toned sati bays ore
"Movie executives are pre-
ה
Let's Eat
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
A Repertoire of Good Sauces
in having them made in accur done by Biki, granddaughter of series of bugs. dance
with The store's the composer Pucciul, who is square envelope with a pukedominantly morruline," she said
favourite designer for the handle, has o border of bul-
"This is subtle plot to keep measurements.
of Ileme attons. Another has al over-
women under their thumb. younger society
mature jøkiri, edged with buttons.
They know that over a period Jewelled frames are used of me they Ventura
wil) upsel our dressier broadcloth bays, all finely balanced, sensitive tan- hand-shirred.
the The frames are perainents, and we have in- WHEN I stepped into
sauce pan, but do not brown. WHE and sel exerated
with feriority complexes and will ne-
test kitchen to discuss the Keep the hent very low. Add large crystal, emerald oreept without question all'assign-menu with
2 tablespoons en- the Chef, I found cup and Suits are bardeally the metic-rhinestones.
ments and salaries."
lim sitting at the kitchen table, riched flour, and cook and stir or until the well-dressed Ameri-featured in any shades with And producers will be able to a large square of white shelf about 3 minutes,
jowelled frames or clinspa. For continue ttling their good pic-paper before him; tubby pen- roux looks creamy and is very loves knows and
a thick. Then put in a jar, cool in his ham, drawing there is a little tures she added with such names cil Their lodividuality
from cocktall wear
and keep in the refrigerator to atern
bag wide vetvet
with a braided as "Man on the Eiffel Tower," diagram. fabrics which include
4se as needed. "What's that?" I inquired, trimmed with Ly Third Man" and "Odd Man selection of fine, soft tweeds in handle
Out."
"1 ani trying to make a dio- gold metal nailheads. distinguished colottrings and
from soft-finish men's went and fine gabardines- Individuality is inherent, Ino, In the unobtrusive detalls concern- ing pockets, necklines, or the way Bild handles a back skirt
and so slits panc
do not expose 50 $110 the walking leg. It concer the "extra touch" in the form of the pure silk faille, eatin or Jersey gilets which give rich texturo and colour complement to every sult.
Alaska Seal
Costumes, whether of the dress and jacket genre or skirt, blouse and cont type make much of above waistline width as foll for narrow skirts. Ven- tura does it more maturely in iwool
ond faille combination, with jutting tunle, and the bloused and bulky outline nchleved through deep, dolman
cut.
Longer Tunic Lines Considerablo approval of longer funie lines is, reflected in dressy costumes. Noberasko re vives for matrons the long- jacket broadclotti taillour, bound in braid and completed by chartreuse with blouse veil- ed in Chantilly lace,
+
Although ⠀ major" percentago of the colledion "focuses on sults and costumes, the separatel By VERSA WINSTON drees in afternoon and demi- HANDSOME, glossy, durable coir Interpretations is well ro- Alaska scalskin
fabrio 13 getting presented. Always younger and more elegant all the time to keep slep with lis
out
the
pure slik, whether crepu taille or texture, combinations ever incrsuing popularity Dresses, as suits and costumes, such as crepe with silk jersey. Definitely
of grandma's dolman cluse, here is a coat prefer narrow skirts softened styled along frim, youthful by: deep folds, wrapped tecli lines. A narrow rolled collar alques or almost imperceptible Necklines widen Info and sloping, whoulder and full drapes. S sleeves caught by buttoned-actual or suggested off-shoulder, down bands at the wrists are look w.but, Interestingly, are Home of the new style accents rarely framed. Sleaver, on the which also include a moderate whole are simple, favouring ly: fiared hem with rounded three-quarter length for wear corners and allt pocket.
with glace.
Stand-in For Anna Neagle
Mas Eileen Harvey of Wighbury, deling stand-in for film star Anna Neagle, was guest.... In white fulle, at the October Ball-moss """women were bare-topped,
To Make the Sauce: Measure
showing the diferent 2 tablespoons of the white roux
kinds of sauces, Madame, and
the way they should be used. Into a muli saucepan.
But there
Bry so many and variations, I cannot
them
them all
al
on the
sauce
18
the heart French cookery,
paper.
Heat
Then
bes a moment; add the seasonings types
get you desire, and gradually stir The in 1 cup whole milk. of good cook and stir over a low heat I think it isntil it boils. deplorable that American homemakers do not understand more about them. White sauce, tomato sauce, brown grovy is almost all they seem to serve." "Go right on, Chef, I'm 11s- tening."
Dry Or Uninteresting "In cases where the food may be a little dry or uninteresting a sauce may be used to 'pep it up to give appetite appeal: but the sauce should never be
used as a cover-up for careless
cooking.
Tomorrow's Dinner
Chilled Grape Fruit Sections White Chicken Frienssee on Square Biscuits
Mashed Potato Broccoll with Brown Nut Butter Bartlett Pear Float
Coffee or Tea, Milk (Children)
White Cüleken Fricassee on Square Bisculls
Jbg.
Order a plump her, about 4 Clean, twee out the pla feathers, scrub with mild soapy rinse. Rub lightly,
water and
"The five major hot sauces 1 incido and out with 1 tsp. pow- dered ginger. Clean and peel have listed here, Madame, are
the feet and gizzard. Into white snuco, brown sauce, tomato sauce, the butter sauces qt kettio put 1 c. cut-up eclory and the muces thickened with ear baylent. Add 1 tbsp. I peeled sliced onion and 1 salt and 1⁄4 tsp. pepper. in the chicken fest, the and heart Add
the
CAR
Good White Sauco
Put
· “Let's start. with the hot Cover with boiling water; put bauces, Chef. White sauce is on a lid and simmer until ten-
der, about to 3 hrs. Or 2.to aften nasty and full of lumps. only 3.c. waler, and. preestra
so we'll take that first."-
"I find the greatest fault in cook 35 min. at 16 lbs. When making
the white sauce, Mn- done, drain from the broth. dome, is in not cooking enough Remove the skin; cut the ment the flour used for thickening, frn the bones in good-sized,
In giblets, Half cooked flour always her pieces. Chop the
So
uncookest liver. Bugger! our cluding the a raw taste. readers should make a roux, Strain off the broth. Thero that le, cook the flour first with hould be 1 gt. Skim off the fat; add the giblets and liver the butter
or margaring. Enough can be prepated at and thicken the sauce within once and kept in afar in the
undiluted evaporated milk i refrigerator to mako, 8-cups of or undwater or use top milk thin white sauce, which saver cream gravy is desired. Add much time." Here is a simple the chicken to the Bravy. Re
SQUATO recipes amateur tomadiya heat; and serve on
While Roux for Thin White bisculla arranged on your lat Sauce: Melt cup butter or gest turkey platter, Sprinkle martarine in a small heavy with minced parsley,