1929-06-22 — Page 8

WOMEN'S

Frills of Yesterday.

How To Enjoy Sunday Mornings

THE CHINA MAIL,

At left, two vitra-smart beach costumes from America; above, a

light summer hat with plenty of

brim to give shade to the neck; at

right, pyjamas rendered distinctive

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1929.

FANCIES

Thrills of To-day.

Linens Travel the Printed Route

Here's a solution to the problem.of what to wear Sunday morn- ings. Josephine Dunn, left, feels most comfortable in colourful. little wash dress of blue and white printed percale, showing a-tie, collar trim, stitched belt and skirt border of plain blue broadcloth. Renee Adorve, right. finds her ideal knock-about costume is red and¬ white printed percale with a key cord vestes which also trims, the novel pocket. House shoes with common sense heels complete the ensemble, which aures a morning of solid comfort.

OLD MASTERS

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HOBBY OF THE CULTURED

AMERICAN WOMAN

[By Hermione Greene] The cult of the Old Master has several women in its grip, so a friend of mine just returned from

by

in

2 woman

visit

have made quite nice little fortunes by diligent buying in England, France, Italy, and Germany.

But there have been many dis- There is the case appointments.

go ta The first batch

Ta

of fashion who wanted. "eareur-hobby."

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by the large bow at the waist

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He was quite right, and when I visited it the same afternoon know that my six pounds was well. spent. I had a very good copy, and had learned my lesson, which was that to buy pictares one must

SENSIBLE DRESS

The moral of this true story is, of course, that picture dealing is a trade and a very expert one at who that. Had the two women went across to bay made a real! know them! study of pictures they might have done better, but to study the in- tricacies of the Old Masters and their schools is a lifetime's work. In the first place one must be able to know at a glance when a picture is a copy by having at the back of one's mind a mental pieture of every famous painting in the world, and af many others, equally valuable, which are hung in galleries of the capitals of Europe.

Some years ago I myself ventured into the buying of what I thought

WOMEN BECOMING HARDY

AMAZONS

With one fell swoop, Professor Leonard Hill, physiologist of the University of London, refutes the contention that women are killing as a result of wearing themselves sheer, clothing, high heels, and all the rest of it.

,In fact, Professor Hill says that

torial appearance that's just a bit -well-er-ch-feminine.

Take the new tight-fitting over- for instance. Vests, which coats. onre men considered hindrance in their loose, unhampering form, are now being tucked so as to make them absolutely form-fitting. Trou- sert are now undergoing similar treatment so as to give the waist that slender appearance.

Now consider your townsmen. Walking in back of Mrs. Smith, your nearest neighbour, in her Smart, jauny sports suit, you some- times have to look twice before you can tell whether it's Mr. or Mrs. Unhampered. by long Smith.' skirta, she walks down the main stem with a proud and mighty stride.

The most popular designs of prints for this year's summer dresses, with suggestions as to how they can be made up befittingly, and the artist's conception of what each dress might look like.

Old Master. I paid the women are becoming hardy amazons to be an six pounds asked for it by the little while men are losing their brawn, and. becoming "collarbound country dealer, and took my prize sre

and that women home.

mea

of the Woman's Pidure Syndicate -designed for the purpose of buying and selling undiscovered A little band of mar Old Masters. ried and unmarried women pooled New York tells me. Apparently some thousands of dollars and de- the "craze, started a year ago gignated two of the unmarried ment with the purchase of an old primi-bers of the syndicate to tive master of the early Flemish Europe and buy. period-

af pictures bought were in a very ing Europe. She bought her bad state. They were so black bat

Perhaps Professor Hill isn't so little a picture

shop In

only the tell-tale colours here and

far wrong. Within a short century of neighbourhood

Rich- there of the old paint mixtures the

or 80, he contends, unless she could be seen. not because mond Green,

All Were Copies!

alter their unhealthy style of cloth- thought it was valuable, but because

When it had been cleaned I trousered.!! The two buyers retired with them the colours in it and the workman-

to a little town in France where saw that it represented two Dutch threaten to become the logical rulersing, their sisters are apt to take world matters into their former lily ship appealed to her eye.

white hands, and then they'll be of great bankers seated at a table on which of the world as a result thereof. lived саптав Back in New York the

a picture restorer

at the end of three gold and silver coins spilled out of This is all very amazing. In our hung on her dining-room wall for a repute, and

presented them with a bag while one of the bankers, day, we were taught that woman's month. Then one fine day a weeks be

All were fur-cloaked and bonneted in the place was in the home, and even friend of hers who had studied their purchases cleaned. painting in Milan declared the pic- copies: Not purposely "faked," but fifteenth-century style, was writing now, when they are taking the place of many inen in factories and of- türe to be of great value. It was very well-executed copies, made in with a quill pen in a book. examined accordingly by an expert, some cases during the periods when

conceived, I was convinced that fortune be-fices, we still say, a woman's a

woman for 'that." who offered to buy it for half a their originals million dollars. Eventually the others copied in later times-the yond the dreams of avarice LO mine! The sad story was told me picture was put up to auction and days of the Georges.

All in all fetched price which was quoted

newspapers in the daily

of the world.

Many Disappointments Since then expert picture valua- tion and picture dealing has become recognised as one of the many "career-hobbies" which the cultured woman of New York may take up, Few of the women who have taken the thing seriously have had the luck of the original starter of the new vogue, but one or two of them

were

Lesson Learned

with sturdy stride and stern mien ?

Maybe there's something to it at

watch the Syndicate bought briefly but politely the next day that. Take a stand on Main Street townsmen on their way to about one hundred pictures, and of in the office of a well-known picture some Saturday night and

as he your "Yes," he told me

Do they an original or valuer. those not one was

The two gazed with a smile of tolerance at church, theatre or dance. well-known Old Master!

the United the picture, "There are about fifty impress you as being all he-men, returned to women States, sadder bit more wise, while copies of that painting in existence the sale of the pictures paid the The original is in the National and the Gallery." original passage money travelling expenses-which at any rate showed that there was a small profit to be made out of the buying If fortunes of old canvases, even were not lying hendy for the wo-

Camelia

The New Era

in Feminine Hygiene

ways been a case Wherever

forms

all drug and gener

her Whits

No, come to think of it there's a new pallor about them, and a sar-

Two Ideal Frocks For The Court

alking saysDorothy able when you're playing why she those this

sleevelss blouse, and

same notion about, this sports

wool sweater in de alber

ideal for the pur

sorry!

Miami Girl Typical

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a gor

American

and

irld from all over the Edna Peters, aged

own bedecked in the typical

has dark brown eyes is fpe feet three inches tall and weighs 109 podn

Lines has definitely established skirts are pleated and bordered with the pique... The sleeveless itself as a fabric of much chic and

the asymmetrical and, in some is being shown extensively in the blouse adopts smart shops for Southern wear and neckline, bows for the warmer days in the city, cases, a narrow belt.

It has become as colourful

A rather attractive model, and also. and attractive as the numerous one which will find much favour printed silks and chiffons and bida with the sua-tan followers, is a fair to lead the mode throughouten frock whose back is cut in the summer because of the extreme- a deep V V which reaches al- ly smart models it evolves-and be most to the waistline allowing the cause of its laundering adaptability, neck, back and arms to absorb the

a feature very much in its favour. sun at one time and evenly-thus And here, too, the ensemble pre-giving. the wearer a perfect gun- dominates. Each frock has its lit- fan make up for her evening at tie jacket or three-quarter length tire. These dresses are one-piece, coat. In fact more accessories are rather wids in the blouse and then included in the linen ensemble. It fitting snugly about the hips, end- is possible to have a dress, coat,

ing in the popular pleated skirt. all of oue Coats shoes. hat and bag

accompany these frocks. also, but are not donned until one linen is out of the sun's rays.

fabric.

Monotone

handkerchief

The

to

frocks are still finding favour-

Alice White, First National star "Hot even though they have appeared inwho is soon to appear in previous seasons. They have adopt Stuff," is pictured here in a charm ed new twist this year-a little

ing sleeveless linen frock. coat of hand-blocked linen. These square necked bodice has small frocks are gleeveless and cut on

pipings horizontally located very simple lines, with little pleats match the lines of the neck and and drawn work and are very smart belt. A fiance of knife-pleats adds for sports wear. Many of them area piquant note. The material, soft seen on the tennis courts. Quite ain texture, is of brown and yellow embroidered in contrasting shades brown jersey around the hem. The few of these monotone frocks are colours, with an inch-fold of a fine of wool-colours to match those ap-sun-shade Miss White carries is of pearing in the little coat.

Blonde

raffia in matching tones. And now, to vary the mode, we satin slippers and bare legs cart- have charming three piece suits of

ideal for a hot plete a costume this washable fabric. Printed or

summer's day. dotted linen is used for the skirt. and coat while a very fine hand- kerchief linen or pique is used for the tuck-in blouse. The skirts have

GORGEOUS CLOAKS"

tiny hip yokes and are pleated in It is the loveliness that sheltera many novel ways all around, with. the Court gowns that

will mark A not-

this year of magnificence. sble wrap of shimmery gold cloth is sketched. The gorgeus trimming

the box-pleat predominating. The hip-length jackets are extremely plain-depending on narrow pip- ings or a bit of border of the mono- tone fabric for a different touch. is of fine white and gold bead-work, and it is cosily lined with white The art of the dressmaker ap

Entire coats or capes pears in the finely tucked and ring-velvat, drawn blouses which are worn of summer ermine are a favourite with these suits. Sleeves are done choice for the Courts A lovaly away with, ind little collars, bows floral chiffon has the flowers

in the design worked and touches of the fine lace add a

pattern in raised jewels frivolous air to these delicate in a

of many colours. blouses. Quite a few of these suit and silks jackets employ the blouse fabric This is lined with pink panne and There will be for lining, emulating the silk en collared with sable.

many fairy-like fragile masses of sembles..

over

The all printed dress is extreme-chiffon and tulle used for the Court ly chic in the two piece mode and gown. In such cases cloaks must is worn with a contrasting coat of not crush the filmy elegance beneath. pique, which in turn is trimmed in The lightness of ermine or ring- bands of the blocked fabric. The velvet will certainly appeal.

Pamela

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