1929-12-28 — Page 8

WOMEN IN GREEN

Fashion's Latest Colour Triumph

The Hon. Mra. C. W. Forester writes in the "Lonton Daily Tele- graph":

We are always hearing, about some new complex or, other, but I fancy that of colour is as old as the proverbial bills.

The fair sitters of the great colourists or painters of the past (who were allowed no complexes) were doubtless guided by them at least well into the nineteenth cen tury, after, which period colours for dress and decoration gradually be- gan to lose much of their old rich. ness and depth.

They became crude and super- ficial, and their selection depended largely on following certain con- ventions, such as suggesting blue and pink for golden hair and blue eyes, red and yellow for the flash, ing brunette, black for age, and white for youth.

All such traditions have lost their baring to-lay. Our dress ex- perta also realise that there are in- numerable points in regard to; colour-complex to be considered. Besides eyes, hair and complexion, there are types and personalities that should influence choice, women who

even the crudest

can wear combinations with brilliant results -others whose fragile charms are best shrouded in grey and foggy mystery,

Yellow is lovely with golden corn-coloured hair. Red, in certain shudes, is generally becoming to Lath dark and fair women, Blue is decidedly difficult and often insipid to the fair, white is generally bet- ter for maturer charms, and black

is for all who possess a certain style to assure of its chic and dignity.

Shades for All

THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929.

The WOMAN'S Page

Easy on the Eye

Black caracul combined with white fox collar and cuffs make this fur coat pleasing addition to the wardrobe of the well-dressed girl of to-day when travelling to Shanghai or across to Canadu this winter. Its youth

THAT LIPSTICK

Menace To Modesty. And Chastity

Betty Duwes writes in a Singa- pore contemporary:

In a recently published book, "Fads and Fallacies," the author sees, in the common use if rouge, "forces which tend to militate ngainat modesty and chality." He

is by no means the first to arrive

at that conclusion. In fact, his

thou-

fears have been shared by sands long dead and gone.

Not only in this century have there been complaints against the "gilding of the lily." Every age has known people who have object- ed to the use of paint and powder. They insist that it is impossible to improve upon nature-but do they prefer the wild rose to the beauti tul many-coloured varielles culti vated in a garden, or the little un- scented dog violet to the large per- fumed Parma violet?

The First Rouge

To those people, both men and women, who think that ruge and lipstick are an invention of the "modern woman" it may come as a surprise to learn that they have been used since the beginnings of 'civilisation. Many thousands of years ago the Chinese invented the use of rouge, extracting the colour- ing matter from dried ro flowers. Recently an Austrian Professor discovered that lipstick, as well as face paints, were used in ancient Egypt.

The forerunners of Cleopatra hud liquid white powder also, as a fair skin was much admired. To en

ful lines create a s[in appear-hance the beauty and expressive. ance and make it popular with the younger generation.

LACQUER NAILS

What of Fashion's persistent

The craze for green has extended green it has now reached its to the finger-nails. At a famous triumph, and so firmly necessary that green even defies superstitions, and appears at weddings.

There are so many grades of green that it can, and does, seem to suit all its wearers wonderfully well. Take, for example, the

but

different shades in the favourite boltle-green. There is a real dark bottle and a very pale one. Inveliest of all is that blue-green, peculiar to mineral-water. This gets very near a sea green, for it has much blue in its composition. There is a softness about bottle- green, which is most attractive, especially for those Abating draperies in nets and tulles.

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The success of "the woman green" must depend to some extent on fabric, either a tendency towards long flowing draperies or quaint frills and flounces. The sea-green, that is so soft, is possibly not no effective in stiff tafleta as la the harsher vivid emerald. tone. such an instance, the golsur and stuff should be chosen by youthful possessora of a somewhat hard, but regular, type of features with blonde hair. Most of the bottle- greens are flattering, but verdant green is not for faded charms.

In

A good model for a hunt ball has an underslip of the darker green tone, the hem bordered with lace dyed to match. Coloured laces are much seen in the mid-season col- lections. Several layers of tullo with shaped flounces. dipping at the back, and curving in an upward de sign, marked with little rosettes in quaintly shaded greens, form the over drapery.

A slim chain of emeralds and

diamonds completes this "symphony in green," and crepe de Chine shoes are to be worn with small paste buckles.

coiffeur's establishment was seen

iately a very interesting foreigner. dressed in green tweed, with wonderfully shaded green scarf She was having her nails lacquered sreen-quite £ dark green-ta match. Close by, her friend was getting hers tinted to a red pink. The latter looked more wholesome!

A yellow spot in one corner be- tow the eye and the colour in lae- quer repeated on to the finger-nails,

Rested a scheme of colour to ne centuate the charms of a yellow tulle track-all frills and flounces, flowing at the back.

A green powder is employed by the same specialists rather success- fully on eyelids and under the eyes It gives a greeny shadow, which is not unbecoming, with the eyebrowa well darkened.

PRINCESS MAY'S SHOES

A bootmaker tells the following pretty story: "Some years ago," he said, "I worked for a bootmaker in Sheen-lane, near Richmond Park. and on occasions we had work Bont down from White Lodge.

"One day a pair of shoea came for some hand-stitching and We were told that they belonged to Princess May, now our beloved Queen Mary.

.

"This was great honour and there was some question as to who was to do the job. Eventually the old man let us all do a bit to those shoes."

for curtains and cushions, for even in bottle-green it savours too much of mid-Victorianism. I know some older women with allm figures and, white hair who are choosing ador able ensembles. in bottle-green faille, made up in picturesque Princess trend.

The cloak is of a lovely shot green plush, lined with marabout, and a large shawl collar of ostrich feather, ill in the blue-green tones. Many Parit cloaks and coats are treated with marabout. For even ing, Its charms are manifold."

Green velvet is, I consider, bettering suits.

Pamela

The brightest Tudor green can be successfully allied to the golden guinea shade for pyjama and smok.

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next to St, Francis Hotel

NOVELTIES.

UMBRELLAS & SUNSHADES

HAND BAGS

POWDER BOWLS

CIGARETTE CASES & HOLDERS

ORNAMENTS

POWDER BRUSHES

SILK HOSE BED SNUGS SCARFS ETC ETC.

nexa of the eyes darken lashes were demunded, as in the present- day. This was done by the use of "Kohl," Д pigment made from charred frankincense.

What Men Say

The various cosmetics of ancient days would no doubt be considered quite impossible by the woman of remains that paint and powder were the twentieth century, yet the fact

used thousands of years ago. They have been used right through the

ages, and no doubt, will continue

to be used by women, in the same way as the cry against them will continue to be raised by certain masculine voicea.

If nature cannot be improved, why, then, do men ehavet Why do they manicure their finger-nails instead of allowing them to grow, and to be shaped only by their con

the materials of their

tact with work.

But perhaps the anti-cosmetic man was never more ridictious than when, after condemning rouge and powder, he retired and applied a little pomade to his waxed moug-

tachel

STYLES REELS

(By Howard Greer) Normu Talmadge shops in Holly wood before tripping off to New York. For travel, or morning wear she has chosen a dark green crepe dress, the waistline posed it normal and the skirt, with insets of the same material, dropped le fourteen inches from the floor. The bodice is intricately cut, so that the shoulders are formed of the bias of the material, and the slewes set in just above the elbow.

Youthful Aspect

HOME PRIVACY

French Idea of Combined Room

Nice & Warm

It is perhaps only in Britain that absolute privacy, in each room has been atrenuously insisted upon. In America, in France, rooms tend to run into each other, and the sitting- room, bed-room, or the bed-sitting- room has long been a commonplace in both countries.

Owing to the housing shortage and the high renta since the war, space in Britain has also become contracted, and while the one big room for everything has not made too much headway, there are thou- sands of bed-sitting-rooms, where fermerly bed-rooms were so strict- ly confined to their own function that even a fire was rather out of the ordinary.

From the accepted bed-sitting- room, the French have progressed still further along the lines of the combined room. There are ssion. ized-room and studio bed-rooms and studio salons.

Even individual pieces of furni tere have departed from one water- tight function,.and while the bed is equally a day-bed, or divan and can be used for a seat or a sofa, the bookcase often forms the top or bot. tom of the bed, and bookcases can also be sideboards or shelves, or have little doors which turn them into cupboards.

The hitherto rigidly divided furniture, in short, has undergone a complete revolution, and instead of having any longer an accepted form, it is made to suit exactly the needs of the particular individual, who may like to sit up to a table, but, on the other hand; may dearly The fastidious young lady wishing love to read in bed or even work to remain youthfully smart, dons the there.

made up three-piece suit of tweed, in a red and black mixture, with Lun jersey blouse Red embroidered particularly adept in grasping the eyelets on the blouse, through which spirit of the modern movement, tasselled cords are laced, and red without necessarily indulging in jersey turban complete the ensemble. any of its eccentricities.

FACE POWDER

J. J. Adnet has shown himself

While adhering to the present. day simplicity of form and boldness of outline, all his furniture is, first and foremost, comfortable. In the rooms with the round-backed

ia the bed af the divan

which are inclined to be slippery At night, it is given a top and bot- tom.

Differences Of London chairs, but unlike most divans,

And Lancashire

The question whether London girls use more face powder than That the top and bottom form Lancashire girls was raised in a bookcases and cupboards, one of

London county court recently, when which opens into a writing desk, is a wholesale firm of complexion pow. beside the point. Here is a good der manufacturers sued four Lan-bed-for there never was a French cashire hairdressers for money due bed that was not good-which has on face-powder supplied.

all the comfortable attributes of a j bed without much disguise about it, and which is yet equally suited for drawing-room purposes.

A Press representative, who set out to and out what the girls of Lancashire thought. about this, asked the manageress of 2 Man- chester beauty parlour for opinion.

With so many functions combin hered in it, it allows of considerable simplicity and space in the rest of the room. The bookcase is con- tinued beyond the bed, and forma one of the most decorative elements in the room. The square-set table is low and plain and sufficient for the ordinary purposes of tea.

She replied: "The girls here do not not appreciate how much the proper use of powder can impove the appearance. Lancashire girls are very pretty, but a little more powder now and then would help things a lot."

Among others, a visitor from Lon- den, who is staying in Manchester, was asked for her view. "I have. been in Lancashire some time," she replied, "and there is no doubt that London girls use far more powder than Lancashire girls. Here

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Back To Olden Days

"SWEET DISORDER"

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The above costume is made from a warm shade of red In a rough serge. With the suit is a long cont with grey caracul scarf collar, grey silk blouse, hat and grey reptilian akin purse and slippers,**

HINTS TO MOTHERS

Simple Clothes For The Children

Children's clothes without a don't sewed up in the seams is the fashion watchword Travis Banton, Paramount fashion designer, gives to mothers.

"No child should ever be given a frock or sult and then be told to be careful of it", says Banton, "Children should at all times feel free to move about without any thought of the care of their clothes Intruding. Clothes should never hamper a child nor make him self- conscious of them. The day of the fussy garment, when little girls were cautioned not to stir about for fear of mussing or tearing their dresses is

past..

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"To-day the boys and girls, who are dressed simply, are the ones that are dressed modishly."

In the wardrobe which he design-

ed for the alx children in "The Children" with Mary Brian and Fredric March, this modish sim. plicity is carried out.

The smaller girla, Little Mitzi and Ruby Parsley, wear dresses which hang straight from tho shoulders, while twelve-year-old Anita Loule finds the one-pleco dress with the pleated skirt becom- Ing.

The boys, Billy Seay and Philippe de Lacy, go in for shorts.

One reason for this is that the picture's locale is in Europe, and shorts are popular with the Continental boy. Donald Smith. a nine-months-old baby, wears the romper type of gar. ment.

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For CHURCH AND FASHIONS

the dresses and of the girls and seven-year-old The late Cardinal Dubois, Arch- Billy, sheer handkerchief linen, bishop of Paris, had rather pro- pique and challe ore in excellent taste, since they are easily Inunder. on the prevailing nounced views

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durable strong, modes for women. He was not in

And in view of materials, as well as being adapt- to know the views of Mgr. Verdier, favour of them. his strictures there was curiosity able.

In "selecting colours, mothers are his successor, on this subject. The advised by Banlon not to be nervous new Archbishop confesses that he about dressing their children in has not had time to study the latent vivid, bright hues. Children love creations of the dressmakers, but bright colours, and since their he considers that they are au diminutive frocks make but a small thorities on the subject, and that, as splash of colour, anyway. the eyes of the world are fixed on hesitancy need be felt about in- them, foreigners are inclined to dulging in the reds, blues, greens

and yellows of the rainbow. judge them by their appearance.

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Three-piece ensembles of finger- tip-length coat, pleated skirt and sweater or tuck-in silk blouse are These costumes smart for girls. borrow the latest fashion trend from their mother's wardrobe.

Mgr. Verdier expresses his satis. faction that skirts are to be longer. He is of opinion that a mode is only Indecent when it is not artistic. For him, art purifies fashion, and in Parla the mode is art. this judicial pronouncement there is They should lack, however, any of no doubt that his appointment to the the elaborateness, which may be ex- Archbishopric of Paris will be wel-pended upon the adult ensemble.

Tweed is a popular medium. comed by elegant Parisiennes.

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THE PRINCE'S APPEAL

The Prince of Wales, speaking at Bradford on November 13, express- ed the hope that women would sup- port the longer skirt fashion in the Interest of trade.

Scotch or English tweeds in gray and brown mixtures are smart for boy's suits, which are now boasting vests, like father's. Philippe wears Norfolk coat, vest and shorts. a salt and pepper 'sult of semi-

Alas for the kiss-curl, but that has

A fashionable and serviceable gone, too. Hair will bo worn

material for the coats of school straight against the cheeks and over

girls and boys is imported camel's the ears, although just a few curls Whatever may be happening in hair. It is warm and still light in will be permitted on the forehead. other cities-Berlin, it is reported, weight, in all ideal for the romps The poet who wrote about the has definitely repudiated the longer and wear which all school garments "sweet disorder" of a woman's skirt movement the fashion merit. Berets are in high favour, dress how has his words applied to centres of Paris and the social being made to match the coats. their hair. According to London's world of London have most decided- smartest hairdresser, heada mustly joined the long skirt brigade. look uneven this winter.

This is noticeable to some degree

One side will be more curly than by day, when even the walking the other; one alde will look orderly skirt covers the knees by four and the other ruffled: But the inches, but it is the formal after- smartest colffure of all is one that has a alightly Russian air about it.

The hair is middle parted, brush- ed straight down on either side of the face, and turned into a chignon of hanging curls low at the back."

in Lancashire the girls seem dowdy and shabby. The London girls use more cosmetics, but at least they look chic. That Is more than you can say of the Lancashire girls.”**

noon gown and the evening dress that have made a drastic descent. A decade of fashion might well divide the ball-rooms and reception- rooms of the present winter season from those of a few short months

ngo,

Everywhore one sees the long akirts worn by the leaders of fashion, and the courageous woman who attempts to retain her short skirt by night looks strangely dowdy in a room of sweeping floor touching draperies.

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NOVELTIES

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