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Three-Piece Suit

THE CHINA MAIL.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1930.

The WOMAN'S Page

GOOD ADVICE

Learn to Say "No" Firmly!

Lady Kitty Vincent writes in a Home paper:

The hardest thing to learn is when to say "No" if you suffer from a shallow purse. Perhaps you have felt quite happy and contented with your chithes, and then, suddenly, a rich friend has come to stay and her clothes have awakened envy in your breast.

It is an easy to succumb to the templation of visiting the dress. maker whence the envied garments have come, and to invest in some- thing similar. You salve your con srience by arguing that this parti cular dress will last for ages and! really be an investment.

But, believe me, the les is a fallacy. You will find that, like a bird of paradise amongst sparrows. makes all your other clothes look WORK. Then the fashions change and you have to discard the par- ment, or else continue wearing it, and so hok like an old clothes bag! Educating The Eye

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You Will See These in the Spring

At left, nee longe pyjamas displayed at the Society Fashion Shoe in New York; note the finering soft effect of the lounging apparel which is the last word in comfort and originality, Centre, charming print dress with the Mälgneaux neckline and the ruffled cuff sleeves, which is sure to find Ferou with the smart young Miss who is looking for something attractive for spring wear. Right, arron fishnet evening frock of the new mode for the social season,

Prints in various types will tell the story of next Spring's fashion news. All sorts of cotton prints seem destin. ed for popularity, as well as light wool

chiffon,

Spring, and it is thought that the cape will make a come-back in ensemble form. For wear later in the year, many caped costs will be sleeveless, as of the one-piece sports

will maat

PERSONALITY

Temperaments and Textures

Betty Wood, writes in a Home paper:

The film star is responsible for much of the fervour of discussion on woman, her dress, and her per- sonality.

Out of the large amount of words, ideas, both sensible and non- sensical, that have been flung into this vortex of argument a basic principle has been evolved, recog- nised and undisputed by the modern woman of fashion. A new art has come into existence, the art of ex- pressing the personality through the medium of dress.

This is an individualistic age, an Ke which is intensely occupied with personality, the famous "it" of Elinor Glyn, and all the 'isma and 'ologies that are concerned in the making of character. There- fore, it is a foregone conclusion that this general tendency must pervade

the realms of dress.

This principle, the transference of personality through dress, is a subtle and clusive principle, just as the personality of a woman is sub- tle and elusive. Of what, however, does a woman's personality consist? Is it a thing that can be captured and constrained into the rigid lines of the tailor, made or. twisted and coquetted into the frills and fur- belows of the evening dress?

good resolution to make is never to go shopping with a rich friend. By all means go to the dress-shows with her; it helps to educate your eye, but don't buy any thing. It throws your accounta and wardrobe nut of gear,

Remember that if you have a very exquisite and individual dress, it The eies ular front flare is emphasised lls for all sorts of expensive ac-

cessories, or else you will look badly i crepes, and so it ought to be a simple arouna! skirt grocea the ballroom floor, dresses. Of course, it is always rash grasped long enough to be fashioned

Your useful little finished oil. handbag and your charming little hat appeared just right when you 'wore that nice "reach-me-down" that you acquired so cheaply. Kut they will be pathetically inadequate when they have to accompany that frilled lingerie blouse and that Parisian cont and skirt.

in the three-piver sitit worn in Holly Wood. Further temaga are achieved by the how at the front of the blouse und the red five für puffs which blends well with the peon shade of the suit.

NECKLACE WORTH £6,600 •

The Rare of Pudukota Just a vickwed at 26,000 pearl necklace

while walking in Bond Street, London, on December 18. At auoat the same true a violent explosion in a manhole created great con- fusion in the street.

The Ranee had put the necklace, wrapped in paper, into her hand- bag, but when she looked into the bag later the paper was there but the necklace a single row of fifty three graduated pearls with diamond clasp and platinum guard chain-had ensappeared. She re- traced her steps and searched for it, but without success. There is no suggestion that the necklace has been stolen,

The Rance is the widow of Rajah Pudukoth, who died in Paris in 1938. Before her marriage in 1915 she was Miss Esme Fink, of Mel- bourne, Austrasia. She is renown

ed for her beauty and tor her beautiful dresses and costly jewels.

When a son was born to her, the

Rajah voluntarily relinquished the throne of Pudukota, a small inde- pendent State of Southern India. it had been decreeil by the Govern- ment that the son could not rule the State because he was not a pure-bred Indian.

The Ranee was the victim of a robbery in 1921,, whoa £5,000 worth of jewels were stolen from a Park Lane flat which the Rajah had

taken for the season.

NEW IDEA FOR PORTRAITS

An original bath-room paper de- pleting under-the-seu scenes, drawn from the Zoo Aquarium by Lady Eileen, is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wils, near Basingstoke. Mr. Cuthbert Orde has had a new idea for portraits of pretty women, whom he paints in favourite cor- ners of their own homes This is the way in which the Queon always prefers to be painted.

Lady Cynthia Asquith, who is Sir James Barrie's private secre- tary, has been painted in this way, and so has Miss Veronica Bigham, daughter of Sir Trevor Blgham.

Unless you are rich you must say "No" to anything that is nut your type. It will be too much of a dan- gerous experiment. Every woman should study her type and then keep faithfully to the clothes that represent it.

You may be the gypsy, who looks best in a rough tweed, a beret and

handkerchief. a bright

Or you may charm the eye in the smarter and more sophisticated dresses. But you must not be led away by a wild desire for some novelty, once you have found the fashion that really suits you.

You will And that all the well- dressed women stick to a certain follow the genre, although they fashion, but if a woman has plenty of money it does not matter if she feels inclined to try an experiment. If it is not a success she can give it away, but those of us who have to plan our expenditure carefully are Immediately thrown into a mud- die.

Costly Crazes

Say "No" firmly, if regretfully, tu any very popular fashion, such as the present cruze for bright bead necklaces to match one's tweed. Any fashion craze is expensive, even though the things may be in- trinsically valueless, and it seldom lasts long. As soon as is copied by the cheaper shops it disappears,

and you are left with less money and several uscless trifles.

Of course, you may be the pioneer of a fashion and have always worn certain adornments. In that case, you can continue on your way un- heeding, because for you it is not a fashion but a hobby. Personally, I have worn wooden beads and bracelets for the last ten years. Red Indian necklaces, Chinese neck. laces, and Khirgiz bracelets have adorned me barbarically, so I mere. ly smile when I watch the rest of the world doing. likewise.

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when it takes to wearing paper or cloth bends I shall not waste my mouey,

And, above all, say a loud and firm "No" to buying many clothes.

PAMELA'S SALE.

PAMELA, wishes to inform her clientele that after atocktaking a sale will begin on Monday, 20th of January when the stock will be reduced from 15 % and. above.

REDUCTIONS 15% TO 50%. NOTICE-MME, FLINT will be very pleased to attend the sale personally and at the same time. show the new. collection of models brought from Paris.

DRESSMAKING & MILLINERY.

This will be attended to as a special department at reasonable charge with smartest cut and style guaranteed.

and delightful task to choose a hecam- ing dress for every type and taste next

season

Net gains in popularly, both for Afternoon and evening frocks, in many instances it is combined with a solid fabric such as erepe q transparent velvet. Many ankles must be kicking

GLOVES AND SHOES

These important accessories of the travel wardrobe have complete- ly changed, and therefore become all-important "extras." For sport and for travelling, the gauntlet glove in dug or pig akin, with a strap and decorative buckle at the wrist, is not a cheap affair. There is a special new gauntlet of this kind that has, embodied in the gauntlet, tiny pockets; sometimes there is a sporting belt of the same leather, also with pockets; an attractive pochette of leather and fabric may be adiled.

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For ordinary day wear abroad pale-coloured suedes go with afternoon frocks, and gaunticted white, grey, or beige doeskin with the tailored tweeds and flannels.

at their concealment, because lcts af thu new dance frocks short deep trans- thus allowing ankles at least a certain parent hems of tulle, lace amount of publicity. The full long all- but walking suits and dresses remain at a sensible and comfortable length for walking. Many women who allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying long skirted dresses for practical day time wear have quickly repented their surrender to fushion.

Dresses and coats will be exped next

IN THE SALE ROOM

Tapestries Make Good

Prices

Good prices for tapestries were obtained by Messrs. Phillips, Son, and Neale (Now Bond-street) in the

course of the sale of the contents of South Park, Bracknell. Тор figure was £600, given for a set of three eighteenth-century panels in flowers, reputed to have been work- ed by Huguenot refugees. An Au- busson panel of the seventeenth century made £340: another Aubus son panel, £240;

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Flemish panel, also of the seventeenth cen- tury, £200; and an Oudenarde panel, £210.

A Persian silk carpet of Ispahan design went for £525, and an old Persian carpet of Mina Khani de- sign for £135. A Chippendale Shoes, when of the best, are of

mahogany secretaire chest with fall simple design, but very beautifully front fetched £115; and a mahogany fashioned, Antelope, crocodile, frame theval fire screen with petit- calf, leather, lizard, and suede arepoint needlework panel, £84. all worn. Much white, with black patent or brown leather trimmings, looks

In the very well

Bun, ac- companied by tailored smartness.

wear

Choose what you need carefully, them constantly, and don't make the mistake of hoarding them and then getting rid of them.

Far better to wear two dresses for then discard four months and them than to be burdened with four dreasen for nine months just be cause you can't afford to get any more.

DUKE'S ARTISTIC DAUGHTER

to prophesy, especially so when deal- ing with the vagaries and whims of the dresses, mede, but caped coats and printed dresses with short jackets to match and bright colours such as red in a shades, bright blues and greens, would seem to assure a colourful future

at any rate.

DINNER FOR TWELVE

Is it, indeed, a thing that can be

and sculptured into a style, or is it some evanescent, fleeting spirit that defies expression and impel- sonment?

there a style that can express a Moods. Can they be caught? Is

mood of brilliant excitement or che of langorous ease? Is there a fashion artist in the world who, by using the tools of line and form The other evening (writes Mary alone, can design a dress which will Evelyn), dined with a woman

hold the force of passion if its who i notorious for not folds? being able to keep her cooks, and at the time the Invitation сапе I wondered at her temerity in ar-

ranging a dinner for twelve in her

own home.

An exquisite plece of Latique glass was in the centre of the table, flanked by low howls of upstanding carnations and xypsophila, with low two-branched eighteenth-century

candelabra.

To my surprise, our hostess ap- peared quite happy and unpertur bed, and the following menu was exquisitely cooked and served:

Oyster Cocktails. Clear Soup, garnished with Custard, Sole with Mushrooms. Chicken

garnished with Blue

Raisins and Almonds. Brussels Sprouts und. Duchesse Potatoes.

Cold Lemon Souffle. Tomato Savoury.

The oyster cocktails consisted of #delicious white creamy sauce de- licately flavoured and sharpened with vinegar, leed, and served in Into this three fresh oysters were dropped just before serving..

Lady Eilleen Orde, the very artistic daughter of the Duke of Wellington, is in the fortunate posi-glasses. tion of being able to sell her decor- ative pictures as fast as she can paint them.

One aut has just gone to Lady Boyle, to be hung in a room that has been designed for her by Guy Elwes.

The sole was filleted, covered with a good sauce, and garnished with mushrooms.

The chickens were cut up, braised on a bed of vegetables in a casserole, dished up in & long line in the

A wallpaper of different kinds of blossom in spring-time was paint-middle of the entree dishes, mask. ed by Lady Elleen for Lady Cynthia Mosley's home at Denham

New American Venus

THE STANDARD

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Uncle Sam has found hin ideal girl. She isn't anyone in parti- cular, but the Standard "Lady"; worked out by the United States" Bureau of Standards. The accompanying diagram compares "Stan- dard-Lady's' figures, on complied, and the figures which make up a "perfect 88" made famous by Venus, (laft). How do you comparat

For these moods and more, in finitely more, sweep over the mind of woman and form her personality. woman who seriously and the wishes to express her individuality through her dress must not only study but dress her moods."

Then, and only by the complete synchronisation of mood and dress, can a woman express her personal- ity, for she both feels and personi- fies her feeling, thus giving it that touch of delicate emphasis which marks the true craftsman. And this harmony is too rare to be confined by the rigid etiquette of fashion or colour.. It demanda a greater plasticity, a complexity of treatment that can only be gaired through material.

QUEEN'S COFFEE CREAMS

The blue-and-while clad workers who make by hand the famous chocolates of a Piccadilly firm re- ceived a pleasant surprise when the Queen and Princess Mary arrived to see them at work.

The Queen talked to asked to see their canteen, and told those showing Her Majesty round that the coffee cream was her favourite chocolate.

the girls,

Princess Mary, on the other hand, prefers the walnut chocolates, which go through five processes before they are finished.

Hard chocalatea are more popular in these "alim-

ed with a golden sauce, and garnish ed down each side with alteraste heaps of fried blue raisins and alming" days. monds, with a heap of Duchesse potato at each end.

The lemon Bouille was as cold an ice and was served in a silver souffle dish, from which it uprose in a fascinating tableland of yellow ornamented on top with piped cream, and chopped green platachlo

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This was capped by a hot tomato savoury, the pulps being scooped out, mixed with chutney and re- placed, sprinkled with grated cheese, and browned in the oven.

"You have scored a perfect cook at last, anyhow," I murmured to my friend. after dinner.

"Not a bit of it." she replied.'

"Our cook to-night is a treasure, but, alas she is not raine, but a charming girl who, after attending a Scottish cookery school, went to Paris and took her Cordon Bleu, and, after fulfilling various posts in Britain to gain experience, now has her own flat, and kitchen, where she gives lessons, and from which she salles forth to cook. luncheon or dinner for folk in distress."

This certainly is not only a boon to harassed hostessay but a good idea, for girls who are trained in cookery and are considering what' 'line they shall take up..

PARIS.

Seasonal Fur Coats

Black broadtail represents the ulti- mate in good taste and smartness in the fur coat mode this season. Above is pictured a conl in accordance with the ideas of fashion designers, showing a flaring hem style.

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"BONNET" FOR SPORT

The closely-fitted cap or "bonnet" a prominent feature among winter sports ensembles and be- comes part of the sweater knitted in at the back of the neck-line, in the same or a different colour.

They might be termed capucine hoods, falling, as they do when not covering the head-like a monk's cowl, but they are deve- loped into a scarf length from the base of the neck to tie or knot under the chin. Schiaparelli achleves fine colour contrast in pre- ferring them to any other type, while Regny never veers from a plain coloured blue, black, grey, or white beret.

An amusing winter sports jewel- lery noto is n tight-fitting necklace of rather large steel bends, that look like ball bearings hollowed out and threaded through to clasp with a steel screw.

SPRING COLOURS

A hesitant ane-day-old bud was never paler than the green of Miss Mann-Thomson's wedding dress, with its unusual trimming of coffee tinted lace. The roses of her bouquet looked very fragile in their unaccustomed green petals, too.

The six bridesmaids wore frocks the colour of a buttercup, The tiniest ane, Miss Marie Bishop. daughter of Colonel Dishap, V.C., and Mrs. Bishop, was completely mistress of herself. When set down at the porch she entered the church doors quite alone, a dainty and dignified little figure.

The gilded baskets each maid held were filled with scarlet flowers and

berries, and mimosa' and white heather.

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