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THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1980.

The WOMAN'S Page

Latest Evening Creation

BALL FROCKS

The Hunt Balls, which are the chief form of social activity ut Home at the moment, are bringing out many new and lovely dresses in pinin styles with long skirts. It is usual now for dressmakers to in-

quire for what purpose an evening dress is required, so that dance frocks may not be ruined in an

evening as they were at the begin ning of the long skirt fashion,, when they were made with tule ends. There are a great many frocks at the Hunt balls made of white satin or crepe de chine, plain in cut but far more Intricate than they look and many of them with fastenings at the tack or sides. Many shoulder

flowers are worn and the camellia or gardenia is seen in trails' on one shoulder of some of the aemi- princess type. Chiffon, which is in a new heavier make that withstands much hard usage, is being made up into dresses with long flounced skirts and fichus, and is seen in de- licate blues, greens and the new pale yellow, which is on a lemon tone.

THE FAVOURED LUNCH

Two-course luncheons are the rule for the Naval Conference Dale- gates in London, consisting of an egg dish, followed by cutlets and salad with no sweet. Apart from ice-cream, the Americans are not pudding caters.

At the Carlton the Trench dele- gates are more catholic la their tastes, and a great deal of good wine is drunk,

Explorations into Soho are plan ned by the secretaries to the American delegation, who have a daily food allowance-bed and breakfast are paid for exclusive and they are thus enabled to lunch and dina where they will.

BLUE POWDER

If you pay a visit to a Mayfair beauty salon you will find powders

WAISTLINE

← BELT WITH

BOW.

SILHOUETTE OF WHITE

← MOIRE,

DEMBERG AND SILK

FULL SKIRT WITH

WIDE HEM.

MODERN DRESS

Tricks of Camouflage

Painter

Much of the becomingness of modern dress, quite apart from its and freedom, comfort greater comes the war-time tricks of the camouflage painter. It is odd that, it should have taken a great war to teach dressmakers in general The supreme dress their art. makers have always known these secrets.

Our diagonal lines, and diamond effects, for example, which once startled women with rigid minds, and which they once thought too

the

eye.

long line by

leading

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eccentric and too unbecoming to be worn, are devices for deluding

By

it giving to follow, and from Away the actual outline, they create in the figure an impression of length and slenderness. By ruling a number of straight lines paper, some vertical, some hori- zontal and some slanting, any woman can prove the existence of this optical illusion.

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There are, of course, other ways of masking the clumsy lines of the figure. A useful device is to ar range the fullness of the dress un- evenly, to set one godet panel at the left side of the back, and an- other at the right side of the front, or to give a gored skirt, greater fullness at each side of front and back than elsewhere. Also helpful is the one-sided arrangement, by which the right side of the skirt is straight and narrow in cut, while the left has a widely flared godet beginning at the top of the hip. Uneven hem lines increase the apparent slenderness of ankles and figure; hanging draperies give length; a cape or a bolero behind will disguise a hollow back. frilled jabot will improve a hollow chest; a triangular jabot will help a heavy bust. A V neckline will make a short, thick neck look longer and more slender. These are only a few of the aids which The the kindly dress can give,

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of almost all the colours of the woman who says to herself, "which rainbow. There is a blue powder is my most helpful frock?" and, to go under the eyes. Jade powder having decided this, asks her in

is stil a popular foundation for telligence the further question of evening make-ups, and this is "why is it becoming?" will have

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A ONE-ROOM HOME Dainty Evening Gown

Designed by Vienna Architect

A one-room dwelling which does sluty for four-dining-room, a study, a bedroom, and a living-room ---has been designed by Fritz Grosa, an architect of Vienna. The trick of making four rooms out of one without erecting walls or using fold- ing screens is accomplished by making the furniture function as a separator so that a division into four parts is effected.

The living-room shows a com- bination of linen and shoe cabinets and clothes-wardrobe with sliding garment-carriers, shaving and dress.

ing mirrors, space for home

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pharmacy, and a ventilated parti tlun for shoes.

In one corner stands an extension table with four chairs. The room walls constitute two walls of this

divided space, and the third wall is formed by the front of the secret tory. This is a modern practical piece of furniture made of or namental woodwork. It has glass doors sliding on ball-bearings, o little smoking-box, a little liquor box, a bookshelf, and, in addition, book-supports on the top, moving on rails.

The opposite side of the secretary. forms one wall of the study and the bedroom. Ilere the manifold piece of furniture appears as a writing- desk with many pigeonholes, four drawers, and a bookshelf. There is also roam for a desk telephone. On the projecting shelves at the narrow side, one may place small objects,

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The buffet, with a charming little case for glaseca above, and finally the isolated stove of brickwork and tiles with a ceramic surface, n simple wrought-iron grille with ball- metal work, and the niches with. little green lacquered shelves for flowers, complete the harmonious effect of the room.

In another corner of the room is a bed, which during the day is trans- formed into a sofa, into which is built a small book-case filled with books within reach. of the person A rotating (or resting on it. inlet) lamp is the source of light in the evening.

Such

is a corner cosy, and invites one to rest.

The bed linen is kept in a well ventilated space beneath the bed.

Model For Spring

Carried cut in soft red straw, this becoming folded isp depicts one of the latest spring models. "Marshall and Snelgrove, London.

INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR

A bill has been introduced in the

Argentine Parliament which would grant to women over 18 years of age the right to vote, the only

usually mixed with flesh tints and gone a long way towards being requisite being ability to read and

white powders. But, powder which good looking and well dressed, not is almost orange is still popular iu occasionally, aa many of us are, the day-time.

but every day,

Out for a Walk

Birmingham

Olympia, where it Capacs (of

Coarse fish net in black with black faille expresses this dainty model. The falle is effectively used to form petals on the skirt with leaf effect, extending on to the bodice. A cluster of flowers at the back gives a chic finish. ("Martial et Armand," London),

NEGLECTED HANDS

The Benefit of Dry

Oatmeal

Hands are growing larger. They are also, not as well kept as in the took to "do-nothing days" before

women

NOVEL TRIMMINGS

Mode on Uses for Steel

Trimmings are out-and In! The first of the dress parades show very tile trimming in one sense, and very elaborate trimming in an- other. Sequins are going out in the most up-to-date salong, and frocks that are hand-painted are not done in the old sense of the word. The "painting" is applied by 4 special method which produces a sort of in- crusted effect thut, at a distance, teoks like thick lace, and, when near at hand, like heavy embroidery. It is used, too, on the inside lining of evening couts with good effect (says a writer in an exchange).

And steel is everywhere. It makes the embroidery of the most effective frock, and decorates, with fern fronds, the best hats; it studs the otherwise severely simple felt or velvet hat; it even appears in the form of a solid curve of metal on the new Minerva hats.

But the most interesting new note on the coat frocks of to-day is the little frill of Valenciennes that peeps above the tiny military collar, and is coy about showing itself at the wrist. Years ago, in great- grandmother's time, every little girl sewed a frill in her school frock overnight or regretted her fallure to do so in the morning. Tho frills then were stiff pleats of cam- bric or muslin on a straight band. which was slipped into collar and cuffs and which

evor such large tacking threads would keep in place. But the frills of to-day are, so far, straight strips of lace which you must pleat and sew in without such aids to the hasty stitcher! How. ever, if the vogue for this little severely simple trimming persists, the old frilling our grandmothers used will reappear.

Some trimmings are not trim-. mings at all in the old sense of the word. One of the most charming models seen for a long time was a white charmeuse, perfectly plain, with

a floating triangular panel from either hip. But it wasn't really as simple as that sounds. A driving cars, practical

2in. wide strip of the material had gardening, all sorts of sports and

beon inserted In the frock, crossing glovelessness, by day and by night.the back and the front, and, in both It is in summer time we are apt to

cases, censing on the hip where the strip widened into triangular width and fell outside the skirt. The wing at the shoulder ran from the waist up to the shoulder, and widened out in the same way.

let the weather and our pursuits play havoc with our hands.

Soda and very hot water have s ruinous effect on the skin of the hands.

If possible always rinse the hands in cold water after the warm wash. This closes the pores of the skin. They should always be dried thoroughly.

A large powder, bowl filled with fine oatmeal should stund on the bath-room shelf. After the hands have been dried plange them into the oatmeal, then rub the super- This fluous powder off on a towel. gives a velvety look to the hands and arms; it is splendid for the skin, and it absorbs any moisture that may have been left by careless and hurried drying.

Nothing looks worse than stained fingers. Cigarette smoke can ruin the best-kept finger nails by deposit- ing an unsightly yellowish brown stain on the nails. This is dif- cult to remove. With patience it can be done with a strong solution This of peroxide of hydrogen. must be rubbed persistently on the Engers morning and night until the stain disappears.

As an alter- native lemon juice may be used as a bleach.

Hands soon become chapped and red when the cold weather comes.

To keep them white and well groomed a good vanishing cream should be rubbed well in night and Care should be taken to morning. dry the hands thoroughly with a soft towel each time they are washed.

For hands which are badly chapped one cannot beat the follow- write. The preamble of the Billing old-fashioned ointment, which Bays, in part:

"The intellectual difference be- tween men and women, even ad- mitting the superior Intelligence of men, is never as wide as the differ ence between the educated man voter and the illiterate, man voter, who has long enjoyed the voting privilege. The positions attained by women in recent years, on the other hand, show them to be in many ways intellectually superior to men."

can be made at home for a faw pence: One ounce bitter almonds, a little tincture of benzoin, ten drops each of oil of carnway and oil of sweat almonds, and the yolk of an egg. Blanch the almonds, beat to a paste by working In gradually the all of sweet almond and the egg. Then add benzoin and oil of car- away, and beat until the ointment is the consistency of thick cream. lt may be put into a pot, and should be used each night after the hands have been wasked with warm soapy water. A pair of cotton gloves worn at night time makes the cure more apeady.

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FOR EARLY SPRING

Some new ensembles for early Spring are being shown in plain and figured crepes like cloths, and there KEEPING FLIES AWAY Is to be a continuance of all figured materials, both chittons and heavier

A few drops of .:eesence stuffs for the coming season. · For ❘ sassafras or oil of turpentine: days there have been seen some sprinkled on a rag and put about charming outfits in dotted materials the larder will keep flies away. In wool and alik mixtures. They Twenty drops of carbolic acid have navy, black, and dark green evaporated from a hot shovel will backgrounds covered with coloured help to banish files from a room, apots, and for day the spot is pro and a plece of camphor gum the size bably better choice in other than of a walnut, held over a lamp till

commoned, will act for mosquitoes.

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Afternoon Frock

Battle green crepe satin ex- presses this delightful frock. The unique bodice is worked in bands of tiny tucks continuing to the shoulder on one side, while on the opposito side the whole of the sleeve is tucked, giving a one-sided effect. The full skirt slightly dipping on one side is attached to a fairly long bodice, and tucked to correspond. Not the longer skiet creeping into fashion. A scarf with ends slotted through the front of bodice gives a unique finish.--("Martial et Armand, London).

Perfect Evening Gown

DECOLLETAGE

NECKLINE

GRADUATED SEQUINS

PETAL SKIRT

BRIDGE COATS

Usefulness, Beauty, and Comfort

EXIT THE BARE BROW

There is a revolt against the quite bare brow, It suits only the very young, and not often do they look Bridge afternoons and evenings their beat with the light of day have become such an institution beating hard on their undraped, with many people that it is only unshaded brows. to be expected that the wardrobe for such occasions should receive less hard, a lending Parisian modiste To meet the call for something special attention. jacket now stands out among party with a brim, & brim which is short The bridge has brought back to fashion the hat gowns and accessories. Its useful in front, and long at the side and ness, beauty and snugnesa, all behind. It is not necessarily a make it a desirable garment. In solid brim.

It may be in felt like this year's models the back of the the hat, and slashed about the ears, jacket la usually square and plain; or a felt hat may have a lace brim the collar may be down of the material or

a small turn-in the same colour.

A semi- medici and fur covered. The

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Black is the usual thing but sleeves are simply put in, and not warm browns are permissible. The over elaborated and a plain cuff lace brim usually stands away from with or without fur suffices. The the brow, or la so short that it is little more than a frill. It dips low. bottom of the jacket may be taken into a band which fastens at the over the ears and neck.

The lace

side, or it may hang straight with may in another fashion be inserted or without the flare which gives it into the felt, and so form a brim of

a cape effect. The main distinction some substance.

between elaborate and simple jac-

kets is the point at which the

jacket finishes. For bridge-players

a hip line finish is most favoured.

THEY NEVER SLIP

Since polished floors are the order

For ordinary evening and theatre of the day in the new homes, it

wear a longer line is preferred.

often happens that slipping ruge

The easiest way of achieving | Are

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this is to use the ordinary silk there are some rugs lined with rub-

fringe, and in order to add grace, berfaed net, and other devices are

the straight edge may give place used.

But a simpler idea is to at-

to a wide scallop which prevents tach four triangular corners of rub-

These rubber pads have holes around the edges to take a few

the hip line being so broadly deber. fined.

and printed velvet.

Materials from which the jackets stitches, and their irregular sur- are made are chiffon velvet, faces prevent the mats from allding. that the chenille georgette, brocaded satin Another advantage is

The lining corners of the rugs cannot curl up may be of a lighter material, but when the pads are attached. as it should add colour and pro- vide harmony with the leading shade in the jacket, its texture is of less importance than its tone.

ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL

Several odd tables are often seen In one room to-day, the round, squat ones being very firmly balanced. The vogue at the moment is to fo troduce such tables in soft colours, particularly in two-tiered shapes having silver tops and "linings" of You blue, salmon, pink or jade.

may have a cupboard fitted at one side the shelves which form the rest of the table being avaliable for rock-tail glasses, or to store books.

ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE BEAUTE

For the best Permanent Finger & Marcel Wares. Hair Cutting and, Manicure for › Ladles & !

Gentlemen. Pedder Bldg. 1st floor. Rooms

Tel. G. 5169. Opposite entrance, H.K. Hotal.

MAISON de MODES

Mme, D'Obry, dist

18, Queen's Road, Central

We have just received a nice selection of

SUMMER MATERIALS

and LIGHT WEIGHT DRESSES

suitable for present wear.

COATS & DRESSES

for the

RACES.

∙and a nice selection of

SPRING HATS

Orders taken för Coats and Dresses and executed

under personal supervision.