1930-06-28 — Page 8

QUICK. CHOOSING.

Miss Susan Lawrence Does Not Waste Time.

Miss Susan Lawrence, Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, asked for some cotton frocks to be sent to the Ministry of Health. Six frocks arrived while she was immersed in Ministerial business.

She looked up when a anteswoman entered, quickly pointed to. one with her pen, and said: "I'll have that," aad resunfed writing.

The saleswoman found herself outside again a little dazed, and "without having said one word.

Mils. Ellen Witkinson, Labour member for Middlesbrough East in the House of Commons, wrote to Mr. Street, organising secretary of the Nationa! Cotton Week, stating that she had found it impossible to buy a cotton frock suitably severe for House of Commons wear.

"I recognise that cotton has not hitherto been fashionable in that -particular kind of wear. Shops and

THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1930.

The WOMAN'S Page t

BLOUSE RETURNS.

Extremely Becoming and Smart.

In keeping with the return of pre-war feminine fashions have come the blouse and skirt, but with a difference. No longer are women to wear the monstrous blouses with high boned necks that were worn by our mothers, with their floor-

.and sweeping

dust-collecting skirts. The present day skirt and blouse have been youthified and are extremely becoming and smart. With the return of the blouse has come the partial eclipse of the jumper, that useful adjunct to our wardrobes that was an ever pre- sent standby. But the jumper will never be entirely relinquished as it has been much too useful in the past!

The blouse complete with bowa, frills and tucks is now firmly established. It takes a long time for anything new to take on out here and at first few blouses and

lingerie

Slender feminine fashions that aro ideal to wear under the new senson's costumes. Those skotched abové in sheer silk czepa and dainty Inces feature the new nightgown with Peter Pan collar, step-ins with circular flare, petticoat-bloomer combinations and pp-lift Landeau. In pastel colours trimmed with beautiful lace, ; **

Juanufacturers have to follow the fashion, and are scarcely to blame," replied Mr. Streat.

skirts were seen. But due to the real smartness of the blouse and skirt tollette it is now ecen quita

larity is that it can be worn by

The Grace and Charm of the 1930 Mode.

SPREC

There amert Summer hats feature the importance of fine straws, all the amartes for being con- trasted with fabrics, ribbon, lace and patterned designs.

THE TATTOOED LADY.

This remarkable story concerns a young lady of Berlin, and is scientifically authenticated. She had a favourite frock, which was originally pale pink but afterwards it was dyed dark red. She wore it at an afternoon party, was scized with severe pains, and took to her bed, where her doctor decided that she had some form of poisoning. The pains passed off, but the patient dis covered that her body was tattooed in dark red with the pattern of her drous. And the pattern was fast; nor all her tears washed out a bit of it.

The dyers, sued for damages, pro- tested that all care had been used, and the dress was submitted to the Expérimental Institute for Bio- chemistry. Here volunteers' wore it and were none the worse, but the patient, having put it on again, was soon forced by pain to discard it, and a perceptible darkening of the tattooing was observed.

the

The doctor charged with investigation then applied the tests for hysteria. He took the patient blindfolded into a darkened room and there held alternately against her skin the dark red material and another which felt like it but was uncoloured. The patient, though she could not see red, could feel it, and responded with cries of pain to its application, though suffering the touch of the other material un moved. The investigation of this curious case, which seems to have something in common with that of the chameleon which burst when it was placed on a piece at Scotch ulaid, is proceeding.

Singapore Free Press) 1. saw flowered chiffon blouse worn with a smart black sutin skirt which had pleats on each side, just below the knee. The blouse was quito simply. made with a triple jabot collar and the turnout locked won- derfully smart. Another blouse I admired very much was.one of pale "champagne rose" crepe worn outside the skirt, but held at the natural waistline by a band of the material so that It gave the effect. of a tuck in blouse. The fullness in front was draped and caught by a brooch. N

Tailored blouses are smart for morning wear to town and are just the thing for street wear as they present a finished appearance and look better out of doors than · a sleeveless frock The "tailor made girl," there are many of them, who do not look their best in "fussy" clothes will find that the blouse and skirt suit their type to perfec tion,

The neckline of your blouses should be watched. Women with. long necks should go in for slight- ly higher necklines while the wo man with a short neck will make it seem longer. If she adopts a long neckline. The neckline of blouses

WRAPS FOR TENNIS.

Wraps for tennis are almost as important as the frocks. A short coat is fashionable, and so is a long coat which will do for other

occasions.

Tailored coats in white French velour are stitched on the collar and cuffs, and have stitched strap pings down the back. A three- quarter coat is hand embroidered in coloured, wools, and a belge ground seems popular. Coloured wools are worked in a bright de sign on the cuffs, pockets and col- lar of a long stockinette velour coat which achieves warmth with out weight.

But short costs are always very fanciful, and light weight woollen materials with much applique work in contrasting colours create some very delightful designs.

NECKWEAR

On top-lace collar and cuff set to add a prominent touch to the new modes, Centre-silk scarf of printed crepe-de-chine that will add colour to a sports coat. The lower skotch shows the new fashion guimpo of finely tucked georgette, finished at neck with Darrow. ruching.

QUEEN MARY PLEASED.

a.dot. One reason for its pepa- allows great scope for decore The Gusen, who ha

"If you state the features nudes- sary for a House of Commons frock,

right thing at the right price.". woman looks extremely chic. In It while the plump

DANCING FOR HEALTH.

Many physical exercises for the promotion of health and a perfect physique, says a writer in an ex- change, have at one time and an- other been devised by those who advocate exercise 13 the best formula for "keeping fit,"

but

far-reaching effects as dancing. none of these has' ever had such

Dancing is supreme as an exer- cise. The value of exercise is al- ways proportionate to the pleasure which accompanies it, and in this respect hardly any sot exercise, advised by doctors for the attain- ment of health, can compete with the vital benefits imparted by daily dancing.

Ten minutes devoted to the ac- tive pursuit of a sport or recrea- tion in which enter interest and enthusiasm do a great deal more good than thrice that time devoted to that which fails to interest. And there is always a great deal' to interest in the ballroom.

Dancing moderately indulged will "keep you up to scratch," for dancing and slackness never go to- gether. It also keeps one elastic and plastic, for every muscle is brought into play when dancing.

Moreover, dancing develops and keeps the brain quick, active and. responsive. That in itself imparta a feeling of fitness. So it will be seen that from dancing there is to be obtained what many other exercises and sports yield in theory only.

There is, too, this great addi- tional merit in dancing-it leads to the process of simultaneously ad- justing the mind, the emotions, and the muscular system. It tends to promote quickness of adapta tion and alertness of control.

Bringing as it does mind and body into unison the result is to restore the human machine to that healthy state in which worry, an- xiety, and mental hesitation, com- mon afflictions in these days of hustle and turmoil, are absent.

PLUMP GIRLS.

Business Men Think Them Toa Slow.

It is a hard world for the plump girl these days. The reason? Well, the Big Business Men who run the offices and 'shops of London sumu- marise the thing like this.

Plump Girls are good-tempered, and never have attacks of temper ament. But they tack speed.

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Slim Girls are sometimes '“difì- cult," and powder their noses much. But they are alert and efficient.

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And so curves are out of favour with Big Business Men. They pre- for those efficient straight lines,

The Slim the Best. T'went along to a big City office (writes an Evening News corres- pondent) to question the head of It. My eard was taken by a brisk," allp of a girl at the inquiry office, and I was ushered by a smart shingled girl secretary Into the chief's. room. "The slimmer the better," he said, firmly.

"That's how I judge a girl. In the boxing world they say that good big fun is always better than

LACE BLOUSES.

Chic Again For Afternoon Wear.

The newest tuck-in blouses for afternoon wear are of Ince, a rather course lace, not unlike Cluny, mounted on. georgette.

They look extremely well with the satin, velvet, or faced-cloth | skirts that are part of so many of -

the new costume ensembles.

The one in the sketch has 趄 prettily quaint collar. It is cut in one with the front and is tied at the back in a small tight bow with- out trailing ends. The cuffs are treated in a similar way.

The skirt has a shaped yoke which moulds the hips, but is not deep enough to restrict its wesfer's movements.

The back is quite plain, so that the folds do not become creased with sitting. There is, however, a considerable amount of fullness at the sides, owing to the circular cut of both flounces.

A very interesting feature of 'this skirt is the way in which the right alde of the front crosses over the left and terminates for over. on the left side. ⠀⠀

GLOVES and BAGS

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Now styles are decidedly different--Fashion presents new gloves and baga as smart, different and 'charming as the costamer they will accom-, pany. Gloves with long wrists and fanciful cuffs to wear with short sleeve frocks. · Bagu in pouch and envelope shape with trimmings and ornaments 'to match of contrast with the ensemble;

What 20 unparalleled tonic dancing is, too-moral as well as physical! Yet there is no finer sedative in all the world. Its im- mediato effect is to soothe and, calm, yet at the same time infuse a feeling of jubilation and buoyancy. Furthermore, dancing keeps both circulation and diges-like tion in good working order. It is

a ́ good little fun. In the business world it's just the opposite...

"I've had secretaries who were dumplings. You couldn't rattle

only necessary to take a peep into give them that credit. They any ballroom to be convinced of were always calm. But when you wanted speed they just couldn't do its marvellous powers As a re- juvenator. In a nutshell, dancing. They were just like steam-

is really the organised expression

rollers: dependable but slow.

Never Sulked, were good-tempered,

They

of energy. The excessive unrest of to-day that is noticeable on all sides, if it had no sublimating out admit, and never flew into tantrums,

Who cannot even see her toes. She is so very adipose. They sometimes made an excep tion in the cosmetic department, he said. A flawless complexion was the only thing that mattered there

But while the stern world of

business frowns on adipose tissue,

the kindly Post Office welcomes': It with a motherly smile: The girls behind the grille in the Post Office are chosen by examination, and

let, would simply fritter itself or sulked. But what's the use of long as they pass the tests they

away in purposelessness ending In exhaustion, both physical and mental and hopeless inaction. So dande and be healthy. It is the proved curative formula for the inded, the depressed, and the languid.

tion being finished in many novel has always. ways. Your lingerie touches can¦ favoured long skiria, is very pleas- ||-

FOR THE KITCHEN.":

4. secretary being good-tempered she's so sluggish that her chinf is always i in a rage?.

"I'd rather be good-tempered Made myself.

So nowadays I always pick the slim ones for job in this office."

The great London stores like them thin, too. A atores chief told me that the fewer curves an assistant

all right. Their weight does not matter,

Do you find that the large girls are speedy enough in the Post Offices? I asked an authority,

"We have had no complaints, he

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Whitehair does not care a rap about the burden of this too, too soild flesh. But then, Whitehall fa

Lancashire will speedily make the almost any figure. The lube original as you like. An up-ed with the gowns being worn by A strainer to be used in the dad, the more alert and businesslike not concerned very much about

TIRED FEET.

If hired feet are bathed first In hot water and then in cool water thoroughly dried and pieces of julcy lemon placed on them, band Eged in position and left all night. they will be greatly relieved. be gently, massag- Cor any was formed or

The

ANDER'S

STITUT DEA

womah with

boiling of greens is a wire frame, shaped so that it fits into the sauce pan, and prevents the greens from bolling over. It is of such real value that one wonders the idea is not generally employed...

standing tucked and lace caged debutantes this season. At the broad hips finds frill of organdle makes a charming frat Court, it will be noticeable that the bloused effect makes frame for a piquant little face, that dressmakers have gone back the hips look smaller by contrast while tabs of fine white pique, to ancient Greece for their luspira- with the wider lines above them, faggot stitched together, make a tion. The parchment, oyster and It is also rather flattering to those novel little collar. For plain pearl, and ice-white satin used for who are a trifle too thin. For the V-necks a kilted frill of fresh many of the dresses fall in long

Another wire basket, this time woman with a large bust the high white lawn will give a touch of classical lines to the feet and are waistline feunsultable and the distinction to a simple blouse, embroidered at the waist line and to be used when frying, fish a belt, ir belt be worn, should be Scarves are also useful and the across the square-necked bodices deep pan, has a handle attached, worn moderately low Many lining of your hat may be made to with delicate Greek patterns in and when the food is cooked, the blouses are made so that they may match your scarf with charming pearl and silver some of tho basket is raised, and clipped by be worn under over a skirt, effect

bouquets to be carried by demeans of the handle, in an oblique

position whichever is

this way, the food fe tes are shaped like tyres. the Skirts are flared or pleated, the

niently, drained, before, soi moment, and

tter pleats general.

hair is to be dressed in Greck case the blousedelecta low o

worn on the hape of the

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the

Sabelt!

she was. They had no admiration

for

speed.

Just a laat word. That City offico Plump and portly Mary Rose, chier whispered to me, when I left Who dally ever fatter grows, - him "We like our men to keep

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this, too.

Milady's Shoes.