1931-05-30 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931.

THE CHINA MAIL.

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At The WOMAN'S Page

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FASHIONS IN VIRTUES,

Are Modern Parents Cruci"!

[By Margery Hall] Are

often unconsciously severe to our children? This sub- !ject was discussed by a group of people varying in age from eighty to twenty years.

"Every generation has its fashion in virtues, which it wishes to im- press on the youth of the day," said Four host. "Nobody could be more [devoted than I am to my children, but I am quite ready to believe that in years to come they will charge me with cruelty and unfairness."

MILLINERY CREATIONS.

Right Hat For Every Face.

Whatever young men's thoughts may turn to in the Spring it is quite certain that those of the fair sex turn instinctively toward hats, and directly there is that Spring feeling in the air new hots seem to be everywhere-in, the shop windows,

in the streets, and in the restaur- ante, says a London writer.

Nor are this season's millinery creations to be lightly dismissed with a few words Small, large or medium sized, be-feathered of be- flowored, or simply trimmed with ribbon, the new hats are extraordin- arily Interesting in appearance and more exciting than they have been for some time past.

As for variety, well, any reason for the masculine complaint that "all women look alikĉ únder their bais" has long since departed. It heid water when the cloche reigned

supreme.

"In my young days," said the Woman of eighty, "honesty and truthfulness were my parents' moat dearly loved virtues. I remember once when I was eight years old I was taken by my mother to call on an old friend of hers. Almonds and ruising were given to us with wine and other refreshments. I was offered raisins by my hostess, and was just in the act of taking some, when my mother rose and said she could not keep the horses waiting The light tweed frocks with dainty

any longer. I loved raisins, and collars and culls, the two-piece suite could not bear to leave them; ao I with gay belts and scarves, and the gathered up a handful of them and jaunty tweed and stockinette saucer-carried them away in my handker-ink over her new autograph album. caps that women take away for holi chief. On the way home my mother Her father did all he could to con- Next to it is a model in black days demand their own special noticed that I was cating some-sole her. Then, seeing that she tagel straw, which has the brim

explained, she was horrified. thing, and asked what it was. When was becoming hysterical, he said, drawn back from the face and folded

very firmly:

into piquant points. This is worn in awful tones, "Stop that nonsense at once, well off the forehead showing the

CORAL PINK MAKE-UP.

nike-up.

Coral-pink rouge, coral-pink lip stick, and powder with a hint of coral-pink in it, too, have been found best by one well-known beau- ty specialist, for tweeds demand a clear school-girlish complexion with no hint of inte nights.

Since winds may blow hot or cold, two shades of powder are advised for the beauty box-a darker rachel for the cold winds, to take away that pinched blue look that is often only the result of the wrong make- up, and a light putty colour blended with pink should the aun decide to shine..

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SAILOR SHAPES SMART.

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What the last approaching Lon- don season will bring forth is aj question that is being asked by countless people who are watching with the keenest interest the chang- ing mood of Mayfair. Not for years has there been such a sense of change, and the new mentality will not only be expressed by new fashions in dress and entertaining, but will have a marked effect on manners too.

No London season for many years! past would have started as this will. start, with a Lace Ball, at which the ballroom will be filed with hundreds of women all wearing some delicate piece of lace. It is hoped that tho Duchess of York, who is keenly in- terested in this ball to help the National Birthday Trust Fund, may find the time to be present,

is? Why elastic banda! Shades of the past! Who would have thought that we should ever come to regard so primitive a form of security as the last word in smartness?

Another revival takes the form of}

miniscent of the sailor hats of the feathers, but these are not as a rule 'nineties are making an appearance. of the trailing variety. Instead

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How are we to keep our shallow two minute birds made of yellow you are a thief! You have stolen crowned hats on our heads? That plumage regard the world Inquir-those raisina!"

is a question that inevitably arises. ingly from the brim of a model in And what do you think the answer royal-blue Baku straw.

No Smoking.

"In my youth," said a man of sixty, "dlasipation and fast living was the bug-bear and terror of my elders. My father was a man of atrong religious principles. When my brothers and I were down from Cambridge we asked some friends in to spend the evening. We were having a quiet but amusing game of billarda when my father came in like a thundercloud.

"'Arthur,' he said to me, 'you know that emoking is not allowed in this house! Also it is now time for family prayers. Your friends may either join us or go home!" I thought I should never outlive the ebame of that moment."

"My trouble,” said a girl of twenty, "is different from any of yours. have very young" and " charming parents, who insist on being the life and soul of every- thing. We cannot have a party without them. They will be young with us, and as they call it, "lead their children's lives and share their amusements. The result is, they take all the wind out of our sails and make us feel like infants. My mother has so much charm and sophistication' and experience that I become like a shadow when she Is around, I wish they would give up dancing and take to bridge."A

At this moment, abrisks resound. Led through the house. Bunny, the

small daughter of the man who had] raised the discussion, had epilt Bome

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Bunny, and behave yourself." This brought

fresh outburst. Bunny's Boba grew louder. "You are being cruci to me, "Daddy," she walled.

The father turned to his friends and shrugged his shoulders. "You sce," he said. "What's the use?" London Telegraph.

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Let's take a typical shop window. In one corner there is a picturceque model in pale blue broderie anglaise, with Mack satin trimming and bind- ing, and a brim that takes an un- expected swoop down on to the right shoulder.

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hair and a looped bow of pastel blue velvet ribbon emerges from under the turned back brim.

In the opposite corner wide- brimmed affair of coarse shiny black straw displays its charms. For all its size it is as light as a feather and is simply trimmed with a awathe of beige coloured velvet ribbon.

It almost overshadows, but not quite, the nattiest of caps. that has been specially designed with a view to the needs of travellers, made of fine Angora wool with two detach able banda in two colours to form what there of a brim, which can be folded and patted to sult the

wearer.

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Floral Wreath Returns.

In the centre of the picture there several models with floral trimmings, for once again lowers,! in the form of wreaths, clusters and

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hats,

Multi-coloured flowers, for in- atance; encircle the crown of a white: Bangkok model, which is a happy compromise in millinery, with a crown of medium proportions and the brim, likewise, unexaggerated, framing the fice In becoming fashion.

Instead of damping cloths, damp the ironing-cloth; the steam which rises from it will moisten the articles so that they can be easily Ironed.

DARKENING THE BEDROOM.

When necessary, pin)

A FLOWER IN YOUR HAIR.

Those who like to sleep in a dark The latest coiffure styles pursue room are often inconvenienced when the floral path, and at a Londen staying in an, hotel, either because theatre in mail week all eyes were the window is fitted with a light turned towards a woman wearing a blind or because there is a fanlight wreath not of roses but of over the door. They should provide violete, wide at the left-hand alde themselves with two pieces of black Italian cloth. one to the curtains sa high up as can be reached by standing on a chair and drawing-pin another over the fanlight. This does not take fivo minutes. It is better to avoid com- ment by removing the shades before leaving the room in the mornings. Large drawing-pins with a flat ring which lifts up attached to the top are procurable, and are easy to take out as well as put in. Simply lift up the ring and tar it round gently; this loosens the pin, which may then be drawn out with the aid of the ring.

FLOWERED FROCKS.

Not only our hats are going to be be-feathered and be-flowered but our frocks as well f

Ostrich fronds, dyed to every imaginable shade, are being used to border cloaks, scarves and skirt hems, both by day and by night and floral trimmings are finding a place on Summer afternoon toilettes.

A well-known London house is showing an

for in- Ascot gown, stance, for which the medium is the very palest green organdie, with a narrow trimming of pale pink flowers encircling the full skirt in scallops. The hat, also of organdi,

has an under-brim trimming of the same flowers and a further cluster

of them is attached to the organdle and narrow at the right, with her muff.

hair drawn becomingly down on her These Summer muffs are less use- forehead through it. less than they appear on the sur And her companion (an extreme- had face, for they generally manage to fly good-looking brunette) conceal in a neat little pocket those achieved a most romantic touch by necessities of the tollet-lipstick, placing a large red flower by the powder, etc, that would otherwise left ear in admirable contrast to ber

black velvet frock. be carried in a handbag.