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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1931.

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18/02/ÆÐμжжÑ...Ð AN EFFECTIVE BEDSPREAD. -

NEW FELT MILLINERY.

WHITE

-AND COLOURS.

Reasonable Prices.

YEE SANG FAT

and

A cheap, hard-wearing, effective bedspread may be quickly made at home from an unbleached sheet and a remnant of cretonne in n bold flowered design. A large cluster of flowers is cut out of the cretonne and tacked on to the mid- die of the sheet; smaller groups are selected from the design and Arranged in each corner. These

are fastened down. all round the elges with bold blanket stitching a suitable colour. If there is any black in the design this can be repeated in the embroidery cotton used. The soft cream of the sheet- jag makes a good background for: the bright colours, and it is easy to find a piece of cretonno that blends well with the colour scheme The design chosen should be a more or less solid mass 2|44|19|39609433093||41RIAS | the applique is to be successfulį and the edges are not to curl ori fray.

Co., Ltd.

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26, The Arcade,

Gloucester Building.

NEW CONSIGNMENT

OF WOOLLIES.

JUMPER SUITS,

MILITARY MODES.

French revolution fashions have joined the long list of drens modes presented to tempt women's funcy this coming season.

The short, military jackets, scarlet-faced soldiers' overcoats and round cockaded caps, sported by feminine enthusiasts of the guillotine, appeared again at an "economy price" London dreas These outits were show recently. $22.00 all of British design and material made by a man dress-maker and an English actress working in partner- ship,

2 and 3 piece from

PULL - OVERS; from $ 6.50

CARDIGANS, from $8.50)

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ALEXANDER

INSTITUT DE BEAUTE,

· Phone 25160.

Fedder Building

(1st Floor)

Opposite Entrance to Hong Kong Hotel.

Lustrous Oil Permanent Hair Waves which are Large, Soft and Natural, Artistic Finger and Marcel Waves, Oll Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack (any colour), Hair Cutting and Mari- cure for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con- Melentious, Artistic Work by European Expert, Mr. Alexander.

CHARGES MODERATE.

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU,

PHOTO-SUPPLIES

Kodaks and Cameras.

Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging,

ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD. GLASSES

Price Moderate.

A Trial Order is Solicited.

A. SEK & CO.

Tel No. 23459.

26A, Des Voeux Road, C.

Among these soldierly fashions. was a day outfit comprising a pale blue cloth military jacket. with box-pleated patch pockets, shoulder traps, and metal battons, worn with a brown skirt having a blue. stripe stitched down either side ROUTH. Even sult or wide- trousered black cocktail pyjamas bal trimly buttoned soldier's Jacket of ailver lame."

Pay

NEW BAGS.

At the

moment there arc

FOR THE JUVENILES.

That the juveniles are not going numerous British leather bags to to let the grown-ups have it all be had at a reasonable price. One their own way with the royal blue clever bag fills the needs of those reefer coats which are proving 80 who powder in public by fitting apopular for sports wear is well de- swing mirror in the flap, which can monstrated by the smart little coats be made to stand up, and almost that are now showing for the little hidden, with the bag resting on the miss.

knee or table, leaving both hands Mitzi Green is one that dons a free for toilet repairs. Another nautical coat in blue, complete with has, behind the sliding mirror, a brass buttons and an embroidered seret pocket for matches and emblem on the sleeve for wearing cigarettes. Or the mirror is found

to have cigarettes, matches, and over her sports suit.

powder all cunningly fixed on Its The suit has a plain blue pleat- back as the mirror is drawn outed skirt, whilst the jumper is of making the offer of a cigarette an striped stockingette, bound at the opportunity for a passing glance

| therein. Another very useful bag

neek and wrists with the royal blue.

Is really two bags in one, the outer one, fixed at the two ends with To complete the naval touch, press-studs, can be slipped off and she insisted that her cap be

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used as a shopping bag or, even proper sailor one, and the bands on more successfully, as П book her white socks match the stripes carrier. Other bags have secret in the jumper. pockets for hiding away extra

· money

or jewels, but these

mysteries belong only to big bagelping bag with a zipp fasterer in for travelling, at a high price. mock snakeskin, which most people There is an excellent cheap shop-I would find of great use.

BEAUTY.

"I wish I had time for beauty treatment," sighed a busy house- wife the other day. "But that is impossible. For one thing I (haven't the time, and for another,

I haven't the monoy."

My young frload, feeling that housework induces beauty to floe, 13 unaware that it is the daily routine of a house, which includes numerous beauty exercises, that has given her the best physical asset she has, namely, a fine figure, writes Betty Harper.

The housewife's work is healthy. She can plan her days to suit her- self. If she is a little off colour

lone day she can take things enay

and pull it up the next day. business woman is not so fortunate.

The

Housework can be a beauty treat ment in itself. Bathing the babies, cleaning the bath, brushing down the stairs, rubbing the windows, polishing the furniture all contri- bute to a woman's charm, for the movements keep the muscles active and healthy.

Afternoon Rest,

At the same time, those aame duties can readily become wearying if the body is overtired. A rest in the afternoon should be managed, somehow: preferably with the feet) up. This rests breaks the routine;} and enables the housewife to meet her husband and children fresh and smiling when they come in from; work or school.

A

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THE DAILY DOZEN.

art to

It is generally assumed that women who do morning exerciscs make "slimming" their main objec- tive. But everybody who begins the day, in this way is not neces sarily so materialistic in purpose, and some new records recently published make the gramophone, a delightful means of adding beauty and

our daily physical "jorks." Miss Edit Mercy, who is responsible for these records, gave a demonstration of her health and alimming exercises in London-re- cently, showing how the gramo- phone can be used in this connec- tion. The exercises are carefully graded and designed in such a way as to produce general fitness and (ulasticity rathör.......than to develop jany particular muscles. Each one {ls described_clearly—a chart issued with the records explains them with diagrams as well-and the listener is then supposed to perform the (cxércise to the accompaniment of the jolly little tune that follows. By an Ingenious arrangement of grooves, the machine can be stop- Iped and the same exercise repeat-`

ed at any time.

Miss Mozey's own "performance to a private audience' was enough to show how much fun and plea sure could be extracted from five „minutes' a day · spent - with the gramophone in this way. It must have been to her rather a ghostly

But

it should have five minutes brisk (experience to hear her own voice proceeding from the instrument, There is no reason why the scalp massage, at the same time especially when it addressed hor housewife should not be charming. applying a few spots. of a tonic with encouraging words of praise, A fresh collar takes but a fow

hair dressing. This should be fol-jor adjured her not to hollow her minutes to stitch inside that rather

what lowed with a few minutes brisk back or to wobble her knees-de- worn housefrock, but

feets that were completely lacking difference it makes. And, similar-brushing, then the waving combs so far as anybody could 500. ly, cold creaming the skin removes or pins set just where the waves she saw the humour of the situa all the harshness caused by the:

are. desired. Over it slip an in-tlon enough to smile at the un- steam and cold winds on washday.

visible hair net and, finally, a dust-sual reversal of teacher and The hair is a frame for the face,

taught; and even the 'difficult ing cap.

"Wood Chopping" exercise appear- and when attractive is an asset to any woman. All it needs to keep Then, in the afternoon, lightly ed easy when performed by the It so is a little daily attention. For comb it and apply a few spots of expert. Whether the Edit Mezey The result is as exercises give one a perfect figure instance, before beginning. the brilliantine. Ordinary routine after breakfast, though the housewife has just left or not they are worth doing for

the hairdressers' saloon.

fun.

K. FUJIYAMA

PHOTOGRAPHER

ANNOUNCES HIS REMOVAL

Το

2, WYNDHAM STREET,

3rd floor.

BONZO

| GOSH/ IM GLAD

THOSE PELLOWS DON'T WALK AROUND NOW!

TWICE DAILY

YEAH, EVERYBODY HAD "D WATCH HIS STEP IN THOSE TIMES, BY ZUM Į

DIFFICULT TO WAGINE WILD THINGS SPRINGING QUIT AT YOU IN OUR WELL-

ORDERED CITY!

By George Studdy

WIPE YOUR FEET/ CAN'T YOU ? You BIG SAP!!

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