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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1932.

Eve

26, The Arcade,

Gloucester

Building.

LARGE

ASSORTMENT

of

RAINCOATS

from

$7.50.

Just Arrived

LADIES'

MILLINERY

ALL LATEST MODELS.

Prices Reasonable.

YEE SANG FAT

Co., Ltd.

The

THE CHINA MAIL.

WOMAN'S Page I t

WOMAN IN THE HOME

Modern Miss Germany,

In Germany, where no girl's education le complete until she is past-mistresa in every form of household work,

The Sweater Fad May Extend Into Summer

General Use Of Bows On Dress And Hats

Brimmed Hat May Supplant

Beret And Turban

The most absorbing fashion. In- | terest at present seems to be the new prints. And, the newer they are the more different are the de-, signs. Those for daytime wear are very discreet; the designs being beat when small and all over the fabric rather than in scattered groups. This latter design is reserved for evening wear, when large designs are used.

Another interesting note on the new prints is the divers new ways there are no in which they are being used. Every schools of Domestic Economy. couturier seems to be trying to They are unnecessary because invent new uses of fabrics and they such education is included as a are trying to be different without matter of course. In her home being freakishly tricky.. The newest training, and is assimilated as and most original expression in the naturally and painlessly as the in-ensemble formed of a printed coat tricacies of her mother tongue.

worn over a plain dress. The print-

By the time she is sixteen, she is ed jacket with a plain dress in al- quite capable of cooking a four-so a big new favourite. course dinner; and of appearing a About the most popular Item of few minutes later to act as hostess, appeal in the women's shops these looking as if she had never seen days is the sweater. Women just the inside of a kitchen in her life. can't seem to get enough of them,

Self-Possessed.

and the shops continue showing new Between 16 and 21, it is colours, designs and weaves. This almost impossible to

guess sweater fad will probably extend on Fraulein's age, She talks, into the summer because some of dresses and behaves just like the most charming models are in

@__||||||||| her elder sisters. She is never linen open-mesh weaves and very

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. 28459.

28A, Des Voeux Road, C.

: Hong Kong.

embarrassed, never awkward, she open cotton and woollen mixtures rarely bashes, and is quite in which should be cool and comfort- capable of giggling Her educa-able in the warmest weather. And| tion has been catholic and concen- they launder beautifully. trated, and must be completed be-

A new and unique fashion note is fore she is 20; for she expects to the general use of bows on dress marry young, and once she is and hats. They are being used in wife she will have no time to spare every possible manner, and from her household duties. Look-just singly either. Sometimes

not

geason

they have been for

ing after a husband is considered there are two or three bows dis-it possible to fit perfectly the fea- a full time job in Germany. Before tributed about a frock with the tures of the wearer. Thus, hats therefore, have had her fill, of manner on the accompanying hat. than she is out of her teens she must, idea carried out in some becoming are more individual this. serious tennis and dancing, have They are a most flattering touch to long time.. The shiny, rough indulged any passion she may have the ensemble and are extremely straws Bre extremely popu. for music or painting and have becoming to the woman of any age.

lar,

are the many ribbon crowded in as many flirtations `ss

|trimmings "being", used. These she has time for,

According to early raports, the early reports show that berets and The German likes his bride to be new hate are generally popular. turbans are the favourite modela, as near the finished article as pos-That softness which comes of mani but many attractive brimmed hats

New Hata

...............ble. He passes by "Sweet pulation of brims and crows make are being shown and will pro- seventeen-and-never been- klased" them extremely wearable and the bably be more popular with the without a second glance, and con- fact that there are so many dif- warmer weather. tinues his search until he meets ferent ways of draping them makes someone who thoroughly under- stands men in general, and himself in particular. Then he marries her He knows that there will be no flirtations afterwards, for the code is very strict for marfled' women.

ALEXANDER INSTITUT

DE BEAUTE

Phone 25189. Pedder Balding

(1st Floor)

Opposite Entrance to Hong Kong Hotel.

Often the flat dweller, lacking cupboards, finds it convenient to Liatrom. Oil Permanent Hair Wava keep her hats, and small possessions which are Largo, Soft and Natural, in large dress or hat boxes, and Artistic Flager and Marcel Waves, Of these, If neatly stacked in a recess Treatment, Shampooing, Heans Pack and papered to match the room, are (any: colour), Hair Cutting and Mand not only unobtrusive but, if the pat eure for Ladies and Gentamen. Con scientious, Artistle Work by Burepeatern has been carefully arranged, Expert, Mr. Alexander..

hardly distinguishable from the sur-

CHARGES MODERATE.

A VIBIT WILL CONVINCE YOU. rounding wall. A roll of paper cas be bought for the purpose when the room is being redecorated,

POP 8

Followed By Fury.

HEAR MY SPEECH

LAST NIGHT,

POP?

WHAT DID YOU.

THINK

OF IT?

Those little bell hop Jackets are going well in both sufts and dresses. They are so extremely youthful and generally becoming to almost any type figure. For early wear they are being used in the woollens and heavy-silks, but there are advance models of summer, wear which feature them in silks, linen and other cottons which is an in- dication that they will probably continue" good throughout the ses-

-The best summer fabrics will ini all probability be of cotton, So many new and interesting wARVCE are being shown in cottons, and the facts that they are so much cooler as well as cheaper than silks aro also in their favour.

Summer

Chiffons!

EVENING. FASHIONS.

Short Sleeves for the Restaurant.

In both centres, evening fashions are divided into two definite

| groups; clothes for "Blg" evenings, and clothes for "Little" evenings. For big balls and important privato parties, one chooses a slightly 'trail- ing gown, one or two diagonal cuts, to give it distinction and to centuate one's own line (assuming

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it is a good one!). With this sim- ple elegance, little trimming and few, if any, jewels are worn.

For the "little" evenings, how-↓· ever-and these include res-

taurant dinners, some theatre parties, concerts and the cinema -the

amart woman is wear- ing t short sleeved evening frock just now. It has a level hemline, in contrast to the little train of ita more formal sister, and although it sounds paradox!- cai more jewellery is permitted. Pearls, or a necklace cleverly com- posed of the material, and two or three bracelets slipped over semi- long gloves, aro "worn.

"Little" evening frocks are par- ticularly interesting to most of us we are able to wear them many times, whereas the occasions. to wear very formal gowns do not oc- cur often.

E

The Way Of Sleeves The Seasor

"Baby" Style for Young Girls.

in sleeves was obviously called for and I decided to provide it in the form of white "The shopman offered me a won fur-for what can be Bmart derful length of bordered material, er than a flimsy black frock bearing the name of a famous de-with deep cuffs of mock ermine signer of textiles. "But it is diff-So I bought six rabbit shine cult to use a bordered fabric in at one shilling aplece, short and close in the pelt and very snowy these days, I objected," writes a With a sharp pen-knife, I cut them correspondent in the Malay Mail into a pair of wide bell-shaped The borders are cut pff and plecas, over-casting the seams care- worked up into the elaborate alse, "fully and neatening the edges-withi ves of the moment,” he explained. (white tape. No fur except on the In a flash, there came a vision of sleeves--but I have received in

a lovely frock, very simple save for numerable congratulations on the the sleeves which had the fall effect of my gown. Bishop effect, from elbows to wrints. You may be "emphatic" in the op I bought the material, had it made Posite direction, and cut down lon up accordingly, and I have not realeaves into mere apologies. That grotted it

Is how light-summer frocks "should"

So successful was this venture, be renovated; for very young girls, and so Inexpensive, that I sought "baby" sleeves are good; for the a variation on the same idea. My older woman, sleeves to the elbow next enterprise was the remodell- For the evening dress, [ing of a last season's black geor- aleeves are the last word, 10 | gette frock with a "tímid", style of them to the lace or chiffon fre

sleeve......・ Something more emphatje and be happy

By J. MILLAR WATT.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

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