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LA GRANDE SAISON OF 1933.
Paris Prepares For Sunny Days.
The Grande Saison, which begins | Immediately after Lent, and lasts until the spectacular week of racing in June, is one of the greatest elegance and social activity.
All Paris, and that includes the smart foreign population, has re- turned from the Riviers, or has ar- rived from America.
Managements of concert halls put on their most impressive concerts, the opera and theatres are thronged with smartly gowned women and their escorts.
Keeping Youthful Looks At 40
Care Needed In Choice Of Gowns
Some Simple Rutes
In reply to a recent statement frocks which are so completely un- that the fashionable age for mar-suited to one's own needs, and yet
among women Was At the Ritz, Claridges, and other ringe
25. mannequins at shows are young and smart hotels and tea-rooms, there "Punch" asks, "At what age does alim, and the illustrations one sees is a constant coming and going of the modern woman reach 25?" elegantly dressed clients.
The races
Miso
We interview dozen of candidates,
Take A Luxury Bath
*
Salts.
THE NEW FLARING
COAT.
Interpreted In Various
Lengths...
An interesting trend is the move- ment toward back fulness in coats [of every kind. Particularly among
the younger women, there is a great) deal of interest in coats, both long, knee-length and waist-length, in which pleats are introduced in the back, or fullness is introduced · fa}| other ways.
Frequently, these coats are made on a circular yoke, flaring smartly joutward from this line, or falling in straight and very new lines. Length is also important.
While the majority of coats ar Make Your Own Bath still long, there is a noticeable ten-{ dency to interpret them in various, lengths.
One very amart costume was scen Is your bath just a duty-a mere at the races at Chantilly, of thin perfunctory soap and water scrub? blue wool, cut on the straight lines Or do you get real pleasure and that are so smart this season and benefit from it? Softened, perfum-worn with a short flaring jacket of ed water is such ant inexpensive blue and white check. luxury these days that every woman The jacket was hip length, andị should indulge in it for her health's the wide sleeves were the fashion- sake and reap the benefit in a re-able seven-eighths length. freshed and invigorated feeling.
are mostly renowned beauties, so' The answer to that is that in that we older women do not get as are patronised more point of figure, some women never much help through these channels than ever ut this season. The pass the age, while others never ex- as other people.
Do not be discouraged. It is couturiers have always sent their perience it. It la not unusual these chic-est mannequins to the races days to see girls in their teens with just a question of giving plenty of her mother thought beforehand, as one would in the newest and most striking 38 inch busts, while
of the when engaging some one for a job. costumes, but society of many lands probably is the possessor
We take the greatest care when congregates at Longchamps, school-girl figure. and Chantilly to see and be seen. However, in spite of diets and we want some one to work for us
Paris has been unusually for daily dozens, many forms continue so why not when we want new Lunate this apring, in having more to spread after the age of 40, and it clothes?
į than the average number of brills then that a woman needs to be
Bath salts may be make at home liantly sunny days, always an in-more careful than her slimmer ask them endless questions, and
quite easily. Good Boda crystals centive for smart dressing.
sisters regarding her gowns and apply for references.
jare very cheap and may be bought Well, then, let us do the same for at most of the multiple chemists, our new outfit. Interview plenty of Borax crystals cost a little more, dresses at shows in shops in or but are well worth the extra outlay. Being well over 40 myself in age sketch form. But-and that is the Spray the crystals with a little and measure-1 realize how diffi-crux-do let us look at everything water-colour dye, add a few drops cult it really is for the older and from the angle of whether it will of oil of lavender, verbena, or any larger woman
choose her suit our figures and personalities. other perfume which you prefer, Designs from all the leading allow them to stand for a while to a room which cannot be shaded We go to dress shows: we gaze fashion houses are illustrated with- absorb colour and scent, and dry in keep a green eye-shade near your in shop windowe: we see miles of a few weeks of their creation, a cool oven before bottling. pillow and slip it on when you materials, and yet we "do not know first wake. You will gain many what to do about our new clothes." hours' extra sleep during the It is depressing rather than help- Summer.
ful to see lovely girls in diaphanous
a good profile.
SUMMER
SLEEP
their cut.
One woman who confesses, to 40 in age and measures says:~-~
If you sleep on a verandah or in clothes.
to
TO-DAY AT THE CENTRAL JAN KIEPURA
THE GREATEST TENOR SINCE
CARUSO IN'
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GAY as a French Love Affair
Tantalizing as a Midnight Rendezvous Electrifying
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SIM DESTINATIONAL BUT
It's as differtat From my picturs that's gone before as yesterday in
from tomorrow. It's thy' nus endly
new note that's been struck on the ** piram since the odvest of tallées.
F YOU LOVE LIFE.
DON'T MESS I
THE PICTURE THAT ALREADY, IS
THE TALK OF THE TOWN,
A GAUMONT BRITISH - UFA SPECIAL,
This
MOISTENING FACE CREAM
but we must ask ourselves if what Perfuined oatmeal may be achiev- we admire la suited to the job for ed for a few pence, also.
want it. One does not makes the bath water delightfully which we engage a cook just because she has soft. Put a pound of the oatmeal Should vanishing-cream become into a large jar, and add to it a few dry moisten it with some scent and drops of verbena or citron of The mix it well; it will become quite Get a reference-by finding out if oatmeal costs fourpence; an ounce fresh again. the design is one copied or adopted of the oil, sixpence. from a really good model.
Choice of Dress.
The Way To It.
Do not hurry over a bath.
The
: If one will remember a few simple rules it should be easy to best time to take it is before the ļavold unbecoming and unsuitable
clothes.
evening meal, when the work and If one is short, clearly any lines worries of the day ought to be over which may
detract from, length and an hour or so of relaxation can must be shunned. Don't wear frills, he looked forward to. horizontal lincs-so chic on the tall, and slim-or too many trimmings! of any kind.
conceal a
Soft, floating scarves multitude of china.
When we are definitely "outsize"
Have the water quite warm, and soften it well with oatmeal or, bath- ¡Balts. Lie in it for a few minutes
the water well covering the body, (and relax thoroughly.
Then use plenty of good soap, ap-
we obviously cannot wear large plying it with the hands or with a flexible bath brush with loop enda. patterned materials or flounces or Rinse off the soap and relax again waist belts or sashes. We must
And long lines for our styles and in the warm, soothing water. indefinite patterns for materials.
After a thorough rub down with our |a soft bath towel, take a piece of cotton wool and go all over the skin! (with bath-eau de Cologne or laven-
der water,
APPLYING HAIR TONIC ·
During the war ships were made to appear twice their size or half ships at all, by "dazzle-painting." which was entirely a matter of "line,." What can be done to ships with paint can be done to dress by "cut," and the Dreadnought type of woman can quite easily look, like a When applying oil or tonie to "light cruiser" if only she will give the hair use a small oil-can, which will squirt the oil right to the jehough thought to her clothes,
Another thing. Do let us get our scalp and obviate greasing the faces right. The expression I mean. hands. Then with a small brush Just look at all the faces one sees distribute, the tonic evenly and
many look work it into the scalp.
In
omnibus, So zn worried
and angry, and it just
spoils everything.
Try Smiling.
loses one's lingerie, or the butcher -One simply can't wear an dye veil sends chops instead of steak, but it with a scowl, or the newest big bow cannot be worth an extra wrinkle. under one's "chin with the corners Let us try smiling with eyes -as- of one's mouth all furned down! well as lips every time we want to We all have worries and irrita- frown. Would not the world be a tions, but so often we exaggerate brighter place, and would not our the importance of small things. choice of dress stand a greater
It is annoying when the laundry chance of success?".
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but
our renders are warned to look out for occasional phonetic
spelling, such as harbor, plow, and alibo,
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SILK STOCKINGS,
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HORIZONTAL
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8-Paper measure (pl) 10-Japanese coin 11-An Insect 12-Part of the body 14-A Grecian mother 16–A pastry B
17-Burns with a hot
fiquld 18-Robe
21-Withers
22-Natisnes
28-Takes the apoid of
27-Engilah novallat
31-Graft by appronaḥ 35-0wher
34-Terminata
35-Very fast..
16-A-color.
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Air 33-Evil
40-A coreal grass (E. Ind.) 41-Former Aussian
rulers |42-A naval officer
(abbr.) 4t Timid
VERTICAL
1-Has been
2-Reforme
3-Boy's name
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VERTICAL (Cont.) 9-A happy expression 12-Farm animal 13-Deface
15-A lump of butter 16-A letter 18-One afflicted with a
dread 'disease 20-Retleves 23-Blad 24-The Inside 25-Angry [26–A shield
27-An edible root |28-Attorney (abbr) | 21-A college official
(PL)
(30-Eagle, Y
4-Homeless wanderers 22-A rodent (pl.)
B-Dogmae
6-Dins
J-Power
83-Eectmes blurred
37-To grow old.
39-A negative vote
The solution of the above with a new eroas-word puzzle will
appear in Monday's issue,
Bringing Up Father...
THAT YOUNG LADY, WHO IS - VISITINĖ ME DAUGHTER IS A "BEAUTY-E MUST DRESS UP
FER DINNER"
I HEAR HER, FOOT-1 SHES READY FER DINNER-EARLY-
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HUH?
MR-JIGGS-WILL YOU TELL HOUR- DAUGHTER THAT,
I'VE BEEN INVITED TOGO HORSE-BACK RIDING
· AND ALSO TO DINNER?
FOR GOODNESS SAKE WHAT'S COME OVER "YOU? ALL DRESSED UP AND PLAYING SOLITAIRE-
ALL THE SWELLS AT THE CLUE DO, [ITANI WANT
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