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Aug,

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Aug.

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1934.

The Woman's Page

Fashion For Brides

Movie Actress, Sets

New Vogue.

: Marian Marsh will probably set a new fashion for spring brides with the lovely ensemble she wears for her wedding in "Love at Second Sight."

eut on long

'Her gown of lace flowing lines, with dress and train

all in one. The waist is encircled by a loose steel girdle, and the neck and wrists are trimmed vandyke points of lace.

with

The most original part of the tol- lette is the veil. This is worn off the face and fitted closely to the head with a network of pearls, while a circular eye veil covers the eyes and nose, leaving mouth and throat; bare. This veil is made of net, picot-edged with silver, so that it stands out stuffy and does not touch the face,

So that it might photograph bet- ter, the whole ensemble was carried out in pale blue.

Six Bridesmaids

The six bridesmaids' dresses were replicas of the bride's, and their heads were covered with tiny skull caps made of the same lace, touched here and there with pearls.

There was one small page boy who wore a long coat of blue satin-and carried a silver staff to which three flilies were tled.

MERCURY WINGS OF RHINESTONE

SHORT SKIRTS ARE

RETURNING

Predicted By Paramount Fashion Designer.

LEG AND ANKLE TRIMMING

The skirt length prediction for spring and summer, 1934, accord. ing to Travia Banton, Paramount fashion designer, is short. Quite short! Almost back to the flapper- short-age!

We shall see what we shall see when spring rolls around. It seems too quick à jump from ankle length to knee. But, then, where woman and her wayward fancy are concerned you never can tell.

If it comes to pass that the girls | will be little gîria again by spring, | don't blame us for not tipping you

off to the leg and ankle trimming need. Under those lengthened skifts you may have got a bit careless and let the calf thicken.

If the short skirt prediction comes true, you may be sure that even better ankles will be demanded than in the last short skirt era. The reason? Well, women have gone a long way in other beautify- ing directions since that flapper

ora.

Their hair, makeup, hands and silhouettes have been in the pro- Mercury wings of rhinestones cessing of polishing and improv were flaunted recently in the golden ing until they're pretty nearly bob of Thelma Todd. They give a perfection. No less will be re- finishing touch to any evening tol-quired of the ankle turn and the

leg symmetry. let.

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but sur readers are warned to look out for occasional phenotie spelling.. such as harbor, plow, and altho.

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113

18

22

126

20

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HORIZONTAL 1-Plesaure

12.1

12

STEEL HAT PINS

Old-fashioned steel hat pins re-

21turn to the mode s Fin D'Orsay wears them on a dramatic black satin sallor hat in "Going Holly- wood." Two steel hat pins

Aug.

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FOR MANILA

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Aug.

are

Hakozaki MaruTM

17 crossed at the exact front of her hat

Pros. Grant

17

+

Empress of Canada

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FOR SHANGHAI

to form an interesting and decidedly different accent for the tailored costume.

Aug.

Hakozaki Maru

17

Pree. Grant

Hakozaki Maru

17

24

DRESSY EVENING GOWN

Empress of Canada

Practically every dressy evening

gown has its train, not too long,

18 but lying just far enough on the

20 ground to add cachet. This is as

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23 true of organdle frocks as it is of

25 flowered crepes. One must admit

It gives them a real party look.

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&-Agitates g-Worthless dog 10-Mistake 11-Organ of hearing. 13-Native of Genoa 18-The root of the

mouth (pl.)

[HORIZONTAL (Cont.) VERTICAL (Cont.) 144-To make amende for 15-The green planta on |45-One who makes

codea

which animale feed 14-0tri's name

46-Rallway eating oara 16-Device for lifting

48-Wisdom 50-Leaned

62–Tradere

63

haval officer

(abbr.)

18-Never quiet .⠀ 15-To cease from hetlen 64-Drunkard 20-A long, alender plece 56- lettor

of wood (pl.)

66-Taut 21-Valuable breed of 57-A Ruslan 6th

cattis in England

22-Removed the pits

from

24-Calmly

26-Parched

27-A town In' France

29-To tos again

St-Distributed

38-Joors

(PL)

VERTICAL

17-Old English spelling

of stay

21-Danis (Obs.)

23-Small candle 24-Killed

25-Lawful

29-Plural of setu

30-Rusa

32-Cavalrymen

88-nabarke

34-Flowing from a

SOURCE

1-Dark blotch on the 35-Force air noially

aun

2-An electrically.

charged particle

3-Seeded again

4-Lock of hair

36-The first month of 5-Mep

the Hobrow

38-Owna.

calendar.

6-Trapper

7-Argued

B-A thin satin

|12-Rasidence (åbbr.)

40-Native of Armenia | 9-A letter

42-A rainfall

- through the nostrils

37-Country In Atla

38-Equipment of a

draft-animal

39-8tings around 41-Inaarta [43-Trial venture 148-A military student [47-Suffix: same an 11

49-Crowns (abbr.). 51-Female deer

The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's leaus,

THE LATEST COLOURS FOR JEWELS

Coffee And Brown,

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

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A HEAR DASH DEED ELA TES OLD PAINT RAT RE HAMMERS LE EALEC E CATGA STARZO REMISS

At the moment one's jewels, to be correct, must be brown. If you cannot afford a necklace of umber, preferably in plaque form sat in large linke flat, square or oval in shape, you must buy one in stained and polished wood, with, possibly, large or small pearls strung between the wooden windows. The beads are graduat- plaques. The newest artificialed, with the largest in the centre. pearls are in deep rich-looking One design had brown beads coffee-coloured creams or browns.illed with white, orange, red and For a change, your necklace green water. Another design, for may be made of clear glass globe use with a cruising frock, had a beads filled with coloured waters blue clasp in the form of an an- a fashion tpired, surely by the chor, and in 'its contre globe a tiny bottles of coloured water display fish of scarlet and blue enamel ed in old-world chemists' shop floated.

Bringing Up Father.

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