-Reverting to the Mexican and Spanish, we have this picturesque black taffeta coat over a black lace...] gown. The wrap is made with flattering big sleeves, and is fitted at the waist, the wide skirt cascad- ing to the floor în' graceful folds. Margo, of the stage and screen, is the model..
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1937.
New Colour Is Hard On Make-Up
The return to style of beige, bones-not too near your nose and, vivid this spring. Brush and brush about which we haven't heard much never, never dragged down below your hair until it shines and glows for several seasons, calls for special the imaginary line from corners of in the sun,
lips makeup. Fashionable as it is, this mouth to tips of ears. If you have Replenish lipstick often, so shade is likely to drain every bit difficulty obtaining a smooth effect, always will look full and healthy of colour from your face. Also, try brushing your forefinger across and alluring. Keep your face clean! unless your hair is coal black, real a bit of cold cream before you dip And don't put layers of fresh make- up on over stale. Be a glamour lady gold
red, it in the rouge pot. "or honest-to-goodness beige tends to make it appear Д Really set your powder. Experts-spic and span and femininely al- bit drab.
agree that it should be pressed on luring.
piece of clean Therefore, just as important as lavishly (with a the lovely beige ensemble, with an cotton), allowed to set, then the ex- extra set of accessories for good cess whisked off with the measure, are cosmetics to make your side of the cotton. skin look glowingly alive.
BE GLAMOROUS!
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Oiled-Silk Crtains
Unless treated with special' care, oiled-silk curtains soon tear at the
Think of rouge first of all, try- Get a shade that gives your com top, where there is usually a line of which weakens the ing this bright shade and that un-plexion an irridescent sparkle. Rosy-stitching, til you find a perfect one for your toned powder counteracts the dull strength of the material. One way skin. The trend, seems to be to-flat yellowish light which beige gen-to ward bluish and purplish red tones erally throws upward -away from orangish types.
strengthen this part is over your to attach a narrow strip of adhesive face and chin.
plaster to the back of the stitching. HIGH ON CHEEKBONES
Incidentally, although one usually It will then stand the pulling and Once you have found 2 cream thinks of brown with beige, don't will be less likely to tear. A pale- be hardly rouge that harmonizes with the co-get a brown-hat if you are inclined coloured plaster would
the lour your cheeks become after vio-to be sallow. Navy or black are noticeable and would prolong lent exercise or light pinchings with smart as brown, and much easier life of the curtains themselves. Cur- tains which have already been torn fingertips, do learn to get it on corto wear next to the face. rectly.
Whether you plan to buy beige can be mended successfully with the It should be kept high on cheek-lor not, make up your mind to look adhesive plaster.
AVOID STITCH CONFUSION ·
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Upon a happy choice of stitches much of the success of embroidery depends, and yet, unless there some piece of work fairly constant- ly in hand, stitches which are fami- liar have a way of retreating to the back of the mind. To counter this it is a good plan to make a little
sampler, informal stitch
not to formal stitch sampler, not to frame out but to keep handy amongst the sewing things, so that it may serve to jog one's memory. Over indulgence in stitch variety in a piece of embroid- ery, especially if combined with the use of many colours, gives that rest- less look which should always be avoided, but, on the other hand, there is usually one stitch that expresses better than another what is wanted, that gives the broken surface or the- smooth light-catching surface, the, flowing line or the interrupted, one, the crisply emphasized outline or the softer, that tends to merge into the background.
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"A" small sampler does not attempt to give a comprehensive range
of stitches, but it does supply a fair working "vocabulary," although na- turally every needlewoman's · Voca-: bulary "differs. One may turn satin-stitch on every possible occa- mon whereas another knowing too well the ragged edges that would result in her case, goes all out for hatton holding in ag or other of its many, varieties,
About £14,000,000 is to be spent dur- ing the next 10 years by the Greek Government on road construction and land-reclamation worka, part of which vill be undertaken by British contrac- tors:
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