1938-02-23 — Page 27

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1938.

The Secret of

Glamour

The Old Hollywood Philosopher says, "Look chic by day, glamorous by night!"

But just what is the secret of Glamour after-five? It's then you want that Special Look. The girl

"And if you feel especially tired, try putting pads of cotton dipped in a witch hazel solution on your That will give them a fresh, lively look in no time,

eyes.

"It's only after you've rested that

who looks fascinating under bril- you are ready for your make-up and liant dance floor lights as well as can really do justice to it.” across a candle-lit table for two is the winner every time. But how does she do it?

For instance, when Merle Oberon attends a party she is dressed inter- estingly and in perfect taste.

-MERLE OBERON'S RECIPE

In other words, Merle's recipe for glamourous after-five dressing is: Wear the colour and pictorial style that you like and that suits you best at home.

Wear white when you go formal (if it's becoming).

Wear black for restaurant dining and dancing. (But she combines it, as a rule, with a white top).

be

For a Glamourous Make-up, believes that the colour should brighter and lighter than you during the day, and that smooth make-up rests on a smooth founda- tion cream!

Yes, Glamour depends on sparkle. --and sparkle depends on relaxation. FIVE POINTS OF GLAMOUR

There are five points to Glamour, says Max Factor. And each one is very important.

A fresh, clear complexion...

A soft, well-blended make-up that harmonizes exactly with the tones of your skin.

A smart hairdress.

A good posture and a graceful walk.

A buoyant spirit.

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SMART SUIT DRESS. You will be able to get a better idea of Mrs. Whitham's two-piece suit-cdress from this photograph. Note the smart high buttoned-to-the-neck cape with its contrasting brown lining. On the right is Miss Smalley.

WHIPPING KILLS BOY'S RESPECT

1

some-

an

adage Spare the rod

am about to explode an old and understanding, someone to pat and spoil him on the back and commend him the child. lieve in it, and I know, at least one ly he does something good

So many parents befor something he does well. Sure- father who regards it as a rite. He times! Remember the boy has has a fourteen-year-old boy who is inferiority complex - everybody is a pitiful example of the child on down on him. He feels he is 2 whom the rod has not been spared. failure.

Personally, I don't think any make-up in the world is soft and well-blended when it's applied direct- It needs a founda- shely to the skin.

tion cream! That's one of the big use gest glamour secrets we have ever learned from the screen stars they have always used a foundation in their picture roles. And Max Fac- tor, make-up wizard of Hollywood, “Of course,” said Merle, “the first considers it just as important for thing is to relax if it's only for five other women for their street make minutes before you start getting up and as one of their-up and as dressed in the evening. Relax com- one of their "dark secrets!” pletely. Everybody is so busy these days they's almost forgotten how. But the best way to do it is to lie

Whipping does not beat anything It is going to be some job to down and consciously relax each

Slices of salami and liver sausage into a boy. At best it can only build up this boy. It means steady muscle until you feel that every bit garnished with parsley make easily beat something out of him and that work. It means love, praise when of tenseness has left you. Begin prepared hors d'oeuvre. So do olives something is his love, respect and deserved, useful work assigned and by letting the hands go limp, the and sardines, and potato salad.

admiration for the person who accounted for, and praise if well arms, and then the head and back. As an alternative to hors d'oeuvre, beats him. You cannot do a thing done. It means a little earned al- Relax mentally too. For those five grape fruit, cut in half and properly with 2 boy through. the word lowance. It means a smile. minutes drop all thoughts even prepared, or grape fruit cocktail,|"don't,” but you can do everything It means everything! Who can gay ones!

They can excite you and which can be prepared with either by the word "do.” -

keep on living while being kicked make you grow tense again.

the fresh or canned fruit, are good. What the boy needs is sympathy around? None of us!

HORS D'OEUVRE

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1 I could go on and on waxing er to right hem, leaving the right enthusiastic if I were to mention shoulder comparatively plain ex-all the winners I picked, but the cept for miniature rosettes of the lack of space compels me to end same flowers interspersed here here.

First

parents when baby takes his first steps. Soon he will have

I might add, however It is a red-letter day for and there? Over it she wore a that I saw Mrs. Duclus there, and left babyhood behind and some gray coat and did good justice to among others Mrs. Morse, Mrs. of the worries attend- a black skull cap, it's crown made D. B. Evans, Mrs. T. V. Harmon, ant

upon his early of scraps of felt cut "all-same" Mrs. A. M. Braude, Pamela Scott-months will be lifted -feathers, with veil.

Harston, the Misses Betty and from parents should-

ers. Beryl Fair, Girlie Glendinning, I was very struck by the black Violet Bradbury, Mrs. W. Trisks of health upsets But, remember, the wool. gown worn by Mrs. M. Stanton, Vivian Blackburn, Miss

are as great as ever, Sternberg. Her tall, svelte figure Smalley and Mrs. Haggard. He will be running carried off the clinging lines of Believe me, girls, it was a close about getting over- the skirt to perfection, I thought frace and as far as I am concern-heated The material was new, too - aled, ended in a dead heat! raised cut-away design, and her

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