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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 4, 1988.

Straws Are In

Straws in the wind! This sum- mer is going to be straw seasons in millinery, which trend is one of the many style facets that reflect the 90-s, when to wear, felt in winter and straw in summer was a fas-

hion axiom.

Of course the tradition has not been taken over bodily. The tailor- ed casual hats of felt are more than usually attractive in shape, draping and pastel tones and off-shades. Then there are such fads and fan- cies as turbans of silk jersey, and chiffon jersey, often in' Roman stripes, and of India silk and strip- ed or ombre crepes. Some of them wear scarfs that twist around the neck and shoulders, and others are sold with matching detached scarfs. Satin, suede and leather also poke their faces into the pic- ture, sometimes forming entire hats but more often satisfied to crown a straw brim or a visor.

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THESE PREDOMINATE

Nevertheless, as has been said, it

is a straw season, and one in which

LANDSCAPED BONNETS

Although the first hats intro- duced featured stitching, tucking, drapery, appliques, quills, what

The 1938 Sailor-or One of Them-Translated From the Gib- son Girl Idiom..

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They rise, in other words from the Dark or neutral colours are the centre-top of the plateau. Of course natural foil for brilliant flowers. this is not invariably their pobe; Black, brown, beige, burnt wheat, one may see them, too, when crown biscuit, navy, yuan-blue, are excel- and brim are differentiated, direct-lent back-grounds, and certain ly in front or at the left side. There colours prevail among certain is also considerable under-brim shapes-such as burnt wheat in a trimming and a cluster of flowers Merry Widow sailor. Copper, red- may form a deep bandeau.'

tan, Bordeaux, and purple are also modish colours and can be harmon- naturalistic and iously combined with certain flow- many of them very large, and theyers, fruits and plumage to produce are combined into bouquets of soft, subtle effects.

Flowers are

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

contours and many colours," with which wheat is sometimes mixed and also soft bows of velvet ribbon in muted colours. Hat pins have been brought back, although` with bobbed hair their usefulness ex- cept as ornaments, is nil. They wear large, stone-encrusted heads and are sheathed. Veils are every- where. A good deal of coarse-

When quilting or making many mesh is used and the circular, buttonholes, often the thread knots shape, so easy for an amateur to and causes delay and inconveni- drape, tends to be replaced by rect-ence. To avoid this, I put spool of angular pieces.

PREVENTS KNOTTY THREAD

thread in small container and melt enough paraffin to cover the thread. Coarse mesh is used also for Then I boil it for seven minutes, deep bandeaux. Ribbon tied in remove and let it dry for several swallow-tail bows at the back of hours before using.

(Mrs.) H. P. J., Idalho.

the head is one of the most decora-|· tive of the wind-repellant attach- ments. Chin straps are for those AN IDEA FOR A SUMMER CAMP who like them. They are made of ribbon, leather, and, in the case of Save the caps from beverage bot- felt or fabric hats, of self-material. tles and cover a heavy board, the They are frequently carried quite a size of a door mat, with these caps, the rough and lustrous types pre- is blooming be the sub-tropics is distance up the body of the hat, on turned rough side up, and placed dominate over the sheers. Among flower gardens. And these, on our the outside, and in the case of side by side in rows. Drive a nail so through the centre of each cap. This those present are Tuscan and Jum-landscaped bonnets, are frequent-tailored felts they are often

ly perched on the site of that placed as to compress the brim ät makes a good scraper for shoes. bo-Tuscan; Baku and hand-woven

eminence which was once a-crown, each side. Shantung-Baku; Panama and Paper-Panama; Milan, Toyo, Avila, Picot, Paillosson, and also straw braids.

The great story in hats, however,

is not their materials, not even the gardens that bloom on them nor the brilliance of the flowers, but the planes and angles of their basic structure, their chin straps,___ban_| deaux and snoods-essential for head-gripping with the current shapes and the placement of their trimming.

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CROWNS SUPPRESSED

Although the off-the-face silhou- ette has survived and wears great halo or shovel brims, the new sil- houette is flat arid worn tilted over one eye. Crowns are either sup- pressed or less often-exaggerat- ed. When exaggerated they tower to incredible heights on "flower pots," pokes and sombreros; when suppressed it is done in such amaz- ing ways that it leaves a sense of their presence and one thinks a great deal about them! Absent from the disc, laid low under the salad- bowl brim, flat and ineffectual on the sailor, also shallow on the Wat- teau, rising not us structure but as decoration, diminutive and pyra- midal, from the top-centre of the bumper-edged saucer, or the mush- room, or behind the upward and forward thrust of the boat brim, they are important whether grotes qued, absent or diminished! More- over, their normal position is very frequently stressed by the posi- tion of the trimming.

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little nutmeg sprinkled on porridge is' a great im

provement.

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few grains of rice in salt-cellar before filling with salt and prevent dampness.

(Mrs.) B. N. W., Massachusetts,

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