TABU
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1948.
Woman Today
the forbidden perfume
DESIGNS
FOR TODAY
Dana
Sale Distributors:
C. CORDON & CO., (HK) LTD.
311 YORK BLDG.
TEL. 26244
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR
EVENINGTM GOWNS FOR THE APPROACHING FESTIVE SEASON, THEY ARE ALL OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES BY
POPPY CRABBE
SPECIALIST IN MATERNITY WEAR
•
ORDERS NOW TAKEN FOR .EVENING DRESSES.
3. Minden Avenue, Off Minilen
DAY COCKTAIL AND ALSO SUITS.
load, Medy Road, Kowloon. Telephone: 58634
ROUTINE FOR BEAUTY BY
Helena Rubinstein
NIGHT Far normal or dry ski
оводная with PASTHURISED PACE CREAM SPECIAL. Papetrates deeply into the port, remove dirrand impurities, follow with PERFECTION CREAM, Thứ rich, nourishing blend of herbal essences starte working for beauty the latent you put is on, banishing time lines and dryness,
MORNING for normal skins apply SKIN CLEARING CREAM, not only whiten the skin but stiimfries and whips up the circula tion, banishing all trace of dulinen and allwners,
Brace the ski with SKIN
TONING 19HION, Ines the pores and leaves a smooth, freth suface for owke-up. The perfect quick day cleanser
Sale Agents
A. S. WATSON & CO. LTD.
Chater Rd,
Alexandra Bldg.,
Tel. 31281
Sunkist
ORANGES
RICHER JUICE-FINER FLAVOUR
MORE VITAMINS
SOLE AGENTS:-
HÀNG TẠI Ở FUNES 1.
Kaysmally Buliding
Telephone 23490
TAI HANG JEWELLERY Wholesalers of CUT-DIAMONDS
Sale Agents for
Liberty Diamond Cutting Works (Pty) Ltd.
Johannesburg, South Africa."
Bank of fast' Aziz' Bldg,
ki Wibar, Room 707,
Hand Kong.
ABOVE: Topper cont. smart for all occasions. The material is wool coating in shades of gun, horseshow- red,
ilme saxe-blue und Kreen.
MIDDLE: Smart one- plece frock with white pique collar and cuffs. The ma- terial is lightweight wool boucle in silver-grey, sage- green, anxe-blur, nigger- brown and navy.
RIGHT: New design for
a maternity sult. The ma- terial is a lightweight wool in shades of silver-grey, sage-green, nigger-brown and navy.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF
The Christian Science Monitor. Making the most of yourself, showing off the per- fections of a protty figure or disguising the faults of a less perfect one, will be easy during the months to come.
Beauty
Board
The beauty board is a brand new ald, to figure beauty and good health that is creating a good deal of interest overscos.
Just a ordinary length of plant with a foothold at vire end.
is user to scourage
bily flexibility, better circulation, and to relieve the tension caused by
L
a constantly upright position.
A 10 to 15 minute work-out a ciny or the beauty board is sit that in required, I will prob
bly take several tries to reach the daily maximum stretch, with deep and even breathing.
MODE ELITE
ALWAYS FIRST WITH ALL THAT'S NEW
AGAIN BRINGS YOU 200 parcels of outstanding FİNER AMERICAN WOMENWEAR in the following:-
MAGNIFICENT FUR COATS,' WRAPS, STOLES BEAUTIFUL WOOLEN COATS, SUITS, TOPPERS, in "ZIP-LINERS" and "CONVERTI! LË”
LUXURIOUS FUR TRIMMED COATS, TOPPERS, FOUR-PIECE CO-ORDINATED ENSEMBLES, LUSH WORSTED PLAID, CORDUROY CLASSICS, DISTINCTIVE FORMALS for cocktail, dinner, dancing, bridal wear.
GLAMOROUS DAYTIME CLASSICS,: COCKTAIL BLOUSES AND SKIRTS
GORGEOUS KOSTESS PYJAMAS FRETTY QUILTED ROBES
LOVELY HOLLYWOOD DESIGNÉd toppers,
FAMOUS EVANS AND GLENNY'S PURSES in silky súedes, call-kins, ferts, corde, worsted brandulath, antelope, snakeskins, -over 1000 Justword styles exclusively designed by New Yorli artists, FAMOUS RHYTHM STEP AND PENALJO SHOĖS–so beautiful and comfortable for wear.
FAMOUS DELTA'S FINER JEWELLERY--first seen in Hong- kong.
The beauty board needs to th between 5 and 0ft, according Today our finer clothes collection is really without peer in your height, about 1251, Hongkong. Seeing is believing! We charge "GENUINE WHOLE- 15in, wide, with astrop cleated SALE PRICES" to any clients who buy "WHOLE WARDROBE“
under which both from us. In one end,
Contact out Amy, Cella or Anna for quantily pur- feet are hooked in ceriain ex- chaxes. We guarantee that our "WHOLESALE PRICES"
erelses where they nerd grounded firmly,
are
to be 107% less than the samething retailed In America by top Fifth Avenue shops which "SPECIĀLIZE" the same Justword women-
One end of the board is placer wear as we are doing.
on a box or some other fem base i
at on elevation of about fifteen aches to start with.
TODAY'S BARGAINS:-
With use, and as body muscles Imber up, the board ay bu progressively raised higher.
Here are some simple exorasen. For The Middle Muscles:
The Bit Up: Lle with feet point- ing w the rutsent enl, securely
strap. Now 100 English and American topcoats in pretty solids and plaide placed tlaker round the buck und sit up, reach- available only at 380 and $130 each. ing forward! to touch the toes, it 100 rieb Gage furfelt hats at $25 each
Die GENUINE AMERICAN SUPERB SILVER FOX STOLE at $350 possible, without knees. Roll back and repeat the TENUINE CANADIAN SUPERB SILVER FOX STOLE at $100
AMERICAN BEAVER MOUTON TOPCOAT at $850 inovement, exhaling foteibly a you sit up.
100 PAIR MANFIELD'S SUEDE PUMPS AT $45 one pair. 300 FAIR AMERICAN ALLIGATOR CALF SHOES sizes 5 to 9 only available at $40 one pair.
300 Brand New American leather bags and alligator calf hars
with rich details at $50 and 800 each. 100 Corduroy Jackets at $28 mnch.
150 pale Anierican black suede shoes at $45 oun pair sires 5 to 9 avaliable,
bending
This exercise may be varied in exertion according in whether the urms are held down at the skies, clasped behind the work, or full stretch overhead. The must complete form of the exercise t with the hands behind the head, turning the trunk to right and left on each alternate repetition, touching the left elbow to the right knee, the right elbow to the left knee.
MODE ELITE
Direct Importers of Better Exclusive Fashions for Wholesale and Retail.
22 Queen's Road C. Tel. 24052.
Reverse Bit Up: The heal in now towards the raised end, with the hands holding the sites 'bi the board beside the head, the coming winter and provides many perfret position for leg-raising novel ideas for the use of those movements which tone and re- fur scraps which the provident duce the abdomen. woman has been harbouring Beginners should start by alter- against a "rainy day."
nately bending the knees, bring- Wool is amazingly popular Zoring them up close to the chest, evening wear, and many Houses As strength
volse both grows, show fina wool jersey evening legs together. trocks, while Jeanne Lelaurie hos Further advanced, raise each turned to overeantings, heavy as leg singly, Iteeping the timis quite MASON'S
dinner-at- straight. Finally. rake both straightheld legs together. By not quite letting the heels touch the board between upswings the effect is further intensified,
Following upon a season during which every woman of fashion knew that only a full-skirted frock based upon the "new look" was expected of her,
Lor rugk inotoring home dresses handled on Empire we are now about to enter a period in which she
lines, Elsewhere shimmering; is free to choose what suits her best.
we and the same broadcloth is used freely for din There are at least 10 different this season.
as to moulded silhouette Silhouettes from which
that beer frocks, often of tonging to the Directoire period, bend and sequin embroidery or house and the variations
banded with soutache benid Theat
alinost unlimited, but this is seamed or dictated by colours, trimmings, above the knees from which fall introduces wool jersey in a dress
are
and choice of material. There are of course about four major ines: others merely introduce the individunt ideas
ifferent designers.
of the
The Empire slhouette is that which provides the most obvious trademark of autumn and win- Er 1948-49. Paquin has made
ature of this line. The new ich waist and the back-fullness, falling from a point just below the shoulder hidrs, is allied to helps to kilful entting which mould the Agure and thus el- stale that nightdress appeur- ance so easily accepted as an in- terpretation of Empire Influence.
The very opposite outline is believed by houses which have favoured sĺndly moulded Diree- toira frocks. Robert Piguet, Jae-| ques Grifle, and Jarques Fath introduce dresses so tightly fitted they often have to be sinshed up one skle to allow their wearer to walk.
Short Trains
An ultra smart sult in cheak twead by Dorville demons- trates fashion's favourite fabric: for the winter.
Also, it is not uncommon to lind such skirts developing into short trains, to be caught up over the left orn: in art cllective drapery, Many of these dresses, whether Empire or Directoire, own to contrasting bodices, some flaring fullness in a lamp-shade draped in different muferjal, | others richly embroidered.
Passing on to standing line which has captured the attention of many designers
another out-
Renommée
trimmed with
For Hips, Thighs, Legs:
Back Stretch: From the same
starting position raise both legs together, swinging them in a wide circle from left
O.K.
SAUCE
to right, then Piquant' & Appetising
On the other hand, Jean Desses where the supple fullness falling from the hips is drawn in round the knees with a broad torsade back again from right to left, A
In the start the knees may be bent, twint of material tied bow at the back. Besides this but as control grows keep the
there lugs stiff. stubby oblong silhouette,
-Front. Stretch! Now turn over ard many lines which dip or
on the plunge at the back.
face, gripping the board sides, Alternately raiso straight legs backwards as high as posui- ble without arching the body.
The relaxation regime, ní course, is simply to ease tension, Woman's oldest manufactured ant will neither farm muscles nor beauty rid, according to Max condlifon flesh, Factor, Jr., is mascara, This ma- terial is known to have been
IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU
IMPROVED
TRY THIS
compounded by the Egyptians at 11⁄2 cups tinued unsweetened
least as far back as 4,000 B. C.
And,
inspection of feminine pineapple juice, two tablespoons lemon juice, three drops. Worces portraits of that time, us presenter sauce, can white, crushed ed by wall paintings in recently ice, two 12 oz bottles dry ginger unearthed tombs, leads one to ale.
tund
suspect that the glamour girls of F'ince all ingredients. except Ancient Egypt were highly cone the ginger ale, in a cocktail parable with those of today in shaker er screw-tep jar that many of than were apparent shake thoroughly. Add chilled ly inclined to apply their muscura ginger ale and serve in cocktail considerably more heavily than is glasses. Suttlelent for 12 serv-
ings. artistically, advisable.
Crim Temple.
A Suitable Greeting
movement, swishing about the foot and often developing toto a at the back, and occasionally with simple greeting make a present. fanlike sweep, trailing the ground I consider a neat sketch and My father and I live together Baring fullness in the back only, abic Christmas card.
and I am out at work all day. A friend A wi la Velug a perfect
TOS-
os favoured by Pierre Balmmini prefers a beribboned and vivid nuisance- "dropping in" on 715. Several designers have turnedly illustrated four-paga folder. Fue been positively rude, but to the East for their effects, al- This promptà me to ask you still she comes. My father is lowing themselves to be influ- whether one should choose çards | not in, the logat interested, and so enced by the glamour of the In-1.to reflect one't own arbatle jakie is left on my hands. dian woman's classical war, the laste or to satisfy the intended I wouldn't mind if she were Chinese woman's
and embroidered recipient's idea of what a card sociabia
pleasant, even tunie with its high, tight collar should be.ADAM.
though she 30 much older band, or the long flowing siteven
than I am, but honestly she's of the Japanese kimono,
It is surely not the card but "anything but." She's ploom, sending of it that must full of herself, and hardly ever All the glamour of the East is your
without having had a revived by the lavish Jewellery pleases people.. Being remember- leaves shown with, most drekes:
ed by you, rocelving your good weep, By the time she goes. I plendent puste necklaces, ropes of wishes, is the maily, happy signifeel an absolute tureck. If you pearls, and strings of beads are cance of the card. So it must can give me some advice as in Knotted in satire after the hari-have something of you. In it.ot to treat her type I should ner of Paul Poiret at the height |
be extremely grateful, T. C. M. It should be what you like and It's a typ the self-opgrossed- of his success,
what you choose because it is to on whom hints, and even positive your taste. If you choose some- rudeness, dissolve uselessly; a-
Pearls are without exception { think will please; your · friend, work all day, have every just.. the smartest ornaments for all isn't there an element of con- Dcution for self-protection. It
doesn't daytime occasions, and you may descension ințit.
make sense that you vary them to include strings of The man who chooses his own should be tired out out like this bronze or gunmetal bends worn card (printed), as he docs his Getting Her qut is some job. in several casual, loops about the suits and festo go with his Then why let her, in? "No far- personalityhus, the right, idea. ther than the door" is your re- Emeralds, rubles, and above it, he is sending different cards to medy. On your own threshold all-diazworld-pastelowallcar, different people, be con, conalar you have the alluation at your blaze a way into the fashion plc- the suitablity of the appearance command. You can give her a ture and provide the necessary and the wording in macină din tow minutes and then, “having folien GF-gimusten? in certalle quito custances, but in whatever cife- many thing to do.” ~* sny` your simple black dresses.
goty it is still his chatte, some-Brisk and pleasant "Good-night" Fur is not unusual as a trim- thing ha himself likes and ap and close the door. You just have mning on evening-frocks by the proves.
to`Ed not only firm but definitoì-
dresses Smarter Ornaments thing you dislike, but which you type against whom you, out at
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This delicious sauce i not only a fine Tonli but a true digestive. Excels with chops, stenk, veal, cutlets, cold meat fish, etc.
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York Building
Telephons 84165
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MRD. H. MOALEM
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QUALITY LINGERIE
Displayed in Window “B”
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-DESIGNED, AND MADE · BY HAND
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF "
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