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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL
1951.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
Kan could
FESTIVAL GEMS for for Jull $20,000,
DIAMONDS worth £20,000,
carmarked for the centre-
Festival the piece of Britain's Jewellery exhibillon, sparkled on television screens.
They were worn by a model in a camellia lace gown at a spring fashion show in London. show The Queen saw the earlier in the week. But she did not see the Festival dia- monds. They were included only for television's repeat of the show.
The
diamonds, described da one of Britain's finest examples one of Br of design and craftsmanship, made up tiara-bracelet, waterfall earrings, necklace,
and ring.
They were set in palladium;
o light-weight metal now re-
placing platinum.
Two other precious stones
were in the news.
was....
A
at
The first
Pure and blue
DIAMOND worth £90,000
has been found in a mine the mouth
of
Orange River.
Africa's
It is blue-white, of unusual purky, and quality, one and a
Oppenheimer,
half inches long, an inch wide, and almost an inch thick. Sald Bir Ernest chaimman. Anglo American Cor- paration of South Africa, Limited. "It is the finest diamond in colour I have ever nestį.
And the arcond was of.......
Unknown value A NEW
gem, ws durable a A diamond but not so beautiful an a ruby, emerald or sapphire. has been found by Irish and British experts.
Its value? Said one of the ex- peria, Mr H. W. Anderson, in Lon- don: "We don't know yet whether it is worth very litis or all the money in the world."
THE FIVE-PIECE “SUITE.”—All the diamonds are modelled in a design of Incework effect.
Right Gait Is Stepping Stone To Good Figure
Make time for a short walk
every day, advises lovely film star Patricia Neal, and you'll find it pay big beauty dividends. And when you walk, don't
By HELEN FOLLETT -WALKING is on ideal exercise,
[白]]] but few women
b- terested in this pastime. It's too easy to leap aboard some kind Those who of transportation. do enjoy briak tramo seldom
or walk properly. They lope of mince along with jerky steps or stroll. Strolling doesn't do any thing to your musculature and it is by keeping the musculature strong and resilient that one re- tains the svelte, youthful figure,
When you start out, pull your body in perfect allgament. Ex- tend your spinal column its full length. Try to think of your backbone dropping down in a straight line from the base of your heel to its end. If you do that you are bound to tuck in straighten your your tummy, shoulders,
your head balanced.
have
༤ས་ Now start walking, toes point- ing forward. smooth action of the hips. The arms should have a ewing. Don't free and casy
grasp your handbag or keep your elbows close to your body; such poses make the body more or less rigtd.
Many women fancy that per- fection of gure is associated with strenuous exercise. That may be necessary when certain parts of the body have taken on an excess of adipose tissue and need reducing; but, ordinarily, the best means of acquiring the khoal silhouette is merely to maintain good posture walking, standing or sitting.
The importance of foot com- fort to good bearing must be
omphasised.
brisk step.
amblo along;
For outdoor use have shoes that it well in all their parts, heals and arches as well as toes, Dress your feet forget about so that you can tham. If you are conscious of them something is wrong and you are in need of professional attention.
Ingrown halls are a frequent properly occurrence and, unless cared for, can give rise to much misery, Two causes there are for them; cutting or fling the nall down too far at the sides so the flesh banks up, wearing shoes that are too short or too narrow.
walking make Whic
It o your practice to air-condition
certain Inhale with a lungs, number of steps, exhale with just ventilating the as many, thus lowest cells of your lungs.
Fresh air chugs up better clr- culation. Good circulation puts colour in the checks, star-light in the eyes, ginger in the step.
Mothers cannot be too care- ful when selecting shoes for their children as it is possible to so deform the little pedals during growth that there will be trouble there for years end.
on
If a child doesn't romp and play, the cause may be found in foot discomfort.
During the early years
shoe may
be larger-sized
every SEX necessary
months. Even ting infants, wearing their first shoes, should have them amply wide, amply long and of the kind that provides proper support,
The Hollywood Neckline Isn't The Most Daring
TOLLYWOOD - The
wood neckline is the
Holly- such points as low necklines
most But the fact is, Hollywood
a cross-
the
THE TIARA.-At left: Do you like the effect? If not, you can move the tiara
H to your wrist as a bracelet.
niedest -(London Express Service)
in America, Patricia currently has about the most
up-plunging neckline in Neal announced after
country. The New York neck- country inspection.
Compared to those girls on line is much more daring." New
The Miami neckline, she said, York
television, Holly- wood In't showing a thing. is a lap ahead of them both, Those
necklines
Miami well! Miss Neal was simply at a loss for words,
"Dumpy" Has Some Attractive Oddities
1
She has rassed by
and the "Oscar," Sex appeal should never be She loves to swim. Baunted, Alm star Anno Baxter had a swimming pool for many
has hid it in her closet.... believes. She sleeps in lacy years. Until a few years e80 Clothes are of no interest to black nightgowns... Friends she couldn't afford to keep it
her perky nose represents filled with purified water. She her. her personality. It was straight and John Hodiak have
sny
as
and Socibus
are
Own
Miss Neal spent a lot of time in New York and other centres of culture on her vacation and she kept her eyes open for new cultural trends,
She crorted her rule wedding gown, and once made
The a dress out of vegetable leaves. Pickles Make Hor Dream She eats pickles in bed be- cause they make her dream, and she loves to dream....
ber sire oven
Spike ture favourite. composers. Jones is her favourite conduc- Her tor...
a ruler until she fell out of that they will never visit each Her greatest de- a car and broke it... Beeth- other's sels,
is to make another plc-
husband with her
grandfather—-is- --Frank famous
"Dumpy" Has Best Shape
When she was a child her nickname was "Dumpy." Now
Tol: 22118.
she has one of the best shapes
in
Hoip wood.... The details
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Lloyd Wright,
the
architect.
When she re-de- signed her home recently she did it herself ............
Miss Neal also discovered on her trip that Miami is grow- ing as a centre of bizarre styles, There also are hardy young giris who loll around on the sands in Bikini bathing suits.
Miss Neal decided that the Bikini is here to stay.
"T
no
one
WHEN
assume
* DETE
you apply the ruby polish to your toe nails, do not doing that you OTC your, full duly along these lines.
Chiropodists report that they seldom see an adult foot that has not ono or more the crippled nails. Those upon small toes are often thickened. you are thus afflicted do not indulge in any form of bath- room surgery. They require the attention of a specialist and shoes of different character, as they are the result of pressure or friction.
I
If you notice that the flesh is creeping up on thern, cover ing a portion of the nail fabric, a heavy brush and plenty soup suds when bathing so as to soften the cuilcle.
Lift it
use
of
gently
with an orange wood stick, remove shreds with nail
nippers, massage gently with mineral oll. It is important to keep
the cuticle from drying
out.
Svelte Slip
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Palo yellow nylon tricot..
By GRACE THORNCUFFE
remember hearing what fuss people made about Annette Kellerman and her one-piece
A FIND for the gift-list or as a bathing suit," she said. "Well.
remembers present to oneself is a colourful now, Annette but you can see a one-slip-of-fine nylon tricat. This colour that is making a come- plece bathing suit any old day beauty is pale yellow, a lingerie and nobody bats an eye, The
Twenty
back just now and for spring. now. years from the
It bas nylon lace dyed to match Bikini bathing suit will! be old stuff. They'll have and used ariistically rather than dreamed up something even lavishly. The slip is cut on slim shocking, although lines with a permanently picated more can't guess now what would flounce that is decorative and
makes for ease in motion. bc."United Press.
plunging neckline, she far discovered, has plunged so -that' it is
plunging into obscurity.
"It was a good thing," she udmitted, "up to a point or Every Indy should be modest should I say down. But I don't
think i's here to stay, In her attire, she believes, Pic-
trouble with it is that now by tures of her in a bathing suit kauses whistles.... Her secret the time it reaches the point of sensational it has also for married suocess is complete being
of being the point between husband reached naturalness
vulgar and in bad taste, in Hollywood and wife. Each evening at
think of "So "dress" and John
many people Academy
Hollywood as being extreme on
Hid "Oscar" in Closet
Twelve years of cooking bore her. Collecting Broadway and recipos is one of her hobbles finally led
of work
to
RA
on
hame shis
Once she almost drowned. Award for her. She is embar- for dinner.
A CATCH-WORD
Short: deliasu. Korred swester Beizmer: Collection” In
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IN
CASUAL
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CLOTHES
Glimpse Of Victorian Hats
By Dorothy Barkley
1
LONDON. pink, orange, yellow, red, blue, white, placed THE term "separates" has introduced at intervals. It has a lastex top which ensures THE
something new into casual clothes. If a neat and comfortable fit.
The Dorville cotton dresses ere gally colour- this part of your wardrobe is as carefully ed with lont designs and hot-house printo, Black planned as the rest, a whole range of out-poplin le idea for a town dress, and gold but-
provided a fits may be built up from sweaters and tons make an excellent contrast. Dogville have. ensemble for those who -striking
dramatic effèct with their ĺke to create a skirts that are interchangeable. There la
black a two colour dress - no excuse now for the "odd" jumper or the colour schemes:
bodice, on a very full, white skirt, "odd" skirt.
The dress of the collection was undoubted- ly the model in poisley silk, of an orange ord silver pattern, with a very flocly pleated skirt. Other afternoon dresses were in silk organza 'and' shantung,
The best indication of this fashion trend comes from Dorville who have brought the designing of separates to a ane art. Sweaters ond skirts were a special feature of their cum- mer collections shown recently. Short cap and unusual forms of sleeves, side buttonings
ribbing are the principal clues to sweater styles. FESTIVAL HATS
figure.
The materiais shown were of very fine wool
approach of the Festival of Britain is and cotton. Several models were in ribbed
wood and blader to the harked in the world of cotton-cooler
fushion. One London milliner, Mr Geoffry Swaf field, recently commemorated the Festival's pre- decessor the Great Exhibition of 1861 - with a Victorian gined collection. This may sound old-fashioned, and conjure up a picture of prim young ladies in hats of lace, frills and bows perched high on rows of curla and ringlets. But the frills and bows of 1861 are tailored to
of 1951. Mr. Swaffeld sult the taste "Hints, or to be more precise, bonnete, were deep well on the fitting at the back and sides, hard, with u Trento us the same Ho koops the 1858 straight and forward, His inspiration LA argo-leather-bound scrap frooks which wer kept by his family devoted to the Great 16m 1780 until 1880.000 a large part of w which maniko,
Shodes were delicate
- straw yellow, pale pinics and blues. The coltar of the ribbed cot- ton sweater illustrated here is pale turqualse very effective with a black skirt. But there are dramatic colour combinations too. A yellow and purple reart was wean with a sweater in black wool; another model was la violet lace wook over tangerine wool Jersey, Stripes are in every direction vertkul, dingoned, or hori- zontal. Navy and white wore a popular com- bination for this. A cotton sweater, bad navy, and wette disposa pilna stripes, and pay ab- blog at the hock, calls und welthe
FEATURING HANDKERCHIEFS Dorviin preve, too, that expanstes son able for groning. They shore off-tie-strikter wwcarburg and loner, sugh Lakkets.
"Ekket for daywear are either very full- Gomething diferent from
trated here . Pertan
mand · for
format.
mittiot
BOYS,
which fortnék irates >
slim arandapted for wear today.
tion were based on
came, from
the Swafficki collec
side. Most impressive of all was the hat the Queen wore. It was a cloche in natural straw, edged with black lace, and mounted on top with camellias or violets are a spray of roses, Roses, placed on the brims of moet models to give the height medd on a shallow.crown.
RATHER ENCOURAGING
for those And one last encouraging word who are aware that the present forward trendo will never sult them. "A dat," says Mr Swat- field, will always be successful so long as the.
What style is good and the he is balanced." is more, he is convinced that the "cheapest wool felt can still be given the dignity and poise of the most exclusive Paris model 1 Ita pes balance with those of the outfit worn."
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