1952-07-05 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

A famous artist introduces.....for the joy of it.....a man's-eye view of a woman's world by ROBB-

THE THINGS THEY DO-

being just the

first of a series

STAR SPOT

ELIZABETH ALLAN wore this black straw but to a birthday party Inst week. BUT aho bought 15 18 years ago, bas it remodelled every year.

MADDENING THINGS THEY DO... LIKE-

WHEN she replies to a Hurry up. darling," by appearing with flali- Ing Ginger at!! wet wish nail varnish.

FASHION SPOT.

DE beach-wise,

in

SUN

SPOT

cotton Jersey, sun tops, and black jeans.

THIA odtat began with a tink-dh - grey ALFA W and velvet, And It Inspired. whole outfit. The sult in In groy Jersey with silver imé collar and turn-bach cuffs.

BLUNDER SPOT.

1 BAW her open A cab door

She Boreamed. dropped all her March15: The cau moved on. Now I wander What was inside i

Page:

Royal

Shoer

824 King's Road (opp. Luna Park)

Top-Grade Shanghai Craftsmanship

Incomparable in QUALITY

Compatible

in PRICES

IT'S A "NO FRILLS"

London.

HE leader of tennis

fashion at Wimbledon

this year JA the

youngest of the women

WIMBLEDON

By Dorothy Barkley

the walsiline. gathered onto

Mrs. Redick- And there is Smith, from South Africa, She

chosen hos

permanently

tennis players, seventeen- for slipping on between matches low armhole, and a full skirt year-old Miss Maureen or during the tea interval, and **Little Mo" Connolly.

Is the kind of extra that ten- The 10-outfit, £140 tennis nis players anywhere will find

really useful. wardrobe has been-designed by Teddy Tinling the same Ted- Gus- dy Tinling who created

Moian's now legendary lace panties. But there is not on frill, not one inch of laco Little Moa wardrobe. "I'm Just not a frilly zaidi. "I like tailors"

tennis

Though Little Mo has she

the clothes, doubledly given But though they are tailored, fashion lead, the other women players are equally determined her clothes have attractive de- tails.

to look their best at Wimble It makes all the difference for people watching," don. And players from

explained.

seas in particular are keeping

The So

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pre-

And then consider her pleated sharkskin skirt with

in which made scarves. They аге

she wears a white terry towelling, and dyed

lo shirt match her cardigans. These

Two. British players-Mrs would be, very. praciloa! for Jean Walker-Smith and Miss any tennis player.

Lorna Cornell-have ference for shorts, Mrs Walker- Smith has waffle pique shorts, with scalloped edges, and A-N embroidered in goid studs. shorts-and- Miss Cornell has shirt outfit, also in wolfie pique, with a row of silver studs trim- ming the trubenised shirt cuffs and shorts' turn-ups.

It is, undeniably, a

well-

year. with

dressed Wimbledon this But nowhere yet is there any- thing as starting as those sen- sational Inches of lace.

over-

well 1 the front of this bave fashion picture. There is

the brief shorts and dresses that she wears

and are eme older hens,

on the collar tennis rackets in gold, red or blug thread. With them

shocking cardigans in

lime yellow

pink, or bright red, unexpected

which provide an

splash of colour.

*

Her shorts and dresses

crisp, fresh

and

are

beautifully

cut. They are in easy-to- launder materials-cotton pique, pique, orion (the material).

wallo

nower-than-ayin

end Frostbar (a new ruyan sharkskin with a self-coloured check woven into it). Dresses and shirts are sleeveless.

the

now

with fashionable old-

Euitable

fashioned low-cut armhole which is particularly for sportswear, sin

since it gives plenty of freedom in action. Cardigans,

also cut for, action,

have deepset bat-wing sleeves. Little Mo's favourite outfit for the first day's play at Wimble- dont made in Frostbar, it by the name of "Flower Dress

4

*

because of its petal-edged hem- line, and is partnered by shocking pink slik jersey car- digan which has her initials embroidered on the pocket,

•Another (Illustrated centre). dress has gold buttons and her name written in longhand on the waistline In gold studs; third has a heart-shaped poc- ket embroidered in red brala, Her accessories are both prac- tical and original, Take for

blue example the red,

and white striped "Tea Interval" loose, sleeveless, coat. It is and made of a fly-fifty woo! and cotton mixture. It is ideal

Mrs

Welna from the Argentine, whose charming little dress is illustrated here, (right). It has alle Peter Pan collar, five button front, the fochionable

RIGHT: Tennis dress with full short

kirt worn by Mrs Wels.

Three outfits for Little Mo: Centre:

Flower

Dress in Frostbar,

It has a petal-edged

hemiine and worn with

shook.

ing plak silk Jersey

Left:

ardigan.

.'

bide

Tea-later-

Con in red,

stripes.

and white

Top: 'Shirt and sharta in waffle plque, with tennis racksta embroider.... ed in gold thread round the collar,

FASHION DECREES THE "LIGHT TOUCH"

By MARILYN MARSHALL

A

from the baby"?

solution,

wlad

leaving the nose and chin until last. Coat the cotton ball Renerously for each powder

IT'S NEW FOR THE EVENING UBERT H GIVENCHY, the new

DE

French designer, thought this one up-the stole/ bolero drawn by Robb. the casy-to-make It's bridge between dinary day coat and full-dress evening cape,

an or.

To make it you need, four yards of any rather sufr material: pique, grosgrain, ottoman silk, thick duplon or faille. Another four yards of organza or gay-coloured cotton is wanted to line

It completely, so that if like you can make it reversiblo.

you

back, tightly fitted,

has a centre seam-and- two darts running up from the

The

waist. sides of the bodice are cut in one with the

elbow-length sleeves.

FASHION

SPOT

by

ROBB

THE WOMAN, THE JOB

AND THE BOSS

By GAY. PAULEY

to educate

New York. sometimes he has Some employers still are them into seeing that a woman would fit belter. There was the reluctant to hire women for ease when one employer kept top jobs but they're getting hiring male office managers for fewer every spring.

an office full of girls.

finally convinced him," sald

that Taylor, wired because it was a he was losing the

That's the report from Gordon

Taylor, the head of Murtuni Posi-

tions Plan Association,

#

non-

maen he

There's

only one case,

011

profit outfit which specialists in her been on finding people for Jobs paying $8,000 a year, and up. The as- Taylor said, in which he was sociation,

fourth year, the type of work she wanted.

unable to firja woman applicant was set up by a group of con-

"She was an egrondmist,” He earns which wanted a clearing explained. "You know house for the executive type of of those people who oversee worker. It has 2,000 members in estates. The troubid is, not many 43 states and nine foreign people have estates any more.. countries.

"I understand there are plenty Taylor said roma bosses insist of job openingpists, and bina these days. for they want a man for a job and secretaries,

clerks he continued, "but we're I not placing any of those. RE you guilty. of "borrowing, face. Soaked in borle cid press-on,

Summer Straw "We just worry about career to they're soothing Wait a second or two for the summer hat has a red women. Secretaries and typists No, we don't mean borrowing

and sun-strained oyed powder to set. Then, take a from her little piggy bank. We Smart women also keep a box fresh detton hall, and with grosgrain band and a soft bow aren't career women. They just trips you handy in the medicine chest for quick, light, downward strokes, that spills over one side of the want a job until they find a make to the nursery for the sole emergency use in applying ant remove the exces, (Downward sloppy brim, Natural wicker is man."

whose designer Ruffy cepties to cuts and scratches, purpose of swiping the fluffy

strokes flatten the tiny hairs on used for a hat cotton balls which are so neces- Where glamour is concerned, the skin and give a smoother, has been obviously inspired by

of the greatest longer-lasting Job.)

the pith helmet of the tropics. A

Whether you 'aré à career wo- sary to a baby's grooming. If you however, one

deeper tone of honey yellow is

husband-hunting, are guilty, then you've prob- use for cotton balls is in the of make-up. As

used for the chiffon scarf that man ar just discovered how invaluable application nbly

you've probably observed,

I pulled through the slots and Taylor says there are certain they are for your own grooming, make-up fashions for 1002 call Finish off by saturating a that ties in a bow with trailing ales of job-hunting which will sell, you to a prospective help But why be a cotton snatcher? for a light hand, Heavy make cotton ball with cologna Press ends

employer. Instead, lay in your own supply up is out-but definitely. In the cotton ball until it is almost

Don't use An over-load of and start experimenting with stead, skin émergent

greasy Upstick,” ha warned. "It's their myriad uses.

unappealing to most employers.

"Don't dress in high fashion on an Interview, You thay argue [you're’up to date, but remember your employer probably is 10 years Bohind in his reading of Vogud.

ancan

those furtive

fresh, dry, then hold it on the pow- radiant, from

Bight vell of acred faco to further "bet" the Today, sterlic, absorbent cot- powder; comes alive from a powder. This helps to remove ton balls are a dressing tablo sulful blush of rouge, And the pasty lock. "must" for good grooming. Con- cotton balls are perfect for venient and ready-made, the achieving that light loveliness, Cotton balls can also come in balls are formed of fine white So why

not perfect a new handy for an energency thom- long-fibre...(virgin catton the powdering technique-one, that poo. Soaked well with cologne won't ravel, are handy as all will guarantee smoothies and or tollet water, they can be used ret.dut.

to stay on qualitica?

go over the hair, strand by potting. The clean surface. Then dip 'a cot hair will be set

First, start with a parkling strand just beforectly in loss: The well-groomed pirl will ton ball into the powder until it than half an hour, and combed Find them invaluable for 10 in ecated generally. Now, into a a perfect wave. This method moving nail polish, applying preca If gently onto the face. bf shampooing" is for emer powder skin topics, lotions, for (There's no place in your gency purposes only, however; olling dry senip, removing powdering routine for fluffug, should, never, be used, in place of your regular shatopoe. But mostenes lley wilch hazel, Work from the throat, up and there are times when it is វ they hals: hot take up whel alde of the leg berods the boun: Just no-coʻtom balls, aro pressed onto a tremly, powdered ragetient and to the other side a poON DLWRYF. 20

make to of all kinds,

patting or rubbing,) t

Bo, Conservativa

Wear

conservative, outh and carry, glovey oven you don't wear them. Don't wear gabady nail polish. Don't che Just answer questions.

noke, unless you're laviled 10, 1. Have your references teady. ⠀⠀ "Don't wear a sweater, even affer you" zot the job, The men, | in thò office may approve but it's at the bym, you're but tó " please. He #35probably? a. pritty #con-

Furniture Arrangement

Separating the dining and liv- Ing areas is a brace of arinless chairs done in lime-yellow linen. These are set at right ongles to

of

a six-foot bench table with rows small drawers for storage In back of the armless Apace. chairs is a small buffet.

The dining area includes a wall of shallow cabinets and a rectangular mobile table that

can be

rolled Partially under the sideboard between meals, Teak dining chairs are orange- upholstered. With the contem- porary modern there are a few traditional pieces that blend in perfectly. The various yellow shades carry over into the bed. room, where the furniture is teak, the rug green.

Citrus Again

The citrus tones appear again in another apartment, a two- room layout with teak furniture, and gray and white offsetting the orange and femen tones. We liked the dining bay, with its Italian provincial pieces in fruitwood. Woodwork, textured draperies and sheer curtains aro all white Two sofas are done In white chintz with touches of black and golden brown.

Pride of the room is an 18th- century -Chinese console with a pair of cane-topped benches underneath. These can be pull- ed out to serve as individual tables in front of the sofas. ・・

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