1953-07-25 — Page 7

WEEK-END

DRUSILLA BEYFUS reporting on how Fashion keeps its own steam going

Arms don't stay empty for long!

ONG ago fashion dia-

covered the secret of survival. Fashion feeds upon- itself. Within each

new

idea is the seed for the next and the next and the next.

From the high collars come the short cut hair-styles, the little head-hugging hats, the big carrings.

And now there is unother move to report. The latest illustration

how fashion of kreps self going is shown in the pictures.

This summer the sleeves came out of dresses. This summer EMATT. MITIS. were longer___und.

barer than ever.

Bangles: Broad curls of burrilshed gold (871.).

Bangles: Narrow gold and Jewelled (3) gos.).

Bangles : Bronte padlock and chain (1) gns.),

YOU WOMEN

--by Hollowond

DARLING. I INSIGT.). WHEN BOTH BARN, GOOD" MONEYITY

PAYLA MPIR ON A SIXTH OF THE BILLE

rescued the lady.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1953.

WOMANSENSE

Her

KEEP IN TRAIL

Housewives Up In Arms About Flabby Triceps.

By IDA JEAN KAIN ›

A backs of the action is centred

S the years go by, the of the other hand feel where

right often sag sadly which would ack through the triceps.. seem to shift the blame to rota pillow suspended in a door- For lively action, use an old Father Time. But the truth way да a punching bag is that time has no such have it about shoulder level ar power. It is merely that we just a trifle above so as to do not keep those muscles the chest as you punch.

exercise the pectoral muscles of actively on the job, and so

Add a couple more easy exer- they tend to droop. Any elses...it's really no chore to | muscle that is not used loses shape up the arms with the

tone.

right twist

xercise, Hoki "What do you mean, "not aims out at shoulder level, close tired," housewives may puzzle, twirt hand until palm is up

fits and tense arm muscles, then

ne in this latter,. 'T'm a house-

and

on

wife and my day starts early arm muscles tensed. Also make and the work goes on all day. Liny circles with the arms, 13 in

12 In the But the upper parts of my arms one direction,

opposite have become fat and flabby,

direction. Keep the radius of it's embarrassing. What remedy the circular motion very small

'big circles miss the mark. would you suggest?"

Exercise

Resistanco exercles

Clasp hands in the groove

do the together in front of chest and firming. That is the clue as to P-u-s-h with the right, arm left. why the muscles on the backs of while resisting with the

with the action

PATR Tom the shoulder and doubly effective."

tage.

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the upper arms tend to lose That will take the droop out of These back arm muscles the triceps, and beautify the are not used in everyday routine upper arms in a hurry. tanks--the bleeps on the front of

the arms largely do the work.

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If the triceps, or back muscles, went out of commission completely, gone would be the abully to extend the elbow forcibly, So put some force bebind elbow extension. With arins held about shoulder level, punch out vigorously・・・ as if warming up for a boxing match. Really punch!

Tost the effectiveness for yourself. Thrusting out with

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the right arm, with the fingers A twist of the wrist..

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BOATERS AND BUTTONHOLES

By Hazel Meyrick

F

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blood-

a regatta

T is the accepted thing watched for signs of

that at Henley Regatta pressure.

If your partner is good at the men should be given a punting you will gilde along chance to show off Bar smoothly by the river bank, but torially, by wearing the if he dips down his pole in a most expressive clothes they series of frenzied ferks, the ride bubbly chatter dried up.

can find. But this year they can be as uncomfortable as on brown gyes clouded,

bicycle without tyres. As she smiled, gestured and surpassed themselves.

All these hazards demand that pretilly cast about for a suit-

Henley, 1953 will be remem- the dresses wom al able answer fellow country-bered for two things: the boaters should abovo all things be dropped in, kissed her and the buttonholes, The boaters washable. For this reason nylon heard the question, and are, of course, a regular feature was the favourite fabric at 1 at Henley, but Dever before Henley. "I know all Madame Weiss's have we seen them in such

Nylon organza was used for thoughts on Eva Peron," he peculiar shapes and sizes,

garden-party style dresses with exclaimed, “and I can

say in

Not one seemed to it pro- flounces round the hem, and answer that the quality the perly. To cite extremes you nylon twill for severely tailored people miss is the...the spirit would see one perched like a ones, Sleeveless dressus were the

#1 | thimble on

of unruly order of the day, made from Thatch Madame Weiss smiled a hair, or a very small boy with sheer striped nylon pastels, or grateful assent, pulled on her a very large boater (which his flowered nylon organalle. Also gloves, and smoothly departed-mather, doubtless, hopes he will seen

favourite cotton saved again.

'grow into") rammed down firm- frock-a button-through style in ly over both cars, his eyes peer- plllow-case ticking with a wide ing short-sightedly from under patent leather belt. the brim,

Hats were made almost en- Buttonholes in past years have tirely from flowers or parts of been confined to a rose or two flowers, including glant cart- and a few pieces of maidenhair wheels shaped like daisies. fem thrown in for good measure.

of Eva."

Hardeating IT'S all very well to recall the splendoure of the Elizabethan Age but not when its discom- black (she is the pretty Argentinian forts are revived too,

So this summer brings back the bangle and bracelet to take over where the sleeve left off,

They wear blg and brassy bangles, spindly and

bangles, bracelts worn above tennis

both wrists.

WAS

a

player over here for At a new London restaurant This year whole Astfals of the elbows, bracelets worn on Wimbledon) purred along they have

the idea of putting dowers were thrust through the Bare arms were covered with smoothly: "I like frilly panties on a true Elizabethan evening inpels of college blazers, One bangles, literally dozens of them, for tennis parties, tailored Authentle it may be, " clothes for Wimbledon....

little was wore a dahlia the size of a which jangled round your wrist boar's head, medem," said a dianer-plate which, he solemnly or were pushed up above "I love the English sporting serving wench in cap and told us, he had been specially elbow. They have returned to audience and they like me.... wanton botice. "Go on, Edgar Feeding up in hothouse for the fashion for the first time since

the

It's just another idea produced by the one before in exactly the paine way as the full skirts brought in stiff petticoats, the separates produced waspie elnatle belt, as the deep scooped-out necklines made choker Jewellery fashionable.

So fashion keeps rolling merrily along-cach new fad the fuel for the next one.

T

Dress double

was bound to happen some day, and it did.

Two gris turned up at the same social function in a similar dress---and one was Princess Margaret.

Here are two pictures of the dress wom by (a) Princess Margaret, (b) guest Mrs Rod- Ian Wenemaker, The occasion was the big Marlborough wed- ding.

The dresses have the same neckline, the same sleeves, the same material; the same pleated skirt, the same covered buttons, the same bolt But there is a difference-the *floral print is

not quite the same.

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The Princess wears hers the royal

way,

with long white kid gloves, white sandale, stiff petticoat to are out the skirt, inrge white hat, and five rows of pearls.

UNTIL the

name of

the

Eva give them Greensleeves," said occasion, Another, who thought the 1930's and are made from

one mfortable it

singer to another that vegetables should be given gold or coloured anodised metals,

鼈 chance

Peron was mentioned. Then the

certainly

to shine,

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Victorian-style posy made up bare surprisingly cheap bỏ been from a salad.

but is not. No

Miscomfort has spared to give the place. the right atmosphere. Elizabethan

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with them code enormous pirate ear-cings, giant gold hoops which reach down to

in

rushes cover the floor. Guests. Many overseas visitors attend- your shoulders, or a chain of sit on hand. Elizabethan benches.ed. It must have surprised them small gola rings interlinked.

Forks for eating have only to see portly, whitehaired Cantle.

пер fashion two little prongs to scoop up men of 70 or so, who looked as jewellery is to wear a set of lot of soft food.

ood. The fish and though they ought to be at home mobiles, ear-tings, made from the meat courses are eaten off by the fire, wearing an ancient takes of besten silver in sur- the #ATT plate-customers scrape off remainders in be college cap perched on their realist designs and hung on fine tween coutwes onto a big pewier beads, a blazer and an exceeding chairs, which ap round

17 long scarf, shouting: tr- the tenet movement, and keep dish.

There's no

dressing on the couragement to the team of the spinning. Uncomfortabt? Not in fresh salad. No coffee to end college they rowed for 30 years the least, for the 'metal is the meal.

ago; while their wives anxiously feather-light.

Bock they all come just they were, all those things it has taken nearly 800 years to improve.

-(London Enpresa Byfoten)

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

To dampen any accidental possible, without walling for it wrinkles and creases that form to dry. Scrape and wipe off as while you're doing the fine Iron- much as possible. Let the shoes Wanamaker wears hersing on a blouse or dress, use a dry away from heat, then go with Uttle black hat, short large cellulose sponge wrung over them with a cream polish white gloves, black shoes, without in water. Such a sponge, and soft cloth.

Mrs

out a stiff underskirt, and with pressed on the garment, gives ...

a choker of pearls.

Just the right amount of

I didn't notice. But there were creuse.

*

Comment from a guest: “No, moisture to remove an ironed-in The celling of your kitched can be made to look higher · by using the proper kind of flighting

so many floral prints around

you could hardly tell one from the other."

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Now that you're not using the and selecting a wal covering fireplace any more this year, with a vertical design. Recesber sweep it clean and scrub the fixtures placed in a white cell- hearth tiles with hot soapsuds, ing, a cool colour for the noor ONE of the hazards of having Rinse with clean water and wipe covering, and light neutral known. Eva Peron is that dry. Apply wax, If you like an shade for the counter tops, all bed to be asked added lustre. Potted plants set help to make the gelling look questions about har-especially in the fireplace add a cool, res higher.

you se

if you know, President Peron freshing touch to the living

rather well,

room in summer.

And giving just the right reply is still very tricky.

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Do not put hot water on cream « Mud can do đômago to leather, or milk stains." Wanti with cold For instance-an, Interview and for this season should be re-water, hanpired by :: Bon" BENE with Madame Marla Welss Imoved from shoes as quickly as water, and tinis in clear water,

with's cool,

at

Slim Lines

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

HERE is a jacket and dress e:remble that is really indiapons- able for summer, at home or: for a travel wardrobe. The slip of a dress is of charcoRI grey silk phanting and is about A3 simple as a dress can be. How- ever, it has interesting touches such as the piping at the neck and armholes, and the flapped pockets at the hip yoke. OTHE Jacket is done on boxy bolero Jines and just reaches the waist- line. It, too, has whito piping on the flapped pockets and at all the edges.

The

Do You Qualify As A Mature Person?

Haffato, N. Y. A mature person, scoarding to Dr John Romazio of the University of Rochester, Es .one with the - following

characteristics:

1. A high degree of adaptability

2. A serves that

in need.

knowledge of re- t, can be utilised

to permit himself adult entisfactions,

3. Ability

and

deny those which Harmful to himself and others,

provo

4. Ability to be guided by really rather than fantasy.

5. Ability to plan his for long-term values, Buch a person can love Bomeone other than him- self," Romano concluded.

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