1954-08-28 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST) - 28, · · 1954. '-

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

Models From Autumn Dress Show

Norman Hartnell, one of London's top fashion designers, held his autumn dress show in London this month. Hiero are three models from the collection:

Left to Right:

"WINDSOR FOREST-A areen wrap-over travel coat cul on straight Hnes with in- teresting lapel detall, repeated on the cuffs. The model also wears a primrose fett bonnet hal "THE GREYS"-A classic grey suit in fine wool, with draped hip-pockets. Worn with a finely-striped bow-tied shirt and hat trimmed with white feathers.

"CAD"-A two-piece in two-toned brown striped wool. The straight-cut dress has a three-quarter length topcoaś fastening with four buitens,

NOW FASHION GOES

TRAVEL-CONSCIOUS

OING away

By DOROTHY BARKLEY

"Gay on holi, a rare-shaped straw hat with a At one time, nylon was

be over-dressing, Sunfiarly, you travellers.

ugents, tempting us with can wear the latent jeans-nick- all their probleans. It had all It seemingly suived technicolour posters of far- named "knickerbocker glories the virtues, name of the vices, Or away places where the sun blazes.

A

will walkers

They have

so they said. You coul! dress from inp to toe In it could wash it at night and it would be dry in the morning, I cady for wearing without ironing.

un-

in vividly-striped denim, or eye-catching "Picasso" prints.

Second, that heavy items like "Going away on holiday?"

The strong shors required for a echo the fashion designers. walking holiday need not be

with holiday dead weight in your suitcase, tempting us clothes featuring new styles That sounds like a contradiction,

but 21 British and colours.

manufacturer. Dismissing the improbable with foresight that

All very true, but women soon: who wants a natty little number lighten the pack of like that Hawailan grass skirt everywhere, has just produced discovered its weak point. Nylon,

a non-porous materiai, is a pair of strong shoes that weigh bearably uncomfortable in bot from a Paris boutique anyway?

let's tako a look at what only seven ounces.

weather, as anybody living in designers think up for holiday light suede uppers and the new

the troples knows, That is why multi-cellular rubber sole.

Third, that cotton is the most

women have swung back to the old faithful-cotton-for their practical material on the mar- First.

holiday wardrobes this year. that kel. Seersucker, matelasse pique. suggest holidays are the time when you valle-these are the types of

wear stylish clothes that cotton wOMEN choose for would look out of place at home, holiday in a hot climate. Thesa Following up this Iden, you cottons won't crease too much in can go gay with a beach jacket packing and they will probably red towelling printed with survive holiday wash without spots the size of grapefruits, and reeding to be ironed.

clothes,

'un

of

they

Are You Proud Of Your Breakfast Face?

THE "before breakfast" will make her attractive at the

The breaker, breakfast jablo,

Thero uncrushable fabrics, Like cotion sersucker, may come up smiling at the end of a long journey, but that is mort

than we do ourselves sometimes, The way to feel fresh when you reach your destination--and not

you have been

If 05 there

dragged unwillingly is to da repairs to your makeup. method of lumping well-

4

n a long journey into have a small Lio of pads

saturated with makeup remover.

Cleanse face all over with one of there, then dust on the now all-in-one powder and founda- tion.

Another thing to remember-

The lazy women who don't avoid having too many bits and Few women. Or 80 they bother to wash their faces be- pieces of luggage. Carrying them

complain, are natural beau- fore going to bed and there from place to place and keep

tics, With sleep still in are plenty of the presting track

辜

of them is

tiring.

On &

homeller pleturo on Pack everything into one largo their oyes, traces of cold an even

rising. Streaky make-up nover cream on their faces, hair looks well, least of all by the suitcase and take a hold-all for

the journey. filled with curiers, they just dawn's early light.

Hair is best kept to a short, don't look lovely. Add a Give your face a good wash casily managed style.

lag before going to sleep. When voyage, keep it tidy by doing it drab, tired-looking house- you get up in the morning, dreas and the horror pic cold water rinsing is all that's up with a scarf. But don't tis ture's complote.

needed to put colour in those the scarf pemant fashion with

the enda

knotted under

cheeks.

the

Some women just relax, and Apply a pinky lipstick; it only chin. Nothing looks so doll and accept this fact. They wear that take a jiffy. Flu, powder on unoriginal this. Instead, knot "before breakfast" face until noon to remove shine. Remove the scarf ends in the nape of mid-afternoon. The children curlers or, if there's too little the neck. G nes Mom looking awful. So does time cover them up with a

and of towards Dad. So do any trades people colourful kerchief.

holiday, your hair looks' tha who call at the door to deliver Put on a crisp housedrose or worse for and add water, Inundry, dry cleaning, grocerias silp a clean, bright, robe over you can do roreshing for it,

your nightie

All you need is a boitis of Hale

If

the

or papers

We wonder how woman can All these things add up to tohle ardholder dropbetr Jet themenivos, go

In this about five minutes of prepare Mako partings all over the fend fashion. It takes no little motion that's well worth the ad- applying the hair tonid with the to put om make-up, to remove miring glancos mire to come dropper & you NG, THE MUNDUNG curlers and comb hair. As for your way when Dad - and the the scaly kepif?,LES

homemaker"" children, woo you bountiful for Surplus, theilen ene faus Dwas 12 to heracer to have a buyer bewaak HELEN FOLLET Tiece of faile

by a hairbrush" covered, with a

**** bright

STARTING TODAY: A series with a challenge for

every woman—and her husband

LONELY WIVES

First-How Often

Often Do You Say, "I'm Bored"?

By

Eileen Ascroft

LONELINESS. It is the fun for change from routine.

poignant problem I IN A of our age.

We find lonely But as a tally occupation it can

be really boring. wives in childless luxury The answer to this wife's flats, where every labour- loneliness is a new interest out- saving device leaves women gide the home. There are all with too much time on their kinds of Interesting part-time hands.

occupations and jobs for married women.

-Even it your budget is strain- ed and the money you may carn

is important this is not a point

to stress. It may occur to him, but you will wound his pride if you mention it.

Explain to him that your home is so well equipped that house-work does not occupy your days. Stress that you want to do something useful that! interesting individual, will help to keep you a live and

Young mothers, busy enough But the decision to take а with housework and bringing up part-time jeb enn their children, are still starved awkward problems in the home. cause many for companionship.

Some husbands are sensitive Older women, whose families about their wives working.

Seek His Counsel are grown up and have

kett They

feel it is a reflection on home, become depressed. After their own earning capacity.

Seck his co-operation in an active and responsible life, There are elements of deciding what you should do. they feel unwanted

and jealousy. too. The

husband Once friendless.

you have gained his may be nervous about his wife's Interest and co-operation, contacts and friendship made battle is 'as good as won, outside the home. Or he may will Goon be boasting: "or Course I encouraged her to develop an outside interest."

Most tragic of all the lonely wives is the one whose husband bas grown cool and bored through familiarity. The reasons for his neglect may differ. Pur- haps he has become too engross ed in his business interest. Or he may

seeking more entertaining company outside the home.

be

fear that you will become less absorbed in your home-and in spoiling him-if you have out- side interests. There is often a king-of-the-castic streak about

even the meckest of males,

1

the Hé

The average husband wanta his wife to be happily occupied while he is working. If you make it easy for him, he will probably agree.

100

Tact Will Work For

I understand this problem all each Kroup of lonely How can you overcome these, wives I shull be nuking husbandly

well. When I married. objections to your practical suggestions for In- going outside

homo I left my job and settled down the creasing their zest for living and work either part or full-time? to housekeeping for two years. thekr

But a good housekeeper and u happiness.

You can do it by tact. But do Today

me 100 am concerned with not let it lead to argument and well-run house left the case of the woman who has hard feelings.

much time. My inactivity roon too much time on her batuls. NEVER mention the fun you began to make me depressed.

Chief cause

Because of her loneliness hope to have

I have

under- is the break-up of the family interest. If he dotes on you, standing and tolerant husband, unit.

the himself hia Jealous reactions will be he

suggested aroused

solution. and sent me buck to NEVER mention the money the work I know and love. you hope to earn. Nothing is

MONDAY: The Neglected more calculated to make male hackles risq..

Wito

Common Heartcries

in Victorian times when several generations Jived to gether under one roof, there was company for young and vid.

The only child was a rarity Old people were welcome in the homes of their children .38 35 younger relations, Houses were more complicated to run and was plenty of work to keep several women occupied happily together.

there

in

your now

an

REVIVAL OF LONG HAIR

W

STYLES IN ITALY

Today, with labour-saving gadgets and children frequently ILL the Italian long away at boarding school, many women find themselves spending hours alone cach day with nothing to do.

They

RTC

In organising their

danger of

hair style catch on? Only four London model girls so far have followed the new trend

Exotic, dark-eyed Marcella, on

enclently that work homeotic, dari who works for

althe lose their savour,

YES

Say Martin, Douglas and Rene. For six months their hair- styles have been longer, but they are dressing the hair to the side, not to the mpo of the neck.

NO says Raymonde. But he adds that the clipped look has gone and hair is softer and slight- Digby Morton, wears her hair ly longer at the back. swept up in a Greciari knot, SUMETIMES says Steiner. He Thit, stately Dorothy Browster, keeps the short cut for day: en English girl working with but uses Bro

for clip-on chignona Victor Stiebel, has an elegant evening chignon style.

"I'm frankly bored," "I don't know what to do with my time," "I feel so useless," common hearteries today. And come from women of very they different backgrounds,

An afternoon shopwindow- | black-haired Marla Scarafia have | gazing, listening to the radio both grown theirs to long bobs.

with

your feet

London up, visiting a

hairdressers аге jetnema or giving a tea party, is divided in opinion....

Blonde Jean

Dawnay and

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