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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

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Now Dior has his say on HOW LONG THE SKIRT

LONDON

Decreed by JOHN CAVANAGH-skirt 16" from the ground.

ROME

Decreed by SIMONETTA -show a leg, skirt 19" from the ground.'

THE perennial problem of how

back

*

with

whistle long you wear your skirt: nimosi an ofghteenth-century only now I revival, complote with bouffant Now and possible to give a

balanced skir's, report on what the fashion- ixers say.

Men might not like

the severity of the Day Look-busti

Hippy girls wil

Most of the big names in the do three bly centres of fashion spy happy; the bulging waistlines SHORTER... but the other can disappear and they day Dior-the ways-watted wear slim dresses again. Dior-ald NOT SHORTER FOR

ME.

be

can

my

The Spindle Line does NOT

elongated shirt mcan

dresses.

con-

PARIS

Decreed by DIOR

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-as you wore, skirt 15" from the ground.

Strange Items Find Their Way Into Children's Stomachs

New York.

UST name It, and a child

will swallow it.

paradichlor

in his lungs, there was danger determine whether it contained

naphthalene or of irritation and pneumonia.

Talk to these two men and benzene.

The mother was to

JUST

As a result, each year you wonder why the death toll, call him back. i tho dangerous

annually isn't above their figure "Naphthalene

500 children under the age of sub. They have records of one Hayburn explained. "But of five dle from household children gulping everything we'd just as cool kids didn't poisoning; untold numbers from heavy amounts of whisky take ANY mothballs part of more suffer injury, and (the child died) to a bottle of their regular die:""

perfume (the child recovered), Rayburn sald other potentially. often permanent disabling.

which find The New York centre handles dangerous Itomp

a their way into children's In an effort to prevent this an average of 500 cases ***

Include Insertlekita, laws of lito or injury, 32 polson month. Most frequent calls temoch

dose or. detergents, shoe polish, lighter control centres today operate in ask for advice on 肆 verious clules around the nation, aspirin or household bicach, ful, the causties much as ive,

But One of the first contres, and a Rayburn

polish Bald.

Itad furniture

iiniments, pattern for many of the others, poisoning E the one which in

turpentine,

for

kerosenc

drugs meant is the one operating as part of worries fbo centre the most, grown-ups

only, Now Yoric City's health because it so frequently in fatal machine oil, solvents, and even department

Wos

founded

those liquids which are meant for blowing bubbles,

"Our advice to parents ts-if it isn't food, keep 11 away from the children,” said Bayburtı,

the IF IT'S NOT FOOD, at request of local medical KEEP IT AWAY Locieties who wanted an "It kills more children. than information clearing house; a

city," said the "ONIONS" BECOME doctors polio in this

HYACINTH BULBS

content,

the and

Involved, when

or

danger Junior nte drank something not meant for a stnall dummy,

NOT POISONOUS

BUT FATAL

were

place where parents, and hospitals could get speedy medical director. "Eight deaths information оп the chemical ready this year."

Jacobziner suit most paint The centre's emergency work manufacturers now use only a is not without its lighter side, safe-amount of One of its steadiest customers minute-and lead in paints.

is the mother of a smalt boy, But the old coals underneath who has a knack for ealing the cnt

just. from a child wrong thing. His latest "aet" chewing on

a window all or the interior of one of three cating painte plaster," said snow-scene paper weights. The Director of the New York Jacobziner.

centro sald the contents centre is Dr. Harold Jacobziner, While I was talking with the harmless, (assistant health commissioner; two, a ̈panicky mother

called chiot chemist ant technical with the news her small san of the doctor's daughter who director la Harry Rayburn, had gulped scam c mothballs,

"Some of the items dangerous "Will they hurt him?" to a child aren't poisons in the asked,

to cap true sense," Rayburn explained. the

Rayburn tried "But they

be fatal." while also trying to find st!!!

mothball Ho "I will," she said. "I hate to explained that anything brand of the containing petroleum olls was explained later that if he know waste that big chunk of meat I

brand risky because if a chill got any the

name, ho could had added."-United Press

very narrow, mostly set in off the shoulder.

TOP COATS: Again Spindle Lino, shoulders rather

He narrow, lots of thick twood and velour. Surprisingly little fur

EVENING DRESSES;

The

bosomy look. Cocktail dresses

even have a V in the front of the bosom that curveg way to that the matching rose cut in between,

is functional rather than decorative,

Phoning from Paris colleague JOY MATTHEWS They have a masterly cut which

HATS: Lots reported....

of a subtle glvey them

shape,

Brittany slightly to one at the shoulders and Bretons, worn narrow

side. Some bowlers and Bille curving gently at the hem,

pork ples in twoods to motch DRESSES: Mostly in bulky suits tweeds. Muny had matching Jackets.

There are two-vividly trasting Dior looks the DAY LOOK and the NIGHT LOOK.

BY DAY it's the "SPINDLE LINE" -discreet no Waisl and the stay-pa 18in.-from- the-ground skiFi,

SUITS: Skir's mostly in BY NIGHT It's daring, signifleant, but one or two full

COLOURS: Lots of black by day, reds, blues, and greens for evening.

bosomy, plunge-necdines, waists with big lite pleats, Sleeves The drawing by Robb

DISC

JOCKEY DEFENDS ROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC

WH

too.

Unfortunately,

♦

my

In looking back to own teenage years. I recall many how enthralled I was with

It also has in its fies the case

she

called to say the "onjons" ahe put in

soup turned out to be hyacinth bulbs, "Go ahead and her eat the soup if it tastes good," the the centre (old her

Left: This mart cloche of green mole akin to from Jean Patou's autumn-winter collection. Designed for day wear, 18 perches on the back of the head. The grosgrain band is of the same colour.

aight; u original cocktail hat of black velvet from Marie-Christiane's new colice- tion. It has a liga-orown and is held on to the head with a' chin strap. — Arenbe

-France-Frcase.

From Wrist To Elbow

New York. two boys and two girls and music, are really part of the THEN people ask me naturally, we're interested show.

what rock'n'roll is as any parents in the wel- doing to the younger fare of youngsters. generation, I always say, it's making them happy "

It's making me happy, parents don't understand swing, with Benny Good- the importance of rock'n'- man," Glenn Millor and roll to their teenage off- Harry James, Maybe today's Because I know that their spring. The kids feel that teenagers Are more en- -music-and make no it's now, it's theirs and thusiastic about their music. mistake about it, the kids something they understand Maybe it just seems that discovered rock'n'roll and and enjoy. A healthy, way because I'm older now. It belongs to them is wholesome way to get rid of But obviously, every giving them a powerful in- excess energy. The kids generation has its own terest that is working are just as much a part of music. nyniust juvenile delint as the performers,

I sincerely believe quency.

You'll see what I mean music is immoral. When

starts out. Itsicalng Sure, I'm making my liv- when you tune in "The Big youngster ing in rock'n'roll music. Beat" on ABC-TV, rock 'n' to music, any sort of muste, he is in effect whetting his appetite But my wife and I have roll audiences, loving the for culture, leading him, as some Furveys indicate, fo an interest in opera and the classics,

Teenagers

identifying arc themselves with

"Dalalaika”, a orcktail in ofi lütqueine Tame froma) Cill...

bezi Orvel, my Agunos FrunOD-ETÉSSA.

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-ANYTHING GOES

By VERONICA PAPWORTH

London.

"OPULENT, princely looking jewels of finely

cut crystal, large strands of multi-coloured rock'n'roll beads, huge rhinestones," wrote Helena Ruben- more closely, I bolleve than stein to me-reporting from Paris on the new with any recent movement in trends in jewellery. musie. Many performers are

teenagers. For example: Franky

Lymian and the teenagers.

WHY THEY LOVE IT

So I went out and about to see how easy it would be for you and me to follow these trends,

I found that, as often hip- pens, America has anticipated And the songs themselves Paris and I met one of Lon reflect the problems of teen-ton's most important "Jurtle" agers. "White sports coat and jewellery buyers, Miss Ironie a pink carnation" is a story of Parkes just back from a trip to 1 young man who is sad the States.

because the girl he ties is {Pause to explain that the going the prom with seme- term “Junk Jewellery" is used one elsa It's easy to see why for all non-precious stuff. But It's even "pumle" can be pretty ex- the kids love rock'n'roll

for them, about them and with pensive.) them,

Perhaps, after all, some of their elders don't understand rock'n'roll because they're no longer toonagers.

What will happen when to day's teenagers become the older generation?

"BIBS AND DRAPES," satıl

Miss Parkes that's what they all these necklaces in America, They're wild about them---wor them all day and every day- six of more rows of scrambled and beads, varying In texture depth of colour, are” alment a uniform

Reading from wrist to elbow,. baguette-cut, topaz-coloured .cuti Enon-textured surface

on gli plagues: .three rows of river pendis

gift ock Teaves. pearly and "black diamond1

topax-coloured stones, baguetta vent with ' chinestovas.

"We'll stock a few of them load themselves with six or Probably history will repeat "I tell you-cho first dow days because I think we should show more--Coutinental Cuffe they foolf and there'll be a new I was there I'd look at myself them -- but I. doubò̟ if they'll call them" -"mixing -gold and music form to replace before leaving the hotel and I'd Jenlah: on" an a rock'n'roll, just 'was swing was think no, you're underdressed, here. replaced.

mor

fashion ovor sliver, rhinestones "and · even

pearla anything goes." you've simply got to put on “Our men are a little too cotă~ Romembering" a recent 06- But rock'n'roll has become some

Jewellery. And corvativo don't you agree?" oount of Sylvia Ashley dazzling so strong I doubt if jvil ever back I'd go for another litia I mid I did -- and nearly society whom she first appearen completely pass away. Lller food

choked over the thought of my with diamond tresciate coach- the chaile Hawing, tungstha “Enormeris carfings too—even old man in a locket,

Mining almost from welek to elbow," best of rock wzoli will become | with swim suits they wour them, "Of

the women's I galcod Mias, Purkosto part of out mustest heritage. "As for the mch-their latest BRACELETS boat "everything,” me up a typlest sernful,

And the Schoonwlk) (be | fad - de - a mundo gil) • InstÉNG PRI Mine Parkse warınikasikan I've storiched the : Ülinding responsible for Kathalos Plaque on a leather, cordeniny bit slowy: In England we'd - TOMILA

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