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THE HONGKONG DAILY #PRESS, “MONDAY, JUNE 9715,

PARIS FASHION NOTES. ·"

ROYAL. [FROM OUR PROÏAL CORRESPONDENT, IS43)

To Night

Monday, June 27th, at 9:15 pm.

THE FAMOUS

RAMSAY.]

PARIS, May 9th.

Having proved by their long-standing Eidelity to the turban their appreciation of things Oriental, women are continuing to borrow inspiration from this source more particularly this reason in the matter of decoration and adornment.

The line continues to be long and vagus, and more"`suggestive of Greek? Fideals than anything else, bat thei es estic tendencies of modern · Fashion" are "evidenced by the addition" of "em-) broideries wholly Eastern in colour and

RUSSIAN LIGHT OPERA & design. Navy and other dark-coloured

OPERETTE CO.

Presents

The Famous Operette, by Lehar

"The Count of Luxemburg"

Tuesday, June 28th :--

The Dollar Princess?

Wednesday, June 29th:

"The Geisha

· 2nd

"Pot Pourri

Prices $4, $2*&*81.

*Booking: at-Moutsie's.

Beautify your Home by using

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The famous “Oll Bound

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(986

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*SYNOLEO” does not rah off on the Clothes. Colours fast to light and retain

their appearance for years.

SYNOLEO” menufactured in the most delicate” tinta jand the deepest

abades.

"SYNOLEO " is) the fated product in Distempers, and is superior toall others--

Commands a very large sale throughout China. --

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in many attractive Colour".

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Hall's Distemper 1; spplied with a whiênwash brash, saving much in the sort of labour.

It sets hard, kills microbes and vermin, and disinięcia. ...

It is made to a wide range of 70 colours, including rich dark as well as light tines. The coloure never fada, anabling tarniture sad pictures to be more about a room without showing discoloured walli,

Halla Distemper decoration may be whahed by lightly sponging down with stent sepid water. La remains oloso, swood and trean for years.

*Shade card and full particulars post free on application to

WM. C. JACK & CO, LTD.

14, DES VOUX KOAD CENTRAL,

N

SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG "AND SOUTH CHINA

Just Received from Manila

A Fine Assortment of

HEMP HATS for LADIES in different shapes and asserted colours Inspection cordially invited,

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO,

14, Des Van Ed. Central, Pro No. 2860,

dresses have long been trimmed with embroideries borrowed from the looms of Persia, Arabia and the Far East, but during the Spring and Summer season, white and the lighter-coloured fabrica will be trimmed with embroideries and|

motifs in the ame multi-coloured de sigus. Even materials much as lawn, organdie, tafetas and creperie Chini will show want has hitherto been regard, ed as trimming for dark and heavy mate." riala.

The turban has slowly but surely evolved into a hat with a more or leṣa"] shady brim. The crown of this is swathed in a width of crepe de Chine or Georgette, which is gathered into a knot at the side, the long ends being drawn through the brim and allowed to hang down any length. Usually a white has is chosen and material in a bright shade is added. The cürban, is rarely seen now-a-days except in tulle or brocade when it is worn as an evening coiffure. In its stead are these hats by the score. As they are not only exceptionally be coming but cheap enough to be within reach of the purse of all, the danger is that they will become common long be- fore the summer girl of 1921 has time to profit by 'their grace."

For strictly morning wear with the tailor-made or cost frock, which grey skies and chill winds still render noves sary, there are niall toques trimmed with gay little cockades of ribbon or plaited straw, or is simply with a veil embroidered in silk of a bright shades and tinsel thread. This is "placed so that this embroidered border. drapes the bats and forms trimming, or else, Oriental ideals are once more initated and the embroidered portion is allowed to droop over the brim of the hat just far enough to shade the eyes, the re- mainder of the veil being drawn over the crown or the hat and tucked away out of sight.

*1.

THE

BRITISH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CO. OF CHINA,

IMTEED.

COMPRISING

€. A. Parsons & Co., Ltd.... Turbines, Condensers

Lancashire Dynamo Motor Co., Ltd.

Mather and Platt, Ltd.

Bruce Peebles & Co., Ltd.]

Mirrlees Bickerton & Day.)

.Ltd.

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Alternators, Dynamos AC & DC Motors Synchronous Motors Motors Converters Turbine Pumps

Diesel Engines

~National Gas Engine Co., Oil & Gas Engines,

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Gas Producers

British Switchgear, Ltd... High & Low Tension

Brook Hirst & Co. Ltd.... Switchgear

Erskine Heap & Co., Ltd... Switch Boards

Electric Control, Ltd. "Whlpp'&Bourne, Ltd.,

British Electric Trans-]

former Co., Ltd.

Automatic Switchgear Motor Starters

Transformers

T. Healeys Telegraph') Electric Wires and Works Co., Ltd.

] Cables

The travelling representative of the above Company is at present in Hongkong.

For Quotations and Specifications address:-

Glover's

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Learn the Cure and Prevention of

the diseases of your dog

Book on "Dog Diseases and How to Feed" Sent free on request. · HoChy Glover Co., Inc.

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....

latimidated; perhaps, by the accounts of the frequent jewel thefts of late, women are carefully locking up their pearl necklets, their diamond brooches and their saphire rings, and are sub- stituting in their stead ormaments made from semi-precious stones artistically set or arranged in conjunction with black silk cord. Collars are more work than ever-jade, malachite, steel, coral, ivory, mother of pearl, ebony and ebonite, galatite, Venetian peads de corated with a line of gold, methyst, opal, turquoise matrix, and hosts of varied and bright-coloured beads figuring in their composition. There is quite an art in choosing stones to match a dress of a certain type And mounting them in conjunction with a silk thread, so that the result adds the right note of decorn-EORTY-EIGHT HOURS

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Bach Capeute bears the nama, Paris,'-8, rue Vivienne f

"Kelf by all Chamitis,

110

INSPIRED BY DEAD HUSBAND FAMOUS NOVELIST STILL TO USE

COLLABORATOR'S INITIALS.

The famous Williamson novels are to continue though death has dissolved the partnership C.N. and AM

tion. An ivory Chinese silk or crepe de Chine Icock will be a foil for a.accklet of avory beads strung on a scarlet silk thread, terminated by a plaque of ivory engraved with a Chinese characteristic; a jade plaque will be suspended on a sleek black silk cord "ending in a couple of tassels jade beads will be strung into a necklet and worn with a black velvet gown, and the necklet will be made so long that it will fall in a rippling cas cade down the front of the frock and then be looped up on to the wrist of the wearer. Ivory, jade and ebony Buddhas are worn hanging to a cord in keeping) with the colour of the dress. Steel beads and ornaments form a relief for a navy serge frock, whilst ebony and jet provide happy contrast for white and ivory tinted" backgrounds. Opal necklets be come more and more popular, and tur- quoise matrix is coming back into favour. The thing which is making Life with Beads, "apparently manufactured from a capital for me," said Mrs. Williamson, avery possible substance are utilised and not just existence, is the wonder when it is a question of feniinius adornful feeling that I am really in touch with ment! Wood, cut into long oral shapes, my husband who is more than ever to

now, I haven't "gone to crystal and jet are, so far, the most me popular. These are chosen to match the mediums, but he just lives at my side. colours of the embroidery on one's dress seem to hear him speak and advise me or the trimming on one's hat, and the about things when I write. This makes most fascinating effects can thus be me feel that I want to keep both our! obtained-fect which conjure up All Dames still, when 1-or we-write. I that the Orient and the East have of couldn't take any interest if his name colour and imagination.

Mrs. Williamson, fresh from her Ame rican trip, gave an Evening Standard representative a striking account of her plans.

any

were to disappear. When my husband was in this world it was always I who did the writing of our stories and thought of the plots, but he advised me and helped me

When women do wear their pearl neck lets now they wear them twisted round the wrist, except on occasions when they don a high necked blouse or frock; then,

"Ho made out our tours, and I 'had # the necklet is worn on the very edge of the figh collar soha to outline under his notes as well as my own, of scenery neath the chin, and the slack loops are and travelling adventures. And now k allowed to drop over at each side. Who The help is more intimate than before. ther this may be considered as a passing If I'm ever at a loss for a word or an whim or whether it will remain in vogue idea it comes with what seems to be a as high necks remains to be voice. I can't explain it. But there it proved

is. So it is no wonder that both our To match her necklets and, incidental names will appear on my forthcoming ly, her frocks, Madame will wear our

They, also, will be rings this season. designed

Mra. Williamson is an American by of semi-precious stones or jewel birth. With her husband she has been substitutes, and will match thoes chosen

DOVAL

for the necklet when both are worn at responsible for more than two dozen

the one time, Long pendant drops and ornaments of a pendulous nature will be favoured, but, more than any other type,

books.

the circlet which Hindu women bore in this way and then surrounded with through their ears will serve as inspire narrow bands of jet will be another man- tion for the aderament of modern Euronor of treating this new and somewhat pean elegantes. Bings of jade, mother original abstance.

As well as being made up into ear-

of pearl; ivory and cbony will droop from their ears and take the place for the time being of the delicate pearl that used rings, elephant's hair, encased always in half sheath of gold, is being worn in into the rose pink lobe of its the form of rings both by mon and to snuggle owner. The most original idea of all women, For those who are superstitious will be to make, uso of a strand of ele- phant's hair. (Thia, by the way, is sup-of bringing bad or good luck there are and believe an inanimate object capable. posed to bring luck untold to its wester). For ear rings, the hair will bo encased In a frame of gold, this being inlet into

set arstrand of the alleged luck bringing now armleta made of ivory into which.is elephant's hair. These new creations tako

a band of ivory or ebony, shaped as the place of the gold armlets, which have

circle. An elephant's hair set in gold (Continued at foot of next column.)

completely disappeared for the time being,

The

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