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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY

3RD, 1928

FASHION.

Fashionable is what we Enfashionable what others

wear,

0. Wilde: "The Ideal

Husband."

The

WOMAN'S PAGE

honour The present day fashion of THE BEAUTY PARLOUR.

short skirts reminds me of some cartoons I saw in a French fashion paper, where a hamorist had drawn types of women's Tegs, and had appended to each drawing a description of the character of the

-owner-

We have now-a-days beauty parlours, beauty culture, but only in a very low towns, do we have dress advisers who could give us the intuition we lack Often the word of a friend would provide the inspiration for a small but important alteration in our dress...

While the social centres of the world agree that Paris is leading in fashion, each social set tries to add a personal nate to the Parisian frock. The French frock in French everywhere on the globe, but it looks different wherever it appears, There are word, however, and not a small number of them, who take fashion as it is present to them, and do not give any individual touch to their clothes.be acquired. This is a mistake. Occupation and -climate often, make slight changes very

desirable if not inevitable.

Cities where the watchword is bustle demand a style of dress different to that which might be suitable for the boule vards and parks Towns with a lovely sky above them favour styles which would

Daily Press sketch.

This sleeveless

evening rock

of crêpe satin

is straight

model with

wide fringe

joined in

scalloped line

- model of

alm and lovely-

simplicity. Scarf ends

edged with fringe are at tached to the

shoulders in:

back.

Good taste is not only proved by the style of a dress, but also by the ability to see oneself in the environment where the dress will be worn. This ability is often inborn, but in many cases it can

SCARFS AND SHAWLS.

M.V.

Beautify Your Skin,

A good complexion, should be regarded. as one of woman's treasures. How.to maintain it is a problem particularly in the East and it would be as futile to sug- gest one treatment for all cases as it would be to give one remedy for different illnesses.

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The beauty of the complexion does not depend on the treatment by cosmetics only, but also on the food we eat and on our general state of health. Wa have to watch ourselves carefully and at the same time make a thorough study of our skin.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Lemonade for hot days:

In byagone-days-the-housewife-stored. lu her wardrobe to keep the moth from her clothing, and later they were used as an antidote for venomous stings.

When their culinary possibilities were

mended as an aid to digestion. first realized the dried peel was recom-

Time, experience and experiment have served to show this fruit in so many lights that it is ow difficult to set a limit to its sphere of usefulness. It is mankind's friend, especially in the springtime, when it serves to ward off the minor ills of the changing season and keeps us fit....

To make Some complexions are too dry,

a good lemonade, select. others too oily. For hot climates beauty medium-sized ripe lemons. Warm them advisors recommend astringents which in the oven, and, when soltened, wipe ought to be used-before-ang-other treat them with a damp towel. Remove the ment is applied. For those who want an

rind in strips and place in a jug. Then old-fashioned but a highly recommended

remove the pith. Cut the lemon into astringent I would recommend the follow-slices with a silver knife and put the slices into a jug. Cover with sugar and Cover the jug pour on boiling water. allow the liquor to stand for a short

Alcohol

Extract Witch Hazel'.... Vinegar

The home of the shawls, which are worn as evening coats out here, is Spaining formula:... where they still form part of the nationa), costume with the mantilla that adorns the head of the Spanish woman. The shawl has its history and its significance in Spain; in the other European countries the shawl has undergone phases of fashion like women's drosKCE. passed the fashion on to the rest of the chic world; it enjoyed a rather short

Daily

sketch.

Biarritz

At Hume large hats are the mode this summer and it means a nice change from the close fitting felt hats of the spring

life in New York. Shawls, however, gre still beautiful and expensive and so will always find admirers among women.

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The Japanese coats and scarfs have taken the place of Manila shawls out here and at home too. The seari has become almost as expensive as an evening gown -and-in-many cases the gown is of the simplest design and colour, serving as background-for-an elaborate scarf,

For evening gowns of tulle and chiffon, some delightful scarfs are available matching the dress in material and colour with a pattern in gilt or silverprint, embroidered or painted. Wound once about the throat and with their ons ends. they add distinct grace to the ensemble.

be entirely out of place in localitics buried in smoke and in mist.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it de- pends on how one looks at the ques tion--the colour for the tropics for the Western men and women is white. This "I imagine is not entirely due to the fact that it is cooler. Other" practical coD-.

Although the colour desigas of the siderations-particularly the laundry Japanese coats are unusually pretty and have to be borne in mind. Too much their weight is much less than that of while, however, becomes very monotonous the shawls, they are often apt to give and there are simple ways of singing the 77 matronlylines to a woman's £gure.. changes which are deserving of a little thought But a chat on this question may be reserved for another article.

JEWELLERY

4.073.

Gum Camphor

3 oza,

48 grains.

Alum

24 grains.

Glauber Salts

24 grains,

1 minim

Tincture

1 minim..

Chloroform

Colourless Iodine

Daily Frei sketch-Manila hats in different sizes and colours are obtainable here. In France high crowns and vide brims are faroured in New York the brims are wider and the crowns smaller.

After washing with warm water day the skin and apply the lotion with a soft rag and allow to dry. Your pharmacist will make it for you. Try and see if it is not beneficial.

Hair Treatment,

Daily Preis sketch...

Evening frock of

georgette crêpe

with the front

wrapped to the left

side and falling in

a cascade drapery.

Straight back. It

closes surplice fash-

ion, with a deep

lapel at one side.

V neck,

If you have long hair and you and it difficult to get the soap out after a shampoo, add the juice of a lemon to the. last rinsing water. You will see how time and strain through a cloth for use

Avoid all contact with metals other than nice and silky your hair becomes.

If there is no lemon handy use ordinary silver as they are apt-to impart a metallic. vinegar. A table spoonful of vinegar flavour to the lemonade. with the rinsing water will give the same résultas, lemon juice. Many beauty OUR WEEEKLY RECIPE. parlours use vinegar after the shampoos.

Bobhed hingled and shingled women-

-One of the finest cooke in Longkong may try the same treatment. Lemon gives a beautiful colour to blond hair and will, each week, gize a favourite recipe

in this column. is less dangerous than peroxide..

Grey, streaked or faded hair is not only

CHICKEN AND POACHED EGGS. unbecoming but is also unnecessary. Anyone can prepare a simple mixture at Ingredients. home that will derken grey hair and Quarter pound of cold chicken (or veal Fashion-usually starts on its way with extreme ideas, but. of course, these can Cameo pins in antique jewelled settings make it soft and glossy. To a half-pint as a substitute is very good); Two ounces of water add one once of bay rúm, a of Ican ham, A gill of white sauce Salt. only be carried out by women of excep and frames emphasize the vogue for the small box of Orlex Compound and ounce and pepper; Half a teaspoonful of tar- ragon vinegar; A very email pinch of tional personality and spiri Too frail ornate and elaborate in jewellery. When of glycerine.

These ingredients can be bought at macs; Four 683 through a mincer, wix looking or too stout looking women will a small cameo is head, the frame should invariably appear at their worst in any be rather large in order to show to

any chemist's at very little-cost, or the Put the chicken extrema, fashion. They should always advantage the fine metal work with ie chemist will put them up for you. Apply with it the sauce, salt, pepper, vinegar Stir over gentle heat antil adopt the golden mean. Sleeves may be design in vari-coloured stones. out of fashion, and yet the woman with large-cameo pins the frames are rather to the hair twice a week until the desired and mate, ugly shaped arms will always cover them narrow. and causlly dotted with stones of shade is obtained This will make a the mixture is very hot. Fry the ham with a veil or a shawl. If a neck is not a single colour. All sorts of queer shapes grey-haired person look twenty years lightly and chop it finely. Poach the very beautiful it ought not to be shown, with fines curves and oddly cut-off younger. It is easy to use, does not regga. Spread the mince on a hot dish,

the hamm round the egga.and serve. nor should one expose legs unless one corners are explaited as well as the con- colour the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, place the poached eggs on it; sprinkle

and does not rub off is sure that they are deserving, of the ventional oral and round shapes

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Exercises

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