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FASHION.

Last week I was shown one of the most) flattering-to-the-figure coats which I have seen in Hongkong. There is not A horizontal line in it? Those panels which cut up the back expanse from hem to hip are carried just high, enough to ment the generous frivolous cape sleeves'; which, in some mysterious way seem to belong to the enat, without disturbing its original alim, close-fitting design, The light warm cloth was in one of the autumn shades of rose-beige.

In most cases now where the frock and coat are cut from the same cloth. "the cant is an inch longer than the dress, thus providing a margin for the swinging hemline. The glass of fashion must give no hint of "your petticoat is peeping"

as a Japanese amah once said to me,

It was good to hear an emphatic state- ment that present stocks of clothes will

An ethereat charm isient by this gorn of fine thread face and black chiffon veiling, a .'' fond "of soft flesh pink.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TB, 1926.

BEAUTY CULTURE

In her richest contralto, Miss Nora Bayer is telling London:-

Every painted lady

Is some mother's baby, Though on Broadway

She's a wild, wild rose."

Half Hongkong has forgotten that fact, and the other half does not believe it is true. But it is; and most of the righteous indignation is due to the ob- vious fact that we are not all artists. I should say that the most important re- quisite of the Far East dressing table is a strong ray of daylight. The next essential is a notebook, hanging on the mirror, where we used to keep bundles of old dance programmes years ago. In this book "jot down the things you don't like about other women's make-up.

There might be a command on the first page: Don't use a cream and powder which makes your face look whiter than your teeth. Indian women have beauti- ful teeth admittedly, but some of the white gleam is gained by contrast with the skin of lip, and check. Blondes, with naturally white skin, are apt to accentuate its fairness, forgetting that the eye is attracted to any high light, and while remembering that this same radiance must be led firmaly away froor the nose, its natural apex.is the shing surface the teeth. With this in mind it is wise to choose a dark rose lip-salve, and use little of that, especially if the gums show when the face is vivacious. Every woman should think over this sub- ject of make-up, and decide to what type her face and neck belang, and then whe ther she can afford the time, and money, necessary to the culture. Having decided in favour of "just a little touch here. and there, as most of us do, she con then he sufficiently strong minded to avoid the pitfalls, into which a poor supply of daylight on the mirror, inevit ably lead

AN EXCELLENT LUNCHEON DISH.

There are several kinds of anonymous letters, brutal, bullying, begging, and the one before me, fortunately belongs to the third category. It is a pitiful ery of suffering: Will you devise some tiffas which a man over 45 can enjoy without feeling like a boa-constrictor who has just swallowed his sister!"

One solution lies in the substitution of rice for potatoes, and I think more men would enjoy Chinese dishes, if they were not so surrounded by an air of bravado and chopsticks! Any Chinese cook will prepare a delicious mixture of cubes, in- cluding fried chicken, or veal, minute pieces of cucumber, squares of ginger, mushrooms, and softened almonds, with

The

WOMAN'S PAGE

TWENTY-FIVE" AND MR. BEVERLEY

NICHOLS.

"Being a Fung Man's Candid Recollections of His Elders and Betters

by Beverley Nickola-London, Jonathan Cape, Ltd.

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Mr. Beverley Nichols, in his forewood "mann, Carpentier, Lady Russell, Mra to his autobiography, "95." says that the Patrick Campbell, and a dozen others. fear of subsequent boredom drives him. His "thumbprint" of the late Valentino to publish thus early his impressions of will probably find endorsement amongst some of his fellow men and women. His that still considerable section of society is an cathusiasm which has survived the which has not caught flash-light-favourite, sneers of the public school bully and the fever. There are a few pen sketches of sarcasm of modern society, and his wealth intensely interesting folk who, having of sympathy should continue to make failed to become victims of a craving for friends for him long after he has passed publicity, are not as yet household words all the barriers of age which he deplores of commendation, or condemnation. One and laments. This book really only is Oliver Baldwin, son of our present covers about seven years" of his twenty-Prime Minister-a few hundred words of ve, and many a reader, or closing it, vivid character drawing, with an appre will be tempted to persuade him to write ciation of "Chequers" tacked on at the of his childhood, and then of his days end.

In his two hundred and fifty all too as President of the Oxford Union ; and

short pages, he carries us to America, back through the lighter side of London life,- and on across Europe to Greece, into the garders of that sad, and pen. sive Queen Sophie, sister of the Kaiser. Whether Lime has healed your Was hatreds, or whether your physical, mental, and financial wounds still fester at a touch, Mr. Nichols reminds you in all the most pleasant ways, that Queen Sophie Was also a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. Soon after the Balkans, he was away to Australia, sitting in the moonlit wilds with Melba, climbing rough paths to the enchanted home of Norman Lind- say. He drove there in a palatial motúr, with Melba singing beside him through the Blue Mountains, and the only blot on the horizon seems to have been Lindsay: they did not." scan."

An elaborate cloak design in a Hong kang, show-room. Note the well fitting coat which outlines the figure.

perhaps to tell us a little more of him self, instead of allowing his readers mere smatterings of his personality, and "an occasional glimpse of his kindly sense of humour which peeps from behind the draperies of such famous people as a brown gravy. An addition of fried Horatio, Bottomley, Elinor Glyn, Pach stars of toast, and a sprinkle of chopped parsley; mint, Içek, green celery leaf, garlic and chillie, if liked, makes this into an excellent luncheon dish, if served in peace and quiet, in the usual catree dish or Pyrex glass bowl.

One tin pate de foie gras; one rabbit. Pound the rabbit with chopped herbs, butter and a little chestnut reduced to

be sold at their original dollar price. All shades of pink," and one shade of "light navy," are rapidly returning to favour for afternoon, and evening frocks. Black face over shell pink, suits the fair, or paste. Surround the foie gras with grey haired woman well enough, provid- this mixture, and cover the whole with ed it is brightened by a huge flower. thin aspic jelly, which may be decorat Brunettes seem to require a more decu with chopped green olives. Anite colour scheme, which, in no sense, precludes the severest black or white,,, In

MONOGAMY. FOR TURKS.

EFFECT OF NEW CODE.

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Some contemporaries of his University. days have described him as a sublimely conecited young man. There is little trace, of this in his work. Two charac- teristics will probably strike the reader; the first is an unaffected sincerity, and. the second, such discreet sympathy as is. rare in youth. I would beg him leave to distrust his epilogue. Does he serious- ly include himself in that we of these modern young people, who accept life as in John Gay's epitaph:

"Life is jest, and all things show it;

I thought so once, but now I know

it'

If he is conceited give us more of his kind. If he be self-conscious it must be in his leisure hours, for his work is all humour and fun, and the smiles of Dame

He leaves us with a Fortune.

gesture What covering the universe, and asking. does it all meng?" and so socthing is his companionship, that I feel inclined to reply: It means nout, but us could do with a change of weather.

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bo a Marriage Clerk in each municipality and a special room set apart for the celebration of

the marriages. Only bridegroom, or his proxy, will have to appear before the Marriage Clerk, and the actual document will be extremely brief, consisting of the words, We, the undersigned, betrothed since October 1st, declare by these presents that we have decided to get married. Please carry out the necessary formalities."

CONSTANTINOPLE. Marriage formalities in Turkey have just been considerably modified. Hither to marriages in the case of Moslems wera celebrated in the presence of an Imam, or official representative of the Moslem Establishment, and the bride

There is no fee for marriages under and bridegroom each had to provide the new Code, unless they are celebrated two witnesses. A the bride had outside the Mayor's office, when a tax to be veiled and was not supposed to of £TS (11.) will be levied, or unless appear in public, she was sometimes, 18- the marriage takes place after office presented at her wedding by a proxy hours, when half that sum will be When the marriage took place in the charged. The Mejelle introduces a fur- bride's house the latter stayed behind 4ther breach with tradition, inasmuch as door and the Imam called out in a loud it imposes monogamy upon the Turks voice, "Do you agree to take as your in defiance of the old Sheri or Sacred husband?".

Moslem Law, which permits every Moslem to have four wives.

the cupboard next to the coat with cape LAUGHTER AS BLOOD TONIC. sleeves was a white evening dress of per. fect lines, "intricately cut to essure slim-DOCTOR'S ADVICE TO STUDENTS. ness, as well as decoration. The only elaboration of its soft simplicity being a "Over 80 per cent, of men are unfitted long fringe, forming a waving panel on to be soldiers, and such physical ineffi- each side. The happy owner of such aciency is bound to be a handicap in every gown could have it copied in black, walk of life," said Dr. John Fawcett 'locally, with grent advantage.

when making an appeal for more playing fields at the opening of Guy's Hospital This question was repeated three times Medical School. There was no class of and then the marriage was considered to men, be added, who could make a more be binding. Afterwards the bridegroom weighty appeal to the public on the ques was obliged to pay a sum of money, tion of playing fields than doctors. " which varied according to his social. status, to the family of his bride. This Fawestt said partnerships were one of gilt was called Drahma Until the new the anares of a young doctor, and yet it law came into force a girl of nine could was a great blessing if he found the right marry, with her parents' consent, but maa. He had known young men falling now the minimum age is 17 for a girl into a slough of despond and depression and 18 for a man. for some years because of a disappointing According to the Majelle, or new Civil start. He commended to all of them Code, the Imam is no longer to officiate laughter, which, as Stevenson said, made at marriages, and an official "Marriage good blood and was one of the greatest Clerk " has taken his place. There will implements of the pharmacopoeia.

(Continued on next Column).

Patent leather is an excellent trimming for morning or afternoon frocks, and much in favour just now. To keep the leather supple, it is wise to wipe it with a hot cloth, and massage it with a hint of vaseline. It seems to have taken the In words of advice to the students, Dr. place of braid, and is stitched on to the cloth, or used in wide panels in any colour.

IN THE GARDEN.

Those Peak Gardens which escaped the fall force of September storms will find their dwarf peas are rapidly catching up with those on the lower levels of Caine Road; Repulse Bay, and Kowloon The continuous rain caused the lower leaves to discolour, and were a serious setback to strong growth, but by careful sticking the life of the plant can be doubled. Many people grow the small variety of pea here in order to do away with this samo use of sticks, but the two cases are very different, since the dwarf variety only needs two foot sticks, and no tying. There is no extra expense, as ammamet growth is being clipped from walls and banks, and this type of branched sup port is ideal. The plant grows a little higher when it has something on which to pull, and the peas hang high and dry, instead of in a muddy condition after each lavish watering. The sticks need slight adjustment from time to time, but the increased strength of the haul bolds both in place, except in a severe storm."

ALBERT.

THE FRENCH · CHEF,

Will have inch pleasure in welcoming his numerous Patrons at his Restaurant to partake of his French cooking, and he particularly calli their attention to his latent novelty: »

PICNIC ICE CREAM.

This will shortly be ready and for bathing picnics or parties thus delicious swet is unsurpassed in Hongkong, and will last for at least 8.

hours.

22 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTE

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IN MADAME FLINT'S

BEAUTY PARLOUR

PARISIANA.

HOKUMOZU HOFUL ECHI KILKAZU,

akin lacking in freshness and M R dolcsey in really nothing to be A concerned about Madaine Londan ST. is now undertaking anuma

ALMOND PACK TREATMENT

which effectively blanches the skin by opening the pores and removing impurities

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Keeps the skin fresh, cool and fragrant

Counteracts the effects of perspiration

Exercises a tonic effect on the skin

Prevents

and cures

Hongkong Foot."

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. PHONE. C. 16

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THE PIONEER SILK STORE CHINA BUILDINGS (Opposite Flower Street).

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CAMPBELL MOORE.

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AT THE SIGN OF THE LANTERN.

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We Have Now Moved into Our New Premises, YORK BUILDING, CHATER ROAD,

GROUND FLOOR, NEXT TO KELLY & WALSH.

A New Consignment of Autumn Frocks & Hats Now On Sale at Very Moderate Prices.

CHRISTMAS AT HOME!

Have you realised that to get your Presents flome in time for Christmas, they must be purchased now?

Prove to your friends that the

boycott is over by sending them

CANTON EMBROIDERED SHAWLS

SWATOW

DRAWN WORK

FOOCHOW LACQUER WARE

of which we have just received a new stock and which we invite everyone to inspect before seeking presents elsewhere,

THE SWATOW LACE Co., Ltd.

21, Queen's Road ( ELI.

Garage.)