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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 29th, 1927.

The

WOMAN'S PAGE

HEIRS OF A NEW WHAT PARIS HAS DRESSES AT COURT. A MAN'S VIEW OF DAYTIME PYJAMA CRAZE.

AGE.

THE BABY AND THE CAR.

TO SAY.

Glittering embroidery, corsages of diamanté, yards of metal lamės, lovely diaphanous laces and gauzes, and jewelled tulle used for trains combined with handsome jewels to make their Majesties third Court as brilliant a spectacle as those held earlier in the season,

Rumours and facts of what is going to be worn and what is going to be tried out fill the air, says To the modern baby, the young Home paper, and dressmakers are heir to the age of machinery," a

jenlously guarding the secrets of what they will reserve. for their motor car is no more wonderful mannequias to wear on the great coloured gowns. In several cases it Many débutantes again chose than a perambulator. Yet to many easion. Most people seem assured parents of this latest generation that longer skirts will be seen comes memory which cannot Well

the short ones have

be wholly disassociated from St. I had success enough in the past and George's Dragon, of exciting if awe-perhaps the time is ripe for a inspiring machines which a good change. little girl or boy might meet when

Lace and Georgette Hema.

the older women, presenting the Gowns of Ambassadors' Wives. Mrs. Houghton, the American Ambassador's wife, wore a draped gown af grey georgette,

bud," who wore white,

HATS.

In the old animal fables of India the lion is usually a magnificent beast, but intensely stupid and

imple

in them. In spite of their boasted Men have something of the lion superiority, they like many other barbarian tribes, are very bad liars They may carry it off with the stock masculine phrases "decent" or not half bad," but any woman can

detect the note of insincerity which

PARIS

The craze of Frenchwomen to wear pyjamas on every possible occasion is growing rapidly. The proprietors of a cinema near the

Church of the Madeleine · have dressed their women attendants in

dressmakers are producing pyjamas plum-coloured pyjamas Leading for women made sxactly as they are for men with the coat lapping from left to right instead of right to left.

Patel shades are the most popu...]

and blue with pink piping is the most popular of all "Tea for

two" is a model produced for fervent."sweet" or "too divine,"

hostesses who wish to receive their Women, so it is said, think a great guests in pyjamas, while a well-

they were taken for n wałk. - Heras of lace on georgette gownsbroidered in diamanté, the silver Cars and babies so dissimilar are are a feature of several frocks that tissue train being prettily lined yet curiously bound together new-a-have been sought for the great day, with shell-pink chiffon. A pink fes-is to difficult to discover in a really days. There are not a few young cision of a car or a baby, but generally when a child is chosen they decide they must have a car so as to be able to take him about

and plain georgette frills of conther fan to match was carried.

Gold lame, embroidered with blue

gold flowers, was the choice of: Mrs.

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couples who have to face the de-trasting colour are sometimes seen and Bristol, wife of the Comman- deal of a new hat, and regard it as known male dressmaker is showing"

with them. We should never be able to get net at all now that we have baby but for the side car And in a year or two the excuse is "Yes, we had to get a small car now that we have two children So the little mites whose eyes might gleam with adventure jogging along

on patterned chiffon dresses.

a great asset. They like to be ad-pyjamas for dinner and evening wear. Cocktail pyjamas. have also met with mich siccess in Paris. The prices of the new pyjama suits are fabulous.

A delightful race frock of navyder-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet in blue georgette had a deep hem of the Far East. The train, of blue Chantilly lace dred to match, the crêpe romain was heavily embroi-mired; it pleases their vanity, or, same lace forming the lower part of dered with gold.

not to use so harsh a word, it the enormously wide bishop sleeves. This was a quiet track but very

fatters their good taste. But if a chic. A novel note was struck by

man really and enthusiastically the presence of silver lamé knickers

admires a hat, you may put him banded in just below the knees by small diamond buckles. The knick

down as a liar; probably it will be ers were, of course, veiled by the

fcial flowers were a distinguishing Trimmings of beautiful pink arti- feature of the train on Mme. de Fleuriau's gewa. The dress was af pink crêpe de Chine, the skirt having three pleated frills and the

behind a stout pony, sit as blase lace hem, but they are discreetly scorsage being embroidered in din obvious,

as their parents in the Austin Seven amid babble of carburetters and self starters.

Oti

This evening dress is cut jumper lings with silver tissue over wory satin beauté,

There is no danger in taking even quite tiny children motoring if proper care and forethought are ured, but if there is to be any plea eure in the excursion the special needs of the wall passengers must be taken into consideration.

Motor Picnics.

A motor picnic is an excellent way of giving the children air with-

patent all the same!

row

Eucked Taxetas Hats, Lanaensely smart are the new cabriolet hats made of rucked taffetas which have a tiny mask-veil attached to the cloche brim. A hat of this order destined for the Grand Prix WAS made of nut-brown taffetas with the little mask-veîl în brown tulle bordered with a single of copper paillettes. The cabriolet was trimmed with a single Juliet rose set in copper leaves, and the accompanying dress was brown Ince and taffetas with a touch of copper embroidery on the left hip...

A Kelmet li Dark Blue Velvet. Another chic model shown in the same studio was helmet in shape and made af dark blue velvet, with flat ornaments at either side which had an Egyptian aspect. These ornaments were worked in blus silks and moonlight-blue irridescent bends. This model was one of those which completely hide the bair.

Some gorgeous evening frocks are being prepared and sold. The best modela gleam and glitter as much as ever, but with a difference All- over-beaded designs have gone out of favour, largely because of their too prominent popularity, neverthe less beads of the most costly order are lavishly used an evening wraps as well as frocks. The difference" lies in the rag the beads are done by hand, and immense care is taken to have them original."

Popular Blue Shades. All shades of blue are in favour for evening frocki Never have I seen the sapphire and moonlight shades more popular, and there is a growing partiality for a lovely shade of electric-blue which-in charmeuse and chilton-is often shot with

silver.

manté.

A lovely dress of pink and fawn georgette with fine. Furia shade luce en. sleeves, the soft revers and at the hem..

Mme Paravicini, wife of the Swiss Minister, wore a gown of gold floral lamé hand embroidered with mother of pearl sequins. Her train of rust-coloured tulle was veiled

with old lace.

I predict that we are in for a

Two Beautiful Gowns,. smali revolution where hair-ia con- A lovely glittering Marte gown cerned... An observant eye will re-of silver lace, embroidered with cogaise a subtle change of head-acre was worn by the Marchioness outline, here and there, when of Salisbury, and her handsome number of smart women, are gather- cloth of silver train was embroider. ed together. The Eton crop is ed all over with pearls and dia- slowly disappearing. Quite a um manté, ber of chic girls are arranging curla over their ears, sometimes caught. in by jewelled pins.

Stones grit and

Azalea Pink With Silver.

Lady Rosemary Agar'e gown wai Lof-azalea-and-silver gauze--with-a tulle train embroidered with dia- manté and crystal,....

The Countess of Midleton wore a lovely gown of gold lace over cyclamen, The lace train, like the 80D was decorated with nacre embroidery.

out over heating them and can be and other inconveniences of a sun most enjoyable, or the very reverse. baked hillside. One thing to be remembered above sticks are not comfortable to sit, on all is that sitting still for long is whether you are young or old; ther a strain on childish spirits so that certainly are not the ideal accom you should call frequent balts and paniment of food, and every child let the children out even if only drops a slice butter side down," Lady Hastings, who presented her

for few moments, to gather at least once in the course of a flowers. Do not concentrate on

getting there swift motion and picnic meall

daughter, the Hoa, Armyne Astley wore a gown of cream georgette

The train of cream velvet was em-

imprisonment will make the little Screw top glass jars are invalu-embroidered with diamanté crystal.

people cross and tired before the able at a picnic for almost any pienic begins and as the best of thing can be safely and hygienically men are apt to find these family carried in them. You can get them

broidered with rubies, pearls, and diamanté and lined with thell pink.

Miss Astley'e gown of jade and

excursions rather trying it will then also saw some little time ago train of green and white shaded

in several sizes at Lane, Crawford's silver lamé was accompanied by be a fiasco.

at Whiteaway, Laidlaw's

excellent Important Accessories, ‘aluminium baxta lined with

kulle embroidered with fine ailver Three other things are important which I think were from about 50 thread and finished with a cluster which apply equally, of course, to cents each and would take butter, of water lilies.

Mr Finburgh, wife of the mem any form of picnic, changes of cheese, potted meat, etc. - There clothes for the children, a pocket were also at the same shop collap ber for North Salford, who was pre- first-aid box and wraps and rugs. sible aluminium" sandwich boxes sented by the Duchess of Devon Even in our hot climate these last The more the packages can be split shire, wore a silver Jamé gown veil- are important A light coat will up into small lots the better; threed with net. Her black face train prevent a chill as one drives home for four small baskets take up much was lined with silver, Her dough. and plenty of rugs to sit on are less space in the car than one big ter, Miss I Finburgh, wore a pic- not only advisable as a question one, unless, of course, you have a ture gown of mirror velvet with an of health but prevent insect bites specially made basket which straps embroidered fraia, and carried a

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poay of liles of the valley.

of the hat, however, costly, is to conceal it.

For women's hats are nearly all ugly--some not so ugly as others --- Curiously enough, a great part of and some very ugls; none, it is the world, if not the majority, has true, "quite so hideous as men's | decided that a head covering is a This is, of course, heresy; if the | masculine affair. We must be con- ladies had the power of the Laquisi-tent with two examples. The men. tion, you would be burnt at the in India wear turbans, and if they stake, but you might escape with are decently dressed must wear something less if you merely main them; the woman wears nothing on tained that -no woman with any j her head or else the mere elongation pretensions to looks is not more of the sari. attractive without her hat than with it. St. Paul said that a woman's glory in her hair; she has chosen to do without the greater part of that glory, bat enough remains greatly to adorn her, and the chief result

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In Spain no man will be seen in the street-will not even walk two. steps outside his door-without a hat. But the women depend upon their hair with a sure instinct, or else on the "lace mantilla, with or without the high comb.

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