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SUMMER FROCKS.

RAIN OR SHINE.

A GLANCE IN LANE, CRAW FOR THE NURSERY. FOLK.

FORD'S WARDROBES.

It is particularly disappointing

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 16th, 1928.

MAN" THE "MARTYR.

JBY LADY KITTY VINCENT.]

There is a legend that women do not feel pain as much as men, but certainly thol know better than their husbands and brothers how to deal with it.

A man who is suffering from some alight ache or pain is a pathetic

"MY BEST GIRL. "

MART PICKFORD AT THE

QUEEN'S

ALL THE WORLD'S SWEET-

HEART" RETURNS,

for OUR FILM CRITIC.]

The return of Miss Mary Pickford

BEBE DANIELS INJURED,

UNCONSCIOUS AFTER A LOVE

SCENE MISHAP

NEW YORK, Feb. 19th Miss Bebe Daniale, the famous cinema atar, was injured yesterday while acting in a love scene for a new film in an imitation Pullman sleeping-car on Arroyo-boulevard,

The "car" was constructed on

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.

A SUCCESS, JUDGED BY

EVERY TESTONE

As one who has more than nodding acquaintance with Amerion, I declare that judged by every test which can be applied, prohibition in that country has been a success," said Mr. Gerald France, at a luncheon, at the Fol- born Restaurant, of the National Commercial Temperance League, of which he is national president.

It had turned unproductive ex

There are, I suppose, few women, married or single, who can resist the charm of tiny garments design that the weather has remained so ed for nursery folk How men object and enough to upset a what to the screen in what promised to / Pasadena cold now that the most delightful look on these matters I don't know. household. If he stays at home and be one of her familiar roles, was

the rear of a heavy motor Jerry,penditure into industrial produc summery things are being shown in Powell's window was particularly as bimself, & free day from the surprise to which we looked for which travelled along the boulevard tiveness, and had made thousande the shop windows But those of intriguing when I stopped before office it is ten to one that heward with somewhat mixed feel followed by photographers taking of homes better, healthier, happier

us who are" wise are considering &

summer wardrobe despite the wea-baby need seemed to be catered for it the other day, for almost every ther, and I had a look through the in the garments displayed there new things that have arrived at At the back was · A workmanliko "Lane, Crawford's,

mackintosh with a sou wester to

Very charming and smart are the voile frocks which yet have a hint of being but the first comers designed for those doubtful days when high shimmer is not yet here.

The cluse fitting cap with a sharp Ty turned up brim ie still very popular in

match, both a cheerful red, and

inside I found a whole range of other colours, green, brown, blue, and mauve, et

huddled over the fire, shivering not go to bed. Oh, no! He siti pathetically and resisting all efforts

to better his condition....

ings.

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pictures. Miss Daniels love-mak-

limb struck the top of the lorry ing truck was passing beneath the low branches of a true when a heavy

All the World's Sweetheart in Mary Pickford was the first star, and she had been "acclaimed as the days before the war. Moreover, crumbling the "Pullman car.” the Mary Pickford rôle has been Mr. James Hall, the leading man, endeavouring to keep her voice kind tired of it. For years all, or nearly iss Daniels was pinned beneath Go to bed, dear," says his wife, played until we were all heartily was thrown out and fractured his

right wrist. heroines bring you up some nice hot sour

wero ingenues in and to hide her irritation. I'muslin frilis, with golden curls. the wreckage and was unconscious

"All the World's Sweetheart dis when extricated. There were dear little frocks of and if you keep warm you'll be all appeared from the screen because | white poplin, smocked in colours, right by to-morrow,

cinema audiences had outgrown her. linen safts, and dainty coloured voile dresses. Prettiest of all per haps were those sweet little gur- ments designed for party or best wear. Shere French voile with coloured embroidery and appliqués, white embroidered, muslin and net Ince trimmed, and among them were amall flower like bonnets, and little shoes of white or coloured kidy

** Thank you, my dear," says the martyr. I don't want to be a trouble to anybody. I can manage here very well. No, don't bother about food. I don't want to eat anything" Then he passes a hand across his aching brow and looks pathetic.

When My Best Girl" was AD- nounced we wondered if even the inimitable, and so much imitated, Mary could resurrect the popular heroine of äfteen years ago, and, though it seemed ungallant, if Mrs. Fairbanks would look still the part. But Mary Pickford did not drew the first big salary of Hollywood simply because she had a pretty face; there was always a great deal more in her acting than her voluntary under- studies realised; and My Best Girl" gives us "All the World's Sweetheart" brought up-to-date.

The whole household feel that it is callous to enjoy themselves or to There are always pretty baby make a noise, so they tip-toe about things to be found in this shop, and in a state of suppressed discomfort. besides being pretty they are prac-Towards evening the sufferer Tista tical and well made; there is no from his chair, and asks fechly for baby need from underwear to coats

thermometer. Ho resists all efforts that Powell's cannot supply,

to take it out of his mouth till at Maggie Johrion. has the sim- least five minutes bave passed, and plicity and youthful charm which we when he finds that it registers 99 remember, but she is no longer an linen pleased me because of their degrees he gives himself up for lost. animated little doll. Miss Pickford chic simplicity and the beautiful

He directs that the doctor shall very cleverly gives an illusion of hand work with which they are be summoned and he is distinctly youth without over much make-up. embellished. The linen has been aggrieved when someone suggests Her Maggie is young because dyed bright clear shades, including that it is hardly worth while send-Mary feels young, not because she rose pink, gran and jade greening for him when a day in bed would skips as she walks, as children are and a good turquoise blue.. The work an instant cure. After the supposed to do by screen directors, frocks, of which quite stitch is hand doctor has been and prescribed some or because she is aided by a wig

paint. done, are made quite simply with treatment he feels better and insists and plenty of grease no sleeves and are trimmed with upon getting up and having a bath, various designs in drawn thread so that the next day he really has a temperate and probably is ill for work.

& week.

Lace And Net Are Fashionable,

There were also some attractive dresses of plain or embroidered net for afternoon wear. One bas a wide belt of white and gold tissue, an- other a sash of night blue chameuse

Paris.

There is, for example, a pretty dress of brown and fawn spotted voile which is hemmed with dull brown it has a kiited.cape attach- ed to yoke height, or perhaps I should say. four smil capes for it is divided back and front and under the arms, This cape is also hemmed with the brown material. A somewhat similar material in black and red is made with a white have arrived eat on simpler lines Some charming evening dresses vest ornamented with pin tucks, than those designed for the winter

cannot go into a more detailed description of these and there are more of them coming, but they are very worthy of your attention as lace and net are, I am told to be fashionable this summer.

..

For Evening Wear,

"I can't make up my mind to give way," he says proudly to his friends when next he meets them, "Mary wouldn't believe how bad I was. I fancy I gave her a bit of a shock. But I hate being a nuis ance and I carried on a bit too long"

Wonderful creatures, men-Daily

Mail.

MR. HOOVER'S HASTY WEDDING.

CIRCUMSTANCES,"

CEREMONY PERFORMED BY ROMAN PRIEST.

Spots seem to be very much in the season. One yellow georgette frock POLITICAL FOES REVEAL vogus, and a third voile, with cream white ground, has a pattern has an unusual yoke and hem of of red spots, which takes a bolderirridescent silk lace, which combines form on two bands trimming the rose, green, mauve and a touch of skirt. A tie of the material on one yellow. A dress of pervenche blue shoulder and another at the waist georgette is cut with a very deep make it a smart and practical little plain yoke to which is attached dress up

long princess skirt all finely pleated and made to wrap over in a way which gives an uneven hem line. A point to note about all these frocks is that the bateau neckline is coming Lin agein

Handkerchief Linen.

A row of very bright and pretty frocks made of fiae handkerchief Continued on nert Column).

3.

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WASHINGTON. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, who is looming pro- minently as a candidate for the Re- publican Presidential nomination, was married at Monterey, Cal, as long ago as 1898, by a Cathodic priest, although Mr. Hoover e a Junker and his bride, Miss Lon Henry, was at the time a member of the Epiroopalian faith

The story of course, is Mary's old one, the Cinderella story of the dear little girl who marries a prince because she is a dear little girl despite her surroundings. Maggie Johnson serves in & ten cent store and falls in love with the million- aire-owner's son, Joe, who is under an assumed name working his way up from the bottom in his father' with a hand of iron disguised in the business. Maggie rules her home. velvet glove of Cinderella-like idealism, and that provides some of the best scenes in the film. For Mary isn't selfah or the would never have become all the world's sweetheart, and her super have good parts and play them well. One of the most delightful and hur an episodes is the joy which Maggie's family cast off her yoke when she at last marries her Prince Charm- ing.

And the prince, he is played by Charlie Rogers, a young man, of whom we think we shall see a good deal more. He is, of course, the typical nice looking college boy who is the hero of most of the new. Blms. We wonder if the market value of “S.A." is diminishing in Hollywood, for Mr. Rogers and his brothers cannot compare in that respect with Coleman, Cortez, Conrad Nagel, etc. At all events Mary Pickford has chosen a person- able "young man to play Prince Charming for her, and he acts very A good many things come up in well, if perhaps shade too obvious political campaign, but it rely second fiddle to Mary herself.. mained for the Hoover followers to We enjoyed My Best Girl for face a question regarding the remany reasons, not the least of which ligious denomination of the clergy was its dissimilarity from the usual man who performed the marriage film of to-day. It is a pretty, rest ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. Hoover ful picture, a little idealistic but in nearly thirty years ago. AN no respect crude or impossible.

Dispatches from California, pitated in New York, revealed the circumstances under which Mr. and Birs. Hoover had been married by

a Catholic priest, and promptly and cheerfully admission wis nude at Serretary Hoover's office that Such was the fact.

Mr. Hoover had been in Australia, it was explained, and came to the United Staten prepara- tory to returning to the East to accept a past in China. He reach ed Monterey, the home of his bride,

AT THE "WORLD."

THE UNDERSTANDING

HEART!

Admirers of Peter B. Kynes works: should not miss the screen version of his story which is now being shown at the World Theatre. The "Understanding Heart was first published as a serial story in the Hearst International-Cosmopolitan deals with the

the day before he was to sail for boater appeared in

Rangers in the Far West of America, and is totally devoid of the usual

THE MARRIAGE HABIT.

WOMAN'S SEVENTH VENTURE

AT AGE OF 74-

China, and the young couple were undecided for a bite whether the ceremony should be performed or cowboy stuff. The film has delayed until Mr. Hoover's return followed the story closely and the They finally determined upon at forest fire in exceeding realistic immediate marriage and departure Joan Crawford takes the part of for China The young couple lonely Monica Dale and is well sup- hurriedly sought a clergyman and found the Rev. Raymon Maria ported by the rest of the caste Mestries, & užasionary priest, who and "a" dispensation, like other priests in the old missions, to per form marriage ceremonies for Protestants, Father Mestris, per, formed a civil ceremony at the sidence of Miss Henry's father and Mr. and Mrs Hoover left the next day for the Oriental qu

Outside Hollywood few can. claẩm That is the story about to have ventured into matrimony Hoover which unexpectedly became for the seventh time, but that is the of political importance to-day experience of a pormer Manchester The question as to the religious womio, Mr Clus Mynett, affiliations of the officiating clergy Tibbs Elace, Blackpool, who on man followed two rarlier. questions St. Valentine's Day at the age of raised concerning Mr. Hoover's 174 married again after being candidacy, the first calling into ed six times. The bridegroom doubt s eligibility because of Mr John Myuct, aged 64, formiga residence during the was gical boot, anniker, of Ribble-Place. the second calling into doubt at Blackpool, whom third marriage it Republicans' on the ground that was, he having been & widower lieadvocated the election zöldhi kwaçëm Democratic Congress to support! I have been very fortunate, an Woodrow Wilson in 1920.

all of my husbands have been good, Since her marriage Men Hoover men, but unfortunately I have lost

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