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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 15th, 1929,

WOMAN'S PAGE.

FOR SUNNY DAYS.

HATS FOR EVERYBODY

FROM FELIX.

A very large number of hats has arrived this week at the Felix Hat Shop They are mostly spring and summer shapes in straw. semi. trimmed. and suitable for wear with washing, frocks, but there are a number of smarter models for

afternoon wear.

·JACOBEAN GLASS.

Jacobean glass ware, which you i can get at WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW'S, has a peculiar charm, of its own. It is intended for table use and there is a piece designed for nearly every table need. The charm of Jacobean is that it is designed for a purpose, and while decorativeness has not been forgotten, it is, as it should be, subordinated to pur-1 Bose. Thus thers are no angles or Most of the summer hats have unnecessary twists about Jacobean largish brims which are really aware to lay traps for the unwary necessity here where we get plenty or careless washer-ap." nothing of strong sunshine, and there is a big selection of white and cream hats some of them trimmed with a little colour. I noticed that a good many of the bats had the colour woven in, often round the top of the crown in which case there was generally a narrow ribbon as well.

Leghorn straw always looks nice with summer frocks and I was' pleased to see quite a number of different shapes some turned up sharply at the back and others with the new pleat to turn them up in front. One very smart model in white leghorn is bound with, black and has a black ribbon. There are also a number of tailor made straws in various colours, and very attrae- tive soft felts with straw brims' for present wear.

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One charming little toque is made of shaded pink velvet rose leaves and has larger leaves made of narrow braids of pink beige straw to give it a more definite form. An interesting hat is made of oyster coloured varnished straw. The brim is cut off sharply over the forehead and there is a flat feather mount in front of the crown in yellow and green. At the sides the brim, which is here fairly wide, is pleated and droops down, there is a small brim at the back. Some pretty shapes are made of soft silk canvas straw bound round the edge of the brim with printed silk.

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A very smart cloche hat is made of beige corded silk in two tones. another bat of corded silk in beige is cut rather like a mandarin hat with two "ears and a button on top. It is lightly braided with silk atraw. A black bankok bat has a double brim, like a wrap over skirt, edged with white.

Orchid colours promise to be very į fashionable in the coming season.. and there are a number of hata in this tone, both soft straws and light flower trimmed felts.

which asks to be broken off. The slogan which the makers have adopted of "our good piece de serves another " has been taken up by every one who has bought one piece of Jacobean, they have always gone on buying more and more until they had a complete service.

A very

large assortment of Jacobean glass dishes has just ar rived in Whiteaway's and a good many sizes which could not obtained before locally are now on show!

HAND MADE WOOLIES FOR CHILDREN.

There were

IN THE GARDEN OF GEORGETTE AND

EDEN.

"RAYON ""SILK FROCKS,

LACE.

TWO BLACK FROCKS FROM

AU PETIT LOUVRE.

The Mother's Union Sale, which was held some weeks ago, introduced

In the Garden of Eden the first me to some most delightful clothes frocks were made of leaves, and

There is something about an all for small children. knitted things, beautifully and sen probably of flowers since Eve was not quite, all women; especially black frock which attracts nearly, sibly made by women who are a woman and could not have been if it is a good frock, because, of mothers themselves and knew what is really needed, and a lot of blind to their appropriateness as a course, black must be good to be charming little cotton frocks with personal adornment. Now in this really smart. There are so many occasions on which a black frock matching knickers.

age of machinery we are being offer can be worn and a very slight ad- All these garments are sold simplyed frocks made of much the same dition, as a fower, a different set for the coat of the material, the material. I believe I am. right in of jewellery, or A well placed time and work being given by the saying that Rayon." French arti buckle, can make an astonishing ladies who make them in aid of the ficial silk, is made of vegetable difference in its appearance. An- M.U. funds. A special effort is matter. It seems appropriate that other point, too, which appeals to being made just now to raise auf the shop which has chosen Eve as many women, is that a black frock Scient money to provide for an- its patroness should have been can be worn much longer than a other orphan child, and so you may largely responsible for introducing coloured one as it is not so remark do a good deed for another little Rayon "dresses to the Colony! able, and see does not get known. one, by doing yourself a good deed But whatever the secret of the mana- The third big advantage is that in providing garments for your own facture of this material, the frocks nothing is so slimming in effect as little ones, at a very low price." are there an very charming they black.

If you want anything made for are--and very inexpensive. Those you, or would like to help by buying anything which is already made send a letter to the Hon. Secretary, the Mother's Union, addressed to the Cathedral Hall.

FOR THE BABY GIRL.

Here are a couple of pretty suggestions for the baby girl: Both are intended for printed batiste with white collare and cuffs. They neither of them take much material and might be contrited from a remuant with little knichers to match made of the dominat ing colour.

"TWO RED ROSES ACROSS THE MOON.""

FROCKS OF FLOWERED NINON FROM PAMELA.

There are a couple of very attrac of which I want to tell you this tive black dresses now At Petit week are intended mostly for after- Louvre. Both are made of georgette noon or street wear and combine a and lace with the lace used for the

cut with delight semi-tailored ful colours and designs. There is bodice and the georgette for the

skirt and strappings. one of beige printed with red flower heads each with a centre of navy the arrangement round the hipe One has a sort of jumper effect, blue. This is made quite simply being particularly interesting. A with a collar, vest and cuffs of plain wide band of tucked georgette which beige and a pleated skirt. Onе of

the favourite speckled patterns in runs off to a point in front is placed just above the hips on the bodice blus and beige is made up with two giving rather the effect of a swath- rows of plain beige stitched on round the hips, and collar and euffa ed belt. The skirt is cut very full and falls in points. The other dress is interesting on account of the lace used for the bodice, which

of the same.

from neck

Rather more definitely for after- noon wear is a dress of pinky beige rayon of which the front panel woven in a big leaf design and is altogether of a more filmy. ter- ben is embroidered in Richlieu work. I liked, too, a dress of late. The bodice is cut with a ture than that which has been worn of plain tanpo colour which was dev neck which has a pretty strap- signed to look rather like a jumper

and skirt ensemble. The skirt has ping of the georgette. The skirt is made in a series of small frills and double tier.

Before I leave the subject of there is a sash tied in a bow and afternoon, frocks chez Eve I must fastened on one hip.

mention a couple made of crêpe de chine. One is sealing wax red and has a row of tiny buttons down the left side of the bodice, white geor gette collar and cuffs, and a small jewelled buckle to fasten the belt ia. front. The other of shrimp beige has a scalloped hip line which is considered very smart. just now and is seen on many model frocks both for afternoon and evening wear.

MORE HATS.

When I was in Lane, CRAWFORD'S

FOR THE CHILDREN. this week I was looking particular-

ly at their collection of bats for early spring wear. Most of them There are some very attractive are small brimmed shapes, and are little cotton frocks in the Children's made either of fine tagel or bankok, Department of LANE, CRAWFORD's or of one of the new fancy straws. made in various styles of printed Cao of the latter woven in a basket tobralco and gingham.

pattern is navy blue, and is made Some of Fabrics have been brought to such

them have little sun bonnete to very chic by means of two bands of grosgrain, one navy and the perfection of colour and substance. bodice and a hip yoke or tightly match; and all, of course, are acother grey, put separately, round companied by their matching knick the crown. All these hate have a ers

These little dresses run from slightly tailored air, which makes $4.25 and at similar prices are then a safe choice for mid season rompers and creepers all very wear, when the more decorative prettily made. It is almost im- styles still seem a little too sum frocks for the nursery folk during and felt a little out of date. It is possible to have too many cotton mary, except for special ensembles. the hot weather, and these struck me not, perhaps, a collection about ae being unusually charming-and which one can write much, but it cheap.

that dress designs are encouraged to bring the picturesque note back The frecks of again into dress. flowered ninon, which are now being introduced for summer wear, re mind you of the exquisite patterned verse of William Morris, of his

ladies

'Jehane, Ellayne and Isabeau," who wandered singing through the decorative castles of bis imagina tion.

placed darts allow for a close fitting swathed sash qutlines the hips. Below cunningly shaped panels give length and slenderness, and a delightful movement" when the wearer walks or dances

Very striking is a dress in tones of lemon yellow and burnt orange The ninen is printed in a pattern of fairly large leaves and worn over a slip of lemon georgette. The waist is marked by a double sash of lemon and burnt orange and there is a shoulder bow of the same two colours. The skirt opens in front to show a panel of the plain lemon under dress.

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EMBROIDERED HAORI COATS.

There are some very handsome

conta embroidered Hsori

and

Burne Jones painted them as his friend described them and the pic- The bodice of a dress of black tured frocks they wore are very like ninon, patterned with a small white indeed to those which are being and beige flower, has a short capo Kimono in THE PIONEER SILK STORE put before us, for our own use this slung in true mediaeval fashion now. They are made of black, navy summer. The soft materials sprig over one shoulder and covering half or white, satin, heavily embroider- ged with floral patterns, colours the bodice both back and fronted in gold and silver thread and sometimes deeply glowing, some The skirt is made very full and has colours, and lined with plain satin times a delicate harmony of pastela circular wrap over back and in some bright tone, tints, the lino outlining the form front, the hip line being tightened PAGODA silk stockings, in the new and yet softly fluttering, are the by tucking of the skirt.

gunmetal shade, have also arrived same. But, since we live not in an age of romance but of materialism this same tucking or pleating is to

An interesting development of this week. there is just a suggestion of the be seen on a pastel tinted dress of tailor made about even the most pink and blue floral nison. decorative dress, which hints that dress is cut quite simply, but given the wearer is a modern woman cap-interest by four lengths of material

Desi.

The

NOKABOUT BAGS.

able of running a home or a busi- which are pleated for half their The Nokabout bags have already length and attached to the shoulders made themecives a name in Hong Many of the frocks of flowered back and front. These cross fairly Kong, but now a new size has ap nion now being shown by Pamela,low on the bodice, being stitched peared in THE DOLLY VARDON HAT fit snugly round the natural waist, down to the dress to either hip. Boe. This is designed for a shop- if they do not the waist is marked From there they are allowed to open Ping bag and is large enough, with- out sacrificing looks to capacity, for the purpose. It is made like the other Nokabout baga in block leatherette with a good lining, is in aliape exactly like the new hand- bags which is everyone is carrying, and fastens with a zipper. The cost is $12.

by a narrow belt to tone or contrast like a fan and fall down softly to atrikingly with the ensemble. Subtly give an uneven bem line.

FUJI CREPE

CURTAIN NETS.

SATIN CREPE,

Fuji crepe, which you can get at There are some very nice and very THE PIONER BILE STOBE, is the inexpensive curtain nets now dis newest material for under wear, played in WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW's. night gowns or pyjamas. It would Many of them cost only 81.a yard, also be very suitable for children's though from their appearance you Among the new silks in THE frocks. Like the ordinary Fuji would expect them to be consider PioNEZE SILE STORE this week is silk it is really a mixture of silk jably more. These #1 nets are most satin crêpe. This material would and cotton and is, therefore, muchly white or cream with a coloured be nice for slips to wear under mors durable than pure silk. Fuji silk floral border, and I thought ninon frocks, or for afternoon crepe is 75 per cent. silk and has the colours particularly good and frocks as the reverse side is like, s a lovely lustre, the surface is like soft... There are also some attractive crêpe de chine and could be used that of eripe de chine. It is made nets with an all over silk pattern for strappings. Among the colours in thirty different shades among in colour on a cream or pale taupe are several nica blues and a good which is a very lovely rose pink ground.

apricot-

is one in which you can be sure of finding a hat which will satisfy the most fastidious taste.

This little frock of printed: georgette has a hip poke with a scalloped outline. The shoulder bow and girdle are of plain georgelle of the deepest tone of the design.".

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