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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1929.
WOMAN'S PAGE.
SPRING CLEANING CHART.
Olive Oil restores the polish to tables that have been marked by hot dishes if the marks are first paint- Ammonia added to rinsing watered with spirit of nitré. Boiled restores colours to cretonnes, cur- linseed oil renovates leathers and tains and quilts, Removes red ink, also brightens paints and varnish. fruit and grass stains from white articles, while, mixed with powder- ed pumice, it will remove obstinate soot and smoke marks from bearth titles.
Borax removes tea stairs, cleans" copper,
ename! ware, varnish. paint, windows and straw hats. Boiled up inside rusty vessels it dispels the rust.
VITAMIN 'D' IN THE "ALLENBURYS' FOODS
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Baby's Future
lies in your hands
HOW do you know that baby is having the kind of food which will build a strong, sure foundation of health ?
HOW can you be sure that adequate nourishment is provided for normal bone-development and active teeth/ formation ?
ONLY by insisting that his diet shall contain Vitamin 'D' in such quantity as will meet with normal growing requirements.
In addition to their carefully balanced nutritive qualities, the Allenburys Foods are scientifically. enriched with this vital constituent in the correct proportions demanded by nature.
Allenburys
The Progressive System of Infant Feeding
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Gibbs Dentifrice?
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CIBBS DENTIFRICE PRESERVES TEETH the best way-by thorough cleansing..*
GIBBS DENTIFRICE MEETS THE MODERN demand for concentrated usefulness. It does the work of both powder and paste without the messiness or wastefulness of either.
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCE approve the Gibbs Dentifrice formula because it containe everything necessary to keep teeth really clean, and nothing that could harm the delicate tissues of the mouth or the fine enamel.
POLISHING WITHOUT SLIGHTEST scratch or wear (calcium carbonate-chalk-Is the polishe ing agent), Gibbs Dentifrice is safe-even at the dunger line, wham-teeth mëst gums and the enamci la thinnest.
GIBES DENTIFRICE IS ECONOMICAL in price and long-lasting too. It gives severaă : times the use of ordinary tooth-paster de powders.
THE FRAGRANT FOAM of Gibba Deuelfrics "washes, all"decay-causing deposta-on, between.
and behind the teeth-cleanly away.
BY TONING UP AND REFRESHING the mouth, making the gums firm and rosy, as well na cleaning thoroughly the teeth, Gibbs Dentifrice Imparts a delightfully exhilarating sense of well- being,
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8 THE CLEAN TASTE and delicious fragrance
of Gibbs Dentifrice make it the favourite of young and old.
SOUND TEETH, GLISTENING, PEARL-LIKE, are the proud possession of, thosɑ, whici uzne Gibbs Dentifrice thrice a day.. Gibbs Dentifrice brings out the natural peaziy brilliance of the teeth without slightest risk of injury,
defend them 10 SAFE FOR BABY, SURE FOR FATHER.
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CHIC ABOVE THE DINNER TABLE.
A woman
The dress matters everything to,
No, not every thing. When a woman is seated at the dinner-table, she realises how many ingredients beauty must have, like a rich Christmas pudding, The basis is the look of health, the spices her cosmetics, the ornamenta tion both coiffure and jewels. No woman is vain enough now to avoid her mirror. She faces her mirror seriously and frankly several times a day, asking herself in her hair, her akin, her ornaments are right with her gown. When she is dress ed for dinner she must ask if they are right with each other independ ently of the gown, of which but very little will be seen for the next hour or two.
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A good coiffeur, one who will mould the head to its most be coming shape, and will decide with the head's owner whether,, curls, flatness, or a light water-wave suits it best, is entirely essential. The other essential is true beauty specialist, one who studies skins in dividually, who knows how health can be helped by creams and lations, and who knows what cosmetics to use. Every chic woman UACE some cosmetics now to give spice and mystery to life, But which ones? What tints 3 The manicure is as important as any of these things. Well-cared-for fingers are not the finish, but the begin- ning of a good appearance.
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should be sacrificed on the ironing board of fashion for they give life and interest to a face. The most lovely women are not those with liueless pink and white baby faces, but those with clear healthy skins, and eyes and mouths which aro witnesses to their courage and in- telligence, even though they may be marked with fine lines.
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A healthy skin is the 6rst and great essential to beauty and be cause a healthy skin means a healthy body it must be exposed to all the little irritatioze of an out- door life sun, dust, rain and cold.
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A healthy skin must be a clean skin, and for that reason needs, under the conditions of módern. civilization, very special cleansing Soap and water-especially hard company's water-will. not do all that is necessary. Specially pre- pared creacas, which melt into the pores of the skin, are needed to ex- tract the deep set dust, and even these are not enough--especially if you use, as every woman does in these days-any cosmetics, a re- galar cleansing undertaken by an expert, ja absolutely necessary to the preservation of a clear healthy complexion.
That cleansing takes the form of a face massage. Opening the pores. by means of steaming, cleansing them by patient" and gentle mani- pulation of a special cream, and finally toning and bracing up the relaxed surface again by massage and the application of an astrin- gent.
Nearly every woman now-a-days is something of a beauty specialist We all have our little fads and our favourite preparations, because we are all-as we should be interested For an expert and exceeding rest- in looking as lovely as we can. ful face massage I can heartily the Darelle Beauty But it is not wise to accept all the recommend little hints which you get from Shoppe in Ice House Street. The friends and from advertisements. masseuse will also give you advice Skins are as different as characters, as to the preparations best shited indeed although it sounds terribly to your particular skin to use for prosy to say so, character has, I your home treatments. But you am sure, a good deal to do with must pay a regular visit to the same the complexion and with wrinkles. beauty shop if they are to make a There is a very wide difference be real study of your complexion and tween the wrinkles produced by give you correct advice, for na: I fretfuliness and self-indulgence and said at the beginning of this the little lines of wisdom, experi- article, skins vary enormously, and ence and courage which give char- is by no means follows that what
It seems a pity that theacsuits one will be best for another.
acter.
PARIS FAVOURS
DOTS AND CHECKS.
SOME NEW SILKS FROM
THE PIONEER.
The latest model frocks from Paris and those illustrated in the best magazines, devoted to dress, show clearly that polka-dots are still with us in spite of their success of last year. They are ap pearing again in large, small and middle-sized versions, They pop out for sports and in the afternoon- when are they little or medium, sad in the evening, when they are large. Paris considers polka dots as a staple classic. Checks have re- placed them with a vengeance as a novelty, Tiny and medium and out-and-out plaids. These silk plaids are straight, diagonal; some are fanciful, others are downright Scotch. Plaida are generally com-! bined, with a plain fabric.
As far ng printed fabrics go, despite the great variety already seen, there are many lovely fabrics stili an
the shelves which smart worden are going to call into being. Black grounds are everywhere, with small flower and abstract designs. The dark but far from sombre quality of these fabrics, is very smart. There are many leaf pat- terns, from the tiniest to very tro- Women are to be tempted to pical proportions. Some of these change the colour of their hair ac are, of course, closely spaced, others cording to their hats. A Paris are overlapping, and others quite milliner who is just showing her wide apart. The horizontal feeling new collection presents a number even gets into print as you find of hats cut high at the nape of the patterns that have a striped effect neck, but with a thick fringe of through the colour being varied in curls eewn along the neck line.
bands.
Hat of natural coloured para- nikol straw, trimmed with blond hair,
No hair at all is allowed to show in front; the natural hair is all If you examine the new silks tucked away so that curls of any now to be found in the Pioneer coloura best suited to tone with the Silk Store you will see charming ensemble worn can be chosen for the examples of all the printed effects hat. A dark woman may wear red mentioned above. I was looking curls with her hat, 2nd so change the other day at a pile of printed her appearance. ninone which ran through a wide ́colour range, nearly all of them
having either small flower patterns black on red, for example; others of abstract designs stressing the with little groups of dots of various polka dot or check. They offer be sizes whes, perhaps, a third colour aides an admirable demonstration is introduced; and yet others with of the charm of the new fashion for graded dots more heavily massed at prints on a dark ground.
the border. There is some interest-
The infinite variety which can be ing new check silk with a three played on the theme of the polka tone effect as blue and two greys or, dot is, perhapa, even better. illus- pink, beige and blue, in soft tones trated in a pile of printed crepe de which would make up exceedingly chine and georgette. There are well for wash dresses of the semi spots of a uniform" size in two tailored type. Tobralco silk in 30. colour effects, white on blue or plain shades has also arrived this (Continued at foot of next column). week.
'MADAME-YOUR HAT."
WHAT DOLLY VARDON IS SHEWING,
NOTES FROM PARIS.
The collection of smart afternoon hata specially ordered by the Dolly Vardon Hat Shop for the Garden Farty to be given in honour of Prince Henry next Friday, are being shown to-day. As they have only just arrived I am not able to give you anything but a general impression. They are mostly of that fine crin straw which takes such lovely lines and frames the face softly. Some are trimmed with large flowers, orchids, and roses, which lie gracefully on the brim, others have a draping of georgette or ribbon. As these hata have been eagerly awaited it would be advisable to make your choice to-day or to-morrow before they are all sold.
·Small hat af navy blue bengale strain and jelt, trimmed with small ornaments made of navy blue gros grain ribbon and red and blue buttons.
Soma Notes From Paris.. Some more notes on the hats which are now being shown at the important Paris houses for the summer season may be of interest.
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Jean Patou is sponsoring & cape- line of black bankok with a wide drooping brim, on the underside" of which, against the right ear, is set a big soft bow of taffetas ribbon, striped on beige, pink, and blue.
Germaine is particularly stress- ing amall toques of shaded velvet Hower heads across which a band of gro grain ribbon runs like a
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Leon is doing charming things with that very light hair straw which is worked in circles on a sort of stiffened canvas. One such model, with a scalloped brim fol- lowing the line of the straw, is trimmed with a narrow black satia ribbon, which crosses the crown high in the front and is tied, on the brim bebind the right ear, în. a many ended bow..
Several delightful models in thig' type of straw were included in the last shipment of bats to be received by the Dolly Vardon Hat Shop and were very quickly sold, on account of their feather weight and their chic aspect.
Germaine's Bower head toques made their appearance some time ago in the Dolly Vardon and were instantly popular.
Lacquer Beds."
There are some very attractive hate in the fashionable facquér® red shade now to be found in this shop. Many of them are made of the new straw silk which Buzinne Berger 11308 80 effectively for draped toques, others are of shiny paillas- son or fine tagels. A scarlet' hat has a peculiar charm of its own, and it is truly amazing with what a number of different costumes it can be worn. Scarlet is always effective in the summer, and also extremely sensible, as it offers the best protection from sun stroke.
Soda Water has many uses, When very strong it tightens up limp cane on chairs Mixed with coal dust it removes stains from the insides of crust bottles, decan- tera and flower vases,
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ARE BUSINESS GIRLS ASHAMED OF MARRIAGE.
THE HOME GIRL IS OFTEN BETTER OFF.
THE EMPLOYER'S POINT OF VIEW.
"So we told the girls," he said this personnel director of a large business organisation-" that we anted to know who was married end who was single. We told them that it would not prejudice us against them one way or the other: but that we wanted to know the truth. And the number of married women on the pay-roll jumped from tea to Afty.'
"Why had they been keeping it a secret?" I asked,
A young job-seeker said to me ruefully the other day." When he asked whether I was married or single I supposed, of course, that he preferred me to be single, so I said, Single, and then, he said
Ob, I'd rather you were married.. but of course it was too late to tell him the truth."
Married women in business are perhaps no longer on trial, precise ly, but they are far fa the minority still-relatively rare and, therefore, "I don't know," he said: "that's ¦ relatively conspicuous. An what I would like to ask you." ployer may approve of married
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women entirely, but ordinary Why do married women in business so frequently business efficiency prompt him to human curiosity and rudimentary "pass" for single t
observe whether they arrive as numerous people-married women, promptly in the mornings as the single women, heads of employment single girls, do as well and main. agencies, personnel directors, em- tain as high an average of atten ployers-and received
numerous dance. Nobody stops to wonder answers, largely contradictory.
Deceive Thami
asked
why a single girl has a job, but married women in business are still abnormal enough to cause specula-
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'cause she has to, this is a reflection upon her husband. If she works
"Employers are prejudicedtion. against married women," young If a married woman works be matrons in business have told me over and over again.
"We have no objection to marri-because she wants to, then she is ed women." employers declared fair target for criticism.
There benignty-the truth lying. ot are always those who covet her course, somewhere midway between, place, aura that they or their Bome employers are decidedly op- friends need it far more than she posed to married women,' and some decidedly approve of them, and
Which leads to another irritation good many more are so vague upon which married women suffer. Is it the subject that all they can say possible that there is a slightly when questioned is that they have strained feeling between the un- no policy-merely meet each situa-warried and the married women who work together? "Some people tion as it arises."
Yet they all agreed, "heads of say that there is The theory in, banks and trust companies and de-according to the single girl, that partment stores and manufacturing a married woman's pay is just so mach velvet-so much surplus with plants, that married women had
which she can buy a new fur cost tried to deceive them-tried to pass for single when they were not. Some of these employera smiled about it and some were puzzled and some, were hurt. Most of then, to tell the truth, felt injured.
Their Searet.
Many women cannot keep their accret successfully—it creeps out. Banks and other financial houses delve so deeply into the private lives of their employees that it is
every other year, hire a maid to do her housework, and, in general, enjoy luxury all through the year, while the poor, single girl struggles and scrimps and labours to pay her room and board and support herself all unaided.
Married women, naturally, pro- test that this is not true. Very often, they say, the single girl, living at home with toom and board provided by her parents,
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a crafty woman who can keep her spends all the money she makes wedding ring secret... When cer- upon herself, while the married' tain steps are taken matrimony will woman, responsible for lives beside out-usually to the grief of the cul- her own, spends her money on prit, for at least two big organisa-others. tions in the metropolis immediately discharge all women who have mis- represented their marital status, not because they object to their marriage, but because they cannot forgive the deception.
Cases to the contrary notwith- standing, until a married woman proves that she is working because circumstances have made it neces sary, she runs the risk of being thought a selfish, grasping creature who, not content with the blessings which heaven has yielded her, must o forth and earn bread which rightly belongs to others less lucky.
In the multitude of smaller.or- ganisations, however, which are not concerned with the private lives of their employees, the girls can re- present themselves as they like, without fear of discovery, unless by "It all sifts down to this," said lip of il luck or stupidity. one woman out of a somewhat bit- In spite of the hazards, inter experience. The unmarried volved, or possibly in ignorance of girls think, Look here, this girl them, this business of deceiving the has something we haven't got
Why? For something we all want a husband. employer continues.
First of all, it is She has him and we have nobody. many reasons. instinctive in a woman to aim to Well, then, let him look out for her please "particularly a prospective and we'll look out for ourselves."" employer and when so vital & Whereupon they array themselves, thing as a livelihood is in the if not against her, at least hardly
in harmony with her.
balance.
Cold potatoes can be fried up with bacon or chops and steaks. Make them into croquettes, scones, salad.
DRESS LENGTHS.
PAMELA has just received from Paris a collection of dress lengths in printed French voile and art
Stale cheese makes good savouries, omelets, fritters, or can be toasted.
BOX SPRING MATTRESSES.
There is no mattress which will
silk No two are alike, although give quite the same degree of com- in some cases the same pattern fort as a box spring-anyone who occurs in a different colour scheme. has slept in good Continental hotele Most of them are the fashionable knows the truth of that and I was amall designs, but polka dots, interested to learn that WHITZAWAY, which still claim an important LAIDLAW's are now building them. place in the mode, and bordered I was given an opportunity of fabrics are also to be found. A cer-seeing one in the making and satis- tain number of these dress lengthsfied myself that the frame work: will be made up by Madame Louise shewed good honest craftsmanship.. the best for special customers, but the rest and the stuffing was are for sale in their present state. sterilized English horsehair.
FLOWERS.
Cold Tea renews mahogany and walnut woods. Cleans varnished puper on walls, cleana oil cloth, WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW's have just paint and window sashes, Mixed had several big boxes of sample with tea leaves and poured into flowers sent out from Home. As stained water carafes it quickly: they are samples they are offered at removes all traces of brown. very low prices from 75 cents to $2.50 and no two are alike. There Lemons, freshly cut, quickly Are among them fresh and eradicate pencil marks from paint pretty little bunches of primroses, if followed up by a rub with whit- buttonieres of gay field Bowers, ing. Lemon juice also removes raat roses, carnations, and camelias. marks from marble and iron. Also big tulle flowers for evening mould from linen. In the latter wear tipped with silver. Hat case the patch should be held over ribbons of "gros grain with small boiling steam, bunches of flowers attached, will be
useful to the woman who is claver
with her fingers and can retrim a Milk cleans white enamel, amber, hat and she will also be pleased plaster casts and statuettés, kid to find that she can buy, for 50 gloves Linea that has lost its cents a dozen, those little velvet original whiteness will greatly in- Hower beads which are so fashion prove by being boiled in sour milk able a millinery trimming this end pure soop, while mildew staine
disappear with this treatment.
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