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SOMETIMES

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929.

WOMAN'S PAGE

FINGERS ARE BETTER THAN FORKS.

Forks cannot replace Angers when eating some kinds of food, and only affectation inspires a person to eat fruit, such as apples, pears, and peaches, with a fork..

SUMMER ROOMS "MUST HAVE

BRIGHT EYES.

THE ART OF WINDOW

drawn.

DECORATION.

Bright eyes are an immediate attraction, whether set in faces or in rooms, and so it is to the, win- dows the eyes of a room-that one's first glance invariably is Should the view beyond be frank- ugly, or even merely uninterest in there is the more reason for tive, with an interior setting and environment which charm, intrigue, and arrest.

THE

CHARM OF SUMMER FROCKS.

FRILLS, COTTON TULLE, AND NEW COLOURS.”

WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN HONG KONG,

A Multitude of Frills,

wear, can this season be divided, one of the new

Summer frocks, for day time de chiné, tussore, printed silk, or the silk, but it is much mew prac

spider's wob"tical. It must be years since this! broadly, into two classes those cloths...

material was used for evening with a picturesque or decorative It is said that at Deauville and wear. The very "name takes one effect, and those designed on charm Biarritz "sports" reats of the new back to Jane Austen's heroines! ing, but simple, semi-tailored lines | hand-woven gold and silver tissues An interesting point is that the are being wore in conjunction with former are generally "of voile or simple jumpers and skirts the Frills are used in a multitude organdie, and the latter of the latter still short, in spite of pro- of different ways-mainly to give silk, or crêpe de chine.

are sometimes arranged in three tiers, each following the curved line of the deep corsage,

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Artichokes, olives, and fried potato crisps have to be catea, with the angers, and the way it is done reveals character as well as bread making the window itself provoca- richer materials, plain or striped phecy! These materials are water the diagonal or drooping line, they!!

ing.

eat

The ultra dainly try to asparagus by cutting off the tips on the plate and carrying them to the lips with a fork. Some mis guided hostesses give you a kind of broad and short sugar tongs with which to lift a piece of asparagus, and, if you are quick enough, tite off its head with one match.

Tongs Abandoned.

Of course,

any respectable as paragus rescats being clutched or the waist like that, and hangs head with shame, which obliges the would-be consumer to raise his elbow and incline the face at expectant angle, while the buttet sauce drips on to his chin or shirt

frönt.

A charming ensemble design ed for black and white .crêpe de Chine.

After one attempt the asparagus tongs are abandoned and the wegetable is eaten as nature and the cook intended-with the fingers Finger bowls should always be served with naparagus.

Some persons begin to eat a globe atichoke by pulling it to pieces and digging out its heart; others bite off the edible part of each leaf, and when they come to the heart carefully remove every trace of the bristly blossom and eat the heart in sections, each mouthful dipped in the remainder of the sacce reserved for the purpose. There is another type of person who cuts the whole artichoke in half, esta the heart first, and nibbles at the

·largest leavea

What revelations of temperament in the different procedure, Dainty: Morsels.

A Happy Place,

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In Sports Outdir.

Consequently, the clever home The new, and most delectable, art beautifier will make a special fea-linens are used for loose contees, ture of this part of her room, mak.ports hats, and waistcoats. They ing it both alluring and comfort come in lovely combinations of able.

colour-prone and raspberry, black rose and green, grey and famingo. Handbags are to match."

Coloured curtains for gleaming windows will be her first considera- tion, and having chosen these care- fully and hung them tastefully, she may enthuse, imaginatively and practically, over the furnishing et her window place.

It is to be a happy place for golden summer days, so in it she divan, her little easy chairs-low Rets her brightest rug, her coolest and inviting-ber best-loved books, and the gayest of her cushions; a well-placed floor lamp or prettily- | shaded reading lamp, too, for grace, | charm and utility.

The charm of the whole colourful scheme will be enhanced by reflec tion in tall, wide mirror placed against the opposite wall.

On summer evenings,

when I

through the wide-flung window the red sun picks up the colours in rug, cushion and blossom, this window place will provide restful happiness for jaded homecomers.

Summer rooms should "pos3658 that quality, so "Here's to their bright eyes!

A Pleasant Oass.

The scheme of window decoration should form a pleasant cool oasis during the summer months, when even if sitting well inside the room, wo turn to the window in hopes of a breath of cool air. Much more than is generally realised can be done to achieve this effect by the ase of what is called "toned sun- light."

In other words by using fine net curtains, "which have the effect of softening the light, and giving a cool atmosphere. Honey coloured nets are very popular at Home, where the aim is to give an effect of sunlight even if the sky outside may be grey, but here we must work on rather diferent lines. Net curtains of cool green, misty blue and mauve, even of pearl grey, will filter the burning sunlight as though it were coming through. water, without darkening the room unduly.

If you keep the window cool you can afford to indulge your taste for hright colour in the room itself, a window draped in misty mauves cakes an admirable background for a piece of rich red lacquer work or

a gay cushion.

Wide Range of Colour. Are you going to give your rooms bright eyes this summer? If so I strongly advise a visit to Whitewas, Laidlaw's furnishing department. They have a truly wonderful selec- tion of curtain nets of silk and cotton in a wide range of colours and designs, and, if you like as I do-straight hung outer curtains of cretonne to frame the window on either side, and give purpose and strength to your decorations, you will find an almost limitless choice of cretonnes and other beavier eur tain materials in the same shop.

COTTON VOILE.

proof.

Tapestry is still holding its own in the form of costees, sacks, pull on bate, and shoes a very light

Beauvais stitch-bien entendu 1

Cotton Tulle.

Cotton tulle in black, white, and in the loveliest of flower colourings is being used for the new season's The four-piece act is the latent evening frocks as well as for after

These all-tulle gowns are and most expensive novelty: hat, noon. scarf, sack, and shoes, all of the most becoming and youthful. The same material. This may be crêpel new cotton tulle is not as soft a

CHEZ PAMELA.

INEXPENSIVE FROCKS.

.

Pamela is showing a collection of,

CHEZ FELIX.

SILK AND COTTON PLAY THEIR PART.

The Felix Hat Shop has a very delightful collection of frocks for summer days and evenings, and, when confronted with those two styles of which mention has already

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The uneven hemline of the skirt, which dips at the back, is accen- tuated by this frilliness, which is such an important feature of all the prettiest frocks for the evening: made of these lighter materials. It is a novel idea to have a narrow belt on the long bodice, minus the usual jewel too! In its place is a puff of the tulle placed low on the hip,

been made, it is difficult indeed to FROM LANE, CRAWFORD'S.

say which are the more appealing,

the decorative little garments of

muslin and organdio or the graceful

| lines of the silks and linens.

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Voile and Frills.

Perhaps one of the prettiest voile

JOHN

GILBERT

THE

COSSACKS

with

RENEE ADOREE

ERNEST

A stupendous

spectacle of

WILD!

AT THE

TORRENCE.

love and war"!

The thunder of

dalloping hoofs

runs through it

as the irresistible

Cossacks sweepon.

to a stirring climar!

BARBARIC!

QUEEN'S

FASCINATING!

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

▲ SUPERB love lyric in which the enchanting little star of "7th Heaven" gives another remarkable performance i

JANET GAYNOR

IN

STREET ANGEL

SUMMER EVENING

AT THE

FROCKS.

inexpensive summer frocks made of frocks is carried out in beige pat Lane, Crawford's are showing a cotton voile or silk. Some of them tarned with black and red. There few most delightful frocks for sum- have been made by Madame Louise from the dress lengthe, which arrivare five rows of frills on the skirt mer evenings of tulle and aiaon. which dips slightly at the back. They are really tunics, which need ed a short while ago from Paris, Eoch frill is underlined with red, a nice foundation, but they have and they have the chic and excel lence of cut which we have learnt or rather a band of red has been that great advantage of being in- inset into the skirt under each frill. expensive, and nearly every one has to expect from her creations:

The bodice is fairly close fitting and two or three slips already, has a bow at the back of the neck- a very new feature and a sash of the same material round the hipa The neck and arm holes are bound with red.

The new gypsy scart kerchief can be very chic if rightly

100TTL.

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Cool Looking.

Very fresh and cool looking is a frock of white voile with a green) and pink plaid. There is a loog square cut vest, and a simple collar! of white clear muslin. White voile spotted with pink is used for al little dress with a circular skirt. which has white lace collar and cuffs. Pale chartreuse green figured in black, is used for an afternoon dress of cotton tulle. It is trim-1 uned with bands" of rather deeper chartreuse green on the neck and sleeves, and has a belt of the same fastening with a green buckle. Three rows of frills following the curved line of the corsage are ar ranged on the front of the skirt

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Little plissé frills play important role in the summer. styles.

Pink Ninoa

With

CHARLES FARRELL

WORLD

Orchestra 5.16 & 9.20.

TO-DAY AND

TO-MORROW Interpreter 230 & 7.15.

SIR JAMES BARRIE'S famous play brought to the screen in a wealth of colour, and told by an all- Star cast

'A Kiss For Cinderella'

with?

BETTY BRONSON, TOM MOORE

AT THE

STAR

LITTLE HALOS.

CARE OF CHILDREN'S HAIR.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

The care of children's hair is very important, particularly important is the correct care of little girl'a hair because it will make so great a difference to her appearance when she grows up.

Tucks Play Their Part. There are a series of most de- lightful little frocks of French voile in which tucks play a big part in the two calour effect. Onc pale pea green voile, embroidered in beige thread, has several rows of

A seedling which is neglected will tucks round the bottom of the

never grow into full beauty as a skirt, alternately beige and green. A lovely frock is carried out in plant, and it is the same with hair. Salmon pink is trimmed with pale pink ninon and tinsel stitchery. But besides this a lovely bright -Plissé Frilla."

coza colour.

Here the tucks are The skirt has two fairly full tiers, little hale adds enormously to the Pied frills play an important placed at the sides and are about each of which is bordered by two attraction of childhood. part in the summer mode.

four inches wida alternately rows of stitching in gold thread. In these days when nearly every skirts, on the end of jabots and ties, salmon and corn. A. deep square A bird of paradise is lightly em- little girl wears a bob it is even appear round the hems of our

panel of corn embroidered in the broidered in the same thread on the more important that her hair other colour is inset in the front right side of the bodies, and the should be properly cared for. Care-

frock is completed with a wide sash less or incorrect cutting can do a of the minon.

They

and round the cuffs, even some times

round the arm holes of a sleeveless. frock. They are to be found round the hem of a charming crêpe de chine dress which has scarlet daisy heads printed in black. A plissé WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW's are now shewing a very attractive selection frill also runs up the side front of of cotton voiles mostly in the now the skirt and edges the navel shaped fashionable small patterns. For jabot of the bodice. children's frooke is a pretty white voile sprigged with pink rose buds. Among the

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A Half Cape.

various designs I

The bame

or even & spoon. Those persons

Potato crisps, il properly fried, should not be amenable to a fork

of the bodice.

Among the Six Frocks, Among the silk frocks is a de lightfully simple and chic drees of

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Long Line.

great deal of damage, it injures. and weakens the hair, so that it. losses the shine and vitality which is its chief beauty. As much harm can be done by wrong methods of washing and curling

A very graceful line is achieved shell pink crepe de chine trimmed in a dress of black silk net, which with drawn thread work. One of is also embroidered in gold thread the new check silks, which are 10 The gold is used to form bands I suppose no mother, who cares fashionable this season, in mauve of stitching on the bodice, a hip for her children's health, omits to green and beige, makes a sleeved girdle, and a long shaped piece, take them at least every six months little pliste frilla frock which is interesting on which runs down the centre front to a dentist to see whether their noticed, white with a close pattern follow round the scalloped hem of count of the pleated skirt, the pleats of the skirt. The skirt is very full teeth are in need of care, but the who chase a potato leaf all around of scarlet tower heads, beige with a dress of French.voile, patterned in being inset at different heights and has the new rhythmic back- same mother who pays a fortnight- a plate deserve to lose it en route a small white, black, and scarlet coa- red, white and squares with a small giving a crenelated edge to the ward movement. Lemon net ily visit to a beauty parlour to have to the mouth. Thumb and first ventional designs, and blue pattern- flower design. An interesting fea- bodice. Plain green collar and cuffs similarly stitched in bands. But in her own hair attended to, often finger were created to grasp the ed with blue, white, and beige inature of this dress is the little half complete the small effect.

sort of raindrop design, also nary cape, with scalloped edges, which xrisp morsel.

Shrimps, when served au natural,blue with white and red flower appears in front of the bodice. A

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should be eaten with the fingers- henda.

pinch their tails and pull their shells over their heads at the same

time and they will be naked with

one brisk, complete, and not in- elegant operation.

BEADS.

Little hirds, such as grouse and WHITBAWAY, LAIDLAW's have justi anipe, ought to be eaten with the received a large variety of bead fingers, but most pereons are too necklaces in all sorts of colours and cowardly, to do so, even at a picnic. materials which are all priced at But we English take, so little a dollar and under. Some of them intelligent interest in food, the are, perhaps, only suitable for finger points of gastronomice are children, but I noticed a number of Jest on us Why, we serve stawed very attractive chains There are fruit on a fint plate with a spoon also some quaint little hat orna and fork! A straw would be more ments made out of fishbones, paint

ed and varished.

mefil.

ita

similarly patterned voile, in blue and grey is used for another frock whose quaint simplicity is charm. The shoulders are cut on a new "saddle line running down half way round the arm hole.

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Pink Crêpe de Chine.

SALE OF SUMMER FROCKS.

this case the stitchery is of silk, leaves the care of her children's hair graded from deep corn at the hem to the amah or at the best " any. to almost white at the neck, and barber." running in a cleverly stranged! sunburst" line from the left hip where a big bow of tulle is posed.

Beauvais Stitch.

"She would not go to any barber" herself, for she knows that it may take months to undo the damage caused by one careless cropping, waving or shampoo, but she often fails to realise that the same care is due to her children.

As a new shipment of printed cotton and organdie frocks is ex The most lovely of all, I thought, pected shortly at the DOLLY VARDON is a frock of dull gold net waren Many women in this Colony who |HAT SHOP, those already in stock with a narrow stripe. It is so cut realise the importance of proper A simple and charming little are being offered now at reduced that the stripe runs in the diagonal care for little halos take their child. dress is made of shell pink créne do prices from $10.50 to 812.50, in across the bodice and the skirt ren regularly to the Darells Beauty thine trimmed with narrow encrust order to make room for the new being circular in a gentle curve Shoppe to have their bobs trimmed sd bands and wall pearl buttons.comers There are some very charm-round the skirt. A large cluster of and occasionally for a shampoo, Similar in line is a frock of beige ing little garments of printed cotton flowers is embroidered in fac. Beau- The lady barber, in this shop has silk patterned in a small red and broad cloth and muslin among vain stitch in pink, green, blue, and made a special study of children's blue design, and trimmed with them. By the way the shop is now mauve, on the left hip, and to make hair, and you can esiots rely on bands of plain boige,

open during the tin interval.. a small poey on the right shoulder. her judgment.

At 5.30 & 9.20.

A HILARIOUS COMEDY

OF MIXED MATRIMONY!

WICKEDNESS PREFERRED

with LEW CODY AILEEN PRINGLE GEO. K. ARTHUR

COMING TO THE

QUEEN'S

SUNDAY &

Dont was

VEZETTEM

MONDAY

A Welcome Visitor

at any time in

household. Every Bug, Fica, Beetle, Moth, Fly, etc., dies once it has come into proper contact with

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