1930-12-19 — Page 2

Just

Carrived

Very Latest

Models in

Winter

Felts & Velvets

THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP

St. George's Building, Chater Road, opposite Hotel Cecil,

Puffs

PAMELA

Dainty Lingerie

Night Gowns with deep lace yokes, ribbongridles, Princes -lines; dancettes accented with Alencon laces and flowers; Tedies in adorable wrap- around flares.

·Delightful and inex pensive underthings amazingly low priced.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930.

WOMAN'S PAGE.

ROUND THE SHOPS.

[Br.EVE."]

Iano, Urawford's. If you are looking for an ideal Xmas gift, Lane Crawford's have just the things for you, I saw some lovely 'articles in the ladies' department which I'm sure will please everyone. There are dainty powder puffs with a poay of flowers in a glass bowl, long handled back puffs in tinsel and ribbons, cocktail picks in quaint stands and a great variety of attractive cigarette boxes. Crystal and plain glass beads or coloured imitation stones that are worn so much these evenings would be very accatable as a gift. I also noticed a very Inrgo collection of fancy handkerchiefs in cotton, linen crêpe-de-chine and georgelic, some with coloured "embroidery, others edged with fine Iner. The kiddies' hankies, aro úry pretty, covered with nursery rhymes and are done up in very attractive boxes. There are hundreds of other things too numerous to mention, and I would adviso an 'early vitit to Lane Crawford's within the next. few days.

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· Pamela. Underwear and corsets are even more important than the clothes we wear on top. Pamela has just received from London a large selection of everything in undies. The lingerie makers inust Le really fond of their work for they give themselves no end of trouble and every garment has thà Ince arranged differently in original way. The pattern of the Jace is out out at the part where it joins the silk and the delicate, de- signs are sewn down flat with in- visible stitches. It is curious that so many women should grudge nover think twice about a new jumper or an extra evening frock. I wonder how many hats a good pair of corsets outlives. The new evening dresses with their unbroken account book, now yellowed with lines demand a good foundation,

13, Queen's Road spending moner, an cursets and

Central.

Beads

Garters-Handerchiefs-Flowers

SECRETS FROM A GRAND-

MOTHER'S DIARY.

"My Grandmother's dress allowance was £15, paid in half-yearly instal.

mente, and the pages of her little

black silk frock (14 yards at 78. Gil

a yard) and every alternate year

a cheaper washing silk frock.

The Red Petticoat.

A steel crinoline at 5s. Od, and a pair of corsets at 58. were bought rach year, and her annual expendi ture on underlinen was 10s. Under linen is not a strictly accurate de Anition I should have said calioo! A tweed winter cloak evidently lasted her three years, but, in be tween, she bought a 30s, shawl: She. Lought only three handkerchiefs a year, at la.. each. Shu could not have lost them as I do.

The most intriguing entry, to my mind, is Flannel for petticoat

8. I wonder if it was red

INDIVIDUALITY.

In my peab the other morning I noticed a very attractive envelope you know the kind want to open it before the others.

Hong Kong, post- While it is true that footwear mark too. and gloves were ridiculously cheap it, and no wonder, for as my eager Individualty was written all over dress materials were very much as Matson Marnar. Ballrooms. are they are to-day, and, it took a fingers tore open the envelope the looking gayer than ever this season. minimum of twelve yarda to make word "Mackintosh caught my Side by side with white and

eye and, of course In- a frock. Only by balancing one the delicate blue and pink tint-year against another could she make dividuality is the koy note of this ed fabrics upon which fashion certain that she always had one famous Hong Kong house for men's wear. The envelope contained an smiles ber. approval, those in best" toilet each season.

invitation to call to see their in- search of smart evening dressca

Certain things she bought everyteresting display of Christmas are. shown At this salon. ex-

your as, for example, one pair of gifts quisite shades of deep blue, green, kid boots at és, Gd., one pair of yellow and brown in any, or all of cashmere boots at 35. Od., one pair which the wearer has the happy feel of winter boots at 14s. d., and ing that follows the consciousness pair of slippera at 3s. 6d. of being well dressed. Coats and cloaks for the evening are planned with an eye to "effect as well as comfort. It is not enough for a wrap of this kind to be reasonably enbatantial in character and cal culated to protect-its owner against the chilly winds of winter; it met be pleasant to look at and fulfil also the requirements of fashion. Paris has committed itself en thusiatically to black and white for day wear. At least two-thirds of the fashionable women are garbed lieved by splashes of white, and Maison Marnae has used this com bination in some of the latest day

and it is vitally necessary for usage, show the pathetic struggle she that really looks exciting and makes

If we have not already done so, to had to dress "elegantly" on that review our undies and climinate small sum. those garments which are out-of- date. A visit to Pamela will enable us to do this.

How I enjoyed that visit and how easily it solved my problem of what to give him for Christmas! One has such confidence tog in She never bought more than four giving a present chosen from Mac- pairs of stockings a year, two paire Lintosh's, for everything is marked of cotton ones for summer at 25: awith such good taste and has the pair, and two pairs of winter modern note. merino ones at 38.

12-yard Dresses,

Once only do I find the entry, "One pair of apun silk stockings de 6d. That was the year of

party mother's coming out" Four pairs sound a meagre allow ance but Victorian women took little exercise, and adorn on the

Manicure Sets-Dolls-Cocktail Picks,|| from head to foot in black, heel did not matter when one wor

Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

DO YOU KNOW?

When stringing beads pass the thread a few times over a bar of

to break

You cannot get burnt by split tering fat when frying dish if you sprinkle a little scft in the frying. pan before putting in the fat.

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Individuality and that' indefinable charm coveted by every woman are most adequately ex- pressed in Dresses de-. signed by

MAISON MARNAC

No. 4 Pedder Street

(Opposite Hong Kong

Hotel),

James and pickles should not be stored on a top shelf, as hot air rises, and heat is apt to cause fermentation.

dresses.

boots!

of kid gloves at 2s. 6d. a pair, and Every year the bought six pairs a pair of dog-ikin gloves at 25. 3d. The dog-skin were for hard wear. and not for paying afternoon calls.

The Dolly Vardon Hat Skop. While you are assembling your Christmas ensemble do not overlook the importanes of your hat, and for this reason you cannot do better than pay a visit to this little home of hats. The new models seem to get smaller and smaller and hair is seen everywhere. The "Catalina She writes down material for hate show some charming examples of these close fitting styles; s. de lightful model in black soft felt is trimmed with a metalic ribbon another is a amart turban of new

Once in a while (very rarely she design introducing two tones of felt bought a fi shilling flower spray. which follows the silhouette of the of a five-shilling ostrich tip, but hand closely. Another close fitting", whether they were for the adora- shape is particularly becoming and I ment of her hat or her bonnet the is materialised in grey felt and | necount book does not any, ribbon velvet Several-wide-brim..

One hat a year was her ration, and its price was in the neighbour- hood of 10%. This was for summer becauas, in the winter, she wore bonnets which she made herself où a ninepouny wire shape. 37

med models have been designed for wear on formal occasions, and some very charming examples of the wide and double-brimmed styles are seen. Once again I would advise an early visit as the new stocks are sure to be snapped up in the next few days,

Whiteaway's Xmas time it gift, time. I did not realize how near to Christmas we were until I sat the tay avenue with which Whiteaways make a special feature every year.. There are toys for children of all ages, and all things for carnival use which go to" make gay parties. Other things which I noticed "were printed scarves, which I'm sure would please; also gloves and band- kerchiefs which are always useful. For the book-lover there are all the latest fiction at very popular, prices.

three bonnets," but all she bought was half a fard of net, thres and' a half yards of ribbon, and-a-yard of lace!

Each year she bought two thin In the furnishing department frocks at 6s. cách, a cambric and omg rather, attractive, table linen muslin, I think, however, that waschoven me these, ora made must have the coat of the

Two minutes after lighting the shaded flowers. The morning tea contained 12 yards of misterial I burner in your gas stove, open the oven door for a few seconds to allows I thought vory lovely, most of Fall to see how the dressmaker could them being in very quaint designs. the moist air to escape. The oven'

The cushions, also, are very attrac will heat far more quickly after the tive, and would make ideo) Christ- ventilation.

mas gifts.

have derived any proft from them. She also had an alpaca frock and

a linsey, frock for the inter Every third year she got a new

Thank

Bovril

for Goodness

WHITEAWAYS

CHRISTMAS

DISPLAYS

THE FINEST DISPLAYS IN TOWN

SUITABLE GIFTS FOR ALL

For the convenience of our many Customers Our Store will remain Open till 5 o'clock on SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

6 o'clock Every Other Evening till Christmas.

SHOR EARLY

SHOP EARLY.

WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW & CO. LTD.

Just what he'll appreciate!

You are invited to use our displays as a source of inspiration in Christmas present giving. The problem of what to give will dissolve like a snowflake in thaw-time, when you are con fronted with so wide a selection at

such tempting prices.

The old kind of luxury gift, which the embarrassed recipient hid away with all speed, is disappear- ing. man prefers a gift of personal adornment.

Men nowadays devote more

thought to their good appearance,

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that. .you cannot make a mistake

if your gift adds to his wardrobe.

We have laid in a specially chosen stock in anticipation of your visit. Everything is marked with good taste and has the modern note, and is of such quality that your choice must commend your good judgment.

Mackintosh's