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MAKE YOURSELF

LOOK. DIFFERENT.

BOUDOIR NOTIONS.

Jure in the time when the woman who cannot always have the clothes who desires" lets herself go.""

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It is always at this time of the year that one feels the desire for change-u change in one's sur

Prices in June, low in any chee roundings and in oneself. We be during the sales, are this year aven giu with the house, pulling the furniture about and altaring pie

"tempting than usual... tures. Then we arunek the ward- So many things for which she robe and there is a ruthless wood-lenge in the ordinary way but to ing-out of old clothes. Finally we which she turns a blind eye" will cure to a halt before the mirror be so cheap to buy during the next four weeks that no one would have and are dissatisfied.

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indulges her love for attractive the heart to blame the woman who

clothes less because they are strict-

We wish to look different some how, and any par hair in now way and make experiments with the neck of a dress and a pair of say than because she de- carrings. Varying one's appear- anen becomes a fresh "source af

masement.

Why not look completely different "this season, You may win a new friend, for although we know that, theoretically, old ones are best, they do have a depressing way of loving us as we are; and that won't get us anywhere,

Choose New Coloura,

To begin with, wear colours and materials that you have never worn before and try to get away for a Mittle while from what you feel to

be your own style.

sites them very much.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932.

WOMAN'S PAGE

used with a 'oonvenient scurt at tachment, more useful as an indoor wrap on a chilly ovoning than its appearance suggests..

Mora substantial models are those. made from ring-velvet and atin. and a gay brocade coat can always be added for extra warmth.

Eleganca and Pyjamar. Equally elegant the pyjama suits which taka the place of night dresses.

Hore the finest materials, lace and work are used, and some of the finished articles are worthy of a place in a museum of art.

satin blouse just faller from the top. of the rollar to the waiss into soft folds and yat shows no visible fastening. The collar here will inst

oaress the neck. Such a blouso can be described as drranging it- wolf, A little top sleeve may bo there, or a long, wrinkling åtted one, showing at the wrist ang hand- work, and tiny, pearl, glove-like buttons This is the ideal selection spring suit of black, brown, or for wearing, under the smart new.. navy wool fabric.

There are also many novel blouses showing the short sleeve and scarf Enish. Those bave a specially

If, however, really practical gar-youthful look, but are not for older ments are wanted there is nothing folk. In gripe de chine, wool, or to beat washing satin and carefully in the rougher etton, fabric known Holected laco.

as sponge cloth, worked with opon stitching, and finished with a broad striped or floral bandkerchief- scarf the affect is charming: for wearing without a cont the scarf will provide the required shoulder width.

The most up-to-date models are sleeveless and have a bleuse or jumper top with a complementary contes either of lace-trimmed satin all Ince, according to the taste of the designer.,

NEW PHASES OF

THE BLOUSE.

DAINTY LINGERIE STYLES.

SHORT SLEEVES AND SCARVES.

Very interesting, too. is the new yoke-like blouse. This again shows the high straight collar and yoke, fitted in one piece. The rest of the garment often has a tiny basque under a narrow waistband, which can form a complete cardigan top, a finished affair that can be woll worn alim skirt.

over a slith pleated short he

blouse looks nice in a fancy silk wool spotted fabric in navy sad white, with the yoke and collar in plain white cotton-piqué. The sleeves may be slightly fitted to Batin and Brconde.

Summer is before us, and we above the elbow, where they should welcome the return of the lingeriebe met by a deep buttoned gaunt-. boudoir clothes blouse inalita Lingerie and

now phase let cuff of the white piqué. This, grow lavalier every sunson. Thero Broderie Anglais is attractively in with a smartly tilted white cap and may be women who still insist that tercepted with narrow laces, and pochette, with shoes of navy kid beauty in clothes need not neees hand-stitchony is an raportant fac pipped white, illustrates one of the sarily be skin deep. The vasttor." The blouse in the earlier col- most attractive and simple costumes majority of women, however, prefer loctions proved the superiority of for the well-turned-out girl. the lingerie which, its beautiful wool, diagonal stitching and darn appearance notwithstanding. ising effects producing the smartest practical as well as pretty.

results. Weaves in chooks, spots and stripes all have the hand-work look about them, so that even the sporting sweaters and practical travelling shirts are all part of a very new sad complete scheme in dress.

The trousered suit divides honours with the luxurious robe of astin; or broode, or ring-velves, or chiffon, as an elegant boudoir dress.

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It varies from delicately If you have never gone to a party

ethereal garment to a more prao- ! in anything more original than

tical suit such as that which is ilius į Possibly the newest and smartest bfue georgette and a silver hand-trated on this page: Here the blouse models show the high, close the majority of skirts, are made have a way of draping themselves "trousers," which, sro as wide saatting collar. The best examples

in the front. from satin.

A rich cream or peach-coloured

bag to match your silver shippers (not forgetting the silver flower on the shoulder), who knows what night happmi to you in smoky fog coloured chiffon organdie,

Alter your face to meet the au-. dacities if the new hats. Nothing looks worse than last year's face ander this season's hat. Today all the hats are close-fitting and tilted so that the face is exposed to "the trying light of day and the still more trying scrutiny" of the old friends.

Would you have it said She is not what she was" just because you Are wearing a hat that is definitely opposed to what was onen consider- ed becoming. with no crown under which to cower and no brim

brow mysterious shadows over the ince 7

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Of course you are not what you were and do not want to be.

Try a Change in Cosmetics.

Buy all the newest shades in powder, face areams" and lipsticks, A Change of cosmetics can alter one's appearance considerably. Ex- amine the lipstick you are using and if it is dark crimson or petunia give it to your daughter or younger sister and get yourself the dashing now geranium red. Or “fame” if you ary & brunette, and "mountain

b" if you arp blonde,

If for years, you have over reddened your lips try the youth. ful effect of "natural" lipstick. It imitates the colour of a healthy child,

Use powder that exactly matelics "the skin. You will find it more youthful than the slightly made-up look a contrasting shade of powder gives, and got a matt finish by powdering when the skin is damp from tonie of astringent. This should be sprayed on to the face instond of dabbed on with cotton wool so as not to flatten the down which is one of the last legacies of youth.

Clever Use of Eye Shadow..

Be clever with "the use of eye shadow, especially if you have

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ÆSOP'S FABLES.

THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE

COUNTRY MOUSE.

1. Many, many years ago, long lever used any before. Brown before you were born, there were mascara accentuates fairness; green two little mice, who used to play makes blus eyes more interesting;

a violet shadow softens brown eyes, together, and so became very good" Bes that your nails are as pink as friends,

your cheeks and no more.

Above all wear your new face. -After a time, one of them went and your new clothes as though you to live at a farm-house in the coun- were pleased with the result what try, and the other lived in a large ever the offait may be on othörn. The inferiority complex has gone cut of fashion.

TRY THESE RECIPES.

house in the town.

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with the wide yoke rounded top.

One of the easiest blouses for both the young and older woman to wear is the lace blouse, lined

Collars my marvellously cut this chiffon. The latest version is an soned, which largely accounts for ideal summer choice, a rounded the renewed interest in the blouse yoke and long wide sleeves of Except for the young and tailored blonde laes in a creamy tone, placed type of women, no one can honestly over pink. This is cssed into arsay that the close high-fitted neck- corselet skirt of black or white line is exactly becoming, though it, crêpe ile chine is, of course, best is immensely sindr to have a little loose cape-conten The high-collar, that stands up at

so also form a useful omaemble. It revers in the front, is more gen- of the skirt fabric to complete, and the back, and opens with sma! must show skilful, cutting of the erally becoming and can yet keep kimono-shapal loose sleeve, all into the tailored, trend,

THE CHILDREN'S CORNER

There were ears of corn lying on the ground all around, and these would have supplied them with food for weeks.

4. But the town mouse did not like fooding out in the field, and said to her friend," It is not very "nice having to take your food out in the open air, and having to come all this way for it."

5. Oh, said the country mouse, “it is not so bad when one in used to it. Besides, there is always plenty to eat, and no one troubles us. But come along to my house and have some food there, perhaps you will like it better."

18. At last, the country mouse could stand if no longer. Sho turn- ed to her friend and said, "It was

8. After a short time the town mouse said to her friend," "I am sure I don't know how you can live and be happy in this place. very kind of you to ask me to come The floor is full of holes. the wallet was ill the grand sights, and

aro dirty, you can seo nothing all day but the woods, and fields, and streame, and hear nothing but the singing of birds and the talk of animals.

9, "You must come to the town and live with me; there you will see all the fine folks, and heap what they say. You will have a nice warm room to live in, and plenty of rich food to eat as often as you like."

to hard all this nice food, but this life would not suit me at all.

"I will go back to my old home in the barn. The door may be full of holes, and the place may be very dirty, but at least I can live in peace, and sat day food in safety."

WHY PARROTS REPEAT

MEN'S WORDS.

10. The poor, little, country The parrot does not think, but mouse had always been so happy merely repeats what it hears. It in the old barn, that she had never is said that years ago parrots

thought about the floor being full

of holes and her house looking talked sensibly. A than who owned dingy. But as she looked round, I

she saw that it was not so nice and hid it and when questioned a parrot one day stole A Cow place as it might have boon. So

she made up her mind to leave it about the theft declared that he at once, and go with. her friend to had never seen the animal Then live in the town.

the official asked the parrot if his owner had stolen the cow, and the parrot at once answered "You",

It was decided that the culprit. abould be punished for his theft on the following day, and ho, sot his mind working to find some way of escape.

11. They act out together, and after walking for a long time, they came to the tows. The country mouse had never been in a town. before, and was delighted with all she saw. She thought it a grand place to live in, and felt glad that she had left the dirty, old barn.

12. After a while, they come to a fine house; and went in.. The town mouse led the way, and they

He put a pail over the parrot at had just been a great feast. All water over the pail. In the morn came to a large room in which there night, and then for hours poured: kinds of rich food were on the table, and the town mouse told hering, when the officials came to friend to eat what she liked best... punish him, the man asked why 13. They had hardly begun to they were going to do this, Be oat, when someone, opened the doar of the room, and the two mice ran off as fast as they could to little hole in the corner of the they could only just squeeze room, which was so narrow that

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cause you stole the cow. The parrot, which always tells the truth; : saya so," was the answer. asked, "Did the moon shine last Turning to the parrot the man

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No," replied the parrot, it was raining hard all night." a bright moon..

The night had been cloudlean, with

14. Here they lay, very much afraid, and kept quite still until the door was strut again. 6. So they went into an old hato, came out of the hole, and began Then they and the country mouse brought out once more to eat the food that was all the good things she had. Thare on the table. wore some grains of wheat, a fowl 16. But they had only taken one green peas, part of cheese, and little mouthful, when a servant so they cast it out and let the man many other nice bits of food such came into the room to get a dish go free.. as mice are fond of, ...

out of the cupboard, and again When it flow away to the forest

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The parrot used to tell the fruth, the man of the village said, but it does not do an now," and

One day the town mouse madd up her mind to pay a visit to her friend at the farm, to see how sho was getting on, and off she set

The country mouse. was very pleased indeed to as her old play Ratafia biscuits in jelly topped fellow, and made haste to welcome with orbam make a special sweet, her Mixed with fruit salad they are at

"You must be very hungry after welcome addition.

7. The country mouse ato very the two mied had to scamper away the parret met a mouking bird, who Fill a glass dish with alternate your long walk," she said,

with me and then something to might not be enough for both of more.

come little herself, as she felt that there and hide until all was quiet once listened to its story Ob," said tho mocking bird, you should them. But the town mouse only Each time they came to the table always repeat the words men speak, tanted the sugar and the cheese, to finish their meal, some one ama for arm-1 they are not true mou and then said that she did not want to the room, and they had to run always think their own, words are any more..

off for fear of being caught,

fory good.

"layers of apodge cake crumbs. stewed fruit or-fresh fruit awest ened and topped with Handy biscuits after covoring with a layer of austard,"

cat:"

3. Then she took the town mouse to a field close by, from which the reapers had just carted the corn.

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