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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1935.

SUMMER

If You Would Keep Cool

Choose The Correct Hot-Weather Colours

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Whether at home or abroad, the hot-weather question is the same, "What, shall we wear?”

White has ever been the coolest of colours; the sun's rays jump off it instead of being absorbed, as we were told at school; but they forgot to mention that that is why the Arabs wear it in the desert. Woman's choice in 1935 need not stop here, however, for hot wea- ther wear was given separate al- tention when the British Colour Council's spring and summer col- our card was prepared.

Golden shades are good, with yellows moving through" greens and blues to violet. Violet, I was told here, in on the border line. With it veers to blue it is cool. when it goes the other way to- wards red it is not so good. Bright reds and oranges are unsuitable selections

There is one qualideat'on in every case. They must be good, pure colours. clean and sharp. When they are toned down to the slightest extent they lose that crisp look which is essential for a cooling effect.

Specially planned for hor and sunny days are the following Vivacious, hues: "Guinea Gold;" "Casino

Green."

"Flax" Blue." "Moth Grey," and "Orchid Tint." with "Perby Blue," "Epsom Green" and "Faz Red" as suggestions to be used sparingly for splashes of decoration

For little blouses and lingerie there ure

tints: Green'.

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the sylvan "Larch." "Eggshell "Cobweb Grey," "Lilac," "Roseleaf' and Sunbeam." "Dewgreen" an elusive and exclusive shade in the same category, very lovely in rich material, but not for cat- tons.

With long evenings, a shade to be successful for. evening wear in the summer must look well both in day and artificial light. The hour for starting dinner is often within daylight. Colours tried out under Doth conditions, which passed the test satisfactorily are "Orchid Tint," a soft mauve; "Larch," a fresh-looking green; "Eggshell Green," softer and more

blue, and "Sunbeam," a warm but. soft gold.

Designs must be simple and used with restraint. For hot weather Britisk printing is so good-pro- bably better than any other--that women are tempted to go in for patterned fabrics; rather too much. Simplicity of design does not cause mental excitement, and therefore induces a sense of coolness. If a frock is patterned, the coat should be plain, and vice versa. Accessories with differing patterns make for a feeling of fussiness and warmth...

In the home on warm days this same avoidance of stimulus should be observed. The less there in tis a room in suntmer the cooler the effect Removal of orzamente an knick-kideks makes a room "appear more, spacious,

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One firm of home furnishers 18 stressing the silver, white and green theme. There are tall vases of white pottery, plain or "pearl glass, and in them stand silvered branches sometimes with a com- plete frond or alternatively with leaves of cellophane.

For dining-table decoration there are shallow glass bowls

with glass bubbles of varying sizes in place of the "one-time Boating "Bowers. Sliver candlesticks may havé silver or white candles. Individual mats in green a complete runner in light hand- woven linen are equally cooling. For a modern room one piece of furniture, but one only, may be of mirror glass.

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Windows play an important part in keeping a home cool in hot weather. The number of Louvre shutters, a familiar sight on the Continent, is practically negligible in this country, according to a store skilled in the matter of windowk treatments. They are fitted in this country "chiefly for decorarive purposes, only when they form an integral part of the architecture of the house. People who have this type of home are fortunate in a heat wave; if the shutters are .closed and .the windows opened before the sun strikes the house there will be a steady direct current of cool air that has not passed through hot

glass.

In this country, pinoleum blinds are most usual and satisfactory. Made in a dark green shade they can be fitted to any type of window and are readily pulled up or down. While keeping off the neat of the sun's rays they allow air to pass through freely. They can be fixed either flat or at an angle, the latter permitting view of lawn or garden to be re- tained. Not so good for windows. but admirable for doorways are. blinds of linen cr cotton ticks. Available in a variety of stripes... the most popular an alliance with stone--these are gotted either flat or at anglë,

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PARIS

Clothes By Maggy Rouff

Style

Maggy Rouff has shown dresses which she sent over to New York on the first voyage of the Nor- mandie. "Paris-New York" is the name of a white dress and three- quarter coat with draped sleeves; the coat is lined with sapphire blue, and a toque of tulle and un- curled ostrich feathers is of the same colour. Eats wom with Maggy Rouff's dresses

are by Agnes.

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A dinner dress of seaweed col- oured shiny sequins fits closely: the train is long and pointed; the sleeves are long and tight; wine- red roses clustered at the neck, apd the ttle toque is of black crepe has crepe chrysanthemums sewn deeply on the waist, the lower part, and the train. The full skirt of a white silk muslin evening dress is bordered with red pead and sequin embroidery in key pattern, which also marks the belt and edges the long shoul der drapery: here the hem line

slightly stiffened. A simple and stately dress of black crink- led crepe is worn with a deep- belt of silver and crystal embroid- ery, a narrow band of which runs down the long medieval sleeves.

SILVER FOX

capes of silver fox, astrakhan, ad summer ermine are still worn with black, brown, and dark plue summer woollen dresser. and big straw or felt hats are usual There are now too many Panama hats and their day la nearly over. Light felte are newer, and there are many new berets. Rose Valois makes some which are berets only in naïde, su mixed are their ancestry. They are more often of felt than -vel- vet. The uncertain weather maintains the fashion of fortai tailor-made clothes for the after- noon, whether of velvet, crepe satin, or figured slk. A figured dress and plain coat can with- stand a shower of rain; the large hat is usually in plain black or black with white flowers.

Stars and crescents as well as flowers and feathers are now worn in the hair. Cartier shows same Hindu jewelry of precious stones and enamels set in gold, and also modern Jewelry in whter the stones appear to have no set fing at all. Feather fans have appeared in the ballroom;& fea- ther Jackets have been worn, and the feather cape has not disap- peared. Feathers, however, not make best wrapa, the better as hat trimmin fans, Flowers in the hair

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PATTERNS IN

LACE

Old Yet New

Lace can be old yet niew, re calling famous pictures from the past and suggesting new ones for the present. Wonderful pat- terr's

have been resuscitated and in many textures?

Heavy and the Italian designs. as well as Chantilly, needlerun, blond; or the spotted-nets and the new stiffened Ught, smail. crisp patterns-all are in request.

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The tall bride will do well to take full advantage of the many varieties in point de Ventse as a border to the moulded magni- ficence of ivory brocade or satin faconné.

No lesa lovely is the full skirt and short corsage with deep frills and cape of fighter lace.

DOMINATING "NOTE"

It would seem certain that lace is the dominating note in the bridal retinue this summer. Not- hing is more attractive for the maids the fatiờw the baldə si June weddings than the delicate- ly tinted net with tiny frills and insertions of lace.

One recent bride wore a pár- ticularly beautiful panel ola Italian lace forming a petticoat on thick creamy satin. Over this came. a sort of polonaise." with train of satin bordered with the same fabric plaited.

A Medici collar of the lace and deep cavaller cuffs completed a square-rat tabbed satin corsanc A true-lover's knot in rubles and diamonds was the sole ornament. Clouds of tulle formed the very long velf ̧!

GOLDEN BRIDES

There have always been efter- tive golden brides, but as the case also with silver, there are many tones in gold. Ice-blue and silver or parchment and a. "dead gold are a wonderful wed

ding choice for brides who can carry of such magnificence.

Lace can add further beauty either in the bordering of the vell and trainor desisting one of the latest rustling silken un- der-sups

The entirely lace bridal robe

another stair. Unless of very fine fragile design it is apt to be heavy. Some of the newer light patterna in very, "ipale, abades make up very successfully

Finest and palss: pink net was chosen by a spring bilde, who placed it over pale zilver kissder The bodice sected to be a caper that - fustes.

ald be overdade, There are now dressing: bans of lacqu hair are also Colla have been copied by

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LONDON NOTES

Summer Accessories

White hats of hats with white brims and contrasting crowns are for the most part simply trimmed. with narrow ribbon or dotted col- oured relis. They may be of al- most any shape and sire: the small Bretont sa:lors which often have a rolled edge to the brim, large mushroom shapes, off-the- face bonnets, and halo hats, and some have the wide back brim which is the newest line. Fancy piques, linens, felts, and shiny straws are the favourite materials.

Vells are now seldom worn over the face save to the depth of one or two inches. They more often form the sole trimming in the form of large bows or hang softly from the back of the hat on to the shoulders. They are generally black or blue and may have large ehenille spots.

Hardly any summer costume is complete without its flower. A erisp pique buttonhole matches a white pique hat trimmed with the ..same flower. A small toque af white violets has a large match- ing buttonhole. A shaggy red carnation, posed right in the mid- dle of a large black hat, is re- peated in the buttonhole of the accompanying suit or at the waist of a chiffon frock. Many-colour- ed nosegays are used as trimming for hats and also as buttonholes. There are many small toques made of massed flowers, such as violets, geraniums, hyacinths, and Lac.

CLUSTER OF BOS!! In the evening clusters of roses and leaves in natural colours trim the front of a bodice, and sprays af grchids or flies are tastened on the shoulder of gowns which are or dull, heavy materials in plain

colours. Garden'us and" small flat flowers, often real ones, are worn in the hair singly or in the form of wreaths: Very decorative worn with organdi and l'ght- summer frocks are the bracelets, clips, and earrings in flower designs of dull metal with enamelled petals and bead cen- "tres,

For evening wear with printed dresses there are sandals fastened with little bunches of flowera. Gold and silver kid in sandals and Court shoes are decorated.

with buckles and clips of paste and coloured rhinestone. For day-time coloured shoes harmon- ize with the dress generally, Blue and white costumes go with blue shoes stitched with white Brown pumps have white insets, and white heels are worn with brown linen sult pique. FIS

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HOPPE

HONE TRONG

New Shipment

Inexpensive fabric HATS.

South Arcade.

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Opposite Hong Kong Hotel

China Building

Gloucester Building.

SALE Summer Gloves

EXQUISITE FLOWER

PATTERNS

The designers of floral mate- rials are working the simplest of Bowers into exquisite patterns. this season.

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Mary Ells. "who will soon be in" her Paramount film success-Paris Love Song wears a

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charming dinner dress of chiton with an allover design of field flowers on a black background.

White, yellow, red and blue, these daises, poppies and corn flowers are grouped together in a modernistic way, and their long stalls give grace and delicacy to the pattern. The dress is made with a high back and long sleeves, and carries tiny buttons alf down the front.

Organidie

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Pique and Linen

from $1.25.

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Lovely Hands

If you value lovely hands, take note of the following hinta which have been followed with success

Massage YOUT hands after washing with a little hand Potion that will rub in without leaving them sticky; and rub this in well the last thing at night. If your hands are too thin, use & nend cream instead of a lotion," "and massage your hands well,, knesd-

mg the cream" in with the palm

of your free hand. Be careful not to stretch the skin over the knuckles.

You can make a good Hand cream by taking a cold cream And mixing in a coxeespoortui of almond all The best time for the massage is of course st night before you go to bed. Whenever you apply cream

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Miss Elis is 2nd of pastel shades and chooses accessories that make a striking construction to your hands you should She always wears long gloves in the evening, and chooses dark brown or black accessories with

a gown of flesh pink, maize, "dusty" blue, orchid or water green,

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The star of Paris Love Song is fond of tiny barrel muffs, and

always treat your elbows in the

same way, ds nothing is more unattractive than wrinkly, rough, or hardened elbows,

To get rid of that horrible goose flesh type of rash that ap- pears on the upper Brins you need a saucer of warm olive oil: The of should be well rubbed

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in the picture she carries muffinto the skin with a rubber nail

of fur, velvet

and silk each

designed to emphasise the char- acter of her ensemble.

For personal use, however, Miss Ellis prefers the type of muit that slips on the wrist like a cuff,

MAE WEST'S CAPE Mae West, star of Paramount's Goin' To Town, caused a sens tion at a Hollywood party with one of her new gowns,

It was a lovely evening frock of white chiron, with the full- skirted silhouette of the moment, and a long, graceful cape of bright red chiffon oated from her shoulders to the floor.

Just under her chin a cluster of red chiffon added a note of softness, and the fascinating en- semble was rounded off by a large, red hat, of the size so popular with Mac.

brush, left on for 15 minutes, and then taken on with a heavy lather of good complexion soap and a stiff rubber sponge, rinsed in cool water, dried, and a hand lotion appiled. Two weeks of this treatment given daily wil clear up the condition.

To keep your hands and arma white, It is worth getting one of the face packs done up in tubes. You wash your hands and armA 1 hot water, dry thoroughly, sprend on the mask, which has a slight- ly bleaching effect, leave on for 15 minutes, rinse off with warm water, and pat in a good cold creath.