1938-09-29 — Page 7

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

SOCIAL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938.-PAGE 7

WOMEN'S PAGE PRINCES PLATE

THURSDAY'S MENU

BREAKFAST

Chilled. Loganberry Juice

Cold Cereal

Creamed 'Sweetbread and

Mushrooms

Thin Toast

Coffee

LUNCHEON

Rússian Borsch Soup Vegetable Salad

Mayonnaise

Popovers

Jam

Iced Coffee

DINNER

Lobster en the Shell Brolled Meat Cakes

Barbecue Sauce Corn-on-the-Cob

Creamed Carrots

Hot rolls

Bweet Butter Cabbage Salad

Apricot Cobbler and Coffes

(After Dinner Mints's

COMEDY

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Little Tommy had been church for the first time. When asked what his impressions were he replied, "The scenery was lovely, the chorus was quite good, but the comedian, oh, he was terrible!” ..

RECENTLY MARRIED

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A DELIGHTFUL picture of Mrs. Jean, Featherstone who was mar- ried to Commander W. J. C. Robertson, R.N, at the Registry last week. After the ceremony a reception was held aboard H.M.S.

Decay, Commander Robertson's skip.

HATS FOR THE AUTUMN

Forward Tilt-Tall Crowns-

Pill-Box-Toques

Parisians are returning to town and their first steps towards or- dering their autumn clothes will lead them to their milliners. In Paris they are shown the models which the buyers have already seen and which in a short time will

every well-dressed woman's head.

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HEATHER GERRARD

MARRIED

Parliament To Debate Marriage

There is to be renewed and- strengthened demand when Parliamant meets for the re- form of legisation about the ... nationality of British womess ›

on marriage.

Lord Alness. intends to reintro- duce his Bill to restore their old. right of retaining their British cltlzenship if they wish after, mar- riage to an allen; and it is felt that the crisis will have converted M. P.. to a request that women have been making with increasing urgenes.

No serious opposition is expected from the Dominions if Britain takes the lead. The number of refugees · applying for naturalisation recently has accentuated the women's grievance.

Newsettes

Mr. R.R. Roxburgh, manager for China of Messre. John I. Thorny-- croft Co., Ltd returned from Manila yesterday by the Empress of Asia."

Other well known local rest- dents who returned by the same steamer were Mr. Duncan Tollan, of the Hongkong Telephone Company, Ltd., and Mrs Tollan, who have been spending, thel honeymoon in Baguio, and Mr. George Goncharoff, the ballet teacher.

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Mr. and Mrs. J. McGregor re- turned to Hongkong yesterday on the P. and O. as. Ranchi from Singapore.

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Mr. Percy Chen will speak to the English Study Circle of the The marriage took place on Chinese YMCA to-morrow at 8

September 17 at St. Peter's, Cranley p.m. on "The European Crisis and

Gardens, of Captain Reginald Its Influence on China.". Frederick Walter, Royal Artillery,

elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert The Scottish Company of the Walter., of No. "58. Redcliffe Gar-Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps dens, S.W.10, and Miss Heather is holding a Hallowe'en Dinner at. Gerrard. younger daughter of Pro- 8 p.m. to-morrow at Headquarters. fessor W. I. Gerrard. of the University of Hongkong, and Mrs. Gerrard.

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The lady whose photograph, ap. peared on page % of the "Daily Press" yesterday was not Mrs. Grimble, but Mrs. L. G. Pringle.

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THE ATHENIAN PATTERN

A meeting of the Chinese Cham- DRUG TURNS

"WOMAN" BRIGHT

C.ber of Commerce will be held She-to-morrow at 2.30 pm, at which

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wore a dress of powder-blue erepe, the result of the recent "Offer trimmed with silver-fox fur, and Gold" drive will be announced.. a hat to match, with shaded blue ostrich feathers. Mr. Tom Walter The directors of the Indo-China was best man. The reception was held at No. 23, Knightsbridge.

FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES

RED COLOUR

As the result of the application Steam Navigation Company were of prontosil, a new drug for the hosts at a reception given yester-treatment of septicaemia, Mrs. day afternoon on board the new Edith Preston, twenty-three, of steamer Wingsang, at the West Dewsbury Moor, was stated at a Point Wharf, Guests were re-Pontefract, Yorks, inquest to have ceived by the ship's captain and turned a bright red colour, were shown round what proved to Dr. P. L Sutherland county type of he a very efficient-looking vessel. pathologist. said in one

case the drug had reduced the Dr. ·Wuz Llen-teh, formerly death rate from 17.4 per cent, t tine Service, of China is now in from 71 per cent. to 27.3 per cent. Director of the National. Quaran- | 1,4 per cent, and in another type

Verdict, Death due to septi- caemia,

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The Rev. J. R. Vincent officiated. The new tall crowns, the bright There are short hand-crocheted assisted by the Rev. W. S. Scott trimmings, and the tilted angles at zets,which cover the eyes and

In the absence of her father, the which most of these hats are worn make a line midway across "the bride was given away by her help to make the Agure look slend- the nose. These vells are mounted brother-in-law. er, and veils, feathers, ribbons and Inside the crown and on the head- Hamilton. 24th Regiment. an occasional flower give even the band, while similar bands of net most masculine shapes a feminine may be sewn into the backs of precariously tilted models to hold There are sport hats this them securely on the head.

which

follow.. distinctly

Two colours, such as deep navy masculine lines. Erik offers glen-blue and bishop's purple, are garries and Scottish bonnets, while crocheted into some of Suzanrie in other houses there are cowboy Talbot's veils, and a lighter variety shapes and severely shaped for the afternoon consists of "beavers" uke those worn by set silk net mesh on which a design is! tlers in the Far West.

hand-embroidered with ostrich- Felt is the approved medium for feather fronds of the same colour,

The following forthcoming' mar- sports hats And felt, velours. as well as veils worked and spot-lages are announced:--Mr. Leong antelope and velvet are for town ted with chenille.

Kam-leng, medical student, of May wear. While the shapes conforta

Hall. Hongkong University, to Miss to no strict rules. the general ten-

VELVET RIBBONS. Doris Cheng. of No. 39 Bonham dency to tilt the hats forward Ostrich feathers are favourite į Road;

private practice at Ipoh. F.M.S. shows that the angle at which trimmings this season, and closely Mr. Leung Sin, car driver, of No. they are worn is of first impor- rolled tips in four and five shades 11, St. Francis Street, second floor.

Mr. Oliver Zi, formerly Director tance.

can be grouped across the side of to Miss Li Lam, of No. 15 King of the Shanghal Telephone Ad- CREATOR OF MAGINOT- a muffin-shaped toque, while tall Ming Street;

ministration, is in Hongkong on groups of feathers rear their heads Mr. Leonard Alltree, bailiff of the Suzanne Talbot has borrowed behind little tilted plateau shapes Supreme Court residing at the

a short visit. many of her ideas from masculine completed with heavy bunches of European

Though the Maginot Line has YM.CA. Kowloon millinery of other days and intro-velvet ribbons falling behind and Miss Barbara Alice Allen, office 85-

Mr. and Mrs. J. Hartzenbusch become a topic of constant con- duces top-hats of all kinds, with weighting them down on the head.sistant, of No. 19, Cameron Road. day in the Empress of Asta on a of the man from whom it derives are leaving for Shanghai on Fri-versation, little is generally shown brims both round and rectangular. Flowers, leaves and decorative Kowloon;

Some of her hats are directly motifs, éven ribbons, are made of Mr.

short business trip. "

WHE ́name. Andre. Maginot Leung Kwok-sing, cafe Influenced by the men's hats of the ostrich fronds skilfully mounted on salesman, of No. 183, Main Street,

Minister of War during the early Directoire period, a tendency which canvas and used to encircle the ground floor, Shaukiwan, to Miss Minister of Railways, left, Hong gigantic system of fortifications Mr. T. C. Yen former Vice-stages of the scheme to build the is stressed again in the high-peak- edges of toques.. ed bonnets for the afternoon which

Tam Sau-king of No. 4. Yiu Wakong for Shanghai a few days ago | which now guards France's Enst- Despite the approach of winter Street. Arst Boor. Kowloon; "are almost authentic coples of the some designers have not hesitated

after a brief stay in the Colony. ern frontier. Mr. Chan Cheung-wing, messen- feminine millinery of that epoch, to use a few flowers, and outstandger, of No. 8. Babbington Path, Mr. Carl 8... Greenberg, repre- in the Tardieu Cabinet. He died This was in 1929, when he was while others follow the more con- ing are the large felt flowers, ac third floor, to Miss Choi Sol-lan sentative of the Californian Fruit in 1932, three years before the ventional lines of high-crowned tually shaped from part of the No. 2, Beautiful Terrace first Growers Association, returned to £80,000,000 plan had been finished. postillon shapes.

hat, which appear in a black felt noor;. Following these models comes a model with two large lily trumpets

Shanghai in the Conte Verde, en

Maginot was a plcturéaque figurë, series of pill-box" toques with tall rising high in front.

Mr. Chan Han-kl, clerk of Messrs.route to the United States.

aft, 2n, tall. ereet änd soldierly. feather and flower trimmings, as model of the same type. has a nessy Road, top door, to Miss Another Habade, residing at No. 341. Hen-

Before the war he had been Voder- well as hats which are clearly in broad brim over the brow which is Cheung Pul-Hin. of No. 364, Lock-pointed the Rev. H. W. Balnes, tempted

The Bishop of Coventry, has. ap-Secretary for War, and in 1915 at spired by the Welshwoman's hat."

to form a new shaped like a gigantic vine leaf.

Centre

TUP-HATS

QUILLS AND WINGS

Sports bats for the autumn are

- TURBAN TOQUES

hart Road..

Many of the new hata which have

GATHERED

often shown with cut-down cone been ordered recently only cover

Crowns,

machine stitched with the very front of the head, and

Jenny (angrily): "Ye canna say contrasting colours, or hung with there are closely swathed turban Iran efter ye onywey." little tassels as the most simple toques covering more of the hair Jock: "No, the trap dianae rin trimmings. A couple of small wings and finishing over the brows in efter the moose, but it gaithers it may sprout from the sides of such

a crown, and bands of Jersey" or felt ribbon and of antelope leather nake popular trimmings for prac. tical occasiNES.

heavy knots of material.

nst the same!"

Persian silks look well.used for

the latter type of model, a pretty

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lately chaplain in charge of St.party the Entente Democratique et John's Cathedral, Hongkong, to Republicaine. the vicarage of St. Nicholas, Rad- ford, Coventry.

Y'S MEN TO MEET IN HONGKONG.

The second conference of the Y's Men's Club in South China will be held on October 8,59 and; 10. in

The party came to nothing and In 1914 he joined up as a private Promoted sergeant, he lost a leg. at verden. A memorial to him can

be seen at Fort Souville, 18 miles from Verdun

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turban worn recently being made houses there are toques with long Hongkong. Dr. Arthur 8. Woo, of violet, ruby and sliver brocade. Büky strands of munkey-tur cas-governor of the South China Dis- Among the passengers on board Long quills and groups of little Far is used freely, to trim the cading down on, to the forehead." trict, will preside and the parti- the P. and O. liner Ranchi which Mercury wings, all in different winter hats, tails of ermine, mirik The use of hat-pins is definitely cipating clubs will be Hongkong, arrived from London, via porta, colours, will supply the additional und skunk being used on velvet established for the winter. They Canton, Amoy, Foochow and Kun- were:-- note of formality to such hats toques, while the smooth furs such are not only, necessary, in: many |ming.

Mr. and Mrs W. Stafford, froth when they are required for town as broadtall and shaved-lamp are cases to hold hats in position, but The hosts to the visiting de- Bombay; Mise B. M. Davies, Miss worked in alliance with felt to they are in keeping with the legates will be the Y's Men's Club N. MacGregor, Mr. M. N. Oxford, Vells are, still in fashion but make crowns for simple cloches. slightly 1900, air which, has been of Hongkong. An elaborate pro- Miss L. C. & Robertson," Brigadier they have undergone subtle More striking is the use of fox given to many hats, ....

tramme is being prepared by Mr. Mrs. and Miss Reeve, Lleat-Cdr. changes, Instead of covering the and monkey fur, a red-fox.tall be In Rose Valola's collection the Wong Kam-on chairman of the and Mrs C Churchill, Mr. J. hat with a foamy mag of tulle ing twisted into a circle and hat pins are decorative ornaments programme committee, and Mr. Torbes; Mr. and Mrs. S.. EL Lange- the fashion now is to wear a mounted on the front of a black with filigree, tops from which hang Lum K Chiu. the conference ton, Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, all from doin veil cut to a definite shape.

zelvet skull-cap. whitle in some bright beads or golden tassels. secretary.

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