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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 - 1920.

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DAINTY GOWNS

FOR EVENING. THE FOPULARITY OF LACE,

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AN ECONOMIC REASON.

LOOKING SPRINGWARD.

show

CO OURED LINGERIE.

THE SUPPLE GIRL.

EMBROIDERED IN BLACK THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT

AND COLOURS..

OF DANCING ON THE

HEALTH.

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various movements of an operatic Anyone who Watches the dancer ngtes how each and every understands muscle is brought into play, and technique necessary to become something of the skilled in the art, can have no doubts as to the physcial benefits operatic dancing. The breathing to be derived from practising is improved, the chest developed,

health benefit from her study of But for a pupil to derive every dancing it is necessary for the ledge of anatomy and physiology. teacher to have a certain know-

as in the case of Madame Helena Dolli, the sister of Sir Thomas Beecham, who, before going on stage, was a medical student for

two years.

When at her School of Operatic Dancing. Madame Dolli explained how the exercises must vary for some pupils. Much jumping might be benefcial for

girl who shows signs of faintness one, but injurious to another. A

when doing some of the exercises is advised to consult a doctor. may have a weak heart, and she

There is a concerted effort m business to bring laces to the

We ате threatened with fore, and any garment that can coloured lingerie: but-loured! possibly be lace trimmed is likely do not mean delicate under to be. It is vital to the industrial garments made of palest pink reconstruction of crippled France or mauve that lace should be reinstated, (writes Villiers of the Daily muslin or crepe and it is no wonder that industry Mail), but similar garments made everywhere is putting forth every in such colours as emerald green, effort to stimulate interest. Filet japonica, pink, bright purple, and has been a tremendous success. cobalt blue! It sounds like a but there are also many other nightmare, but in reality such lovely laces to be remembered. vivid colours as these are already Baby Irish. for example, is the appearing in the showrooms of the abdominal muscles strength- heir apparent of the lace kingdom, the famous lingeres. And and much so-called Irish lace is seems as though these crude portant in the case. of women) itened (which is particularly im- made in France, just as Irish calours were not startling enough lace is also copied in the Orient.that the fashionable "under-lightfully supple as well as grace..., and the whole body becomes de- But no matter where lac. are wear" of the future is to be ful in movement. made, or in what kind of pattern, embroidered in bizarre fashion in it is important to bring them back black and coloured washing silks, into favour. The arts, industries the designs taking the form of and fashions of lacedem must wildly impossible birds not perish. And

what of the beasts! I have seen a trousseau and workers?

set, very complete and up to date, which was made of emerald The tendency to look ahead green organdle muslin

and and buy wisely is noticed this daintily embroidered in black season among all classes of washing silk. The designs were women; for with materials as rather Greek-frieze in outline. high as they are now, one is apt with wonderful interlaced letters to consid before buying. Silkjto form the monograms and picot undergarments have proven their borders, the latter worked over worth and have established in black silk. Very narrow black beyond a doubt that they are not satin ribbons were run in: of exclusively a luxury, but the lace there was none, and to give initial cost must not be overlock fan effective, if rather alarming, ed especially in view of the finishing touch there was rising price of silk There is also immense "nightdress case made the rumour that we are going to of emerald green taffetas which revert to lingerie frocks for spring was lavishly embroidered in An interest in effective cotton back silks and white porcelain fabrics is being felt by alem shoppers, and the big shu

BLACK FOR THE BOYDOIR. spring cottons very early, giving It difficult to dissociate lace their customers a glimpse of the and chiffon from the beadoir cap. lovely things that have been de I have been shown severat, how vised for the southlands. Every ever, which have quite departed one knows how lovely cotton from the traditional path. One voiles may be. In delicate as composed entirely of black colourings they are quite dainty sequins and jet beads, and the enough for any one and make jother of gold lace and many the most attractive sort of gowns. leoloured beads woven into the thar Paris determines the sha If an strich fun is wrong the

pajamas and combinations.

design. They were most attractive homette We may modify it and į bridal gifts and ore has any

All-lace

are being bi: certainly lacked the restful we may elaborate upon the sur-jehnice in its selection it is well is worn; not önig thu se of Chantilly, air one look for in boudoir face of the frock, but usualy we choose green, for it is sneffective | but of the many a vichy 1156" fashions. are content to fallow "the line of with a black gown, so charming and nets suitable for dance, party grealest anthority and least with white and gray, and even and dinner frocks. While on the The new pyjamas-produced resistanon and be Purie decide, holds its own quite independently (subject of such things, it is to meet the winter's cold and But this year Paris has not decid- with tan and with copper.

interesting to record that while fireless bedrooms--are of wadded el. She came with both hands! Jade earrings and a jade bangle season of great gorgeousness silk. They are made exactly on behind her back, a slim silhouette are among the lucky talismanin

bas been the lines of Japanese dressing in one and a Camargo in the remembrances that might be anticipated a keener interest is gowns, and look most extraord other, and asked us to choose. presented to the bride, in whose manifested in simple frocks for inarily cost and warm.

But more or less We did and we took both, so it is personal happiness you are more

informal home would they wash well and are a matter for your individual concerned than in her problems entertaining.

they hygienic ? decision whether your gown is of planning her trousseau. eut on straigh: classic lines or with the more frivolous distended. Gradually and almost imper- hip.

ceptibly fashion is introducing the puffed sleeve. At present the The sketch to the right suggests puffs are so small and appearsO the thought that this dress is rarely that we have not yet taken compromise between the two, for fright. but before very long we are the satin underskirt is straight.or likely to find ourselves wearing nearly so, and the side drapery is the manche which is bouffant to bouffant enough for any one. the elbow. Next to that perhaps, Made with foundation of will be the leg of mutton sleeve. black satin, the skirt has a plain a hideous relic of the nineties full overskirt of Chantilly lace which women wore in conjunction accentuated at the hip line by with small, high-crowned hats. means of cascaded side panels. But let us hope that before that The bodice is nothing more evil period has dawned we shall elaborate than tight-Etting folds all have risen in protest. Let the of the satin beld in place ty pouf remain by all means, but le: narrow shoulder straps of the us bolt and bar the door to the

"leg of mutton."

Designs of the Moment.

Must of the world, will wint

same.

FANS AND JADE A THES.

THE PUFFED MANCHE.

Flowers are used much more The little touch that makes this on the evening gowns to-day than dress individual is the bunch of, they were a short time ago. A sing- ostrich tips caught at the righ: le flower was considered all that side. The original model was was necessary to bring a splash. trimmed with tips of a brilliant of vivid colouring into the gown. Chinese blue, while a feather fan Now, however, it is far more as a of the same colour was an integral trimming that they are employ- part of the dress."

ed. For instance, a row of giant The sketch to the left is in the blossoma-just flower-heads and deep founce style so easily adapt nothing more-may outlins the able to many figures. Black lace, evening corsage, or quite a ra- in three flounces gathered full spectable sized nosegay of berries over a foundation of black satin, and blossoms combined in old- forms the skirt. Except for a cream world colourings-those delicious chiffon yoke, the bodice consists faded tints of green, rose,' bleu of a surplice extending below the ancien

and lavender which waistline at one side. The sur-Frenchwomen once wore and plice is of black velvet brocaded Langret and Fragonard painted- in dull red. Where it narrows to is tucked into the belt. These straps over the shoulders, black latter flowers, of course, look best net hangs from the straps and is with the little pannier frocke in caught under loosely at the waist. their lovely shot silke and satins, or in tissues which are Tose or THE USEFUL DARK GOWN, jade in one light, and silver, gold .There is one excellent argument or bronze in another. The trails in favour of the present fashion of of satin buds or the festoons of wearing rather dark-coloured flowers belong chiefly to the dinner and theatre gowns. They gowns which are all tulle illusion may, be worn so much oftener, or gossamer net, and one wonders not only because they are less how many yards of these two the perishable but because there are dressmaker of to-day contrives to so many more occasions on which put into the skirt of a single to weer dark than light dresses. toilette

evening

gowns

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WADDED PYJAMAS.

SMALL HATS AND NEW FURS.

On new hats monkey fur appears as a constant favourite. It is parti cularly attractive when a close- fitting neckpiece and muff of the same fur are a part of the costume, as in the sketch.

This youthful hat, of quaint out-“ line, is of brown satin crepe. Its only ornament is a monkey fur tail” dropping over the slashed brim.

The Inng narrow naimai surf

19 much in futourin fur fashions this winter. The one of black for shots in the sketch wraps comfortably around the throai, giving every possible protection from cold.

With this narrow, dose- throated style of scarf, small hats, like the one shown, have been fount by many women to be must becoming,

"It is a great mistake to teach a child to dance on the points of) the toes before he or she has reached a certain age. If toe work is begun too soon, at an age when the bones are still very soft. distorted and the the muscles of the toes get kaves balge our, and these defects cannot be the calf and instep should be remedied later. The muscles of developed before any toe work is attempted.

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BEAUTIFUL GOWN OF LACE.

A glue of $20,000 has been placed on this lace gown, which vek Miss Mary Hakim seren years of continuous uprk to make at her home in Syria. It is of Irish" iace and wes one of the word valued pieces to be shown at the Exhibition of Aurient and Mortern Lure at the Bush Terminal Sales Building in New York.

JITTINGS.

THE ROMAN TOUCH,

lose their characteristic beauty.

PAINTED FANS:

RAFFIA HANDBAGS.

Very attractive are the new raffis handbags with fringes and lined with silk or cretonne make them sufficiently

"I think six or seven is a suit- able age at which to begin to

A few style in evening frocksto learn dancing. Then, 2 the shows complete contrast with strong to withstand the weight child develops with certain exer

of their contents. So simple a cises at the bar. the muscles are the pannier one, for it is modell-|

matter is their weaving that these. strengthened for toe work. fored on the Roman toga, It is, of can be wrought by the amateur elevation, and for balance. On course, sleeveless, and it must be after a single lesson, the method learn toe-dancing before he or she otherwise the draperies would and keeping the oven and nity. the Continent no pupil begins to made of soft falling materials, of joining on the lengths of bast is at least 10 years old."

Madame Dalli herself proves that dancing is physically berie- ficial. I did not begin to learn dancing until I was 20, but then I was very supple, chiefly because I had ridden a great deal on A fall from a horse had caused an internal dieplace ment, and made me delicate in health, so my doctor advised me to take up dancing. I dread to think what would have happened me if I had not taken his advice,"

horseback.

to

representing the sole difficulty. Indeed, raffic work, it may be safely predicted, is by reason of its simplicity, effectiveness, and Painted fans are very attractive economy, likely to eclipse even when used by the right sort of the knitted jumper in its bid for woman--the woman with per-popularity. sonality. Watteau pictures are still chief favourites for use in this connection, and the painted fan rarely needs any further adornment than a plain frame of mother o' pearl or tortoiseshell.

FOR THOSE BEHINE

For theatre wear every woman OPERATIC VERSUS BALLROOM. should be very careful in

the choice of

hair ber "Do you think that boys as well asgirls should learn dancing?"

ornament, and remember that anything

sticking cut 100 "Certainly, but they need not much will cause the unfortunate learn toe-dancing unless they owner of the seat behind to spend intend to become professionals. the evening dodging the feather. A person who does not dance

or the comb in order to see what seldom has well-shaped legs. In is happening on the stage. It is the Italian Army operatic exer- a little thing, to do, but it makes. cises are practised with most

a very great difference to the en satisfactory results, The Ber-joyment of the one belrind seglieri, the famous regiment of sharpshooters, have attained their fleetness of foot-they move and run like lightning-chiefly

The day of extreme simplicity through practising the various in children's fashions, is past, and exercises that a dancer studies. the small child presents a sil- houette which is very nearly the "Ballroom dancing is by no means so beneficial as the operatic Usually she

counterpart of her mother. in whirl form. Society ladies in Milan fills or petal founces, realise this, for they often have a

must be confessed that andrate course of lessons on ballet danc fussy outlines ara in many cases ing, so as to become supple and

more suitable to the baby figure graceful, though, they have of course, no intention of going on the stage.

Do your pupils never get out of breath and want to rest?" I asked, as I watched the dancers doing one movement after an- other without any pause in be- tween.

FUSSY BABIES.

than the severe ones they have discarded, especially when there is the "elfish suggestion about the little one.

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: THE NEW BRIDAL VEIL.

A recent fashionable bride wore one of the most becoming arrange ments of the bridal veil seen for "An operatic dancer properly along while. The veil itself was of taught does not get out of fine white tulle lightly embroider- breath," replied the premiereed at the broder, and was kept dansense. “I myself never get in position befolds of silver tissue out of breath. The breathing made in the fashion of a Russian should be from balow the, dis-head-dress, rising to a point in phragm, as in the Italian method front. This crown” effect is of teaching singing. The French very becoming to every type of manner of breathing from the face and is much easier to man-mily

ipulate than the wreath.

A SOCIÁL WORKER.

LADY

ATTY

Lady Beatty, wife of Vice. Admiral Sir David Bratty, commander of the British Grand Fleet who has begun a campaign to raisesa fund for the building of a mater

home for the uses of British sailors, t

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