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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

EDNESDAY, · APRIL 7. 1933

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DAINTY SUMMER

FROCK.

The Frek stellet then, neat sided thorpette and Keiteli Net Frik, «På frater of tiho our Blue Chargeuse,

Designs of the Moment.

THE PERFUME VICE.

-USING SCENT AS A. STIMULANT.

A Chemist has just told me (Bays a writer in a Home paper) of a woman who is seriously ill from a cause which for some time puzzled ber physician. Eventually it was proved that her illness had been aggravated and complicated by the habit she had contracted of dyinking scent. Somebody had recommended her to use scent to give relief from neuralgia, and the effect had been so good that gradually it became a habit for her to take, a dose of scent to steady her nerves" with increasing frequency. The chemist knew the woman a regular and profitable customer for scent, but did not pay much attention to the fast until certain inquiries were made by medical man.

the

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"There is

the slightest doubt that it is only one case out of many."said the chemist. "Scent drinking among woman haa increased very much during the last half-dozen years Plenty of authoritative people will tell you that it is so: the difficulty is, to produce definite statistics or accurate evidence in the matter. The habit exists to the largest extent among well-to-do 'women. It is a defnite vice among certain sections of smart Society, but it has prepbly just as big a vogue in some moneyed' suborbe. We must call it a vice, but in many cases it must be said that women use szent for illegitimate purposes without having any understanding of the dangers they incur.

THENEW LAMPSHADE

DRESS.

The close sketch, has a sip of espphire blue faciul cloth, over which is a lamp- shunde tunic of exquisite al- verbure. The hipsure crpated with a string of Freacă ne- buds, while ting cow filling deeces of the lare, and shoul- der drapschopilescent bend« complete the corsage,

TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE.

PHOTOS AND FROCKS.

SINS OF SITTERS.

Why is the average photograph aach an impossibla thing to live with that most, people shanish it out of sight at the earliest possible opportunity? The

Answer IS

given by a fashionable photograp her whose work, approximates-- so far as his sitters will permit it-to real artistry.

When clients firs; call upon me to arrange for a sitting 1 niay have reason to look forward to the pleasure of depicting real ebarm and personality. But when the actual appointment is | fulfilled all my hopes are too

aften shattered. The lady herself has either donned a new frock which does not lend itaalf to pietereaqua presentment, has hung herself round with the entire coatents of her jawel- box, or has been professionally waved or other-wise coiffed in a style that does not accord with her features and so there is little resemblance to the natdari ud- affected woman of whom I under- took a portrait study. As for the children in place of happy an affected youngsters, I am con- fronted with self-conscions little folk, painfully clean and neat. with hair tied up in new ribbons. and feet in new shoes. How is one to make a satisfactory study from such material?”

Then my artist photographer set forth the following points re- quisite for the production of a truly satisfactory and pleasing. photograph.

Lo regard to the dress to be wort the question of fashion should not be allowed to enter. The lines must-be-good-and-the- cut simple, the nearer to classic draperies the better, both the access of the picture and the permanence of its charm.

-Im-spite of the terife increase in scent prices since the war, The woman who made it a rule there are very few chemists or never to accept an invitation by other retailers.of perfame who telephone is past and gone. She have not an increased demand for belonged to the era of the man such goods. Increases vary: inwho hesitated to speak to women (2) The hair should be in the some cases perfume is now being over the telephone in his bath style ordinarily worn by the sold at six times the retail price of tobe. We know the instrument sitter and should avoid carefully two years ago and get it is easier better nowadays, but there is still all eccentricity and mannerism. to sell the scent than to get it something to be desired. A tele- | It must neither detract from good Women--and men-use mach phone etiquette covering the very features nor accentilate poo! more scent than they used to; it little points would be useful.

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NEW GIBSON” MODEL..

CAROLINEN

MYTINGĖD

Miss Caroline Myringer, known as Cleveland's most beautiful woman, Kas been selected by Charles Dana Gibson as the medal for his next pictures. She is posing also for other. distinguished artists. She is pronounced by artists to have the ideal far, expressing youth, beauty, happiness, interest, katie puningav med simptivity **

JOTTINGS.

chairs silvered.

GRAPE CRAZE.

A SET OF FANK.

One of the newest ideas in fans is to possess a set of hand-painted Jones mounted on mother-of-pearl sticks, and signed by the artist. The same subjac: is carried out on all the fans, and one exquisite

Just at the moment there seems to be a positive craze for wearing SILVER FURNITURE NOW, grapes in all kinds of different ways. Usually they are coloured Silver the cogue these days with gold paint or enclosed in a as far as furniture is concerned. golden mesb, and are to be seen A few years ago the "gold" room. on the new spring hats, trailing is used in bath and washing water. Which should be the first to (3) It should be left to the with gold walls, &c., which looked down the sides of evening frocks, as a hair cleanser, and, for a break off a conversation--she photographer to determine whe-like a casket of the precious nestling in the fair hair of a'de In the new Frosh materials! There are codes with goattails of other right and wrong who called up or she who has ther it is advisable to take the yellow metal was considered the busante. Certainly they make

purposes. A number of women been called? for spring, one notes particulars coloured spots scattered all over undputedly drink seeut regular and requests may be put by tele. Nothing dates a portrait so much elect. Now if you are ahead of

What questions pictate with or without a hat.very latest thing among the delightfully atractive effecta. their extreme beauty of colouring.then and voiles with dark back, ly, but even though a chemist phone and what not? How well as a hat, which may also hide the crowd you have yourdrawing- The colours are higher in key growind with a spaced design in mar suspect a woman of doink so acquainted must two persons be well-shaped forehead, than those that have been of metal threads and colours, of that in proof it is no ground before they may telephone each marked eyebrows, and good eyes.frames of your drawing-room finely room given silver walls and the served in the materials imported which one example is intended for for refusing to supply a woman ather? These things and more during the past several seasons,blouses. Another soile, remark with scent if she comes to buy it should be settled by etiquette; but they are not strong directable for the use of six colars per day in the week.

not as at present, left to. Laste→→

PHOTOS ON WATCH FACES. tones; they seem to be subdued by has a small Closely spaced figure

of the lack of iL

THE SNAKE EARRINGS. a softening wash. Among the in yellow, blue. pink, black, purple

Raber a pretty fancy, this new There is something very sinuous colour which will to exilence in and gold on white. spring hats and frocks, is a waTITL

andevil abo.. he new carrings Togue of having your own and set seen depicted the various Mang of the cottons have a shade between beige and tan. It thin crepe background. One has who has formed the habit of

that the Paris jewellers have orig-your betrothed's portrait on your frolics of a group of pierrots. nated. These are made in the form watch. The idea. I suppose. is being seemed almost "wicked to -put is warmer than teige and has a Romanian design widely

delightful work 10, 80 bit of pink in it, and it is called spared and heavily embroidered

In a West End shop which of tiny snakes of diamonds, with together.azery minute, and yet such tourbillon. A medium grey call-in such

scent began by using it to clean specialise in artistic furishing emerald-studded beads, and are always wishing the hands would ephemeral a use though. ad puissieze, and rather, darker maure, soft green, beige. black,]

their teeth, to ease neuralgia, and and is noted for its lovely jointed as each gem, so that with go faster and bring round the shade of resisht called for tan. There is a fabric pattern-back to Stuart days is for women innovation. Each cushion was the glittering reptile writhes its wear

Another trick, dating eashions one noted an interesting every movement of the wearer next trysting time. Since men no outward and visible Tomain will also appea Ined in a hights raised oval spot take a few poss of eau de signed by the arist who mand slender form about the cheeks of token of their engagement, this two crepes. Llike coffee beans in rose, blue, or Cologne or other scent on a lumpfit, with tiny embroidered initials, of the fair victim. The tail end seems a chance for them to re- as a basis for designs, one a link green, which is also found em- of sugar to make their eyes The wielder of the brusin pen or is affixed to the ear, and the beast wind themselves of the bood-if

headache. Women often do these the needio artist as well! bright or to cure an incipient pencil signs his with, so we no swaga subely sogie couple of in-reminder bo needed!

is quite isnegasils zitbeat having any idea

cottons. We fod Roumanian and Moroccan, used

colours AM maKenia,

broidered on plain satin.

The

i Ang good scent contains a large percentage of alcohol, and it is this, of course, which causes certain efects. Many women

steadying their DeMeS with

where beir

heavier than the other, but both crepy background of another woven with a thick and a thin coded in zellex, brown, blue thread in a fashion which looks black, or red, and suggests itself exactly like a hand-make product for sports clothes. One of the action is going to lead them. Many of the designs are in the Romanian crepes is white strip-

"Scent-drinking' is a wholly redsed with yellow and patterned in distinctively Roumanian and Marks, others are in reserta Mark. Moreover, gold and silver pernicious babit, and one which green, soft tan, dull red, mauve.threads in allower designs on should be stopped before it has or grey with white ne cream. eatton crepe backgrounds. are any Krip upon a woman. Any

medical man knows that the, Fine roites and piques also find þfound again this year. place in this collection. Many

Sorelties among the piques intimate result of habitual scent- drinking are too horrible to dwell

of the voiles are fine as to clude a matelasse fabric which upon; the dangers are such that indicate a frilled and flounced would be delightful for jackes they should be made plain in inde, for they are too thin and with pleated white linen or plain order to prevent women falling fragile to be used in single thick-pique skirts, and a white pique into the trap of thinking that it nesses for straight rodes. Some-embroidered with wave-like lines is only a little drop of scent which times, the role is combined with in old-blue, tan, or grey. Buzgests

can't hurt anybody," ...the Roumanian crepe, as in.one itself for tonics and waistcoats

"Habitual sceat-drinking as wery attractive fabric with with summer tailor mades and Tanagra suggestion, which is well for trimming on summer frocks, with most other spirituous liquor adapted to interior decoration. Also for trimming, making most and drugs, completely wrecks the system and mental This material bas A band of attractive collars, and for country | Dervous cream crepe alternated with a for beach wraps is a shaggy cotton powers. It is also likely to set band of thin black voile, the latter material.

up disease of an inflammatory embroidered with Tanagran

natore." figures in Indian red, while an-

other narrower band of the voile has a band of deer taken from a Greek vase.

THE SEAL CRAZE

NEW STUFF FROM PARIS.

Occasionally, the voiles have The vogue for sealing sets £5 Some of the leading West-end- patterns in very shior silk. An accessories to the writing table houses are showing new materials example of this is a rather fine bas atually led to a revival of from Paris which are very attrac- white voile plaided with black (the seal. Old-fashioned ones tive. One particularly pleasing. and with a white silk flower in with quaint mottoes and signe are combination of colours is a rich alternate squares. Another has in much request, and women who navy with stripes of a rather sfera pattern in raised silk. One are not fortunate enough to modified emerald green quite an of the novelties 'consists of silk possess an bairloom of their own inch wide. The material is loosely and cotton woven in colours, are eagerly-searching the antique woven, and for sports skirts, with while another material has wide shops for seals of an orginai an emerald or navy knitted jum

file and ivory are per would be a pleasing alter-

CUSHIOR SIGNATURES,

Iches lower.

TOQUE OF ROUGH STRAW.

Abne is sketched a little hat of brown straw which resembles very much the pineapple braid of last season. It is a small tight-fitting shape with rolled edges. & broun feather mount perched at a very coquettish angle forms the only bit of trimmang on the hat, but what could be more effec

THE SERTÕES REG

You can always tell a girl who has possessed a wrap coat or cloak at some time or other, She has acquired a sort of nerrOUS grasp of whatever coat she now happens to wear, which gives the impression that she may possibly fall to pieces. Bondistreat is much addicted to the malady. and any day you may see well dressed women making them- selves took particularly foolish without apparently knowing it. They say the coming boats are buj be buttonless, tou!

THE BUTTERLY CRAZE.. The latest and prettiest of all recent crazes among women is that for wearing butterflies in the hair, about one's evening frock,

On the sboss. A

girl

out shopping the other MOTD- ting Was sporting one

hersleeve. It looked rather silly. But for all the other purposes mentioned, these dainty orna- ments are charmingly suited. The butterflies are made in various sizes and in a very skilful man. ner, of minoo or georgette, and are exquisitely coloured. The strange thing about them is that they are, so far as one can ascertain, not procurable at any shop, but are being made and dis-

Privately

ff

Elsico"

Ladies Underwear

Exquisitely

Embroidered

by band on Superfine

Tarantule

and Silk.

Lane, Crawford

& Co.

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