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Cool
THE HO GKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNEATIVE
Cool Summer
legligees
Delightfully Cool are Negligees
of Fine Linen
Special Grace and Softness hrs this Pele Punk Peignoirs
Quaint sening Gown of Taffels Trimmed with Fills and Tiny Clusters of Flowers
Modes of the Moment.
A Nesifee
of Rich Brocade with the New "Bat Sleeve
An Adaptation of the Cool Kimons in a New Silk of
cspanese Pallern
SLEEVES. FEATURE OF THE SEGLIBER COSTUME,
JOTTINGS.
LINGERIE FASHIONS.
HINTS FOR A MODERN BRIDE
Lad
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JOTTINGS.
A BRIDE TO HE
novel idea of mark-
ing her trous-eau. On each Karment in an inconspicuon spot she had worked a small battery in silver wasbing thread. She said she liked it so much better than initials or the name in full, but one wondered what. an autocratic laundry would say to the idea, and had visions of a horrid little indelible mark keep- ing the butterfly company.
MOST UP TO DATE silk stockings are DO longer severely plain, but bave drop- stitch lines all over them, whilst others have openwork clockinge down either side which give an appearance of slimness to even quite ordinary ankles, and make pretly ones prettier still: It is a pity some girls realise neither the value of lines when they bare not been favoured in the matter of ankles nor the necessity of avoiding tartans and checks.
LITTLE FOLKS CORNER.
ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS: EX.
Richness of fabric and stXRP | TROUSER NEULIERS IN PAVOUPLÍ liness of line make the new Arather breakfast, CUSTO negligees more formal than the which some women wil,consider oldstyle kimonos and roum-wrap-rather to conventional for A negligee is biten "made by pra used to be. Yet, no matter their personal taste, is in Orientalis sleeves and a great deal of how expensive a negligee isle, with full trousers instead material is put into the sleeve is not supposed to be other than of the customary petticoat effect. draperies of negligee- an intimate garment and does The begligee in the picture is of summer models which must be
at show itself below the upper corn-coloured satin veiled with diaphanous to suzes: coolness can be removed more easily than dance frocks could almost be used away up in the top of the aller tree out of reach of Flee: the Fox. frock, Mack ebiffen. Seck, tunic and The new bat sleeve, made of stitches when washingdas come tof which lingerie is made. The thex hurried to Ben Bunny's house to see how he felt about ex-
a bodice and skirt, but it is really one-piece affair, and after its
A LINES KEGLIGER
and
even the
LINGERIE RIBBONS need not be sewn into under. garments. A tiny safety pin will attach the ribbon securely, and
round.
THREAD STOCKINGS
FLESH GEORGETTE"
BUSCHES
A list of the fabrics used for
as a tabulation of the materials
are all sorts of radiom satins,
After Sancy aal Niek, left Scramble Squirrel sitting safely
changing his ears for Seramble's bushy tail
crepes and lovely novelty stuffs, to say nothing of Milanese silks for those who prefer them. There are a number of other daintily gured fabrics being used for underthings,
Mrs. Blossom Bunny was washing the dishes when he arrived and narrowly striped and incon- picuously dotted silks also find and when he rushed into the kitchen swishing Scramble's long tail favour among those who go io for for very joy a: getting home again. Mrs. Bunny bad such a turn novelties. Net is being exien-
For some reason he had been delayed and was just reaching home as the twins arrived. So they bid behind a near-by bust cause they didn't wish to be seen. They had promised Roba. 1 the fairgman, to find out if Ben was really bappy about losing his ears, and this was the best way they could think of to do it.
ball nales
ia the character of a breakfast own or sleeve are piped with white satin chicon and reaching almost to tea gown. Modern teugowns and to his white silk tassels the ankle is pictured. This huge are scarcely distinguishable from weight down the draped sides of sleeve adds incalculable grace to are now being worn by smar: evezing frocks, except that they the Tonic very gracefully. The the straigh, simple negligee of people. They are very fine and have sleeves and, of course, lack slips over the head and pale yellow brocade the sleeve vers expensive, reaching as high the pronounced decolletage of a faster on one shoulder and it isis of paler yellow chiffon, Note a price as 60í a pair, but they boas lide evening gown: but in
a garment all in one piece, with the odd cut of this sleeve drapery, are more durable than sik. The fabric they are just as handsome, bor: Ninong sireves, Staps of the chiffon extending over the are generally in some ligh: clear taling downward shade, or white. Those in black irst as impressive.
these Oriental negligets are of band white satin, richly embroidered atmgst to the ankle. The sleeves have an open mesh. There are delightful "one fastening reagowns, all softly in while. One stunning model is are in one piece and the chiffon siraped chiffon, held it be a soft of black satin with red pipings drapery extends across the back is the most fashionable colour.sively used as a trimming for that she dropped her best salad bowl and smashed it to stoms.
of the negligee. The cord girdle ed material for lingerie. How.lingerie and even black net is sh. The costume appears to be and tassel.
ties at the back and the long ends ever, brebid in satin and georgette introduced with excellent effect. Black monograms are new, too. White have large tassels that drag on runs a close second. the floor with the train of the satin iz used for bridal seis. and are often employed when soft looseness is slipped on a Quite in contrast to the dashing negligee. Pale yellow and deeper Instead of lace, frills of self. there is no other touch of black.
All sorts of little figurings, single fastening holds it in place Oriental suit with its shimmer of yellow are especially fashionable coloured material are being used
Oriental or just frankly futuristic. an the figure. One of
there Fellow satin under black chiffon for negligee garments this season. as lingerie trimming.
serve to. ornament the modern admirable leagowns is of brown the demurely feminine little Next in favour comes shell pink,
Even animals chiffon, so draped that there are peignoir of white linen with the and after that orchid. The ribbon of cherries make a charming girl's lingerie.
disport themselves in decorative several layers of the chiffon, get bigh
for the satin Empire trimmed peignait is of very pale | decoration
attitudes on the ebamise or night the garment is light a a feather waistline that is always so purely chiffon and self sone crepe meteor brocaded mules which are now Dal zold metal embroideries.
TOR feminine in suggestion.
with a collar of cream lace that indispensable for boudoir wear. wn. It is hard to visualize a velled with a layer of the brown enchanting little gown pictured, runs down the front of the chiffon One
dainty trousseau set embroidered very pretty pair
with elephants, yet these animals satin were chiffon ornament the waist and
A neglizee this no room &
jacket. A pale pink ribbon lacing aquamarine-blue
of fascinating because sleeve and the rash tying loosely breakfast gown for downstairs is down the slashed sleeve drapery finished with tiny bunches of were the motif for a set that was at one hip, is of brown and gold of shell pink linen. pleated and is a specially interesting trimming ripe, red cherries and minute brocade. Of course, the footwear well pressed to give fullness in detail.
ruching of cherry-coloured talle.decoration, and because it was
pale gres. must be changed to correspond the skirt while the shortwaisted
It is not every bride who will with such a teagown, and the upper part is quite plain and
choose beaded lingerie. or want brown chiffon model would atraight, with wide insertions of
deep orchid or liberty blue for her require brown silk stock sockings filet face set in around the V neck
underthings, ret Paris shows both and bronze slippers to set off its and deep, armbole. There is a
of these as novelties. Pale orchid richness.
casing at sides and back, between
is a colour many brides are using waist and skirt, and through this
instead of flesh. When embroid- casing is run the shell pink sash
tered, or when trimmed with two- tose ribbon, one side of which is ribbon, which ties across the
yellow on blue, it is charming.
Yellow in its softer tones is another favourite with 1bis year's
BREAKFAST COWNS OF THIN
SILK.
Directoire
or
It is more correct now to wear a dainty little breakfast gown panel front that extends from than to appear at the morning neck to ankle. Just for extra repast in a loose sacque and daintiness, a small pink rosebud boudoff cap. The pictured has been tucked against the left breakfast gown is of primrose shoulder. -
tinded taffeta, trimmed with gay
SILE KIMONOS.
Ettle double frills down the front and around all edger, and with There is something about a tang bunches of maure flowers Japanese kimono that keeps it tacked on the pockets and below forever in woman's favour dás collar. The rockets are Pictured is an adapted Japanese thirred and are really the upper kimono. It departs from tradition- ige of panels set into the skirtal Japanese lines, in the sztra, give extra fullness. One fax more comfortable fullness of its "tening—below the collar-bolds shirt, in its faring, short sleeve the Trock, the sash desisting at and in the rather disborate girdle
Flower trimming and streamers add to the smalness of the above Hille coquetitish breakfast-copy
OF
of
this
brides sad with women in general. A yellow crepe meteor and georgette trousseau set recently imported was trimmed with uncut fringe in matching tone, the fringe being made of the narrowest and flattest of braids. The pajamas
ERMIGGINS
Mrs. Bunny hd such a turn that she dropped her best sulari forl and smashed it la utoms,
**Good gracious me!" she cried, dropping into a chair, but you did scare me. Scramble Squirrel. You don't generally come in without knocking, and I thought you were a burglar at first,”
Ben Bunny laughed at that. "Take a good look at me, Blossom.” be suggested. "and see who you think I am."
So Blossom looked. hard. She even put on herspecks, and when she saw who it was, her own husband, Ben, without his beautiful ears and with a regular scrubbing brush of a tail, instead, the couldn't speak for amazement.
"I traded with Scramble," he explained, "for severa} reasons,
in this instance had a slip-on coat First of all I can get away from the for easier without those ever-
...
of georgette with frings at the lasting long ears to give away my hiding hole. And second because edge and around the slightly bell- perhaps I can learn to climb a tree with this fine tail to balsace Metr ed siceren, and the trousers wereBesides, you'll find it useful to clean the hours withi
of "crepe meteor, their turuback
culta faced with the georgette
(to be continued next. Wednesdays)****
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