1921-06-08 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921.

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ON MAKING UP ONE'S MIND.

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CHILDHOOD'S REALM.

FASHION NOTES.

Like a huge butterfly with

The small Miss who has curls) orange straw on the roll brim and spread wings in the latest boudoir is lucky when it comes to hate the trimming band is orange and gown from Paria, but you must Everything in milinery looks well blue striped grosgrain ribbon. A see the garment from a back view jon her for the curls make for black split-straw sailor has a wide to get the trus' papillion effect. softness between the hatbrim and | roll belm embroidered with roses. The negligen is made of flame the face. For bar are the ea Hats of unusual shape are most chiffon with dashes of black and chanting hats the picture hats becoming to some little girls-the chiffon is in one long strip, of lace and tulle and nodding either the curly haired pretty draping across the back, over the Bowers. No little girl with jones or the plain, very smart ones. arms and down the fronts. At straight hair can wear these dis- Such a hat, made of rough straw the back of the neck the chiffon tracting modelis successfully. For braid veiled with silver net and is caught down almost to the the latter, tailored hats are the trimmed over the ears with waistline (making a deep V best choice. Extreme smartnoas chenille tomatoes is pictured. opaning), and is held just abovE is just as satisfactory as pretti-The hat is worn with an exclusive the waistline by a buge em- nese-if one knows how to carry little frock of hamstitched tinen,broidered ornament in gray, flame. off the smartness and make it

tell A great many grown up¦ women have found out that you know.

Daring and effective colour: combinations and the very best materials, whether in straw or Fabric, make the tailored bats for children quite as attractive so the poetic model of ruffled lace and tulle. There are stunning shapes a milan, hemp, leghorn and bangkok straw and sometimes |fabric is combined with straw, a sbirred taffeta or bengaline silk crown having a straw brim, or vice versa. The roll brita sailor [shapes are preferred for girls over ten years old, some of these roll brim models having a tricoras or marquis line. Smaller children wear mushroom shapes but these are not as fashionable as they were for older girls. If a down- bent brim is preferred, select one of the new poke shapes. A smart, little poke of tomato red straw has a velvet ribbon in the same shade tied around the base of the! crown with the bow at the front, and a cluster of tomato red berries;

is caught against the bow. Au-

These Crush Huts are charming for children, tind this one has a particularly dashing shope. with trime ming over the ears."

and sea green. From this orna- ment falls the long narrow train, which is of sea green chiffon stanciled from the knee down with splashes of colour in flame and green. The embroidered ornament forms the head of the butterfly and the long slim train, its body, and the drapery of flame chiffon spread over the RIMS makes the wings

Everybody belongs to some particular type and the coiffure that is moat becoming to one type of woman may be sadly uncom- plimentary to another. No hair-; dressing should be judged on the merits of its front view, alone. People see you more from the back and side than they do straight in front. And though your profile and three-quarter semblance may look actually strange to yourself, in a photo- graph, remember those views of you are very familiar to your friends.

Corded Frock with Canning

Narrow Yoke and Cuffs

You may have a small head sat | on a slender, long neck; or your head may be rather large and your neck short. You may have Two ravishing bats for the girl decided "bumps" or a fat line at other poke is of carrot coloured of flapper age are pictured and the crown of your head. The dress to choose is the one, that braiding is more used than milan with a wide band of dark you will admit that curls are forehead may be low and broad, drawn up smoothly from the nape less your locks are plentiful, have Your women look best with the hair well waibed and brushed and un. which suggests brains in its max- embroidery, except where the blue grosgrain ribbon on which almost indispensable with either or high and narrow. Your chin and the back of the head ontlined; them marcelled once a week, in a ing. There are dresses of this order, trimming is another material such are appliques of coloured leather of these hats. One model is of just as there are dresses which as embroidered Canvas or The ribbon is tied at the back silver gray net in several layers. may recede or appear prominent others should wears loose knot loose ware.. Thick hair, straight look as if they were the work of hopsacking.

and the bow has short, fringed the crown shirred over orsage trousse or long and intellectual. are much prettier with a high beauty of its own, but thin hair. And your nose may be a gay re-above the sape. Certain women and smoothly arranged has a the wholly uneducated. The

AFTERNOON SUMMER DRESSES poke has white straw under the in loops. A fist flower of orange sidered in choosing your mode Madonna style: that is, hair part- clings against the scalp and makes out ends. galden brown mailan orange velvet ribbon which falls All these things should be con-hairdressing than with the low, straight and smooth is pitiful it point strikes one forcibly when looking at the new spring fashions. Taffetas, foulard, maslins of brim and a trimming band of velvet balances the bow. 10 woman who believes in the all kinds.tussore, printed crepons, white grosgrain ribbon, the bow hat is shown in other colour com- becoming mode is found it is well rather than upward at the sides.

This of hairdressing and whened on top and drawn downward is possessor look her very worst. moral value of clothes knows how crepe satin

Among the tied across the front of the brim.bications; in carrot coloured tulle

A good many girls, nowadays, important it is to give her mind materials used for afternoon

to stick to it. A certain type of with black rose and streamers. coiffure becomes part of your particularly if you have not love-stars and pattern their own coil- And if you are not pretty, study the hairdressings of screen to the matter when selecting summer dresses. All the skirts

and in pale gray with pink rose what she will wear during the are longer and fuller. Fichus.

and black velvet streamers. personality and though you may ly hair that can be relied on to fures on these creations. Very coming months. She must not Sashes, handkerchief draperies,

Almost any normal little girl make slight changes, according speak for itself, by all means probably the star's beautiful" and mix her thoughts. Cleady shewaterfall ribbons trim them in

differen: ways.

will pick out the pink satin and to the coiffure lines Fashion de- avoid a would-be-pretty coiffure engaging hairdressing is a crea- White cotton must see in her mind what she

mands at the moment, the general and affect a very smart one, or a tion. achieved by an expert hair- lace chapeau as the most desirable needs of

wants. Otherwise she tape such as was once used for

and beautiful model pictured. All effect should not change. Some very next one. Keep the hairdresser. will find herself with a patchwork ing up bonnet boxes embroiders

little girls adore hats of this type collection of garments, and will Saxe blue. Bone beads embroider never look well-turned-out.

shantung, and shredded straw

and some little girls dream of such hats and never possess them. In dress the secret of success replaces fur or feathers.

The hat pictured is made of A great speciality e varnished lies in knowing, what you went.

shirred pink satin in a very pale and then wanting it keenly austin. In stripes and plaids

Ishade and over this pink satin is enough and long enough. It is a this muslin is used for dresses

cream lace; the crown hand tacked and the brim slightly gathered. Between the satin and lace brims is a strip of accordion pleated pink chiffon-to make the jeffect very soft and graceful. And in exactly the right place, you'll admit, is a perfectly exquisite pink rose made of pale pink satin Iribbon. This delectable hat ac- !companies 2 frock of sheer iwhite bandkerchief linen, hand-

embroidered and hemstitched.

and even for coats. It is effective, but not always becoming. 40- other rovelty is the shawl, copied from the Spanish shawl. It has

character revealing episode in woman's life when she goes to buy clothes. If she sets out vaguely to buy something to: a centre of brocade, black and wear." she will merely look at everything and at nothing in gold, or black and silver, and particular. He: faney leans this round it a border of fine black way and that, but settles nowhere. lace, a yard or more deep. As She sees

a tailor-made to her the dressmaker gaily explained, liking and thicks she would like. When you are tired of wearing it. Then 8.7

it on your back you can always afternoon frock! attracts her, and she wonders use it as a bedspread."

Black and white, beige and whether that might not be better-black, and green, black and black Both desires are than blotted out; by complete capitulation before and bine, black and red are com- an evening dress. Eventually she binations always in fashion for bays nothing, and has to begin all house dresses, race frocks, and over again another day. She has dinner gowns. They are designed wasted time and energy. If only on a basis of Chinese art. They women, could make up their are decorative and effective; they minds what they want before need to be very simple and at they go to buy it would be better same time bold.

them.

A graceful hat for a little girl. is of grey maline, pleated and shirred-with a silk flower in orange shades to yier the colour note,

Roll brim sailors come in fine milen and in sennet straw and the brown, navy and heans coloured sailors are the favourites. Coats for wearing over summer) Henna, carrot and tomato red are

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for them, sad those who serve frocks are most attractive and particularly fashionable in mil- BRAINS IN DRESSMAKING, Very different materials are used linery this season for grown-ups The same is true of makers. for them. There is beige and for little girls. Girls of Some dresses look as if they were duretyn with Magyar sleeves flapper age may wear blocked the clear conception of a brain and a broad low-placed inserted sailors with a straight brim such trained to the business. Others belt and side panels of Indian as young women wear, but the are the complicated maddles of red embroidery. There is a jade the roll brim models are more amateurs. That is why a very green velour with a draped childish and usually more becom-

black ribbon simple dress is so often a success through a low waistline. There sailors are embroidered or trim- aash threaded ing. Some of these roll brim and why overtrimming is nearly always a confession of incom-is a white muslin redinggote formed with appliques of leather or

the races on petence.

a bot day. Sashes shirred ribbon on the brim. A Loog coats on summer costumes voluminous bows, therefore they grain ribbon band in rose and are tied on the left side in sand coloured Milan has a grOS- show transparent panels of embroidered canvas. There is one are only possible for tall, slim appliqued flowers of rose coloured women. Frocks of 1830 have ribbon trim the brim. A very Davy

in navy gabardine with panels of little shouldder capes. Coloured Milan sailor has an edge of bright transparent scarlet CRDV28 embroidered in coarse thread of inuslin is worn over black satin. the same tune. A panel of red is Scalloped skirts and coats are

akirts.

An ideal bonnet to go with

long curts: A bonnet of faint pink satin and creamy lace frills and with a pink rose in exactly the right price.

let in to the skirt of the dress over worn. Cloth coats over silk skirts backwards rather than straight which it is worn. Panels inserted are permissible, and many, out from the hips as in thei floating, or pleased are notable simple dianer dresses show a Velasquez dresses of last season.

The choice is wide, mesdames. For the toddlers who will wear points in tailored dresses and skirt of flounced black with

a straight bodice.

You will heed all your intelli- cunning frocks of sheer handker- of ivory. They give width and length at the same time. Plisse pale rose, or pastel blue satin, gence if you are to be well dressed chief lawn and whose dainty feet skirts are still seen, but they made with an oval decollete and and at the same time practise will be shod with socks and ankle- very short sleeves. Crinoline economy. A word to the wise strap slippers, for these adorable generally show a straight, plain hips are still worn on evening would be-Make up your mind baby girls there are bonnets of front panel. Looge pointed draperies are worn also, and it is dresses, but the fullness inclined before you go to buy what it is shirred silk and lace, with down-

that you really need.

jbent brims framing chubby faces. noticeable on all tailor-mades

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JUST THE THING FOR

FOR PLAYTIME.

YOUR KIDDIES

With the bloomers (at the right) is worn an allractive slip-on dress to match. The boy n

the lefty has his little short trousers, bulloned to a waist of checked gingham with turnover collar

and elbow sleeves. Both costumes, of course, are washable.