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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 154, 1922.

FORMAL FROCKS

BLACH FELLE AND SILVER LACE

MODES OF THE MOMENT. tailored Muits and Costs are

in brown tones, and handsome frocks for formal

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in harmocions combinations of brown.

is pictured.

The new evening gowns are of two types: the trailing classic gown for dioter wear, and the!

A smart brown afternoon frock gay, bouffant dance frock. Length

There are threa is given to the trailing gown abades of brownGeorgette, and the mostly by an independant hem, shade of the vestes being achieved the edge of the skire descending in by laying the lighter brown places almost to the floor and in over the darker. Heavy bronze, other places lifting to teaches bead embroidery in solid motifs above the floor. The drooping: weigh: the fabric of the tunic and

DECOLLETAGE SOTS) EXTREME. Evening gowns are much less daringly decollete than they were, The new dinner

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dance frock, have a decolletage

WAISTLINE

CPOORING SLEEVES AND #RREGULAR SKIPT MEMS CIVE SOFT GRACEFUL LINES TO THIS PROGH

JOTTINGS.

ORCHID CREPE DINNER GOWN WITH OPENTO. AND STEEL BEAD EMBROIDERY

WHAT BELT SĦALL I WEAR?

in

TRINKET NOVELTIES.

once

possessor of the charms. From a

SUPERB DINNER CONTY OF FLAM

COLOR HEAVILY WEIGHTED WITH STEEL BEADS

with piak ayes, and the fish. Besides these there are other! popular charms—for example, in the vegetable world, the hazel not, the besa; and in the foral one the white heather and the shamrock. A galaxy of mis cellaneous lackbringers. Like

nails,

gnomes,

ARMS AND THE GIRL

The girl with well-shaped arms and hands is undoubtedly fortun ate. No trouble should be too great for her to increase their loveliness. The girl, however, whose arm LIB too this, too little too downy, is specially glad plump, not white, and perhapas

to know of methods by which she can modify nature's shortcomings. It would be wall for such a girl to recognise at the outset what these shortcomings are. There

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some women who should

always means of veiling the arms never wear short sleeves no mat ter what the fashion. There are without any risk of dowdiness, and this season even evening dresses may have long sleeves.

A certain amount of physical

arms are red should be careful not drill and massage help to give plumpness. Any woman whose to weartight sleeves, as these affect

Prominently attractive among horseshoes, the various novelties are ribbon kawples, and so forth, are mixed necklets weighted by a numberin, all very small bot

nost of charms.

attractive. Black maire is

As the charms are coloured pressed into service for the variously, the net effect is very necklet, and rightly so, for it has cheerful and decorative. More proved its worth as an effective over, the idea will suggest to the addition to a frock for many owner ivory ring, to which are fastened them. It is to be hoped that the long day, and from it dangles ao charms s

of many pretty little new way of wearing neatly with binding silk a bundle beneit of one would not be of pretty trifles.

counteracted by another, but that means, then luck must, indeed, accumulative good.

If luck be procurable by sach all would work together for be the happy heritage of the dozen to twenty dangle from the fally soft variety of short haired Velvet, velveteen, and a delight- ribbon. falling well such zoological specimens

balow plusb are going to be worn a great the waist, and comprising deal this winter. One of the the circulation.This does not apply 85 reasons for the popularity of these only to sleeves but to corseta, supposed to bring good materials lies in the fact that waistbands, garters, gloves, and fortune the elephant, the pig they are suitable to women of all shoes. For the girl whose RIMS the squirrel, the white mousel Ages.

are either two plump or too dowuy must abide by nature's laws. There is nothing to be done but to dress with care and not to let the arus be so bare as to draw al- tention to their imperfections.

A girl should remember to carry her arms se carefully as she carries her head. She should not put har elbows on the table. This gesture makes of angularity. When walking she should not awing them too obviously. The Inovement is too masculine and spoils even a good carriage.

are

the

a most

effect is achieved with trailing narrow lines of bronze bead em- dinner gown of flame coloured net ribbons, long fringes, or with airy broidery. trim the bodice and shows the four-tailed train which fabric like lace er chiffon tha: sleeve. The sleeve is snug to the is made of strips of flame coloured be a question of rauch moment to To bell or not to belt need not bangs below the skirt itself. elbow where it flares into a slash-velvet. These strips are attached the girl who makes, oras ang rate This irregular skirt hem is very ed cuff and descends to three-st the shoulder, looping around chooses, her own pretty toilette clearly illustrated in the afternoon, quarter length. The lice of the the arra and then falling at the accessories, for the matter is frock of black canton crepe, with square decolletage is unspoiled by aides, two trains at each aide purely one of taste and choice. flowing sleeves and skirt drapery any sort of collar and a long The four long velvet ends may be Almost everybody does wear a bead embroidered not in lacy string of ivory beads in creamy picked up very easily and tossed belt of one sort or another, and suggestion. First, there is & tone adds the last touch of harm over one arm when one dances the dress designers predict a coa straight rather short skirt of the ons.-The frack is very simple,The lame net tunic, straight from tinuante of the practice through- crapa and over this front and a soir, gathered skirt and tunics neck to hem, is heavily weighted out the winter. Nevertheless, back panels in printed, apron and a long waisted bodice ending with steel beads, the beads hang some of the smartest frocks are effect descend several inches be under a narrow sash tied at one ing in loops from steel nailbeads. in London lately have been so low the straight skirt where the side. A picture hat of brown Steel and platinum embroideries clasical form that points occur. Side panels of the velvet and satin, with long brown are extremely fashionable this narrowest piping has been all the jatted not. limp and graceful as

fringe falling from a satin scarf season and bath afternoon and ceinture vonchssfed. baly bad-weighted net can be. twisted around the crown, ac-evening trocks Bre lavishly! The bead belt has been found descend stil further-quite to the companies the brown frock. trimmed with steel and platinum capable of many developments. ankle. Гла flowing plaeves Slippers and stockings are black beads. The Bame net tunic is. In addition to the drooping girdles match the effect of the skirt dra. Do not overlook the vivid reticule, worn over & straight. clinging of the summer a cosier and more peries and make the whole trock beaded in shades of pale yellow, slip of self-toned satin. Pxtremely lovely in its simple apricot and orange with splashes

closely Atting belt, giving a 'natural Waist outline, has lines of grice. It is worn with of black, it gives a bigh nate of! black stockings and slippers and a interest to the brown costume.

appeared, made of brads as large and as round as marbles, mingled | small, rakish bat of flame colour-

EMBROIDERY CENTRED, AT

with others of datestone shapes to ed faille silk.

which quite big plaques are added A very smart effect in em- broidery of beads is shown on a

For white or light furs it is to mark & centre and wide pieces.

For evening wear, black dance frock. The whitewell to use bran that has been popular girdle takes the form of s pearl heads are arranged to give with a piece of flannel, and rub festoons of beads are suspended. slightly moistened, applying it

wide strip of beadwork to which a sunburst efect, the rays spread- softly veiled and usually the bo- ing outward and partly covering bing it well into the pelt. Dr Chains of jet beads alternating in Dice is quite bigh at the front, bodice and skirt though the em dry bran.

the for afterwards with clean shape and size hang from a the veiling material suggesting a broidered motif has its centre at round or V decolletage, though, a low waistline. the satin lining may be cut much makes the frock and the draped One of the newest furnishing over which they are word. dlwer.

Many of the eveningside panels, or sashes, that give fads is to have one's bedding But beads are not alone in the gowns are sleeveless and very irregular hem line, and under a covered with a vivid patterned field. Flowers are still very formal afternoon gowns have flaring tunic of pleated tulle. the cretonne instead of the asusi much used for ceintures, and transparent sleeves of lace, bead-skirt is edged with a band of striped ticking, or in addition to there are feathers, too, employed ed net, or cbiffon. Sometimes silver lace. The bodice has it. Mattress, bolster, and pillows in more profusion than usual now these sleeves are loose and flow. the modest decolletage of the are all treated alike, but it strikes when so much game bird plumage ing, sometimes they fit the atm moment and is in three layers; one that a bed treated thus sad is available. In point of fact closely to the wrist. Indeed the outer, beaded drapery which covered with a cretonne which some of the newest flowers are there is no more important fea-goes up over the shoulders; a boasted black stripes and deep actually made of feathers, which ture in autumn styles than the second bodice of black tuile blue flowers would require anis indeed odd, but not more so changes in sleeves,

attached to invisible flesh-tinted extra special sort of pillow-case than those made of shalls and Afternoon frocks have a decid-tolle, and the under bodice of to prevent the stripes showing others of seaweed ! edly modest decolletage. Some black satin, cat very low.

The through in

2 vary unpleasing of them are rounded out just vivid colour note is given by a way. below the neck line; others magnificent feather fan which are cut out in a shallow square shades from palest canary to or oval, But the back of the rich peacock blue: afternoon frock always comesAnother dance frock which marrow seeds. These should be exquisite colours, with dewdrop quite up to the collar line there shows embroidery centred as the collected, washed, and then spread accessories, and, more realistically is no deviation about this rule. waistline is a classically simple cut to dry. They can be used still, showing there a ladybird and A frock cut out at the back of the model of orchid crepe designed just as they are, or would be prat-there dragonly poised as for neck may only be worn in the for dinner-dance, wear. The tier still when coloured. evening.

By light. ruanded decolletage is extremely boiling the seeds in a little dye BROWN AN AFTERNOON SHADE. modest and young-girlish and, they will take on any desired tint, Getting away from gray, of with the sleeveless effect, carries or may be brashed over with which she has naturally wearied cat the classic suggestion mest gold or silver paint. They are by this time, Fashion has turned charmingly.

Black tulle

to brown. This once despised | THE NEW FOUR-TAILED TRAIN, colour is now at the peak of Not only two trains, but four fashionable favour. A great many trains are worn now and a new

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buckle, also of jet, and reach almost to the hem of the gown

No material seems to me amiss in the fashioning of artificisi blos- (soms, but those that are the dain-

A novel form of embroidery istiest are composed of surow lace possible with the use of dried organdi and crepe in the most

For dresses, coats, and looss easily stitched on to material, wrays midnight-blue velvet is and their pretty shape makes now being much used in the best them useful in forming flowers Paris dressmaking establish- and follage in a design.

ments.

STUNNING BROWN GEOR POIDERY

Hands should be stropalously clean and the nails well manicur→ ed. Once a day at least a girl- should give five minutes to the care of her nails. After washing in warm water at night the nails should be well rubbed with vase- line and the skin be pressed back. They may then be washed again and once week be delicately filed and cat if necessary.

In the morning after the bath they may be polished, and during the day, if the hands are carefully dried after they have been wash eda rub with the towel keeps them shiny. Cream should be. used plentifully on the hands, especially in the winter.

By such simple and regular methods both arms and, hands may be an additional feature of a woman's beauty.

The orchid crepa frock is em broidered with steel sad orchid coloured beads at the lower pars of the bodice and upper part of the skire and the sash to placed very low-almost on the hip, a bag silk flower in spaced crobid tones focussing colour interest, The sash is of velvet ribbon and the end spase under the looped side drapery, appearing again below the skitt hem. With this frock I is carried an orchid feather fan.