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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14. 1922.

Crepe in Various Weaves Hold Sway.

IT is significant that the new

Paris collections feature crepe

de chine just as prominently as they did two years ago.

Chiffon has undermined the secure place held so long by geot gette. The now chifans however, are not quite what chiffons were when they first gave place to georgette.

thicker, They are

even-

sometimes coarser, and need no longer be regarded as peculiarly mee: for evening frocks; though of course the chiffon ing frock is by all means the evening frock of the moment. Often these frocks are embroidered in pearls and metal beads, posed over metalic clath, laden with jet or, rhinestones, embellished with lace and gar- landed with artificial flowers.

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The rule for unity of colouring, if not of tone, seems to be gain- ing ground as far as evening frocks Aro cone-rned That js if your evening frock is of

chiffon por ===y silver beads and your track is draped over silver e oth. Black calls for jet-or possibly thine- stones and is not combined with silver so frequently as of yore. Your towers are in tones to match the eo our of the frock cr are made ingeniously of the saing material. You have noticed, too.). the disposition of smart women for several months to cover their feet and legs with the same colour as their frocks. Often the slippers are actually made of the same material as the frock.

Laces, which play an importarti part in clothes that still show an afterglow of the vozce for Spanish, are dyed to match the material on which they are used. This is effectively achieved in frocks of greg ur brown with matching lace, tha: stant out with much distinction in a season when roany have given up these drab tones almost entirely for the so- called high coloute.

ALWAYS A BIB.

Ribs are part of the new model. Ribs in silk, rits in cotton, ribs in woollen materials and rits in

wool-filled silk materials

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est they ate tlay ribs like these you are familiar with in fadle. Often they are fine cords,

The new covert of a silvery colour. It is so soft and wilvers that you heiate to call it grey. And while there is always a numerous class of women who Are wise in turning down any. thing suggestive of grey, this new covert colour quite enhances a certain sort of pood lock..

it is undoubtab'g amart.

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The twilled silks come to pe in many new cuises and with fans Silk serges, batavia and

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PEARLS.

And How They Are Worn.

STUDY YOUR FACE.

TRIFLES THAT COUNT. in Paris of a so-called metallic satin, made of silk and coison, producing has been lavish of without containing any metal

metallic sheen

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Girls with full round faces. should never divide their hair in colour in her printed crepe de the middle; it is a fashion most chines. Orange, tangerine, groy suitable to the abaip type of fea-and blue are colours used chosen intures, Straight hair should never in these printed silks.

have a centre parting, for it will [droop in dismal. A side parties is the most becoming of all unless

One hears that the smart jewellers are not a little concern ed regarding the Blump pearls.

There is a chenille striped crepe west.

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White and oyster-coloured pongea has been shown by some of the elever dressmakers in the gowns shown early spring resort And these are both fabrics

woman who must ba economical

Once the most popular of all jewals, these are no longer worn one is very beautiful, when the silk that has been used by one of that recommend themselves to

in rope fashion by those of the straight back from the forehead the prominent dressmakers for the ultra-smart set who determine method enhances the glory of a sport skiris....... the fashions of to-morrow, Now- faultless face.

Some of the newest French corded silks show a solid colour woven with fine gold thread).

THIS WEEK'S RECIPES.

Nut and Date Peidiw.. Three eggs (golks), 13 cup

There is some disposition toget back to the use of rosebud designs in printed silks, especially crepe water. 1.1/3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons de chines, sad these designs baking powder, 18 teaspoon salt, form a marked contrast to the 1 cup walout meats, package. more usual and bolder conven- dates. tional designs that prevail.

Beat yolks of eggs with water till thick and lemon coloured. Moire silks that were prominent Mix and sift flour, salt and baking in Paris last autumn seem to be powder and add first mixture. attracting more attention now Before stirring put the stoned and than when the vogue wa new.chopped dates and outs on flour. The softer silks of this finish lend Mix thoroughly, and baka 45 themselves interestingly to the minutes in a moderate oven. new draped models.

Serve with orange sauce made with the whites of the eggs.

Sitt gicgbams from France have a strong appeal to mзuy, and these are usually found in the two-toned checked design that gained such enormous vogue in ginghams last season. Extremely small and extremely large checks divide the honours.

cotton

A checked crepe de chine has been shown that may be used in combination with plain coloured crepe de chine or for sport blouses.

Orange Sauce.

Three eggs (whites), 14 cups powdered sugar, 1 lemon juice), 2 oranges.

whisk till stiff and ory. Sift Beat whites of eggs with a

sugar slowly into whites, besting constantly. Add the grated rind of both the oranges. Slowly beat in the strained juice of the lemon and one orange. Beat well and serve soon after making. If the sauce mus: stand any length of time beat well before serving as the fruit juice separates slightly.

FRUIT BOWLS.

That white will be even more popular this spring than last is everywhere predicted. The all- white frock or suit worn with a bright coloured bat is noticeable:

Fascinating new fruit bowls at many

of the smart winter are made of tinted glass and set resorts where one may get in a holder of wrought iron. foretaste of general spring ten- These come in all sizes, some dencies.

only large enough to hold fruit for breakfast for two, others are: French silk makers do not huge things quite capable of overlook the persistent vogue for serving at a family dinner. The materials with a highly lustrous glass is variable so they may be finish and much has been made had to match any colour scheme.

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Grey chiffon fock is embroidered in peu rind silver bends and dropped over a silver undership.

something that re-embles & poiret twill, onig of silk rather than cotton are among them.

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Follow crepe Marocain for the evening with Haters made of the wynterial. The ice is dyed to match and is 787 with silver threads.

day. if you own a rope of pearls, you wear it twisted or not at all.

Alice wears hers twined in her hair-a type of beaddress that is most becoming. Duff-Cooper, like so many smart Lady Diana women, twists her pearls round her beautifully molded arms. Lady Carzao appeared the other

This truck is in golden brown Crepe Georgette with lace dyed to mutch. There is a wide sash at the unrul waistline. The elbow sleeces

It is predicted that despite the unquestionable demand fabric like crepe de chine at the present time, the season may still For instance, H. R. H. Princess! be good for those who gamble in taffeta, for these fabrics are already being turned from the boom in a soft and clinging a guise as to make us forget the cid-time aiation of crispness with this silk of venerable history.

THE BEAS S PUB CREPE. day wearing a lovely pearl chain have ruffles. To the woman whose clothes. topped round her wrist, to imitate busing must always take on the a series of hangles. laspect of a problem in economica there is real advantage to be

A French beauty, who is creat- gained in making the most of the io po little attention at Nice, continued vogue for crepe de has introduced, a new vogue chine and its ПЕНГ of kin bat of wearing long pendant crepe Marocain and crepe Ro Pearl earrings which are chained main. The bettor grades of these e to the other by a row of grad- usted pearls that supports single materials may honestly be put down in the list of washable paar-shaped pearls forming a fabrics, in fact they take a tub

pendent. bing and ironing rather more gracefully than a good many of the covelty cotton fabrics.

Quite as sensational is a new pearl armornament-whichshows

five-rowed rope of pearls held;

Doubtless this is merely coin- by two collet diamond bracelets, cidental and the reason why the one worn round the wrist, the French dressmakers have re- other

pushed high above the

mained faithful to crepe de chine elbow.

and her close of kin after a de- Little tasselled pearl pendants votion of two years, is not be-fare supported by ivory-white cause these silks are so durable rat-tail silken cords strung with but because they may be used to priceless pearls at intervals such advantage in making the of six inches apart, a method frocks that are built with ample that shows off the beauty of pearls drapery, often with numerous of perfect shape and colour to far gathers, and yet show the line greater advantage than when they ibat is straight or the one that are massed together in sa ordin- yields to the curves of the body, Bry rope or chain.

For these long draperies that swirl generously to the figure or hang in contrasting straightness, in panels, and over drapery are the things that the French dress makers are showing most often at the present time.

Flat tasselled earring made of silk strung with smaller pearls pearls swing on chains of rat-tail are made to match, for nowadays all earrings hang quite low down instead of decorating the lobes of

the ears.