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·THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. 1924.

What the June Bride Wears.

THE traditional bride goes along three inches widettering base and a slightly full incelesi satuma, chiffons, figured crone de chines NOVELTIES IN SUMMER leather, finished off with tiny

SHOES.

ASSETS TO BEAUTY. China buttons. Other footwear of the same

Beautifully archad eyebrown with a tulle vell, a wreath broidered with bits skirt, a sash of are chosen to make colourful

kind shows pale grey suede shoes of orange blossoms, and a white threads without colour, or it is Persian width and splendour, the trousseau frocks. Again there is is ivory big enough to cover one-thint of fabric rose silk bordered with the coloured ribbon as a maana of

Paris has produced several that have longues and inset side and long, curling eyelashes give matin gown. If it coloured, instead of dead white, the bodice. It may be of lase, if green roses. There is a bracelet trimming. Again there arethe hurt

blus morocco; while featured face, while to pretty so much the nearer to ancient precious, but it is best not to of these fabric roses on the arm puffed sleeves and the light nar-novelties in summar footwear, panels of black patent leather or charm and softness to the plainest

row yoke about the neck to hold Amongst the most starting and dark gather it. Plaster it on. Pull above the elbow.

down the shoulders and give them effective are the new high-heeled there are baige-colour suede woman they are two of her chief the flatness of a sardine.

and painted-toed shoes, made of shoes worked with five rows of assets. the hem straight and even across

For such fabrics as these, no white bookshin, strapped across fancy silk stitebing across the toe the arms and chest.

flowered style is reckoned worth while ex-the front with five bars of scarle tand at the back of the heel.

custom..

The new bride has a sweeping veil of white chiffon, sometimes

Not only bridal frocks are fin- lace edged, but very soft and long. She discards the orange ished in this manner. Collars on

the berthas, are to be blossoms for white satin or velvet for lilis. Two of them, three at the desirabla thing. moat, are bunched at one side of in butcher's the bead.

In organdie.]

the linen. in material of the frock such She uses satin when it pleases accessories will be in first place in summer. It csanot be possible her fancy, but she is keeping that the concerted effort of the Dace with the new June fashions when she uses white chiffon over designers and ultra stuart women will not change the appearance soft silk or fine net lace over of the neck. All but the most chiffon, or avon silver cloth thinly veiled to soften its possible stubborn agree that it's high time wo were getting out of a rut. The collar people want a place in the [limelight.

barshness.

Heretofore the bride has been content to let her bridesmaids show the glory of head coverings. AT LEAST ONE ORGANDIE GOWN..

Suddenly, it has become the She wore her vail of modesty. which also sprang from fashion to include one pictorial: medieval belief that no wamen should show her hair. In those times she bat to wear a wimple and she could not arrange her hair is cofare.

organdie gown in the trousseau.

One of the models of this material pictured has the long! tight bodice that reaches below the waist. The skirt has two Now, she attires her bridal deep flounces edged with scallops. head in the manner of the That's the first impression. And Russian ia gala array. Splendid all these curves have dots above things are concocted. Jewels, them, dois done in bright red cot- crystals, lilies, roses. Dutch bon-ton thread. There is one of the pets, are factors for ficery. A new wide collars and the partly Persian turban of white chiffon low neck, also dotted and scallop studded with seed pearls is one ed at the bam. of the fantasies.

Very little, if anything, Victorian takes its place among bridal costumes. If one desires the hoop-skirts of the Eugenie period there is sufficient authority for them, but they are far better for the bridesmaids than the bride.

Evening gowns for the sum! mer bride are apt to be full. skirted and tight-bodiced. Those take strict account of who fashions realize that the im mense skirt without hoops has been definitely accepted by young womanhood. Despite the cri ticisms hurled against it as it sp peared in the beginning, hooped sad artificial, it, in its simple ex-form, has gained friends. It is offered by all dressmakers for the summer season.

It is possible to say that the Fifteenth Century inspires the majority of brides. The traordinary headdresses may be taken from any country at any

France makes an especially period of its history, but the gowns are straight and long.smart, if startling type of this half-fitted bodices extending to evening frock, which is included;

The the turn of the waist into the in a notable trousseAL.

bodice is of black satin. running! hips,

The neckline of these bridal to the bipline to join a skirt made! frocks is not bateau. France of so many layers of bright bluej helps us to discard that long- tulle that it suggests the ballet contioned oval which was also skirts. Where the two garments Renaissance, join there is a girdle of large pink taken from the along with sumptuous sleeves roses. and capes. There is a definite

PRINTS AND PLOWERED FABRICS. Calicoes and the calico design

other fabrics,

A dinner gown of almond green. Daure truck vi gelime argandir. Format reening gown with black Summer track of pink and white crepe, with a deep girdle of old embroidered in blue møget-me-nots satin bodice in Spanish fashion founred rhiffon with short puffed to beddered with flowers of the and fine gold thread Butt ry above a Founced skirt, véry jall,streers. The girdle is of velvet ribbed

Mat geke. In direct contrast to this foot. These fewer am form jhunks are porokerd von euch shoulder, of bright blue tulle. The gidle is and the neckline is finished with flight piedle abute the barque uti movement back to the square light frock there is a severe din bracelet worn on the appre arm, and a blur relent ribbon makes the of pink roses. decolletage and a newer one to ner goan in the same trousseau the flat yoke of the eightien and of almond green crepe with nineties. The poke is around long-waisted loose bodice, the!

White weşandin quan embroidered with red dots abure scallops. The shirt has to whic forures, the budice is in the Spanish shape, the ride berthen ruerrs the top of the cos. vartte at ruist made of the vandie. Hat of red xtra with long narrow ribbon ends,

scept the full-skirted one, be the borlice what it may. The calicoes are a trifle more stifly made than the chiffons and they usually have bindings of coloured linea to match some predominant colour; in the pattern. White organdie collar and cuffs in the new con- spicuous shapes, and often the satin cravat under the collar, are No added without argument. severe neckline, no collarless opening, in these gowns. Fashion! and desire go hand-in-hand.

In the simple frocks, ne matter| what is done in the formal ones,] there is no intention of ex-

aggerating the waistline by & girdle that shortens the length of legs. The belt is only slightly below its old resting place. De- signers of importance insist that the waistline rises iach by inch this sesson and the delightful variety of these clothes for the average day proves the point.

THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.

Peach Melbu,

cream.

Black and white cloth gown male Cut thin slices of sponge cakej

in simple style with while urgandir into squares, сочет with ice:

collar in the new shape and im Place half of canned

mense white cuffs. There is a red peach on top and mash with leather belt. The cracet and cuff whipped cream. Sprinkle with inks are black celee!.. The hat i finely chopped nuts.

black and white straw.

FLOWER COLLARS.

The new collars, composed of closely packed flowers, are very charming, especially for youthful faces. An all-one-colour scheme is charming, or, if one is dark, a multitude of brilliant colours is rather attractive: Flower collars, flower-trimmed - sleeves, and vanity bags for theatre wear are ail the fashion at present, and itļ is a craze which may be easily. indulged in by an amateur needle The closely-packed flowers do not betray the stitches

WODED.

if they happen to be of the "home-

made" variety.

A black charmense or satin

evening cloak would look beanti-

ful with collar of closely-packed velvet flowers, with a design in blossoms along the hem.

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Fortunately, however, ons doss not have to be born with thesa important aids to beauty to enjoy their possession: Eyebrows and eyelashes may be cultivated the bair of the head.

Thin eyebrows can be much improved and properly trained by gentle, rotary massage with the fagers night, and morning to fatimulate the growth, and by the application of a little vaseline jeach night silber on the whole eyebrow or on the particular spot where greafer thickness is required.

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contour of the Study the eyebrows in relation to the other features. If the arch is pronounced that it gives aÙ BI- ¡pression of perpetual astonist- mant, with the aid of an orange stick pencil a little vaseline st the outer edges, and very cata- fully, a few at a time, remove with tweezers the hairs at the centre which spoil the desired line.

Where arching would improve straight brows, however, pencil vasaline just over the centre of each eyebrow and fine off, the longer baits at the ends with kweezers.

Use only a very little vaseline at a time, but apply it regularly, and your efforts will be rewarded by a soft, silky, growth in the desired direction.

Heavy brows give a lowering expression to the face and abould be thinned out, while where the line of the eyebrow is uneven, the surplus long hairs which spoil the symmetrical curve may also be removed.

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A soft, camel-hair brush should.. be kept for the special purpose of brushing the eyebrows and eye- lastes, which should be dona daily. To stimulate the growth o of the laabes it is a good plan to bathe the syes in hot water and milk, and than apply vary little vaseline to the edges of the lids with the point of an orange stick before going to bed at night. Full long lashes will result from this treatment.

A very blonde woman, whose syebrows and lashes are so light ia tint as to be almost invisible, will find it an improvement if ske slightly darkens, them with the judicious use of brilliantine on her eyebrow brush. An eyebrow pancil is apt to be too obvious on the fairest types. A brunette should also remember that, a brown paucil, when its use is necessary, is less avident than a black one, Definite siga of artificiality about the eyebrows gives a very hard expression to the face.