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THE HONGKONG TELES

TURDAY

NOVEMBER 17, 1923.

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

Smart evening gouen with a long balice of cherry chiffon reiret digl -kirt of gold have.

Photo by constvey of Mr. B. & Sidbine, Paris

PERIOD FROCKS.

favoured by many of the big designer, and really, after so much dabbling in so many spark- Ling things and ultra effects; the The period frock will be passed (simple lioc is very attractive. into service more than ever dur There is a tendency in many ing the coming months. One de-quarters to make a plain. fist lightful model seen recently was budice, with a round neck but no made of black taffetas, and show. slecres, carry, it dows ed squares of velvet appliqued low waist-line. envelop it with on all over it: the front of the a winding sash, and then let the skirt opened over an underskiniskirt below flare out in a series of of black knife-pleated ninonifrills and draperies, or el-e gire embroidered in gold, and ita circular cut to the skirt so as to possessed a neat Bat little collar, sugest the same "full" effect. which also formed a kind of. Hand embroidery is not very elbow sleere on its way mund. muck used on evening models.

SHOE FASHIONS.

The smartest shoes are being made in soft glace kid or suede. When intended for ordinary walk [ing wear they are a mass of strape

that meet generally on the instepį and fasten with a buckle.

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INTERESTING:

White fur is used extensively this season to band gowns of black velvet. Paris cannot do too muchị with the black and white com- bination.

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Beaded fringe is used very electively on the new gowns andļ Among the novelties of the sea-it is admirable for keeping the son are the "basket work" shoes slender line so much in vogue. These look as though they had been made from strips of finely- plaited cane, but in reality they are made from narrow strips of tes ther interlaced like basket work, and through which glimpses of the stockinged feet are obtainable. These are made in two kinds -

Egyptian embroidery in shades of red and yellow makes effective trinuming for a nightgown of white crepe de chine.

Black moire and black velvet the American flat-foot shape with are shown effectively in combina-: the broad instep and fat heel, tion this season. Usually the featured in white and a calour) volver is p-ed for the trimming. mixed, and a smarter type (intro-į duced, I believe, by a Russian shoemater) showing a Louis XV.

Velvet and lame make quite!

-Quite a crowd tarunch out in watch this wirel pasball jume stayed by the co-ed beans and foiy, of the. heel. These latter may be obthe loveliest wraps of the seas Chiversity of Suthera Califorain, -The tuty kelding the bill at the estreme left is "Miss Florená Or

richi | tained in one-colour tores of navy Brocaded

acho amply demonstrated her worth as an antagonist of some weight, bine, scarlet and tan.

velvets with

colours are also favoured.

Court shoes are still being! A great deal of red is being worn, but they must be well cat used this season for evening, and: and plain, and come up well all shades of rose and orchid are round the ankle. They are very popular. finished with a large buckle, one of the Istest model being in smoked ivorine with a face or figure engraved on it. Another novelty in the buckle world is made of plain cherry or light) mahogany wood, carved out like! a piece of corrugated cardboard.

Shoes for dance WOLF are nothing but a series of straps. Į The lame fabrics are popular | because it is possible to maleb one pair with so many frocks. and for this reason constitute an! economy in purchase as well as an economy of packing space when travelling.

White gardenias. от single dowers are worn with very char-ị ming effect in fur bons or on the fur collars of the Autumn coats,

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rbe smartest cloche hats of velvet' and plush.

THE NEW BIB COLLARS.

Some charming new bib collars made of sucked lawn or net, edged with Valenciennes or Malines, of Barrow width, add that touch of lingerie to the neck of the frock

that is ccanted so very smart.

These bibs vary very much in

• pattern. Some are square, some found, and others in lon panel

Amber heads and earrings are shape, and the majority are in most fashionable. and are posdouble fashion so that they trim sibly more the vogue then jade both the front and the lack ofthe frock alike. Made to lip over the head. and secured on the The all tine bat is featured in shoulders by tiny jewelled pins, all shapes from the delicate grey these new bibs prove most becom- blue to the brilliant sapphire blues ing, and not a few of the best As well as the lame shoes and and all the in-between tubes, dressmakers are using them made ibe ones that are an intricate Embroidery in silver is one of in tinted and dyed laces.

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of -traps barely the most popular trimmings for held together by the them, sole of the shoe, there is a new

Little oval tackers made of ruffles of organdi, showing three or four picot edged frills, and and more sensible model just out Short coats of white ermine rr, known as halter bibs, are also which is made of plain coloured very light coloured furs are lined popular: these niten being sup satin in brown. bronze and black. with delicate pink, blue or creer plied with detachable sleeve cuffs This model is cut something like satins. a court shoe, and fitted with one instep trap, and the only decora- tion which ever figures or it is e design worked on the vamp in smail beads to match the colour] of the satin.

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THIS WEEKS RECIPE.

Cocoanut Ice.

Place in a pan th of granulat ed sugar and 1 gill of milk.. boil for 10 minutes, stirring all the time. Add llb. of desiccated cocoanot and continue to stir. boiling, until the mixture "grains" and thickens, but on no account must it be allowed to brown, Pour into a wetted tin and curl into bars when cold. If liked. half the mixture may be coloured: pink with carmine.

to match.

NEW FRENCH MODEL.

NOVELTIES IN WEDDING VEILS.

The latest idea is to embroider the edge of a tulle wedding veil with fine floral sprays worked in white floss silk. in silver thread, or diamante beads or pearls.

This ornamentation not only gives be added weight that makes wedding vell bang in a Inore graceful manner than those of plain tulle only, but H simple ornamentation of this kind adds considerably to the effect of a wedding gown.

Other wedding Teils now being shown in Paris have frilled applique bor- ders of various widths of Valencieuses or Mechin lace, and it is astonishing what a wonderful sub- stitute veils trimmed in manner make

for those of traditional heir- loom lage.

this

The wedding veil of to- day is generally worn off the

ог face, simply floacted "in eyebrow fashion. while its folds grow more lengthy and columinous behind, the veil now taking the place of the obsolete Court train that was used to trim all wedding dresses of any. pretensions in the past.

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Scarf veils, featuring fine scroll. |designs or with appliques of silk- leaves, are among the new offer- ings of the seaso

Bustle effects are seen in man E. (of the new taffetas. Sometimesy.. butterfly bow finishes the long tight corsage.

Woollen dresses are being made í lup in the blond and chestnut tones, while evening dresses ran to lacquerreds and copper effects.

A NEW SWEATER COAT.

Tiro pretty hats of prune relent.

Pannier sides are less in except in masses set either in evidence од account of the bands or on the whole body of amount of velyst and moire that the skirt or bodice. The Italian is being worn.

tapestry type of embroidery The mousme bow or a large that Die sees on antique doublelooped puff placed at one fire-screens is much copied, side of the back at the waist line, but care must be taken in is sometimes used for a pale its execution and in the coloured evening frock; from this choice of colour, so that they puff an end falls to the ground blend in one perfect harmony.. that suggests a skimpy train, A touch of the same embroidery The bloused back and the on one's shoes, and a bag also cross-over back with a straight-showing a sprig or two, carried fronted bodice, plain and quite out in the same way, constitutes. untrimmed are novalties that are a charming effect.

ON WALKING STICKS:

A delightful fashion for brilliant little enamelled wood walking sticks has been popularised by wo men who wish to add a

daring touch of colour to

their outdoor toilettes.

In some instances these ate of plain enamel, while of more fanciful design are those decorated with hand-painted flowers or fruit. The tops of these canes are generally of wood brightly painted in representation of quaint animals and birds; and every cane is fitted with a little leather strap that reproduces the exact tint of the enamel.

Some of these sticks are in blue, others in green, purple, sand colour, black, red, white, or delicate tones of gray "the same gar colours often being re peated in the small dyed Morocco pouch bage, which have once again re turned to fashion.

The wide

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TRIFLES THAT HELP TO BEAUTIFY.

The smooth tightly-brushed back coiffure is rapidly giving) place to prettily-waved and curled hair, and girls who cannot afford

to pay for having their hair wayed by a professional are worried as to how it can be induced to take? on that little "kinE" which is so fascinating.

To make the hair wavy and fluffy comb it first backwards then forwards, tossing it over the head. Then arrange it in the posi tion in which you wish it to be, pilling it out to firm, large loose waves. Dip a comb into some slightly sagared cold water or pluck and shave the brows till cold tea, using tea for dark hair fine, thin line is obtained, often and water for fair, and pass it altering the entire shape of the lightly through the hair, pinching brows in doing so. These opera- it into wave while still damptions are expensive, and but few When dry it will have a pretty can afford them, but the girl who wide wave similar to a marcel desires a beautiful eyebrow can do much to improve hers foz a szelk

WAVE.

A HINT FOR THE CIGARETTE expenditure. Bay two'small eye- brow brushes and keep one for БИОКИЕ

use at night and the other for Nothing spoils the charm of morning, and whenever the toilet perfectly manicured nails than is made. Dip the one for night the nicotine stain which so often use into a little pure olive oil and. adorns” the fingers of the en-carefully brush the brows, in the thusiastic girl smoker Soap and direction in which you would like "water" are powerless to remove them to grow, every night, pinch- such a stain, but it will yielding them together with the tips of slmost instansously, to a liffle the fingers If they are too brow fresh lemon juice applied with a The second brush should be piece of toilet pumice stone. -- free from grians

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