HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1924. (FEATURE SECTION.
LACTOGEN
FOR YOUR
BABY
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
LACTOGEN
Foo Youn
BABY
OUR STOCKINGS.
As skirts grow shorter and xhorter, silk stockings become
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
THE NURSERY,
Do not kiss baby, except upon
more and more important-and the forehead. .
At the same time thinnor and thinner! They have never boen so fine and transparent, and this quality is now worn for day-time Gecasions and not only for evening dress. The most popular colour is still a doop, warm, "aunbura” shadu of beige, and this is worn evon with whito aboes, for white stockings are hardly ever soon
now.
You can easily give this tono. to ateckings that are faded, or too light, by dyeing them at home with a mixture of salmon-pink
Do not nurso baby when suffering from a cold.
Do provide him with a cot to himself.
Do keep his mursory window open day and night.
Do not pormit him to have a dummy."
Do give him he day-time sloep.
and brown dye-haif a packet of in the open air. "ach produces a very good shade, and will dyu five or six pairs.
The very bright puca pink colour, which mado a bid for popularity this spring, has quito failed to become fashionable -- fortunately, for it is an extremely ugly shade, and only gives an im pression of badly-scalded loge!
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Do not pull the hood of his Perambulator right up and so ox- clude the air.
Do provide him with a dark groen sun canopy for sunny days.
Do koop food and all utensils connector with it scrupulously clean.
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Do not food him during the
BEAUTY NOTES FOR TO-DAY.
THE WAY TO WASH THEM. It is always host to wash one's stockings at home if possiblo, with elther Castilo of ordinary yellow HOAD. It is important sot to use night. roup or washing powder contain-i ing soda, us this destroys thoir colour and makes thom streaky. This is especially so in the case of French stockings, which soem to need greator care than others. If soap containing soda must be used, bad results may be avoided by rinsing it out Immediately, but ovon a few moments' delay will give the soda time to act on the colour. Dry in the air not by a fire. The stockings can bo pressed with a warm iron if de- sired, but are really batter with- out ironing at all, as beat has a detrimental effect on the silk.
It is most important to put on stockings properly, keeping the back soam dead in the contro and porfectly straight. Having made suro just where the suspendors hould be fastoned to keep the stockings oxactly straight, mark these places with little.crossos in coloured cotton, so that bow- over hastily one muy dross one can make no mistake.
if
your complexion noeds a little colour try using a little raw bootroot Juleo. It acts as a mild
astringant and at the same time gives a delicate and lovely colour.
When you are going out in the evening do not put off powdering your face until the last moment and thon apply a hasty dab.. It is much hotter to apply, about ten minutes before you nood be ready, quite a thick coating of powder, Then, just baforo leaving, dust off what is supor- fluous and the rost wit arbero vory smoothly and evenly to the skin.
IN ROSE-COLOURED CREPE.
Here's the summer girl at her summericst in a gown of ross-coloured crepe embroidered in deeper tones and used up with much ostrich. There's a rape-like arrangement in the back which may be worn as a sonrƒ over onearm, if desired. "The vide circular flounce which gives such fullnese ut the
hemline is one of its most important lunches sartorially.
Style models seen at the Grand Priz Left to right: Two creations in figured chiffon: One of the newest scarfe: Tien other models, the one at the left in goy oriental blue foulard cut along Japanese lines, the other in filmy white chifon with fringe in talle dipped in black war.
THE ENCHANTMENT OF WISHES.
Wishes are lovely bright things which give to life half its colour, to us half the impetus necessary to live at all But wishes aro not things to which we should onslave ourselves. Enchanting they are, but for over passing and changing, for ever largely vain.
Therfore we are wise to resist their enchantment, and seo that our hearts, for all their ad- miration, aro free. To be enslaved hy wishes is to lose all con- sciousness of good in the present, to miss the senso of the sweet morning air, the quick courtony of a follow-passenger, the wonder in a child's face, the pleasant re- laxation at the end of the day's work. -
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The onchanted grow Lo misty, unreal people, and sonic- times they grow to be grumpy. For they do not like the inter- ruplion to their dreams causod by the demands of business or of Feloty. They are not happy. Their wishes, instead of bring delights, have liacomo torments.
Be at caso among your wishes, laugh at thum, play with them. Tell them they are only bubblos, and though one may be burst to-day, another will float upon the air to-morrow. So shall you got from them the maximum of pleasure, the minimum of pain.
NEW EMBROIDERY FOR FROCKS.
A great French designer has invented A now kind of om- [broidery which is as simple to
execute as it is offective.
The motifs, which are large flowers and loavos, are executed by appliqueing strips of fine crope| (georgotta or romain being the vorioties most frequently used) in lines ao close to each other that the cropo stands up liko a vory long pile fabric.
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LOOK COOL.
If you want to look as cool as possible, try a model like this in leaf green or beige. The pockets take on an added interest by being made of fine handkerchief linen' with an inset of Irish lace and a lace edging. The cuffs and hack of the collar are made of the samo. A famins-looking ban of watered silk ribbon the colour of the frock forms the only other trimmány,
To decorato dross in this manner draw a pleasing design of large-potallod flowers and large: loavos on the dress. Tako geor gette in an appropriate colour, tear off a strip three-quarters of an inch wide. This torn strip will have one smooth-out odge and one fringed edge where it has boan torn. Cut the next strip the Bame width and tear off the next strip, cutting and tearing alter- natoly, so that the strips keep one smooth side and one fringed edge. Thoso strips make your material for ombroidery. Bogin Continue in this manner until your work by sowing a strip of the motif is filled in. The loaves the georgatio, fringed end up in the pattern a worked in the wards, across the pattern, and at same way, using, naturally, a the edge of the pattern out the different colour. The affect is strip of Roorgetto, faxton the charming, and this sort of em. Hewn edge securely. Now sowbroidery can be done much more second strip a quarter-of-an-inch rapidly than either beading or and parallel to the first strip thread amboidery,
IMITATION JEWELLERY.
THE MODERN BEDROOM.
The most beautiful modern
THIS WEEK'S recipe.
DATE TEA CAKE.
24 datos
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12 marshmallows.
2 cups flour.
4 teaspoons baking powder
taaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter 1-3 to 2-3 cup of milk. 1 egg yako
cup chopped almonds 2 tablespoons sugar Remove pits from dates and. replace with half a marshmallow. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar togother. Out in but- ter with knife. Add milk and mix. Roll out to half an inch thickness and cut into rounds. In tho contro of each round, place a stuffed dato. Moisten odges and fold ono-half the over other. Brush top with beaten egg yoko and sprinkle with nute. Placo in groased pan and bake in hot oven; about fifteen minutos.
NOTES FROM PARIS.
White and hand-painted folt. hats are soon in most attractive shapes, but the small cloche has the load on all the others.
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Frocks of organdle or orape in periwinkle bluo are trimmed with dyed lace to match and mounted on slips of shell-pink satin.
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Monograms of brilliants are fre- quently used on handbags of suedo or watered silk.
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Very Ane oyelot embroidery 18
Boads, lace and fur are said to the leading trimmings on the
To be real or to be imitation, furnishing is the last word in sim- combined with filet lace to make that is the question that comes plicity, and its breadth of treat- very dainty brassieres. to the art of jewellery and ment permits only of the most the greator art of wearing it. But sparing ornamentation, or forbids to-day, one could not be more it altogether where there is no fashionable than to choose the reason for it. This balanced unreal strand of pearls, imitation Boverity of style permits the full first autumn models. jade earrings or a mako-bellevo display of the beauty of hand- bracelet of diamonds and polished wood. emeralds.
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Rust, rose and the bonna shados Take the up-to-date drossing promise exceedingly well for au- tablo, for instance. Its roomy flat tumn and wintor, particularly for To be fashionable, ono woars top in unencumbered, and gives a coats. these bits of jewellery--a thing clear space of about 4 by 2 foot.
not difficult to do for there are Well provided with drawer space Irieh lace, dyed to match the Acores and scores of interesting and ample knas room, it is intond-exact shade of the silk of tho soltings, apparently arranged for ed for use where a glass may be gown with which it is to be worn, It is the modarnia ono of the most popular trim- oach personality. One can not hung above it.
be more of the last word than to development of the idea that first mings for the summer dress in fanten largo imitation boads of suggested the lower parts of pastel shados. amber, close around her throat- Wolsh dressore as toilet tables.
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for this is the vogue of the The dressing stool that accom. Ono-place dresses of white sum- moment. And as for bracolota, panics it is equally utilitarian, former silk are embroidered with numerous small ones, grouped on it is provided with a hinged lid, floral patterns or small motifs. each arm, are gradually giving
way to, wide wristlets made of |imitation pearls and sapphiros, or:
rubios, or emeralds.
Black pearls, not real, of course,| may swing four inobos below the lobo of one's car. While a neck-i lace may be had to match, if the costumo calls for it.
The one-time theory that the taillour should not be soon in |company with jowollery has pass- ed into the pagos of fashion's history, for now, with imitation
jewellery so much the vogue it is scon with the Bovoro stroot costume as much as with the ovoning gown.
TEA TABLE FASHIONS.
A MORNING PLUNGE.
APPIE SA
For the tea tablo there are linens which range from a prim simplicity to the oxtreme of ornatenea, Fortunately, bappy. modium can be obtained of by choosing & heavy white linen, simply embroidered about tho edge with a binding "stitch and a picot at intervals. Ingot into each napkin' is a corner motif of venetian -lace-a star-or-a-spidor
web motif, while the table- cloth shows a symmetrical contro arrangement of
Many attractivo slips are made. those motifs. - Vanstian'
and thus servos equally well as lace, while always: in- stool, table, stand, or linen re- of handkerchief linen instead of silk and are embroidered In good taste, is very amart
¡ceptacle. just at present. But, one The bed for such a room must French ombroidery and lavistily. cannot go wrong in choos-of necessity be equally simple and trimmed with lace, 'ing real-laod' of any sort, provided always, för- trimming linen, it is of a heavy, substantial type. :)"
Girls and their beasts are inseparable on southern California bouches this season, Here, for instance, is Vero Raynolder ofnema actress, taktig ler "monster" out for a norning dip. Its name is "Applesauce."
square-looking, and a type that fulfils both these ideas is made Danite, or Italian red, is one o with a solid foot and a honvily- the new colours, that is, bala failed hand. The only ornamenta featured for autumn-gam Tiba Lit? carving of interconte Epinard grad
linked olores, n
M now hame on the colour
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