1926-04-03 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1926.

НАСТОСЕН

THE BEST

START

IN

LIFE

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

FOR

YOUR

BABY

HACTOCE

The shimmering costume in the large picture is of gold cloth, with gold-dotted scarf: the hat is a black Milan straw; the lower picture is a chiffon frock banded with baby fox. «

TOO MUCH SLEEP.

.

FOR THE SHINGLED.

PERFUME AND PERSONALITY.

What would the most beautiful woman be without perfume?

Yat how many confine them- salvos to the one scent they have always used?

TIRED PAGES.

To see a tirod face is quite a frequent occurrence. There are often tired faces all around us,but frequently no one realises just what is the matter. We hear people say of a certain woman, She is not looking herself to- day," or "She is growing passes," and neither remark is correct The truth is that she is suffering from a tried fasc.

COMING MODES.

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Black patent leather as embellishment for spring frocks is one of the many unusual and striking details of trimming that. mark the new clothes as new. Motifs of birds, flowers, foliage and geometrical figures of patent leather are appliqued on colourful cloths, as for instanco, rose red. lettuce groen, French blue and grey, with results that are do- aldadly pleasing and offective. Collar or scarf ends, pockets, cuffs and belts are the sections of the dress, thus trimmed.

A woman's charactor may to some extent be détermined by the perfume she affects. Very seldom does a woman of fine taste or fooling affect thick, heavy scents, such as carnation, attar of rose, or ono of the

Just as your muscles grow mysterious compounds labelled "from the tired and your feet "ache through Orient." Thin scents, like lilac, too much walking or standing, so are much

more suitable for your face can become fatigued, Anglo-Saxon women, and it is and unless you rest and soothe it, best to leave musk, tuberose, and fit will become permanently tired

The vogue of combining black carnation to the langourous and old-looking. beauties of the baroin. Those The best treatment for a lined with a colour, with the addition of are not for the fine, open-air type and tired face is a warm milk bath metal or silk ombroidery, grows of woman wo characteristic of Mix' equal quantities of milk and space and not without reason, modern Britain.

hot water so that the mixture is since many lovely dresses are the The woman who prefers the comfortably warm. Dip a large result: An interesting import of clean, old-fashioned lavender piece of medicated cotton we al this character was a long-waisted water" to Eastern perfumes, into the milk and water, and, frock of black flat cropo, tho akirt usually possesses the rather thin keeping the eyes closed, bend the joined flatly at the front to give a fingered hand of the old English head over the basin and bathe broad panel effect, but rather gentlewoman; one suspects that the face for ten minutes. Then generously gatherod at the sides and back. The long waistline her hobby is gardening; that she dry with a soft towel. is both a roader and a thinker. Sinear a little good cold cream was stressed by a narrow band of On the other hand, it may not for any other greasy kind you green taffetà almost covered by be safe to assume that she who may prefer) over the face, carry-embroidery in silver thread; & uses heavy Eastern scents ising the cream well down over similar band trimmed, the skirt languorous, lazy,, or voluptuous. the jaws, and allow it to soak in edge and the wrist-length sleeves, Probably she has never given ain for another ten minutes. If the as well as the edge of a shoulder thought to the choice of her eyes ache and look dull ar blood-yoke and high roll collar that wore the finishing details of this perfume, it has bought it shot fold a handkerchief, like a through reading somo attractive bandage, soak it in warm milk, smart, youthful frock. advertisement, or on a friend's and lay it over the closed eyes. recommendation.

Rest the head comfortably and In a certain street in the native leave the bandage on for about quarter of Tunis veiled ladies may ten minutes. be roen holding out their hands) After the cream has thorough while some wise old scent-seller ly. soaked into the pores of the touches the warm skin with the skin, wipe it off with a soft cloth, stopper from ona quaint bottle and dab the face over with eau. after another. Eaon is delicately do Cologne mixed with an equal

Indeed, garters, are becoming sniffed at, then a choice is made: quantity of rose or orange flower This lotion should be ap- a tiny phial weighed, and the water.

Wonderful new dresses have fashionable-marvellous garters precious drops of perfume areplied with a small pad of cotton

The rather voluminous bishop beon laurichod, novel in cut and of satin, and flowers and jace of To continue, sold hy weight: Unfortunately, wool and dabbed over the skin it is not possible to purchase per- with a quick brisk movement. shaped sleeves of an otherwise colour and decoration-some of ostrich feathers.

In cases whore the skin has untrimmed frock of grey flat fame in this manner in England,

noted, were them even delightfully surpris. those dresses were of colours now banished from the vocabulary although in Paris the method is become very tired and worn, if crepe, recently

the treatment be given twice heavily embroidered with varicoling--for the Deauville season, by of the modiste-simple pinks and copied.

A perfume should be selected wook for two or three months, cured embroidery in floral design,well-known Paris couturiores. simple lavenders!

producing an effect that

But, on the other hand, there the result will be astonishing.

strikingly smart and distinctive. Two of those, which were most fashion should have nothing to

No other colour or trimming admired, were from the days of were many shortskirted sheath do with the choice. Only a little'

detractod from those unusual the Second Empire. They had drces in vivid ahades of yellow, should be used at a time, so that others are only vaguely aware

eleoves, but the straight lines of

<f it.

Dietetic experts having dis- A new way with the shinglo covered that we eat too much, (says a writer in Hairdressing another set of theorists are now Illustrated) is to halve the hair making out that we over-indulge across the middle of the head, ourselves in sloop.

from side to side. Bring the top The maxim, "eight hours work, helf over to the front and curl the eight hours pley, eight hours ends in a fringe, over the fore-as carefully as a now hat, and sleep, and eight hours pay," has head. It looks quaint and amus. fallen into desu etude, being re-ing, and, if it suits, is decidedly placed by the habit of sleeping fascinating. nino, ten, and in some cases even eleven hours.

The alarming feature of this sleep. In other words, the length nightly sleep orgy is that it is of time we sleep is largely a found in many instances that habit, and by "sleeping fuster" those who sleep most apparently it might be possible for us to have least mental and muscular curtail the hours of unconscious- activity during their wakingness very considerably. state, and that some of the most Scientists having discoverod active persone give least time to that we eat too much, play too sleep.

much, and sleep too much, many people are waiting with consider able anxiety for them to make a similar discovery with regard to work.

The investigators say this may be explained by the fact that it is not so much how long we sleep that counts, but how "deep we

Mma Fuette Laurent, a member of the fashionable nger Bet, 18 one of those who set the pace in French

attention at the paruja

In fact, every woman, if she chooses, can make the porfume she uses show some indication of】 her personality and character.

A HOME-MADE BACK PUFF.

One of those charming and use- fal long handled puffs should find a place on the dressing table of every girl. All those interested in sich things realise that an article of this kind is rather ex- pensive to buy, but they probably do hot know how easy it is to make one at home for a very little cost.

First of all, by a large kitchen wooden spoon, and cover it with a coat of white enamel, then, when it is dry, wind some narrTOW blue ribbon round the handle. The bowal of the spoon must! now be padded with wailding, und this should be securely tied intol place.

Next invest in a puff, either of swansdown or lambswool, a little larger than the padded end of the spoon. Fit this over the bowl, and sow firmly into position.

Thero arc many ways of making such a puff more decora- tiye, but the simplest way is tho best, as it is so easily replaceable when it becomes too Boiled for further use.

THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.

CHARTREUSE OF PEACHES.

Ono largo tin of peaches, some small sponge cakes, ono raspberry jelly square, some dessicatod cocoanut. Cut the peaches in halves, and put half the number in a glass dish. Now put a layer] of sliced spongo cakes on, the peaches, then the remainder of the fruit, and pour the juice over,

Dissolve the jelly square, and. when cold, pour in the contents of a tin of milk. Whip slightly to mix thoroughly, and pour it on the top of the peach mixture

Lira de Putti, above, German film sensation, has just been signed to star in Paramount productions And Andre Mattoni, called “Germany's Valentino," arrived in New York the other day to do leading roles for Carl Laemmle. There's no publicity yet as to how much they are to

Small decorative combs for bobbed hair are one of the latest innovations in hair ornaments. the adges being The combs are ornamental in character, trimmed with tiny millinery flowers in varied colours, and a favoured position for these combs is just over the ears.

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Dolores Costello: Hollywood, Feb. 26.-Warner Gertrude Claire. The picture Brothers studio will soon release concerne u band of confidence an unusual little picture, "The men of which Dolores is the Grifters," featuring the pretty queenly loador.

It is her duty to ensnare the Dolores Costello, daughter of Maurice Costello, with a support "suckers." Finally, she ensnares ing, cast of John Harton and one sucker too many.

DRESSES ABOVE THE

KNEE.

length skirts, and skirts abh the knees.

the one-piece frock were modishly great skirts made of intricate or opera-pink, and cyclamen to be Deauville col broken by an applied flounce put gandie ruffles and lace that bil- seen in these

on below the hipline and so cut towed down to the ankles, if you lections, and with each of these that it rippled into a generous flare at each side seam, the front plosse and back of this flounce being more straight than shape.

"AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW! WHY, THATS THE LATEST THING

IN

FLOWER

BOWLS!"

This sounds funny, when ovory- body just now is wearing knee

little dresses, ankle bracelets are sold to be worn beneath chiffon hose, or above.

✨THAT'S A CHEESE DISH!

MOTHER USED

TO HAVE CHE A

LONG TIME

LAGO!"

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