1927-02-19 — Page 17

NESTY

MATTED MILK

7 oz.

and

15.07.

Bottles.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19,

WOMAN'S

1927.

It's

Nestle's

the

WORLD

Best.

A frock designed in the crinoline manier and expressed in shell pink chiffon, is particularly charming for the debutante. The tight little bodice, draped to one shoulder and ganged at the normal waist, is in piquant contrast to The full, frilly skirt.

FASHION NOTES.

FROM A PARIS SALON,

Skirts in the two-piece dresses this season are usually gathered, pleated or shirred in front

MARLABITAC

Afrock with graceful fringca end a new type of collar,

OVER THE TEA CUPS.

(SPECIÁL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' DY "JOAN.")

London, 6th January, 1927,

we can find. "

The first hat is of soft straw, bound with ribbon of the same col- our as the swathe, and the parti- cularly chic effect is achieved, as you, will see, by drawing the rib bon through a slot at the side of the crown. For a girl of any thing from ten to sixteen, this is an ideal fashion, particularly if she is poeseused of curly hair. The other is n combination of

shingle, because those necks are not sympathetic to cropped hair; mor, for that matter, are they sym- pathetic to anything! Doubtless they constituto only a passing phase, however; and in any case, the fringe trimming, which is par- ticularly graceful, can be used with your own choice of neck.

Is That So?

afternoons, consisting of fine rep. It arose out of the fact that some In the confident anticipation.heavily trimmed with fringe. The one wrote.to a paper and asserted that we shall have Spring in neck arrangement is rather novel, that hobbed hair was by no means England this year-although it and continues, to a certain extent. a new fashion, inasmuch as Ellen may not arrive absolutely at the the idea suggested by the jumper Terry was bobbed, when she play time expected-Madeleine has just described. If we are going ed. "Ophelia". Whereupon some- sketched two delightful little to have fantastle necks, as parti- one else immediately entered the giris' hats; or perhaps it would be cularly emphasised by this draw lists and said that he abo dia- more accurate to say, two delight-ing, I am of opinion that it will tinctly remembered seeing Ellen ful hats for little girls, it behoves put a great strain upon our Terry as Ophelia, and she was not us to put them in the cutest hals

bobbed, but wore a wig. The re- sult was that it became my job for the week to settle the matter once and for all before the editor wrote "This correspondence must now cense"--as these autocrats.] have a way of doing prior to be- coming snowed under! 1 ap. prouched Miss Edith Craig, who most kindly and courteously told me all about it. Her mother cer- tainly was bobbed when she play ed Shakespeare's wonderful hero- inc, she said, and did not have a wig. Probably the idea that a wig was worn was due to the fact that photographs of the period show, a mass of soft, fluffy hair. This hair, however, was Ellen Terry's own, and never again grew beyond her aholders, Miss Craig pointed out that at the time referred to the word "bobbing" had not been coined, and her mother's hair was merely regarded as short. Every one la familiar with photographs of the actress, her wonderful face surmounted by a mass of wavy hair, so plentiful and "Indefinite" as to any set coiffure that people may be forgiven for starting argu- ments on the subject.

When I first read of the serious

straw and quilted satin with fruit illness of Dame Ellen, Terry, or flowers at the side, and is oft course suitable for any little girl.

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There are so many jumpers these days that one is hard put to It to find anything novel, but I think Stephanie has succeeded in, the accompanying sketch. It is only a slight touch-but these slight touches make all the differ- ence between the mediocre and thej chie. It is the scarf falling down) one side, and made of printed, crepe de chine, which also adorns the sleeves and the band round] the hips. If you try one of these,

I think you will like the effect;)

but remember that the scarf musti

be slotter underneath the collar,

great actress. To my everlasting sorrow, it was not a personal en-

and not "botched" on outside-a] I remembered my first journalistic thing which is of course obvious] encounter in connection with the to those of you who are very slick with your needle, but one which had to be pointed out with encounter, as for some years she phasia to me.

has been guarded from extreme publicity by her daughter, Miss Edith Craig; and as an actress sh was distinctly "before my time".

Margarita's contribution is frock suitable for mornings and

A SEASON OF FLASHING GEMS.

Madame la Mode is in a flashing | White gowns heavily beaded in mood: this winter. She has sent forth the word that jewels must be worn lavishly.

Bracelets of brilliant stores are put on the arms so thickly that they look like deep enffs. Heavy gold chains hang from the wrists. Round the neck haug. pearls by the yard, some creamy, some faint. ly tinted with colour. From the ears hang rings of jewels, long pendants, big solitaire stones, On the fingers are single-stone rings, emeralds, rubies, sapphires! Round the hips are belts of jewels;

The very dress gleams like bne' big scintillating diamond. Never had Mudame la Mode been so generous in her use of jewels för evening dress.

White dresses in satin. in geor. gette, beaded and sequined, were predominant at New Year and Christmas parties.

rhinestones and crystals are con- spiruous, wherever smart women gather at evening. Stender lines are followed with flowing motion on the skirt provided by means of fringes or floating panels.

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Picture Dresses,

Very fashionable is the picture) dress for dancing, and how charm- ing it is! A girl in her first sea- son, a young bride, is at her best when wearing one of the new pic.. titre dresses.

These models have skirts of moderate width and length, and they are not crinolined, only faint-

This shows a novel addition to the jumper.

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MADELEINE

Two becoming little hate described in "over the teacups,"

of the year has been Anita Loos! Other women authors to earn "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". So commendation were Sylvia Town- that's ope to our sex!

send Warner, writer of a very Mr. Philip Guedella's "Palmera-clever and fantastic novel entitled ton," so my informant told me, "Lolly Willowes", and E. Barring has been a great success in its own line, as the author has succeeded ton, who is responsible for a study in making the great statesman of Byron, entitled "Glorious live in every line of the book-a Apollo". Neither of these books notable achievement in the case of should be missed by discriminat- biographies:

ing renders; nor should "Hang- man's House", by Donn Byrne, an Irishman with a magical and: romantic style-than which, need I say more? Admirers of Compton Mackenzie will be glad to know that down on his "tight little is land" he is engaged in preparing a romance of considerable length -eight volumes, I believe, which will take two or three years to write. Anyhow, well worth wait- ing for!

Then for travel books, our sex is again supposed, according to my dear, impartial gentleman, to "take the palm"-a very appro- priate description in view of the fact that he was referring to "The The Street of Adventure,

Venture Book" and "The Further Venture Book", by Elinor Mor- Only a few days ago I had a daunt: These books, both publish- chat with one of the most promined during the year under review, ent people in the world of books--deal facinatingly and interesting from a publishing, not a creatively with South Sea Islands, parti. point of view and he told me that cularly the little, lesser known without doubt the literary success

ones.

FASHIONS; FADS AND FANCIES.

Something new in the way of | lampshades as we see in the shops cosmetic-cases is a box sent over to-day. There are lights for the from Paris. Locking just like any.dressing table, wrought of glided. ornamental match-box. this is iron or big poreclain flowers with quite small and prettily enamelled, draperies of chiffon and silk and has a two-fold use, In one side matches are kept, but, in the other, are the most unusal of arti- cles, a row of artificial matches, whose tips have been covered with little lumps of carmine. Thus are aids to smoking, as well as the means of brightening, one's lips contained in the same case.

Jade.

stiffened. In plain satin, with one side of the skirt and the bodicėj embroidered with an immensa flower in beads or sequins, how lovely! Pink, white, lavender, THIS WEEK'S RECIPE. the Winter are including jade hats,

blue, with the flower in silver!.

The picture dress in grey or

To-day's Hair Mode.

flowers. Thick, dark green or black shades are there for the scholar, fitted over solidly-balan- ced desk lamps. One wall bracket is a black glass lump, with a golden urn engraved in the centre; a shell of mirrored blasa.forms an effective background to reflect the light to another, while a big gilded: eagle supports two brasa.cups of Jade will be one of the outstand-light in engraved glass globes. ing colours of the early Spring season. This shade is alrendy) well launched in Paris. Small If you are not shingled, they hats of jude felt are among the the chances are that you will be newest Parisian millinery. notes. coiling your hair just behind the Jade jewellery is worn a great ears, with the ears showing, f deal, and those going South for they are pretty ones. A jewelled band is the lateat of the West End frocks, handbags, and shoes in jewellers' devices for adorning the their wardrobes.

backs of the heads of the unshing- fed, or the shingled-grown-long. Very delightful is the little The band, of silvergilt, is studded A dress of black. 9 or 10 butter crackers, blady, clad in her laces and satins with a pattern of minuto, coloured. satin with a silver, gold, or Kraft American clicesu

(rub who covers the gaunt telephone-gems, and this band reaches from diamond flower worked on it is through grater), 1⁄2 cup milk, The latest of these ladies” is one tight coil to the other, em- charming. Again the dress may teaspoon salt, flour. Split the dressed in Marie Antoinette style, Phasising the desirable flatness in be plain and have some old lace crackers, If the thick sort are se- but, instead of a hat over her the nape of the neck. on the bodice in fiche or bolero lected, or with a sharp knife cut silvery wig, there is suspended an

Fans Agalo, form: There is a model in puce them into pieces of uniform size. electric globe, with its silken

Few girls would not be delight- colored satin, with old yellow Pour the milk over them and drain shade. The effect is far from in-ed to possess one With light-coloured georgette

of the now. feathers are dresses flowers or

face round the decollete. There it off at once. With the milk, congruous, and the conveniently- used as trimmings. A long ostis another in black velvet and old flour, chease, and salt, make a placed light enables one to peruse hinds, thrust in a most attractive

Cover with bread crumbs the telephone directory with.ense fans. Such

belt, that are, actually, miniature creamy lace. Madame In Mode is sauce.

a belt, worn by a to leaning strongly

womanly, and brown in the oven, or simply

Cigarette Lighters. graceful fashions once more. rehent without covering with

amart demoiselle the other day, crumbs.

was quite narrow, under an inch, and made of gold and scarlet lea ther. When the "knife" was 'pull- ed out, it revealed a charming little peacock fan. This belt-fan was worn with a beige faced cloth cost-frock.

They may have trimmings cf. crystal beads, pearl beads, silver or gold sequins, mother-of-pearl sequins, but the groundwork to them is white. When there ars many beads and jewels on a dress flowers are not worn,

A Feather Vogue.

rich feather may curl, across skirt, another across a bodice, or a group of feathers may be act on a shoulder.

Cock's feathers, are also used in.

the same way as ostrich feathers

and flowers. As an instance: On.

black may also be worn by the BAKED CRACKERS & CHEESE, older women of our day to their advantage.

Side Dips,

Many of the new skirts dip at

and

long-sleevod)

well-dressed and fashionable fore

a georgette dreas in two shades of the sides, a fashion which given gather you will see Parisians mauve may be put a cock's feather the impression of greater length wearing black, ornament in the same: two shades. High-necked Long feather fringes in soft col-dresses are worn in the day-time Black georgette dresses trimmed ours also trim georgette dresses, almost without exception. The with fringe, with fur, under big and feather flowers of all kinds fashion is likely to

endure fur coats of. black astrakhan trim are used at the hip and on the throughout the spring.

med with grey or white fur, shoulder, ----Again, u'huge feather fan mayThe taste of the moment in Bright complexions and jewels ro be the ono ornament on a plain Paris is all for black in the after- lleve these dark ensembles from georgette, satin, or lace dress. noon. Wherever you go where the gloom.

Covered.

Cigarette smoking among wo men has became so universal that we now find, each woman carrying her own lighter. Little lighters of snakeskin with gold dipped tops are among the smart novelties, Lighters shaped like lipsticks and enamelled red are favourities for carrying in the handbag. Still smaller than these are lighters shaped like cigarettes with goll tips and white body portions.

Shading the Light Surely, there has never before been such a bewildering maze of

Eccentric Ear-Rings. Perhaps the most gorgeous pair| of earrings seen this season were thode worn by a woman in the audience of a West End theatre the other evening. These novel· earrings showed a pair of golden cages containing the tinipet, judo

parrots yet created. Bar jewels,; 'contrived of long strips of jade,

amber, or cornelian, are the most. fashionable at the moment, but such novelties as golden cages ara" favoured by women who have a passion for such eccentricities,

| This" "coub" is a "gold-col ed novelly woollon;.

Fururious collar and cuffs

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for