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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928.

INTERNATIONAL ART.

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GREAT EXHIBITION AT VENICE.

Great progress has been made with the arrangement of the six- teenth biennial, exhibition of In- ternational Art to be opened in the charming Glardini Pubblici, Venice, on May 3 by the Duke of Bergamo, writes a correspondent to the Morning Post recently.

TO-DAY'S FILMS.

LAURA LA PLANTE'S NEW COMEDY.

Laura La Plante's latest comedy, "Finders Keepers," comes to the Queen's Theatre to-day us the chief attraction until Saturday. The action of the story is laid in a war time training camp where Miss La Plante appears as the beautiful daughter of the camp commandant. Her love for a private brings about It is becoming apparent that on inuch trouble for ali concerned and the whole the various collecthings are not made better when tions will give an excellent idea the girl's father withholds bin con- of the trend of artistic thought-sent to an early wedding. The and expression throughout Europe greatest merriment is caused when

WOMAN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

The Golden Age.

GLORIES OF SILK AND WOOL.

Some of the new styles, glorlès

Over-Anxious Parents.

White Elephants.

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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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Does every woman occasionally Never surely were more time and make purchases which she regrets attention given by parents to the afterwards, or are therò ing up of their children than are given to day.

When the study of their off- spring's needs and peculiarities is

toward classic order and clarity, Miss La Plante impersonates, a' of silk and wool, simply take the problems connected with the bring-super-shoppers who always know

notably in those of Italy, France, Moreover, in several pavilions, and Belgium, will be found oppor. tunities of comparing the work of the early Nineteenth Century with that of the present, and seeing how far the one has influenced the other,

Tea countries are represented: Italy, England, Franco, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Holland, Hun- gary, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet Russin, ench in its own pavilion erected at national, or, in the case of Venice, communal

expense,

while that of Great Britain was acquired by the late Sir David Salomons in 1909 and presented to the nation.

This admirable building has the best site of all. It stands on the higher of the only two "hills" in Venice, neither of which rises in proportion above the lovel of the Lagoon more than does a 'saucer above the top of a ten table. Yet the city's Monte Rosa commands a aplendid view of the domes and campanell and the clear rose- green waters of Venezia.

Cost of Upkeep.' The question of the upkeep of the building is serious. It costs Aomë £300 a year, which the 'Goy- ernment refuses to defray, and there would have been no British contribution to the show this spring had it not been for the generosity of Sir Joseph Duveen.

national credit.

to be near the man she loves like them. The simple sincerity private in order to enter the camp breath away. There is nothing Once there, she finds herself in the cluiches of a violent sergeant who of the designer's sense of beauty mistakes her for a recruit, and she is clearly felt. They suggest the in forced to go un parade with full

lived quieter marching kit. The sequel is ex- Golden Age, when the world was

funny. Directed.

by young, and women tremely Wesley Ruggles, who has been res-

the Ilves than now. 1ur many ponsible comedienne's recent successes, the excellent supporting cast includes Edmund Breese, Arthur Rankin and William Gorman.

of

Yet there is nothing about them

the wardrobe of the modern wo- which should exclude them from

man.

"The Heart of Solome."

Gold and silver lame, embroid "The Heart of Salome," the pic- ture at the World Theatre from to-dered in the same or in colours, day to Saturday, is an absorbing story of an international apy, play-makes some of the most gorgeous ed by Alma Raberis. There is a of evening gowas for the coming great dent of action, humour and

Paris season. suspense in the picture, together"

There is a lovely example of with a thrilling sword duel which comes as the climax. The settings in Paris, where the siren exercises this being shown in a collection her wiles, as well as the rural in the Rue de la Paix which is of scenes, where she appears country maid are equally good.silver lame embroidered with big The cist is excellent, for besides silver roses. The skirt is formed Miss Rabens herself, there is Barry of loose, narrow panels, with one Norton, who. appeared as the young

roses at she of the big silver artist in "What Price Glary. Others worthy of mention include rounded end of the panel. A big Robert Agnew, Walter Dugan and choux of emerald green tulle is Virginia Mugison.

drawn through the silver girdle in the middle of the frant.

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"Ankles Preferred." Madge Bellamy, charming Fox star, comes to the Star Theatre lo- day in a new picture entitled "Ankles Preferred," which will be

screened until Saturday. The pic-

These choux or bows, tied in the front by-the-by, are very much used on evening frocks for the

Rhinestone Sun.

A rhinestone sun shines from this silver clóch evening purse.

ao well what they want and when they are not getting it, that they

never have to live down a mis- take in hate, cushions, or cur- taina?

Some women are very loth to tall about the white elephants they acquire through their own fault, but it is my own bellef that the unskilled shopper would bo not à little theered if she know just how many women's wardrobes and cupboards were

sheltering things they wish how they had never Bean....

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1 Ancient quoit. 4 Middle part of ships. 8 Jewels,

11 Underground fleshy stom. 12 Yellowish dark colour. 13 Beautifal, ⠀ .

15 Divino messenger. 18 Porcolate.

But in nothing docs early train-18 Torment ing show so clearly, I think, writes

a lady in a Home" journal, as in

10. Tenfooted crustacean. 20 Covared chair. 22 Skin.

25 Rows.

Tugged;

the attitude which a woman takes 28 rating to the chock.

to her unwanted clothes after she has bought them-unless, of course, aho is very rich and money

is nothing to her,

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There always seems to me to be

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32 Sour ple.

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39 Small In Agure.

40 Personal belonging.

44 simple non-metallic element.

something Calvinistic in the way 46 Fondled closely.

that some women will punish them-49 Namo of two Scandinavian books. selves by wearing till it is thread-60 Habituate. bare a garment which they hate, 51 Rodent quadruped. rather than face the fact that they 52 Part of the elbow. have made u sartorial mistake in 153 Assault,

54 Character. buying it, and that they are mak-

55 Horny growths. ing another in wearing it.

66 Stagger,

Yet a friend of mine, who is matters, this is all more or less This state of affairs is not to our Lure presents Miss Bellamy as a younger generation. But for the confined more or less to physical

girl in a modiste shop who tries to older women, they are usually tied favourable to the children, but I economical, yet always dresses confess that, when I occasionally very smartly, told me once that succeed with her brains only to get on the side,

come across parents who seem to she never tried to live down her into all sorts of trouble rough

want to play the part of expert mistakes.

And to prevent herself from psychologists towards their

France and Belgium, realising the importance of Venice as an art centro-ita acason goes

on

her pretty ankles. Allan Forest

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The surplice waist is used more from now until October-nt only has the role of pleasure-loving than ever at the back, as well as bear the annual expense of the man of wealth, and Lawrence Gray the front, of evening gowns, and collecting and export of the works a young man of humble means the "U" has almost entirely replac-ary insight into their real charac- on view, but they appoint eminent who loves the girl, in spite of her ed the "y" shape for the back of State ofleinla, such as M. Charles craving for the fast life. There the newest evening gowns.

The designer who originated the Masson, Director of the Luxem-re many dramatic moments in the burg Museum, and M. Paul Lam-story but everything comes out all bette, Director of the Fine Arts right in the end. J. Farrell Mac-"U" shaped vest on the back of of his native land, to select the Donald. Arthur Housman, and day-time frocks (instead of at the Lillian Elliot contribute to the front) is still using this idea in works to be exhibited, and send fanny side of the film.

the modele of her new collections both men to superintend the ar

with a narrow turn-over collar, rangement of their respective pavilions. Hence the remarkable

which is usually tied with long collections brought together by

ends of the material.

these two countries.

general secretary of the exhibi- tlon, (whose services are invalu- able), ubly assisted by Glovanni Pinto, of Milan, and Marcello Great Britala leaves this enter- Piacentini, of Rome, the Italian prise to private munificence. The pavilion has been greatly im Government might at least au-

fares include a thorise the Exhibitions branch of proved, and its outstanding fea-

dren, and who have not even ordin-feeling in duty bound to do 80, dress allowance each year for ters, I pity the children from these allows a percentage of her bottom of my heart.

white elephants!” It must be torture for a sensitive,

child' to Imaginative

know (and a child does know such things) that it is, being care and drop at the back in a slanting fully studied, and it is al: line. This has a slimming effect most certain that the result will on the hips, which are covered be very often that the little victim lally without a ripple in the ma- will build a shell for itself of re-terial. Only at the waist is the serve and coldness, in order to keep dress allowed to pouch, off all attempts to invade the pr vacy of ita soul,

Far happier really is the child of happy-go-lucky parents, who take it for granted that the child who is

comprehensive Turquoise Necklace.loved and made happy, and punish-

the Board of Trade Oversens De-illustration of the art of the partment to take over the maid-Italian Theatre, representative tenance of the pavilion for the works in painting and genlpture, benefit of British artists, Venice important pieces in the latter sec has already shown practical up- tion being a figure of a foal, and preciation of their work by, pur- statues of Mussolini and G. Ber- chasing specimens for its galeryard Shaw. of Modern Art on the Grand Canal

British Works,

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Bourdelle, the famous sculptor, Gauguin, and Natisne dominate the French Pavilion. The Belgian I have already mentioned that is distinguished by the art of there are works by Augustus John Marcel Jeffreys, Xavier Mellery, our Henri Evenpoel, Guillaume Vogels, and Sir William Orpen in pavilion, which consists of six Maurice Wagemans, Louis Buis- to their sert, Robert Buyle, Leon Frederic, roome, but in addition paintings there, will be a large and Eugene Ldermans: Spain by mural decoration, "The Bullding that of 1. Solana, O, Echague, and of Pons Aelli," by A. K. Lawrence, S. Bomone; Bup the water which has been lent by the Cor-colours of Janos Vaszary; Hol- poration of Newensile-on-Tyne, land by the Michael Angelocaque and his cartoon for "An Allegory designs of W. A. Van Konynen- of Human Life," lent by the Bri- burg; and the restless confectione well as of a group of ultra-modern young tish School at Rome, as paintings, statuary, and etchings men,

George Germany sends a balch of paint- by, among others, Sir Clauson, William Rothenstein, ings by a band of belated fauves, Philip Connard, Arnesby Brown, examples of graphic art alone Henry Tonks, Sir C. J. Holmes, came from Czechoslovakia, and Glyn Philpots, Muirhead Bone, Russia has despatched mostly scenes from the Civil War, all and James McBey.

Under the direction of the well-painted, curiously enough, in any known, sculptor, Antonio Maraint, thing but Bolshevist fashion.

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

I'M GOING TO TAKE #YSELF TO SEE A SHOWE IF L. STAY AROUND WITH 74′ FELLÁS I'LL RUN INTO THAT FITTS GIRL.

OR BILLIE AN I'M SICK

OF GIRLS!

ed when it does wrong, will grow un straight and healthy if allowed to develop in its own way without any probing and prying on the part af its ulders.-L. M. in Exchange.

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cultivating curves is certain.. The evening gown is no longer a straight up- and-down affair, and even for day- wear, touches of feminine frilli- ness are permissible. There is a tendency to make, skirts a trifle longer at the buck than in front.

Waistlines are also sloped, but in varying ways. Several tend down at each side, from a higher level in front and back. Others slope diagonally. These lines are usually combined with arrange- ments of skirt-fullness, which are luxurious in efeet, but fall into absolutely vertical lines.

Sometimes the full and swing- ing skirts of the robe-de-style are joined to the hips by a line of scallops that dip slightly in front;

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Since initials appear every part of the wardrobe, we sketch this hat of belge felt with tucked monógram hold- ing up the narrow brim over one eye,

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