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BUY HIS GIFT AT POWELL'S ONLY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, "DECEMBER 23. 1930.

WOMEN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

Importance of Details Stressed.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

BLACK HOTT

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Embroidery effectively touches a soft sheer velvet afternoon gown (left), la fentured in a black and white formal after noon ensemble (centre), and distinguishes the cuffs and collar of

another afternoon frock of black crepe do chine (right).

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THOSE INITIALS.

Paople to whom letter-writing- and sending-is one of the day's at diangrecable duties will be

núranco.

FASHION NOTES.

Absence of Printed Materials.

There is a reaction against print- Although starvation is no longer glad that "someone has once again the fashion, women are still com-drawn attention to the amount of materiala. This does not monn pelled to keep a more or less care-time that is daily wasted in nd-that they are gone for ever. The dressing letters, through the initial presence of printed fabrics In ful eye on their diet.

the winter collections contradicta Angles may not be in the mode

But There is first the necessity of find. any such supposition at once. to-day, but it seems to be just ns:

A man's we are all conscious of a feeling dißeult to preserve the light anding out the initial of graceful curves which fo.m the Christian name before convention of fatigue, where prints are con ideal figure of Madame 1930 as it will allow us to add the Esq. atcerned. The eye enjoys plain aur

faces for a change. the end.

Prints have their times and places. to achieve the broom-stick|

But far more bothersome are those appearance of a few years ago,

strings of initials that come at then mer time they are an ideal fabric; a simple, small-patterned Then, there is the matter of end

dark brown, printed crepe, for in- It has been neglected deportment.

staare, is a lovely material.

Why

After all, doga any

2010

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our, neither does it now the

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in-

fer years, and now la causing up are whether a letter is addressed does not soil as easily na n plain

good deal of trouble. Long to him as "John Jones, C.B.E., strides in low-heeled shoes, on a.S.L. M.V.O. or simply revitable wrinkles as the plain ones- golf course. may be all right; if Jones," so long as it reaches him? 10. not graceful, any way they do notj took out of place.

The prevalence of black frockk

this season will necessarily be n

If the description were meant for A stride in the same way, howy yrs but his own, it would beat the moment does not mean that

janother matter. No one would ever, when you are wearing a long willingly deprive a man who has afternoon frock is

distinctly been honoured of the titles he has awkward in effect. And in the won, but it is useless to pretend that evening, it may even be disastrous, we can always remember them.

If you want to indulge in one'

black one either. The rich, dark colour of the colour-card for 1931, are ton beautiful and too becoming for that

Half Sleeves. They will be seen often in the daytime, and the pale toner

will which are so graceful for after-sleeves, boleros, and the rest of not leave the evening mode, evon noon thes dansants, or for evening the tricks with which the dress though reports have it that 35 per wear, practice walking in it first. makers have banished every trace eent. of black gowns are seen in the Try it before a mirror, for it is of severity from our dresses, all evening.

of the long, flowing, chiffon gowns

· Shoulder Capes. As for the very long evening gowns, not only a graceful walk is necessary, but we have to learn

difficult to realise how the ap demand a good carriage. If 'they! A number of fresh fashions shown pearance of a frock may be spoiltare to appear at their best, in the now collections will nover be until you actually see yourself Slouching won't do, nor will brus-seen ontido the dressmakers' walking in it.

que movements, and dressmakers salone. Frilled cuffs, worn, with A simi- may have to open schools of de-a alcovelean frock, is one. portment to teach their clients howlar idea consists of a hall sleeve worn nearly up to the elbow, where to walk.

It is gathered with plastic to keep Trains are another accessory in te giace, while over it, from which few women are able to to stand gracefully. These long mannge as yet. Still, they seem quetaire cuff. The effect of the bare the wrist, is placed a flaring mous- evening gowns have been such alto be falling out of favour,

arm between the end of the slave revolution that even yet we have perhaps we shall never need and the shoulder la very curious. not really accustomed ourselves to trait them gracefully after all. On a dress soon recently there were different deportment in the But oven then, there are our long stiffened pleated rules round the evening from that of the day. skirta which meat with disastrous neck, and cuffs very similar to those The little shoulder capes and accidents. On staircases when we worn by the Booloaters at the Tower- capelets, queer little epaulotte forget to pick them up.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS.

NOW IF THAT BIRD 1 ANYWHERE NEAR, WE'LL FIND HIM....HE'S GURG TO HAVE A FIRETM

HES SITTA EAT AN' KEEP

MARIM

I CLAIM IT MAG ONG OP THE BINKLEY GANG WHO STOLE THAT PAYROLL. FROM YOU” BONS AN' THAT NG BORRANED ONE OF MY HORGES TO DO

IT WITH THEN BEAT IT ON FOOT, TO THROW US

OFF HIS TRAM. ........

80

of London.

Look! 16 THAT A MAN DOWN

THERE

Across

1 One of the minor prophets.

5 A moisy quarter in the United

States, in July.

10 A schemer in modern parlance.

11 "Single men in barricks don't

grow into

saints."--Kip. ling.

12 A step in the wrong direction. 13 "I beg your pardon

15 "Like the tail of the cow be

this," as the yokel might say,

17 Half a drum.

19 One of the United States. 21 Silver.

23 Thus a bishop puls in orders.

24 One of Princons Elizabeth's

great-great-grandfathers.

20 A well-known novelist during

the lifetime of 24 across,

28 Not quite nice.

31 Thrash

32

tendency that comes quickly to an end.

33 Hindustani.

36 "Ran call" (anag.).

37 I'm sorry this clue is ineffective. 38 An inmate of this keeps regular hours, though his days may be laborious.

39 Antonio was a celebrated one, and so was Dick Whittington.

Down

1 More than mero dialike. 2 This unlawful person is a vessol

and-well that's ali. 3 This

before flew long

the Brothers Wright.

4 A difficult thing to do to

dandolions and docks.

6 Here cricketers and spectators

may see a gasometer,

7 This with others like it in fanten-

cd across a ship's shrouda..

8 Ibsen made public his views on

this in "Coats,"

D This whale helps the candle-

maker.

14 A generic name applied to a group of several South European languages.

16 Even the tallest may, bo this in

these hard times.

18 A crime apt to make those on

the trail very heated.

20 Out of sorts.

21 This one might be you, I, or the

other fellow.

22 Sounds useful headgear in apite

of the hindrance,

26 Stewed ment.

27 A great ape.

28 What does the laundry-maid do that the mutineer may wear

20 Rarely seen, at the back of a

train.

30 A learned man.

34 Con this for yellness.

36 This fellow is standing on kl

hend. He is a queur customer.

Yesterday's Solution,

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