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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932.

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WOMEN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

END OF THE DAY GOWNS.

GIVE FEMINITY TO NEW MODE,

By Rosette Hargrove.)

Withi

FASHION NOTES.

On Handling Trains.

The now Paris evening dresses in the formal ontegory nilow no slouch. ing, either at the shoulders or the must be where your athletic instruc waistline. The weight of the body or advised you to place it, i.c., on the hall of the font, or every line in the evening clothes will slither aud

The novelty of the season is the lace afternoon gown. styles generally no strongly inclined to the ultra-feminine, it is not surprising that such a dainty medium as luce has come into its own again. Undaunted by the general trade depression, the French lace manufacturers have never before offered such a choice of novel ideas and every couturier has taken advantage of this opportunity.

The new dull surfaced Inces made a timely appearance In go awry. connexion with the end-of-the-day gown,

Few

women invited to

The train must be handled expert

a formal afternoon function or a cocktail party relish the idea of y, both when you walk and silow it rushing back home to change if dinner at a fashionable restaurant to trail on the floor behind, and when is to follow or if the party is prolonged into a plenic meal and you take it in hand, bridge. An ordinary alk afternoon frock, however smart, in apt

Somo smart Parisiennes have been

narrow

to appear a little too informal as the evening wears on, and that scan handling trains this season as if is why the Paria couturier created the lace afternoon frock.

they had been born to it, and they Modernity Triumphs in New Laces. Machine-made laces can be with any of the so-called classical hundavourably compared to-day seem to like the job. 31. in a job.

hand-made lacca such as Chantilly with the skirts as

As they Irish lace, guipure, point d'Angleterre, needlepoint and others, are thin sonson.

The compensation While all the old-fashioned patterns are still copied, the modern is found in the supreme slenderness offer newer designs and are equat in bentity.

and grace of the silhouette which has Bauer, one of the lending Ince manufacturers in France, not a break in it at waist or hip-line. crented for this acason a cotton lace with a shiny surface specially

A Chantal afternoon ensemble of tulle and lace. designed for day wear. Combining the weight, of cation with the appearance of silk, this makes an ideal medium for a late afternoon frock, as it can be tailored no ordinary dress fabric.

Chantal offers a charming afternoon or informal dinner ensemble of Jace and tulle comblued that is proving immensely popular. It is carried out in shadow tulle that looks like applicationa

of mousseline at a distance. The dress Ats the figure closely well below the hips where a rather wide flounce is attached. Four rows of flat tulle ruching decorate the hem of the skirt, which stops well above the ankle. The top of the dress is composed of a tulle yoke with a transparent effect, slightly decollete in a square both front and back, Over this is worn a short, straight bolero with moderately wide alecves. A formal hat of velvet trimmed with uncurled ostrich plumes completed the ensemble, which could be worn under an afternoon coat of cloth trimmed with fur or a fur cont. Without the bolero, the dream is sufficiently dressy for an Informal dinner party.

Couturlers Avall Selves of Varled Laces, Worth has on afternoon two-piece gown of silk and cotton Ince in a pastel pink and Lelong shows one in the new midnight blue and two in dark brown. Patou has one in the new caroub brown.

Another of Bauer's novelties is his Angel-skin fact, dull surfaced pattern. Still another is his "velvet" Ince, all silk, that looks like embossed velvet.

Астоян

1 The head of this London suburb will be found on the outskirts, 0 What Shakespearean character Anya. "If music be the food of 10 Very lively, and, when Sal in

lovo, play on"?

there first, very soothing. 11 Why attack? The silly fathead

isn't well.

12 Give nothing to the angel.

I am not as our forefather Bald (two words), 15 Carries considerable weight, I

pee, as well as being invigorat ing. 16 After five a zodiacal sign brings

about changes.

Evening Glover and Slippers. Evening gloves, like everything14 lelse in the evening modo, go to ox- tremes, being either very long or very short. Long gloven-16 and Is buttoned lengthe-are usually worn with formal toiletten, and short: gloves with informal clothes, though there is no hard and fast rule about

Wool Inces in minute modernistic floral designs are used for informal afternoon frocks but more especially for blouses, sweaters end, in the larger patterns, for contrasting cults and collars on dark, dresses.

Many informal evening gowns are fashioned of lace and túllo combined of two-coloured laces. Worth has one very successful model in a fine black lace with an emerald green lace yoke, aleaves and deep scalloped band hemming the skirt.

Jenny has an interesting collection of afternoon gowns com- hining crepe de chine and Ince, the latter introduced in the form of encrustations in the bodice in the form of transparent yokes, bows, and intricate insertions.

women.

Lace in an ideal fabric for the young as well as the older A black lace dress is always an asset. It wears well, seldom gets tired-looking and down not get old-fashioned as quickly as the more fashionable xilka and velvets.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

FRECKLES,

TASALONG

AND OSCAR

HAVE

ARRIVED

HOME.....

AND NOW, RILEY, WITH

A MECHANIC

FLYS BACK

TO THE MOUNTAINS

ΤΟ ΦΕΡΑΙΟ HIS

DISABLED

PLANE..

BOY' SETTING

THOSE KIDS HOME IS A LOAD

OFF OF MY

MIND!!

AND OSCAR,

UP BRIGHT AND

EARLY,

RUSHES

ONER

то FRECKLES HOUSE

it.

Evening slippors this senson are made of antin or brocade, rather than of orope-le-Chine, and they are prone to elaboration, with straps, jewelled buckles, and slides and buttons ns decoration.

The habit of matching the slippers to the frock contigues, and women Also wear gold or silver broende. Bandain.

HI,FELLAS! WE KINDA SURPRISED YOU,

DIDNT WE.....C'MON OVER TO FRECKLES HOUSE WITH WE!!

New Evening Suit!

Brand new is the full-dres evening suit for women. Mag- gy Rouf makes the trailing skirt and short coatee with puffed sleeves of dove grey valvet and the blouse of pink natin with a tiny golden floral

design.

Do Tell!

18 The Mohammedan Bible, 21 He made an English Princess a

Spanish Queen.

24 Turn back here.

30 Some good points about Eastern 28 I have to frighten you here.

Europe.

31 First I am reminiscent of a cow,

then of a buli, and, altogether, we get quite tied up.

32 This household may be turned into a school for horsemanship with very little effort.

33 To make an attempt beyond the

river will result in Inboar,

34 Number.

productive

35 Undoubtedly, the second in con- tained in the first, and both are essential to sound.

Down

2 Do a ban? There's abundance

hero.

A road runs for almost the en- tire length of this heavenly ob- ject.

4 Puts the mainanws in the shade. "I am race," but it might be more correct to say, many races" (onag.).

am

You must ahenys take a rest in the middle of the run-ridiculous though it may sound to those who know it.

MACAO CHINESE. TAKE PART IN THE CRACKER. CELEBRATION.

The

Where expansion is nocoSakry,

8 "How's it impossible to hava ■ on this lino?" "Well, air, there be only one train"

11 Though naturally cool and not easily moved, its work tends to make it heated.

13 What a scowl But with a change of heat it would just be right for a game of bridge.

17 What is "it on my arm"! Fancy

calling the bridge "11" (ansg.). 10 It may be all very well at a bargain, but there's something not straight about the bakery. 20 Cavel Look out for the Insect. 22 Sounds a suitable game for the royal household in ancient Egypt. 23 Describes no dwarf. This Is

about all, I can say--and rather disjointed, I'm afraid.

25. Wrinkled and no wonder, if it did. But don't believe it did. 27 The use of this developer, far from improving the general health, his quite a negativo et- feet.

28 Give MoRes a bob for the crypto-

gams,

29 This will give you a headache, and you'll come to a sinister end. (So early in the New Year, too).

Yesterday's Botntion

SYNCHRONISE

T

BECRETE

ARTS OA TUR UFF RHE NHA

F CAYENNE

EXTREME

AMATORY BENNETT

M H BUTE

A FEND ASTOP CREW ETAH MELE ROSTRUM TNTEGER BWA DUE

SHOCKHEADED↑

LEAGUE EXPENSES. BRITAIN'S CONTRIBUTION OVER £1,000,000.

Macao, Feb. 24.

London, Feb. 24. Chinese community st Replying to a question In the Macno have boon following the House of Commons, Capt. Eden eald movement in Shanglial with very that the expenses of the League of keen interest, and lose no op Nations down to the end of 1981 portunity to Abow their en were £11,000,000, of which Bri- thusiasm over any Chinese Buctain's contribution was

Approxi- cesses

NO USE TRYI}J' TO GET IN THERE ... WE TRIED....THERES A MILLION REPORTERS AN PHOTOGRAPHERS

IN HIS HOUSE !!

In the struggle between mately £1,080,000. — Reuter's China and Japan. Thin was dis- Special Service.

played in a special manner yes-

terday evening when information

reached the colony that the Shanghai have found their way to Chinese had gained certain im Macao and are being accom portant points in the struggle,modated by the local charitable and crackere were fired all over institutions.

the city by the enthusiastic The Portuguese transport, the Chinese of Macao.

Gil Eanea, has been ordered to Subscriptions in aid of 'victims proceed to Shanghai to bring of the fighting have been collectel away women and children in case and a big sum of money is kno a such a necessity should arise. to have been remitted by the and will be leaving Macas at an Macao Chinese for the relief of early date-Our Own Correspon- sufferers. Many refugees from dent.

Skin irritations

or chapped hands of lips are quickly healed

by applying liberally

MENTHOLATUM

"YEAH? WELL, WHAT

DO THEY WANT TO GO TO HIS HOUSE FOR? I'M TH HERO OF THIS

THING!!

By Blosser

HERO? YOU A HERO! HOHOHA

DON'T SAY THAT AGAIN, OSSIE, OR-

HARA I'LL JUST DIE

HAHAAHAA

FROM LAUGHING

HERO-HAAHAHA

HAAHAHEEERO

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