1937-03-01 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937.-):

Local Anzacs Are Holding Their Annual

Plain And Fancy Dress Masked Ball On April 2

What

are

YOU going as?

Three ideas for FANCY DRESS which are-

(a) easy to

to make

(b)

comfortable to

wear

ANCY dress parties are great Jun, but, it tan't make the whole thing you can just make the bodice and always easy to think up a dress that is simple, wear it over an old cuening dress or dinner skirt (the original, and of course becoming. It is important, skirt must be full). It is best to have the skirt in a deep too, that it shouldn't be too tight or too heavy, or nou rich colour-wine for instance-and make the bodice of

black velvel, shaped to the waist. will get hot and tired as soon as you start to dance

These three dresses have been designed with an cpe on these points. One of them is sure to suit you, make the three-sided hat, For the mantilla you will and you can make it for very little cost and trouble.

K

A circular-brimmed black felt hat can be bent up to

want at least three yards of black lace, more if possible; the poll wants to be long and full to hang in becoming folds. Last details: an eye-masle and fan, and black bows on your wrists. If you happen to have one of those wide frilly petticoats wear it, and let it show a little beneath the hem of your skirt.

TOP LEFT: BACCHANTE. Make a smock na shown in the diagram from two pieces of material (linen would suit (1). Just tack the two pieces together on the This dress will suit nearly everybody, and the 'black shoulders and up the sides and tie a belt round your lace vet is particularly becoming. You can, of course, waist. Gather the neck loosely.

adapt the shape of the bodice to sult you.

For the leopard skin get a ward of leopard skin cloth. It's quite cheap and looks real enough. Swathe it round your hips, fastening it to your bell, and cut the edges in a slightly jagged shape.

LEFT: BUTCHER Boy. You must go to your You can turn your old beach shoes into sandals by brother's wardrobe for some of this outfit. Get him to thing them on with tape, Greek fashion. And the final lend you his bowler, a shirt, coltar, and tie. Make your- touch-four bunches of grapes, two on one shoulder, two self a smart waistcoat from some gally coloured säteen. in your hair, fastened on by a piece of ribbon.

Over a pair of light-fitting shorts, wear an apron made This idea will sult you if you are blonde, with curly of blue and white striped flannel." hair, not too thin, not too tall.

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RIGHT: VENETIAN DOMINO.

This dress is

Borrow the sharpening steel from the kitchen_and tie it on a string round your waist, itke a sword. Long alk stockings and high-heeled Court shoes will make you look really gay.

Wear this outfit if you are long-legged and thin.

not as complicated as it looks. If you do not want to Better if your hair is really short, too.

After the romps

and excitement of Christmas, a quiet, sitting- down game is best for all.

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BUBBLE

URING the holidays the children like to ask their ttle friends in to ten from time to time, and mothers often find that they are getting short of Ideas for entertaining their small Kursts,

After the romps and excliemenis of Christmas a quiet game which they can play sitting down will be all to the guori.

They'll All Join In

A bubble blowing afternoon would be a delightful novelty, and is a splen- did amusement for children of all area. It possesses the great advantage that it can be played either indoors or out, in the garden if the weather is fine, or, if 'wet, in any roam covered with linoleum or pollshed boards.

The little guests should be asked to arrive about three o'clock, wearing their oldest nursery suits and trocks, with sleeves that will roll up above the elbows, or, better still, bringing with. them their overalls, for bubble blowing in earnest is damp work.

It is a wise precaution to secure a

BLOWING

PARTY

mackintosh bib round the necks of the younger children, to prevent any possi bility of the soapy water penetrating through their clothes,

The table at which the bubble blowers are to sit should be a large deal-topped one, stripped of its cloth, for on bare wood the bubbles will bounce up and down like rubber balls. Chairs should be high, or provided with cushions, so that the children cau alt well above their bowls, and perhaps the very tiny ones would be happler sitting on the floor.

alvo cach child a clay pipe with a fairly long slem, keeping a few in re- servo in case any get broken, and provide each one with a separate basin of soapsude.

Preparing the Soapsuds

The suds should be made bofore hand, for the success of the party depends on a really good soapy mix-

WATSON'S

ture. Distilled or rain water is better than tap water, and use a liberal quantity of soap flakes.

Bir briskly until they are dissolved. then add some pure glycerine (an ounce to a pint of water) and stir again.

The glycerine not only ensures the bubbira -being bigger and stronger, but makes them' assume lovely, iridescent tints as they flaut up into the air. During tho afternoon.

опо of the grown-ups. could perhaps blow somo demonstration bubbles Alled Wiliz smoke. All that necessary is to la hale from a cigarette, and then blow in the pipe. The babbles will be filled with snake, and will look most fascin- ating breaking into enchanting puffs when they burst.

To make the game more exciting. It is an excellent plan to divide the players into two sides, inaking a divki- ng line of chalk or a piece of string down the centre of the table.

One player blows 'a bubble across the ine, the other side returns it, and so- the game goes on. The losing side is the one in whose area the bubble bursts. This game continues until one side scorea Alve "goals."

It you arrange an afternoon's fun on these lincs, you'll find the children will be kept happy and amused until. tea-time, and I wouldn't mind wager- Ing that it won't be only the children who will get an enormous amount of Fun out of such a simple pleasure.

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