1938-04-05 — Page 2

Afternoon frocks are more sophisticated, less dressy

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GRACE WILSON'S News for Women

Coiffures for Pretty Necks: "Scrap-Album" Dresses

IN

SECOND DAY OF SUMMARY

BY ROBB AND LUCY MILNER OF THE NEW SPRING SHOWS

Hints for Hostesses

PLANT your spring bulbs,

such as parrot tulips, cro- cuses and snowdrops, in any odd antique wineglasses you may have. Placo wineglass in front of each guest, and you have something now and personal in the way of table decoration. Scarlet tulips are particularly attractive, for they look like a row of soldiers round the table. Especially if you cover up the earth with a bed of bright green moss.

Home-made Mots

THE season's newest table.

mats can be made at home. Buy a yard of pastel linen to

TWO points stood out about after-tone with your dining room

noon frocks in the early dress shows this year.

First, frocks were sophisticated rather than dressy; second, hardly any prints were shown at all. In colour, black and navy blue were easy winners.

colour scheme and cut it up into

mats measuring about nine inches square. Fray the edges of the mats with a strong needic, so that you have a fringe about three-quarters

of an inch wide.

If you're an embroideress you can give the mats an expensive note by working your initials" in a tiny circle

in the centre in a contrasting silk. Leiluce-green linen with black от chestnut initials is a smart combina-

At first it was impossible to tell whether these were only individual ideas of one or two designers, but as the same theme ap- peared in show after show during the week tion. I realised that here was n main trend of fashion.

All kinds of pleating

are used even PLEATS

more on after- noon frocka than they are on sulta, Often they make the only trimming-running first one way, then the other; stitched down or left open; stepped up on a skirt or panelled into bodlec.

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From New York

WHEN your friends come

in

for a game of bridge after dinner use the plain wooden tray off your trolley for the cakes and biscuits, use no traycloth, but place the cakes and biscuits in rows; a row of sugar biscuits, then o row of cakes, then a row plain biscuits, and so forth. This excel- lent idea from New York makes it easy for the guests to see al

glance

Glass Cups

A line which appeared again and again in the fater shows was pleating which started, not from the waist of a frock, but from the hips. Į what you have to offer them. More sophisticated than an entirely pleated skirt, which always has something of a schoolgirl look about it.

Waistlines are lower, often carried right on down to the hips and emphasised there by panels of pleating or lines of stitching Eccentricities like boned corsels worn over a dress showed up now and again, but the moulded, draped waists of last year are gone.

Navy blue crepe made romaine. with a low jersey bodice. A deep ponci of accordion pleat- ing hangs from the hips, Just and another from above the knees, Neck is double with a Anished bow of white pique.

Here's 172 CX- of the ample

idea for пе making the buck

new

of a frock us important as the front. The front of this frock was plain black crepe.

IN the latest coiffures Another early straw had a narrow

But pale blue veil right over the crown. there's brushed-up look the ends tied under the chin from the hair line, the

crown of the head is kept

flat and curls surmount all. Is the new idea of "scrap-album"

ornamentation of dresses to be

Hair requires to be of a taken seriously? consistent length to dress it First an evening dress carrying photographs of Alm stars round the

to this style, and curls are in- wide hem, then a belt on a dress visibly pinned to keep them in with bag to match made of shiny place.

Victorian postcard mounted on suede and patent leather have been seen recently in London dress shows.

Good for revealing a pretty neck and well-shaped cars.

THERE seems no end to the variety

of ways in which hat veils can be worn. A perky new sailor model I saw had a veil gathered in cloud round the band which held the hat to the head at the back,

turzy round-and there's a big panel of pleated chiffon down the back, printed with small, chintzy flowers, red

round the nhoulders and again in a deep band below walst

the

Flower Feature

THE smartest way to

serve

your coffee is in glass cups and saucers. A favourite pat- tem hos sliver stars on clear gloss. The price of these is 4s. 114. for a cup and saucer.

Ramekins

[OST· hostesses begin their

Tone show I saw the nice Muncheon party with some AT

idea of pinning a

flower

on each lapel of a long cout; when the coat comes off you find the same bunch of flowers prluted on the frock underneath.

What prints there Are small; formal, Oriental designs, or chintzy, daisy patterns. You remember luct year's craze for light printed jackets over dark frocks? This year they've reversed it, pul plain jackets over printed frocks, the jacket picking up one colour of the print.

Not so many suits

TAILORED afternoon

suits

in silles and satins were so much talked up by fashion fore-

custers that I expected to see more of them. Actually they did uppear few times in every show, but weren't all that prominent.

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If you feel you'd like one-and they're pretty smart-have it made of ottoman silk or alpaca, cut plain as a man's suit, and wear it with a pleated chiffon blouse.

TRENDS

TECKLINES are

high but

There's a pleasant. young-look-

of round and ing fashion for putting a casual little TULL, heavy bunches of artificial childish collars; several simple Vs. Jacket, short and swinging, or

flowers-violeta, anemones, snow- drops, etc-and perfect reproduc- tions of the real thing, are being

shaped, over a frock of the ODICES are tight as you colour.

BODICES as yo

sume

me

shown as important accessories to right on down over that difficult line, SLEEVES are three lengths:

the new ensembles.

INDIVIDUALITY

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Be dressed to suit your own personality. Own staff of experienced Shanghai tailors working under Madame Helano's personal supervision. Ordors can be completed in a very short timo.

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Which will you have -

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Or Sore Throat?

short (four inches below your diaphragm. An easier to-wear variation is straight, flat panel your shoulder); just below the el- running from neck to waist, fulness bow down to the wrist. shirred in from the sides all the way down.

MAT

MATERIALS: Dull

rather than shiny; fine wool. CIKIRTS are supple and crepe romaine, alpaca, jersey; otto-

flowing, following your man; heavy crepe de Chine, movements as you walks, with bunchy pleating or folds front ог back. Length: Slightly shorter- fifteen inches from the ground.

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TRIMMINGS: Embroidery:

lace; bands of colour; de- tails of pleals and panela,

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form of egg dish in individual ramekins. Just on the market is a set of ramekins in heavy poliery on Π tray of the same pottery. The ramekins have tiny handles so that the tray can be handed round easily and and

of top to guests can help themselves. The the tray and the inside of ramekins are lined with a colour to match your dinner service, while the outside is painted a deep cream. The price for four ramekins and tray complete is 7s. Id.

CHINA CARE VERY delicate and valuable

china must be treated na carefully as one would a week- old baby. It must be sponged carefully, not washed ruthlessly like ordinary cups and saucers.

Then again it is foolish to let a servant wash valuable croc- kery. It is not fair on her to give her so much responsibility. Wash your china yourself, then you have only yourself to blame if it is broken.

Don't put too much soap in

the water; this makes the china slippery and lends to disastrous results,

If you And a permanent place for your small Chinese cups or valuable plates, elther on a shelf or arranged up the stairs, why not stick them in place?

plan is

by adopted many experien your friends with

collectors. Don't lengthy descriptions of how where you got certain pieces china. It they are not collectors themselves, then you will find that the limit of their interest in that plece you mid so many pounds for will be a pollte, "How pretty

and of

Be careful where you place your must valuable pieces. Remember that the rumble of a passing lorry might sluke them down from the picture rail.

M. F.

HOME HINTS WHEN washing fragile fabrics

in hard water. add a few drops of glycerine. Pure glycerine will remove stains from all wash- able materials. Apply with a soft pad to the affected part and leave for a few minutes; then wash tha garment in the usugl way.

Blacklead moistened with a littlo methylated spirits will make the kitchen stove shine.

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Lacquered trays 'should never bo washed. Clean them with a cloth dipped in olive oil.

Hard leather can be softoned If It Is sponged with warm water, drled thoroughly, then rubbed all over with olive oil.

Paint stalna on glass can be re- moved with turpentine,

Before beginning to wash dishes, rinse those which havo contained egg, milk, or four in cold water before placing thom in hot water.

M: W.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1938.

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