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Tuesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 20, 1938.

FASHION IN FULL DRESS

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High

Important Corsage

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Puff Sleeves fo

Muff bag

Trim Waist

Fullness starting on hips

FAMOUS playwright once wrote n play called "You Never Can Tell." . The moral of it was that it is not wise

to be too undecided and never to "know`one's mind; on the other' hand it does not do to be too sure. During the last few days I have en reininded of this by readers, ho have written in to point out hat Naaman, the leper, was ad- sed by his slaves to take the Ice of the propliet, not by the captive maid who waited on le. Although it is true that Est of all suggested the expe- Són to consult him.

Feeling that I knew the Bible stories practically off by heart, I did not confirm the quotation, with the result that I misquoted.

Happily, lo this case, no particu- far huru was, I trust, done, but I must confess that many a time I -baye been aslaunted at the way in which people will give information in the most positive way for which they have no warrant,

Without Prool

They do not even say that they think this, that or the other, or that it is their opinion.

They say definitely that trains leave at such a time, that buses stop at such a place, or make state- ments about the actions of others. without having the slightest proof

Added fullness

to the back

Minnie Pallister warns you—

Don't Be Too Sure.

this way they may cause infinite trouble, delay, or even worse mis- haps to those who take their word for it.

We often hear women say, "I could have sworn," and that means that they have been positive and found out too late that they were quite wrong.

Anyone connected with a court of law will tell us how impossible It is to get accurate accounts of the simplest accident.

Eye-witnesses who do not intend

MIDCE: Motorist

of the truth of their statements. In "Change down, Judy, she's knocking? “

By Mary Grace

to be untruthful will give false accounts of what happened,

Probably out of this well-known carelessness of the average person has arisen the old saying, "Give the benefit of the doubt."

Slight & Slander

Too often we think the worst on very slender evidence. We are so certain that so-and-so slighted us, or slandered us, or took offence. when all the time there is not a shred of real evidence to support our accusation.

Better to be sure than sorry" is another wise old tag. Instead of "swearing" that we locked that door, turned off the water, switched off the light, put those documents awny. We had better spend the time confirming it.

Before We Rive information which may misicad people and cause loss or damage, it is better to look up our facts or say that we don't know before being "perfectly "that a friend or an em- certain ployee has been guilty.

Next time I catch myself saying "I'm sure," I shall remember the little captive maid and make sure.

Helpful Hints Rusk Rarebit Home Hints

BEFORE spreading a sponge sund- wich with jum-Highly butter each side first and the Jum will

not sink in..

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Before opening tins of longue, animon, &c, allow the thi to stand for an hour or so in cold water. This ensures EX clean release of the * contents.

After using a bottle of glue, dip the cork in glycerina before replacing R. You will then have no difficulty in talking it out on the next occasion.

Stitch a small piece of clasile to each side of your overall cuffs-- cuff-link fashion--and you will then be able to roll up your alceves quickly and easily.

Ok pot pourri that has lost Its scent can be revived by mixing brown sugar with it freely. Use the real Barbados sugar, and you'll be surprised at the resuft.

Tus makes a welcome change

from the ordinary "Welsh variety of rarebit. Dip some rusks in milk and arrange them in the dish In which they are going to be served Cover, them with a layer of grated cheese, and pour over the whole a white sauce to which a chipped hard-boiled egg has been added.

Bake for ten minutes in a quick oven, after sprinkling a little grated cheesa.over Ute top. The egg can be omitted if desired.

W. B.

Inflated Turkeys.

Deflated

WHEN ailing cracks in walls, use

plaster of Paris mixed with

vinegar instead of water, for then the plaster will keep moist longer, so before it sets. allowing the job to be done better.

Cracks in furniture muy be filled with beeswax,, but if they are large, use a mixture of beeswax and fine sawdust. When dry, rub over with polish.

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OOK through the family album or at a picture of Queen Alexandra, and you will get a good notion of the latest vogue la evening wear. The romantic frock illustrated is straight from Parls, and will help you to formulate your ideas when deciding on a new evening dress.

I have enlisted Master Cupid's help in indicating clearly all the new fashion trends for the cur- rent season, as he is often busy during dancing me and at evening parties.

Firstly, the upward sweep of the hair gives a graceful poise, ca. pecially if you have a small head, topped, you'll notice, by a tulle bow that is much more fashionable than flowers or clips.

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If you have a trim waist now is the time to flaunt it, as bodlees are Important and must be fitting. The fullness of the skirt comes from the hips, and not from the waist na it did last spring. Then there is the added fullness in the back to give the trim Edwardian line; almost for a time it looked as if it might develop into a bustle,

Bleeves full? Yes, but cut low on the shoulder with no high puff or stiffening, A frivolous little

muff of gauged taffeta, voivet or, perhaps, entirely of flowers, but always with a zipped pocket in which to tuck away your special evening beauty alda.

In keeping with this trend, fuchsia and velvet tints lead the colour procession, followed by sapphire blue, red, and, of course, becoming black.

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Pastel

coloured and aliver moires, slipper natina, story book frocks with yards and yards of delicately tinted brocade in the skirt, figured poult de sole, chiffons and tulles all help to give the right feminino note that dominates the dance frocks of the season.

These new frocks noed little jewellery, and even then it has an old-fashioned air, Cold bracelets

are wide, or maybe a plece of black velvet foined by a tiny posy encircles the wrist.

Look in the family trinket box and see if you can find a large gold brooch or cameo-it will suit your dance frocks. Pearls or other necklaces are three stranded, or again you can wear black velvet with a diamante clip.

Earrings are small so as not to detract from the new colffure, and here and there I see a fan, quite small, held between mittened fu- gers. Ike this decorative, keep- cool notion.

YOUR DAILY FACIAL EXERCISES

THE use of make-up, since such art of changing your expression by adjunets have ceased to be rendering your face soft ant pliant. discouraged, has done much to give The muscles of your face require every woman a chance of looking every bit as much exercise 118 the beautiful, but there is one thing of murcles of your body, and should be paramount importânce that may be exercised to prevent them becoming lacking, and at all events is too often stiff and immovable, forgotten, and that is facin ex- Exercise each feature separately, pression.

repeating each movement as often as We are to-day showing tendencles time permits. Begin by opening towards imitation, and thus unavoid- and shutting the eyes, raising them ably becoming stereotyped in style upwards as far as they will go, then Next roll and appearance. We should there closing them tightly, fore cultivate facial expression so as to the right, up to the left, reversing them round in their bockets. Down not to lose our own individuality.

Draw the

When you go to see a film in which this procedure alternately. some prominent actress is taking Next exercise the nose. port you notice how well she nostrils down as far as possible, with looks in every movement. Does. It the next movement wrinkle the occur to you that every action is nose up towards the eyes, slowly at

carefully studied and that she first, getting gradually quicker. Pass

portrays the character in the film on now to the cheeks. Puff out the as much by her expression as the checks to the fullest extent, holding spoken word? In order to be the your breath whilst doing so, then possessor of distinction do you ever draw back again, this time as far study your

as possible. expression, cen- own deavouring to change each feeling Exercising the Mouth look to suit each mood, or are you

content to wear the same fixed The mouth is of great importance look whatever you may be under- und should never be neglected. taking?

Blank Looka

Begin by opening and shutting the mouth repeatedly to give pliancy to the jaw. Next raise the upper Up,

For instance, If you are a business keeping the lower one motionless, girl employed in shop or office, do Then exercise the lower one in the you, when your chief speaks to you some way. Finish by pulling the mouth backwards to its full extent, answer him back with a blank look, then pursing up the lipa push them seemingly devoid of all intelligence,

between or do you receive his instructions forward, taking a breath

cach movement. The eyebrows, 100, with an expression of animated should not be forgotten, for they play an Important part in facial If you have not studied this all- expression,

Anishi oir your Important factor und your CX exercises by raising and lowering pression gives the impression that your brows.

attention?

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you are not interested, your chief Your face tells your character, will think, no doubt, that you have chiefly by the lines that your no intention of trying to understand expression has left on it. You may and carry out hia wishes, and say, "But I have no lines," or do someone else, with more expression your best to eliminate them should or who knows better how to use it, they appear. But they should not be too drastically eliminated. A may get ahead of you.

In studying your face in front of slight ercase between the eyes gives

genuinely intellectual look. a mirror you may be unpleasantly a surprised to see that your natural dimple in the cheek gives the look expression does not convey at all of good temper, and fine lines round the Impression you imagined. You the eyes, generally alluded to dia-

yet may be tailing broadly, and

as "crow's feet," parugingly find that your face shows no sign of from being a sign of age, give an genuine pleasure.

expression of a genuine sense You may

be feeling interest, bumour to any face. concern, sadness, or pleasure, and If you persevere with your daily lyet, when you study your looks, and facial exercises you will soon find that your expression does not alter, that not only will your face become If this to the case, when you do more mobile and expressive but will

charm your other daily exercises give up nasume infinitely more

and a few moments to the exercising of dignity when in repose. your facial muscles. Cultivate the

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Should Husbands Help? THE MING YUEN STUDIO

husbond of the best-dressed best to guess what he admired in 8, Queen's Road C. (3rd Floor); opposite Dairy Farm's Fountain, Q's Rd. C. and happiest woman I know feminine wear helps to choose his wife's clothes!

The wife makes no secret of the often it was not so easy when she

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and remember ideas when she went shopping........ But

If wivescan Invado fact, Rather, she enjoys our ex- was inside the shop. A very saucy grumble so much about their wives' department. clamations of surprise when she little hat looked lovely on her head, dress allowance would not say a the men's outätting, or judge. the remarks, course. John goes but she worried a bit in case her word if they knew something about merits of pyjamas and shirtings, why let them should not husbands be welcomed shopping with me, for hats and suits husband would not like it so much. the subject. Why not and evening frocks, even for dress Not that he would have said anything learn?

I once the thing was bought. He was

In the gowns or millinery depart- ments?

materials and paper patterns.

In the past dozen years husbands would not have it otherwise!"" not quite so, tactless as that. But Away With Pretence

Yet John ⚫is not one of those when it is just as easy to pick the

Sensible modern women have put have gained a lot of confidence and

Expressed their opinions quite for modern artistle beings who know hat and shape, and colour he likes, i

elbly. I know some women who more about everything than their why not do it? Specially when his aside all this stupid pretence.

would never have learned the value, Ideas are really sound and he has don't dress to please my husband. I wives. His taste is good, but Ho

Quite frankly they of good tailoring if their husbands better than hers. If hobbles are not any allly masculine prejudices! please myself."

There was the question of price, want to be admired by the man who had not helped them, and others the spirits will remove all traces of the manly ones of golf and gardening, too. How could sho explain to him matters, and they choose the clothes whose wavering colour-sena has

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and he in not fussy about the house.

been held in chečk by sensĺbia sharp- He is just an ordinary companionable that the dearer hat was so much he will admire them in,

The highest compliment a man can eyed Dances. husband who likes to see his wife superior to the clienper one when

woman Is to show interest In Women's

clothes and women's looking smart and pretty, and takes he could not see for himself?

How can men realise that good her appearance, especially when they looks are no longer mysterious and a sensible interest in what she wears clothes are expensive and tiny details have been married for a few years. feminine affairs. They ought to

essential if they have not a change

boing Men are

sensible about. interest everybody.especially Unsuccessful Guess Work

to compare the two effects on the shopping nowadays, No longer do man who sees them all day and pays head or the figure?

they stand, looking hot and em- the bills! those husbands who barrassed, on the edge of a feminino

To remove white marks from furniture caused by hot dishes, first rub them in a circular motion with a cloth dipped methylated spirits, and then apply olive oil, otherwise

polish. If process next day.

Damp a soft leather with a little Meo Pasqueiti, a poultry dealer got olive oil and rub all over, then firiishi the idea of blowing up his turkeys | off with a dry polishing cloth. with a pump so as to sell them the Copper ware can be cleaned with more easily. Everything went well lemon dipped in salt. The articla ·· until a turkey exploded and a plece should then be washed and dried of bone injured his assistant's eyes. and polished with a soft cloth.

Rome.

At first, in the manner of all young wives and fiancees, his wife did her

Most of

pay a

the

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