1938-12-21 — Page 19

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 21, 1938.

PLUMP GIRLS, SHUN WHITE & LOOK

YOUR BEST

VER-PLUMP women should avoid wearing white frocks; nil

women should avoid black or dark wedding dresses.

And remember no matter how beautiful a pattern may be, a dress will be spotted if it is not finished properly.

These hints were given by fashion school teachers, when the hearing was resumed at Westminster County Court recently of a student's claim for the return of £50 fees paid to the Reville School of Fashion, Ltd., St. George's House, Hanover-square, W.

At Aire previous hearing, the student, Mist Cedle Pretorious, of Queen'-way, Bayswater, Ws said she went to the school fur instruction In colour the suitability of colours for various types of women-and fabrles. She alleged that she WAS taught only fashion drawing and dressmaking.

The school denied that Miss Pre- torious asked for special instruction In colour and fabrics.

Mr. Ernest Leonard Hollis, director and general manager of the school, questioned by Mr. Norman Wiggins, for the school, said such instruction was separable from instruction in fashion drawing and dressmaking.

"If students want instruction In these subjects only in detail, it would mean a four-year course at a uni- versity," he added,

Answering Mr. G. G. Baker (for Miss Pretorious), Mr. Hollis naid there were five women instructors for about 45 students, each one of whom was given individual teaching.

Miss Bertha Beatrice Barbara Broome, thief instructress in fashion drawing and designing, declared that! students were taught the suitability of garments to various occasions and the suitability of colours.

Asked if the age and suitability of women to wear certain colours were dealt with. Miss Broome replied; "Yes, but, of course, you can't say n fal woman must not wear white. she wants to she will."

PAINTING TAUGHT

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Mr. Wiggins: Can you design a dres apart from its colour?-You ean, but you must visualise the dress before you design Ht. You must have some idea of what colour you want. Cross-examined by Mr. Baker, Miss Broome said the school taught the girls to paint and draw.

The reference to the importance in the finishing of frocks was made by Mrs. Muriel Sturgess, dressmalting instructress,

NAZIBAGS

WILL BE

LIKE THIS

GERMAN trousers will bag at the knees during the next few years.

This was the verdlet of Brad- ford woolien merebants when they heard that Dr. Sehpelt, Hier's economie dictator, had cernered the South African wool market.

But the wool that Germany is buying from South Africa is only a fraction of the supply she needs. To spread it out German manufacturers mix it with 'syn- thetic fibres,

Twenty-four hours' rest is all that is needed for trousers to recover their "hang" when the cloth is of good quality. Bul that dougn is useless to the Germans.

However much they may rest their wool-and-art-silk pants, they cannot get rid of their baggy knees,

Saw Fiancee Leap

To Death

International military teams line up at the opening of the National. Horse Show, Madison Square Garden, New Yoric, as Major General John K. Herr, chief of cavalry, foreground, receives the anlute. Left to right the teams are: Chile, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, Ireland and United States Army. Society farned out en masse at the show.

EX-SAILOR

TOOK

ROPE'S END TO

SEEK DAUGHTERS

CHASTISEMENT with a rope's end is not too severe a corrective for wayward children, in the view of an ex-Navy man whose two daughters, aged 16 and 15, appeared at Caxton Hall juvenile court revently as needing protection.

When the man admitted that he had carried a rope's end as he searched the streets for the girls, the Hon. Lily Montagu sug- gested that chastisement was not the way to bring out the best

After quarrelling with her sweet-in a child. heart, 21-years-old Matilda Tanelt, He replied: "The whole blame for juvenile crime is the law. The law encourages it for the simple reason that the children know the law gives them every protection.

(of Kemsing House, Long-lane, Ber- mondsey, dailied from his side, threw herself under lorry, and was killed,

At the inquest at Southwark re- "If only parents were allowed to after I had tried a little persuasion.

The Bench sent the younger giri} eently the jury returned a

in the old- ver-chastise their children diet of Suicide while the Balance of fashioned manner, you

would not to a remand home for a doctor's re-

port,

With regard to the older girl, a policewoman gold that evening she saw her at the Soho club where her sister was found. This club had a very bad reputation.

The girl was sent to a remand home for a fortnight.

Judgment was awarded to the Re-her Mind was Disturbed, and added: have so many remond homes, I ju ville School of Fashion, with costs. "We think the conduct of the young

The judge said he was of the man is such as to be reprobated by Putive." opinion that the woman gave up the every right-minded person." classen because of her financial posi- tion.

HEADSTRONG

P. C. William Smith said that t The father said that his younger about 11 pm. on November 9he daughter

headstrong, high- "hold," he added, "that Miss Pre-heard a young man and woman spirited and out for adventure torious has not shown she has not re- quarrelling in Long-lune. The coun Three or four times she had left celved tuition in colour and fabrics. I am satisfied that tuition was given In those subjects."

Miss Pretorious, he declared, had not, he was sure, sald anything that she did not belleve was true, but he had to accept the evidence for the school.

Fifty-Foot Fall Lucky

home, on one occasion for over two was using obscene language.

Charles George Richardson, aged weeks. One night he found her in a 20. of Sumner-street, Southwark, Soho night club, said that he had known Miss Tannett for 13 weeks and had seen her every day.

"Both my girls are in the same circumstances," he added. "A few months ago they got into bad rom- The Coroner (Mr. Douglas Cow-pany. They thought they could stay burn): What were you quarrelling out until midnight. I would not put about? About going home. She did up with it. Many a time I have gone not want to go home.

round the streets with a rope's end." The Clerk: Have you struck the 15-year-old girl with a rope's end?

I put it to you that you were hav- Jogging, N. S ing a very violent quart before Ernest Ryan fell down a 50-foot] this happened?-It wasn't a violent cliff here and was only slightly į quarrel; it was just about going home. Injured. He landed on a pile of sand, Mr. Cowburn: People do not a few inches from a pile of jagged commit suickie just because they do rocks

not want to go home,

ONE OR TWO STRIPES

The father: I have given her one or two stripes. I took that attitude

.on

Mine Whistle Saves Time

Khe

capable of

HAPPY ENDING

fladlant with happiness, Britain's "unluckiest couple," Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Thacker, began their honeymoon in a cos- tage home provided by friends and villagers at Shipdam. Nor- folk. recently.

A

week before 23-year-old Sidney Thacker and preity Eva Green (19) cycled together to Dereham le buy furniture for their new home. When they arrived Sidney found his wallet, with his savings of £55 10s, was missing.

After a vain search along the road unt after dark Sidney. because he could not keep his promise to give Eva "a home to be proud of," was going to call the wedding off until he had saved up again from his 42-a- week wages as a head cowman.

But the villagers of his own village, East Bradenham, would not let him. They brought out their spare furniture or sub- scribed money towards the new home.

Later Eva, in white sailn, with three bridesmaids, was married in Cranworth Church to Sidney. "We did not know we had so many friends," they said,

Duck Affair Costly

Kalgoorlie, Australia. The Chamber of Commerce is sav- ing thousands of dollars annually to mining companies by installation of

Seattle, Wash. $2,000 steam whistle

Vernon Poirier, 23-year-old sailor, tire Boulder mining region. Because for shooting a duck out of sea- signalling the time throughout the en- found it impossible to duck a duck the town clock was affected by weason. The duck was only two-pound ther vageries, thousands of miners affair and the fine was at the rate of frequetly missed their shifts, entail-

ing heavy decreases in the output of $50 a pound. Worse yet, he did not

even get the duck. the mines.

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