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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 21, 1938.

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OVER-PLUMP women should avoid wearing white frocks; all

women should avold black or dark wedding dresses.

And remember no matter how beautiful 'n pattern may be, a dress will be, spolled 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.

AL the previous hearing, the student, Miss Cecile Pretoriuus, of Queen's-way, Bayswater, W., zaid she went to the school for instruction in colour-the suitability of quiours for various types of women-und fabrlen. 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 fables.

Mr. Ernest Leonard Halis, director and general manager of the school, questioned by Mr. Norman Wiggins, for the school, said such instruction Instruction In was separable from fashion drawing and dressmaking. "If rtudents want, instruction these subjects only in detail, It would mean a four-years course at a unl versity," he added.

In

Answering Mr. G. G. Baker (for Hollis Baki Miss Pretorious). Mr.

there were dve women instructors for about 45 students, each one of whom was given Individual teaching.

Miss Bertha Beatrice Barbora Broome, chief instructress in fashion drawing and designing, deelured that students were tight the suitability of garments to various orcasions and the suitability of colours.

Asked if the age and suitability of women to wear certain colours were

Broome dealt with, Miss

replied:

"Yes, but, of course, you can't say a fat woman must not wear white. If she wants to she will."

PAINTING TAUGHT

Mr. Whugins: Can you design a dreas apart from its colour?-You can, but you must visualize the dress before you design H. You must have sume 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, dressmaking instructress.,

NAZI BAGS

WILL BE

LIKE THIS

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

This was the verdict of Brad- ford woollen merchants when they heard that Dr. Schacht. Hitler's economic dictator, had cornered 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- thetle fibres.

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

After quarrelling with her sweet- heart, 21-years-old Matilda Tannett, of Kemsing House, Long-lane, Ber- mondsey, düshed from his side, throw herself under lorry, and was killed,

fur's

International military teams line up at the opening of the National Horse Show, Madison Square Garden, New York, as Major General John K. Herr, chlef of cavalry, foreground, receives the salute. Left to right the teams are: Chile, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, Ireland and United States Army. Society turned 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 in a child.

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.

The Bench sent the younger gir) to rent home for a ductor's re- port.

Al the inquest at Southwark re- "If only parents were allowed to after I had tried a little persuasion. really the jury returned 2 ver-chastise their children in the old- diet of Sutelde while the Balance of fashioned manner, you would not Judgment was awarded to the Re-her Mind was Disturbed, and added: have so many remand homes, I am ville School of Fashion, with costs. "We think the conduct of the young

positive." was of the man such as to be reprobated by The judge said opinion that the woman gave up the every right-minded person."

be

cinsser because of her financial posi tion.

With regard to the older girl, a

that policewoman said

όχι The HEADSTRONG

evening she saw her at the Soho club P. C. William Smith said that ut The father said that his younger where her sister was found. This about 11 pm on November 9 he daughter

headstrong, high-club had a very bad reputation.

The girl was sent to remand

WDS

"I hold." he added, "That Miss Pre-heard a young man and woman spirited und out for adventure. home for a fortnight. torious has not shown she has not re-quarrelling in Long-lane. The man Taree or four times she had left

ceived tuition in colour and fabrics. I am satisfied that tuition was given in thore subjects."

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

Fifty-Foot Fall Lucky

was using obscene language.

home, on one occasion for over two Charles George Richardson, aged weeks. One night he found her in a 26, af Sumner-street, Southwark, Soho night club, said that he had known Miss Tannett for 13 weeks and had seen her every day,

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"Both my girls are in the same circumstances," he added. "A few months ago they got into bad com- The Coroner (Mr. Douglas Cow-pany. They thought they could stay barn); What were you quarrelling out until midnight. I would not puting thousands of dollars annually to about?-About going home. She didup 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 16-year-old girl with a rope's end?

1 put it to you that you were hiv- Joggins, N. S ing a very violent quarrel before Ernest Ryan fell down a 50-tool] this happened?-It wasn't a violent cliff here and was only slightly 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! rommit suicide just because they do rocks.

not want to go home.

HAPPY ENDING

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

A week before 23-year-old Sidney Thacker and pretty Eva Green (19) excled together to Dereham to buy furniture for their new home. When they arrived Stilucy found his wallet, with his savings of £55 109., was missing.

After a vain search along the road unil 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 428-4- 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 salin, with three bridesmaids, was married In Cranworth Church to Bidney. "We did not know we had so many friends," they said.

Duck Affair Costly

Kalgoorlie, Australia. The Chamber of Commerce is sav

mining companies by installation of a

Seattle, Wash.. $2,000 steam whistle capable of Vernon Polrier, 23-year-old sailor,| signalling the time throughout the on- found it impossible to duck a duck tire Boulder mining region. Because fine for shooting a duck out of sea- the town clock was affected by weason. The duck was only a two-pound ther vagories, thousands of miners frequetly missed their shifts, entall-affair and the fine was at the rate of The father: 1 have given her one ing heavy decreases in the output of $50 a pound. Worse yet, he did not

even get the duck. ar two stripes. I took that attitude | the mines.

ONE OR TWO STRIPES

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