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Thursday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 5, 1939,

Up to your

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neck in yokes

newest shoulder line

Yokes appear on everything this ficar-coats, frocks, jerseys, and par- ticularly blouses. They are becom ing, make a shoulder fit well. This

is straight-forward diagonal pin-tucks, carried right on over the Merves, making a checkerboard yoke on a white satin blouse.

Beautiful Hands

UGLY hands will often spoil

pretty face.

They

This may sound far-fetched, but it is true. may quite possibly take the illusion out of a charming personality. Here, therefore, are a few hints on how to deal with and troubles.

One of the commonest troubles is redness. This may be due either to bad circulation or lo woefully bad washing and drying. Anyway, the following tips will help both causes. An invaluable exercise for the hands is to move all the fingers vigorously as if typing. Do it until the hands are tired, then rest and do some more. Incidentally, this also makes: the hands supple, which is another beauty point to be nimedat, Ta vary the above exercise, tap the An- gers briskly on a table, again an it typing. This brings the blood to the honds and finger-tips.

or even

If you feel that you are wasting your time in doing these things, then do them white. you are listening-In to a wireless programme, reading. It is quite easy, and you en adopt the same time-saving pro- cedure for any of the following Idens. After Washing

As regards washing, luther und; rub and wash the hands well to get all the dirt out, then wipe absolutely dry, rubbing briskly with the towel Then make to get the blood moving.

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it a habit to apply a little hand- lolion after each wash, to prevent roughness and wrinkles. Find good feeding lotion and rub in ener getically. Keep some lotion handy by both wash-basin and sink. If your hands are in a very had state. do the following as an extra treat- ment until they show Improvement. Rub olive oil generously into fin- gers and hands, wipe off most of it, then wash well with a super-fatte soap and finish with hand-lotion.

In any case, and particularly if

to 11 tendency your hands show scrugginess, it is good to give the jinnds n periodical "feed." Use a to good feeding cream and rub it every part of the hands. Wipe off most of it, put on some loose gloves. and go to bed like that.

For Large Knuckles

Protruding knuckles should huyo a| somewhat similar treatment. Keep- ing each finger tout, rub some feed- ing cream into each knuckle. The best way is to hold each knuckle joint between finger and thumb of the other hand and to tap and press by opening and shutting the two gripping Angers.

All these treatments, by the way, will also help to keep rheumatism and chilblains at bay.

Look to your nails also. If they are in bad condition, ofther Hable to bronk or become ridged, poak them perlodlenlly in some hot. olive oll, then wipe off, only superfluous fat, and go to bed with loose gloves on them. This feeds and strengthens them.

Never forget to push the skin down

at the base of the nail every time

you wash your hands.

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all have naturally

cannot

beautiful hands, but we can do much

to help them in that direction.

Anne Maran

Polishing Points

Deep circular tucks rim from shoulder to shoulder of this burgicidy red crepe blouse. (These rounded Uues are good if you are alim.) The blouse is burgundy red, the stitching round the tucks pate cyclamen pink. Stitched tucks on above-the- elbow sleeves follow the same Hue as the yoke.

Mulberry ring valve! makes this charming aflernoon frock with the now cased yoke.

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More dressy idea for an afternoon blouse. This is a heavy violet silk with full magyar slcevez, wide cuffed. It fartens up the front with a strip of deep crimson embroidery, and the same embroidery makes a scalloped wake. The poke is plain, the rest of the blouse panelled, with a scam running from cach scallop.

Tailored cut on a jersey blouse. This has raglan sleeves, cut in on a stant to the neck. The pointed yoke runs out on the shoulder, ends in a high stock neck-line, fastened with three buttons. Edges of the yoke are stitched with a tinsel thread. Blouse

fts tightly into a narrow waist.

Mary Grace GUEST

Clangarry chocks for a pleated dress to wear on s morning walk in the country.

This puts a glossy skin on the lino- leum and make it last much longer. Molslen blacklead with Q fow drops of ammonia and the grate or firebats will acquire a brilliant and inating polish.

and

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FROCKS

1206

for the week-end suitcase

New Evening Wear

n waistline with zipp- JARIETY is the spice of the new phasised

You can look fastener down one side. On the evening gowns,

WEEK-END away in the winter makes a grand break, but if you are in early your 'teons twenties the worrying thought may crop up" what clothes shall "I need?"

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This week I am giving two general utility dresses that will put you right on top of the world, as they will carry you over your winter week-end visiting with the greatest of case.

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When you are young you must needs study the pennies, so I have modelled these frocks with mate- rial that is just round about two shillings a yard, and yet is up to

fashion. the minute

attractive the think how Just frock on the left of the sketch, No. 1205, would look in velvet.

An afternoon dress in this fabric looks good all the time; it is practical, yet has an expensive alt. I suggest ring velvet for this,

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For the fashionable redhead there is n doop laurel green, sapphire blue, mulberry or black. The baby blonde will look charm- ing in sea blue, geranium red, dahlla or jade green.

Brunettes should choose claret red, dragonfly green or a golden brown. All sensible colours, you'll notice, that do not soll quickly.

A simply cut and easy-to-make style with alternative 'alceves, one fitting to wrist and the second short and squared at shoulder.

The bodice has the fashionable yake line attractively eased, and a neat atting skirt.

On the right is just the very frock, No. 1200, to wear, under your coat if you are off for a spin in the car or the for a Sunday morning walk in country.

This, too, has a pretty yoked top. and the pattern is marked for cutting If you like a short sleeve.

Glengarry checks are the latest news in patterned designs, and have had this practical frock design- ed in this type of material.

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A paraffin duster lifts dust makes woodwork shine in one opera- dentirely Victorian fa a crinoline, or cottage is a cluster of pink roses, centuate the waistline, and tion. Choose a soft duster, dip it in be stately and tall in a droped dress and over the gown is worn a dainty, sleeves are long and tight-fitting. paraffin and hang up for two days made of some soft clinging material, small lace shoulder cape. before using. When boiled wash out or you can adopt the corsetted waist-

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Striking colour contrasts are fea- WHEN decorative buttons on

blouse or frock begin to look a in hot nospy water and re-dip as line and wide, dared skirt which add tured in many of the gowns shown, before.

Interest to many of the season's

from for instance, bright purple is effec- little shabby or rubbed, give them evening fashions."

tively allied with magenta, and as coat of colourless varnish To preserve and make delicate

dress is trimmed your manicure set. This freshens There is practically no limit to the cyclamen pink large paintwork gleam, slice two

When washing net or lace curtains onions and boil in a pan till soft. range of materials and colours, and around the graceful neckline with them up. Mash down and bottle. Wipe the necklines have, perhaps, never been dark blue and finished with a huge paint with, a soft cloth wrung out of 80 individualletic. There are high dark blue and pink bow on the add one tablespoonful of flour to the starch. They will keep fresh much, this solution and polish with a dry and low necklines, and of course, the front.

longer and hang batter. strapless shoulder Une is stylish. cloth.

Among the afternoon gowns is a Among the new styles, most of ~White shoë-cream is excellent for which are of Paris inspiration, is a charming short-skirted dress in grey disks a little boracic powder in the preserving and polishing skin or beautiful binok gown, similar to one jersey lama with a cowl neckline soles. This makes them much more Fleather/hand-bags cold Worn by the Duchess of Kent, and drasad front. A broad belt of comfortable to wear.

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