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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 5, 1939.

“HAZELINE

FAIRY TALE EVENING

FASHIONS

CRIN

PARIS.

RINOLINES and glass sandals. Could you imagine

anything more romantic?

Yet glass sandals such an Cinderella might have envied have tripped their way into the evening fashion story. Fairy slippers they are, made of crystallite, which is unbreakable.

They are fastened to the feet with straps of silver kid, and if you don't want to

slip the first time you wear them you just rub sand- paper on the soles...

NEWEST crinoline frocks

are lovely. They're

made of clouds of foamy

tulle or lace or flowered crepe, and worn over petticoats of lace and chiffon.

Most of the crinoline frocks for young girls have tiny puff sleeves set in their proper place or half-way down the arms to reveal bare shoulders.

- Older women have strapless decolletes or tiny shoul- der straps.

(Trade Mark)

SNOW"

A fragrant aid to Beauty

The toilet preparation which gives that elusive

quality "charm."

An aid to a clear complexion, giving the skin a soft mate surface suitable for face powder.

You will be delighted with the slight fragrance ...that lingers after use.....

Glass jars from all Chemists and Stores

BURROUGHS WELLCOME &

Co

(PROPRIETONRY THE WALLCOME FOUNDATION Lyd, London, Smal LONDON AND SHANGHAI

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Dress for the debutante in flowered crope. The bodice is ruched, and has three matching .

rows of ruching of the hem.

China And

Glass Care

To remove this, make a paste of soft soap, starch, and a little lemon juice. Smooth the infected area with this, Icuve for twenty-four hours, and then remove.

When your very best china cups are CAN you mend broken chion and of duty, always pour the milk in first. Otherwise the cup may develop a de- glass-ware? A little knowledge rect known as "cruzing." The symp of this type of first-aid is very use- toms of this are little fine lines which ful, and, once you have mended a cherished article successfully, you have with the appearance of the are actually cracks and which play will probably get the fever, and turn china. out the china cupboard optimistically

in search of further material.

If a eup does get attacked this way,

Naturally a really bad "ease" never store it anywhere dainn, as needs professional treatment, but for ugly dark marks are liable to appear an ordinary breakage a home-made round the tiny cracks.

cement is all that is needed.

Make this by beating the white of

Careful Storing

an egg and mixing it with plaster of Remember that the best china needs. Porin into smooth poste. The careful storing. Tissue paper sand- article sabuld be first washed and the wiched in between plates and saucers derelict pieces put to warm until will prevent scratches. if the china is stored on shelves instead of in n

dry.

Use a knife to spread the cement, cupboard, wrap ench pile in transpar- and spread it evenly and moderately, ent paper. This will keep out dust, Fix the pieces together again and and there will be no unwrapping to wipe off any superfluous paste with a get at certain pieces. damp cloth. Then the the china up What about glassware? This.. too, with tape to help to keep the repaired ena be doctored ut home. Alun pieces in position. and leave to mends ginas beautifully. Melt a harden.

little in a metal spoon, and watch that the broken edges of the derelict piece are quite free from dust before only-

Mending Breakagez

If you are doctoring a piece of in it. Actually, repaired articles of china which has broken In several tats type can be safely washed after- parts, one plece at a time should be

wards. joined on and left to harden before Then did you know that waterglass, attempting the next.. Httle of just as It comes from the tin, with paint to colour the seuns and match also do the trick? Paint the water- the china would be a clover idea it glass on to the broken edges carefully, you really mean to make a good jobs and leave to dry. This "convalescent of the repair..

will stand ordinary light work, but no Delicato trifles of china can be re- hot water for it, please!" paired with colourless nail varnish. If you panic at the thought of wash- Brush it lightly on to the broken ing any mended glassware, clean it edges and plece together. It will be with methylated spirit. Use a plece quite a strong repair and the join of cotton wool," and for hollows and will be hardly noticeable,

niches excavate with a very soft] Even the best china is able to cer- brush dipped in the spirit. tain ailments-mildew, for instance.

Madge Willey

The hooded fucker and full circulur: akiri of of wide striped woollen in shades of brown with a blouse of white looped mohair make a grand :quiff to: wear, aboard ship.

Evening dress in pink net with black lace apron.. The blue satin bow is reminiscent of the chate- laine.

Should A Husband Tell?

A HOUSE

An evening frock in two colours-fuchsia and mauve.

The Joys Of Middle-Age

COMEONE has said, "To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most dif~ cult chapters in the art of living.

Many of us miss the joys of middle- age because we are so afraid of grow. ing old. We won't talk about it and we keep on trying to keep young, and camouflage the fact that our mile- stones are steadily mounting up.

Yet every age has its own joys, and we can't afford to miss any of them by hanging on to the tails of the joys of a period we are done with.

Nothing is to be gained by trying to look and behave like women whe are years younger than we are.

Girls have a good time nowadays, and many mothers are apt to feel a bit envious when they remember bow precious girlhood was their wosted.

own

If they worked for their living it was often at something intensely un- Interesting. If they stayed at home they did uninteresting jobs and had very little money to spend.

Nevertheless middle age has many more pleasures thin it used to have some years ago, so why spoil one's middle age by hurking back to the memory of days which can never be -ours again!

A Time of Happiness

Middle age should be a joyous lime for married women for they are free of the worry of bringing up children, Their familles are probably making their way in the world and settling Cown in homes of their own.

Then there is a chance to cultivate Hobby. Many women have longed for a garden all their lives, and such- denly and it is possible to have one and devate time to caring for it, And Just think of the joy there is in a garden!

HOUSE-to-house canvass in Eng- to the husband's presumed Income.

revealed that many One reason why husbands do not

because wives do not know how much their tell their wives is

women husbanda carn.

will talk. If a wife knows her hus-

Perhaps while hele children were As one husband who has never kept band's income, it is almost certain a financial secret from his wife, I am that her friends (and their husbands) young they had little time for mnk- ing friends, but when the children to concede that there is a know it too. prepared lot to be said for the opposite angle, When

two wives start confiding in need their care no longer they can and If I were starting married life each other, the amount of a husband's pick up the threads of past friend- anew I should keep all news of my income is quite a minor secret. In hips. earnings to myself.

many instances, husbands occupy a They are sure to find that some old dropped out of their Actually, the practice of conceal- position in which it is undesirable for friends have ing Income from

lives simply because, like themselves, wife is more com- their colleagues and friends to know mon among the rich than among the the amount of their earnings and as they have had loo much to do. And pour. The wives of wealthy men a requisite, almost a primary, step in very soon they will find that they rarely know to within £10,000 the the maintenance of this secrecy they have many interests in common. amount of their husbands incomes, have to withhold the Information Middle age can be just as romantic and happy as youth if it is approached There is no reason why they should. from their wives,

in the right.spirit. They receive an ample allowance are

AL W.

never short of money, and the exact Little Advantage to Wires amount the husband receives every What good does it do a wife to year is no business of the wife.

know the amount her husband earns? Among the poorer classes, where From my experience, very little. the murgin is very small, the husband there is any financial worrying to be is often forced to reveal his income done, it certainly does not help to

in self defence as an "empty-pockel" have two people worrying over the illustration of his inability to make game problem.

ends meet, Not a Mean Trait

Wives are more

cauíly ularmed over Anancial dlinculties than bus- bands and the man has the added It is a mistake to think that hus burden of having to paelfy, his wife. bands withhold information about If there are no financial difficulties, their income because they are meau, there is nothing for either partner to Often the opposite is the case, and worry about, and there is no reason women who have accidentally dis- 'why a wife sitould know what her covered their husbands' earnings have husband's income is.

also discovered that their housekeep- In theory it is a very fine Iden to ing allowance was a higher propor- start off married life on a basis of tion of the total than most women perfect mutual confidence, share and receive,

share alike, what's mine is yours, Nor does a husband's silence pro- und so on, but in practice there is no tect him from arguments with his wife benefit gained.

nbout the amount of her allowance. Wives are belter off without this The wife who does not know is for interesting plece of information, al mare likely to ask for more than the though many of them do not realise wife who does know. Imagination it. always adds a pound or so a week

SHORT CUTS

When adding cream or milk

to mashed potatoes make sure to scald It Arst.

D. C. J.

Bride Mines Ring

MELBOURNE. Wheri Mes. Katherine Allen decid- ed that her wedding ring was not Always use freshly boiled water! large enough to be symbolic of what in making colfeo, Water. which marriage really meant to her, she has remained in a heater for any simply went to the Bendigo gold longth of time becomes flat lasting fields and dug up enough gold to per- and is certain to spoil an otherwisamit a jeweller to fashion her ring

into what she thought it to be. good cup of coffee.

A wide pleated front softens this tailored sult shirt of yellow rayon crene, the pleats outlined with saddle stitching in a con- trasting shade.

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ANNUAL BALL

Under the Distinguished Patronage of

His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G. and Lady Northcote

at the

PENINSULA HOTEL

on

Friday, April 14 at 9.30 p.m.

Cabaret Show

and Bridge Room.

TICKETS $4.00 EACH INCLUDING SUPPER, Obtainable at the Hongkong and Peninsula Hotels, 2001 Tabler may be booked at tho above hotels..