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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

April 10, 1939.

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NELL GWYNNE FROCKS

Blouses and Skirts for Evening

Contrasting designs in crepe de. chine are featured in this after. noon frock. The corselet belt is in grosgrain.

sleeved

A long white chiffon blouse partnered by pleated brocade skirt, the front of which opens to re- "veal a scarlet-net

petticoat,

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You must pardon me if I go back to evening frocks again, but these are playing what is the most dramatic part in the dress shows.

One famous dressmaker who presented her collection today ignored crinolines altogether-that was the first surəsinin prise. She then proceeded to introduce a Nell Gwynne line, which is now and very becoming.

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THE Nell Gwynne frocks have closely-fitting bodices of silk with tiny flared basques, and are worn over very wide, full Ince or chiffon skirts.

Chiffon and lace float mistfly through her collection and make the most charming frocks. There was one in misty grey chiffon with a bund of pink and of blue at the waistline (which would make any quite ordinary girl look lovely.

TIEN there are the "blouse and skirt" evening frocks in

nered by wide, fully gathered skirts of floral crepe de chine or vividly striped plaid silk..

They are just the kind of outfit smart girls wore for afternoons in the naughty nineties.

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7ICTORIAN fantasies are legion. Most old-worldish of all, maybe, are the flowers arranged inside very large glass locket plaques and suspended by a chain or ribbon round the neck, They are worn as a rule with floral prints for day or evening, and the flowers in the locket match those in the print..

Strong Soap Best To Clean An Oily Skin

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THOROUGH cleanlines

essential if you want n healthy, attractive skin. At the beginning, of treatment, the method used will depend to some extent on the present state of your skin. The cleansing process is essen- tially the same, but there are minor differences. Every skin needs the solvert action of a good cleansing cream and every skin needs the thor ough flushing netion of good soap and soft, tepid water. Nothing can re- place the latter, but the kind of soap used depends on the oiliness or dry ness of the skin.

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For an excessively oily skin, or one that is much blemished, a strong soap such as tincture of green soap is needed. Since an oily skin usually

clogged pores, results from cleansing process should free the pores of impurities. The circulation phould be stimulated and then the skla treated with a strong astringent.

Pad Apply Cream First: Apply a layer of cleansing cream. first phd allow it to remain on until the bile bave melted and penetrated

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TOT-SO-YOUNGS,

don't get too worried about all the girlie-girlie short frocks, because the same famous de- signer I have already mentioned showed lots of longer daytime

ones.

She also had the sweetest dark blue and navy tailored frocks with clever touches of white which would delight equally well the young girl, her maiden aunt and her not-so-slim mother. Long summer coats, too, were eut in the edge-to-edge style we like so much.

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NUMBER of the filmy evening gowns, by the way, though very long, were worn over slips which just covered the knees, so that the legs were re- vealed from the knee down- wards,

Afrocks in muslin and or ganza were partnered by hooded capelets in heavy silk.

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Blouse and skirt evening frock. The blouse is of white chiffon and the skirt of multi-coloured floral crepe.

Do Your Rooms Seem Small?

Do the four walls of your drawing. For this purpose the fruineless varie- room seem much too close to each ties are best, but the new delicately other? The ceiling us if weighing coloured ones are particularly useful down upon your head? Some rooms in colour schemes.

are so small that to get an illusion it your room has a low ceiling fix of spaciousness taxes the ingenuity of your mirror perpendicularly so that T another house crinoline the cleverest housewife.

the height is greater than the breadth. Simplicity is really the keynote to If necessary cut away the picture rail celling as capturing the desired effect. Furni- so that the top of your mirror may ture must be bulit on as low lines us be fixed as near to the

possible. The illusion of greater possible. Tailored suits with whale- Even granted these things, many height created is amazing.

For curtains and carpets sill keep women are still unable to get rid of boned jackets were the novelty that feeling of having little breath- to light colours. Do not cover the

at another collection.

-SHORTCUTS-

To remove ink spols on the fingers, rub banana peel over them.

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Parsley will keep fresh for some time, if placed, dry. In Mason Jar and covered securely.

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Add three or four drops of lemon juice to cream that is to be whipped and it will thicken fas- ter,

MEDICAL RETURNS New Territories Figures. For Last Month

Medient treatment both at Shun Chan and Namtau is recorded in the returns of cases of the St. John Am- bulance New Territories Medical Benevolent Branch for March.

It will be remembered that, under Government auspices, arrangements were made for the vaccination of refugees and some first aid relief a these points: from which the largest Influx of Chinese came.

The returns show Dat 0,572 vaccinations were done in the New Territories last month, 101 at Shum Chun and $20 at Nomtan being additional,

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In the New Territories there were 4.170 new cases making a total of 10,352 patients with old cases.

Twenty-seven patients were themitted from Kam Tin to hospital, the while 72 were admitted, from How Par Hospital at Cheung Chou.

there It is to be remarked that were 123 mnlarin cases ni Tsun Wan and 32 at Kam Tin.

the pores, then wipe off the oil with

linen towel. soft tissues or an old Use a rough wash cloth or a circula- tion brush for cleansing. Dip cloth in very hot water and hold It over the face for a minute to open the pores, then rub a lather of green skin, scrubbing Soap well into the until the face is quite red.

Rinse way the soap in worm tho water, then gandually decrease temperature until it is quite cold. Finish with ice water, or a piece of Ice rubbed quickly over the skin to close the pores.. It is a good iden to. wrap a lump of ice in a piece of old slik or a square of cheesecloth to pre- vent rough edges cutting or scratch- ing the skin.

Epsom Salta Help

ing-space. simply because they forget entire floor with the carpet. Stain the smaller detalls and take little care the border lett, taking care the stain with the arrangement of the room, harmonises with the colour scheme Few realise, for example, how art- of the room.

As simpliclty is the chief considera- fully placed initrurs-can-completely-tián few pictures or ornaments must

tion over the face for ten minutes, then rinse away with cold water. I the skin feels irritated afterward, ap ply a very thin film of night cream) and finish with more cold water.

In addition, there should be a weekly facial consisting of a thor- ough cleansing and treatment with herb packs or beauty clay to hasten; the results of the corrective measures that you are laking for the ally con- dition.

If the skin does not respond to the simple treatment outlined above (fol- towed twice a day), then follow the nightly cleansing with an application of Epsom salts dissolved in di liled water. The proper proportions are one putrid of Epsom salts dissolved to one quart of water. The salts will dry up the excess oil and act as an initely astringent on the skin. Pat the solu- proper ones for your skin.

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Experiment with your skin and see how it responds. You know. about its peculiarities than anyone clac. One thing, however, you should give treatments time to show you de-

whether or not they are;

transform a room,

A Simple Mirror Arrangement

be used. A few choice water-colours, either frameless or with thin black frumes and wide mounts, are most The simplest arrangement is to suitable., A little experimenting to hang two mirrors at the name height: find the best positions for them is on opposite walls. The reflection amply rewarded by the better effect

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and creates an illusion of added length.

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