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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 11, 1939.

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Cold Shoulder

If you have an off-the-shoulder evening dress, there may be times when you go to the play, dine in a restaurant, or are asked out to dinner in a draughty house, when your decolletage may be excessive or merely chilly. So here is the answer. Have one or two of these little jackets, quite in period, and easily removable.

Mothers!

and increates and enriches the natural flow of milk.

Malconic la prepared under the most hygienic conditions and is

recommended by the Medical Profession.

PROTECT YOUR BABY. DRINK MALTONIC DAILY!

Baby's health depends-now and

in the future-on the food he receives during the first months. ensure that Baby is given rich and uncontaminated milk, a wise mother will drink Maltonic dally: ft

fortifies her body against sickness

This consists of a back

striped taffeta, the back finish- ing in a broad belt, which Incea at the front waist, pensant style. The back is cut in one piece round to the front to, com- plete the arm-holes.

1 Ploce and two sleeves c

2 This little Victorian coat

would be the easiest pos- sible thing for your "little dress- maker" to copy. It is cut into the waist, basqued, and trimmed with braid. Made of Ottoman silk, it would look particularly good over a full-skirted frock,

Feminine Frivolities

WHAT WOMEN WORE IN 1839

DRESSES were very claborate a the latest fashion from Paris.

hundred years ago,

much worn,

and enamel of

natural tints

For those slim and young enough to wear capes, this ruched capelet provides the ideal solution to cold shoulders. Make it in taffeta, which ruchos nicely, and line it with some- thing warm to the skin.

A Look Through, The "Telegraph"

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Bolero in slipper satin with

4 crisp organdi frilling round

the neck, sides, and back. Frill- ing should be as detachable as possible, because it will need to be laundered more often than the bolero. Keep, if you can, an extra ruffle.

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Obtainable from all Compradores, Dispensaries

or from JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Tel. 20311.

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New York-It just doesn't do to white or boudoir colours, Is Jewellery was Imagine a modern girl attired in a brooches of gold and

take one's eye off things, as for Here's the Ideal "something blue": Instance what morning dress of white organdie, various colours, representing fruits

goes on in smart for the bride who is careful to wear shops. I've in mind lingerie see something old, new and blue on her festooned with lilac bows! The short and flowers in their sleeves were tight at the top, with a were the newest vogue.

Llons, although, the sume applies to wedding day. 50 YEARS AGO

mest sections, certainly at this sea- long puft below, and the long, full

Aller a decade, at least, of Desh, Shawls were decidedly popular skirt was extended by a stil, full

5011. May 11, 1880. The latest expensive whim Indulged in

pink and peach lingerie It's post- petticoat.

one hundred years ago,

It stands to reason, with little girl fively thrilling to see mounds and were by the King of Wurtemberg Jo When it came to evening dress the worn outdoors and Indoors. Large photographing of the moon to ascertain washable materials-one just. natur- that it's all yours for the price on its the dressesinany of them made of snowy white lying about and to know women of 1830 simply

shawls of

of plain cashmere; silk shawls whether it is inhabited. Henlly wants lingerie in the little-girl sales tag. of various colours; black tulle showls, sives magnified one hundred thevered rather than the grand-dame manner.. themselves, Picture a buxom matron lined with lling and blue, and black dovered with little gots, which And when I say lingerie I mean un- disporting herself in "a robe of maroon satin shawls for married women all he believes to be lunar people.

"fold, has far discovered velvet, trimmed with blond lace enjoyed great popularity. The most

dies of musli

handkerchief linen and velvet flowers of vivid elegant shawls were trimmed with The bodice was cut ex fringe, new and highly favoured around flongkong just now. On Satur-type of dress, be i

Some pretty good Bwinners.

It works this way; the shirtwaist tremely low, but she modestly wors idea at that time.

typs/fli daya sailor swath from Koulun to this otherwise, Is a transparent affair mide, towing two life-belta In case he and needs to be worn over some- got fired, but, as it turned out, unneces- thing pretty provocative. sarily. And nearly every morning doesn't look right over soldier-an Engineer, we believe-nakus

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To remove red wine stains from It just table linens, cover the stain with Hots and bonnets were large and

salin and salt as quickly as possible and mols- When in full evening dress, young claborate, and worn well on the back a trip the other way before breakfast, silk crepes, it needs to be some- ten

It with cold water. Alter women were recommended to wear of the head, to

display

embroidered or thirty minutes, rinse in cold water smoothly

The distance is over a mile, but the, thing Iney, finely swift currents which sweep rimmed dangerous)

dimeult and and finely tucked. I've made my mild soapsuds. Do not let the salt business to explain about bending remain too long: It might damage through which dainty ribbon, in the material.

"singularly pretty little caps of tulle parled hair tooped round the ears stream make the fent bothong mid- both, or it needs to be beautifully and wash out in warm water and

placed on the back of the head and 'Bonnets of leghorn straw, encircled with a wreath of flowers," with long white feathers, Lipped with while matrons were advised to put blue or pink, vied with black lace on "elegant white caps of tulle, orna- bonnets adorned with feathers inter- mented with wlicat ears."

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mixed with velvet flowers:

It interesting to note that in 1830 stockings cost from 25 3d 10 75 The newest materials featured in Ud, and collon stockings could be bought from 3d per pair upwards. the fashions of 1839 were marcel- fines, taffetas gince, foulards, Inconet Salin shoes cost fd, slik shoes 58, muslins, and a mixture of cotton and white kid and morocco shoes were wool very fashionable for promenade only és Ed per pair.

costumes. Embroidered organdle "of Lace mittens could actually be the most exquisite finencas and trans- purchased at ninepence per pair. parency" was recommended na being

Margaret Illiman,

A new sweater-blouse, crocheted in a variation of the shell slich, and worked in a tweedy effect from multi-coloured inter-^ cerized crochet cotion, will be gay and becoming' this spring ‘and summer. Short and figure-moulding, it features a soft fumdown collar and slightly puffed short sleeves.

25 YEARS AGO

May 11, 1914. Reuter's correspondent at Brunswick | states that the Kaiser and Kaiserin, christening of the son of Duke Ernest with their children, nttended the Augustus and the Kaiser's daughter,

The Rainer, in a speech, said hỹ hoped the Fouits, Princo in course, of time would work in the Council of German Princes for the greatness of the Father- land.

Haring converted Helgoland into a "German Gibraltar" in the West, super- patriots are now advocating another im- pregnable oulpest of German might and power in the East--Tsingtau, port of Kinu-Chau, In China. The scheme fu warmly advocated by General von Horn- bardi, author of "Germany's Next War," who says Tsingtau must be converted at onco into a fortress which will · fears) no doubt on the Chinese mind, of Ger- mang's paramount military, strength. That assured, the General says it will be easy sailing for Germany to com- peto, with England, Japan and America for the world's greatest trade war," the conquest of the Chinese market.

TO YEARS AGO

May 11, 1927. Canton witnessed its first experience; of an air raid yesterday, and there ha been considerable excltomont, particu- larly in Shaneen, which had a full view of the altor part of the ongagement. 1 A squadron of planes auddenly; swooped down upon the "neutral" gungj boats anchored off the Macao Fort, and bombed them heavily, though the alm was very inaccurate. The gunboats re- plled with rifle-firo, eventually deciding to take refuge, and steaming close to Shamoen, where they sought this pro- section of the foreign gunboats, amongst which they anchored.

The planes pursued the vessels, drop- ping bomber at frequent intervals. One. dropped on a sampan without exploding, and another missed HMS. Moth nar- rowly.

The fall of Canton to the Kwanget armies is hourly expected. Fighting Is taking place on the Samehu! Railway, only a few tiles from Canton, while General Hu King-tong's forces aro moving rapidly from the East River. and the rattle of rifle-fire between Shoklung and Tungshan, Cantan, can bej heard in Shamood.

5 YEARS AGOMM

KONNA May 9, 1934. An unsuccessful attempt to murder the Governor of Bengal, Bir, John An- derson, was made on the racecourse at Darjeeling this afternoon.

Two, Bengali, armed with resolvari, Bred on the Governor at close koge but fortunately missed. One lady spec tator was shot through the ankle but no other casualties occurred. (Sir John Anderson is now Minister for A..P Ed.).

ROME, May 10-An amnesty for persons charged with political offen | ces in Albania: was announced to-day by King Victor Erimanuel. This will apply to refugees in Albania, as well as those who have fled to othér countries.Trans-Ocean,

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Nicole de Paris demonstrates the ultimate in chlo for the sophisticated woman" when she wears this boldly siriped, black and white jersey drem with matching full-fongth expe, one of topped by three ornamental calla lilles of while velvet. her own original designs. The Nicole hat of black milan straw is Bits-Carlton in New York. Costume was included in one of the recent fashion shows at the

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