1947-04-12 — Page 5

EVERY SATURDAY

By WILLIAM GAUNT

Women artists

are they as good as men?

MOST

women, I suppose, would briskly reply. why not? And I must say I can think of no particular reason why they shoukt not, Let us put down the fact that there is no woman among the greatest picture painters of all time to nccident.

Women paint as well as a great

many men.

In this century Britain has had a number of very able women painters. where In fact. the Stade School.

many of

of them were trained, has been one of our most successful co-eduen- tional institutions.

One of the must brilliant feminine products of the Stede, Ethel Walker. fine collected exhibi- recently had

tion of her paintings and drawings at the Leicester Galleries.

Dame Ethel Walker (her merit wan her the title DBE in 1943) is, of course, a very distinguished artist in the manner

of the English Impres- sionists (and a 'senfor--born in Edin burgh in 18073. She ndmired and was influenced by the Inte Walter

Sickert, the late Wilson Steer.

When she paints a vase of flowers the total or a portrait she gives shimmer of colour, the atmosphere effect, as they would have done, in stead of painting pelal by petal, or feature by feature.

'QUIET NICHE'

I like her characteristic colour scheme, which appears to advantage, in the recent show. She is a "gym phonist in whilte"-by which I do not mean (like the unfortunate critic who once incurred Whistler's wrath) that she uses no other pigment, but that white is a motive on which her harmonies of colour are based.

It would be tempting for a man to theorise (as literary men used to do about what they were pleased to call "poctesses" and "outhoresses") that women have a certain quiet niche in art

urt (a sort of

knitting corner) and that their imagination goes no further than the

contempla- tion of a teapot or a marigold-of what is homely and concrete.

TN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1847.

WOMANSENSE

SKETCHES UY BATTERSBY

PATRICIA LENNARD'S

PARIS PARADE

You can see them coming..

shoulder.

Paris there is no such thing open and fringed, as a medicere hat. You see them coming at you, along the boulevards and in the shop win- dows, and every single one of them a beauty.

Dark bats are rare. Most of them are coloured or pastel felts, with greige-grey-belge-in the lead.

Two styles.

There are two distinct styles at the majority of women present, wearing variations of the face- framing hat, always drawn to one side:

The back-of-the-head hat, with a bunch of ribbons or flowers on top, Is right out.

A

minority wear the

small crowned, broad-brimmed sports hat brush or (extreme right) with quills at one alde, and one speckled feather rising above them and dip- ping right over, downwards again to the other side,

A winter trend was the close- fitting fur helmet cap, usually in rabbit with mitts lo match.

But wherever one goes, one is sure

a backward and sideways till, a bow of self-material or a feather cluster drawing the hat down to one shoul. der. These bats are immensely popular in angora and jersey.

Even If the work of Ethel Walker did not contradict it-or even if 1 wanted to maintain such a theory-to meet the tambourine hat worn of there is Barbara Hepworth (who had n show of completely abstract sculp ture recently) to confound I and following her at the Lefevre Gal- leries comes Miss Frances Hodgkins. Frances Hodgkins has, I fancy, like Ethel Walker, worked for a great many years (she was born in New (Continued on Page 10)

Another popular hat is the Parisian version of our Anglo-American jelly- bag hat; but instead of a hanging tasselled "stocking," the ends are left

Simply packed!

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Veils can be seen and bought in every colour, and in coarse mesh as

LOIS LEEDS asks-

Do you

D

know?

Well, do you?

O you know that "women go to extremes with platinum and brassy yellow bleaches too often when yellow tones pre- dominate in their skins? The result is a lack of difference be tween hair and skin, both seem ja sickly, unhealthy monotone,

very

difficult to flatter with makeup or colours in clothes." This from a famous Hollywood makeup and hair expert-and how true!

be

"Rather,

safe and choose from soft, traditional shades, such as Ash Blondes, light, Golden, Browns, so that the face and the skin tone receive

lift. The a needed

chlet offenders are those who do home bleaching." he concludes. "If you must do home bleaching, remember that your hair is a component part of beauty and that its colour must flatter your face by providing a lift!"

well us fine mesh.

Do you know that cheek

rouge Halpins have left our ugly knob- ¦ should never be used too close to a falling to the top far behind. Peart hatpins, pill prominent nose because it will act to pigeon-egg size, are the cheapest as a highlight and nccentuate the and most, popular. Then there are size of the nose?. berd and sequin batpins, dower-head clusters, lace-edged pasies and cla borate peart hatpins wound, round with n twist of black and gold beads, Elite miniature turbans,

Feathers and this downward til are the signature on most of these hats, and every one has trimming at one side that frames the profile.

Flowers are not so popular now, but I have seen clusters of grapes in natural colours, or (lower centre) in black velvet, emphasising the down. ward trend.

A macaw head, placed centrally on un oatmeal felt hat. manages

to spread one wing horizontally, but the other goes away and down (top left).

Beaver and other fur felts are easy to find—and,

Parisian of course, women score heavily with the most exquisite veilings and hatpins (top centre), un essentially Parisian build

up for every hat.

Shoulder-length

Incidentally, upswept hair styles were rare in Paris. Most women seemed to wear their hair medium or shoulder length, often elaborately cultured, bedecked with ribbon- topped combs, huge puffs, curls and rolls of fuise

hair which is very popular.

The only hat difficult to find, in fact, is the typical simple French beret. These were senree in black, brown and navy, unobtainable in pastris and colours,

EYE-SHADOW?

Do you know that when your eyes are deepset, little or no eye-shadow should be used and that none should be applied in the extreme hollow

the nose" of the eyelid next to

Do you know that when the eyes are prominent, check rouge should be placed well up under the eyes so that no white space will appear be- tween checks and eyes to

accentuate their size?

further

Do you know that one of the Anest home. exercises or ankle, leg and foot muscles is to walk on tip- toe for a short period each day?

Do you know that if hair and skin are very oily, you should eat less fatty foods and olls?

JEWELLERY-its history and its legends

By Ronald McKie

To prevent "too much indulgence" in the use of plus, an Act of the British

Parliament forbade pin- makers to sell pins in "open shop" except on January 1 and 2 of each year.

Therefore, "women of high and low degree" saved up their money to buy pins on those two days. This was the origin of the term "pin money."

ginally for suicide in case of capture or disgrace (Hannibal killed himself with a poison ring in 183 B.C., after THE brooch, developed from the

PROBABLY not one woman his nul effort to destroy Rome full- safety-pin. Greek men fastened in thousands knows the real ed), but later the Borgins, by giving their cloaks in position on the right significance of the jewellery, their victims an artificial snake-bite shoulder with a "Abula," the old both genuine and junk, she the poison ring into a murderous art. Lary leaders

with a hand-shake, turned the use of word for brooch, and Roman mill- secured their mantles hangs, clips, pins, and screws on

with cameo brooches.

In England, in the 14th century, to herself.

circular brooches, formed

the

Wearing of jewellery is a survival of ancient social, religious, and eco- by

nomic customs handed

down

people as wide apart in geography and tune as the Scandinavian Vikings and the Incas of Peru.

Many of our original Jewellery Ideas came from Egypt, though most countries have contributed.

WAY back in history people made rings, not to wear, but to use

as money.

The ancient Egyptians used what was called "ring money," and a man's wealth was determined by the number of rings he passessed.

From earliest times the ring has been a pledge and seal of faith, and its use as a stamp, Indicating power and authority, goes back a long way. The Egyptians used the first mar- rlage ring. The Greeks and Romans favoured this. custom, but it did not become Christian ritual until about 800 A.D.

Romans, Carthaginians and others wore poison rings. These were ori

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THE earliest home of the really

artistic, earring was Babylonia,

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The early Greeks, both men and women, wore earrings as ornaments and protection against evil spirits. and carrings were one of the greatest ornamental extravagances of Roman times.

In England, between 1500-1700, men and women plastered themselves with jewellery. Charles I selected a magnificent set of earrings to wear on his wall to the block, but took them off and handed them to a faith- fut follower a few minutes before

his execution.

PRACELETS (from the Latin word for "arm") were from earliest times regarded as evidence of wealth and symbols of power.

The Emperor Nero. who liked wearing bracelets, presented silver models to Roman soldiery who had distinguished themselves.

shape of lettera and bearing words or mottoes, fastened the tunle at the You see poor relies of these neck. today in the Mother.' 'Malsie,' 'Baby' type of brooch.

In England, from 1327-1547, no person below the rank of knight, knight's wife, or bishop was allowed to wear gold, gilt, or silver brooches, though many people flouted the law.

Beads, in terms of fushion, are much older than clothes. The real age of beads began with the dis- overy of glass, probably by the Egyptians or Phoenicians more than 3,000 years ago.

Most peoples have always valued necklaces or collar type ornaments. People once believed that amber beads protected the wearer from evit spirits,

THE pearl necklace has long been

a favourite because women be- that pearls leved (and still do) enhanced their colouring and beauty.

of Paris made the first arti Jaquin The Vikings and other northern tribes regarded the wearing of the Acial pearls in 1680. He blew small bracelet as a sign of honour. The glass globes, filed them with wax, Early English had much the same and powdered them with fish scale. Iden. though with them the bracelet essence.

cradually became an crablem of rank. Jaquin used 10,000. fish to make Brooches (from the French "to lib, of essence of pearl-and that's pferco") preceded buttons, but pins a lot of fish to go around the necks preceded brooches.

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Soak the fruit overnight covered in one pint hot water -adding sugar if prunes are used. Next day strain the Juice into a pan, add fat and bring to boil. Remove from flame, add flour at once, stir well.

Replace on low flame, stir strongly until mixture de- taches from sides of pan. Remove from flame again.

Add the rest of the ingredients, mix well, and put still warm into greased pudding basin. Cover with paper, na usual and steam for half an hour."

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She Outshoots Women's Table Tennis

The Mounties

Champions European table tennis

cup for women was won for England 6-27. at the Farrington Memória! Hall

Royal Canadian Mounted Po London, recently by the Misses Dace, lice rifle experts had to doff their Czecho-Slovak team which englæteri Blackbourn and Franks against o hats recently to a woman sharp for three former champions shooter-Mrs L Wrinch-who

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