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When he

comes

closel

Use Amolin

Amolin safeguards personal

daintiness by guarding the under-arm "dinger zone",:: makes you sure of personal charm at all times! Aunolin) prevents unpleasant perspication and body odors from forming:

• Soft, white, delicately scented

• Vanishes when you rub it in

• Does not harm ikly or fabrics

• Provides long-lasting protection

For Atan or Women

Ask for it by name:

olin

CREAM

Amolin

CEREA MDE O D OR

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INDIGESTION

Phillips Milk of Magnesia holds o place of first importance as a cor- rective aid. It quickly alkalizes the harmful stomach acids..

It acts as a gentle laxative.

tones up your entire di-

gestive system.

IN LIQUID AND IN TABLET FORM

DENUIN

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ILK OF MAGNE

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"COSMETICS & TOILET PREPARATIONS

The full range of Boots "Number Seven" Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations is now available at leading stores and dispensaries in Hong Kong.

These fine English Beauty Products, made by Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., are easily recognised by their deep blue Plastic Containers.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 13, 1947.

WOMANSENSE

COMMAND PERformance brinGS OUT

JEWELLED SANDALS AND ERMINE

BY PATRICIA LENNARD

Fest first nights"

ROM the fashion angle, one

of

for some time was the recent Royal Command film perform- ance at the Odeon, Leicester- square: all the stars dressed up for the occasion, and the people, who came to see them did not compete but dressed formally and well.

What the occasion DID bring out was the triumphal return In force of white ermine worn with its own dark brown little tails. Royal, ermine, in fact. White furs were especially popular.

The Queen wore a white fox and crmine shoulder cape over the white and gold crinoline she had made for the tour of South Africa, and Princess Margaret wore a white fox cape over her pink satin, apple-blossom trima- mel dress, which she also wore in South Africa.

Jewelled Sandals

The Queen arrives at the performance dressed. In a white and gold crinoline gown and a white fox and ermine shoulder cape. Princess Margaret wears a white fox cape over £ pink satin dress. The King can be seen alighting from the car.

HAND CREAM

Celicnal Des

HAND CREAM

Colonial Dames

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This special new CREAM is made with lanolin and other softening elements. It combats drying effects of work and water....helps your hands take an inviting petal-smoothness

Jeaves them with a lingering, romantic fragrance.

on sale at leading stores

And high-heeled jewelled sandals brown-wore a mink jacket over were the most popular. The Queen her white-and-gold brocade gown. wore sandals to match her crinoling, Lilli Palmer displayed an original with pintform soles nearly an inch necklace of seed pearls and stones thick.

representing bunches of grapes at Incidentally, the Queen wore the neckling of her strapless white- magnificent rubies and diamonds-and-gold crinoline dress, and her tiara, necklace, own-bracelets, and a ruby and diamond gold ribbon bow."

pendant brooch, hair was tied back in a whito-and-A clasp on her bag.

But white.ermine with its tails turned up again and agains a bolero, a cape, a cloak, a stole- even as a tiny old-fashioned tippet, worn by Ann Todd.

of the occasion.

Best-dressed

Most ubiquitous fashions were film

actress was the stole and crinoline. A while Valerio Hobson. Over her full chiffon atole was worn by Hazel skirted turquoise and black-striped Court with her grey and whic The gown of the evening was dress she were one of the new droop- striped full-skirted dress. Silver the full-skirted, strapless or off-shouldered billowing evening coats, grey was the choice of Robert the-shoulder -picture frock or

also In turquoise, the very full back Montgomery's wife, who crinoline, bentting the formality trailing behind her. Worn open, it a

also had a full-skirted

dress shimmering displayed the biggest-ever diamond with Bliver embroidery on the spray: a lfe-size flower and leaves. bodice. And Sally Gray, in J will hand- Most courageous was Greta Gynt: white satin crinoline looking like a stage debutante, white painted roses on bodice and skirt, paradise plumes waving and sable- wore red roses in her hair. trimmed train tralling three feet Most interesting were hairstyles behind, she held her silver foxes so and that the crowd outside could admire tucked elaborate fly-away tortoise- headdresses. Many women the strapless decolletage of her shell combs in their hair and there were at least Two tiurns, one worn Most down-to-earth entrance was by Lady Anne Dalrymple Bob Hope's: chewing gum furiously, curtseys in the

Champheys

who was practising he escorted his wife, who wore a

foyer before the white Ince bustle-backed picture arrival of the Royal party which Included the Queen of Norway. in black lace and silver foxes, and King Michael of Rurnania.

Vivien Leigh (Mrs Laurence Olivier), dressed in white and gold brocade Ind

mink

ย

Jacket, arrives al the per- formance with her husband and Stewart Grainger.

silver lame dress.

dress.

Blinding Scarlet

Twin Orchids

Most crowd-conscious, perform- ance was that of Carole Landis wearing a short white ermine bolero over her sequined black velvet and tulle dress by Jacques Fath. she squares, birds of paradise or twin allowed Alexia Smith, in mink over orchids were very popular head-

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Sparkling tulle and lace hend-

blossom twined round her elaborate topknot hairstyle.

a black velvet full-skirted dress and gear, Phyllis Culvert wearing white her husband to go ahead, while she back to the doorway of the foyer. Loretta Young followed, in her red, black and white striped dross--one of the women who wore tailed ermine hers was a cape ending in stole ends,

--Most-spectacular outfit-was-Mur---

Lockwood's:

garet

an off-the-

One woman wore her hair in enormous twin chignon buns, and there were quite a few one-sided hairstyles.

There were not many of the new "short" full-skirted ankle-length dresses-one in plum glik was worn

with with a matching black lace and

accessories of bronze evening shoes and a tulle-trimmed pillbox.. She,

wide gold mesh choker neck- too, and

Incu. They wore a white ormine stole trimmed ce

were obviously not with talls.

formal enough for the occasion.

One of the nicest and most strik White and Gold

ing outfits was the older woman Most popular colour combination

who wore a ground-length evening was white and gold. Vivien Leigh, coat in pink corded silk, matching

by her husband clusters of carnations in her accompanied with his hair now its own natural hair, which was piled up under

cloud of lavender veiling.

shoulder black lace crinoline, worn w the appropriate up-to-date

Bake now for Christmas

C

CANDIED PEEL

AKES and puddings im- shops-but you can make your

prove with keeping, so own with very little sugar. do not delay Christmas preparations. You may not have found any peel in the

STILLMAN'S

Freckle Cream

FOR CHAR SKIN

Stillman's Freckle Cream contains certain ingredients which act as a temporary "black-out" against the formation of pigment. Next it favors the retention of fat glob- ules in the skin which helps to smooth out lines and creepiness. It's easy to use—just smooth on at night before retiring and let it work while you sleep. After using just one regular sized jar you will find your complexionso improved. that you will need to urging to continue ning Stillman's Freckle Cream.

Peel of 2 sweet oranges; Joz. sugar.

cut away PEEL the oranges and

the white pith. Put the Deel into a saucepan, just covered with water, and simmer gently for an hour vatil the peel is tender. Remove the peel and measure tablespoonfuls of the water

Disolve pour the rest away.

in

this

water and

and

the

Simmer gently without the

a lid

the peel becomes transparen! and the syrup thick. Remove from the pan and stand on a rack to cool with the hollow side down so that any surplus syrup will drain off.

To give the peel a professional finish, roll în granulated sugar,

CHRISTMAS CAKE

10.

Sugar,

or

margarine, 1. 416 flour, 1. mixed dried fruit, 4 reconstituted eggs (dried), 4 tablespoonfuls milk, brandy sherry, I level teaspoonful of cach of the following: • mixed spice, lemon essence, almond essence, vanlita essence, 1⁄2 level teaspoon- ful salt,

INE an 8 inch cake-tin with # double sheet of strong kitchen paper. Clean and pick the fruit.

the Reconstitute the egg, and add milk. Cream the fat and the sugar together until they aro soft and white. Then add the flavourings. Sleve all

the dry ingredients to-

senta to gether. Add these to the creamed mixture, using the reconstituted egn and milk to mix. Lastly add the prepared fruit and stir well, The mixture should be fairly stiff

Put Into the prepared cake-Un and bake for three hours in the centre of n very moderate oven, Regulo, -3 or 350 deg. F. Allow the cake to cool in the tin, then turn it out and wrap it up in greaseproof paper and 'stors in an airtight tin for A month to mellow before-felng.

Many's ring-

iamond...

a few-clear

white

She's

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Mary has a beautiful amooth-ns-cream skin

Another engaged girl with a Pond's-cared-for complexion, Mary says "Pond's Cold Cream makes face care so easy." This is how abo ises it, every morning and night.

She smooths Pond's luscious, soft Cold Cream gently over face and throat. Pats briskly to loosen and release dirt and make- up. Then she wipes off cleant

She rinser with moro fluffy white Pond's, slipping the cream in little circles all over her

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