THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948,
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WOMANSENSE
The Samba Skirt
Around The Town
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with Mercia Hillaly
THETHER or not men care for the moro activo part women are taking in affairs of the Eovernment, they are coming to realise that the so-called 'weaker sex' aro a determined band when they got together,
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Is Fashion News
By Mario de Segur
PARIS..
BRAZILIAN influence in fashions is the most strik-
ing feature of recent dress shows,
A-"pearl choker: la 'one' of madame's indispensable drena accessories.
Mlle. Carven, who has return- tightly fitting little bodice, of which ed from Brazil, is catering for is sprinkled all over with pearls of younger women with fashions different sizes. recalling Saraba dancero' skirts and the immense wide petti- conts worn by Portuguese,
Shirred bands of material are The International Council
of her collec Women form an active group locally another feature although little is still known about tion. Some liave skirts mount- their work and achievements. They ed on them, others are bands of about 150 joined together with eyelet em- have a membership women who are out to promote the broidery. welfare of mankind, of the family and of the individual."
of
It is an international organization but the local group was formed lust year when the need for jurors was a pressing one and certain capable women fell "well, why shouldn't we serve on the jury and help the men out." Swedish-born Mrs Lan A. Caleraft, the President of the group here has been.connected with this organisation abroad for about eight mosi that the years, and says pressing problem under consideration child is that of the moment prostitution in the Colony.
nt
People are beginning to wonder where all the many cars at present parked on the site of the new Bank of China are going to be diverted when building commences. Several suggestions for alternative sites have been offered,
ed, such as part of the Murray playground which was lent as a car park during the Garden at Government House Inst Party
Is, also proposed that month. It an underground car park be con structed on the bank's same site.
At the successful cockinil parly held yesterday at the Hongkong Club Annexe, given by Me and Mrs K Noble on the occasion of Doml nion' Day, a considerable number 'grass widows were exchanging re- miniscences
One displayed a ring her husband gave her after a pre- vlous separation and therefore her opinion an occasional
parting has its advantages.
Rose Boater
This little hoster is rūst- decked, and secured with a tle-under-the-chin vell.
in
Linen is prominent among materials used.
Many fluted jackets show lace edgings in contrasting a colour.
One of the most charming and youthful-looking trocks was made of a tiny red and white check silky linen..
Wasp Walsts
A long muft chain or strings of - pearls can be draped or looped up in unusual ways.
A tight dog collar of mother of pearl flat shells looks well with a well groomed dark haired coiffure.
Pierre Balmain's collection also shows a wealth of pearls...
RECIPE ·
Nougat tart
Ingredients: Boz short crust, 2 egg whites, 2oz., sugar, 2oz. cake or breadcrumbs, 2 table- coconut, grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1--
cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground
tablespoon raspberry or apricot jam, 1 teaspoon brown sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
As Carven's tightly Atting bodices
вреспя wasp waists require clever and
her garment, called corsoting. Balconnette, is worn with all models. It holds the bust high and small in a very youthful bra effect and gives the neccessary wasp waist.
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A most amusing accessory is a bandbag which consisted of a large red earthenware flowerpot, carried by the stem of a plant.
Carven's skirt lengths for the young person are 15 inches from the ground for morning wear. 12 for afternoon, and just off the floor for evening,"
Pearl Craze
The craze for pearls is still on, with pear) accessories featured ni almost every dress show.
Jacques Fath displays a black linen ankle-length cocktail frock, the
Method: Prepare short crust, line
a deep greased sandwich tin with it, and spread lightly with Jam. Beat egg whites stily, add pinch salt, then sugar, crumbs, coconut, cinnamon, lemon, rind, and strained lemon juice. Mix well; and pour into pastry shell. Sprinkle with mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake in moderate oven. When pastry begins to brown decrease heat, and cook slowly until centre mixture in set. Serve hot or cold.
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Housewife's. Hints
Unless household · linens are cared for as soon as stains appear, they are likely to retain some of them forever. The wise homemaker will
take out all visible stains before the article goes through the washing
process.
Whenever a tube of paste or 1 battle of tablets has been emptied, placing the little screw top in one's change purse will serve ast re- minder that another must be pur- chased.
One method of cleaning a Panama hat is to make a paste of gloss starch and cover the hat with it. Then place the hat in the sun until it is dry, brush it, and dust and soli will disappear,
cord or heavy, thread, when string- ing beads.
While ironing, keep handy a cellu- lose sponge dipped in warm water. It holds moisture well and doesn't
wel your hands,
Are You Figure-Conscious?
Courtesy Dorothy Gray Salon For slimming the waist, a famous-New York salon recommends this, exercise, which can also be dono at home.
By HELEN FOLLETT
ITH Agures what they are--or rolling machines, treadmills. Some
WITH
what they are supposed to be of these units are designed to knock according to the now fashions of adiposo billows by means of women are more figure conscious rhythmica! electrical vibrations. than ever before,
Everybody is trying to ntp in at the waist line. Every girl wanting to bo busty. And how about the who has lost her waist poor girl line? Beauticians have the answer to that. They are adding "slenderis- ing departments" to their shops. Of course, there have been salons.
reducing
Just the ticket for the woman whose teeth go on edge at the men- tion of the word diet. The equip ment in these shops include stationary exercising bicycles, row- ing contrivances, vibratory belts,
There is the vapour cabinet that sweats off fat cells. After a pro- longed steaming, there is a vigorous body massage during whichi local- Ised bumps are kneaded and pum→ melled into a state of dissolution.
The beauty trade stresses the fact that the body culture department is designed not only for giving aid to the heavyweights but to afford rest and relaxation for career girls who fear that desk work and typ- ing may bring on the mealbag shape. They realise that it isn't just how a young woman looks today, but how she is going to look a few years herice.
BOYS' AND GIRLS MAGAZINEA
Humpty-Dumpty Sat On A Wall
He Wanted To Jump Down-
BY MAX TRELL
NARF and Hanid, the shadow- childen with the turned-about names, were walking down Goose-
When shoe laces lose their tips,berry Lane, which is in the town
as they are apt to do, make them Just a little longer by twisting the ends and dipping them into clear nail polish. Let dry thoroughly, then give them a second coat in necessary. Try the same thing on
Makeup Expert On Multi-
Coloured Heads
By PATRICIA CLARY [OLLYWOOD A Holly- Hood makeup expert hopes that Loretta Young's reign as queen of Hollywood is going to put a damper on those women who keep running to him for a smoky-blonde hair dye.
he
can
Miss Young, top actress of the year, is a medium-brow- nette,
tell them firmly now. And they wouldn't want to be out of step, would they, hmmm?
.
"Four of the five netresses nomi- nated for this year's Academy Award had dark hair, and the fifth, Dorothy McGuire, is a dark blonde." expert pointed out, "I was very the glad to see this. I hope it will en courage women to stick to natural hair-shades,"
Too many ladies were crying for that gray-blue hair colour that Lana Turner originated and Belly Hutton made popular.
"Very, very few women look good with it. Even Lana isn't wearing it any more."
RED RYDER
TEP! THERE'S GOLD IN THIS STREAM: CRABROCK!
of Mother Gooseville (which is in- side the Mother Goose Book, of course!) when all ot once their friend Simple Simon came running up to them.
"You're just in time!" he an-' nounced joyfully.. "He's going to Jump off the wall!"
"Who is about to jump off the wall?" Hanid asked in alarm.
"What wall? Where? Hurry Tell us!" Knart sald, equally alarm-
ed.
Simon grinned like a clown. He pointed to the wall at the bottom of Mother Goose's garden. "Humpty- Dumpty, is sitting on that wall. He's about to jump off. I told him It would be all right. He wouldn't hurt himself, much."
"Humpty Dumpty. don't jump!" Knarf and Ilanid erled.
Can You Fly
A Kite?
(Continued from Yesterday) Chinese kites have always been the envy of overy kiteflying-en- thusiast. They use bamboo supports and very thin tough paper or silk, and let their imaginations suggest all sorts of- beautiful ~end unusual shapes.. They even have whistling kita, made. by attaching bamboo strips in such a way that the wind whistles through them. These were charms against the evil spiritą, they say.
Oriental boys and girls would send a
whole menagerie into the sky, and it was not surprising to sea monkeys, horses, dogs, snakes. Ashes. cows, and even dragons flying around In the nir. They also used kiles resembling soldiers and hunters.
Grownups were just as enthusi- astic kite flyers as the young people in China and Japan and tlicy would sometimes send up a casile or a pagoda with each window lighted from within by tiny lamp! Or they would have huge bouquet of flowers which would suddenly open up into a gorgeous display of Areworks.
These people had contests, just as
de, cach
and
ono wanted to get his or her higher than
Unusual Colouring Needed "You have to have unusual blonde colouring and an ethereal complexion to look good with blue hair. Most of the women who want
do with it. "Even if he breaks, it, however, are sallow and pudgy. Crylog: "Humpty-Dumpty, don't we'll just put him together again. "If nature had intended people jump!" Knarf and Hanid ran as fast He'll look just as good as new, Go
have smoky hair, sho would
as they could to the wall, with ahead and jump!" he called up to have made some that way."
Master Simon close at their heels. Humpty-Dumpty.
to be worried The expert has seen through his "There's nothing
"No! Not" cried Manid. But many years in Hollywood how the about! Everybody jump's off choice of an Academy Award win-wall" Simen kept saying.
Humpty-Dumpty started swaying. "Look out below," he ner influences women's hair styles,
shouted, we "Here I come!" makeup and clothes for the next year,
to
that
About To Jump
They all reached the wall just ou to about Whi Humpty-Dumpty
thu
others did. They sometimes fought
this.. "kite battles" to accomplish They
would dip a portion of the
and Humpty-Dumpty was still particles of glass. When the kites in glue cant it with tiny
the
tu
doesn't
Fortunately Kaart and Hanid Miss Young is a natural young
cought him before
he hit who dresses simply and woman
ground. wears her hair simply and in a
Jump. natural brown colour. One of the "What's the matter? What's all grumbling when they finally put
were in the air, they would gulde other nominees Suson Hayward-the excitement about?" he asked him safely on à pillow and made
them close to their rival's kite and stay there. "Don't listen is a redhead. Miss McGulro is a
in a low grumbling voice. "Can't him
cach would try to cut the other's tells dark blonde. Joan Crawford's hair1 jump off a wall if I want to?" what Simple Simon
you,"
kito string, using the glass-covered is golden brown and Rosalind Rus- "No! You'l break!" cried Hanid. Hanid scolded him. "He
"Stuff and
nonsense, "muttered know what he's talking about! part of their string, sell's is chestnul, darkest of all,
Humpty Dumpty. "I can't under- Once an egg is broken nobody can stand," he added gloomily, "why put it together agatti! You'll be everybody-except Simple Simon scrambled all over! You'll never ba trica to keep ine from jumping off able to sit on a wall again!" this wall. I saw the cat do it. She But Humpty-Dumpty was still in didn't break."
very End humour. "People are "You're not
having a caf," said Hanid. always keeping me from "You're an egal"
fun. I can't run, or jump or skip Here, Simple Simon interrupted to or Hop. All I can do is roll. There's say he didn't see what that had to no fun being an egg-no fun at all!"
Miss Hutton, who narrowly miss cd nomination for an Oscar, is a rank individualist in this conserva- tive
group.
Sho
wears the new look clothes, and the old look in hair -a long loose bob. And then she dyes it gray.
"And In spite of everything, on her it all boks good."
JUSTA-TRÅGE WASHE
A Discovery
"PROBABLY
STREAM FROM
ABOVE
IT BEATS ME WHERE RYDER, GOT TO HE COULDNT CLIMB
THEM CLIFFS.
By Fred Harman...
HEY, CRABROCK!
LOOK!
Rupert's Island Adventure-27
The professor looks very surprised at the Batle bear's idea, but he cuts a large oblong at paper and watches while Rupert and Willie fold it into boat. Then, he looks at a doubt fully
"You couldn't sit down ins that." he says," and if you stood up it would be top heavy. The sail's i wrong, 100, The wind would blow the boat sideways." Suddenly he locks thoughtful and sits down with! his head in his hands. "When I was your age." he murmur knew how to make a much better boat."
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