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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1948.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

BOY MEETS GIRL ... a study in behaviour Hats Are Flower Pots,

Let's Dance!

By EVE PERRICK

LONDON. ALTHOUGH etiquette ex- perts like Emily Post have never snid so in so an un- words, there is written law that if boy is to meet girl at a West End hotel dance an intreduction is neces- sary,

many

But then nothing is strictly formal before dinner, so there is the the dansant, where "table crossing" between the unmet sexes is allowed. 'from 4 to

6 p.m.

In the hotel which is just up the road from the "hub of the Empire" it is rather quiet and the lights are low.

It is almost the Mecca of the middle-aged. Here come the semi-sophisticated suburbanites (London, N.W., predominating), the young matrons who have not yet learned to play bridge, the single girls searching for some thing socially above the public dance-balls.

They meel the men who would like the Buaye-sounding "lounge lizard" lable. but who. on closer inspection, seein to be divided into two. There is the colonial-type Englishman on three months' enve from car-

white rying the

man's burden on behalf of an oil company: the 1301 nhout town of an after- because their jobs

noon

In restaurants, clubs, and dog tracks start later.

But this, after all, is

the heart of London, so there is sprinkling of tourist Americans and other visitors to add the cosmopoli- tan fonch,

'CHOOSE YOUR PARTNERS' TAKES.

ON A POLITELY INFORMAL NOTE

...

ONLY FROM 4 TO 6p.m. OF COURSE

Over to the right: Smart arrival

ON LOOKS

ROBB wearing black pullover top, with unusual feature-lond

check scarf with fringed ends fucked through her belt and matching Older woman in front, smart In her very full tweed skirt navy blue and white. Her companion smolders her face by overdone hair

Further, teft: Black-sulled woman lets trself down willi Complete contract an untidy hair style under her springlike boater.

is her friend, who goes top havy with a black cocktail lut.. Girl being invited to dance wears ber holiday beach Jersey under the short halera-style jacket.

There is something to be said for to the dress the casual approach question in vlew of the greater number of women. It is hard to for look as if you are only there

tea two sandwiches, paste, the cress, or cheese, and two pastries- 3s.) if you are dressed to kill.

to sustain As it is, it's difcult the right sort of expression because of the close proximity of the ordin nry tea lounge.

Ko

awkward

Most serm 10

tea-dancing singly-although a few women come in pairs. A friend at the table does

between during help dance moments after the meal bas

mbles been eaten. but the variably pick the lonely Indies with the bored manner for partners.

in-

In this dignifled atmosphere the approach and invitation have to be The man who cleverly contrived. has come in search of female com- (or does he just love to dance?) is at a disadvantage at the eruelal choosing moment.

★

He is sitting down, the light is dim, and ("After all, my dear, this is met a 28. hop's the unconcealed Jook-around and unblushing stare of the Lyceum Lothario is out.

By VICTORIA

Lampshades & Sausages

By SALLY SWING ARIS-Some Paris hats this scason look just like flower pots, They are meant to.

PAR

I have made a tour of a fow of Paris' leading millinery de- signers and have uncovered three alarming trends-the llower pot, the lamp shade and the poke bonnet.

Up at Paulette's swank hat maison, what did I discover? A brick red "whatsit" that looked for all the work like a common garden flower pot, brick ru with a hole in the top.

I asked Paulette herself about it. She popped into accrel "creating rooms" in the back and brought out a flower pot covered in canvas.

and colour on others, sill keeping the same line to creato a cloche that hugs the head and sticks up in back with a slightly painted crown.

Anothor Important atzape Ulis winter. Is the revolutionary lamp shade, Liko the flower pot, it has two tiers, but is worn tipped to- ward the front and slightly to the right. Simone Cango, one of Paris' outstanding designers of now shapes, is responsible for the lamp shaile.

Her favourite colours this season

are pearly gray, off-green tones and belge. Often the lamp shades have a dingling black tassel on the right.

Bulk is a keynote in the lamp shado hats. The crowns are large, and often six inches high. They are set Into a wide band which gives the wearer a definite 1020 look ns the hats are worn well down on tho forehead.

two

"Of course I change the base of the flower pot and add a few gay

The third shape of 1019 in the feathers for contrast," she said. "If

half-bonnet of Maud Roser. A little you have a big head, that is."

plaid hat, for example, is really sewn together Paulette and her flower pot are

fat sausages the dunt launchers of the most sideways, which are worn on top of the head. 'They're rounded to At popular hat style here now, cloche. Although she makes

the crown, of course, and although real flower pot hat in brick felt, off the thing looks ridiculous, on it's she changes the crown and material cute..

CHAPELLE

the the

LONDON SHOWS TWO

SILHOUETTES FOR 1949

WO silhouettes are now

Tlikely to be popular as a

result of the 1948-9 autumn and winter collections recently shown in London. One

the full-skirted, is

small- waisted line which, because it showed so great a change from the irumediate postwar oil. houette.. WAS christened the

! "New Look"; the other is silhouette which shows a slim skirt, about 13 inches to 14. inches from the ground, or mid- calf length.

The changes in the first type of sunt are small; the soft, rounded shoulder remains, so does the small, nest wals, but the skirt width has been modified to fall snugly over the hipa and fall into flares. Gathering and pleating are far less popular.

Waist Slenderness

So it is a matter of some un- So far ከዛ the second type obtrusive neck-twisting and peers concerned, the slim skirt Ja ing over the top of a tencup while often provided with B foil by the lady does her best to appear the Jacket which is either below. uninterested in these preliminaries, hip or wrist-length

and many Then 1 is a circular movement have a full, stiffened peplum; or a

peplum which is folded or round the tables, a slight bow, and

or back- a smile.

swept, they may be tiered or even to emphasise have spiral seaming their importance. These, too, accen- Luate waist slenderness but in many of the jackets there is a little shoul der padding and the sloping line is nol so noticeable..

When the ten dance was part of the Bright Young Things social era there was a distinctive costume for

vecusion-the the

"little black dress," just a bit longer and more petition

to distinguish it from bejewelled street wear.

Nowadays, as far as the women are concerned, it's a place where you wear what you like... but keep your hat un.

On the floor it is more compli- cated. The girl. In addition to her troubles adjusting her footwork to "the personal dance traits-of-an-un- also keep familiar partner, mest up a bright conversation.

In com- She has four minutes,

with the nice quiet band, to prove herself a charming intel- Ilgent companion. well versed In general knowledge and the latest show talk-in short not at all the cort of girl that the lucky man could easily meet anywhere ulse without a formal introduction.

Molyneux Wedding Gown

BERTHA neck-

A line and sweeping

skirt are features of the wedding gown de signed by Molyneux for Patricia Cunning- bam, who married Charles Creed London recently. Skirt fullness is con- centrated at the back emplarised by sash ends. Miss Cun- inglem, who is tall. slim and dark, close white molte.

In the top coals for formal town wear, fullness in mostly concentrated at the back of the skirt below a filted muny top, but on

of these the rounded shoulder line is accentuated by little capes. or cape effects or, perhaps, a 1940 ndaplation of the showi" collar. The length of these conts has not changed-they may be 11 inches

the or 12 inches from ground according to the height of the wearer.

Companion Piece

As a companion piece to these there are the wide swagger coats- a trifle less voluminous than lost season's but still tent-like which often have extraordinarily narrow- looking. sloping shoulder lines added to dolman sleeve effects. With these is seen a wide turn-over collar which buttons at the neck—a lina which has practically eclipsed the tuxedo front.

The newcomer which promises to have most effect on coming fashions is the cape in all its phases. Some- times it is seen full-length with strong 18th century influence, high collar and all; this may be quile plain from neck to hem, or it may be trimmed with two, or even three tiers. Another version of this is the wrist-length cape worn both on couts and jackets and sometimes' remov- able: this, too, may have one or more tlers. A third version is the shoulder cape falling to the elbow, or just be low the shoulder-blades.

Radium Treatment For Birthmarks

Unsightly blemishes and birth. marks should be removed by X-rays shortly after birth, udviso three Philadelphin specialists.

The physicians, Eugene P. Pen- dergruss, James C. Kälterjohn and James B. Butchart, outlined the treatment in an article in the American Journal of Roentgenology nd Radium Therapy.

They said such birth defects "can be treated with radiation with com- pleto entisfaction."

The blemishes actually are benign tumours mado up of newly- formed blood vessels. They fro reddish or purplish and vary in size. The specialists said doctors formerly bolleved it was best not to treat them, and that they would dia- appear. Somo do and some do not.

Emphasis on clegance underlies the slim lines of this suit by Matita of London. In fine grey worsted with a woven spot, it The skirt has a narrow, waist, full basque and new high collar, is alim while giving plenty of room to move, and the talloring is.

impeccable.

This topcoat, also a Matila model, la of. And cloth. In 's lovely shade of violet, and shows the new back Importance, the cape effect and high collar which are the latest fashion points in the autumn and winter collections.