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In the army, the navy and war plants millions

of men learned there is nothing as comfortable

far summertime as a "skivvy" the knit "T-shirt". with short sleeves that absorbs perspiration

while it lots the breezes in. Now Coopers~~- the folks who make famous Jockey Underwear- have styled up theso shirts for civilian wear, In smart coloru and stripes-color-fast-washable. Lay in a supply now and enjoy theżi all summer long.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948.

WOMANSENSE

TUBE look is on its way

This is one of the Paris evening dresses, Επ black-chequered velvet. Its hip drapery, caught into a flare at the back of the kuce, is likely la be followed In next season's evening dresses In Britain.

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to the shops

by Patricia LENNARD

ONDON'S dress manufac- which may show some 200 different turors who supply the models, we can see several now and possibly extremo lines, one of which bulk of women's off-the- may be the coming trend. In any peg clothes today began showing case, the British designers follow their spring collections to Press Paris eventually, so why bother to and buyers.

When the dresses reach the shops early in 1940 it will be seen that in mass-produced women'a clothing there is no "British" fashion. The British wholesale trade base their designs on the models of about six top Paris designers. Why do they ignore the score or more of British designers and couturiers?

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The British designer says: would not mind admitting manu- facturers to my collections, if I could, show a different collection to my private ellents. England is too small 10 sce Our

ideas mass-produced everywhere: my clients in Yorkshire, London and Scotland would not want to see similar, dresses to theirs in the shops."*

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Says the British manufacturer: "Even if I were admitted to a British couturier show as a buyer, I would not go along. British designers are not sufficiently creative oncom prehensive. We have lo work six months ahead of fashion, and by attending Paris

cach of shown,

News for the house-proud

CANDLEWICK is back on bread and tomatoes.

attend their shows?”

The clothes on show will probably have a tube look (from Fath, Paris) or fly-away cuffs and collar. (from Dior, Paris) or an Empire walstlinu (from Piguel, Paris) or a knee-fare (from Desses, Paris).

Women are already wearing the cloches and the pointed tile hats Paris planned for them four montha ogo.

Make-up tuned

To your

Birthday

Star Beauty Tips For You

rather elaborate ritual.

Posed by Veronica Lake for Lois Leeds.

By LOIS LEEDS

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RELIEVING that serenity is the lous luscious wools, but has design- deepest source of Beauty, ed for herself White chain-knit Veronten Lake follows a simple hostess pajamas, shot with metallic beauty routine. Long walks,

threads. They are buttoned from hours sleep and only a scant use throat to waist with crochet-cover-. of cosmetics. Miss Lake's famous ed buttons. And, for that extra fillip, Lynn has made for herself a YOUR make-up should be tuned to tresses do, however, come in for a

pair of Carmine wool-knit booties, your Jewel and your Flower. It

encrusted with Gold bugle beads in charming custom to make For a shampoo Veronien chooses and seed pearls, to wear when en- your skin Flower-fresh, your lips baby castile, melted down in warm tertaining Informally at home: Bo, Jewel-bright, your body sweetly water to make a solution, rather if you are clever with the knitting Iragrant with your special Star- than applying the bar of soau di- needles. fol busy and see what Controlled Fragrance, Dramatiserectly to the hair. Her rinse is made glamorous outfits you can turn out. your Personality by the choice of of the juice of three lemone. Dry- ing consists of combing her hair colours suited to your Star-Desting! well in the sun, with both extra One and course combs, to give her hair that full flowing look..

Kait-With Lynn Barl's wardrobe is entirely of handknits. composed Miss Bari, who is an expert with the knitting needles, not only

Monili

Birth Stones

Birthstone Legend Januley Garnet

Constance and ildelity. Sincerity. peacemaking. Health and longevity.

Usually the February Ainethyst Remember only answer is-light the oven.

it? It's that cotton material This new gadget just on the mar which has tufts of threads ket is a much better answer. It is pulled through to the right side a special attachment which can be

nitted easily to any sloping sided May to form various patterns.

frying-pan.

Ti can-and Isused to make bedspreads, dressing Kowns, col covers and bath mats. These are the articles due to appear in the shops. The pile of the "lufting" is so close in the mats that walking on them is like walking on a thlek carpet.

Colours arc delightful-both bright and pastel--and are all washable. Candlewick doesn't need Ironing, and it is pre-shrunk.

WHERE does the odd name come WV from?

the I dates back to

The wives early days of Ataerica,

Innocence, Happiness. Health and

life, ntented Mind. Felicity and

March

April

June

Jasper

Diamond Emerald Fearl

Ruby

Sardonyx

piness. Wisdom,

sanity.

Friendship

It is shaped so that surplus fat July drains back into the pan, and means that no extra fuel need be used. August Price 25. 11d.. or, with Iron or aluminium 10-Inch frying-pan with iron handle, 7a 5d.

conjuga! hap-

September Sapphire

A combined colonder and sieve October Aquamarina Hope. made of plastic and aluminium is November Topaz another piece of kitchen equipment,

and fidelity. designed by a London housewife, December Bloodstone Courage,

Birth Month Colours

and now appearing in the stores.

The sieve and colander fittings are interchangeable and clip into a Month pinatic framework-blue, orange, January white or green. Easy to clean, and February costs about 125. (d.

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A

Cout-sifter which

March

can be

of settlers had little in the way of eperated with only one hand is our April

final piece of kitchen news It's a decoration in their homes.

time and trouble-saver, and costs 4s. 3d.

But they all had cotton, which they spun into candle wicks. Even when they had made all the candies they needed, there was still some yarn left over.

This they used to embroider their bedspreads. Then one of them dis- covered that if the stitches were cut and the material washed and fluffed- out, a soft pile resulted.

You

bath-mat-36 can buy inches by 21 inches for 19. 11d., a cot cover, which can be used as a mat If you prefer, for 34s, 10d.

Later on, candlewick by the yard

it makes lovely curtains-will be available, and hearthrugs and toys.

sooner than

If you need a rug "later on," a thin fell one might Interest you. It hosts only 8. 9d., is ft. long and 3ft. wide, and is off-white with a stencilled design. It can be backed to make it firmer if it is to be used on a slippery foor.

LATEST thing

in really useful KITCHEN GADGETS is- a frying-pan fixture.

Every housewife has come against the problem of keeping the hot while she Iries the sausages

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July

August:

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BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE,

The Shop in Gooseberry Lane

-It Was Run by Jack Spratt and Tom Tinker- BY MAX TRELL

KNARF and Hand, the dow

children with the turned-about

down Goose- berry Lano in Mother Gooseville when they both noticed a sign hang- ing in front of ons of the stores. The sign rend;

names, were walking

Jack Spratt & Tom Tinker

"I've never seen that sign before,” said Knart.

"They must have just opened it," sald Hanid. "Just listen to all the noise that's coming from inalde."

They listened at the door for n

moment. Sure enough, they could hear sound of banging every now shouting: and then and

a voice "Where's that hammer, Jarvan And

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We Fixit

•Shop-

Jack Spratt

The shadows naw the now ahon.

.

"You keep on looking for those "What did you do with that pieces of shell. I'll tell them what hap then, pot of glue, Tom?"

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pened. Early this morning," "Jack"

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known The next moment, there was a continued, "that loud crash as of something heavy Humpty Dumpty who is always sit- falling and breaking, followed-by-ing on a wall, fell off. The king screams and yells "Now you've found it and called all his soldiers gone and done It, Tom Tinker! 1 but they couldn't put it together again. Then the King had all the told you to be more careful!"

pieces brought here to our Fixit Shop. I was home eating breakfast with Mr. Sprait..."

Red Carnation Loving Heart Poor Tom was wailing.

"It slipped off the bench, Jack."

Feb. Violet

March Daffodil

April

White-Daisy Yellow Daisy

Modesty

Welcome

Innocence, Beauty..

Doubly Dear.

May Lily of the

Valley June Red Rose

Love, Sweetness, July Water Lily Aug. Yellow Gladiola Brings Sup-

Sept. As'er Oct. Cosmos

shine. Always Gay. Charm.

Nov. Chrysanthemum Hope

Dec,

Holly

Springs Eternal Rejoice To- Keither,

Way Found to Save Abscessed Teeth

.

NEW YONK-Abscessed teeth can be saved now through new oral surgery techniques, Dr. E. Alan Lieben told the American Academy

Opened the Door

"Did you have meat?" Knari asked,

For the Shop

"Just the lean," said Jack.

"But

he promised to fix Humpty,

With this, Knarf and Hanld hur- riedly opened the door and went in- alde to see what had happened. They found themselves in a large work- Tom Tinker was here in, the shop shop, with tools hung all over the and walls, and shelves filled with jars of Dumpty so it would look as good as nails and screws and pots of glue new again. and cans of paint, and string, and more cord, and boxes of wood and cloth and pieces of leather and a great many other things besides.

Jack Spratt, who was rather tall and thin, and Tom Tinker, who was short and sturdy-looking, were botn wearing overalls, with their sleeves rolled up. Just now, Tom Tinker was on his hands and knees, gather

"And we almost did have it all xed," Tom couldn't help saying. "I had all the pieces stuck together with glue. Then, all of a sudden, it, slipped off the table, and broke all over again."

"The king will be furlous. I don't

know what we can do," Jack said.

It took Knarf only a moment to:

ing up broken pieces of shell, while think of what they should do. "Go Jack Spratt stood over him grum to the black hen.” bling: "It's broken into a thousand pieces. We'll never be able to get it together again. I knew we never should have promised to fix it."

"We can fix it." Tom was saying

of Dental Medicine. The operation in a more cheerful voice. "If only i is painless, he said.

"Thank you, thank you!” cried Jack Spratt and Tom Tinker. they both went dashing out of the

door.

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Then Knart and Hanid, both 'smil- can find all these pieces of shell, we ing, went on walking up Gooseberry can paste them all together again. Land in Mother Gooseville, Under the process, drugs are in- I'm sure of it.” W.t, making coat news again. Here it is troduced into the underlying tissue

in tun for this very well-cut coat by electric current, sterilising the Just then Jack Spratt and Tom detailed with; a side closing edged infected area. The root

canal, Tinker noticed Knarf and Hanid. Rupert & Mr Punch-46 with black braid. The bruid is also which previously had been cleaned, "Did you hear the noise?" Jack used for button inbs, and to trim then is filled with silver wire gutta asked. the 'collar and cún. The back of percha.

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RED RYDER

RYDER AND THE SHERIFF SURPRISED US AND KILLED, WOUNDED OR CAUGHT EVERY LAST ONE BUT

ME, JAKE

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the waistline is defined by a scam, and tucks, shape the front of the Thus sterilised and filled, the bodice. The skirt is gored In back tooth and its root may be preserved and is straight in front. It's a just for added years of useful [right town coat.

ROUNDED UP

THE WHOLE

CANG YOU

TEN

HOW SHOOT!

Dr. Lleban sold,

Taking the Loot

RED AND THE SHER JERE

TINH BÒ. FAST WE

THOUGHT IT

WAS A POSSE!

"Yes," said Honid. "What fell?”)

service.

"Early this morning," Tom started! to say, when Jack Spratt interrupted! him.

GOT TO GET OUT OF BEFORE RYDER GETS BACK/

BY FRED HARMAN

AT THAT MOMENT RED RYDER

19 HEADING TOWARD RIMROCKY

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