1950-10-07 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1950.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

Which face would you like?

Yorgus

ELEGANCE PRETTINESS

case.

STAHERE is 4he woman either because they envy

women

would her or because they feel in- secretly like to be. The adequate in her presence. epitome of chic and

As for men-the mere #he stands out from the during like to be seen with crowd (meaning, of course, her the rest are just plain ofher

looks frightened to death. women) and wonderful whatever she

WORTH.

She is spoken of as "That elegant Mra So and So."

What is elegance?

She is not popular, for the It mus! elegant woman in definitely fused

not liked by other women,. The two

never be con- with smartness for

have nothing

in

Spectacles Are More Than Functional

By BARBARA BANCROFT

NOW THAT getseler are

is ng natural

decorative R en: tame Jewellery, a svetacle wardrobe

#1711 make

variety uf tearven, or bracelets or Cat- rings.

much sense

Now there are frames with

detachable Tenses-otic way of culling the eye-wear budget in halt. The lenses soap in anti ent. Wear your dark glasses whenever you need them, and tuck the extra pair of

dear

Handsome Costume

W-3

Bare-top dress with jacket.

By Vera Winston

Satin fire of texture, sleck of surface, a beautiful shade of Violet is used for this cucktall

costume. The bare-top dress is lightly boned beneath the cuff- ed decolletage. Double-breasted and fitted of bodice it. brenica into a peplum with two box.. pleats front and back. The un- With der skirt is pencil slim. the dress is a bit of a

jacket that just manages to cover the shoulders, and has a collar and tiny sleeves.

lenses into your purse. They take up little space.

These detachable lenses may be had in a variety of frames, some of them two loned for #vater versatility. Depends on type

Cocktail and evening glasses are sapitistiented or sweet, de pending on you and your type. There are black or pastel frames. detted with rhinestones,

and lack rims with solid green or white rhinestone templer.

Massive gold frames, with half inch-wide temples are shown with matching Jewellery. Sterling silver frames are shown with street clothes,

and

with eorttuil dresses and even- it wear.

Gold and silver flecked spec- tarles catch each ray of light and send it dancing. Gold nail- bends

an indispensable part of the professioont model's csemble.

#eum

Alatch colours

plement the

common. Elegance demands fair, judgment, confidence. It is a rare achievement which, apart from a certain nelf-satisfaction, paya sur- prisingly few dividends,

It requires an overtime effort in all sorts of direc- Nous, and at least three naturad gifts- trim, slen- der figure. tremendous poise, and a gift for wear- hg clothes that no matter how cheap

in price look distinctive. expensive and

Good look are totally un- necessary, Irregular, but striking features and aloek

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Ant pretiness?

Prettiness, particularly the fluffy kind, in totally at variance with elegance. A good gure is not essential. Katrousse features, softly curled hair, and a rounded Biure are. Pretty women can always bo popular, Men go after them, Even other women like them. because it is easy to be con- descending about Diem: "She's a pretty little thing" conveys a world of disparagement.

Thy to Le comlexending about an elegant wontan in the saple way!

with a Hile irouble there no reason in the world why n coiffure are. Real girl of onlinary charms can't elegance is to be found look devastatingly pretty. The more often among French which there

only drawback its a feld Je a lot more and American women than competition. British, partly because Bri- tish women seldom have dress sense, and partly be cause they are frightened to death to frighten men.

John French here astrales the point with two photographe. Well-which face would you like to be yours?

-(London Express Service)

Your Sewing Scrapbook

by

Mary Brooks Picken

Ribbon Does It-Smart Touches

JADED dress

basia

new one can be smartened with ribbon accessories, The collar

In the colour fickt, spectacles and cuff set shown, for exam- are planned to match or com- ple, is made from 2 yıl, of 3"

Dash fashion picot-edge stripert 1:ffeta ribbon, colours. You' And them in Irelle, in pastel or deep tones.

Fold 10 strip in half cross- Bring ends Inte centre and :titch edges, as shown at A.

wire.

Insert sachet into each end of bow. Stitch across each end near centre to hold bows.

Bring ends of 12" strip to- gether same as for 10" rip, ns In B. Fasten ends of this 10- gether with stitches back of fest how. Fasten centre of 13" strip back of this 12 strip, ends Jeupe, as at C.,

Overcast Raw Edges

With Overeating! stitches baw raw edges of 1" strip to- gether, thus holding securely all three pieces at centre, as at D. Sew safety pin over jolning of this 1" pleve,

Pull end of 13" picce down. and your how is ready for wearing.

Set requires & snap fasteners Ribbon Clip.on: You need and is most reasonable in cost yd. of 3" ribbon, 1 button the

A Conservative spectacle considering thic weur and size of a nickel, metal elip wardrobe now includes twndressed-upiess it can give you. safety pin. pairs of Alarres for general Pleated Coller and Cult Set: daywear (in different colours Cut your 2 yds. of ribben in 3

and designs), one pair of play fames and at least une pair of high fashion glasses for cock-,

ails or evening;.

EG

E*:

WHEN DESIGNER by the name of Alling Sanders dreamed up the revolutionary Harlequin glasses,

with their "upsweep" tene-shouting words towards the temple edges the conservative raised their eyebrows and leaked down their noses.

-

"Of course," they sold, "they'll NEVER be accepted for Kerral use!"

pleces-two -yd. lengths for

Cut Two Pieces

Dr

two cuits, one I-ya, length for plece and a 25" piece. Fold rib- Cut ribbon so you have a " The collar. Her the six raw Lon crosswise, bringing cut ends together. Stitch selvages an one side, as at E. Ilem raw ends,

classwise ends.

Begin to Pleat

plent

Open out

Begin at one end to Make pleats 14" deep and 4" rolat, as at F. Press. Fold hem- so fold forms #1 apart. Pia or baste, then press med end 10 wrong side 1. these. Stitch pleats to place 4 Gather from top down to with- from edge on both collar oud in 454" of point. Draw gathers cafts. Remove bastings,

up tightly and sew, as at G.

it on front of gathers.

Sew two snap fasteners 10 Cover button with 2" piece of ench for elasing, one of stitch- ribbon and sew ing line, other at other ent. If directly in centre aesired, a narrow velvet ribbon Sew clip back of gathers. may be lackeri over slitching

line and tied in a bow at ench closing.

Sachet Bown: A favoured

That was the first revolution trick is to put sachet in your

In the history of evewear styles,

and it was bloodless, bul bit-this bow has a little piece

ter.

dress decorations. For example,

the

of cotton wrapped around two !caspoonfuls of sachet and ne- tually enclosed inside cach end of top ribbon bow.

B

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Ribbon and Safety Pin

25

After that-with only a few dieharris left to chirp for

eld style rimless eyeglasses with round, or nearly round lenses, the rood work went on.

The Harlequin, or modifed You need for this 1 yd. of Harlequin, is still the most flat-1 striped taffeto ribbon and tering shape for many facial a safely pin about 1" long. Cut structures. New shapes and flat-ribbon into four picces, one 1", tering colour and decor have ene 10, one 12", one 13"." been developed in each succeext- ing season.

MONDAY: PLEATED SKIRT~FOR CHILD OR ADULT.

FURNISHING The NURSERY

It's a very furtery

T'S all very nice, to talk

By natakOIMAINLY ELEANOR ROSS

furniture and all. But what happens when

the budget is limited, the space equally so, and the quarters cabinet, that crib, that chest temporary? Well, if there of drawers. Painted pieces is one room

In the house are easy to wash, and to that can

take gracefully keep clean. And Ingenuity, and well to discarded pieces plus budget-watching offer and simple, quite Inexpen- fine incentives to all sorts sivo nccessories, that

of practical notions such as is the nursery. And doing that of turning a second- over all pieces, integrating hand tea-wagon into a hand- some and useful table for baby's tub. The lower shelves hold towels, powder,

them

room

har-

into one nice, monious group is fun, and a project in which both

parents-to-be can share.

Prottifying

White or pink or blue paint with some pretty motifs tie p that little

Campaign Against Weight

Long Beach, Calif. Women whose only sin is being unable to resist a double chocolate malted for the road have taken

leat

from Alcoholics Anonymous in their battle with avoirdupois

They've banded together as Fatties Anonymous and operate on the rame

principles as the successful anti-tippling organis-

tion.

The 250-pound - and - over heavyweights meet regularly to discuss diet, scan the scales d work out together

The formal

have nicetings. their lighter moments,

at least as far as the agenda spoon.

Fatties pat aside thoughts of fats sugars, starches and Own carbohydrates when their Beet Trust inonns in close harmony about hips that never come in.

The froup's president, night club entertainer whose poundage earned her the club name of Miss 281; spices members testimonials about their faithful dieting with ad lib conuments,

"All of you gals are going to be a lot more sple when you've not less span," she promiser, As for herself Miss 201 says:

Shipshapo Figure

"I used to have a shipshape #cure, But I enlarged keel"

etc.

As for drapes, colourful cot- tons or pretty plastics are usual. ly good and bring nice, colour into the room, Cheeks and plaids are good and add a bit of stronger colour to the conven. tional white, pale blue or pale pink. While the collons look ever so erlap and launder easily, we think that plastic fabrics do have the edge. They are so ensily kept clean and dust free, in swipe with the well-known damp rag takes care of that in jily fashion. Colourful stripes, pisids and other patterns are available, and there is a wide choice of colour combinations. With extra yardnge for cushions and upholstery, and perhaps table covers, here's one launder. ing and cleaning problem smartly reduced.

Have plenty of hanging shelves for placing things out of the way and out of baby's reach. Limit accessories, for these are mostly dust-catchers, and have a closed cabinet or drawer in which to place baby's toys to keep them as clean as possible.

Floor Covering

Linoleum Is the best Noor covering, since It takes stain und water splashings in ita stride and easily kept clean and attractive looking.

One of those folding luggage racks is an excellent investment. Placed near the door, it is the Ideal place on which to quickly dump towels, clothes, aic,

41 .2 developer

Member mutent aid doesn't stop, however, after the meet- They Alve each other

in

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GARMENTS

FROM SHANGHAI

The over-temptel, Fatty calls another member for a psycho- Inglen! pick-up, a

system they

say has hacked away poundage and inches from their outsize measurements,

of the determined re- Many of ducers admit they joined in hopes of trimming; their hips to mare a man. But any dreams they may have of a shortcut by way of Andinut similarly affleted male already

in the club have failed to come true thus far.

"We'd like to have a few men

members," Miks 201 says. "But somehow none ever joins."

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