Some Current Attractions in Shanghai Shops Old Shanghai hands are still ing lightly, crossing their fingers and "DRE AS PUR OF ROTTER SG TRIOS, knocking on wood when they mention the comparative coolness of the weather, They can hardly believe their good fortune and hesitate to congratulate themselves upon their pood luck lest the fickle jade reverse conditions, even though Ta Shy. or The day of the Great Heat has passed.
One opportunity to exult in cool comfort which 1937 offers as against other more sultry summers and one which cannot be resisted, is to tell our visiting friends who are sweltering in their round of sight-seeing how exceedingly fortunate they are to have a July which is almost chilly compared to the febrific temperatures which might well be expected. It is plain to be seen that they do not believe us, that they do not see how human beings, even Shanghailanders, could exist at any higher temper-tures, but they are polite, even in their sufferings and do not contradict iheir hosts and hostesses.
"Blong, Cool?"
Occasionally the worm turns. how-eyer. The other day as a visitor from breeze-swept, mist-cooled San Francisco was mopping her face in the ladies room of a local club the attendant quired:
"B'long retorted the visitor, airing her newly acquired pidgin' English as she vainly sought to make powder stick on her glistening nose.
"O no," smiled the ami in her most superior manner, "No belong hot just now. Mississee have velly good other years belong plenty more days more successful. They begin with their well known and jus! famous Li-Lo sports air beds and go on through silk stockings, the "super-silk" knee-high variety, organdy collars, summer handbags, bathing caps from $1.50, the Jaeger swim suits. sun glasses, sports shirts, toilet waters. pique and linen sports hats from $750. open mesh tennis shoes, the deliciously cool kind. for $6.95. pigskin leather cases for $21.50, "Air-light" hat boxes for $15, Hollywood dresses for $9.50 and all kinds of children's beach play and swim suits. Of course one might extend the lis "O my," wailed the visitor, "even ihe amahs brag about the hot weather! I'm going to take the next boat before it gets any worse. The next person who tells me what a cool summer this is will be shot before he can get to the statistics!"
All Set For It But those of us who have survived many Julys go more or less blithely on our Way, snatching at whatever alleviations we may and finding that there are many pleasant things about the summer. For one thing, we expect hot weather and make preparations accordingly. We dress for it we eat and drink for it; we arrange our recreations with due regard to the thermometer, we patronize well-cooled resorts, provide ourselves with fans and refrigerators and slow down our usual tempo.
The shops have lots of pleasant ways of celebrating the season. Have you seen the coloured washable Wrist-watch straps at Boyes, Bassett's? They are very natty indeed and both hien and women can have fun matching up their shirts or dresses in rose. green, red. blue, yellow or black Also at Boyes, Bassett's are those white woven washable belts for men, any length at all, an inch wide, with chromium buckles which work as hey should. These stand up to any amount of scrubbing and look very Wide-spaced florals with grosgrain accents are popular this season. any amount of alluring at Boyes, Basset's of But some glasses which seemed particularly appropriate at this juncture were for highballs and Old-Fashioneds, all manner of different designs, those with horses and riders in pink coats or cool-looking yachts being specially attractive. It would be thrilling to the writer at least to indicate all the different sorts of glass here. Sometime Martha will break down and try it
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