The "Bubbles" Girl London, Aug. 18.
The "Twelfth" has come and gone land the grouse shooting season is jin full swing..It may be a poor season, so far as lettings and numbers of guns are concerned, Dut the railway station at Inverness on the morning of August 12th lively as ever and crowded Jand women in sporting. ki women, this year I noticed, were mostly' wearing the divided skirt of tweed, which is so comfortable for long walks over the heather-clad /mountains.
The platform teemed with baggage and fishing-rods and. golfjelubs, to say nothing of dogs. There must surely have been dogs of every-breed present! And along this densely populated platform the silithatted station master had to wend his way.a8 he hurried about seeking acquaintances of previous Bcotfand. "Then, everyone, trolled jears whom he welcomed again Jacross to breakfast in the hotel, be-ore parties of eager guests set out for the moors.
Te was eight o'clock when the guns began to go off, but shooting camest did not start until the afternoon. By evening, however, aeroplanes, having waited in readi-Ines all day, had carried the first Jerouse of the season to London, where it was cooked and served for Jdinner in a number of West-End restaurant.
Dress reformers could find little clothing themselves this August. lk with the way "Londoners are Never before have I seen. such un: Jconventional attires paraded in the streets and parks as during. th resent heat-wave. For the' tim we seem to have forgotten all about up-to-date fashions and are voting wholeheartedly for the back to na: ture' method of dressing. Which means, of course, as comfortably sible. land in as little as is decently pos-Unaccustomed as we are to lengthy spells of real sunshine, we woo it in the only way we know. We become, in short, complete sun-worshippers. The busman opens the high, stuffy collar of his black loth uniform and bares his throat; the city clerk goes, bareheaded. to his work and the city lady clerk bare-logged. Mayfair sees pyjamas ow of doors; Kensington sees young Women arrayed in short linen knic-Kerbockers, "sleeveless. shirts and sandals, and I. have seen more than Jone housewife shopping in her bath-Ing suit! While, in Hyde Park's Lido, which is the gift of Mr. George Lansbury, that Fairy Godfather to Jevery London child, the police women. are having some trouble in keeping the bathers in so much as a bathe suit, Tt has been possible these last Hfew weeks for every townsman to acquire that bronzed - complexion hich "is usually the treasured pos-sion of those comparative few who can spend their holidays in ithe sunny south. To burn one's legs and arms and face a deep and hie Oe ret veritable cult. So much so that cosmetic has been evolved by one lof our Beauty Specialists which will give a tan to the skin, even in the leroy and sunless days' of winter. gets, turns, with relief to these do as you please' days of vacation. At Balmoral and at Sandringham she finds havens of rest and quiet. Not long ago, she intimated to a friend that here she can look forward to wearing out some of her In which remark Her Majesty doubt referred to those gowns has worn for afew times. at important functions and been compe jed to put aside. Among them may some which particularly become her and some which she likes. too well to part from too hastily. We lean only hope that the Queen, too, these days can relax a little from Jconvention and that at Balmoral and Sandringham the etiquette of the London Court is entirely absent.
The Prince of Wales. is. justly famous for many thoughtful and kind acts, which there who. serve him have reason to. appreciate. During the very hot weather of th Past week, he realised that the sentry, posted at York House (the Prince's quarters at St. James' Palace) found his task unusually trying in the baking sunshine. So [word was sent down from the Pala that the sentry might transfer hi beat to the opposite side of. the court, where he could obtain. shad land shelter.
Similar" suggestions for sentry's comfort have bean sent by the Prince to the Officer of the [Guard on cold and windy days. And, though the sentry here must be very much on the alert to watch for the Jentrance to the Palace of dis tinguished visitors of military rank who call upon his Royal master, the Prince has directed that only on special occasions does he desire his Jsentry to present arms on his arrival Jor departure, tied 'e, temporarily, may have forgotten the significance of the word fashion, but, our fashion-makers have of, The, hairdressers are pressing for a change in coiffure. Eton crops and the sleek Spanish style of hairdressing threaten to be-Jeome fashions of the past. To-day, "head of hair is the) it to have. Taking the famous Bubbles" picture for our model, we must attempt a living copy of" the little boy's coiffure. To attain this, the hair should be brushed smoothly, lactos the top of the head from a short side parting. The side and back of the head should be set in mass of little curls which cover the whole head with the exception of the smooth line across the fore-
Tae Mi of Interior has drafted a set of regulations for the abolition of the mui-tsai system and, as soon as these are approved by the Legislative Yuan, they will promulgated by the National Government. water stain which can be applied lightly with m sponge and ily rubbed of, when desire, with ple soap and water. The' "tan? stain, they say, will be the smartest make-up for winter wear and promises to blend well with white evening frocks. Powder of golden brown [should accompany the stain; rouge Jand lipstick should not be orange, Jout a dark scarlet. And, to achieve the right "Carolina" effect, diamonds should be the wearers choice of jewellery.
As readers of to-day's Notebook Jmay well have guessed, we London-Jers are still very much in a holiday mood. After a strenuous, season, the Queen, like many of her sub: ping district, will give one good food and good service from seven jin the morning until at night. A young British-American couple have opened this re: determination they serve a regular tiffin, soup, salad, joint and vegetables, dessert and coffee or tea for a dollar. retails with coffee for only' fort} five cents, they have special strawberry and nut varieties. Sani. wishes of all sorts are made and orders will be sent out in the neighbourhood without extra charg: Another blow-to the slimming procest
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