But to return to the high hat, It is not easy to wear, The trimming tend towards the back and the brim {is rather narrow, There are quite a America the very day after her reception at the Garden Party. She wore a simple frock of white taffeta Agured with small black stars. had a stiffened flared hemline and a cape to match with flowers of the same material at the neck. Her hat was of white transparent straw trimmed with white ribbon, Interesting. Engagements few of these shapes In straw, with high, tapering crowns, and' these, being of harder aspect, are inclined to prove less becoming than the felt ones. But both fabrics are in ght weight, and, as fashions at the moment are charmingly incongruous, jean be worn either with cotton, sible 'oF wool ensembles, Not to be outdone by their friends across the, Channel, Londoners have jopted still another striking hat. Tt jis the hennin or cornet headdress, which was worn by women in the 15th century. To know the shape of this, one must imagine a large ice cream cornet turned upside down. and placed on a woman's head, Will this fashion take the public's fancy? One hopes not, for it is not practical and right out of the modern dress pleture, But T did see one example of the comet shape in the West End—yesterday—a black velvet cornet, with 2 pendant white veil, Flowertime Touches The wet weather has turned the attention of the debutante to the Viclorian bonnet. Garden party hats with wide, foppy brims may charming when the sun shines, But who can tell when the elusive sun will shine, and summer ensembles for an important party occasion must bbe decided upon days beforehand, So there is a great demand nowadays for the new, yet old bonnet, which 1s delighttut' compromise between the large and the small hat, After bonnets, we come to the fold net chignon, a headdress style Which is likely 10 be adopted by the younger generation before many Weeks are out, Hair, cut in a long. Florentine bob, will be neatly {gathered into these chignons, which means, of course, that news' of the forthcoming film of "Romeo and Juliet" is falling thick and fas There were a number of interesting engagements announced during the past week. One concerned the forthcoming marriage of Mrs, Jane Lehman and Mr. Claremont Downey Ponney, The wedding, according to present intentions, will take place in Shanghai on Augist 20. The: bride-"eet returned - yesterday-—from~ holiday in Tsingtao. Mrs. Lehman, who has visited in Shanghai many times from her home in California, has been in China almost a year this "trip. Mr." Penney is with Jardine, Matheson Company, Another engagement announced was that of Miss Rosemary Patricia (Wendy) Ramsay, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Ramsay Shangh We are borrowing many ideas for evening wear from Mr, Oliver Messel's exhibition of drawings of the customes he has made for this film, "Miss Norma Shearer was the first to see the possibilities of adapting: ullot- modes $0. present ANY. Ngee quirements, and she has added to her private wardrobe one of her alm Tuliet capes. "Tt is made of velvet land has a flat gold embroidered collar which fastens at the back. Heavy fold and silver embroidery, an example of which is the two golden doves design worked on the. high waisted bodice of a garnet red dr worn by Miss Shearer, will also revived on modern dance frocks, shire Regiment, and the only son of It-Col. and Mrs. '7, E. Pardoe of Buxted, Sussex, England, Also ' engaged are Miss Regina 'Schayek of Paris and Mr. Moise Ezra, 'Although the most of her 'Shanghai friends were told about it "quiet ly," fore she left the engagement of Miss Susan May Macnaghten and Mr, 'Duncan Morris Oppenheim, was not formally announced until' July 22, according to word just received here from London. The marriage will take place shortly, states thew houncement in "The Times." Miss Macnaghten left China in June to a tend the wedding of her sister, Mies Awdry Macnaghten. She is the eldest daughter of Brigadier-General E. B, Macnaghten, now in Shanghai, and Mrs. Macnaghten' who left for' England carly in the spring. Mr, Oppenheim is the second son of Mr. and Mrs, W. Oppenheim of The Orehad, Huyton, Lancashire.
Popular Place There are many parties at the Park Hotel these days. It's the place to go to sce your friends, especially on Saturday night. Last week-end there were scores of parties. There was a large Danish group dining there to bid bon voyage to Mr. Paul Scheel who left early in the week for holl-day in Japan. Among others noticed, either dining or dancing, were Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Meyerink, Mr. and. Mrs, H. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs, Brock Park, Mr. Art Henningsen, Mr, William Sipprell, Miss Joan Lockhart, Mr. Edward' Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Moffett, Miss Martha Moffett, Mr. Floyd James, Dr. and Mrs, U. Y¥. Yen, Mrs. Tsuyee Pel, Mr. and Mrs, G. L. Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Hoehake, Farewell Parties Parties are mostly arranged to bid People good-bye. Mr. and Mrs, Paul Bordwell are entertaining to dinner, to-night in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Boles C. Hart who are leaving next week for Harbin and Dairen.
Last night Mrs. Hatfeld gave a small cocktail party as a farewell to Mrs. Frances Dazey and Mrs, Edith Bundy who are sailing to-day for a holiday in Tsingtao.
Beauty of Chin Line The perfect chin line and throat contour can be a remarkable asset to beauty, but, luckily, unbecoming contour can often be softened by well-arranged coiffure, to say noth~ ing of chin exercises, massage and careful make-up. An excellent Little chin exercise is to tilt the head well back with an open mouth, 'Then, slowly close the mouth by lifting the lower jaw, noting the tension under the chin, Keep the head in this position for a' moment, then return to a normal pose by raising the head with the muscle cords at' the back of the neck, This exercise is also good for improving the line of the back of the heck. It takes only a fow minutes to do and should be practised regularly, Another throat exercise which may be indulged in with moderation, raetised by turning the head from side to side in a half circle, Clever make-up also tells in changing chin contour. To minimize the too-rounded under chin, two tones of powder may be used. Place the slight-darker tone on the chin, throat and around the outline of the features, when the rouge has been blended welt back and high on the checks. Earrings are helpful if one wishes to shorten the effect of a too square, or {oo long, curve from. chin-tip to ears; and it should. be remembered that slightly longer tresses at the nape of the neck and of the sides, behind the ears, are also helpful in this respect.
Finally, those bracelets around the neck are'very ageing and will prob: ably disappear with regular applien= tions of an egg mask, Beat a fresh egg very briskly and smooth the mixture—after adding a few drops. of Uneture of benzoin—over the throat and neck. Leave on for ten to twenty minutes and then wash off gently with tepid water,
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