FOR WOMEN'S EYES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 239, 7 October 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOR WOMEN'S EYES.

Fringe is a revival. There is somathing attractive about a handsome fringe, yet so completely does it seem to belong to a past generation that one finds it difficult to accept it as a twentieth century trimming. A black crepe gown shows its use to advantage. A smart crepe gown had a tucked skirt finished with a deep flounce, over which fell a deep black silk fringe. The bodice was of accordeon-pleated crepe, on which was arranged a series of dia-mond-shaped medallions of heavy silk lace, the points of which fell just below the waist-line. A cape-like arrange raent of silk fringe was placed round the shoulders with smart effect.

It would be hard to find in all Germany a princess who is not a good cook and housekeeper. Empress Augusta Victoria took lessons in cooking when she was a young girl. Grand Duchess Louise of Baden told her only daughter, Princess Victoria, wife of the Crown Prince of Sweden, never to forget that "every woman, whether she lives in a palace or a cottage, should be a careful housekeeper and a perfect cook." The young Queen of Holland, Wilhclmina, is not only a good cook, but also an excellent laundress. When she was a child her greatest delight was to wash and iron her own clothes. She also learned how to knit.

To the growing class of "smart" society ladies who earn commissions from dressmakers, art dealers, stock brokers and estate agents are now added (says a London correspondent) the ladies who increase their pocket money, very substantially in some cases, by inducing their acquaintances to buy motor cars. There is quite a wide field In this business for the energies of tlie country hostess of commercial instincts, and it is astonishing how many women are nowadays displaying a taste for money making* of various kinds. A fierce rivalry exists between many of tb» tradesmen who supply the needs of tb-9 wealthy, and as ordinary agents and travellers find it difficult to get accesH to possible buyers, the titled person who can "introduce business" in any form i» much sought after and generally well paid. The numerous builders of motors, who are each of them in the stress oi forming a connection, pay titled ladies from 15 to 20 per cent, commission, and as cars arc sold at extravagant prices, one of these clever feminine agents-,m*y make several hundreds ef pounds as tho result of giving a week-end house party in the country. It need hardly be added that a hostess in such circumstancedoes not obtrude the fact that she Ifl combining business with hospitality. ~