TUDOR HAIRDRESSING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 65, 17 March 1915, Page 8

TUDOR HAIRDRESSING.

EFFECTIVE GOWN FOB MIDDLE AGE. a ""*""" FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON. (From Our Lady Correspondent.) t LONDON, January 22. j "To the Day" is the toast of the time; !• "To the Day After," one tbe New Zea- 1 ladder would like to propose. For here « is yet another day after arrived, aud no < one to celebrate its peculiar merit, save, pjrhaps, newspaper placards with their s nonchalant headings, "Yesterday's t Zeppelin Raid," ''Additional Zeppelin _ Victims," "Escape of the Air Raiders," i and such like. And in London, 120 ( miles from Yarmouth, three hours' 1 journey, life, and business, public and t private engagements go on exactly as if s aitthips were worth no greater care than t motor 'buses. The crowds at the sales ! in the-AVest End this morning were no . thinner than usual, no les3 concentrated < on bargains, or pleased over the obtaining of them, though the conversation of ; all and sundry was forgivably smat- i teied with conjectures connected with yesterday's affair. TEA-GOWNBH. i A little while ago J remarked on the tendency of indoor gowns to assume tea-gown effects, a somewhat astonishing thing, it seemed, in this era of wide- : spread strenuousnees. And now it appears that it is just that very faqt that accounts for the popularity of the neglige. Women who, hitherto, have led well ordered fairly tranquil existences now are fudl of activities 'ill day and in the evenings at home—going out at nights having gone out with street lighting— immensely value the joy of getting into something simple as to fastenings and looser than the orthodox gown. EFFECTIVE GOWN FOR MIDLE AGE Many things are to be urged for the tea gownl Since it is no advantage that it should fit tightly the amateur need not be afraid of.attempting it, since the top is often of lace or some filmy material; it can often be bought on a remnant counter and for the possessor of not .tqo many inches, up and down or sideways, that same resort will often provide material for the garment itself. WHITE AND GOLD SHOES of a simple and pretty design, with a band of gilt round the top and a small conet of gold beads on the instep, are being shown in great numbers in an 'American s>hoe shop in the West End. BLACK tMOIRE SHOES rather pointed but very plain as to construction, with a tiny fancy steel, or paste buckle, are smart and economical. -" SPORTS CAPES probably indicate the last phase of the great cape phase. These are becoming, sensible arrangements of dark ' smooth or rough cloth lined with white ripple cloth and with smart striped straps crossed over in front, underneath. A .STRIKING EVmWG.GOWX : of this week, suitable -for c middle-aged wearer, or for a .young one, was of silvery grey chiffon velvet, the skirt and bodice having the appearance .ol not being joined, but draped in one with! a. downward fold,. composing the pouch ( and. the., highest -waist only defined. Angel sleeves (quite surely returning.to [popularity,, by the way) of black tulle, edged at intervals with cut jet' beads, ended at the back in scarf-like draperies, the deoolletage- was -of very pale pink mousseline de soie, and worn, on the left of ...the corsage, a tinted orange velvet rose finished' the whole. , ; BEADED PIECE NET, . to greatly delight the heart of the "just-out"'girl,-is here',- for it is shown by beautiful designs. One very freshlooking one, the writer noted, had festoons of forget-me-nots and tiny white daisies in pale blue and white opaque beads. MILLINERY i can hardly be. said to be at a standstill,' but in London nothing fresh in this department is introduced at sale times,; and, anyhow, for some time there has been nothing startlingly original. Some of the creations, in usually first-class shops, -are .little short of dowdy just now, though prices are not on a level. There is a tendency towards-stiff brims, ft fashion more to he. recommended for the apring,- when that method is ■ sometimes a way of exploiting a new colour scheme. \.'. /TUDOR HAiHpRESSiING, we.are;informed, is about to come into fashion, and will be by no means generally 'becoming. • • . . .The hair is supposed to be brushed hack rather the sides of the after about'an inch and a--s*,*C*l low<sd to ' Puff out a little, then finished, with a knot ou top as Queen WiMsheth wore her hair.. One advantage is that the possessor of scant hair need not fear this fashion, as a small qu ? n J? ir goea a lon S **T ; At must be brushed austerely up from the back, it * well to also wear the ■ becoming ruff of Tudor days, and that is faahionahle. TO WASH CHJEFON. * *" ot « 00d a«»P-pc«rder and hot -water, and let the chiffon lie ta: it for ten minutes or so. Squeeze lit ™fU Ut ' f° Mt the dUffon; again, but never rub it . Squeeze the water out of the chiffon and spread it on a clean towel, a„d pre* tIU the moisThi! 14 < Y* B,L Uon whil * damp. This.should leave it looking like new WOODEN BUTTON MOULDS. Those who have covered wooden button mould. ,*-lth waahing materia" have Hne ? 'S V irl e * ÜBed 4> turpen iif &*E, •W?*"* 1 1» the fiat washare boiled well in strong soda water this discolouring need „ ot be feared '