FASHIONS FROM HOLLYWOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 217, 13 September 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHIONS FROM HOLLYWOOD.

destined to shape the course of the world's history. Strong, healthy women, even in their despair.

Those who discredit this romantic tale of t'he ages need not look beyond the records of sport to find significant substantiation. For these records will .show that upon one question there is no doubt at all —the ability of mothers to endow their children with tremendous vitality, strength and endurance.

Science has found a fascinating study in ,the mysteries and powers of motherhood/in the knowledge that women, presumably. the : weake: physical vessels, are able'to pass.'along to'their children the muscle, bone • and stamina that go to make physical champions. With one notable exception* in the last 'fifty years of sport in • America the .prowess of all champions has been attributed directly to maternal 1 gifts. This is true of John L. Sullivan and' Bob Fitzsimmons; of Stanley Ketchel and Tommy Loughran., .',/.,

The mother of Gene Tunney was a strong, robust woman. ~ ;'

Tine. another of Helen Wills,; international tennis champion,. famed : for her grace and tireless strength;vis;an active vigorous woman, far' younger, than her years. Gertrude Ederle, the , Channel swimmer, , 'has 1 a mother as robust'-as she is herself- And 60' it goes the history of sport. i ,~ -

One of Europe's promising fighters is Ted Sandwina. As a physical specimen tie is as nearly perfect as mortal man can be. Tall, broad-sliouldered and slim flanked, !he radiates power. All this he owes to his mother, who is noted as a strong woman in Europe, and whose strength compares with that of the best of professional strong men; Her eon has her physique. She was known on the stage as the Strong Woman!

Mrs. Stribling, the mother of Young Stribling, aspired, to ihave her first-born become 'ieavy-ereight champion of the world. In her youth, Mrs. Stribling was one of the ablest gymnasts in America. To her son she bequeathed a physical heritage which few fighters have received. Stribling, though, has been poorly handled throughout most of M& fights. Bad training and overwork have served to prevent Mm from, reaching real championship form. But "Ma" Stribling has not given up hopes. Her boy, she says, yet will be the champion. She advises him, oversees much of his routine and struggles to instil in her eon the determination she herself possesses. Aside from Mrs. Sandwina and Mrs. Stribling, few of the powerful mothers of sports celebrities have been athletes themselves.—(Star end AA.N.6.)

toothy-pique collars and cuffs in a chalk white on tailor euits, and ragged edge white pique flowers to perch on a coat

lapel; Sleeves Important This Season. Sleevesare very important this seaeon, and "what do you think of the idea of expressing' your personality in the cut of your sleeve? This is what the Paris dressmakers evidently had in their minds when they were designing the new clothes, for sleeves are among the most important of fashion details. Sometimes they are long and floating, more often they are short or elbow-length, sometimes they-are conspicuous by their absence. Different sleeves ar"e becoming to different types of women; the little puffed sleeve, for instance, suite the small woman with round and dimpled arms. There are one or two sleeves which immediately lend dignity. The long-fitting kind, an over-sleeve in the form of a cape, which reaches to the elbow, and the straight sleeve which stops short at the elbow, over which it flares widely, are among them.

In not a few cases the prettiest results are obtained by having no sleeve at all, and instead using a small shoulder cape or a cape-effect, which is treated in various ways. The elbow sleeve is, however, being regarded with a good deal of suspicion, for this really needs a very pretty arm to set it off, and even then it may be a little trying. Then there are close-fitting sleeves made with little "capes" to match; they are put on at a slanting angle, from elbow to mid-forearm, and nutter out most fascinatingly when the arms are in movement. Straps are sometimes put across a bare back now, in the form of an "X" or a cross. Hints. There have always teen women who have refused to march with the latest fashions. Unfortunately they are rarely able to create an individual fashion silhouette; and the result is often a sort of echo of their girlhood visible in oldfashioned coiffures, and weird placements of hats upon these. The results are not happy, as a little study will show. It is better to follow fashion's trend, not in extremes, but in general lines. Surely the discussion over skirt lengths must be definitely settled in women's minds by now. The young people have accepted the short skirt for daytime, the longer one for afternoon, and the long, all-round, though not trailing length, for evening. '

• Out Sketch. The illustration shows a fragile weave known as souffle de sole, in an afternoon dress of lime-green colour patterned in leaves. It is topped with the inevitable little cape, which is rampant this season.