WOMEN'S FORUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 253, 26 October 1933, Page 15

WOMEN'S FORUM.

THE BUSTLE RETURNS. The bustle dress that has all its fullness drawn to the back vies with the fish-tail frock for evening popularity in Paris. The latter is a elieath dress with fin-shaped pieces of material waving about the hips, whose mermaid effect is becoming to the very elim. Some slieath dresses are being worn with cape-tops that look like choir-boys' surplices; in white organza they are adorned with little silver flowers, in black net with silver or gold. The crinoline dress lias not been revived, but gowns may billow into oceans of fullness below the knees. The square neckline Is fashionable, and shoulder-straps are distinctly slender. For morning wear, hats should still go with each ensemble, while scarves are separate and may form a contrast. FLOWERS TO ORDER. There is a garden in Windsor where you may find daffodils in September and carnations at Christmas, and where any floyver you like to mention can be produced at 24 hours' notice. It belongs to Lord Fitzalan, and is laid out in an enormous cellar. Here, under a complicated system of ultra-violet ray lamps, bulbs and seeds are kept in a semi-sprouting condition until they are required. Then, with the aid of warm water, electricity and the • ultra-violet rays, the flowers are'brought to perfect blossom over night. Lady Fitzalan, who is as keen a horticulturist as her husband, says: "We have always thought that if the seasons could be perfectly reproduced, we could have any kind of plant and flower at any time we might want it. We are constantly trying new ideas and hope soon to introduce developments which will revolutionise the flower trade and eliminate the seasons as a growing factor altogether. I have recently experimented, with wireless aerials and have found that when these are erected over flowers and crops the resultant growth is stronger, faster and better than that produced ordinarily."