LADIES' COLUMN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2106, 26 February 1887, Page 2

LADIES' COLUMN.

!dU.XTLES are a,U small and short, and ;he majority have ends in front more )r less long. Black plush seems a rery favourite material, and is much with trimming. Plain plush is also used for paletots, and tor large cloaks; but there is a newpatterned plush, with ribs in layers, that is much used also. A wet ending. — Mr Lipperslip, — "Drunk himself to death, Sir!" Mr Eregimottle,-— "I knew he'd been in Liquidation." Polite Parties, — Miss Harkesforde, "We never think of going to the Hardeggin's parties, though they always invite us." Miss Belcour, — "I've heard, love, that that's the reason they give for always thinking of inviting you." In the making of ' dresses there is but little change. The skirts are still short, and the draperies still long; while there is a fancy for over trimming bodices of all kinds. Some of the felt hats for the season are very pretty. They have high and sloping crowns, the brims are often only bound with ribbon, but if wide and turned up at the back, they are lined with velvet, or rather only partly lined, as half of the brim at least is left unlined. Many of them have brims turned up all rounds like one of the old turban hats. Poor letter "A",— "Do you sell type?" "No Sir: This is an ironmongers, you'll find type at the linendraper's over the w'y!" "I don't mean tape man; type for printing!" — "Oh 7fy//w, ycr mean I beg yer pardon Sir!" The ribbons iv use at present are of all kinds, satin and velvet reversible, as well as moire and velvet, or satin and moire. These have an edge of lacet, or one with tufts of silk, in colour. Velvet ribbons with .corded stripes have one edge purled, and the other fringed; and the strings of bonnets are of narrow picot-e&ged ribbon. Oatmeal Cakes,— -Mix a handful of fresh coarse oatmeal with a little water, and a pincn of salt; rub in a little butter. Make the paste sufficiently moist to roll out the thickness of a shilling; put it on a griddle over a clear fire, When slightly brown on one side, toast the other side before the fire. Each cake must be mixed separately. In Paris Marguerites are the flower of the season, and are dotted all over portfolios, purses, card-cases, and glove-boxes; while ladybirds also appear in profusion. A man was taking aim at a hawk that was perched on a tree near Ms chicken-coop, when hii little girl exclaimed, "Don't 'take aim, pa! Let it go off by accident." "Why so?" asked the father. "'Cause every gun that goes off by accident always hits something." . To keep moths from clothes put a few clippings of Russian leather in drawers and boxes where the clothes are kept. "... Apple Tansy,— Pare some apples, cut into thin round slices, and fry in butter. Beat up half a dozen eggi in a quart of cream, and pour them upon the apples; To remove mud stains from grouch Merino disolve a little carbonate of soda in water, and wipe the stains with it; Choosing a wife,— Benjamin- Franklin recommends a young man in the choice of a wife to select her "from a bunch," giving as his reason that when there are many daughters they improve each other, and from emulation acquire more accomplishments, and know more than a single child spoiled by parental fondness. The? new petticoat materials in winceys are very gay and pretty and the pattern is usually of stripes; but the materials are various, being sometimes all wool or wool and silk mixed, and in the weaving there js ; usually a rough or knotted stripe. "Qprjssion"— landlord, "Tut-t-t! "O'bless my soul! This must be seen to, Flannigan! The cabin positively isn't fit to live in! Why, you're ankle-deep-in— Pat, "Och sure, Sor it's a mighty convenient house, an' that's an iligant spring in the flure, Sor, no throuble* to go outside for water whatever, Sor." ;. Shoes are more worn now than boots, and laced shoes more than buttoned ones. . Laced boots are also considered to look more stylish than buttoned ones. "Now, children," she ■ continued, "what is the meal you eat in the morning called?" "Oatmeal," promptly replied a member of the class. The fashionable Bon-Bon for tjift New Year is generally christened after some prominent personage or theatrical success. If the dress be of a quiet colour, the gloves should match it; but if red, or of a decided colour of any kind, the proper gloves to wear would be tancolour. These latter are also used in the evening, except; when the dress is black, or black and white, when the gloves should be of grey Swede. There are numbers of jackets in every style but all are made of woollen materials, not of silk nor of velvet. Most of them are tight-fitting, and are smart looking and stylish. Both single and double-breasted are worn. Koods are much worn but are by no means general. Coloured linings are used to pale-coloured or checked cloth jackets, but not to black or brown ones.