GOOD IDEA FOR UNDERSKIRTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 10

GOOD IDEA FOR UNDERSKIRTS.

''Every?girl.'fcoWvs'• t(io !dilßeultiy ; : of . proserin of a camhrm-nv iituslilf , says an •Australian •writer::,.: Scr*' much . of the summer' girl's smartuoss depends on tho lower part of her . wclUflafced 'Skirt;sta'h'diffg well out ! is^oljtaincd 7 mostly . tlip ,'unHerife'ath' i' T7 iJ3€tlcoa# r " r iiping very stiffly starctedVeF'/'dften: three : or four -of gar-. ;mnnts. are woiii; at 'a'.timo,- by ,the extravagant i.who. ;d6es : riot,"'or. lk : s''-'.)st -'tdj' allow, for :••• thoT weekly ' Wash?. •' Still?.', tho lauh- • dry.'nvprk* : i£ fto'tnfttt&f 'of serious ' consi(l6rairfoh il and so been 'deisigriing .underskirts 1 that will not : ;crtish in one day's wear." For-;,tho.. ■npajoritprpfr tlioi-"frocks'.. and" tho-'" •lingerieVsent Jai>tholwabh are riot soiled., so.; much; as'"6rii!>hed. Orio very., succossfub'invention -f of ail-. ■ U)idqr?pptiticoat' is'-jirtade' at least throe inqhos tho." inoro elaborate ono that has to J)6 worn next to the dress.-It has a ■ yeryjfull^and-deep.frill' of plain lihbh«intbrliiiing 1 such as is placed ■: betwcfiii,',the,fronts of «::• idwi./yj-.Tlvis; frill '■ cf.: interlining takes .the.-.'•starch, ad-.-ratam- its stiff- . a,.fortnight,,; Beinjr phort, all this/..d0e5.,, jipt show" and is quite cloar of the .wear and-,tpar, of- Auolhet' ' uiilitariKn garment has the deep plain , frill -"corded .vof.-l'sun-bonijet .cording,"'but;: of,,. "course, : tha. flounco is of'much . v. finer suhstnncc thaii.-iiii-torliriing.-.V Another,style q&fr* slightly :;mofe,i'elahoratri, pvC js -.oypfl'-jivwoi:Aiscf'tl-.': 7"»=2: whaa. wening 4 gowns. •0f.. : r-rj— flimsy, material ai'owonl.i ■. Tho,;. Pfittieoitt.-i ;.founda-/ tign;,'has. Indian : linonvj flouncesj;a'placed. one,;nbo.ve. .the i;6ther» .iiSj high >..a.si _ knees. These,, -\vhon ; : wo]l-'star:: chedjt; giv« ; '»-.a' .-substantial foundation, to a silk or - The first two -described- are really splendid... for ." wearing — with~a aUmmtr froOk,.. and tho dooreaso in 1 the «'e.ejvly ;wa3h:is;well worth thinking of.

! 'Plum''pudiling'.is.'a,national dish, and rcfuses.'tpjlloilrisli; ont'CEnglarid. ' A Frenchman can be taught to : dress like an Englishman, aud share his virgin beard like an Englishman, but jou cannot, teach liim either To make or to eat plum pudding.

For dinnor-tablo decorations tho fashion is all for having flowers whoso scheme of colour tones, witli the lighting of the rooms and their ornamentation. Floral decorations nro low, or of the trailing order, favour no longer being shown for the 'high arrangements which so long ago completely blocked the view of one's opposite neighbour tabla.