PICTURESQUE OLD ACE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 315, 30 September 1908, Page 3

PICTURESQUE OLD ACE.

Though no woman .ever admits, that .she-is old in .this'twentieth century, still .there .aro a few grandmothers in our midst,-and though very few adopt a cap and an all-black garb, and an old-fashioned bonnet, at sixty years of age, it is not wise to, dress like a wpman of twenty-five. A largo hat would suit tho sexagenarian, especially if her hair ;be white, and some old ladies are daring' enough to. wear white cloth gowns; but they, must bo of a' very picturesque, type. . Certainly white can be worn'.from tho cradle to the grave, and is' suited aliko to an'infant .aiid to a graceful old lady. Grey and lilac, purple,, and striped black and white are to be' preferred to black; silver grey is well suited to a complexion that has lost its youth, and in our days'there is no special style of gown adapted to the old. Elderly people should not wear short; gowns'or a. blouse of :a different' colour from the skirt, nor a narrow gored skirt; soft materials are best suitedto them. The ■ toques, trimmed with silver;lace ruffles, and rueliings cannot fail-to suit them; they should'abjure imitation lace, but favour real as much as possible.