THE YOUTHFUL GRANDMOTHER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 11

THE YOUTHFUL GRANDMOTHER.

Tiny clJldren no longer have the . monopoly of S)4by'-' ; hats and /'baby" 'dresses (writes 'Stlarcia" : in', the.'"Australasian") for not only are growing up' girls taking to .them this .summer,' but' they are also adopted-by-slim, matrons. Youthful grandmothers (there still are a few others who accept'4heir.''elderly" fate!) even: .wear them; At a race meeting the other day, Tlsaw a grandmother in a dress which' reminded me of nothing more nor less .than, a baby?s robe. Anil she looked well in it, Btrangcj to say..' These "lingerie"- frocks, as they : are called," inade of the finest white muslin;: cut all in,one from the yoke, pininto the/waist and flowing freely to the hem, are-elaborately insertod/.down the front and in cunning tucked .devices round the hem, with -the Raciest possible embroideries and beadingsy'liordered with small quillings of white "edging." Girls lo'ok dreams of beauty and very alluring in these "long robes"-f~and' the . grandmothers, endowed with slender; willowy'figures, pass,/too (in the most inexplicable; manner). • 'L'aundry bills this year will be a big item, for these ggwns soon, lose their "baby" freshness, and they take a : lot #of skilled, doing-up. The frilly hats of pleated lace,, copied from children's afternoon .hats, only suit the ' prettiest grown-iip girls. But the'grandmothers don't manage to-steer- clear of-these, either! •