MODES OF THE MOMENT

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 146, 17 March 1934, Page 14

MODES OF THE MOMENT

Passing Notes by Jane

AVellington, March 16. • v.iutpr and the windows of the sweet shops in Dear Eastei, the city are diesse again, so that people that make ? ou lo ”" le ycllow chicken in a celluloid egg, will JQ'J ‘ clpcotfitecl with candy flowers. I can re- ° r S hP? e^n%heXls Of elaborations had not yet appeared, things Wa” people long ago did for nSewrolT about morning Ana tncii on xj m.ani-fnsf table patterned in lovely colours, that S-eXoS £'!“'£■“ 'S’Ve-.ov for ntuo of silk and cretonne round the breakfast eggs before they are boiled, they WiU Now that least-and the problems of Easter are connected with Holidays, with the definite return of a winter that seems to have sat on the doorstep all the summer, and with the collect ing of ,n^‘ r t "° 0 “ f le f aet, it is a thoroughly good moment when the bright fire burns again in the ancestral grate, and you can turn your face to a fXvimr southerly as you battle home toward the promise of that glowing wirmtli And after a good meal, what a delight to pick up the knitting hat is ’coming on so happily, and, interrupting the family bookworm as you talk of this and that, to sit for the best two hours of the 24 in peace ilnd llave°vou found any of the delicious patterns for woolly blouses that are coming bv every mail to tlie wool shops? .So intricate they look, yet so easv of accomplishment they really are that any of us can manage to 'achieve one of these necessary garments. Hand-made or machine-made, home-made or bought, they are correct wear this season. Indeed their popularity seems to increase with the years, and certainly each year adds to thC1 Tbe a colour combinations are particularly attractive, for 'though the tendency is to discard the very brilliant shades we have till now associated with wool tlie subdued effeqt of black, grey and white, two shades of grey, two shades of fawn, or of green, or fawn and brown, give new dignity and charm to knitted garments. There’s a word I want to say about gauntlet gloves. They are very smart and very modish, but there Is one thing definitely against them. I go up and down the city streets In trams, and I see all sorts and conditions of people in all sorts of clothes. The woman with wide shoulders and wide hips liiust not allow herself to wear long gauntlet gloves on any account because they give a line of contrast to her dress that attracts tlie eye just where she wants to avoid notice, and they cut tlie length of the arm, which is also a mistake. There’s, nothing like the ensemble, the one-colour scheme, for the heavyweights. Thank goodness it has come back into favour! With love, Yours, JANE.