LADIES' COLUMN. Edited By " Clio."

Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 5, 7 January 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN. Edited By " Clio."

The TCrtitrortH will ho triad to unswor any qiiOHtionti pertaining to fushioua or cookery. FASHION NOTES. Mont of tliubo notes T Jiuvo tukon from Modern Society. Everyone is struck with tlio.se amazing jackets which have uomo to support Empiro ntyloa. Thoy look ho funny ut tlio back, with that brond baud of trimming- undoi tho arms, to stimulate the bolt worn with a Hhort waist. I like thorn better than the Cossack or the flop, yot there is such an air of my grandmother in her youth about them. Tho "1830" curriage cloak is unotlior oddity revived, quito worthy of a walk abroad in company with tho jacket. I should like to see the effect on other shoulders boforo vonturing on eithor vestment myself. Designs for painted gauzo faun soem to grow prettier every year. Tho last one I noticod was ombollished with water lilies, which are novelties on faun, though they have boon on everything olse that could stand flowers. When those olegancies are carried out in gauze or composed of ostrich plumes, thoy are of very littlo uso to their owner, only ornamental adjuncts to her toilette. Tho air rushes through thorn, and hardly is arj loft to cool her brow as she fans herself. A palm-leaf or pupor spread is much moro to the purpose when active sorvico is required. However, the fan is a dainty trifle which must not bo taken .seriously. Tt belongs to tho buttorfly order uf things, inudo to rejoice tho eye, if nothing else. From one direction comes an assertion that velvet — and velveteen, I presume, for economical persons— will drive all other materials from the fiold, and roigu supromo all tho autumn ; but tho other materials have ovidently determined to make a bold stand for it, and fight for that proud distinction of being this .season's woar. Black satin, supposed to bo quito out of date except as a dowager sort of robing, has appeared calmly and boldly in tho ball-room, in conjunction with sleeves and trimmings of brilliant velvet ; nnd itn success has been undoubted. Beugßline, too, ought to hold ita own as long as purchasers appreciate a truly good-looking article for their money. There is such v substance about it that a little of it goes a long way. Respecting the wrangle over trains likely to bo kept up while street-swooping is undertaken gratis by woman's dress, a compromise ought to bo effected. No walking costume should bo make with a trail ; but house gowns could bo allowed a few or many inches on tho floor, in accordance with tho age, rank, fortune, and style of tho wearer, and the bizo of hor rooms. What with vast frills standing out right and left, the huge puffs doing duty for sleevo-tops, and those triple wipes which appeared the ugliest wraps evor invented till one got used to them, a woman's shoulders ofteu miiko her look almost as broad as sho is long. The new sash is a freak to match, with its many folds, and its big buckle of rosette an a iiuisli. A vory handsome Venetian openwork embroidery in shaded silk of dark colour and bronze-gold or copper metal cords, will bo used this autumn for trimming cloth, cashmere, and vigogue dresses. On rich cream yellow or grey gowns of drap d'ete or Venetian cloth for elegant tea-gowns and evening toilets, this openwork trimming in gold, with delicate tints of lilac, rose, or green, is peculiarly effective and beautiful. The solo trimming of many very handsome dresses of tinted or shot silk consists of fringed ruches of the dress fabric pleated up so thickly and closely an to give the ruche all the soft, downy offect, both on skirt and bodice, of marabout feather trimming. Tho latest excess of mnsherdom is a new collar of a very extraordinary kind, which combines all the chief points of a stand-up and a turn-down. It stands up straight round the neck like a stock, but it is really mado up of a piece twine the height of an ordinary stand-up collar, and bo constructed that the upper half double* over. The tie goes undef the doubled-over portion, just as in the case of a Shakespeare, and it roust bo added that one undoubted advantage is that the edge does not cut the nock and chin after the fashion which mashordom has so long suffered in silent agony. In short, unlike most of tho inventions patronised by these young men, the new collar is partly founded on comfort and common sense. It matters little whether you are young or old, plain or beautiful. You must wear a large hat, would you be in tho fashion thia autumn. Just what the real effect may be is not a thing to bo considered. Now that we have the Empire dross it is natural for the Empire hat to appear. It should be of black velvet, decorated with gold beads, arranged in scallops over the wide brim. The black velvet crown is high, yet flat, and trimmed with a band of gold galloon. There are black ostrich tips at tho side and gold-shaded strings which tie under the chin. FEMININE CHIT-CHAT. A well-known Chicago bookseller received from a gentleman in Racine an order for Archdeacon Farrar's " Seekers after God." But the Racine man received from the well-known Chicago bookseller only a slip thus endorsed, "No seekers after God in Chicago." At Brighton. — " Have you been to many afternoon teas lately ?" "Have I? No; hate the very name. Afternoon tease, I call them." The Queen was strongly affected by the death of her old friend the Laureate, and took oven a closer interest than usual in the preparation of the wreaths despatched from the Highlands for the funeral. "From his Sovereign " came two, both designed by Princess Beatrice ; one a wreath of immortelles framed in glass, with the inscription, " A mark of sincere regard and admiration from Victoria R.1.," and the other a circlet of bay leaves, with the words, "A tribute of affectionate regard and true admiration from his Sovereign." Besides these, Princess Beatrice designed a lovely wreath of her own sending ; Princess Louise sent a beautiful crown of white flowers, and the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh contributed each their own special floral tributes to be laid on the coffin. Should Swinburne be offered and refuse the Laureateship, it is said Mr. Lewis Morris is by far tho most meritorious and lyrical of the candidates. I may add that my friend told mo he had personally heard Lord Tennyson designate Mr. Lewis Morris as his fitting successor. A nice present. — A young woman received recently as an engagement present a paper of pins — it was an edition <le luxe of the ordinary paper of pins. It came in a velvet box. Tho case which held the pins was of pale blue silk. There were four rows of pins of different sizes. Tho first row were pale blue pins, with a bit of a turquoise for the head ; the second row were pink, with garnet heads ; the third row were green with an emerald head ; the fourth row were longer than the ordinary pin, with a good-sized pearl for the head. The pins were to be used for lace and veil pins. At home in England the autumn -winds play gaily and chillily about us, making our feather boas now something more than ornament, and we therefore cling lovingly to them, unless, perchanco, we possess fur. Yes, and this, too, in spite of our friend of the Graphic's jeering. I must tell you, though, how the behaviour of a long one of this ilk is there described in a seaside gale of wind. "Tho boa conducted itself in the most extraordinary fashion. It turned round, it flourished wildly in tho breeze ; it ntriick her (the wearer's companion) on the cheek, and wound round hih back. At last it began to moult, and feathers one by one flew over the wall and fluttered across the ocean. Tho couple looked as if they had been robbing a hen roost, aud were plucking their prize under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty, and I expect by the time tho boa reached home it presented a sorry appearance." RECIPES. Toad in the Hole of Feuit.— Apples, pears, or plums will do for this,. Stow the fruit with enough sugar to sweeten it; theu mako a batter with three eggs beaten, one pint of milk, half a teaoupful of flour, two tablospoonfuls of finely chopped beef suet ; mix -well, and pour into a wellbuttered piedish ; put iv the btewed fruit, and bake for an hour. Bakewell Pudding. — Lino a piedish with puff paste, aud put iv any jam proferred ; then mix 4oz. of butter, same of sugar, 2oz. of almonds blanched and pounded, tho yolks of five and the white of one egg, Jib. of breadcrumbs ; beat all well together. Pour this mixture on the jam, aud bake in a moderate oven half au hour. Delicious Apple Puffs. — Make putt' paste, and roll it out, and cut out small round cakes rather thin ; stew come cookingapples with a little .sugar aud cinnamon. When they avo done let them cool ; thon fill tho pufts, turn over tho paßte, fabten and nip tho edges, brush over with a beaten egsf, and bake in a modorato oven. Just before taking out of the oven sift powdered sugar over them. Children's Cake. — Beat 2oz. of butter to a cream, and add to it 4oz. of sugar, 1 beaten egg, and teacupful of milk ; mix into lib. of flour, two teaspoonsful of baking powder ; flavour with ginger or allspice, and beat the dry ingredients by degrees into the butter, egg, and milk. Put into a well -buttered tin, and bake for oue hour and a half. A North Carolina paper states that Mrs. Billings, of Ash Couuty, N.C., gave birth to hix^ehildren. All are living. A lady rate collector has just been appointed in a European city in succession to her fathor.