THE MUCH-NEEDED POCKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 11

THE MUCH -NEEDED POCKET.

Woman is at last raising her voice against fashion's deereo in "a plea for pockets," and many of Iho , winter dresses aro to contain a receptacle- for tho necessary handkerchief, etc. (writes "Rex," in the Australasian), This receptnclo, which can scarcely bo called a pocket, and in just as largo as your dressmaker will allow, is situited in the lower part of tho body, on the left side of tho waistline, where the fulncsn of the material successfully hides it from view. Tho terrible loss of pockcl handkerchiefs which aio only tucked into sleeves or -\ests, besides tho continual anxiety occasioned by losing sight of the "over-handy little bag," which wns supposed to supply the placo of a pocket, is the cause ot a crusade against pocketlcss gowns, at Ica3t fot winter. Tennis blouses and golf jerseys have long been fitted with dainty outside pockets, for the athletic girl makes constant demands upon her handkerchief against dust and dirt.

The Gentleman Farmer (anxiously) — Whufc in the world, Uncle Totterly, do you guppobc is the matter with my hens? Why, this nioining I found six of them lying on their backs, cold and stiff, with their feet slicking up in the air. The Ancient Man (after a suitable M!n6ou of cogitation)— Yor hens i*. dead, Mr, Cittily.