WOMEN’S NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1920, Page 6

WOMEN’S NOTES

NOTES ON FASHION. FROCKS AND LINGERIE. (By Naigio) Every season sees some new and captivating fashion introduced that immediately takes public fancy, and assumes a popularity that is little short of a craze. The craving continues for jersey dresses, which, made in woven silk or wool, have all the appearance of being handworked. They vary in many degrebs —some show practicability personified, others boast rather an air of frivolity, such as a new jersey dress fashioned to show bright metallic stripes cleverly woven with the silken stockinette of which it is made. This introduction proves rather a new note, and cannot fail to attract any woman who studies the latest in the world of fashion.. A delightful example was made in the likeable jumper style, and decorated with the fashionable uncut fringe. The latter trimming is quite a feature with many of our present-day garments. The luxury ■of these same frocks is that they have not .anything to get out of order, or even out of place. They may be seen trimmed vith various kinds of collars. The long roll style, coming well down in ..front, forms another subject from a point of view. The frock may be gaily trimmed with a different coloured fleecy-looking wool, showing round the hem of the skirt, collar, cuffs ,and band of jumper. Woolly buttons of the fleecy material gaily finishes the skirt at the hem on either side, which falls loosely on the figure after the graceful mode of to-day. AFTERNOON FROCKS. For an afternoon frock is one suggestion for its making m the simple waisted lines which are most fashionable —and also most becoming —while to mark it out from the ordinary, its pagoda sleeves are of ecru lawn and Persian embroidery of many colours, a little fold of the same lawn, only edged with a line of stitching, finishing off and softening the neck. An alternative, and very good, style is made in soft satin, with a roll collar of ivory of flesh georgette following and narrowing as it goes —the crossover line of the corsage, which fastens over at the left side with a loosely looped sash-bow, the sleeves _ being nuite long and the skirt plain and softly hanging. Or the satin may be arranged in the form of a long tunic, w ; th graceful cascade drareries at the side to provide the fashionable con trust for the scantily straight underskirt, the deeply rounded neck and short sleeves being details which manv women will continue to favour. Or then the tunic fulness may just be gathered low down over the hips, and”the rest of the little satin dress left quite plain and straight. PARIS LINGERIE. Following the line of many of the new spring and summer frocks, iincl rganuents show a longer waist-line, the waist being sometimes marked by a narrow ribbon run through a “coulisse.” Pale rose-pink ninon or heliotrope cotton crepe are favourable materials for these dainty garments. In Paris— notwithstanding the present ■high prices—many of the best undergarments are made of crepe de chine, but line nainsook has crept back into favour .within the last few months. Washing crepe de chine is best adorned” with knife-pleated frills of i'self. For those who like coloured li""orio the new shades are wistaria, wild rose pink, and aquamarine. Heliotrope has always-been a favourite with the Parisiennes for under-gar-ments of all kinds and also for nowns; this delicate'-colour looks well combined, with narrow black velvet or satin ribbons and with white washing silk embroideries. _ For pyia’—s heavy silk embroideries. delightful material, with collar and c Ws’ of black shantung worked ovi rin brightened embroideries. In Peris they are fond of making pyjamas of ultra-Fnturist silks; tin? effect, is certainly bizarre, but not always in the best taste. Attractive pyjamas are made of tussore silk in the natural colour with collars and cuffs of embroidered organdie and white bone buttons, ff one likes a sleeping suit ■ i brilliant colour there is a superb shade of japonica-pink in shantung and also a dep emerald green. The ideal garment for summer nights is made of white lawn, practically sleeveless and ornamented with a quaint and sketchy design worked in black thread —one’s favourite flower for example, or a couple of Greek dancing figures—or a flight of tiny black butterflies. THE BUSINESS GIRL. In spite of the war with all its train of sorrows and perplexities, in spite of the cost of living and the manifold problems of modern existence the modestly-paid, but expensively dressed business girl persists amazingly in the streets of every town almost as of old. True, the epidemic -of last year revealed, in many cases the secret of her ability to dress extravagently on a meagre salary. If was as if a searchlight had suddenly flung its blinding glare into mysterious places, and had thereby revealed the naked truth. Is disclosed not only slums, but extraordinary conditions of living, and a curiously distorted view of what constitutes happiness or even mere decent comfort in life. It revealed the fact that many girls accomplish their well-dressed appearance by living in unhealthy, unlovely dwellings, called by courtesy their homes, and stripped of even the most commonplace necessities, by starving their minds and depriving their bodies of nourishing food and physical exercise. And the most tragic part of it all is that many are under the impression that by sacrificing themselves, body,'mind and soul, to the fetish of personal adornment, they are attainince the utmost happiness that their limited means will permit. Others who will not go to such lengths as thiv evertheless contrive . to indulge m reckless extravagance with regard to dress, and at the same time remain sublimely indifferent alike to unpaid tradesmen’s bills, and to urgent claims upon their sympathy and interest. PRITTROSE DECORATIONS. When using simple wild flowers like primroses for table decoration elaborate glass or silver vases should be carefully avoided if there is to be an ardstic and good result. A lovely primrose floral scheme for a table is carried out with the a:d of a trio of flat oval baking dishes of brown fire-

proof ware. “These are filled with moss so that the edges of the dishes are almost completely covered, and they look like little moss-grown mounds. Embedded in the moss and quite hidden are small vases filled with water into which bunches of primroses and their leaves are tucked to look just as though they were growing. The effect given is far better than il actual roots are used, for as a rule only a few blossoms /grow on one root, and what is wanted is a mass of delicate flowers with just a little of the moss and leaves showing between them. To complete this charming rustic sciieme mats of grass-green filet net, such as is used for blinds, should be placed under the dishes on a polished table Similar mats should be used for the plates.. This makes an inexpensive set, which doe's not soon soil, and is quickly and easily laundered. The green net will look well with almost any other kind of flower. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Onion juice rubbed over gilt frames will freshen them and keep flies away. Sandpaner the soles of children’s new shoes before they are worn. This prevents them from slipping on polished floors. A cheap’and easily prepared cement for broken china is lime mixed with the white of an egg. Only take sufficient white of an egg to mend one article at a time, and mix thoroughly with a small qirantity of lime. Apply the mixture to the place where the article is broken, and in a short time the cement will set and become quite hard.

A good recipe which will keep the bristles of hair-brushes stiff is as follows :—Pour into an onon dish a dessertspoonful of ammonia to a quart of cold water. Dip the brush into this, moving up and down and taking care not to wet the back of the brush. In this way the bristles will be clean and white in less than a minute, and without any rubbing. Then dip the brush into dear water, shake, and ( place in a .rack to dry,