MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 January 1923, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS AND NOTES. To make a buttonhole on a coat of heavy material take a piece i i the cloth and tack it on the right side < .er the place where the buttonhole is I > be made. Then machine through both thicknesses in the shape of a buttonhole. Slit the material between the lines of stitching, draw the material through thq opening and fell down firmly and invisibly on the wrong side. Bring the facing over, make a slit which allows the edges to be turned under, and invisibly catch down. Children always find amusement bi little boats made of walnut shells. Break lhe nuts carefully so that Hie halvi-s are not cracked. Then at, one. end of each tiny craft press a. small piece of soap. Float the shells in a basin of water and they will start to cruise about in a most diverting manner, the movement being due to the dissolving of lhe soap. A tiny mast made of a match and sails of paper may be fixed into the shell with sealing wax. The wedding gown of Lady .loan; Mulholland, who was recently married to the Earl of C.ivau, is mentioned as having been of pale silvery grey fulguaraide, trimmed with small-cut sleet and pale blue beads. Iler hat was in (.ones to match, lined with pale blue, ami finished with a single ostrich plume and she carried a sheaf of roses. Lady Joan was one of Princess Mary's ladies in-waiting, and widow of the late Captain the Hon. A. E. S. Mulholland, Most housewives find a difficulty in persuading labels to stick to their store bins. Roughening lhe surface "i the tin with emery paper before slicking on the label is said to be a good plan, while glycerine ,added to the paste, has also persuasive powers wheie tin is concerned. Where there are many tins in the store cupboard, ii. is wortn while expending a few pence on lhe purchase of a little water glass. This adhesive used instead of paste on a roughened tin surface, is said to be the. very best thing yet heard of for sticking paper of any sort sucessfully on to tin.

Items mentioned in the T Saw" column of the "Gentlewoman" include sonic green chrysantiiemunis growing iu a bowl, with excellent effect. Leatner, put to a new use in the form of electric light shades. The latest form of hot water bottle, representing a jolly, fat monk, the head forming the stopper, and round the face a fringe of monkey fur. A new bandolette, worn by the newly-vaccinated, which takes the form of a wide-ribbon band, decorated with a. mass of multi-coloured Howers. Floralt plants, which are copied from life most realistically. Some particularly graceful new dances, performed at a private show by the pupils of Princess Astafieva, at her home in Chelsea.

A charming description has just conic , in an English journal, of wraps for . evening wear, as follow ; —Evening wraps were equally fascinating and oiiginal. One in black and gold sought colour relief in a large posy of roses, ’ fringed with jade-green feathers; anol,her favoured sweetmeat colours ol mauve ami pink ; while yet a third of silk cloke reaching just, below the hips, hail a. sheath of black georgette to tile hem embroidered in. fantastic designs composed of kingfisher feathers. Riviera frocks appeared in Shantung, many buttoning from top to hem, with the neck bullous unfastened, and two tiny patch pockets on the hips. Pockets were a decided feat ure of many of the gowns, and one bewitching creation in shell pink nimm had pink ninon pockets, finished with a. puffed crossover’frill. Il was picturesquely reminiscent of the Prince Regent period, and caused much approval. •‘Pinking ' was another revival noted, and was displayed en a dress of pink face chilli that, had a. skirt, of "pinked” frills. Alillinery modes portrayed a masterly handling of quills, while lighter restaurant hats were trimmed only beneath the brim with frills and ospreys that made soft bewitching frames for a ] ire tty face. Fabric hats are much in demand for children’s wear and are available m such variety of textures ami colourings that it is possible to obtain millinery of this kind io match exactly coats <>r soft light-weight wool, duyetyn, and tweed. New shapes of tucked velvet, the very "dressy," and most attractive are those trimmed with "pneumatic” rolls of Angora wool. Duvetyn needs a special mention because it will be fashionable this autumn for hats made to suit children’s coats- Some of these hats are draped and others of the squash persuasion have sweeping, upturned brims. Others of _ the bedshape variety are hand painted, and another decorative resource is the pip. ing and binding that find their way into the scheme of millinery for children as well as their elders. "Plumage’’ that never was acquainted with any sort of bird, since it is made of fabric, is a favourite trimming in the semblance of quills and tail feathers. Caps of suede made in the tall Laplander pat tern are piped in sections and given a shredded pompon on Hie siiinmd. ‘Aviator’ caps are turned back with suede or fur and perchance finished over the ears with a bunch ol leather strips.