MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1924, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS' AND NOTES. ; One of the bootblacks on the Paris boulevards uses a palette when cleafling women’s shoes. The Parisian woman’s shoes vary g.O' much in colour that he found it often diffiiult to get the right- hue of boot ’ Cream to match. So on the palette he put a number of different creams combines them in ,■ varying proportions according to the tone of the shoes he has to deal with. Judging by 'the /number of his women customers his plan is very successful.

Fortune-telling, by whatever means 1 by the use of pictured pasteboards I employed by gamblers as the install- , ments of their speculations, by lines in the palm due to natural fiexation, . by mystical incantations of mercen- • ary fakirs, by signs and portents of inanimate things, or by .the bald chicanery of the trans-inedium or the clairvoyant charlatan—fortune telling is. a reflection upon the intelligence of those who, by their encouragement perpetuate the fraud and deceive themselves. That God should reveal the future, uncover that which, is hidden, or rend . the veil of that which is to be, through such media, is unthinkable, as it is contrary to all reason and established fact —Hon. C. Harper in the Arkansas ‘Deinoc rat. ’ As though striving to be in complete accord with the almost ecclesiastical severity of certain gowns, the ring of the moment is an impressive one, scorning frivolity in its setting. Large, sometimes immense, single cabochon amethysts and rubies, emeralds and saphires, set in platinum and silver, are being worn in Paris, usually on the first finger. With such a ring, nb others can be worn without destroying the effect of. classic simplicity (states ■ an exchange). The fashion will appeal

with irresistible force, to the owner of long, slender hands, and it will be greeted triumphantly bj’ the. woman who has rings of this sort, once dis- ' carded as “old-fashione.d,” locked away. You may possess some fine ' large single jewels in old tie and breast pins; if so, it is not an ex- ■ pensive matter to have them reset in a severely simple old silver ring. i . .. i The golfing enthusiast will be in- ( trigued by the new golfing suits that ■ achieve genuine “plus fours” comfort , on the links with a perfectly normal. , appearance in the street. For an overlapping square fastens on the right side of therback and the left of the front of the skirt. When Eve is in golfing action she can undo this arrangement, fastening, the, back overlap to the button on tne front, and vice versa. The suit is equally adaptable to other sporting activities, as well as to real, strenuous country walking. In = the bigger world of fashion beyond Buckingham Palace the New Year modes favour the long line) low waists,' and hiplessness. As for colour, the popular tones will be either scarlet and sealing-wax red, or quiet browns, such as Havana,- champagne, or biscuit. So says Isobel, a wellknown West End. dress designer. A sealing-wax. red coat-frock is promised during tile next .few weeks which will attract every eye, and we are also told that earrings, will continue fashion, able, and white flowers will be worn on the left shoulder. Tor summer wear white will be popular, especially thick white crepe de chine, while the summer wraps will be trimmed with fur. As for evening wear, if the neck line is square in front, it will be V-shaped behind, or vice versa. trimming, but it is quite another matis the problem which designers of something new in articles of dress are always facing, says a writer in an exchange. It is all very well to introduce a novel way of wearing a new tdimming, but it is quite another matter to get it approved of and-desir-ed by the great purchasing public. Exclusive inodes are not always those that make-the most money, but on the other hand, the popular fashion is the. . one which has the shortest life. A year or two ago a great sensation was heralded at Deauville, the fashionable watering place on the. French coast. Mademoiselle Blank the famous beauty actress, was to arrive. And in due course the lady appeared in a coat trimmed with fur the like' of which had not been seen before. The dressmakers . and. furriers were rushed by eager women, who. wanted to . know i what .the. fur was and where, they could get-some. That ,is . how monkey, j fur'came into fashion, and its real 1 value as a trimming died as, soon 1 as the fur hunters : brought back the ( pelts by. the thousands. By this time j the . furriers-had made wonderful pro- t fits, and the monkeys suffered- -. Since the . deand 'for- the. ragged-look- 1 ing fur, which- is’ not;even' prbtty, .has ; “slumped,’’ and it .is said- that softie T of.'the- firms'-.which rheid’ huge . stocks of monkey skins have ‘ be.en - severely.- hit. c ■At the Marylebo.ne Couity Court, * Migs E. ..Victoria/Dudding,.. a proba- ; tibner nurse,. sued' Airs ■■ De - Meza, ;bf c West Hainpstead, London.;' -. matron of 8 a Jewish nursing home,.-for £3 .15/-. wages in ■ lieu;of a ' month’s, .. notice.