Ladies' Column.

Lake County Press, Issue 2390, 24 August 1911, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

FASHION AND THINGS FEMININE. By Miss Ida Mellar. (Copyright.) DRESS FOR THE BUSINESS CIRL. The outfit of the business girl must necessarily be based on practical lines, above all. and in the blousesuit, she will find a trood friend. As t rule, better wear is guaranteed by .he costume with skirt and blouse in harmony than by the dress made up of a skirt of one material and blouse of another. In suggesting an outfit for the business girl, navy blue serjre naturally enters into the scheme, a blouse-suit .if navy serge offering splendid wear, j

d the material and color being- al- j ivs becoming-. On the other hand '- R1 a chance from this ever-popular I m . it, green serge or tweed may be ' ggested, or grey homespun, while, j " c course, the black dress always has : votaries, and must, therefore, be i lndt'd in the suggestions offe.red on tn ' ' present subject. Black doth or so mmere will assuredly prove useful j Ul the business girl for her everyday Hf' :ss, and black herring-bone serge |de

is also worth considering for the same purpose, promising particularly good wear. The blouse-suit illustrated is just die dress for the business girl, and might be developed in any of the colours and materials named. It _is smartly made, though severely simple, a pretty feature being the long lancl continued the whole way up the centre-front of the suit, and developing at the neck into a yoke, to which he blouse is set in small tuck's. Four iarge buttons trim the front of the blouse, and at tue waist is a belt of T.ack patent leather, while the sleeves ire finished with shaped cuffs and at the neck is a smart little h/ow-tie. The skirt shows a deep hem'"ac the foot, and the panel and cuffs arc outlined with black braid. The suit fastens at the black. The quantity of 48inch material required is five yards, with skirts of cloth, those made of material the. resembles corded silk and est under five shillings each ready made may be recommended to the business girl. These blouses look well in dark blue, grey, brown, violet, and black; also in light blue with a black tie at the neck. The best type of hat for the busines girl is one that stands all weather —such as the black beaver hat that only needs a shake after it has been subjected to a heavy downpour, and comes out of the ordeal none the worse for the experience. A tuft ok bright colored game plumage or a :ouplc of pheasant tail feathers will be found sufficient and durable as a trimming. ORIGINAL IDEAS FOR BLOUSES. Although the white and cream blouse hold their own for accommodating themselves with a good grace 10 skirts of any color, they call for a good deal of work on the part of the laundress, and arc not so economical as the coloured blouse, as they show soil quickly and should never be worn unless quite fresh looking. Wherefore, for every day wear with skirts of dark serge, die more economical plan is to wear a colored blouse —navy blue Shantung jr Ottoman with a navy skirt, chestnut brown with a brown skirt, and so 311. Delaine, again, is an excellent fabric for skirts and blouses, and very pretty spotted delaines may be bought in all colors. Very good wear, too, is

iven by the new Paisley stuffs for torning and afternoon blouses, a rctty accompaniment to a navy senrc urt being a shirt blouse of China ue and white Paisley, the right front it with a wide strap that buttons er to the right, and under which is readed the ends from a black silk ick tie. A prettv and original blouse, suitjlc for "Paisley satin or coarse lace, the subject of our second sketch, charming feature being the lacing satin ribbon that decorates the lett ie. Above the blouse is drawn a lemisette of soft Indian muslin mound to a band of narrow ribbon at the roat, the color of the ribbon accordtr with that of the lacing. This xise works out charmingly in grey ;e and ribbon, in pink lace and ick ribbon, and in Paisley satin wered in blue or mauve, and laced th ribbon to match. To make the )use, 2\ yards of double-width lace, its equivalent in single width stuff, II be required.

Meekness.—That which gives soft swers to rough questions. rhc thing- called high spirits is posile only to the spiritual.—G. K. icsterton Df great riches there is no real use -ept it be the distribution ; the rest but conceit. —Bacon. rhe only way to regenerate the rid is to do the dutv which lies trest to us. and not to hunt after aid, far-fetched ones for ourselves. ". Kingsley. }e strong-! be good! be pure! fhe right only shall endure things else arc.but false pretences. —Longfellow. )eath is a necessary part of the ■at system of life. The death of ividuals constitutes the life <>f the and to suppress death would to* suppress the world. "he end of the voluptuous is that r soul degenerates into flesh. The ice of love, mercv, and faith dry The heart, which has sent all its to the senses, withers and hars.