Fashion and Things Feminine.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3222, 9 January 1917, Page 7

Fashion and Things Feminine.

A SLEEVELESS PRINCESS DRESS.

One ol the most fashionable and practical of modes, and an easy one, withai, to make up, is the sleeveless princess dress, that by its adaptability in enabling various blouses to be worn with it, from time to time, /suits occasions of a varied nature and proves an economical addition tot he wardjolie. The sleeveless frock is very serviceable in tussore or Shantung silk, and is particularly smart in taffetas. Hound the waist is worn a belt or n sash, and the nock is cut low and is nicely rounded. Sometimes a neat and effective finish is given by a crossway hem stitched round the neck and armholes, which latter are cut big. The sleeveless princess frock illustrated is a simple pattern that is « good model for the home dressmakei to deal with, as it presents no difficulties whatever in the making. Tho bodice lining pattern is also in three pieces, which include one front, half the back and one side gore. All the pieces are seen on the diagrams.. The x bodice lining is seamed up the back. About four yards of 00-inch stuff will lie required lor the dress, and one yard and one-eighth of 30-inch material for the bodice lining. Thi* latter stuff sliould be folded in half, lengthwise, and the pattern pieces laid upon it ,1; indicated in the diagram, each piece being cut out iu duplicate. The c!i»'ss material should be folded lengthwise, and a glance at the diagram mill show how the pattern pieces should bo distributed on it. The straight od<je of back must be laid to the fold to avoid a seam. Tlu 1 front is cut out in duplicate, likewise tho belt, tlie duplicate piece serving for a lining. It will be seen that the. half width <•»"

material is not sufficiently wide to take either the front or back pattern without a join. There will be plenty of material from the waste from which to cut the corner-pieces, to be added on. Care must be taken that these are cut on the straight of material, tho joins coining on the straight. Any pretty blouse might be worn with the dress, which latter is scalloped at the foot, bound with silk-braid everywhere, and "tirurtmed with buttons! The frock fastens invisibly in front. USEFUL SET FOR A LITTLE BOY. Mothers with little boys to clothe are always on the look-out for pretty, seasonable patterns or designs for suits., coats and shirts, and the little boys' set illustrated shout dappeal by reason of its simplicity mid suitability. There is nothing prettier or more useful than a Jack Tar suit or blouse, for a small boy—either a sailor blouse with knickers' to the knees or with trousers, made with the special JackTar cut. The trouser suit of this kind is worn by quite small boys as well as by older ones, and, like the knicker suit, it may lie of white duck or drill or of navv serge. Again, the sailor

suit nt one kind or another may bo ;. mixture oi the two materials, t!iu truiiM.'i'H of dark sorgo, and tho Idouso of light drill.

By IDA MELLEB - - Copyright.

HOW SOME WOMEN KKEP YOUNG-LOOKING.

Jho now way of wearing a .saik.r sin it-blouse is to let it fall outside the waist instead ot being tucked in. The neck is cut low ot course, and finished with a band trimming or a sailor collar of white, dark blue or light blue linen, trimmed with white braid. One of these new sailor blouses lor a boy of tour years is shown on the figure illustrated, "A". The blouse .s laced in front and trimmed at the neck and ou the sleeves with checked linen. The suit is completed by knickers that hang loose at the knees. In Figure "C" is another pair of knickers, with gathered knees, and above is illustrated, in Figure "B," a boys' coat, with l>elt and pockets. This is suitable for any cloth material or lor navy serge with brass buttons.

Figure " 1)"' represents a pair of rompers, to be made of washing material, with darker linen for the belt and cuffs and at the neck. The rompers fasten at the back.

In talking over simple means of keeping young-looking, a woman of rather over forty gave a somewhat surprising recipe that she said had proved successful in her own case. "Odd as it may .seem," she said, "I owe a good deal in regard to my youth. t'ul appearance to keeping up a very had habit, namely, that of always being 'behind-hand' —a strange thing to which to attribute the rteftaiining of youthful looks! hut I really believe f am right in my opinion. Somehow, 1 always seem to he late in starting anywhere : consequently I am always running in a most undignified fashion to catch a train or an omnibus in order to arrive at my office or other destination at the proper time. I really believe this daily strenuous exercise has kept me young, as I notice I can outwalk most women of my age, and am always thought to be ten years younger than I am." Another woman declares it is nor keen sense of humour that ha.s boon her greatest help in retaining her youthfulnoss, as she always seems able to see the sunny side of things, and in this way lias been a real companiou to her children. "While I am approaching middle ago." she says, "I can quite well pass for years younger than I am, and that without any attempt at T making up.' If I find that I am putting on weight to any considerable extent. I simply give myself a course of gymnastics and am extra careful about the food I take. That is all the treatment that I need or that I give myself. If a woman wants to keep young-looking it is essential that she shall keep the figure of a young woman and pay particular attention to bearing herself upright and avoiding stooping shoulders.

FKECKLEB AND St'NBUK.W Freckles and sunburn are great drawbacks to beauty in the summertime, and both must be treated carefully in order to efFcct a cure. in the case of freckles it is sometimes impossible to cure them altogether, though the ugly brown spots may be lightened considerably if the right treatment be given, and right in one's own home it is possible to compound a very efficacious cure. Horse radish root and buttermilk, mixed together and applied to the freckles will do much to render them less obvious. Grate a fresh horse radish root very fine, cover it with fresh buttermilk, and let it stand overnight. Strain off the buttermilk througn cheese-cloth, and wash the face night and morning with the liquor. Another simple remedy, which u very good, is lemon-juice. Squeeze the juice of a lemon into half a glassful ol water, and use the mixture two u three times a day as a face-wash. Or dissolve in lemon-juice as much sugar as it will hold, and apply with a soft brush freqently until the freckles disappear. Sunburn and tan, while painful, arc not so difficult to treat as freckles. While the skin is irritated, apply milk of almonds, which will soothe and relieve the smarting. The frequent use of elder-flower water to the face is also recommended when sunburn is the trouble. But most important of ail is the precaution M keep the skin :soft and smooth by anointing it with rase cream, such simple ungent, before it is exposed to the sun. After the cream has been rubbed in and any superfluity wiped off with a soft cloth, the face should be dusted over with ground oatmeal, and it will thus be protected with a slight mask, as it were, against the ray«i of the sun.