SOME FASHION SNIPS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 957, 8 March 1910, Page 2

SOME FASHION SNIPS.

Tricome hats in fur, :loth, s'utin, and velvet are now to be seen.

Tor the full puff crowns on turban* moire antique silk takes first place. The sailor jersey is delightful for morning wear.

Large and fancy-shaped buckles are covered with puckered metallic tissue. Sequined net scarves finish with a brilliant fringe or heavy tass'els. Elizabethan bodices coming down to long points, back and front, come over gither-skirt3. Mctalitc gauzes used as scarves and tied with hanging ends are the sole trimmings for many of the large rough beaver hats.

In contrast to the sober tailor-made costumes for street wear Hie graceful indoor gowns are more striking than ever in color,

lteliel work in gold and silver thread placed over richly-colored satins is used in many ways for trimming hats and gowns and as vests and waistcoats. On large fur hats, waving trimmings' fastened in with a bejewelled button near the front come at the right side. Lon'i* overdresses of transparent net embroidered at the lower edges find stilt many admirers. The coloring is the game as the gown worn beneath, though the shade may vary.

An interesting bequest was made to Queen Alexandra in the will of the late Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, whose estate was sworn at £324,860. The clause of Iter will relating to the bequest read as follows:—"I bequeath free of all duties to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra my ruby and diamond bracelet, which I ask her to graciously accept as a token of my respectful affection and regard for Her Majesty." Mrs. Terence O'Grady (nee Gertrude Avnoldy) married at St. Louis, U.S., the "human ostrich" becaiis'e (as - she declared) she had iallen in love with O'Grady when she saw him eating tacks as his "turn" at a local show. "I thought I would like to cook for & man like.that! He can't fuss at what I prepare for the table." The couple were married by Justice Moore. Mrs. O'Grady says that her husband has promised to teach her the art of eating tacks and glass. Wrs. Gertrude Atlierton, the American novelist, has precipitated a war of words between the jealous inhabitants of Chicago and New York by declaring that she would rather go to Hades than live in Chicago. This opinion, expressed

on her arrival in New York from her

home in San Francisco, waa formed after spending a few days' in Chicago, where men were fighting to amass fortunes out of wheat "corners" and pork combines. "Chicago," says Mrs. Atherton, "is gloomy, ugly, dirty, aild frightful, lit ft money mad, and vulgarly and disgustingly rich. The buildings are crude and covered with advertisements, while the private residences are hideous' architectural hodgc-podges. New York is beautiful, and has great love for the fine arts and architecture. The people arc not money mad. Conditions are charming in.comparison." Twenty years ago, or little more, women golfers were almost unknown, bit now perhaps tliey are more known than appreciated. So says a cynical contemporary. Mrs. Oscar Heller and Mrs. James Walton, who are sisters, were driving a spirited horse recently, when the animal became frightened and overturned the buggy. Mrs. Heller and Mrs. Walton were dragged along the rough pavement for half a block, and the large hats worn by the women protected their heads from injury. Neither was seriously hurt, although their headgear was mined.

llrs, Mary Coleman, in a suit for divorce from her husband, Paul Coleman,

savs in her bill she was forced at late

hours of the night, at the point of a revolver, to read to her husband "grue-

some and horrid" tales of Jesse James

and other outlaws. Her husband, the bill sets forth, lay in bed smoking cigarettes and toyed with a revolver, and threatened to use it if she ceased reading. The Duchess of Manchester has bought the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the world. It consists of 2000 pieces, each piece being shaped like an animal, and it will take about a month to work out.

A well-known Brooklyn "millionairess," who has acquired a pearl necklace said to be worth &40,000, has just

appointed a stalwart young man of excellent family to act as her bodyguard and to accompany her to all receptions whereat she wean this splendid ornament.

Some people &'ecm to tlnnk llml it women in England ever did get the vote they would not make any difference to parliamentary allairs. But if you will say so to a suffragette she will 'tell you about Mrs. Alma- V. Laffcrty, a very pretty and brainy woman, who is I:lie only female member of the Colorado .Stale Assembly. Yet. she has introduced fifteen Bills? into that legislative body, and the last of them has 1 just been passed by that House; so that, at all events, there is one woman in the world who possesses constructive ability some merit.