WOMAN’S WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2670, 2 May 1925, Page 5

WOMAN’S WORLD

OUB PARIS LETTER. The authorities round the place Vendome arc showing all sorts of delightful frocks of a kind to last well into the new season. In shape they are not so different front last season’s as to startle us, hut they have a touch which marks them at once as ‘something new.’ Black and Gold. Here we have, once again, the short black fourreau, with a. rounded decollotagc; it has no sleeves, but rather wide shoulder pieces It Is plain and tight-fitting to just below the hips, and from there to the hem it is edged with a fringe made of single pieces of gold braid embroidered in beads

violet silk, and a circlet of parma violets on silver stalks is to be worn or the smooth head of the owner of this very pretty thing. A ‘Rosy’ Gown. A lovely dance or dinner frock is made of pale rose satin —the kind that seems to have a morning bloom in it. The straight, skimpy fourreau has two wide circular bands of jade greer satin; sprinkled over these, and more sparingly over the rest of the frock are embroidered roses and leaves o various s’zos. in their natural pale pinks and greens. Some of the latest arrivals in frocks show a tendency towards shorter waists; some have very tight under skirts, and more voluminous trans parent or semi-transparent overskirts

A "Picture’ ’ frock in cyclamen taffetas, with motifs, embroidery and a plain hem in parma violet silk. The silver lace berthe is embroidered in cyclamen and violet silks, and a circle t of parma violets is worn on the head.

and pearls; a little space is left between each strand of braid, and these long strands are caught in with two bands of material so that the slim line is preserved. On the right side of the fringe is a gold rose with a trail of leaves. This might bo replaced by a bright red or blue flower by those who prefer a touch of colour. Gowns of Silver and Gold.

Gold and silver lace is still used a (great deal. Sometimes bunches of gay cretonne flowers are stitched under ■the lace with gold thread, and create a happy effect. A great many gold and silver frocks are being sent South to rival the sunshine of the Cote d’ Azure Most of thorn are straight and close-fitting, but here and there we come across p. refreshing change in a ‘picture’ frock with a long, straight bodico and a full skirt. The bodice may be of taffetas or satin with a gold or sliver lace berthe, and the skirt is of gold or silver brocade hemmed or embroidered with a touch of colour. A Picture Frock. For young, slim girls, nothing could

Blouses are re-appearing for morning wear, in plain white crepe dc chine with polo collars and black artist bows. They are worn with black and white plaid or check skirts.

, Blouses. Blouses, uncompromisingly blouses, as distinct from casaquin or overblouse, are reappearing for morning wear Madame dons a smart plaid or check skirt in the übiquitous magpie colouring with her plain white crepe-de-chino blouse, the latter finished with a black sailor knot or artist bow to complete the polo collar. The waistline of her conspicuously wider skirt is in the normal position, and is further emphasised by a very wide belt of black patent leather with white, leal her motifs, finished with a large black buckle. Amazingly smart, be it said, after our surfeit of ‘tubes.’ THIS NEAV COLOURS. There is a delightfully rustic suggestion about the tints that are to be worn during the coming season Blue is back in a shade known as jDerlWinklo, which strikes a happy mean between the hardness of royal blue and the insipidity of Wodgewood. This colour looks especially well -in soft materials like georgettes and crepes. Willow green is a tint about which we are going to hear a groat deal in the near future. It is distinctly deeper in tone than the almond green of last year. ‘Wood-rose’—a shade of Poddish, pink—will be a leading colour for eevnlng gowns and dance frocks. Some dress humourist has bestowed the unpoet,ic name of ‘spring-cabbage’ upon a delicate shade of eau-de-nii. This tint is going to strike a new note among lingerie voiles and silks. The green in it is so pale as to be hard'y preceptiblo save where the thin fabric is doubled for the hems and borders. Little French knots in a slightly deeply green are used as decoration. Tailor suits and gowns are to be

Lingerie . n a delicate shade of eau de nil, is used in the newest “undies.” Doubled hems of the same material, and little French knots of silk in a darker shade lend attractive finishing touches.

be so pretty as a wide taffeta dress. Here is one of cyclamen taffeta with motifs and embroidery and a plain hem of parma violet silk. The long, straight bodice has a berthe of silver lace embroidered, with, cyclamen and

made in a colour known as ‘Woodviolet.’ and velvets in the same rich jiiu will be popular for opera cloaks, a fact, every now note tills season has ,one to Nature for inspiration. TRENCHERWOMEN. ‘‘She is a good TTcncherwoman” is . phrase wo shall be able to apply litrally, if tlio present vogue for wooden able-ware progresses as it threatens j do. Inspired by tiie fashion of fur.ishiug in old cottage oak, designers re providing all manner of wooden /owls and platters fashioned on the .nos of the mediaeval trencher. They ook very effective when displayed on . refectory table or an antique gatejg of farmhouse type. Little circular dishes for the breakast rolls are made in a variety of oods, from those of light ash to .hors of dark hickory. Platters and .enchcrs of oak are more highlyviced. but, considering that they can.ot bo broken or chipped, and that iioy represent practically everlasting rear, their cost is quite reasonablc. Largc fruit bowls prove a welcome variant on china dishes for dessert, especially if they arc lightly-coloured round the brim. But, lor the most art, the modern wooden bowl or dish /corns the use of colour; it suggests mly the peasant trencher ware of past jenturies, and is equally remote from he painted variety To go with the wooden trenchers here are candle-sticks in plain, unstained, unvarnished wood. The great ittraction in this ware is its reliance on the beauty of tint and grain for Is effect, which its simplicity and directness, is far less wearying than hat of an elaborately decorated vrticlc.

Glass receptables for flowers fit neatly into simple wooden stands that ire used on the table where the wooden trenchers have their place; they look charming filled with gay blossoms and foliag.c The vogue for wood certainly makes for reposeful effects! LOP-SIDED SYMPATHY, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.” Fundamentally, this theory may be sound enough, but, judging from mere appearances, some of us would be inclined to challenge it. AVe might even reverse the sentiment, and, after a particularly depressing experience of what a wet blanket can accomplish, relieve our pent emotions with the wail “Weep, and the world weeps with you; Laugh, and yau laugh alone!”

It really does seem very much like that sometimes, doesn’t it? You mow that jolly, breezy, “it’s-good-to-be-alive” feel mg', when you cordially endorse Browning’s statement that ’ale’s right with the world.” Yoti need downright sincere sympathy at such times. But do we always find it? Oh, dear no! Instead, you are probably stared at and glared at as a harmless lunatic —-especially if you dare present such a mood at the breakfast table. You trip downstairs —yes, ‘trip’ is the right word!—and approach the table with a cheery remark Silence! or a grunt from your breakfast companion! But your spirits are far too buoyant to be damped by such a trifle. You pick up the morning paper and essay a remark appropos of the news A monosyllabic reply! By the end of the meal you arc not quite so sllrc that Browning was right! Yet, if you had been passing through a period of sorrow, that very breakfast-table companion - nay, everyone with whom you came in contact —would have felt bound to attune himself, or herself, with your mood—in fact ,to ‘sympathise.’ Convention, good manners, humanity, would have compelled at least a surface show of sympathetic feeling. And, of course, this is as it should be. But, in the name of common-sense, why not extend sympathy to life's joyous moods? Instead of scowling at the light hearted, why not strive to become as they?

If only we fostered this sort of sympathy, the probability is that we should be more beautiful of body and soul; possibly youth would last longer certainly good health would, so happy, and, therefore, so hale a raceshould we become! —G.B Fishbone Fancies A young girl, with a flair for employing unsual media for her work, treats fishbones of various sorts in such a way as first to sterilise them and render them free from odour, and then to harden them and enable them to keep their shape and stability This done, she forms them into charming designs, sometimes in but-ter-fly form, sometimes in the shape of queer insects, and flying birds, which, delicately coloured, make delightful ornaments for personal wear. These fishbone onraments have a slight transparency and are extremely light and dainty in effect. The process through which they have passed renders them remarltably strong, so that they arc able to withstand constant wear without cracking or breaking. —L.G.S. New shipments just to hand include a smart marled silk wool ribbed stocking for ladies. A very smart stocking with plain wide tops in these popular shades, fawn, coating, nude, champagne, 4/6 pair. Spring tape measures in round nickel cases 36in. tapes 1/each. —Collinson and Cunninghame.