WOMAN’S WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2308, 28 November 1925, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

UUM, PAiUSi I.WPJ.’KK. Tine ’Hand-made’ Vogue. Everything, except, of course, tailor made clothes la handworked. The fluttering panels and draperies which distinguish this season from the last, could not possibly be so airy and supple wore they made with machine work. Altogether these must bo profitable days for tho needlewoman In Paris, and very Interesting ones, for never has needlework been so artistic. Designer and worker both must bo perfect, and they deserve a largo share of credit for tho beauty of our clothes.

Gloves Arc Elaborate. Not only dresses arc decorated, but gloves and hats show exquisite work. Pomo of the gloves are almost as elaborately embroidered as they were in the days of Good Queen Bess and during the Empire period. Black kid Is being worn again and forms a good background for coloured embroidery on the cuffs and even on the lower part of the hand. Perhaps the daintiest of all gloves are thoso with tiny painted posies or single flowers. Of course, such expensive and exquisite things cannot bo thrust carelessly in a drawer, and equally of course it follows that all kinds of dainty trifles are produced in which to keep the gloves. There are soft leather sach. cts painted with delightfully pretty or humourous designs, there are gilt boxes with miniature heads or land, scapes ,and there are the most delightful little sachets of silk and lace and flowers with which to perfume our gloves. Evening Shoes. Shoes for evening wear arc very elaborate; shoos and stockings to match the dress have taken the p.iace of flesh coloured stockings and lame shoes. Sometimes black or white shoes have coloured toe caps and heels matching the stockings. There are some white Iridescent shoes of soft leather that remind one of the feathers'on a dove’s breast, and these are worn in the South with white or coloured clothes.

Leather Leaves and Flowers. Thera seems to be no end to the usos to which leather is put In the Kue de la Palx. Even georgette and orepe dc chine frocks are hemmed end piped with it. It certainly is very soft and supple, so that there is nothin® incongruous about trimming flimsy evening frocks with gilt or silvered leather cut into leaves and flowers. Lizard and snakeskin are much softer than we used to think possible and are now used for trimmings, shoes and hats. To be quite well dressed one should have shoos, hats, glove and a bag to match. Although there Is no longer quite such rigorous uniformity In dress, harmony is still abslutely necessary. Popularity of Green. , Mora and more attractive greens are appearing in cloth, satin and georgette. Moss green bottle green olive green are especially liked, and are trimmed with leather dyed to match. Grey and green cloth and satin are mixed with good effect A short grey cloth skirt is worn with a green satin jumper with long sleeves and a high collar. For travelling, there would be added a long grey cloth coat piped with green, a small green hat and grey shoes, stockings, gloves and bag. Peter Pan collars are still worn on jumpers blouses and frocks, but most of the new coats have high collars that fit closely round the neck. Evening Frocks. Some of the prettiest grey georgette frocks are trimmed with some bright colour —very often In velvet. A dear little grey georgette dinner frock with pleated panels, hardly any sleeves and quite a high neck was piped with yellow velvet. Most of the new evening frocks have small gieeves; only very full dress ones are

made sleeveless. One Important house In the Rue do la Palx Is making a feature of evening .gowns with tight fitting bodices' of satin or velvet. and full, mther ( ; long tulle skirts. Two Piece Models. Some of the now two-piece models are made with black coats with pip. logs In the same shade ns the dross. A rod georgette frock was shown with a black satin coat piped with red and a red soft felt hat. Red and navy blue too,, are worn together, the navy blue coat, piped with red round the front horn and pockets.

Belts ami Buttons. The waistline on frocks remains somewhere on the hips but for coats and skirts it is almost as high as the place appointed by nature. Belts pockets and buttons are important details. Pockets are becoming quite ornamental again, with embroidery, piping, braiding and stitching. Beits are sometimes fixed to the hips with embroidered motifs and buttons are used for decorative as well os practical purposes. ♦THE SUNSET ROOM’. (By Mrs. Hamilton.) Immediately after I had admired one of the now ‘sunset’ evening frocks at th dressmakr’s, I was introduced by a loading decorator to the sunset colour scheme for a room. Sunsets are obviously ‘in the air’ at present. The frock was made on a double foundation consisting of a layer of rosy-pink chiffon laid over thin gold tissue. Above these came shaded ninon, beginning with pale lemon and shading off to orange. Somewhere at tho waist was an ornament of palish blue rhinestones.

The room decorations wore not dissimilar. Walls were a pale, pale gold, while silk taffetas in a pastel shade of blue formed the long curtains. The ceiling was distempered in lemon, with, a setting sun In orange painted deftly in one corner, its rays extending some distance. A deeper shade of yellow was the woodwork, while the coverings to the gilt, furniture, which had caned seats and sides, was deeper still. The scheme became wonderfully effective when the lights wore lit: these were encased in amber shades which diffused a soft radiance over the ensemble. The two tail standard lamps, however, boasted big shades of rose-pink silk to match sofa cushions in the same tone. They suggested admirably that afterglow of that pervades the sky for a short space after a brilliant sunset has illumined it. After all. one cannot do bettor than go back to Nature for inspiration in matters of art,!

The sunset room, moreover, had the supreme advantage of making every woman In it look her best! SYMPHONY IX WHITE. "White foam, white sail, white cloud —white flash of under-wings where the flying sea gulls crowd, and the luring siren sings. White beach agleara ’neath the moon, . . And a face with l irr hf "m----pearl’d—white as the waves that n oon the love songs of the world. . . Ne'er shall the music lau! i'.Lv.-inal symphony! White moon, white maid, white sail of a dream ship home from sea! Helen Sevrez. POINTS ABOUT PLAINNESS. BY A PLAIN WOMAN I shouldn't be human if I didn’t rejoice sometimes in getting my own back, so to speak, on those who jfatronise me. Thus am I wickedly •spuauj jo itijnnueq aui pajaep eau jaio suotyususduwo tmopruA Jiva jdAo mu x pnj3 Appraij pun on sp[oq sSv 'ibouisjoj pxro

horrors for me, as It doe s for the lovely creature who dreads the swifter and swifter passing of tho years after the thirty landmark nos been reached. I shall full on ola ago as quietly as I mingle with a fashionable crowd; with a poise superior—don't grudge me my little asset! —to that of the pretty creature who, ac'.ustomod to know herself the cynosure of all eyes, cannot escape that »un u n n

For the toddler, a pretty little fro* In natural Shantung. Below the shp Magyar yoke tho frock is smocked i rod and blue, embroidery In tho sat, shades appearing on sleeves and co: lar. ' 883 8 8 8 self.consciousness which is pose «l> opposed to poise. I am not selfconscious because no one ever take any notice of me. 1 don't outer a room to the accompaniment of an invisible Grand Opera orchestra, n s it wore, or with the air of a queen bowing graciously to her grovelling subjects.

The “Make-Weight’s” Privileges. And because of my plainness' 1 get more invitations. I find to certain social ‘do’s’, than my own pretty sister. This isn’t horrid disloyalty: for she’s one of the dearest Pretty Sisters in the world. It is just a state, ment of fact. She is so very much persona grata with the opposite sex, and other women fall so very much into the shade when she appears on

the scono, that ‘the plain one’ is ashed to make up the requisite number rather than the oo conspicuously attractive member of the family. The plain ono Is surfh a safo proposition. "Safe”. Aye, that’s the word! I may not know the delirious bliss of Love with a capital ‘L’, but neither do I know its torments. Men accept mo as a ‘pal’; and I can afford to bo my plain straightforward self, because nothing else is asked or expected of mo. NO Worries! Not mine to have to worry mysolf sick about ’on’ and ‘off days! not mine tho mad beauty race with my poors; the rushing whirl of visits to masseuse, manicurist, dressmaker, and milliner. Not mine to gaze anxiously Into the mirror on the night of the dance to soe whether my beauty is a degree or so less sclntllating and likely to bo eclipsed by some more alluring light! I have not even the allure or downright ngllnoss that stamps some women ivith the aura of the spectacular. 1 , mi merely plain; tho onlooker who as most of tho game, its loasoss as Uas its gains ... If lam domed ■xaltatious, 1 escape Its despairs! (EASILY MADE CHOCOLATE. CAKES. DAINTY AND DELICIOUS. To 4 ozs. of flour add 2 ozs. of cna- . sugar, 2 ozs. of buttor or good largariuo,, 2 ozs. sweetened chooonto powder, two eggs a few preserv'd cherries, and a spoonful of icing sugar. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg.yolks, only slightly beaten, and thou the white? (which must bo whisked to a uriu froth) alternately with the flour and chocolate powder. Buko in little tins When cool, turn out, sift a little icing jgur on ouch, press half a preserved ■licrry in tho centres and tho cnocoatc cakes arc ready for afternoon tea. HOUSEWIVES IN COUNCIL. Potatoes pared in tho morning and soaked In cold water till noon taste very much bettor. A great deal of (ho starch that makes newish potatoes pasty will soak out.

Tumblers that have contained milk should be rinsed in cold water before being washed in warm. Putting the milky glass in hot water will have 'effect of clouding it permanently. Pern on juice and salt will clean and Whiten beautifully your best ivoryhacked toilet set. French chalk and lemon juice will remove grease or any other marks on Ihe marble-topped wash stand.