News for Women,

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 18 July 1925, Page 4

News for Women,

(I-'r.no I’auline Courla rider) | |nl;, ;nv ;_c!' 11 in lv more a ini more ntt i;i<• ti\ < . Sol‘l felts. excecdiiiglv light in Weight . Mill'll' j M all till' must IK l < lIM iM u: colour.* anil folded ami }iim<liim 1 into tin' MHi.i hemming shape)-.. an- as pleasant lu | 1111 (• Vo as ill I 1 M' to M r 11. The crowns a.re si ill high. hut tin brims are rallior wilier Ilian iliev have I ice 11 . mill stand loosely away IYomi Ilm face i'll line side. while Ihe oilier is rlit up into twu wing-shaped pieces ur Lwisti.l into a |< mi it. '1 he. pinched ridge right over Ihe crown is s till there: sometimes it' is pinned in hy a small pasle dagger m- a paste monogram, and this is probably the only ornament, mi the hal. Very milch the same description applies ;■ i Rangkok. or very fine plaited straw hats. The high, unbroken line of still crown should lie avoided; if throws the face and neckline out of proportion and is very murli more diflieiilt jo wear tiia'n a high ,Town of more ir regular liie'H. • NEW I MAt;l’liT SCHEMES I Hack and white are worn more than ever. A black satin frock is almost sure to have a white crepe de chine front panel embroidered in black silk and soutache or heads’. A black georgette will prohahly he. accompanied hy a black satin cape lined with white crepe de chine or gcorget t e.

Large white hats are. lined with black georgette or satin and trimmed with large black bows. Black bats are lined with ivory silk or georgette and trimmed with ivory and silver brocaded ribbon, or blank ribbon with a woven silver linjuj. A largo white straw hat. lined with black georgette or satin and trimmed with large black bows. Black liats are lined with ivory silk or georgette and trimmed with ivory and silver brocaded ribbon, or black ribbon with a woven silver lining- A large white straw hat, lined with black, may be. adorned with a shower of imdeseent cock’s feathers. RETURN OF BLUE Various shades of blue are creeping back into favour. Kasha, is being dyed a verv pale shade for coat frocks, and powder blue cloth is Used for frocks mid capes. For evening dress materials

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- -lame, embroidered mousseline de soic jind lacc : -liiriiuoise him: is liked, or periwinkle blue, whu.-e softer shade su its l lie Inn nuet I e hell or. VEILED DOWNS FOR EVENING WEAR Very charming effects for evening frocks are obtained by veiling a silver lace dress with cloudy blue or mauve chillon and tulle. More gorgeous is a flame coloured flame undei'dress wit It a gold lace tunic. LACE FROCKS Flesh pin hand rose pink foundations me made in talTeta. satin, or soft silk and covered with filmy silk lace; black, ivory, and beige are all charming. A grey-wile sdk iace over rose pink taffeta gives a lovely opal effect. The lace maybe picked out with pearls and heads and t siting of rose tinted parks is th most appropriate- jewellery. Chute a number of afternoon frocks arc being des gacd in beige lace over soft pink. At prc.-t'itl' one sie.es them chiefly in the tv ."unis of the great, dressmakers ; later on they will probably he much appreciated on the Paris race-courses or in the Eois. SHAPELY MODELS I he waistline in certainly a little more cla-lic and is- now allowed to be higher than the hip line, but never lower. Oil tile whole there is more shape in the straight- frocks than there has been for some, time, j hey still retain their perfectly simple lines, but. a. little fulness on the shoulders, some almost invisible fucks near the waistline and especiallya Hat. well-fitting yoke, give a certain amount, of moulding to a frock that is apparently cut, on severely straight lines. STOCKINGS TO MATCH

Unfortunately, skirts are still absurdly I.v short. and tight ; but fortunately legs are a little less violently pink or' sunburnt. For day wear, at any rate, they have some sort of sympathy with the general col*ur scheme- of the rest of the toilette. A grey frock looks so' much more suitable when accompanied by grey stockings instead of pink ones; A great, many boi s de rose silk stockings iro being worn with bois de rope dresses as well as black or brown ones. SILVER IN DECORATION One of (ho most successful dance clubs in London attributes itis prosperity, at least, in part, to the beauty of its danceroom. I'lie most outstanding feautre of the room is a low. barrel-shaped ceiling made from beaver-board, bent- to shape, divided up by means of wooden moulduigs, and painted in dull solver. From it are hung star-shaped shades for tho electric light ; the stars are covered in pink silk, so that the light shed oil tho dancers is a sort of soft, blush-rose gleam. Walls are black, and the floor is a bight parquet. Everyone can dance well in that room. Silver should be more generally used in decoration; its effect is less insistent than that of gold, and it i-a easier for the inexperienced to apply with success. A woman who did not wish to incur tho expense of repainting a shabby bed-room achieved a- conspicuous success by- sparsely stippling the existent, green'paint of tho woodwork with an inexpensive, silver paint, so (hat ihe green showed through irergularly in a. highly intriguing fa-sliion. The legs of the deal dressing table were silvered, and tho top was covered with mercerised moire in panna-viqlet. A standard lamp of wrought iron, long past, its youth, was given a new lease of life by- a similar treatment with aluminium paint, which clings as well to metal as do most paints to wood.

Cork table mats, painted in silver, and shabby picture frames likewise treated, are suggestions to keep in mind. Wicketpaper baskets and linen-bins also take on a festive air when a coat, of silver, and possibly an ornament of coloured gesso, have been bestowed upon them. L.G.S.

IN THE BEAUTY SALON In tin' smart beauty salon Madame is phi'll an eye treatment that is guaranteed to remove all weariness and strain from over-tired eyes. What is done in the beauty salon can, in this instance, he achieved equally successfully at- home. You require four circular pieces of muslin, big enough to cover the eyes. ’I wo circles arc used for each eye, and a thin layer of dried rose petals and camomile llowers is spread between them sandwich-wise, the “sandwich” or eye-pack being secured by sewing the edges of the muslin together. First of all the eyelids are Illicitly coated with berated vaseline; then the eye packs, after being dipped in hotwater and wrung out, are placed on the eyelids. As soon as they become cool, tile packs are redipped in hot water, and replaced. This process is repeated three or four times. The final stage is to bathe the eyelids with a. lotion made of equal parts of witch-hazel anc! cold water. H.S. FORTY AND TWENTY COMPENSA TIONS OF MIDDLE AGE (By Mavis Clare) The passing of the years bringri one sovereign compensation. When the wild

lv r<.innlit>i- ill ".'inis Ilf youth :iro dust, wo no longer cry t**r '-lit l hi* on. In that liu-il. wo learn tn luiilil our solid lilt'*’ middle aged i'iisll * l . 11Vinu tho of ('out(Mil• Wo lim! n va.-t liappi ness in lli ( . everyday joys that youth so often u nder-est imatos. Wo no longer dial h imo Destiny , but we learn a serenity of spirit that to us is worth all the giamnur of battle and the glory of eon ipiost. Wo *lo not tempt tlip Fates too I'toarlv. So lony as they turn not the Kvil Eve on us. they may (keep their 100 poignant ecstasies. MEEK MATURITY Sn Ion" as we are free from definite illness ot mind or body, we ask not. that I’mv .should hand ns the cornucopia, of rapturous romance. Youth demands so mucli. ,rid suffers so much from Fate's denials. Maturity learns a * meekness tlial bring:-' its own reward. Middle aye asks little and knows how to be gratelul to the yods for what they deign to proffer. Tim cosy hearthstone; the compar.innablo spu d- who is our eontempoi'ary in age and thought ; and such beautifully mundane tilings as well cooked and daintily-served food: the folds of a familial' old dressing gown and the downv softness of miraculously comfortable bedroom slippers l : even the ordered i out ij ip t hilt in our Youth we cavilled at all these every-day joys that have grown into our life-ennseousness, as it v ere, with cur growth, become enhanced in worth riche) than the gold of adolescent ....mi. more luminous* than the opal of its moonshine. ABIDING CONTENT At twentv. forty sounds like Methuselah. At forty, w are so sorry for twenty, and all the disillusionments it lias; yet to face. Fife may hold a- few surprises for us middle-aged folk: it- may have brought, us little of rapture, and less of high adventure even in our heyday, but. i'i middle-age we learn to hug to. our hear to a simple and abiding content. MASCULINE MODES NOT FOR THE ‘MANNISH’ GIFU (By Stella Harley) The very women who ougld to wear ‘sousin', debonair, mannish attire, seem to he turning their dainty hacks on it ; while many who flatter themselves they arc dust thi' type’ for the hard crowned lial and high collar are accentuating all their leas! attractive features by adopting this trying uniform. You will generally find that the woman who is rather proud of her ‘masculine’ attributes in ihe matter of temperament- and personality. fondly imagines that these constitute sufficient reascon why her physical t\pe should best be set off by emulating masculine modes. THE STRONG FEATURED WOMAN As a matter of fact, the, manly modes would usually ‘kill’ whatever attractiveness slm possesses; for the woman of very strong personality ia not, at? a rule, pretty creature who can wear almost, anything and ‘get awav with it.’ Least of all can she wear hard lines, if. as is so often the case with a strong-minded.in-tellectual type, she has irregular features which are accentuated by mannish clothes. Much move than her prettypretty sifter, she needs the, softening influence of cunningly arranged jabot effects. clever brims to her millinery, and sagaciously planned colour schemes. Itis the dainty, regular-featured, curlyhaired miss who makesi the most stunning ‘boy’. CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT All of which is quite in keeping, you see. with our notorious feminine inconsistencies. But, to judge from the cult of the mannish as manifeetccl in places where women do congregate, masculine modes are adopted by iust the wrong type nearly every lime.