THE LADIES COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE LADIES COLUMN.

FASHION NOTES.

Tennis shoes are finished by bows of coloured ribbon.

[fc ia said that the tournure is growing into crinoline i;i Paris.

Shs'll hats are suitable for smUl cliildren and yonng miES?s o&ly. The "Dauphin" fiehu is a no7elty for lighting up dark dresses. Summer gauzs underwear should be worn by ladies during the entire summer. A lady-bug oi red dotted enamel ia one of the newest pins for gentlemen's scarfs. The new Irish, point-luce collars aie two inches high and are worn standing "a Ia rnilitair.?."

; I Embroidery will enter largely into the decorative element, both of dresses and house furnishing this fail. Floral designs, it is thought, will be th* favourites, " Tel-el-Kebir" is a new cloth for costumo3 much, resembling albatross cloth, only very much heavier. It come 3in monochrome patterns and in brocades, some of which are very gorgeous. White brocaded satins for wedding dresses shows new designs of lilac blossoms, pond lilies aud tinted stems, humming-birds •fern frond 3. primroses, aud sheaves, of wheat in white silk. Same of the mast expensive patterns are outlined with cut crystals and fine peirl beads. What is called the "waterfall" buck in skirt draperv is English. It consists of a breadth ot pleated at the waist, with, all the pleats turning towards and meeting at the middle. The fabric is then allowed to fall loosely, but is fastened near the edge of the skirt to keep the pleats in place. A lawn-tennis coaturae lately worn at an i afternoon fete up the Hudson was made of soft grey merveilleux embroidered across the front with scarlet poppies and blush roses aud foliage. Tlvj hat was uuique, being of urey satin braid with a pointed crown and a round, flat brim, upon which were handpainted scarlet poppiee and moss buds. A second very beautiful dress was of delicate violet veilin.-, with a trimming of palest p:nk wild roses in point applique. The hat worn with this costume was a broad flat with a flapping brim, urowned with a long trailing wreath of wild roses.

USEFUL HINTS.

A tablespoonful of turpentine, boiled with your clothes, will greatly help to whiten them. Clear boiling water will remove tea stams, pour it through the stain to prevent it from spreading. Salt fish are quickly freshened by soaking in sour milk. Kerosene will polish your tea kettle like new, if well rubbed in with a rag. A little gum arabic dissolved in boiling starch is a great improvement. . Salt and beeswax will make rusty flat irons clean and smooth. Tie a lump of wax in a rag, and when the irons are hot rub them with it, then scour with salt. Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water. Buttermilk and bathhrick mixed together is the best thing for scouring copper boilers. Salt will curdle new milk. Before scaling fish, dip them in boiling water for a moment; it saves half the trouble. Half a of common table salt, dissolved in a little cold water, will instantly relieve heartburn or dyspepsia. Soap rubbed oil mildewed linen, and afterwards fine chalk scraped on the spots, will remove them after two or three times. Spirits of salt will iemove ink stains from mahogany. - A teaspoonful of oxalic acid, dissolved in a teacupful of hot water, will removo ink stains from a coloured tablecloth. i Cream of tartar cleans soiled white kid gloves. Shoes may be rendered by being ; rubbed over at the scams wi*;h a lictle beeswax aud mutton suet melted together. ; Charcoal, finely powdered, gives knives a splendid, polish. Before using a braae kesiis clean it with salt.and vinegar. '

CHIT-CHAT. The mixture of brocaped textiles with unpatterned ones of the same hue is nearly always tasteful. Her Soya! Higlinese the Princess of Wales is more than ever looked up to as a model for all those who aspire to the distinction which good dressing bestows. "Annie, is it proper to say this 'ere tfcat 'ere?" "Why, Kate, of course not!" "Well, I don't know whether it is proper or not but I te-il cold in tliiss ear from the air." Very thick ailk ruches are still worn on some dresses, but they are cumbersome and fetter the feet when walking, so that however pretty for home wear, tbis style is not suited for au outdoor toilet. Trains seem likely to be worn again; the convenient fashion of short all rouud skirts has prevailed so long that some change, though it may not be a desirable one, must shortly be looked for. A touch of red, and rarely more, is nearly always in the costumes worn by Her Iloyal Highness the Priucess ■:>£ Wales. At Ascot races she wore a oream-uoloured toilet, with a little red in her bonnet. White Indian muslin makes pretty fete dresses. The edges should be trimmed with muslin embroidery, aud salmon-pitik bows would be effective. A drawn hat and feathers of corresponding hue would be a suitable aec-nnpuniment. Nervous old lady : "Fow, cibman, you're sure ycur horse is quirt;? What's he laying back his ears like that for ? Look!" Cabby: "Oh, tbat'n only her feminine cutiosity, mum. She likes to hear where she's a goin' to.' , A RECIPE FOK A WIFE. As much of beauty as preserves affection, AE much of cheerfulness as spurs dejection. 0/ modeet diffidence as claims proteotion, A docile Blind subservient to correction, Yet Uored with seaso, with reason, and reflection. And every passion done in duo subjection, Just fiultß enough to keep her from perfection, Find this, my friend, and then make your soloction. A Parisian lady called on her milliner the other day regarding the character of a servant. The respectable appearance of the latter was beyond all question. " But is she hone3t?" aeked the lady. "I am not so certain about that," replied themilliner. "Ihave sent her to you with my bill a dozen times, and she his never given me the money." The Viscountess Folkestone's orchestra is this season's fashionable wonder in.London. It is composed of t«enty-one women and mrls, among \<fhom are four countesses, two viscountesses, and a marchioness. They play at aristocratic gatherings and to general audiences for charity. Ihe leader uses a baton like a professional in conducting, and trains them to produce very fair music. HOW TO BECOME A FASHIONABLE ISEAUTY. First you must get into stylish society, Then in the nowspapors gain notoriety, PhoiographetJ, paragraphed all over town ; Poote must sing of you, Scandal must ring of you. Thaa a professional beauty gous <Joira. You must smile upon all editors, And must satisfy your creditors, With flirtations with the Upper Upper Ten ; And you must not bo irrationul, But strictly international, And even ia America be worshipped by the roen. , Undoubtedly the present style of hairdressing 13 undergoing a change. To wear it all on the top of the head is the aim of most women, and on heada of a particular shape, and especially when the hair in curly, the effect is original and striking. Silver arrows are thrust through the coile. Combes are agaio worn and many quaint decorations are added. Those who have thin hair may easily lay the hsir workers uncict contribution, but moderation is the goldsn mean, and this should be specially observed with regard to the utilisation of false hair. A your.g lady having purchased an assortment of music at a wateuouse, situate in the western part of the metropolis, on her returning to he- carriage recollected a piece which aho had neglected to buy. "Sir," said she, on re-entering the shop, "there is yet one thing which I had forgotten and which J must now request you to give me." " And what is i;hat?" replied the young musicseller. "It is, sir—'One fond kiss before wo part.'" The gay youth, vaulting instantaneously over the table, saluted the fair sfciar.ger. An impertinent youtb. hr.d beer ; amusing himself by exhibiting tho following lines to some of tho ladies at Saratoga : — lion scorn to kiss among themselves, And ssarco would kiss a brother ; But women want to kiss to bad They kiss and kiss each other. Wherepon a young lady at once pencilled this reply oa the back of an envelope, and left it for the fool's instruction :— Hen do not kiss among ;hemselves, And it's well that they refrain ; • The bitter dose would vex them ao, They would nover kiss again. As sometimes on poor woman's Up Is applied this Dauseous lotion, "We nave to l"<q anions ourselves As a counteracting potion.