WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15125, 16 October 1912, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

CARROTS THE THING! SOCIETY'S LATEST FAD IN 7 COLOUR, i A steak shade., never before Been in fashionable society, has flarei up 1 o flartie-coloared exotic among the whites and blacks, and greys, which have so far b-e the fashion of .this dreary summer. It is neither brick-red, nor vcrmilhoa, nor nnv conceivable pink, and the dressmakers" have reluctantly agreed to call it simply "carrots." , Whether the homely quaintness of the name attracted seekers after novelty, or whether the sullen, gloomy greyness of tho weather lias so affected people spirits that at- any price they must have some splash of colour, "carrots" to. flamed "'° endden notoriety as the fashionable shade, sav3 the Express- , At Goodwood there were stockings oi carroty hue flashing under the inevitable I blue coat and skirt. " Carrots" parasols bloomed in the intervals of sunshine, and hero and there an entire costume of the striking, if somewhat bizarre, shad considerable notice. ■_ _ . Half its charm may lie m the fact tha only' one woman in 10 can wear it v»i effect. Fair women dare not wear .i •> pale women , must leave it alone, and on y the dark.beauty with a really perfect complexion can be absolutely safe , with "carrots." Such a craze is " carrots" that up-to-date drapers are turning out carroty bathing dresses by the hundred, so that the seaside maiden can leave off the gaudy-coloured print dress in which she has strolled up the parade for a bathing one of the same hue. . , >be effect of this startling shade on the temper is so cheering, according to one health expert, that many people, before going on their summer holidays, left orders 'to have their diningrooms repapercd in the fashionable "carrots."' HOW HAIR-NETS "ARE""MAOET-

An interesting account of the hair-flat industry in Germany is contained in a recent report to tho Department of Commerce and Labour from the United States Consul, Milo A. Jewitt, stationed at KeW Mr. Jewitt explains that hair-nets, pro perly speaking, are not simply nets for tho hair but are nets made of human, hair. Years ago, Mr. Jewett says, Strasburg was the greater centre of this trade, but sinc|. then the Alsatian peasants have devoted more time to the cultivation of their fields and vineyards, and have engaged m other industries, while the peasants of Bohemia still continue to work at hair-net-making • because their rugged mountain country furnishes new opportunities for more lucrative employment. . . The result is that rather more hair-nets are made in Austria than in Alsace-Lor-raine, but that Strasburg still buys and sells many of the nets made in Austria. However, "Strasburg's trade declined a little last year, Mr. Jewett finds, owing to tho ; change in the style of coiffure, and also oil account of the "increased use of cheaper nets made of waste silk. Normally, Strasburg sells annually about 12,000,000 hairnets. ' ■ ' "The hair-nets," continues Mr.-Jewett, "are made almost wholly in the homes of Alsatian and Austrian peasants. Weaving the nets is a work requiring manual 1 dexterity that can be acquired successfully I only in youth, when the fingers are supple and the eyesight is good. _ This industry and the peculiar skill required to net hair lias become in part hereditary. _ The children begin first to tie the hairs together, end to end, to make one long hair. Then," without any implements, except 'a round piece of wood about 6in long and half-an-inch in diameter, and a needle, the older girls and women, and sometimes the men also, weave the nets. : Each mesh is knotted in much the same way that fishnets or hammocks are mads, only, of course, tying a single hair is a more delicate and difficult task than tying a'string. The work is poorly paid."

' ART OF THE COIFFURE. , I If you wish to arrange your hair on the j lines of the Frenchwoman, dress it in the twist or casque, is the advice given by an expert on arranging tho coiffure. . " Many years ago this twist was in vogue, but in those days women wore the hair drawn tightly and plainly back from the coiffure,, showing the ears, however ugly they .-might' be, and making the French twist very sleek and glossy, and rolled as compactly as could be. But to-day the hair is worn with a difference. Not a vestige of the ear must show, or the hair itself is wayed and then brought down very low on the check, giving quite a bushy effect, and really hiding halt the face. To get the effect of the casque, the hair must first be waved, and then rolled at the back from tlio nape of the neck to the crown of tho head. The ends are then tucked in on top after tho twist has been made, and the general effect is that of a head of shortwaved hair. In order to procure the complete effect as seen on. the Parisienne, a shell comb, with teeth longer at the bottom than the top, and with a plain tortoiseshell bar, must be inserted along the side of the twist, or two of these combs may be used, one on either side/-' Combs of tortoiseshell inlaid with gold, and silver arc.' much in vogue at the moment, and occasionally the silver inlay is also set with rliinestones. Some of the most fascinating combs are headed by balls, also inlaid with gold and silver at the top, and have baroque pearls set beneath. With the hair dressed low at the back in the one long i roll, which is aleo modish, combs of tho I latter type make a charming finish to the coiffure, and they may also be tucked into tho casque. Will English girls return to | tho wearing of the fringe on the forehead I as is tho fashion now in Paris? was the 1 query put to the expert. Certainly, for | many girls and young married women havo already adopted it. ahd the fringe looks i particularly well with the centre part in", ! as it imparts a more softened look to the j forehead. Many girls wear it ouite short ; and straight, more after the fashion of a child, while others curl the ends very slightly, giving the fringe a more fluffy look. But as yet the old-fashioned, heavily-curled fringe shows no sign of rej turn, and it is to be . hoped wo shall not see it again in favour, as there was a certain air of massiveness about it. With j the fringe the hair may be arranged coiled I round the head in flat' bands completed at the front by a plain piece of velvet, black for choice. The coronet plait, too, seems i to be returning to fashion, and suits many types of faccs, and girls are also wearing I the Psyche knot, low at the back and pre? jecting a little from the head. .In order to get a certain wavy look to tho hair many girls adopt tho following plan after shampooing:—While the hair is still damn coil it up in a number of little coils all over - the head and pin each ono in place with a light hairpin. Then in the morning, when | the hair is dry remove the hairpins; and | the result should be a soft wavy mass | which will be easy to dress in the new . fashion of the casque.

SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT BABIES "Tho January baby will be master." The February baby never can The baby born 'in March will meet disaster. ™ The Plil bab6B a good, hard-working Th cheXl. ° f May iS always WgU and Tll0 he h goi, of JlUle WhlS love Th6 fe J affJk ohild ' * Kld 831,1 slow The August child is wiser than he knows 5 mothers 63 lOV ° Md '"P-"S October babies wander far awav V lovers Üb ' CS m true and faithful The baby that is born on Christmas and wise and gS aS

THE COURT HOUSEKEEPER VA-1 There is attached to .Kensington "d iI id only feminine sinec«rc 'in J. .■ a W 5 with tho Court— office of Ll A'- 5 keeper. This post, now h„i.} daughter of the confidential secret- b? # adviser of tho Queen and Princ ß feWl on- Charles Piupps, was fonnerlv V 4 bestowed only on a peer's dinX ' ' one time (says tho London corrrin of the Manchester Guardrail d included tho aupcrinteudop^' 0 f 5. Wlei :• tures and tho care of royal pi*-1 resident m the Palace, but thS O i duties lapsed many years aeo 'Imposition is now only one. of L!- Vieisuro carrying with it } a ,u',°' ' rambling apartment.