WOMEN'S WINDOW

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17130, 4 September 1926, Page 10

WOMEN'S WINDOW

WOMFN CARRY HANDKERCHIEFS IN THEIB HATS.

HIDDEN IN A MASS OF RIBBON

NEW FASHION FREAK

•• Pocket handkerchief " has become a misnomer. The last place in the world whore a smart woman of the day would look for her handkerchief is in her pocket! It is part of the fashion code of the limes to find a new place for carrying the handkerchief every other week or

so. . A handkerchief folded , cross-wise and knotted apache fashion, to protect, the neck of a Denuville holiday-maker from sunburn started the scarf-handkerchief craze, which swept Europe and America a few seasons ago. That was the beginning of the new cult of the handkerchief for decoration rather than utility. Since then the loading Paris and' London dressmakers have displayed considerable ingenuity in . devising'new ways of carrying the pretty trifle. It was knotted rewind the wrist, drawn through the davo bangle of the upper arm, fastened to the garter, worn as ;i flower on the shoulder, and oho creator of modtes won notoriety by designing afternoon and evening gowns that were composed practically entirely of handkerchiefs.

Mid-season fashion has found another and even more unconventionad method of handkerchief conveyance. The new high-crowned, hats are being" trimmed with a single band of gros grain ribbon and a small fan-shaped mount of the pleated ribbon, which makes a receptacle for a, dainty handkerchief of chiffon or georgette. The handkerchief arranged in this way suggests the petals of some summer flower.

MAN THE "FRAIL CREATURE."

WOMEN SPOILED BY OVER

EDUCATION

" TOO THOROUGH."

" Man is the. frail creature and woman is the strong. She takes too much advantage of this strength," said Sir. W. Arbuthnot Lane, the famous .surgeon, in an interview with a Daily Express representative.

" Women are spoiling themselves by over-education and too much work. They have improved in many ways during recent years, and they are all the better for the higher standard of education they have demanded, but many of them now are going too far. They arc wearing themselves out in order to satisfy their insatiable desire for thoroughness.

" Education in a reasonable degree is an excellent thing, but much of it is of the wrong sort. Of what use is it cramming a woman's mind' with Latin and Greek? A.s a rule, it only makes her dull and keeps her indoors when sho should be playing games in the open aii 1 or taking nn interest in men. QUEST OF PLEASURE.

" Women of all kinds and classes work too hard, except those who exhaiu-t themselves in a search for ' pleasure' "The trouble is that they are so i thorough. Once they have tackled a thing they will not give up until it is finished, and when they have given their heart to anything they give it their energy, too. J "It i.s bad for them as women, for in I time it hardens them and robs them of I some of their femininity. '• It is unfortunate in a way that i Nature endowed woman with greater /tjwers of resistance and endurance than man.

" Moderation is the secret of happiness, or I would rather say moderate immoderation. Women havo not yet learned this.

" A woman studying or working dovotes herself with too much enthusiasm to her task.

" A man is different, for he lias vices to distract him. Women havo ri> vices, nod the tension of work i.s unrelieved."

WHO STARTED THE SHORT HAIR FASHION?

PARIS, duly 10. The French do not care to ,he told, and certainly do not believe, that, a j feminine, fashion could' conceivably be started anywhere but in Paris, and the ! -American dancer who has been telling 1 tho world that I she bitterly regrets having created the vogue for short hair i.s having the laugh rather fiercely turned against her for her presumption. Whenever short hair has been the fash- | ion for women, it has always been a French' fashion, we are reminded. George Sand revived it in 1848. but Joan of Ajv had started it five centuries ago. Of course!, if its origin i.s to be traced to classical times, it is admitted that French chic may then have had nothing to do with it. and the recent, discovery | ef a statue of the Phoenician goddess j Astarte, villi her hair arranged in this : way, takes tho thing beyond the range of Paris fashions; but it only shows how right French taste always is.

nOBRED-ITAIHEI) GIRL'S EXPLOIT

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has upheld the right of a bobbed-haired girl to slap a preacher who made an utterance from hi.s palpi! thai no virtuous WQinan would bob her hair. Governor William J. Fields, of Prankfort, Kentucky, lias granted a full and free pardon to Miss Martha Bates, of Whites-burg, a bobbed-haired girl from the mountain section of Kentucky, who slaptied Rev. A.rlio Brown', Baptist m'nisler of .Milestone, Kentucky, for criticising women who bob their hair.

The mountain girl took exception to the minister's remark made last May and wa'ked up to the pulpit during his sermon and slapped bur.. Partisans of the girl and the minister waged verbal war over the justice of the minister's remarks, and the girl's resentment, an.l the outcome was a court trial, A •■;!-

"ail (pint found the girl guilty and sentenced her to gaol for 40 dayvs, She served fifteen days of the term when the Governor intervened and stayed her sentence to investigate the ea.se. The iiiYe„s;i<.;fition eventually ended, when the Governor let it be known that he was opposed to "pulpit cowardice," and that be was convinced the minister.made the. remarks about, the bobbed haired femininity.

The Governor informally termed pulpit cowardice the worst of all forms of cowardice and believed sweeping remirks about women's styles inappropriate from men engaged in the ministry. The executive further wondered why, with the whole Bible to teach from, some, of the cloth wandered into the fields of women's styles and the like, generally speaking. Following the altercation with Miss Bates. Rev. Mr. Brown soon left his mountain territory congregation and removed to western Kentucky.

BLAZE OF DIAMONDS

LONDON SEASON

DEBS. AND DANCES

LOiNDON. July 17

The London season is at its height. and looks like being a record one, since for the. first time there are two courts in July, and entertaining will last right through the summer, as no one will go away "while courts are in progress. The biggest display of diamonds and gorgeousness was seen at Covent Garden on the night of Dame Nellie Melba's farewell, and even the occupants of the top boxes, who could only be distantly seen, seemed to have put on tiarns and pannes of gleaming .stones. The Queen, who loves Molba, came rn gorgeous orchid mauve, and looked magnificent as she smiled and applauded all through the wonderful programme. Her "in-Waitings" were also gleaming, and the Duchess of Beaufort, who was a guest in H.M. s box, came in white, which is much worn OYs season. She had a diamond tiara, a .d thousands of pounds' worth of gems sewn on her corsage. Queen Augusta Victoria (the "Kx" of Portugal) was with her King, and wore white also and many regal diamonds. Lady Juliet Duff was with the Ducliess of Rutland in Dame Nellie Melba's box. and nearby wore" all the biautios and celebrities—Lady taivcry, the Duchess of Atholl, M.P., and hundreds of others. MUSICAL PARTIES.

The new debutante dances are now more spectacular than tluy wore. This season many of them are. being given in hotels, and exhibition dancers take part in them in the interval needed by the indcfatigablcs. At some tliere are cinemas shown, or some ukulele-player intervenes with plaintive syncopation Fig musical parties are given at the Embassies, and the Austrian Minister is becoming famous for his "evenings." lie i.s a handsome bachelor, and is to be Been everywhere good music i* heard. Dance frocks are nearly all fluffy, with uneven skirts of chiffon or georgette and satin or tinsel brocade fops. .Nothing that looks hard is worn, but there is a general evidence of white, with a fair number of tee-pink, pervenche and other lines, and the new green that is called {.tree do poi,s and lias been introduced by Chanel in Paris, (liven looks lovely on fair girls, but dark girls are preferring the pinke and blues. At the new musical play that is really a musical comedy, "Hearts and Diamonds," Madame Edvina, who has deserted grand opera for rts lighter sister, is wearing a lovely evening gown ot coral gold taffeta with a curious skirt. that is longer at. the back than the front, and is covered with petals sewn with diamante and tinsel thread. She wears the handsomest motor-coat I have ever- seen in her motor scene, where she comes on in a long wrap of white leather lined with mink, and showing mink collar and cuffs. Under it stie has a dress of beige silk, with tiny frills of the material arranged like an apron in front, and the bodice made like a jumper. No bodices now show "boat" t-ops, but. all seem to be made in "V's" or square. Kton and Shakespeare collars'appear on all "sports" frocks, mid sleeves are on both day and evening dresses—though the younger woman are not anxious to cover their arms at any time. A new notion is to have ensembles, when the color is not complete; but there is a nmtching-up of stockings, gloves, and trimmings, while the' basic color is left, a; a background. This is a dangerous fashion for those who are not clever with colors, and ilie best treatment is seen where, a grey beige or a "natural" color is used w'fh one bright cjolor— Hue, red, or green. What are called ' flag" colors are being chosen for the accentuation of the contrast, and there is >\ good deal of brightness in the result. '

J unper suits still continue, and nothing will kill thorn. A number of reefer coals are being worn in plain 'colors in rip'ilo clot*;.. with pleated check skirts for sports, and when in navy have big brass buttons. A now sailor bat is ni:i.Kinn i(.s appearance in Oriont-nl straw, and has a slighty down-turned brim, its crown is square and high. Crowns are netting much higher, though many are stiill {elded and tucked to give a note of character to shapes. While wine rod is not widely popular. it is smart, particularly in the evening, and another good dross seen at a London darno club was in wind-red cebrgettc with the layer skirt made fid!, and a swa<r of big georgette poppies from the waist-lino to the hem at the left side.

Flowers still are worn, but not on the shoulders—more as a nosegay or a ttail. or pinned on to the wrap at the theatre. Men wear real carnal ions at irghts. l>u| in England women rarely wear """I (lowers unless orchids, and these because they do not fade. STRIKINU MARRIAGE LAWS English-speaking countries generally, and the United States in particular.'' would possibly be. the bolter for the borrowing of a few marriage laws from Abyssinia. In- that picturesque country (according to Rosifa Forbes' latest book) a woman divorced for infidelity can only re-marry after performing a penance. Marriage is forbidden to dames over sixty, and a widow cannot take another husband until she has mourned the. first for ten months. A father can force a dissolute son or daughter into matrimony, and the virtuous maiden of twenty-five can insist on a husband and "clot" being provided for tier. A W'cond marriage is not approved, and a third is considered so disgraceful that the offender is only admitted to communion throe times a year. Man and maid may lie wedded by letter or proxy; but a second mar riage must be accompanied by a prayer for pardon, and a fourth is never recognised, and its children are considered illegitimate.

THE IDEAL. WIFE. Some say the Ideal Wife is one Who can keep down a spot, While others .say that she should jazz And smoke fags quite a lot. And yet another critic rare Condemns both jazz and smoke; He says the wife, Ixith good and true Must never snarl nor croak.

Another pattern of a wife Is o'ie, who, night and day. Just darns and mends dear hubby's clothes, And never asks for pay.

The Ideal Wife, a jewel rare, Must ever smile ami smirk, Wear drosses which should reach her tOOh, And always work and work.

When everyone has said their say, And ideas have run dry, We shall go on and live and love, And flirt and smoke and die.

Alas! When Ideal Wife is found, Tied up to husband true, We'll see them flap their saintly wings, And fade into the blue. —Dorothy Hopkins.

BRIDES IN OCTOBER

SYDNEY FIRM'S DOWRY

VALUABLE WEDDING GIFTS

SYDNEY, August 14. j The women are getting all the lime- \ light in Sydney latterly. Girls in Australia who" contemplate marriage within the next few months will be well advised to hx the date of the ceremony in October, for one of Sydney's biggest drapery establishments, in association with several of the other leading Sydney business firms, is organising what is likely to prove a most interesting competition. The fdea is to give the most beautiful girl married during next October a handsome collection ot bridal "•ifls, which will be supplied by various firms. It will be a princely dowry lor the luckv girl, and a nice stroke of fortune for'the husband, especially if the couple do not happen to be over blessed with worldlv riches. It is understood that the competition will bo open to "iris throughout Australia. The most beautiful October bride may be found in the most unlooked-for place. It is evident, from the vast army of beautiful women who have entered an unshingled girls' competition, and whose photographs in the press have revealed them 'in all (he ij'.ory of the old-fashion-ed long hair, that many of the women of Svdnev have defied the new style Hairdressers who practise bobbing and shingling in Sydney have been working at ton speed. It will be interesting to see whether this competition, and the manv strikingly beautiful photographs that" it has brought forth, and the interest that it has aroused, will have any detrimental effect on the trade. Apropos of this. Father Bridge, parish priest at Katoomba said in a recent sermon on "Vanity" that be looked forward to the time when every woman would wear the Eton crop. He says that he sees nothing unbecoming about women who bob their hair.