New Notes

Southland Times, Issue 21000, 5 February 1930, Page 12

New Notes

(From Our Correspondnent.) London? There is a battle between berets and brims. The tiny skull cap and beret to be met everywhere on all occasions and in all- materials, or those hats with a brim which are so becoming, casting lovely shadows upon pretty faces. It takes a great artist to evolve the correct “line.” An attractive novelty is the new turban made from twisted ribbon. Coral is having a great vogue. Some of its popularity was created by fashionable women in Paris two years ago, but the present demand for children’s necklaces in coral is due to these being constantly worn by the little Princess Elizabeth of York. The most-sought-after colour is the rather pale shade to be found in the old, roughlycut beads. This comes from the Mediterranean, while the darker shades are the artificially-coloured product from China and Japan. A book published in 1594, and now in the British Museum, announces that the best coral “will turn pale and wan if the party that wears it be sick,” and will return to its former colour as the patient recovers, and that “coral is good to be hanged round the neck of children—to preserve them from the falling sickness.”

For a travelling-suit black is not recommended, because it is apt to look dusty after a journey. Beige, or greys, are the best, and preferrably a tree-piece, consisting of a skirt and jumper and matching tweed coat. The latter should be cut two or three inches longer than the skirt and lined with the same material as the jumper. The latest novelty in scent sprays was shown at the Hairdressing Exhibition at Westminster. These sprays look exactly like those pretty little cigarette lighters which are so fashionable for women to use just now.