This Year's Court Gowns

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 25

This Year's Court Gowns

Gowns worn at this year’s Royal Courts at Buckingham Palace will only just, clear the ground, and will have trains hanging capelike from the shoulders, says a writer In a London journal. Designs suitable for women of four different ages have been approved and are on view in the Lord Chamberlain’s office for the guidance of debutantes and others. All have the natural waistline effect, and all are designed with the skirt closely moulding the hips and flaring at the hem. For the young girl debutante, a white gown is shown, and though colours are permissible, it is expected that white will be generally chosen. In this design the skirt is the same length all round, and almost hides the feet.

For the married woman debutante there is an uneven hem dipping at the sides and back, and rising a few inches from the floor in front. Pale pink is the colour of this design.

Stronger colours are used in the gowns approved for older women, and on each there is a good deal of gold and silver lace. Plumed head-dresses are a feature of each of the designs, and bouquets will be carried.

THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE BRIGADE!

There are many folk to whom a hot-water bottle is indispensable. Here is a suggestion for ensuring a really hot bottle, and how to use them when they are old.

Now that the cold nights are here, hot-water bottles are much in use. But however great the joys of the hot-water bottle, there is no gainsaying the fact that the filling of one or more is a ritual apt to become tiresome. Either the bottle is filled too early, and the water is cold at bedtime, or it is forgotten. Even in the bestregulated households such things are apt to occur, but the answer to the difficulty is sand. Sand warmed in the oven at any convenient time during the day retains its heat marvellously, and not only is its use labour-saving and fuelsaving, but it is bottle-saving. Sand will not burst rubber or stone, and therefore is valuable, especially when an old bottle has honourably worn itself into leaks.