A NOVEL LINE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18286, 8 June 1929, Page 10

A NOVEL LINE.

A novel line in the bodices of evening fitocks with long full skirts has been launched. For instance, a black satin toilette had the bodice joined to the skirt in a deep V, which slanted from one hip to the other. On the opposite hip was a large black satin bow, and the broad end hung down the side. It is also very fashionable to wear a bow at the back just now. FAIR WEATHER UMBRELLAS. In spite of England’s rainy reputation, there are hundreds of Londoners who carry umbrellas for the sake of smartness without ever opening them. ! “Women are wiser than men—they I open their umbrellas directly it begins to rain,” lately said the manageress of a Strand umbrella shop. “Many men, on the other hand, bring their umbrellas to be re-covered without ever having opened them at all! They have simply worn them out through hanging them on their arm! I have known customers who on the first drops of a coming shower, have ! Jumped into a taxi in preference to spoiling the neat shapes of their umbrellas ! j “It is a fact, of course, that it is very | difficult to roll the silk at home in the ' neat way it can be accomplished in shops. Some men have the idea, which is an incorrect one, that moisture spoils their expensive silk for ever!” Many ’of London's fires, of which there are over 4000 a year, are due to i carelessness. This was the cause of [ 1387 fires in 1927.