EVENING TOILETTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20165, 20 July 1935, Page 11

EVENING TOILETTES

White satin evening gowns have all the cachet of frocks made to be worn after dark. And white satin evening gowns are very much in the picture just now. Grey satin is perfect for a large dinner. If you don’t wish to appear in a backless evening gown, a little lace jacket-bodice veils the back and shoulders.

Evening gowns follow the high-in-front trend, and jewellery and scarves should be planned to take these lines into consideration in both evening and day ensemble. If choker effects in jewellery suit you, this is the time to wear them.

There is very little costume jewellery this year, but one notes a tendency, when jewelled motifs are used at all, to Incorporate them into the model itself. A thin circle of strass in the front of an evening gown is seen, for intance, weaving two coloured scarves through and through it. Big brooches are being worn on evening gowns, and crystal bracelets, fat and round, In shades matching the gown or contrasting with it. AN ALL-WHITE SUMMER White summer suits and frocks have been popular for a long time in America, where the sun is kinder than

in England, and the cities cleaner. But people in the know In London are prophesying an almost all-white summer for us this year, writes an English correspondent of May 22.

There is certainly no more becoming colour to wear when our faces and backs acquire a real (or synthetic) tan, so white evening and tennis dresses are always firm favourites. But now we are to wear white all round the clock, and linen, cotton, wool chiffon taffeta will all play their part, with such unusual colour alliances as dark plum, prune, nigger-brown or very dark navy.

The white towel-wrap for beach wear is coming in again, after several seasons of brightly-coloured wraps, and white bathing suits are always a good choice.

White skirts with bright coats of velveteen are shown for street wear, and “matrons” have white dresses specially designed for them, to wear under varied-length coats, with big white hats.

1. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 2. Whenever the black fox jumped, the squirrel gazed very suspiciously. 3. Xenophon and Joseph quickly became tired of gazing at the wall.

4. The zeal of the brave boy won extra praise from the quick old judge. 5. We took a breezy excursion and gathered jonquils from the river slope. 6. Joseph Wise, a quiet, zealous boy, exercised great skill and achieved fame.

7. While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewellery. 8. Poor Kate worked with extreme zeal, very quickly frying John’s bacon. 9. Xantippe, the wife of Socrates, jeered at him for being very queer and lazy. WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE A fire can usually be put out very easily when it starts, and here is an opportunity for a Scout to is prepared. At first, a few buckets of water or blankets, or woollen clothing thrown upon the fire will smother it. Sand, ashes, or dirt have the same effect. If the fire is beyond your control, warn the inhabitants in the house and then either go or send someone to break the nearest fire alarm and get into touch with the local fire-station. Break the glass of the alarm, pull the knob and wait for the fire engine. The policeman on beat should also be warned of the outbreak. If, In the absence of firemen, it is necessary for you to enter a building to save life, close all the doors and windows after you. In searching for people go to the top floor and walk down, examining each room as carefully as possible. While searching through a burning building it is best to have a wet handkerchief or cloth over the nose and mouth. Remember, the air within six inches of the floor is free from smoke, so when you have difficulty in breathing, crawl along the floor, with the head low. If a person’s clothes are on fire, don’t throw water over him. Take a blanket and wrap it tightly round him and roll him along the ground. Habit begins as a cobweb and ends as a cable. The Chief Scout says “A stick and a smile will carry one through life but more often it is the smile that does the 1 trick.”