Woman's World

Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17660, 10 August 1929, Page 2

Woman's World

VANITY STREET. I do hope you arc going to like the dress sketched h-U'e to:*.;use it is suei} au excellent compromise between the very frigid and sUinr y warm-weathei frocks of yore and tliornate, drouping ones whic.i lia»e c.*»L’d d-.wn u oil themselves such mi avalanche of c.it-i----oism for being “untidy.” Tnis model is a lovely chiffon patterned in champagne, orange and black, and the collar and cliffs are of ; arcliiuent-co oured’ organdi. There is a graceful cape \at. the back, as you will see, and the /skirt is very full with two circular flounces. The slotted belt is of gros grain ribbon and is very effective. [With regard* to the bent sisal straw chapeau, I am reminded of one which I saw in the recent'y-produced play—- “ Why Drag in Marriage ?”—a \ e,y scintillating affair, in parts, and written by a woman—wherein the heroine appealed in a black velvet one of >a similar shape, and remarked that she found it difficult to get a suitable flat. Her kind BohemLn friends suggested that probably potential landlords, by some curious form of reasoning, associated that particular shape of hat yvith a somewhat hectic existence on the part of the wearer! But den’t let ithis put you off the one in the model! All our hats (unless of the lie»!met variety) are worn intensely droopy, and if some variety is introduced into the Brim, nr, in this case, so much the better. Talking of helmets you will not that the supercilious three-quar-ter length young woman is wearing one of a very attractive nature. Sh© appears to have donned an expression ti match the hat. And, by the way,

A model in patterned chiffon of / champagne, orange and black, with collar and cuffs of parch-ment-coloured organdi. There is a graceful cape at the back, and the skirt is full with two circular flounces.

I believe there is something; in the idea that we put on certain moods with particular clothes. Such an iddi answers to psychological tests much better than many others we are asked to accept without question h But .about this young woman’s attire in genera?—there are a bag and scarf to m;atch the patterned silk frock, and you will see how plain and patterned silk are inteamringled in these accessories. Such a scarf is what one might call “the making” of a simple frock; and I must not forget to mention that the hat is of a pale straw, edged with plain silk to match the scarf and hag. You can work all these oddments oait for yourselves; the main thing is to keep to a reheme.

A chic scarf and bag to maten patterned silk of the frock. Black silk is intermingled with the pattern, as indicated, and the hat is en suite.

TRY THIS! I don’t' know why, but there always stems to be something uninspiring about the suggestion of a .sandwich. Many sandwiches are not m themselves uninspiring, we know; but to the average mind )x sandwich is syi nonymous with ham, dry bread, anc railway station's or trains. Of recent yeas the art of sandwich-making has developed, and no one need have ham —unless they want it. All this is a prelude to introducing a most delectable sandwich known only as “savoury”; a sandwich de luxe, as you will see, intended to be eaten as a jivouiy, and not the kind of thing one does up in grease-proof paper and stuffs into the pocket of a protesting hut helpless member of one’s family! You require some ragged meat from the remains of poultry or game, and a q uar " ter its weight in ham or tongue. Pass Jail this through a mincing machine. Put into a .-aucepan with two or three spoonsful cf Worcester (or similar) I sauce, a small piece of (anchovy paste, land a teaspoonful of curry paste; also a little chutney, lemon juice, pepper and salt. (Of course if you have a rooted objection to any of these ingredients, you will omit it, or them). Stir this mixture well, and simmer till the whole is thoroughly blended. Take the requisite number of pieces of bread, all cut the same s?ize and shape, and fry them in butter or Ifnrd, but not too hard. Place half the pieces on a baking sheet, and put some of ! the mixture thickly on top of each, I then Cover it with another piece of fried toast. Sprinkle all over ; with grated cheese; put in the oven to get quite hot, and serve. I know it is utterly inartistic to plunge in on the subject of sweets after such a savoury, but I have been asked for a .simple method of making chocolate icing .suitable for pouring over a sponge cake for the nursery special-occasion tens. Put into a saucepan half a pound of sifted sugar, two ounces of grated chocolate, and about a gi’l of cold water. Stir over a low heat until the ) mixture ir like a thick cream. Pour it I over the sponge cake directly the lat-

ter has done baking, and return to the oven for a litt'e while to harden. i ' I IS THAT SO? Although our sex didn’t make anything like the splash I personally hoped and expected it would in the General Election, thei-e is the advantage fit the moment that those women who have been returned to “power” are vital and energetic land will most assuredly pull their weight. There is Lady Cynthia Mosley, for instance, who was returned for Stoke in the Labour interest, and who has for some time been picturesque figure behind the scenes in politic;;, being the wife of Sir Oswald (otherwise “Comrade”) Mosley, sixth baronet of his line, and holding the office of Chancellor of the Duchv of Lme aster in the new Government. Sir Oswald's “conversion” appears to have been gradual, in that he was a Conservative M.P. in 1922, an Independent from 1922 to 1924, and a. Socialist, in 1926. Lady Cynthia is, as course you know, a daughter of the late Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Baroness Bavensdale, the eldest daughter of the late Marquess, would sit in the House of Lords if Peeresses in their own right were admitted—as ,; I suppose they ultimately will he! — and it would be amusing, not to say intriguing, to have one sister clamouring for the abolition of the Chamber which the other adorned. However, even more 'amusing and paradoxical situations will doubtless occur in the year s to come, since women no longer take their political opinions readymade from their alleged lords, and families no longer vote or think in a clump! Speaking of women’s advancement, I understand that there is a growing demand on the part of some of their organizations that thev should be admitted to the Diplomatic and Consular services. The Americans have experimented in this direction—at leust to the'extent of appointing a few women as Consuls; and the believe the result has, been satisfactory. Doubtless tliis is one more thing which is only a matter of time with this country; for surely no man would argue that women are not diplomats!