Fashion Forecasts

Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17759, 5 December 1929, Page 2

Fashion Forecasts

HANDWORKED LINEN. E erv oji-] d-li.dhts in hvnd-workrd linen for her new heme. Nancy Carroll. voting Paramount star, is very busy between scenes of her first starring all-talking production. “Sweetie,” making n- charming luncheon set. L'ns'cf double hemstitching johi the hands of white to the lettuce gr:en centre, and on the whit" l Miss Carroll in embro’deri”g a conventionali c ed and unusually effective leaf-.ind -’ err y design in ,green and black. The small green napkins have inset corners cf white, embroidered with a detail of the. single leaf design. SIMPLE EVENING GOWN. One of the simplest and most effective of evening gowns is worn by Mary Divan, the Paramount leatured > 1. yer in “The Marriage Playground,” the all-talking picturisation of Edith Wharton's' wdi-knovn no.’el, “The i Children.” i 'idle gown is'cf blue and silver, and the neckline is a softly dippjng bateau curve, edging abruptly on the shoulders with two demure bows. The waistline is curved under one hip and over the ether, and <1 beautiful feathery bird is embroidered oil the line in silver thread. The who-le skirt ripples, spaced regularly Fy even hands of tucks, and hangs down lower on the right side than cin the left, to correspond with the curved waistline. ORGANDIE AFTERNOON GOW. A cbyrming afternoon go.yn is worn by Esther Ralston, the Paramount nlayer, who is playing the feminine lead in George Bancroft’s new star-

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| ring talking production, “The j Mighty.” 'iht gown is com os. d cf preen org Vndie, wi.li appliqued scallops of white, and the bertha, and skirt are edged with a deeper shade of green, which colour also composes the bow worn at the waist. - ( LEGS ! The new uneven hemlines with their severe b.ck ciips are a ce tuatii.g the shape of the legs and making it neces- ' saiy for the girls to see that theirs are worthy of this .prominent frame. Joan Crav. f .rd, the beautiful Metro-Goldwyn-M.iy.er star, who is the possessor of a beautiful pair of legs, attributes their shapeliness to the dancing she has l'ol owed. She re. o n mends a soft-shoe clog dance for those who wish to bring their lower limbs to norni.il beautiful lines. (I’llis simple dance step can be executed r..p.d.y after the idea has been grasped and will bring all the muscles in the leg into pluy, and shake off the superfluous fat and give the iimos a rounder contour. Stand erect with -heels together and arms hanging loosely at the sides. Raise the left leg backward, heading the knee, then swing it forward, brushing the floor with the ball of the foot, and then swing it back, taping the toe sharply when it agn.n passes the floor on its way .to the backward positicn. Then lower tlpe. left leg to the starting position and repeat with the right leg. The whole body falls in rhythm with this dalice and with faithful practice and speed will develop, which will make the step beneficial. But turning cp the radio or putting a record on the phono- j graph you will find that this task he-1 comes a pleasure.

PRIZES AT THE PARTY. SOME MODERN ENTERTAINING STUNTS. There are hostesses who think it more politic, when devising pr.ze-giv-ing stunts at their receptions, to make these depend upon chance rather than on skill/ One excellent notion for the danceprize is to have the parquet floor drafted out into squares, each marked with a number. The music ceases at irregular intervals, as in “musical chairs,” the master cf ceremonies calls out a number at random, and tbe couple standing upon the relative square is awarded the prize. A w' sh of red ochre or whiting can be removed from the floor next day with-" out nny trouble. j Another amusing notion is tv give j a prize for the air-balloon which, t.ed : to coloured papers, rises highest in the air. This is mest amusing, of course, when there is a garden into which the dancers can stray. Some hostesses provide pretty neck-, Ipices of coloured beads as prizes for! the girls. ■ These are given to the guests who we r frocks that are most similar in shade, or! in best accord with the little trinkets. The derisions are •usually arrived at by common consent, i Another notion is “Cinder Ala’s Slip-j per.” A charming pair .of silver s’ oes i in a. smallish size is presented to t' e girl whose feet they fit best. j The claims of the male guests do not ! enter largely into the average prize schemes, but no one seem® to reseat the fad in the slightest. Indeed, the ordinary man is apt to appear distinctly embarrassed at winning a prize. A girl, never!

USEFUL HINTS.

To saive time pairing stockings sew to each stocking-top a piece of narrow tape. As each pair 1 e:omes o'bd, aid before throwing into the clothes basket, tie the tapes together in a bowknot. The stockings thus go through the wash paired, and ‘be thrown over the line without pinning. When washing light coloured silks or -voiles, Add half a cup of mi k to the rinsing water. The material will then look as goad as new. Sprigs of dried boronia placed among woollens and’’ in the linen-press will keep moths away.

AVOIDING STAINS

The stain sometimes mrde on neck or wrist by costume jewellery may be averted in many cuses if the two surfaces of the ornament are washed in warrm soapsuds to which a few drops of household .ammonia hav© been added. They should then be rinsed in cold water and polished with a dry clcth.