Womans World

Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17925, 28 June 1930, Page 2

Womans World

VANITY STREET

' BY THE WANDERER

Madeleine's model is, to my mind, an ideal little Spring ensemble, car-< ried out in dark navy blua and beige. It is just the kind of thing to wear between costumes and light frocks, and you will see that the waistline .o uis.Ui.viy normal—almost high, m fact. There aire extensive pleats coming from the plain, yep intriguing hip-yoke, <and the beige heavy silk trimming is sinned w.th blue. You will sea that it is fairly copiously used—at least it serins. so in these days when we have lisen educated ■ •'■r. <*-t-erne > fso.ver.tr for tbe past five years'and have learnt the avoid-

. ««i! I, ''uOiv'si '.id ji--]ags. Howeve:, tliero it is. YVe must veer rouna again if we would be in the mode. Ine daaity little hat is en suite, of a perfectly matching felt, adorned with a l:ow of. the rpige yellow chamois , gloves, /beige leather bag, beige !;tockm:>;s and navy blue shoes comj plete, this attractive tciiette. Ths i reminds me that matching shoes are due for a" gr£at vogue this summer; i and even though vou may not be able to run to all shades, obviously a navy .bine pair would not be an untoward extravagance, as they could always ■be "worn with <'a navy costumie. Grey shoes, too, can be utilised on' many 0,. ions; but when it, comes to the preens and reds, of course -.. one has to stop and considl.'i". And new we come to Stephanie's attractive hat, which is typical Of those We shall see everywhere now that the sun has begun to shine on the just and unjust! It is composed of brown Baku straw, and has most delightful trim? hiiing in the form'of a gold mietal ribbon around the crown and sprays of gold leaves under the brim. This underbrim trimming is - some of thei most fasc'natiiig I have seen for many a day; and. apropos, I should not be surprised if in view of the demure tren;d of our fashions, Mf do not find coy roses, N etc., drooping about in proximity' to our faces under the 'large-brimmed hats.

REFLECTIONS

If we were all under the control of a Soviet, a. surer dictator, or one of those gentlemen who write advaiv/'d ! books about ''To-morrow," and so forth (describing periods when we shall, in the cause of advancenilent, revert' to living up trees, eating nuts and wearing plain linen, garments), I wonder just how much sartorial licence would be, allowed to our sex, and how much consideration would be given to the value of clothes, 'quite apart from vanity and the selfsatisfaction of the wearer? The point has occurred to me because I have been briaring about the hundreds of out of work chorus girls who queue upj for the unemployment benefit of which they are forced to avail themselves as a result of the inroads upon their (profession made, by the talking film. It is said, that miany people who see apparently well dressed girls in these. queues are inclined to take a sceptical view of their position; whereas the girls say that the one thing they must cling to if they are to have a dog's chance of getting on to a job and off the "dole" is their "glad rags," for appearance counts so much when they are being engaged. Anybody who knows anything ;of the profession know that this is the truth. No prospective chorus girl could ever turn up dowdy .looking; or if she did turn up in this condition, she might as well have stayed at home and saved her fare—that is, if she did not walk to the agent's,

which she probably did. sweltering in her "show" fur coat on a. wjyrm day. Women in all the professions know that clothes are essential, on thp principle that "money begets money," and that nothing succeeds like looking successful. I have even encountered articles written for the benefit of our public speakers and women M.P.'s, telling them how to make thfc best of themselves from a sartorial point of view, in order to appeal to" their audience. I don't think these articles have had much, effect. on the. lady legislators, for a, certain section frankly nerver will know and certainly doesn't care! Men, by the way—as you have probably' noticed—always say to women who demnnd clothes as necessities : "You stick to something plain, and vbu'll look fine!" The poor things don't realise that it is the pliain suits which cost so much and need such a great amount of keeping up, compared with frills!

IS THAT SO?

"We seem fated this week to deal with the problems of the future, for our picture of Lord Birkenhead— i.

don't know that it, deserves a place of honour, in these columns, a s he is not too nice to our sex at times in the course of debates!—reminds that he has written a book predicting what the world will be like a hundred years hence. I srust his lordship is wrong in his predictions,, because I should hate to think that my grandchildren (if any), feminine gender, are going about in what, according to the illustration, appears to be a clockwork condition, attired in a suit reminiscent of those worn by divers in this era. Quite a number of forecasts in the book make me glad that 1 , shall not be: on the spot when—and if —these things come to pass; but I • cannot help thinking that the brilliant "F. E. Smith" has been giving himself a mental holiday and indulging in a quiet bit of leg-pulling. Incidentally, he has been very ill, and is only just recovering abroad. Lord Birkenhead's career has been a most romantio one, for at the comparatively early age of 58 he is regarded as one of the most vital figures ot the age. As F. E. Smith, K.C., he became popular with the public as a brilliant advocate, and his career in politics was orowned by his being created an earl in 1922. He is perhaps the most brilliant and merciless orator we have, and he held the office of Lord Chancellor from 1919 to 1922. When he is out of office, he is something of a super journalist, as you may have noticed! Talking of journalists, I am reminded of the heroine of Edgar Wallace's lntest play, "The Calendar." She is a titled lady, and, in reply to a query as to why she backs horses, she says:—"Well, we can't all keep hat shops, be interior decorators, or write for the Sunday papers!" (No wonder we come back to Wallace for "more.") .. . •«

TRY THIS!

Perhaps you regard Hois d'Oeuvres as something which you do not expect unless you are dining out! This was more or less my view of them until I had a comparatively . simple meal with an enterprising friend, and, on a, summer evening such as those which I hope are coming again we started off with a : series of little dishes on a tray, containing respectively : sardines,; cold sliced potatoes, with salad-oil and parsley sprinkled over, hardlboiled eggs halved and covered with bottled mayonnaise, chopped beetroot, cold baked beans, olives, sliced tomatoes in vinegar and oil, aild anchovies. All things, as you will see, that can be used after if they don't "go"-—but they will!