TME LADIES COLUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

Observer, Volume 2, Issue 28, 26 March 1881, Page 292

TME LADIES COLUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

— Neckties should be tied at the .side. — One still sees a Gainsboro' hat occasionally. ■ — Jersey gloves are a failure. — Very large wings are now worn in hats. — Capes should no longer be worn on ulsters. — Gilt arrows make suitable hat ornaments. — Chatelaine bags are going to be fashionable. — Cord and tassels seem to be stuck on almost everything just now. —Painted bonnet strings are the latest extravagance. —Jersey collars may be edged with Russian lace. —A gilt rake is the newest ornament for the hair. — There wore very few well-dressed women ! at the Athletic Sports Carnival. —Street jackets are sometimes buttoned at the side with bright buttons. i — Plush is already noticeable on dresses about town. —Beaver hats seem likely to be worn this season. —Marie Stuart hats and bonnets have had their day. —Miss Whitaker's newest dress is of black cashmere, trimmed with old gold. — Mother Hubbard's should only be worn by middle-aged ladies. — The military jackets are eminently suitable for upstanding girls with good figures. —Miss Pluinley, whilst in Queen-street on Friday, wore a pretty Carmelite costume decorated with a satin sash of the same shade. — Miss Nichol looks very attractive in a new r.nme sateen trimmed with cardinal velvet, the lacings being also of cardinal. —A very pretty trimming for the "Mother Hubbard" bonnet is a large wreath of flowers with a plume of tips at the side. — Mrs. Archd Clark been seen out in a lovely white dress, edged with light-coloured trimmings and bonnet to match. — Never on any consideration wear black coloured mittens over light gloves. It looks simply horrible. — The friendly societies' fete brought out any number of Tarn o' Shanters. The lower middle classes adore them. — Stockings can be obtained striped with all the colours the most fastidious young lady can wish for. — Jerseys of light colours, such as pale blue, pink, and peacock green may be worn in the evening for (lend toilette. —Some young ladies in white costumes were out exercising in a small boat on Tuesday night — training for the ladies' race in the Ponsonby Kcgatta I believe. —Mrs. Haines was one of the few ladies who patronised the cricket ground on Thursday. She wore her wine-coloured satin, with polonaise of the same material. Bonnet and parachute to match. — Who ever heard of a black lustre trimmed with bright orange ? Well I saw the combination on Thursday last — a black lustre with bright orange sleeves and bands of orange on the skirt ! — and it nearly gave me a fit. — Parisian actresses wear paper lace a great deal, It is tough, «oft and so effective on the stage it cannot be distinguished from real lace, which may be ruined in a night, when twenty shillings worth of paper looks just as well. — Mrs. Alfred Isaacs has one of the most ditftingue satin costumes seen out this season. It consists of old gold and pompadour — a kilted skirt of old gold and polonaise of pompadour. The whole is set off with a ravishing hat of old gold. — The feminine world of Paris is greatly exercised over a new machine invented by a Frenchman for the manufacture of real laces. Its inventor claims that it will manufacture 'every lace yet made by the bobbin. Kit fulfils its promise it will, of course, produce an enor* mous depreciation in the value of fashionable wardrobes and Avill be hailed with joy "by all stingy husbands.