WOMAN’S WORLD

Wairarapa Age, 21 November 1928, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs. lan Macßae, Tyneside, is with her mother, Mrs. Dunean, in Wellington. Mrs. A. Soilings, Miramar, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. Stanley McLaren, Lansdowne. Mrs. H. Groves, who has been staying with her daughter, Mrs. H. McKenzie Douglas, Pownall Street, has gone on to Palmerston North and Rotorua. Mrs. Coxton, Wellington, is staying with Miss Dorset, Worksop Road. Mrs. K. McLaren, Hinemoa, is. visiting Napier. Mrs. Collier and Miss Mollie Collier, Masterton, have returned from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. F. R. H. Brice and. Mrs. Slower arc the guests of Mrs. Stewart, Essex Street. Mrs. Franque Fleury, Martinborough who has been on holiday in Pongaroa and Makuri, has returned home. Mr and Mrs J. C. Bid will were among the passengers on the Tainui, which arrived from England on Monday. A very pleasant evening was spent on Saturday last at the Church of the Epiphany Hall when a kitchen tea. was tendered to Miss Ivy Evans on the oc4jasian of her approaching marriage, b 'a party of friends. There were STjcM 100 guests present, and a very enjoyable time was spent by all. G*smes and dancing were indulged in. Miss Evans > ‘wag the recipient of many useful and varied gifts.

Sister Croke, who. in view of her approaching marriage, recently severed) her connection with the nursing staff of the Pahiatua Public Hospital, was the recipient of several presents as tokens of the esteem in which she was held. From Doctors H. T. .Dawson and H. Paterson she received a chiming clock, and from the Matron a crystal table service. The nursing staff presented her with an enlarged photograph |>f the staff, including the doctors, and from the domestic staff of the institution she received a cake stand. Miss SSalway, of Auckland, is acting as relieving sister. WEDDING FLAY—EVANS A very jjretty wedding was celebrated at Knox Church yesterday, when <Miss Ivy Catherine Evans, daughter of Mt Frederick E\jans, of ‘‘ Otahoua.’ ’ Masterton, was, married to Mr James Flay, of Te Awamutu. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a lovely gown of pale pink georgette, with accordeon-pleated skirt.. The veil, which toned with the gown, was brought together with orange blossoms. The bridesmaid (Miss Thelma Allan) was daintily attired* .ini blue georgette, and the flower girl (Miss Mavis Moran, niece of the bride) wore a pretty mauve crepe de chine dress. Mr Albert Flay, brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and the Rev. John Davie the officiating clergyman. After rhe ceremony a reception was held at Messrs Hugo arid Shearer’s rooms, and the happy couple left later for the north on their honey|ioon trip. BOXED COVERS. The woman who imagines that a smart cushion-cover may be l made simply by sewing two squares or circles of material together is grievously mistaken. Furnishing fashions now demand that the two sides be joined by means of a plain piece of material after the manner of a mattress-cover. To get the “boxing” to set.perfectly, with each corner true, is rather a baffling business, but these little hints may help; First of all, the box strip should be corded on either side, care being taken to ensure that, when finished each side will he of exactly the same, measurement. The next thing is to measure carefully where each corner must come, and to mark out the points on tho two .edges of the strip i>n coloured cotton. Unless this is done, the corners will probably not come directly opposite each other, and the strip will drag and pull in consequence. Some of the smartest of the boxed cushions display looped fringes all round the edges. If decoration of this kind is desired, it should be sewn to the cover before tho boxing is added, to give additional firmness and lessen the likelihood of the material puckering. If it is desired to eliminate the need for cording or piping the joints, makes these joints on trie right side of the covers, and bind them with a doubled metal galon, adding heavy metal tassels at the corners. THE ROLL CUSHION. Cut a piece of material 40in. long and fold in half, lengthwise, with the right side of material inside. Make seams along the long edges and one short edge. Turn to the right side and divide each long edge into four equal parts, marking the, division! at the edges. these points stitching will be done later to form the cushion into rolls. Fill the cushion with padding up to the first division, and stitch across the cushion at the marked points. When the last division is pad ded join these edges in a seam. This type of cushion is specially adapted to chairs with rounded seats, since it fits nicely int othe curve of the chair. A DRESSMAKING HINT. The wise, amateur dressmaker presses each scam as she does it—it is so much easier than pressing the completed dress. After the electric iron is heated the first time, and the current is switched off till the next seam is ready, cover the iron with a tea cosy. In this way it will keep hot for as long as halt an hour.

SHOES AND STOCKINGS.

I More and more coloured shoes are coming on to the market; for went with day focks, and even for afternoon functions, the heels are slightly lower tjian they were. The monk shoe has been improved until it has become dressy enough for most occasions, and it looks delightful in black patent or in a soft honey-colour kid. I am told that it is one of the most comfortable shoes for -walking than can be obtained. Coloured shoes suggest coloured stockings. But enquiries prove that stockings will either match the frocks and hats with which they are worn, or they will be in one of the biego shades —rose, if that tones best with the frock, grey, if ’ it is more suitable; mushroom, and so on. No matter what the range, there is only just a suggestion of colour in it, beige itself being the outstanding hue. LOTS OF LACE. A lot of luce is being used on evening dresses, and one frock in every half-dozen new models is made entirely of lace—a pretty fair indication in itself of the way fashions are tending. Nobody wants clothes which look cavy, whether! they are so or not, and although skirts are fuller and a more ample line is allowed in. most corsages, the dressmakers have set their faces firmly against, anything which suggests bunchiness or a matronly effect. It is rather sad that .georgette is being gently relegated to the background in favour of satin. It is such a useful material, drapes so prettily, aipd hangs with a grace found in few other filmy fabrics. But it has certainly had a good long run of popular favour, and it will probably come up again in & season or two in some new form and with added attractiveness. It is still being used in alliance with lace, for dinner frocks, which all have long sleeves now! The long, tight-fit-ting sleeve, thought, is, not so much seen. Paris has evolved a flowing sleeve which is very graceful and can be carried to suit arms of varying de-; grees of slenderness and beauty. It is transparent, of ocurse, and if the arm is too fat it flows out from the shoulder and veils the superfluous flesh. A pretty slender airm can take a sleeve which fits to the elbow and then flows out to the wrist, and sojnetimes to the finger-tips. LINEN ECONOMIES. Table linen that is out of the common spells as a rale an outlay that most of us are unable to* contemplate. With a little ingenuity, however, we may accomplish at small expense sortie of the many charming effects that the great linen house® place before their wealthy eliefrts. For instance, the table runners and serviettes of plain linen, hemstitched with a border either, in a contrasting •shade or in a striped fabric, may quite well bo achieved by the amateur. Shu should buy «no»gh material Zor two sets and then, by cutting off frm each sufficient to nrake bordering®, ishe will secure economically a couple of table clothes and their accompanying napkins in which the combination of fancy and plain fabrics is reversed. For a refectory table treasuring, say, six feet in length, the narrow strip for the centre, tor® from a wide material, -will leave ample for vhe bordering of the similar strip in the duhl set, as well as for making the hemstitched trimming for ’he .serviettes. Ln the sam<‘ way allowance must be made on the second choice for the proper to the first. It is merely a matter of tacking the double borders ' ? nd seeing that the comers are mitred with neatness and exactitude. The hem-stitching .shop will do the rest. Charming sheets and pillowcases are to be contrived by adding to the ordinary plain ones hemstitched borders in pale pink or soft mauve. A pretty .•alternative is to use an old-fashioned sprigged linen in place of a tinted’ one, or even tn employ a piece, of the same printed linen as is used for the bedroom curt a ns. CAN WOMEN OUTLAW WAR. WHAT LORD ALLENBY THINKS. “Can women bring about world peace?” Field Marshal the Viscount Allenby, the great conqueror and liberator of the Holy Land in its last crusade, who is set down in the annals of history as one of the foremost military commanders Great Britain ever produced, slowly repeated the question after me and shook his head. “No,” he replied frankly. “Women’s nature is like man’s. Some have ambition and want to gratify it at all costs. In many instances women are more pertinacious and will take stronger measures that men. Great women warriors arc not unknown in history. They are often more savage than we are.” “But women don’t want war!” I ejaculated. “Do you think men do?” asked Lord Allenby in surprise. “Wo are not like your compatriots, the Indians, who want scalps on their belts; or like South Sea Islanders, who must have a row of heads before anyone will take notice of them. “Women are no more peace-loving than men. Women will never accept the policy of ‘peace at any pr.ee.’ They will always celebrate over national crises and do what seems best. Should the occasion arise they would send their men off to fight again tomdrrow. “But women will have great influence on the wars of the future,” the famous field marshal hastened to add: “in England even more than in America, for here they outnumber the men by millions and have full rights. They will have good influence—if they use their power intelligently.” And because the world is throbbing to overtones of peace parley and efforts to outlaw war, the famous field marshal, whose great campaigns in South America, France and PalestineSyria stand cut as more than victories —as masterpieces of strategy based on forethought, calculation and effective organisation—discussed with me

arms and the man and woman—<)f the past and future, states a writer in an American exchange. “World parleys and peace conferences can never end war, n reflected the distinguished warrior. “The influence of recent conferences and other that may be held in the future will educate people not to light about silly things. Certain important things one must tight about. But people can be wiser. Much can be done by mutual agreement among the nations. “Wars for gain and personal ambition are dying out. Not many kings are left and they have liberalised constitutions, giving them less power than a president. It is not kings who fight —it is the will of a nation that makes a war. “Bo you see the era ahead when wars will be abolished?’’ came my query. Without a moment’s reflection Lord Allenby shook his head. “I don’t think that day will ever come. Everything in life is competition. Even games are competitive. Without that element we slacken down. If an individual or a nation doesn’t progress you are bound to run into the way of the other fellw.” MORE FEMININE CLOTHES! WHAT. IS MEANT BY THIS. The experts, hotfoot from the Paris autumn “collections,” or from the British Fashion's Exhibition at Olympia, tell us that women’s clothes are to be more feminine than they have been for some years. If it were not for the accompanying pictures and deseriptionis one might well wonder what these new clothes will be like, states a writer in an exchange. . Logically, one might suppose that “feminine” clothes meant womanly clothes, but this v is not always so. When a prudish publicist of rioting centenarian calls on women to ret.irn to the more feminine modes of the last century they usually mean thut they want to see again the waists, the constrained, curvy bodices camouflaged by frills, and the trailing skirts with many petticoats which made it possible for •hildren of the ’nineties to suppose that grown-up ladies never had legs but possibly moved about on wheeled platforms like toy sheep. Those fashions, in the honest sense of the words, were neither feminine nor modest. They defeated the true female form. They left it merely conjectural whether or not a woman was. qua woman, beautiful or healthy. Tee short, one-piece unstiffened frocks of to-day, which the prudes call unfeminine, are immeasurably more womanly than the disguises -and distortions which they followed, since they give no quarter to the unfeminine freak or weakling. ■ j I • | -jj La mode Rousseau was womanly fashion carried ito its extreme. Like most extremes, it was absurd. The woman of to-day cannot reasonably be expected to dress always either like a siren, or th,c mother of a young family, tsinee the modern world cannot afford that she should never Rave any but one of these roles The modern world wants not only alluring mysteries and healthy nurses, but handy secretaries and weather-proof • hauffeusos, agile tennis flayers and non-dust-raising dance pa<ners. That is why we may confidently expect that the lew clothes will be. i either too biological nor too perverse in their inspiration. If to be feminine is to be well covered up, then we shall he feminine no more. For one thing, no woman could safely drfrvet a car in -he upholsteries of the ’nineties. lit is true that a few women rode bicycles in them, but they did not do so for long. If petticoat flounces begpui to get in the way of footbrakes we .Aould have to have sumptuary law® ef a new sort, (and fine each ovec-“ feminine ” a c.hauffeuse for being improperly dressed while in control of a motor-car.