WOMAN’S WORLD.

Wairarapa Age, 21 August 1929, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs Lancaster, Auckland, is visiting her sister Miss Atkinson, Pownall Street, Masterton. Mrs J. Buchanan, Lansdowne, has returned from a visit to Wellington. Miss Phillis Hubbard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. P. P. Hubband, Upper Plain, has gone to Samoa, where she has received an appointment on the hospital nursing staff. Mrs K. McLennan and Miss McLean who had been spending some weeks with Mr. and Mrs John McLeni an, Cornwall Street, return to Timaru to-morrow. Mrs R. Burling, Essex Street, and Mrs Francis -Shaw, Te Ore Ore, were visitors to Wellington this week. Further preparations for*tho bazaar which is being organised by the Parents’ Association of the St. Matthew’s Collegiate School for Girls and which is to take place at the "school on November 2, were made at a meeting of ladies held at the residence of Mrs. Archer Hosking on Monday for the purpose of sewing for the work stalk These “ sewing bees” will be held each week at the homes of various members of the Parents’ Association, and should result in an exceptionally fine aray of goods being available for the stall. It is intended to make the bazaar the biggest and best yet held by those who aire interested ir, the school and present indications point to this aim being realised. The members of the Parents’ Association have already done excellent work for the school and are persevering in their efforts with praiseworthy enterprise. Is there anything to equal the subtle charm of old lace? The delicacy and fine texture of it, the art and endless wonder of its intricate patterning, the story that it seems to tell, -and’ the charm that it lends to those who wear it? Since the revival in the fashion for wearing lace which was started a few years ago by Her Majesty, the Queen herself, Princess Mary and the Duchess of York, lace has come into its own again. The coming season is to be a truly lace one, and the great Worth-designed dresses with the lace flounces that at one time seemed to havtf passed away forever, have been worn during the present season at the other side of the world. Organdie has much in its favour from the point of view of economy. It washes well and can be ironed out to look quite fresh as soon as it gets the least bit crumpled. It is therefore an ideal material for igarden party frocks. The sleeveless frock of black lace with a short, long-sleeved lace jacket is another of fashion’s fancies for the summer. On a slim, woman such an outfit looks most elegant. Very new is the black lace cap, the very type of headgear to wear with a filmy black lace frock. One of these caps seen at Ascot, says a Londoner, swathed the head quite closely, springing out into a fanliko drapery over the left ear. It was not transparent, by the way. It was mounted on silk. A transparent lace cap would have given more the effect of the caps they were in grandday.

The women who can and cannot wear black both exist. Some realise the truth, some do not. One of those delicate blondes whose hair is already silvery and whose eyes are bright, light blue, kills her charm when she gets into black, especially in daylight. It is as if someone had turned the lights out when she wears black. The blue out of her eyes, the silvery sheen from her hair. There is also a woman with nut-brown hair and clear. brown eyes. She, too, loses all her colour when she wears black. But there is a dark-eyed little lady with hair that is almost raven, a pale face and lips that are not too red, who looks her best in black, and loses some of her distinction when she gets into colour. Is it a question of colouring alone, or does temperament also enter the problem?

Jewellery worn in close proximity to the face, as a necklace or earrings, should be selected with due consideration to the wearer’s facial contour. According to an American designer of jewellery this is as important a factor in becomingness as is colour. The neckline, for instance, which sets off the face, should be graceful and in harmony with the facial outline, and the necklace chosen to give this effect. A short, tight choker of large, round beads makes the neck appear shorter and the chin heavier than they actually are, and, obviously, such a necklace should be worn only by the woman whose face and neck will be made more pleasing by producing the effect of roundness. The woman whose face is round should choose a long necklace giving Vor U-shaped lines, thus adding to the length of the face and giving a graceful oval outline. The shape of the beads composing the necklace should also be considered if the most becoming effect is desired. Slender, long ovals or flat beads, rather than rounded lines will aid in giving the sought-for contour. When round beads are used for the necklace, however, it will be found that graduated sizes give an impression of grace and slenderness, which a necklace of onesize does not accomplish.