WOMAN’S WORLD.

Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1933, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs. Thompson, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. B. V. Skeet, West Bush Road.

Miss Esther Cameron, Moeraki, Hinakura, is visiting Tongariro National Park.

Airs. Max Cleghorn, Pownall Street, js spending the term holidays in Auckland.

Miss Leslie Payton is visiting the South Island.

Miss M. Langdon, who has- been in Feilding for some time, has returned to Tinui.

Mrs. E. Barton, Titoki Street, Lansdowne, is visiting Auckland.

Mrs. J. Lawson, Pownall Street, has returned from a visit to Palmerston North.

Mrs. Moulder and family, of Upper Hutt, are spending a holiday at Te Whiti.

Airs. Fisher, of Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. R. E. Alaunsell, Essex Street.

Miss Joyce Kerr, of Ruataniwha, Hawke’s Bay, is spending the term holidays with Mrs. G. Daubney.

Members o£ the Gardening Circle of the Ranfurly Club and their friends spent an enjoyable afternoon yesterday when Fisher, of Wellington, gave a most interesting address on the growing of chrysanthemums, gladioli and bulbs and the blending of colours in herbaceous borders. The club rooms were beautifully decorated with bowls of camelias and japonica. Mrs. Wardell, president of the club, presented Mrs. Fisher with a posy of violets.

For handbags, straw is a favourite summer material, in England, including the same type of crinoline which debutantes used to wear at Ascot. And' it is quite easy nowadays to have a hat made out of piece straw and. a handbag to match. Or for spectator sports there are bags made from the kind of straw used for horses * nosebags! Designers, of course, have long since seen the possibilities of ordinary string, so that one can now include in one ’s wardrobe a jumper, hat, handbag, and even gloves made of it.

Crocheted string or cotton accessories—belts and collar sets —are worth getting, for most of them can be kept clean very easily, and there is nothing to get out of order. Several belts might be added to the wardrobe; one in wide stitched natural linen—-easy to make, this—might have a hat to match and a handbag in the same off-white; another made of several strands of thick coloured silk braid could match a neck-trimming of similar braid; and a belt of cire satin or contrasting coloured leather with a button fastening instead of a buckle would be useful bargains.

Use linen to give a new lease of life to a dark frock which is beginning to look tired, says an oversea fashion writer. Start with a natural coloured linen tailored jacket—this may be obtained quite cheaply and will come in useful for your holiday outfit —and complete the effect with a linen hat and scarf. The other day I saw a girl who had evolved an entirely new “set” in linen tweed for herself. A strip formed the “collar” and buttoned on crosswise in front, and a pair of cuffs were shaped so that they fitted the wrists, spreading above to fit over the sleeve, while below they were lengthened slightly to cover an inch or two of the hand.

Formal wraps have given way to “swagger” coats of linen-crash—hith-erto an unheard-of partner for a silk evening gown, but guaranteed both eool and smart for a summer evening, a London correspondent states. Or a broad-shouldered, gaily swinging kneefen gth coat of pique will be happily allied to a frivolous organdi frock. And there is another newcomer for the evening which is sure of a welcome, since it launders beautifully and returns to its owner looking as crisp and as charming as when 'it left the hands of the seamstress. This is the short-fitting pique jacket, plain-sleeved and trimly fitting, and tailored in a manner which suggests a country suit, except that it often has a slightly fluted basque. For the debutante •who must make her dress allowance go a long way there are the loose linen coats which can be worn over an evening frock or her afternoon dress, as she likes. It is for this girl that designers have featured the idea of the evening gown with the 14 clipped-on ’ ’ sleeves that change it into an informal dinner frock. Nor are these attachments as unsafe as they sound, for they are securely caught into the bronze and white metal clips which ornament the armhole. No ordinary belt is worn on this dress, but a spiral belt :n metal to match the clips curls rtfur.d the Waist.