"TAILS AGAIN."

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3044, 26 August 1933, Page 7

"TAILS AGAIN."

A campaign in favour of tho revival of evening dress for men is being conducted by M. Andre dc Fouquieres, the leader of men’s fashions in France. He points out in the fashion magazine, "Adam,” that it is incongruous to see women in brilliant evening dress arriving at the theatre or the cabaret •#ith their cavaliers in lounge suits. iW one chance that theatres have

against- the growing cinema vogue, 11. do Fouquieres says, is that in the theatre dresses are shown off to better advantage. He therefore urges that the theatres should take two steps. First, they should insist on holders of all complimentary or half-price tickets, which arc very numerous, at least wearing a dinner suit. Secondly, the theatres should arrange themselves for a “gala night” a week, when strict evening dress would be demanded. The move in favour of a revival of correct attire' has already made good progress in Paris society. “Tails” arid opera hats arc now far more frequently seen than a couple of years ago, and there are many fashionable places in Paris where the male visitor would never go in a lounge suit, and where he feels that he is not “in the swim’’ if lie has not donned “tails” and white tie. WOMEN AND WAR. Miss Ellen Wilkinson, addressing (’OO Labour women at their conference at West Hartlepool, recently, described a resolution on disarmament, as too tame, and said they should be prepared to follow the load of the Oxford undergraduates and say they would not fight again. “ Without the complete destruction of all arms, and the abolition of the means to make arms, there will be war,” she said. “We have got to sweep away all this camouflage of con foreneos and speeches and resolutions, and sab simply and plainly, ‘No arms, and no woman will lift a finger to help in any war’.’’ Mrs Barbara. Ayrton Gouhl, chairman of tin 1 conference, declared that, rile workers of Britain would suffer no Nazi tyranny. They were tired of oppression and would not lie down under man-made misery. The conference passed emergency resolutions urging the Government to use its influence for strengthening the Draft Disarmament Convention, especially in the direction indicated by President Roosevelt, and protesting against Japan’s imperialist aggression in the Far East. MATCHING THE EYES. Tho idea, of matching the eye colour with the frock colour is responsible for many disappointments. Eyes in most cases consist of two or three distinctly different colours. Blue eyes may be really blue-green, and hazel eyes arc, more often than not, yellow-green. And pale blue eyes may be rendered paler

still and totally expressionless if a strong harsh blue is worn. The best plan is to match the dress to one or more -of the component shades of the eyes, always remembering that these colours must also be kind to the skin. A brown-eyed woman will find that brown, red or green will all enhance, tlu> colour of her eyes. And yellowgreen or a red-purple make hazel eyes glow intriguingly. , And now for a few words about black. It is one. of the smartest of shades, yet Englishwomen usually avoid it. I't is most effective in such thin materials as georgette or chiffon, since then it has a. decidedly slimming effect, whilo it can bo attractively relieved by an off-white, flesh-colour, or peach. SLEEVES FOR EVENING. It is the height of smartness in. Paris to wear sleeves at night. Most; dresses are out-fitted with little coats having long, and usually voluminous sleeves, under which is a low necked, or moderately low necked dress that is good for dancing in heated rooms. There are, too, lots of drosses with the sleeves fixed and immovable therein, and these are being worn by mature women whose dancing days are tempered by bridge and whatnot. The evening silhouette will be looser, for although the moulded silhouette will continue this year, there will be many indications, here and there, of ' a straighter, more vertical look. The new vaporous silhouette in chiffon or hire, with full gathered filmy skirt and a bodice blousing loosely about tlie waist, will be a case in point. Such a dress will give a light, fluttering effect, as contrasted to moulded lines, and often the fullness of the under skirt will be concentrated at the back and swing out in movement. NEURITIS CURED BY R-U-R. After about three months’ treatment with R-U-R Mrs R. Abbott, of Christchurch, states that she became entirely free from neuritis. For about six years prior to that she had endured night after night of agony, and tried all sorts of remedies without avail. R-U-R has proved a boon to many other sufferers. Sold with money-back guarantee by H. L. Possehniskic, Chemist.