Fashion and Things Feminine.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8178, 3 May 1919, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

FOR EARLY AUTUMN WEAR. The high boot of leather being very little worn owing to the eostl of boot feather, it was thought probalble that skirts for the autumn “would incresae in length, and this belief is verified in some of the new models, but on the whole skirts remain short enough to display several inches of gaiter or of cloth-top boots. The smartest gaiters are those with laced fronts, which are more expensive than the ordinary burtoned gaiters, but are worth the extra cost where “chic” is a consideration.

Sports coats in wool and artificial silk are as popular as ever, and as alternatives are similar coats rnadte o fstriped and p’ain cloth materials. Costume coats are simple, and pretty adjuncts are sailor collars of voile, silk-muslin,

and so on, worn with them, with square collars, cut deep, that fal! at the hack of the coat only. •The velour-beavei hat is the chief feature of millinery fashions for the autumn, and appears m all wearable colours. For tho moist part it is moderate in size, the crown is fairly high and round and the brim is partially rolled up. In choosing a new costume for the autumn it is worth while remembering the utility and smart appearance of the navy-blue cloth suit striped with white. This is a change from the übiquitous navy serge coat and skirt, and appears in its newest form with plain or pleated yoke-skirt and simple, straight-hanging coat, given a rather high-waisted effect bv the cut of the side seams. No belt appears to mar the simple lines of the coat, which is cut with a p’ain roll-col-lar and fastens with a single, large button and button-hole. A very smart style for black and white or brown and white checked woollen. for autumn and winter wear, is illustrated. The costume is: simplicity itself, but also the acme of smartness, the 'oose, open-fronted coat with nicely rounded corners having a distinct style, emphasised by the collar and bow-tie at the neck. Under the coat is a waistcoat from which the collar proceeds, and the ocat-fronts themselves are finished with six buttons, the coa.ti itself 'being lx>und all round with silk braid. Oloth-ton boots with laced fronts complete the smartest effect of the costume. Fawn. grev. and dark blue cloth nro very popular for footwear. DRESS FOR STOUT FIGURES. Most women who make up thpir own frocks are glad to have by them a good pattern of a practical skirt to wear with various biomes, and the model pictured

will, no doubt, appeal to those who are on the look-out for anything of the kind. The skirt is suitable for serge, cloth, or tweed. It fastens in front at the left-centre, and is arranged with a panel-effect and buttons, and is gathered to the waist-band. At the back, tho panel-elfeoti may bo repeated, or the pb,in aathered effect mav be continued in an unbroken line from the sides. Thiv is a very good skirt for stout figures.

Illustrated with it is a morning Mouse,, also suitable for stout figures, made with a yoke develoning into a plastron in front and finished at the nock with one of tho new lrgh collars, frilled at the edge. Tim sleeves terminate in deer) cuffs, also frilled, and both sleeves and yoke are put in with hemstitching.

By IDA MELLER - - Copyright.

IN THE HOME. When crocheting a shawl of dedicate colour, it is a wise plan to keep a’l but the end that is being worked in a pil-low-case. This method if adopted will keep the work clean till it is finished. When washing overalls it is better to scrub them with a heavy scrubbing brush than to rub them in the ordinary way. The work of cleaning will be more satisfactorily performed. In sowing on “ball and socket” or “stud” fasteners, the rule should be: Sew the ball on first, then cover the tops with chalk, ancl press these on to the material where the socket sections will be sewn. The pressure will mark Hie exact spot where each socket should appear in order to correspond with its companion bail. This hint does away with the difficult of “matching” the ball and socket. TO MAKE EGGS FLUFFY. When frying eggs, in order to keep tho whites light and fluffy, the fat must lie very hot. Break in the eggs one at a time, as frgfr ? ,. s possible, sprinkle them with pepper and salt, and add a dash of boiling water; cover the pan with a tight lid, and let the eggs fry for a few moments. When cooked, the whites should lie quite light, with an absence of the usual leatheriness. BACON AND FRIED APPLES. Eaton with white or brown bread, bacon ancl apples, fried, make a very appetising meal. Pare half a pound of apples and stew ■them until tender: remove them from the pan, core them, and ,cut them into neat pieces, keeping them hot. Fry half a pound or more of rashers, according to requirement, and when cooked remove them from the pan and keep them hot. Drain off nearly all the bacon fah, leturn the frying pan to the fire, and put in the pieces of app’e, letting them brown nicely r on both sides. Heap ud the hot bacon on to a hot dish and make a surround of the apples. iA thick slice of ham ma,v 'be used instead of the rashers, and makes an equally appetising dish. FOR LUNCH OR TEA. Fish paste sandwiches, which are easily made, are nice for a .'simple lunch or for the ten-table. Sardine sandwiches are also appreciated. The tails of the fish should be cut off and the backhones removed. Add pepper and saltin making the sandwiches.

One of the most mischievous manifestations of a section of the German people is the nose of being an uneonquered foe. The military party, headed by Hindenburg, is doing its utmost to fester this delusion. It would be insi n,dive to know what, in the view of these fire eaters, constitutes a defeat. IVesumably. if a.n army surrenders before it is annihilated or is scattered in headlong rout, it is not beaten. By this process of reasoning, very few wars can he said to have yielded victory. Bazn.ine might have claimed a draw at Metz, and (Sedan might be described ri" a termination of hoslili'hes bv mutual agreement. The argument is too silly to bo seriously contested. The Gentian Hindit Command accented the humiliating terms of the armistice because the position in the field had became hopeless. No other consideration would have induced the Potsdam Party to throw up tho sponge.