The House Wife

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17734, 6 December 1919, Page 2

The House Wife

A SPRING HAT WITH THE NEW THROATLET VEIL.

Spring millinery is a fascinating topic of the moment with which the feminine world is largely concerned, for, admittedly, it is the hat that gives "chic" to an outdoor costume. Sharing honours with the satin hat, high-crowned and draped, is the straw one in delicate colouring, for instance, mauve and pink, lemon and pale blue straw of a soft quality, such as rush. One such hat is of mauve rush-straw, with a wide brim slightly turned up at theb ack, and a spray of fruit laid across the brim iin front. Another is light yellow, with a garland of brown cherries I tied with brown and yellow ribbon by way of trimming.

Black satin hats are brightened with . multi-coloured flowers in charming variety. A moderatonsized hat of the kind, with draped crown, has a plain satin brim trimmed across the front, from side to side, with natural-sized marguerites in mixed, bright eotloxirg. In other instances it is the front of the crown that bears the burden of the trimming, the crown in such cases being of plain satin, while the brim, (possibly, has a ruffled edge.

> Feathers are not in very strong evidence this season, but here and there a pretty hat of silk or satin, or of straw lined with material, shows

a spray-feather laid near the edge of the brim, or a straw hat is trimmed with a handsome ostrich feather tied round the crown with ribbon.

A typical model of a fashionable spring hat is illustrated. The shape is copied in silk and straw and is particularly becoming. The trimming in the case illustrated consists of a half circle of dahlias, in pink, blue, lemon and green, reposing on a wide brim, rath its upward curve in front, indicates a special vogue of the moment.

Illustrated with the hat is one of the new veils, the feature of which is the necklace effect round the throat, where the veil is drawn tight. This novel touch is very attractive. The veil is of black mesh, and the ''-ornamental border is of chenille "and gold-thread. All sbrfc3 of pretty ideas are introduced in these new throatlet veils, the borders to which are sometimes of applique work, at other times of wool, bead, or silk embroideries. The new collar is also depicted in the sketch. It is made of creamcoloured muslin, with three embroidered lozenges in each corner. The back is similar to the front, the whole collar being a .wo-piece affair, united on the shoulders. The embroidery of the collars gives the opportunity for various colour touches, though, on the other hand, self-col-oured embroidery is generally preferred, and especially pretty are the corner decorations arranged with padded effect, and worked in creamcoloured mercerised cotton or flosssilk.

Long neck-chains are as fashionable as ever, and very decorative are those' composed of dull gold beads set fairly closely together, as in the chain illustrated. Others are charming made of the new neck-chain cord threaded with onyx or other atones, spaced far apart. A neck-chain with a single slab is also an effective fashion, and Oriental necklaces composed of many-coloured beads of various sizes give beautiful touches to frocks of all kinds. More simple than the ber.d necklace but very pretty, withal, is the long string of moire ribbon, x a quarter of an inch wide, worn round the neck, and holding a pendant.