WOMAN’S WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18965, 17 March 1924, Page 3

WOMAN’S WORLD

A HOLIDAY CLOAK FOR DAY OR EVENING WEAR.

Often it is the evening wrap that is as important as the evening gown itself, for at theatres and concerts, for instance, if the evening is at all chilly, women retain their wraps and the gowns beneath them are scarcely seen, or, even if the cloaks are removed, they constitute a beautiful background and a frame to the dresses, which are thus thrown up to the best advantage. The linings to evening cloaks, again, are as important as the outsides, and while the cloaks may be of dark colour or black, the linings will almost assuredly be in a light colour or colourmixture, the material, possibly taffetas in a delicious shot effect, figured tissue or broche.

Apart from the wrap exclusively for evening wear, there is that very'useful coat or cloak that adapts itself to day

or evening wear with equal grace, and most women find the need, comfort and economy of a wrap of the kind. One that fills the need admirably is a cloak of pale grey cloth, inlet about seven inches from the hem, with a deep band of piece-lace to match, that reaches almost to waist-level. A big, full hood, falling at the back shows a lining of lace and the fronts of the cloak arc tied together with pale grey cords finished with tassels. For the holiday outfit, concerned with which the object is generally to condense clothing as much as possible, an adaptable wrap for day or evening wear’ is particularly useful. The wrap illustrated offers a suggestion for a charming garment of the kind, which might be developed in cloth or satin, black, grey, or mole, with a pretty silk lining, matching or in pleasing contract to the colour of the outside, and a big wrap-collar and bow-tie in harmony. ..Another idea is to face the collar with embroidered satin, introducing bright colours, where the wrap itself is black or dark-eoloured, keeping the bow of plain satin. It is a made bow, of course, the cloak fastening beneath it rather towards the left. A NEW FAD. The latest idea is to match the parasol to the hat, and in consequence unusual interest is taken in parasols, which are more picturesque than ever, and are made of printed silk, of lace, lined with taffetas and ruffled, perhaps, with ostrich feathers, of net, gathered and frilled and trimmed with bunches of flowers, and of ribbon, arranged in all-over frills. The sticks of parasols are short and thick and burnt-ivory is a favourite colour for the same. Mascot tops are very fashionable. [CAIRO HANDBAGS. The new Egyptian hand-bags, that all smart women are using, are of kid, either white or coloured, fringed with round, fairly large beads. A dainty example is of white kid, oblong in shape, fringed with orange-coloured beads; another is buff-coloured, almost square, and trimmed with red and white beats and kid fringes. The recent interest in Egyptian affairs is, of course, responsible for the fashion in Cairo hand-bags. These useful little accessories can, if well-chosen, add greatly to the good effeet of the toilette. IN THE HOME Some of the most useful things to keep handy are screw-hooks, which are put up in a trice and serve for dress dangers in wardrobes, supports for dwarf curtain poles, hooks for letterracks, and for many other things besides. Screwed into the front of pantry shelves they are useful for tea-eup hangers, and the large one may be used to hold rods on which to dry tea-cloths, while, again, the indispensable little screw-hook is a handy thing, screwed to a wall, on which to hang a pair of household scissors, a bunch of keys, a shoehorn, buttonhook, and so ofii”

SLIDING SHELVES Where there is very little groundspace for cupboards, shelves play an important part in the housewife’s scheme of orderliness. She will find it very much more convenient to put up sliding shelves instead of fixed one, w-hether the shelves are required for linen, glass, chihtf;' or anything else, for it is often vi’ry awkward to get at articles that are at the far side of fixed shelves, whereas with sliding ones the shelves can be removed to a table and the furthermost articles are reached as easily as the nearer ones. Recesses are the best places in which to put up shelves, and the simplest way to arrange for removable ones is to nail up to the near and far corners of the walls of the recess little blocks of wood on which to rest the shelves, which can then be taken down at will without any difficulty. An improvement on the simple, plain shelf is a sliding tray with a little upright ledge all round, so that anything on the tray is not likely to topple off during the period of removal.

A TOILET HINT. The objection that many women find to the use of toilet creams to the face in day-time, even though their skins, if of a very dry nature, may need it badly, is the risk incurred of the cream failing to “dry out,” and giving a lingering greasy appearance to the face. The risk is avoided by the following plan: Rub on sufficient toilet cream to cover the face, and continue rubbing it in—using enough, but not too much —until it is practically all absorbed; then wipe off any superfluity and bathe the face with warm, soft water, following this on by soaping the hands (which must be quite clean, of course) and rubbing them over the face. Then rinse the face thoroughly, dry it, and finish up with the powder-puff. The skin will then be delightfully soft, elastic and comfortable, without being in in the least greasy-looking, and it will be safeguarded from discomfort from any over-fierce rays of the sun, which are apt to injure a sensitive, delicate skin unless a slight “mask” of cream be used as a protection. THE DINNER-BLOUSE. There is a great revival in blousefashions, the one thing insisted on in all being the long drooping waist, overlapping the sash or skirt. All the prettiest and frailest materials such as georgette, chiffon, net lace and the finest qualities of crepe de chine, are pressed into service of sum-

mer blouses, which are lovely in pale pink, lemon, apricot and the new, delicate shade of mole, that is so fashionable. In view of the holiday season, a feature is being made of dinner blouses suitable for hotel and boarding-house wear, and charming are those made of silk-crepe, embroidered or trimmed with lace, and of net worked over with a design in ribbon. The lovely little blouse sketched, one of the new designs for dinner wear, is of apricot crepe de chine, trimmed, in a novel way with ivory-coloured filet lace, the arrangement of the lace being particularly becoming and effective, giving importance to the figure and a very dressy air to the blouse. The long sleeves save the cost of gloves, which is a consideration.