JUVENILE COURT WOMAN'S WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19049, 30 June 1924, Page 3

JUVENILE COURT WOMAN'S WORLD

According to the “Ladies’ Field,’*! skirts axe narrow and coats are ofj varying lengths and shapes. Embroid-j ery plays a large part In the new; models, generally appearing on the sleeves and on the basque of tho coat, in which case the skirt Is usually, severely plain. Striking waistcoats of plain coloured cloth are frequently used, mustard yellow being chosen for, a navy suit, while a royal blue waist-’ coat adds a touch of brightness to a pewter grey kasha cloth costiume. After reading such a noted English authority it Is Interesting to look again, at our illustration of a black velvet' oostume —or it could be suiting serge—and note how well It compares. RE-FOOTING STOCKINGS In the following letter a contributor to a Scottish contemporary tells us how she re-foots cashmere stockings:—“ I used to cut off the whole foot, and pick up the stitches with a fine steel crochet hook, drawing the new wool through each stitch, and placing it on knitting needles; taking 2 stitches together all round to reduce it to reasonable size. Now, I cut away the worn heel, under part of foot (cutting by line’of a rib), and w-hole toe; I pick up stitches of heel with crochet hook, knit heel and sole; overseam neatly top part of foot; join to heel and sole, pick up stitches, and knit new toe all in one, of cqurse as continuation of sole. To make it last -well I knit in Sylko with wool for heel and toe. This is really an adaptation of the modern way of knitting stockings, I suppose, but I have not seen it used for ma-chine-made hose before. Picking up the stitches in this way makes it quite possible to wear them with shoes and they look wonderfully neat. I used 3-ply fingering.” Umbrellas Carried Over ; Shoulder I Umbrellas grow fatter and more jtubby day by day. Besides numberless ribs the newer models adopt a silk cord reaching from stub to handle The wearer proudly carries it "en cordeliere,” hung over her shoulder like a gun. When rain sets our friend Into action the hook that holds the cord in place is loosened, or the cord slipped out of its notch, the mode of attachment varying on different models. These umbrellas meet rain and sunshine equally well and are beloved by the Parisienne. ♦ * * ♦

For a school wash-frock two confasting ratines will suitably make the ibove. Trixie will like it better with l design embroidered as shown.