Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 402, 21 January 1904, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

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A WBINGHED FROOK. doubt many visitors to drapery dfw|P sales have brought away with jB3MK them ready-msde fringed Bkirts of voile with material for bodices, and to them the accompanying picture of ' a fringed voile dress maybe useful M ' offering a suggestion on the making up of the bodice. The idea conveyed ia! that of a flohu, which is a favourite a/weaaqry to the modern gown. 'The voile is em-

broidered above the fringe,. and is a material that hangs *ery prettily when draped. A, frock of lavender, pale blue, mignonette or biscuit-coloured voile, with white Bilk fringe and embroideries, is cool-looking and useful for present wear. Shot effects may be obtained by mounting the voile on a slip of contrasting colour, and the popularity of 1 the blue and green, mixed, is too great to call for a passing ■• ■" ' <■■' -< ,saa*fM 1■ ■ FASHIONS IN MILLINBBY. The Bretonne sailor |hat has been accepted this season as one of the smartest models of everyday millinery. It is very ohio and Parisian-looking, and the round, upturned brim is becoming to the majority of faces. A simple Bretonne bat is sketched herewith, the original being in burnt straw with a poppy rosette of red

foulard spotted with white. The othH hat sketched illustrates a new fashion that is popular this summer* namely, of trimming Tedda straw hats with curtains, at the back, of daisies or other flowers. The sharp dip down at the back oShatß is one of the most noticeable points; of millinery fashions, everything being very 'droppy' just now. The hat pictured is wreathed with foliagein front.w;

The, sleeve that droops very much at the ■ gjftoeJul and pretty, and haa much' to ieiemmend it, from the point of appearance | but it haß proved itself the most extravagant of sleeves. The superfloity of material is soiled and shabby while the .rest of the blouse is quite new, and where refreshments are concerned, is in constant; danger of: inadvertently ms s v ing acqdaiatanoe with j*mi and otlisr stieky things. Only the.'other day I saw with regret a/very pretty' sleeve of blask in 'getting partially drowned in a cup of tea as my hostess presided over the -five .o'clock.' j Happily, the material was of inky hue, but that did: sot prevent it from growing sadly limp and dull-looking, as.a result of its unpremeditated bath. The sleeve with the deep, tight-tlttißg curl of ruobednet, and a alight elbow-droop, is less 1 dangerous than the sleeve which droops at the wrist, but is not altogether guiltless of risk. Few sleeves are prettier] than the long slim ones of transparent material,' inched all the way up, from shoulder to wrist. A cape of lace over the shoulders will make up for any deficiency of shoulder-breadth of which the tight-fitting 'sleeve may be gnil(y. The short wing-aleeve,ifreftuently seen on tea-gowns, is lovely,! but very dangerous to itself, and the modern bell sleeve is quite a failure at the tea-table, 'E't-akO * j •''••*' r * ' ■;/. •• :t ;.;,: >., -•'.;%*"; llSea bathing: is" either very beneficial and strengthening or":veryinjur ions. It depends on the constitution. .Everybody can! tell for herself or himself whether bathing agrees; or not and should be guided by the symptoms produced mto whether the cold sea bath should be pursued or not. Signs Jthat it:does not'agree,-. are ahiverings and blneneßS of the skin, stiffness of the fiagers, chattering of the footh, a sensatioja of acute chill, giddiness and headache. Some people can stay is v the water for twenty minutes and longer without feeling chilled, others begin to shiver at once. It is a good plan-to. take a snort walk before the bath, so that the body is comfortably warm, but it ip a mistake to plunge into ejbld water iwhen feel* « very hot. A amart rub" -doifrn' with a rough towel should follow the; bathi. and on going" iato it'the whole body should be immersed at once. '<* .«d. v ' \■* '