Ladies Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 404, 4 February 1904, Page 2

Ladies Column.

FASHION AND TfllHfl*. FEMININE ,M Bt MISS ADA MELLEB Mj&fr '■'.*■' -tA^-RiaHTS'BßßlßVTOt^''"^^! AN EMBEOIDEBEDrVOILEL/CrfflfrN* JfSKOILE has declared itself, or rAther !sHB, been deelated, one of the most. ©Ms exoellent materials for summer wear, and certainly,.it suits » multitude of purposes, being, oi course, more substantial than leßßßo'thancanvafl, wherefore it,p** llß breach between the two fabrics and, Steps in successfully where either the one or the other would be lacking in texture or the reverse. Aprettymooei of an embroidered voile gowaj Wage* after the manner of the moment, is sketched in the accompanying figure. It is carried out all in save for touohes of pale fawn and light hrowj introduced into the embroidery, wnion appears at the foot of the shut* ott the deep, tight-fitting cuffs, and on .the scalloped yoke. The BHrt is soallopefl, en suite, above the embroidery, and is fin* iahed. like the yoke, with cream-coloured

fringe. This is a smart, sfmple style that applies very well to an afternoon promenade dress for the seaside. The yoke, it will be observed, differs from the ordinary pattern, and extends well over the shoulders, giving the length and slope to the shoulder-line that fashion demands. Dark blue voile with white and red embroidery is also very smart. This year, however, light tints prevail, and cream and white have gained the day. Fringes are likely to be continued on early autumn coats and dresses; and this reminds me to say a word about the advisability of arranging fringe on a skirt in such a way that it does not reach quite to the edge cf the skirt, for if it drags at all on the pavement it acta as a positive scavenger, tend every little bit of twig or straw that it comes across is caugt «p, clings to the silky mass, and is often very troublesome to extricate,

A GIRL'S TENNIS FROCK. Holland, linen and batiste are the everyday materials par excellence for girlish wear, and as a change light Tussore silk is useful and pretty. Holland being somewhat stiff, applies better to coats and skirts than to blouses. The tennis frock

for a girl, which is the Bubject of oar | second fashion sketch this week, (would make np well in linen or holland, for the skirt, and the batißte for the blouse, and might be completed by a frilled, shady hat, straw and batiste, with ribbon rosettes. Or the dras might be carried out entirely in pale blue linen or Tußsore silk. The skirt has a front panel and a few folds at the hem, and the blouse, with its pretty little shoulder cape, finished with a frill of its own material, is slightly tacked and stitched, and completed by a turn-down collar edged with embroidery, repeated on the shoulder cape aßd caffs, while the sleeves are • tnoked and stitched at the top. The shoulder cape gives a particularly smart picturesque touch to the frock. Sailor dresses for little girls of eight or nine are Very serviceable made' of white pique, which is less easily crushed than most linen materials. Cream and bine serge , are, of course, always uppermost in one's mind where sailor suits are concerned, and for really hard wear can never !be surpassed. - A, blue serge skirt and reefer coat worn with a white washihg-Bilk blouse, makes up a practical and wellnigh indispensable seaside costume for a little girl. The addition of brass buttons to the coat is usually an improvement.

DETAILS OF DEBSS. Barely before have the etceteras of dress risen to such importance" is accorded them to-day. It is the details of dress that are paramount, and either make or mar a coßtume. The Bhaped belt, the lace collar, the ouffof a sleeve, the transparent yoke—these are the things that impart 'fashion' to a toilette and stamp it as belonging to the ' dernier.ori' ot otherwise. Let the woman, therefore, who would be well-dressed pay partionlM need to details.