Ladies Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 410, 17 March 1904, Page 2

Ladies Column.

Ml lm; ■■-• t m\. : ■ THINGS V '" ADA MBLLEB " FANCY FLANNEL BLOUSES.| fHKHERE is practically only one ffliWb material to which woman turn for nIS their everyday autumn blouse, and that is fancy flannel. Seerag the widespread appreciation shown for this excellent fabric, it is hardly surpnsin&tha.t manufacturers have something ft on¥a dairity-looiinsr, fine in quality and lightful. Spots, stripes, and flowerets prevail, aud among the new patterns are ring-spotß is great variety. Tucks, J&MKM 9* diagonal, are aa usual, used in up flannel shirts; and'the 'sailor' blouse lingers among favourite modes. laoe assimilates agreeably with fancy flannel; and 5 many of 5 the new flannel blouses are prettily relieved with

coarse; guipure. Suggestions oh making up blouseß of fancy flannel ate offered _by the sketchesgiven in this column. In the one Instance the blouse has a tuoked yoke bordered by a 'shaped band of guipure laid upon velvet, this band being detached foil washing purposes, three ends of guipure mitred at the tips being dependent from the yoke band. The cuffs are in harmony.. The second blouse is set in tucks from the,, neck to the; bust, and thence the material falls in its own fulness to the waist. The" fancy stoipeß are arranged diagonally in this instance, and the blouse fastens down the front. T he other blouse could be arranged to fasten at the baok, or' front, and the design, I may add, is as suitable for Oriental washing Bilk aa flannel. *' ..-■-. I A GIRL'S SCHOOL COAT. «' I Thr beginning of .a school term usually means a replenishing, ü bf children's wardrobes, and something very neoessar£ for a girl who i& a day, aeholar, is a long Ooat of waterproof material, which'.defies Weather, sothat the skirt as well as the blouse worn shall be protected on rainy days, for a coat and,skirt costume would

mean that the child must retain her damp skirt until released from school. The. accompanying sketch gives an idea for-a* girl's school coat built (to simple lines, and made, of mantle cloth or serge, waterproof or otherwise.. It fastens high to the neck, as such a coat should do, and is arranged with a shabely little cape collar trimmed with stitching, and there is a,small strap at the back of ' waiat.

&■-& id^LES,AND/PB^BINBiS.^ Furs being very high in price, it behoves the woman with a small dress allowance to seriously consider the possibilities of 'bonfriviug' a stole that shall display about it' some fur and yet be inexpensive. .-„ I. nave seen a capital sub* stitute for the Btole entirely of fur in a pelerine of black' glace silk, arranged in two frills; one rather wider than the other, and each edged with fox fur, so that very little of the-silk was perceptible. There were stole ends to the pelerine, which ' could ;be; knotted or; left free. Worsted being fashionable, grey astraohan iff now imitated jin grey * wool,; and composed thus an 'astraohan' -stole ia cheap enough, while being in the van of-faahion. Bands of embroidery, laid, upon fur compose some of the richest-looking stoles and pelerines prepared for the autumn, i I:\ i b-ith, ' , Before beginning to re-enamel a bath, the latter'should be washed thoroughly hot,"Boapy Vater arid rubbed over wxtKfsandpaper,; tb create a level Ifcurfaoe. TMn', the>bathj en*mel«paint itojbe used should athm;eoaf;, and when this is quite dry another coat should be given* and possiibljs;,a*third, for it is necessary'to use' the * paint thin and go over it three or four Itiiftee rather than apply one thick coat, whioh w oertainto result ia'blisters'of paint. | J," OK; fUB#IT#BB. Slight scratbhes on furniture be rendered Jess f©onspjipuoß6 if JMI" •*• \ ': \ rubbed with a mixture oimipMed.oreojnai parts of linseed oif.aad^i^en«ne;. A flannel dipped ii shbuld be . rubbed over the' scratched abdttfhe. furniture subsequently polished soft cloth, Vi.l 0 tfr.JT j Q[)jt

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