Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 14 July 1904, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

Latest London and Paris Fashions By MISB ADA. MELLEB^ '* ' Lady Journalist, &c [All Eightb Beseeved.J A DBEBS FOB THE BUSINESS GIBL, «TKHE business girl's motto, so fur »b jkVK clothes are concerned is or should ?3&* be' Smart simplicity.' What she requires is a workmanlike costume | that wears well, looks neat, and is suitable tor morning and afternoons. She might take as her model the pretty costume sketched, and make it of cloth, serge or cashmere. The blouse is arranged with the new American pleats and might be either piped in a contrast tog colour ox stitched. Dark blue with green pipings or stitchings would be a. smart and useful choice; but some of as are growing a little bit weary of blue and green mixed, and would prefer black and green or green and tan-colour, Tan,' indeed, is a pretty relief to almost any colour, and might

be effectively used with a aavy blue drees, with which, also, red pipings would be pretty. The cuff a are also trimmed with colour, and the pleats on tbe skirt correspond. The business girl may cult from thia simple dress a pretty hint *s to a suitable costume for her everyday needs. For smarter n wear she will find a good friend in the velveteen blouse, whioh might be made up on the lines *£ the blouse sketched, or simply ber-pw&ted from throat to waist; while more dressy still would be the velveteen Woubo gathered to a round yoke of faggotstitching and satib-ribbon or bebe velvet 5 or of hair-pin embroidery and lace irt sertios, the yoke passing over the upper part of the arms, and the sleeves having oufffl in harmony with the yoke. A GOING-AWAY COAT. The {fitted coat re-appears as a pretty change from the sacqua wrap that we have been accustomed to wear for many seasons past, and with our present-day straight fronted corset appears somewhat different in character to the tight-fitting coat of years ago, when busts were curved. The single-breasted coat fitting the figure severely is hardly as popular as the double-breasted coat, and among the latter type the Newmarketis alreadymuch worn, and promises to be more so as the season advances. An elfgaat model of a tight-fitting coat, from which prospective brides might take a suggestion for a going-away mantle, is sketched herewith. It is provided with a becoming cape and a military collar, and is simply trimmed with stitching. The long basques are seamed to the bodice, but if preferred, the skirt of the coat could be cut in one with the upper part. A charming material for the garment would be biscuit-

coloured cloth, or cloth of the mt known as champagne; but pastel-blue would also be effective, and a grey'cloth coat relieved with pipingß of / black velvet, or with black Velvet buttons, and collar agd cuff facings,! would strike a! of. success, j Wear with it a blacfc felt picture hat!, and. your bride-elect has a most becoming costume de voyage for her wedding-dfty. The design would also > copy well in cerise . cloth of frieze with touches of black, or in maroon red, which is now very j fashionable, MILK AS ABBAUTIFHIB. Women of old have had implicit faith in milk as a beautifier, and milk baths have been adopted by many celebrated beauties of ancient and modern days. To bathe the face in milk is considered highly advantageous to the skin. Virginal milk, made by mixing together tincture of benzion and rose-water, is considered by Borne to be quite as beneficial to the complexion as natural milk, and is poured. into the bath as well as being need as a frequently applied lotion to the face.