Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 428, 28 July 1904, Page 7

Ladies' Column.

Latest London and Paris Fashiol

By MISS ADA MELLEB, 9 JjAdt Jottenamst, &c. jn

A SIMPLE HOME PBESS. M SfffIESkTHOTTGH fitted bodices ace jK ®R|g ing in agais, their advent W n °t throw a slight npongffi blouse, which is likely to K tinue ita career of prosperity forjß months to oome. The blouse of MB delaine, cloth, or other material, sm with a contrasting skirt, is a faßhiocflH lingers with as, while at the there is a distinct leaning toward W| blonse and skirt that agree. A u3 dress made with a blouse bodioMK ilouuced skirt is sketched herewith, aTBB a simple, smart mode lends itself wM blonse matchisg or contrasting withM skirt, but if the upper part were maqß the skirt material the costume ffonlcH more complete in appearance. The feature about the blouse is the pJBf arrangement of the velvet neokm passed through a couple of fancy rinSH front, the ends hanging free. TheaSSi itself would be smart in black cloth wci

now bo good a man could live with bo violent a creature as Xantippe, to which Socrates observed that' they who leant to keep a good seat on horseback mount the least manageable eteed they can get, and when they have mastered them they are Bure never to be discomposed on the backs of Bteeds leas restive.' On several occasions, to different persons,. talking on the same subject, he said: 'My dear friend, you are beholden to Xantippe that I bear bo well your flying out in a dispute;' and again we hear of hia philosophic observation: * They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts, A wise man,, therefore, may be contented with his lot, even though jffift oast with a vixen; for though he cam&'t make her better, he may make himself better by her means. Socrates shows us that according to a man's disposition the circumstances of life may be to him either a torment or a source of satisfaction. But a Socrates is rare.

The revival of reticules has brought with it massy oh arming, dainty varieties of hand-bags and waistbags to take the place of skirt'pockets, which continue to absent themselves. The cheapest and most useful to the business woman is the steel chain bag with attachment to sling over the wrist.