A NOVEL COAT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 11

A NOVEL COAT.

Many of , the .incoming- liners recently' have, had Australians. on board,, some of whoni. are displaying; new' ideas in 1 dress, writes ."Mab," in , the VAustralasian," and",one "likely ,: to find favouryis.,the; knitted coat. It must hot be'.feared ,-that- this .is in ;any wayvre'lated ; to .'the; knitted waistcoat, which is sometimes- seen on,'men, as. the coat ; ; is a very smart'affair,: fashioned somewhat on tailor lines;' , A'lady, who; landed on. a • chilly f morning;• quite lately, looked trim and cosy in a brown one of:threequarter length,' worn'with a skirt, match-, ing 'in' colour,' which 'was short, 'enough to.;reveal' her natty brown 1 boots,'.- with ■cloth . tops : of' the same 'Shade.. ' These •cloth-topped ■ boots; . which . 1 , are . another, novelty', are; being much "worn: by: English' women, walking or .golfing,"and)': as a rule, are . same colour, as .'the skirt.;'

The education of .our girls is far frohv complete.' if, they,' have.'.not. ; been, taught to swim,,,and' is. ah, item "that, should m added to the school syllabus, together' with the;.fact .that' their ."garments are not. complete .without a. bathing cap. A very large range.; of-these useful ariicles are now-for'sale at ls. 3d. each, at Shaw's Medical -Hall,; Manners ;Street, -and tlie Cecil.. Buildings,/Lambton Quay, where the.!chemist sale.',is,.now. proceeding — Advt. '■ ''

" John Strange ' Winter- (Mrs. Arthur Stanhard), who is 'as ; ,well-known a writer of..army stories as.is Kipliiig himsoif, to? lates. •in !her , little, .book;, "Comely Wo-, man,"! how, -a' severe illness'■',robbed' of her hair;.; Sho.jdiligently set to work among' old; manuscripts anil rescued from a long oblivion,.a,once,famous recipe for cultivating the growth' of tho hair. '

The preparationvwhichrslio thus rediscovered proved; so successful {that in; a few months: her hair ;;was 'restored to' an ample growth;.:and' now/' at. fifty/years of age,. John": Strange Winter has as, splendid" a head of . hair as any : woman 'could reasonably expect; In. fact, 1 as sho says, it is inconveniently'.thick: ' No, 'woman; who has once 'used John Strange Winter's Hair Food would again neglect; ta.sripply '.to .her hair- the 'nutriment 'and dressing 'that this valued pre-' ;paration: bestows.. " Not "only,, does the' CTo'wth . of the' hair' increase, enormously by its.use, but..the. action of the healthgiving, preparation'' renders 1 it: soft". and ;silky.'j* r ":; 1: ." ; , ; .. John; Strange. Winter 'has 'received thousands of. testimonials and'lotters of thanks from users ;of h'or 1 Hair ;Food, and'many' of ' them '.are . inscribed .with 'Dames ''of world-wide :~Yetjr interesting'. aje some of '.these,' letters from people, of seventy years or more, persons who were practically baltli ::but • who' have found in John Strange Winter's Hair Food a kindly friend -in need.. 1 • < .