FADS OF THE MOMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 11 March 1911, Page 11

FADS OF THE MOMENT.

January brides who bear the name of •Mary or variations of it, such as -May and Marian, have been emphasising the significance of the royal appellation by special indications at their wedding, say.-, ait English writer. The bridesmaids of a recently-married May carried ebony wands decorated with the bride's name flower in pink, deep rose, and white. Another Mary wore among the precious laces on her bridal corsage her name traced in diamonds. In a third case, a special crop of marigolds are being grown to form posies for the attendants of a bride whose name is Mary.

The doll that presides as a centre-piece over the smartly-arranged dinner-table of the moment must be a very valuable one, with an historic interest attached to it if possible.

Beautiful, indeed, aud very effective was a tnblo embellished in the Middle with old-world fishponds made of lookiug T glass and walks covered with greensward, edged with small china nots ill which the tiniest of trees and flowering plants were disposed. Posed as if straying among the crystal streams and pleasant parterres was an old-fashioned doll dressed in tho style of a French marquise. Her costume was actually made of silk and embroideries saved from that period, and her hair was dressed in the picturesque manner of the days of llavie Antoinette.

Red Heels for Shoes. According to the latest' notes coloured shoes with scarlet heels are becoming to pretty feet,- and look specially bewitching twinkling in the mazes of the dance. For that reason they are being worn with the short and clinging party frocks in which the season's debutantes are making their initial venture into society. The vermilion heels are of a striking effect upon black velvet shoes, but satin is the favourite wear with dance toilettes, and any shades of colour chosen that harmonises with scarlet, is available for the ball-room.

A particularly pretty pair of delicate mauve slippers or a pair of the palest cyclamen pink ones may be garnished with vermilion heels of the right shades of both dyes be secured.

The 1911 Button. The smart button of 1911 is certainly the enamelled . one. The pendulum of fashion has swung round to this beautiful type of ornament again, and among the varieties that are being seen are tho palest of green and the gaudiest of gold enamels rimmed with cut steel, pearls, silver, and chased gold.

The Tatting Craze. Following the craze for crcchet comes that for tatting, i form of industry greatly in vogue about half a century ago. Old-fashioned shuttles mado of mother-of-pearl and ivory aio being brought from the recesses of elderly' work-tables by girls wlio are learning the handicraft. . Collars, cuffs, edgings, and plastrons can bo made of tatting, and the finer the work is tho greater Us value. The coarser kinds are used for teacloth corners and centres, sheet borderings, and towel insertions.

Luck-bringing Baubles. Among other baubles that. are modish and that aro expected to bring good fortune is tho number "thirteen," which certain non-superstitious individuals wear as a talisman in defiance of the bad luck usually ' attributed to tho number, set swinging in a circlc of gold, radiant with gems.- A tiny elephant made, of jade or somo other beautiful stone is another. An eagle and a fleur-de-lis are also, regarded, as mascots. For the Children:

' Pretending .to. bo grown, up is one-of Ihc delights, of childhood, and a new toy that has been invented for tho nursery folk has a distinct bearing upon this joy.' It is a collapsible dolls' house, but instead of dolls inhabiting ' the' domicile children do. The nursery wall forms one side of the miniaturo house, and the rest is composed of partitions high enough to'-occomm.gdjite and hide from view any child un to Jeven years pf, age. There is a drawing-room, a dining-room? a kitchen, and a bedroom in the self-contained little domicile, ..into which the. children, with their small pieces of nursery furniture, can betake themselves and piny at being grown-up people to their hearts' content.