FANCIES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1179, 14 July 1911, Page 9

FANCIES OF THE DAY.

The Coronation Fan. Among the many souvenirs of the Coronation now to be found, ranging from the homely teapot and cup and saucer to tlio dmmoud-betlecked crown set as a brooch or a pendant, conies the fan, a peculiarly appropriate possession in sunny Juno. Tho Coronation fan is found in a variety of materials, but perhaps the prettiest specimen is made of lace, showing the n.itional emblems, the rose, the shamrock, the thistle, and the leek, with mother-of-pearl sticks as a very charmfng iimsh. There is'a moonshine on one side ol the sticks to signify the first letter of the Queen's mine, and a garnet one on the other to stand for the King's initial. Adaptable Jewellery. The jewellers are positive experts in tho art of making one piece of gem-stud-ued metal serve several purposes in personal adornment, and lately have added to their stock of metamorphosed ornaments many charming novelties. It is, therefore, not alone the [iara that can be changed into a necklace and a set of corsage brooches that is told. Ihero is such a liking for earrings now that the long drops that form' part of a necklnce aro made detachable, and can be converted easily into ornaments for the cars. ■ Then there are some wonderfully attrac-tive-looking pendants that can be worn when preferred as wrist watcnes, for at the back of tho pendant is a timekeeper. Another watch slung by chains from a beautiful and very long bar brooch can be removed so that the bar can be worn to fix tho motor veil or hold a nosegay in the corsage. As for' tho magnificent corsago ornaments, they are worn as shoulder knots, when the fancy to adapt them to such ends takes their possossor, and there is another freak worthy a line of chronicle, and that is the one for bestowing at the back of a pearl necklace beautiful dangling gems, instead of wearing them in front. Wintcrhalter Girls. The appreciation for sloping shoulders, a synonym in the middle of last century for all that was shrinking and tender and essentially feminine, is noticed again now, and the evening aspect of the deuutanto is that of Winterhalter's portraits of tho belles of 1810 and thoreabouts. The corsage is worn low upon the shoulders, and the outline is very simple, a few folds of b' a "ze drawn beneath a large rose in tho centre suggesting the berthe of old times that mado so beautiful a frame for the figure. • Many of to-day's debutantes have a charming faculty for applying to their own- use the prettiest fashions of early Victorian days, modifying, or, as they would say improving upon them, it is needless to remark. They dress their hair with the demure and simple grace of that period without its severity, and wear the chaplet of leaves and foliage that used to be almost an essential badge of girlhood with a new and very alluring grace. A Studious Age.

Her attachment to her books is a sign of the erudition that characterises many a debutante of the present day. The joung studant has her own book-plate and her own book-marker, and her favourito pattern is made of limp leather beautifully "tooled" in gold, and surmounted by her initials. One girl can easily find places for, half a dozen markers, in this book of biography, that of travels, tho latest novel, a volume of pjetry, studies in art, and so on. Her most highly-prized works have special hmd-midu bi ilin:;s, Mine of the mset.with-jevels, aiid all exquisitely ■■'' T, ' , '.''" '.' '