THE FANCY FOR BLACK.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 2

THE FANCY FOR BLACK.

The last news fwm Homey the "Sydney Sun" states, declares there isim epidemic of black, both in the s-itrfoiMul-ings of the fashionable lady and upon her own person. The. frcnsiy of black and white has reached Paris, sifter America and .Germany had doted upon it; and this, not only in clothes, but also in decoration, it is said that the erazo has never been so strong sinew the day when it made its first appearance in England with the late Aubrey Ueardsley. So to he in things in tho "gay city,".if a woman happens to have lier homo there, her bast dream at present is to possess a black car-pot, i\fi ebony and white table, and on, tho table one white carnation in ft black china bowl. She herself, if sho would "toito" with the effect, should crave to be pale, wear dark jewels, and personally nil in.rthe artistic picture in a black tlrtss, with a white belt, white stockings, * and black shoes tied Up round her ankles with black ribbon, Tim expert from the Pins circle do elares that the mo t fashionable coupl <s of tho moment aro even sending their curtains and cushions to the d\ei They aro having their chairs nnd tabks lacquered, and their picture flames un nished with thick Muck, Persiaii-liki drawings being msertid in the lattei on black blotting papci A J utumt, cr m with a vengeance an 1 ono «hi h or may not remain in fashion for a time. Advanco notes on the clethius that is to go with this artist ind temperamental cftect tell ol tthito-ciejL dn chinos with blank velvet, and of black tulle gowns ed b «l with nlnl" Mre. Eolleston, Hair Spsckliit, iiao returned from Christchurch, ivh(?re a branch of her business lias bivn anc'i may be consulted on nil treatments t.<i tin? hair and fnce. also Iho permanent x-e----moT.il of superfluous hair lor which .Mrs. Eolleston- hold* a diploma and medical references. A Isrre stock of -Switches. Transformations, always on, haad, ■ 258 Lambton Quav. ,