Fashionland.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 July 1910, Page 4

Fashionland.

MX&S FOR WEARING LARGE HATS.

The Stale and Maryland is taking .strict measures to bar huge hats by tiiiiing the wearers of -anyhead-drms exceeding lQin in diameter from £2 to C' 2(). It is desired tlmlt added to this rule will be 'one making it a misdemeanour for women to weia.l hats in any place of amusement. It is said tlvat the Hill .is ibein.g introduced because lints worn in .Maryland hutely 'have been of such gigantic situ* as 'to constitute. the wt'swvra g'uiility of "disturbing the public pea.ce." IUIIBON MfrJiiXRIlY. While Chantccnlar hate have queened the millinery world, a new liittle model >lm come over from Paris tilvat is likely to become a favourite for many reasons. It is new. not necessarily expensive (com pa rod with (.•hawfceoula.r), and becoming Ito most people. N'otlviiig but ribbon is employed, exempt, ol course, the foundation straw, iand all sents of wonderful things are made, even imitation plumes being created of pleated ami nicked ribboil'. The newest ribbons are, by this 'fashion, likely to be well advertised ; some of those 'are of blank velvet on one side, with a saltin. underside in some dainty tint. BEAUTY CULTURE. Xo amount of warning, no hideous cases of -failure in beauty culture, seem to defjy* the woman, intent on "improvilrg" herself, and Saturday's Daily Telegraph, in an, ainticile on figure Culture, remarks 011 the mad enfsiisia.s.m with which Parisian women aire injuring the in health in order to got thin enough to wear the fashion their eouterieivs dictate aha 11 appear. "If I had known what agony I should: lilave to suffer," said one of tihe.se victims 'to fashion the other day, "T should, certainly .have left my figure as Nature intended it to he." She then <lesoriibed the process to which she had been subjected, finding her sole consolation in the fact ithat she believed hei'self to be a trifle more si Hit than she had been before spending her guineas on « cure through w'hich she hoped to secure a slim and elegant form. She had hern twice rubbed with some lotion that Si!no!.>t strongly of turpentine; then she w<as left exhausted, under the impression that improvement would shortly he apparent. Xext .morning sihe was not merely seriously ill, hut her skin has broken out into a series of lumps and bruises. After a few days tiliis passed away, and the rubbing was resumed. ITer masseuse laughed at her, telling her that was to he expected of the process, and that it was nothing to what some of her clients underwent. One beauty had had her face entirely skinned in order that the 'wrinkles might he taken -off, and the result, was a com;on ns soft as a. child's. Another one had every inch of superfluous flesh rubbed off until her figure emerged, graceful and slim. REMEDY FOP INSOMNIA. A well known physician has recently given it as his opinion t-lifl-t those who cannot sleep at night would be greatly relieved if they reclined at a slight angle, rtihei.r feet a. little hiaber than their heads, instead of lying perfectly flat. "An important factor in the study of sleep," he ways, "is gravity. When a person stain's or sits up the action of the blood may be < oni]xared to an inverted, syphon. Tf is my opinion that, to lie in bed with the feet on a -'lightly higher level than the head is an excellent remedy for sleeplfssness. Tn such a position tlu svpluvn .action of (lie hnaiit is lightly I assistrd by gravi.tv. producing a I '•'Mi.til'.in.g and restful state of mind Nothing, however, will induce sloe] 'if the individual worries or think. 1 about everyday affairs. T will explain a !'orid mental exercise of 1113 own. Every night, when Igo t< bed. -T transport mvsi4f to a hcau 'tiful Smith Sea island, and, sur

rounded I>v lovely vgetntioir, romiii<>;icf> (lio'sit'.'? a civ.'. T have beon dicing -that cave every night foi the past twe-ntv-five yours, and 1 have never fiuis'hed it. because aftei re-moving n fe.w shovelfuls of oniifli T w.'ike up nn.;l it is time for breakfast." TO OLEAX BLACK -SKINTS. A liint which liny be useful to some mf our -renders appeared re ce-ntily. aii'l is worlMi re-petition:-Tj.iv the skirt ns flatly as' possible on n clean table. Roroore all greasy ( nx)ts witili .brown ]ra.pr-r awl a hodiron. Then with a sponge -dipped, in very strong coffee <nrl» over Mr. whole _'of the dross, paying special attention to the front and the oclge (if the skirt. When the whole of the skint has been sponged, «n<T is still damp, iron on the wroiiig side until perfectly dry. Tt is 'best to use an ironiiic-hfvird for (tihi.s process if one is available. NEW FASHION FOI? MFA r . Embroidered shirts for men aro the last thought of fashion, and sweethearts and devoted sisters will he grateful for at last having some inasculli.no garment on which to make a tangible .show of love. Crewel-worked slippers, braces and smoking caps have long been banned thankfully bv men, and it will be interesting to see how they will take to shirts embroidered down the fronts, with (ii oss-stitch of blue or red. or both, such as one West End stop is advertising now.