WOMEN'S INTERESTS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1932, Page 3

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

WOOL STILL POPULAR. I SOME DICTATES FROM PARIS. The revival of wool lor other than spores occasions has considerably altered the aspect of the afternoon' Irock in Pans, states an overseas paper. For one tiring it has enabled it to stand alone and to go coatless ; nor need it be particularly tailored in oider tr> be independent. For another, it ha«. induced a number of smart touches which shall enhance the particular quality and depth of tone of wool. 1 As long as silk held the floor completely, too, there were occasions when it had to have a number ,of accessories in the interests of warmth, if there were no coat—which rarely happened —then a big fur was necessary. The woollen dress can stand alone, and if it should need a coat effect, then suits are made to approximate it, rather than it should be altered to conform to coat fashion. , •

Suit-Desses with Boleros. Suit-dresses are made on lines which correspond with a dress-line. The suits made with boleros look as though the bolero were really Itho bouice, with perhaps an embroidery front. Bright green wool is used fot them, the skirts being moderately, but not unduly, long and plain in cut —at least, to all seeming. In actual fact the slightly circular shape is due to a very colnplicated cutting which has an air of simplicity, Light shoes with green uppers are worn, but the gloves are usually white.

White gloves have an increasing vogue, and seem to take no heed oi stockings. Besides green, scarlet is rife, and it is perhaps its colour which sometimes causes it to assume an ec * clesiastical cut. Slim scarlet dresses may be worn with capes which suggest a priest, and the capes are ornamented yrith little ecclesiastical buttons and many of‘them. Sleeves here are long and slender, and the whole effect is father cassock-like; especially when the beret becomes almos . a biretta. It is curious how all kinds of uniforms have come in again, and women are wearing coats, jackets, suits which suggest anything from a footman to a buttons, from mess-kit to an Eton jacket. A cross between the real dress and the suit is the tunic and skirt. Sqme : times, of course, the tunic is merely a slightly bloused bodice witl ? fairly broad belt and a basque. Here all the blues are preyaleht and deep tones afe... seen on all hands, where they are not cut out by green and scarlet. Skirts with tunic are usually made with a very deep hip yoke, so that the Basfue bodice may be connected oy Basque badices may be connected by some well-marked fucks at the sides under the arms, which are evenly distributed above and below the belt. This gives a good fit and yet allows of looseness in the actual bodice part. The bodice has a V neck and is of the wrapover kind ending in a point. Round the point is white lingerie, which also appears in a ring and a little cockscomb .at the upper arm. With white gauntlet gloves, this makes a very fresh and businesslike dress.

Hat for Afternoon Frock. With the afternoon frock, t'-ie hat is naturally of the utmost importance. Just recently there has been a spate of new hats, some cf which are due to Jeff,, formerly designer to Jane Regny. Here may be seen men’s boaters, the crowns covered with deeply patterned stuff, and having a slightly Spanish look. Here are sailors of all kinds, but all with a ribbon deep enough to cover the wall of the crown.

There is, indeed, an attempt to do away with the all too shallow hav, which takes a great deal of putting on and which is not entirely in keeping with the modern note so-called. In this interest there is an Edwardian hat which is not unlike a policeman’s helmet, except that the point in front is less pronounced and is a little to the side. This' is very becoming for rather ceremonial occasions, and it looks very well with a veil, of which not a few 'people are glad to take advantage. The policeman’s hat goes best with dressy dresses of silk or satin, worn with a dignified coat. There are other bats inclining toward a point in front, and when they are black a white, rose may be lodged upon the point. There are hats in charming basket weaves, and others which are made simply of the canvas used for needlework and trimmed with butter muslin. They look very light and sunny. Finally, the poke is seen here and tlie-e. and should be rather a snare to the Englishwoman with her p n »sion for the picturesque and her face which ■c generally too long and t’<in to beer it. At least there are hats to, suit -'■■eryone, if everyone will not insist or (rung suited with the same model.

HOLIDAY CLOTHES. The “cummerbund” (the kamnr-h-nd). or waist snsli of the East. is making its appearance in London shops a- n novel addition to holiday attire At one show there was a navy skirt in crinkle wool material with a cummerbund .finished with a point. With n was worn a thick wooj fishnet jumner and a jacket of guardsman’s red—-double-brejwted at the .shoulders and

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| single-breasted at the waist. The cum- | merbund, too, was red—it is always in bright contrast to the skirt, and gives a high-waisted effect. For sailing or cruising the Eton or bell-boy jacket is very popular worn with a white skirt. Nautical brass buttons form a line down the front on, the navy,,b,}ue material.,:.,-; . The, double-breasted military; jacket, with wide lapels and shiny ; buttons, still rqles the style ip, travelling,..suits. In bro.wn wool it is woi;p,.with a .beige skirt, or in soft shades of grass-green. CLEVER HORSEWOMAN. The champion horsemen of six countries were confounded by an English girl .at the closing session of the international Horse Show at Olympia. Opposed to 80 competitors, Miss Stella M. Pierce won the “Daily Mail” Cup for the second successive year. Prizewinners in all other jumping classes of the show competed for it. Miss Pierce was one of ten who cleared all the obstacles on the first round] seventy others were eliminated. She had .entered two horses and had a perfect round on both. In the final round, with the jumps raised, Miss Pierce cleared all the jumps on her black mart Girlie. Her horsemanship was so,:, superior that the judges made the award immediately, and croivds of women and men who had waited until midnight to sec the finish rushed out into the ring t* cheer her. Miss Pierce is a pretty brunette o 1 22 who runs her own ndirig s. ho 1, -T Four Oaks Riding School in Warwick shire.

BLACK MAGIC WAYS. LOVE POTIONS: MAGIC DROPS. Love potions and magic drops ar still being peddled by gipsy fortune tellers in the Black Conutry near Birmingham. The belief in brack magi persists in the Black Country because herbs associated with witchcraft and love philtres—tansy, saffron, mountain flax, chicory, hemlock, marshmallow', and -coltsfoot —grow among the slag heaps and pit mounds there.

One love potion recipe which a miner’s wife bought from a gipsy for ten shillings read: “Gather a teacupful of young leave of the rosebay willow herb. Mix, wit’ an eggful of equal portions of pow.de ■ ed saffron and the roots of mounta 1 ’ flax. Brew for an hour overa wo; d fin in .the open,'I’at 1 ’at the frill mo m Strain through a muslin bag and bottle in. a blue bottle. Pour two drop Jo half a teaspoonful into the wayward lover’s drink until he is cured. D not reveal this recipe to any one or the spell will be broken.” The miner husband caught his wifepouring- stuff from a blue bottle into his tea, beat her, and the case ended in court.

HAVE YOU TRIED THESE? Douchess Soup. 2 tablespoons tapioca, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 onion, chopped finely, quart milk, or half milk and water, 9 / hV« 'rn>ns butter, ij-oup grated cheese. .2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Boi' milk and onions, salt, pepper and tntill tapioca is clear. Add butte’ and parsley and, just , before serving stir in the grated cheese. Salmon Mould. Mix together 11b ‘tinned salmon and 1 teacup breadcrumbs. Beat up three eggs with a little milk; add this, t salmon, also pepper, salt, and 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Put mixture into buttered basin and steam for 1? hours. This can be served hot or cold. If hot, serve with parsley sauce. Canelle. 2 cups minced cold lamb or mutton, lump butter, 2 eggs beaten, salt and pepper, good half-cup of breadcrumbs. Beat to a cream over the fire. When bet put into a mould and press down. Cover with buttered paper and steam for an hour and a half. Serve hot with gravy and garnish with lemon. Emma’s Pudding. Put 1 cup boiling water, J cup sugar, 2oz butter, 1 tablespoonful golden syrup into pudding basin. Set in saucepan. Then make the following mixture, 1J cups flour, loz butter, level teaspoonful each soda and cream tartar, pinch of salt. Mix to soft dough with milk and drop into mixture in basin. Steam ’half to three-quarters of an hour.