NOTES FOR WOMEN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 330, 21 January 1911, Page 2

NOTES FOR WOMEN.

cliquf.te ;inil t be ;<. i'c;. WVSI, yi. i:i« i>.;t i;ilor.yr.i, c;::e ot ihir Oilseed Wellington, Tuesday. Dear Isobel,—People are slowly drifting back into town again after the holidays and nearly eveyone is j beginning to think cf planning their autumn outfits. Of course it is both j too early in the year and far too hot yet to do anything but feel rather !faint at the thought of the velvet, ! sables and cloth to be worn next winter, but few women can resist the charms of the newest fashion papers when they present the delightful trio above-mentioned in all their aluring grace. Hats are really very much smaller ' and I quite expect that by the autumn proper we will be wearing the small i close fitting turbans of swathed vei- : vet, fur, beaver and even face cloth. ; I notice that all the very smartest i models have scarcely any trimming at j all, but that what there is must he of the very best quality procurable which, by (lie way, is never cheap or leven moderate. Many uf these little turbans have for their solo trimming a big beaded or cut cabochon placed a little to the left of the front and holding a bunch of sweeping osprey feathers in place. Hats are being turned up at the front and side-front ■ much more frequently than they have ; been for some time, and in this case ■ they are usually quite un trimmed save ] for the big buckles or rosettes used to [ fasten the edge of the brim to the crown. The most wonderful effects ; are being procured with bird mounts, : and some of the shading is really I marvellous. Of course there is never anything else on a hat when one of these gorgeous birds is used, for which we should thank the powers that rule fashions, as the cost, of a bird is as great as thu number of colours introduced in the plumage. In opposition ' to the little swathed turbans which fit closely over the hair are the wide lowcrowned hats trimmed with long sweeping leathers and flowers of faded gold, silver and even aluminium of which I have seen a number among the late it importations from Home, and really I can hardly say which is the more charming of the two, certainly they will be equally fashionable so in the matter of hats we will be at liberty to suit ourselves this '. autumn even more than has been the : case this last season. Fichus have been slowly coming to the fore lately and the latest dcvelop- ; ment, which I strongly suspect to be | move an adaptation of the new wide : cloak rev-ers than a true fichu, is cf ; lace edged with a wide lace bounce, ! shaped to lie flatly like a collar and ! long enough to reach to below the ! waist where it is either tucked into the belt or allowed to fall in loose ■ points at the front. These detachable lace fichus seem to me an admirable method of altering a gown ; for the moment, and would do equally well over an Empire or a ; princess frock, which would then serve for e.u informal evening dress : or make a plain dress look more ! elaborate for afternoon wear. What is to me rather a novel idea j is a tiny set of "garters" for kee.p- ---: ing a baby's sleeves from falling | over its wee hands ss they often do. I The ones I saw svere of soft nicked ! satin and lace bows with a fine elastic I run through an inside casing, the advantage of the set I saw laying in the '< fact of there being two separate | "garters" for each arm joined toI gether at the inside of the sleeve, one j band holding the little sleeve above i the elbow ar.ci the other one just below | the bti:d, thus evading the difficulty ! of keeping these useful little applij anees in their correct position which i has hitherto been rather a problem I when a baby gets restless. Another | pretty little affair of the same stamp J was a rucked band of ribbon with 1 little resettes at each end mounted on ! elastic for holding back a child's | hair. 'ihe rosettes were placed just behind the ears, the remainder of ihi band below the hair at the back being of the uncovered elastic. This is both i daitay ami inexpensive as it is much ! more elaborate than an ordinary bow ■ and loops aiul saves the wear and tear on a ribbon of constantly tying it up in bows. The same idea looks well ; for school wear with a band of plain ; velvet ribbon about an inch and a-haif ! wide used in place of the more flimsy ! ribbon required for the first arrange- | ment. which was really intended for | party wear. i While on the subject of children's i things I must tell you of an ingenious ! way in which a friend of mine ein--1 broiders her child's dres-es. Finding ! that neariy all the designs that one ! buvs required far more work (ban she ! had time to expend on them she drew circles of any size she wanted, slight- | ly overlapping and then simply feather-stitched them round. The I circle can be of any »i;te from the I round of a -penny to that of ap egg ] cup or small wine glass, acording | to'the width of border desire, taking j great care that all the circles over- ; jap the same amount. This casily- | worked pattern can be further elaborated by the addition oc French knots or Ibo beautiful open work ■ known s.i Jlermucia faggotting, even the tiny ''pic-holes'' beloved of our grardmothsiS are not to be despised fur quickly done and striking effect on all kinds of '"white work." The turn of Fashion's wheel has again brought into fashion the long, giant sanely-pins so useful for keeping }> motor cap or veil in place without ihe d.tii.uo; - of putting out one's prettv examples of motor pins recuntly in geld m.d silver, sot with vat ions precious stones, a prominent I'fsiirn this year being the Swastika, which ~ believed to bo the oldest "iucky charm" 01 of success in the work!, and which is being embroidered, stamps !. made and 'printed on everything and anything possible this summer. A clever nut ion comes from Loudon in the shape of a fine jewelled platinum , plaque mounted on a solid foundation

of enamel whist) is removable a-id can i be changed for others of diii'ereot ; shades and colours. The whole set is neatly fitted into a tiny case along with the little screw necessary for 'effecting the alteration. The newest, and I think the pretti- ! est, yoke of the day is a small round shape with a tiny square at the lower I edge of the front, making tha whole yoke appear to be a very much twisted about-"V." Quite often the little piece is oval or even round with the edge of the upper, or proper yoke held together by a tiny bar of velvet. Usually the only note of colour on the dark gowns so much worn this year lies in a small piping of velvet of | some bright shade around a yoke of | this kind and in the high girdle.-Yours | faithfully, PATRICIA.