Summer Shoes Always Make Cool and Pleasant Work of Walking

NZ Truth, Issue 1209, 31 January 1929, Page 15

Summer Shoes Always Make Cool and Pleasant Work of Walking

THE skirt of this charming * debutante-ish gown of tulle and white moire satin, is made simply m three circular tiers carrying many yards of tulle, and the bodice is tight, and finished with a double row of pearls ' m a mediaeval necklet effect. This bouffant frock is'an example of the fluffy style at its best, and only goes to prove that _.. . like every other 1 style of gown it J needs careful jf manipulation and !;_ attention paid |/J to line work. */J

THE vogue 1 for rep- §l*Bp% tile shoes never jrc^lk» v '^' dies. This snake- ilNif^al skin pair are smooth and polished, made m the popular round toe and stilt heel style. The T-bar is finished with a. little tag. This shoe is a good wearing model, with a thin and flexible and yet serviceable sole, and remarkably graceful lines. It is ideal for summer.

AN ENLIGHTENED YOUNG LADY

Dominion Will Fuss. Over Elsa 'Borg

So Elsa Borg, wife ol Arne Borg, the great swimming elmmpion from Sweden, will be oyer In New Zealand m March. She should interest the women of this Dominion, especially m Wellington where the young matrons make it. their business to dress and look smart. Elsa is one of those beautiful blondes from Sweden, the little* monarchy of the north, where the women believe m the expression of their own individuality. y

WHEN Mrs. Borg arrived m Japan m the sweltering heat of the East after spending her life m a cold climate, she found^that one way of getting cool was to go without stockings— -t0,, . m fact, follow the accepted custom of the- women living m a very hot country. ! Mrs. Boi'g only goes stockingless [ when she. is wearing a sleeveless i* summer frock, pf the sports variety,

©LACK velvet and rhine- ** stones make this glittering pair of evening shoes. The lovers' knots of brilliants on the front is something new m the slworld. Velvet makes an exce medium for a dancing shoe, as soft to the feet, and does not the toe like satin.

_ and even wore stockings at night < i when dancing, contrary to /the cus- . torn of the American and British r girls whose families are stationed j m Shanghai and other white strongholds of the East. 1 When she wore no stockings m Sydney on the very hot days she was considering her own comfort, and not trying to start a new fashion or bring herself into the lime- „ light. '■'..■'■ Another reason for her dis- j»* pensing with stockings was that she found the heat so great that L. even the lightest corset was p burdensome to her, and acting 1 on doctors' advice she eschewed § garters as being harmful to the § circulation of the blood. | what treatment she i wouid advise for the beautif j'ing of legs with discolorations or marks on them, she replied "stockings." '■..-'. Mrs. Borg has been married only three months, but she was engaged to her husband for a year. They were married m Japan m an atmosphere of congratulations and champagne, I with the Japanese and English and American community eager 1 to make much of the young § couple. , I She is delicately and grace- § fully built, with a pretty childish face and great charm of riiemner. Although she numbers among her friends the bulk of the world's most famous athletes, she claims no prowess m that direction herself, and swims for the fun of it. Her hobby seems to be collect--1 ing snaps, as mementoes of won- | derful days spent m , strange 3 countries, leading the life she f loves. There are boxes and albums full of snaps of husband Arne, § kher friends and herself, posed m 1 settings of picturesque beauty 1 and strangeness. - _L

■ They are of absorbing interest to her as being a radical change from the settings of her home m Stockholm! For a much-interviewed: young woman, Mrs. Borg has a remarkable freshness of manner, poise and charm, as well as good looks, and the famous . Arne himself for a husband.

ithis year are all m favor of a Color motif worked m with white. The shoes shown here, are of p white plain and plaited kid, and have a plaitings of red kid and a red I medallion on the toe of th© shoe. They t are a very cool and comfortable style f of shoe, yvith Cuban heels and slender straps. Plaited shoes for day and evening wear are going to be very popular this and all sorts of colors and color contrasts are being used. The only fault of the plaited leather shoe is that it is liable to stretch with much wear, but m the new weaves this difficulty is largely overcome, as they are jlaited exceedingly tightly, and hayea good leather sole and heel foundation. Plaited oes are suitable for almost any type of frock, they appear among the most popujar _of ng shoes, carried out m gold and silvfer kid, >rilliant heels or trimmings of colored, kid.

Home Again

A FTER a year or more of touring the *^ British Isles, Francis Bate and his wife, who is best known to Christchurch people as Gladys Vincent, the talented violinist, have returned to v their native heath, full of enthusiasm regarding the musical standards which are set by the higher schools of the Old Country.

Throughout their trip they were guests at the principal recitals and * musical functions at Home, and also received a number of engagements which helped to develop their knowledge of the art. Soon before he left England, Francis secured an engagement with Paul Belingante's string quintet, which toured England.

Both he and his wife speak enthusiastically of their experiences and they are assured of a warm welcome when next they appear m public m Christchurch.

LINENLINES

Always launder new linens before putting them away- for '.' any. length of time. Sunshine is necessary if linens ; are to retain their whiteness. Never starch Linen which is to be put away for a long time. To keep it from turning yellow, wrap m a fast color blue paper. Avoid, as -far as possible, creasing your linens; i■ - .