WOMAN’S WORLD.

Putaruru Press, Volume I, Issue 5, 15 November 1923, Page 1

WOMAN’S WORLD.

A DRAPED COAT-FROCK. , There are two distinct types of dress that have come in with the new fashions. The one style concerns the long, graceful draped gown, that is 1 so elegant and becoming; tl.e other . relates to the frock with fitted, pointed corsage and full skirt, with a suggestion of crinoline over the hips. This latter frock is, for the present, usually of taffetas. Instead of being shorn off to an all-round waist level, the bodice is cut to a sharp point in front, and as for the crinoline effect, this is suggested by a mass of little pinked frills, grouped over the hips, or by three cords, covered with silk, trimming each hip and finishing with rosettes. Again, there are silk skirts with cord trimmings that encircle the figure and do not stop at the hips but continue their career right round the skirt, the hips being kept wide, however. With these fanciful little frocks, puff sleeves are quite in character, and when the sleeves are required long, chiffon is added to the puffs and hangs to the wrists in any fashion preferred. The coat-frock illustrated gives an idea of one of the new draped models for early Spring wear. The original is carried cut in fine black cloth, and the drapery is confined to the waist, where the material is rucked and caught at the left-side with a bow of black satin-ribbon. The frock is trimmed with grey marabout and fastens along the left side. This particular • frock is cut with a separate top and skirt, joined under the folds of

drapery, but many of the new models are cut all-in-one, with just a few rucks of material over the hips nr slightly above, and arc necessarily cut very wide in the skirt, though hanging with a narrow effect. The put-in sleeve is very fashionable again, fhough the shouldcr-seain is kept so fine and flat as to be scarcelv perceptible. Not infrequently, when ‘silk-braid trims a coat or ‘a frock, it is brought over the shoulderline to render quite invisible tlie seam ami keep the shoulder as flat as possible. Wide silk-braid or embroidery, by the way, might replace marabout on the coat-frock sketched, as the season advances

BEADED JUMPERS.

The slenderising line is the one aimed at in the newer fashions, just as it has been the distinguishing note of fashions of the past year or two. But it will be more emphasized than over now for the reason that r the longer skirt, with its straight lines, !

• helps os much as the fashionable long waist to give apparent length to the | figure, and the long skirt will be the i only one accepted by dress authorities. Much ‘ drapery is seen, of- course, in dresses and in separate skirts, but the drapery scarcely interferes with the usual straight line, for it is very

simple, and owing to the soft, limp fabrics of the day, flic folds lie flat arid avoid anvthing in the nature of daring effects." interesting/ and/ no Jess fascinating arc the little jackets for interior wear that have sprung into being. Sometimes it is difficult to decide whether a jacket, for it combines the features of both, and is as attractive as it is original. The jacket is generallv openfronted—more or less—whereas the juniper, as we know it. slips over the head and is closed back and front. But the new creations, or some of thorn, at least, differ from the regulation jumper in that they fasten invisibly along he centre-front, and are easy, therefore, to slip on. The prettiest are much' beaded. A lovely little jumper of the now kind is illustrated. It is arranged with fronts that close invisibly, is seamed from the shoulders to the tips of the sleeves, and is prettily beaded. The belt is finished with a chop-over end, beaded and fringed, and two little pockets trimmed in a similar way are posed on the liips. Made of rosecoloured velveteen, embroidered and

s'ringel with opal-coloured beads and rose-coloured silk, it is an cquisite addition to the wardrobe, and could be worn over a black skirt or any soft silk material, while, of course, it could bo copied in eharmeusc, taffetas, and oilier materials with the most attractive results.

In grey crepe de chine with steelcoloured embroideries, tlie juniper would, no doubt, be very useful to many a woman for dinner or theatre wear.

THE CARE OF JEWELLERY.

care must be taken to avoid loosenin' the settings of precious stones. To remove dust, use a small, ven

soft brush, and afterwards apply a little finely powdered whiting, and brush it over the stones and settings that need cleaning; or clip the brush in a tepid lather made of mild soap and water: and rinec afterwards with Kau de Cologne. . If dust and grease have accumulated to an extent that renders a more ckii'Stie iiveo.tmen.L.necessary in order to restore precious'''Stones' to eleanliness, let the jewels soak for two or three hours in methylated spirit, then brush them and dry them in line sawdust or bran, and tin ally polish them by r-u?.-.-bing with chamois leather. - • Jewellery that is dull-looking but not- actually dirty may be quickly cleaned and brightened by clippi-ifg a pad of soft silk in methylated spirit and rubbing it over the trinkets, finishing off by a polish with the brush, which must be of the softest possiblekind.

To keep pearls in good condition, it suffices to wipe them over with chamois leather and gently polish them.

WATERPROOFING BOOTS.

To keep out wet from, boots, apply a mixture made of equal parts of mniton fat, beeswax, and sweet oil. Melt these together in a pan over the stove, and when tlie mixture has cooled, uj» ply it to the boots plentifully, particularly about the seams and edges of Ihe soles. It should make the boots fairly waterproof, and this is a very desirable thing with school-boots.