Fashion and Things Feminine.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 219, 20 October 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

By IDA MELLER -

A PRETTY MODE FOR TUSSORE. In buying the new-season's wardrobe, the woman with an eye to economy should carefully consider a system 1 colour that will enable her to "harmonise" hats and costumes one with another. and to render her wardrobe very complete in detail at the smallest bid outlf-j. With regard to the now tailor-made, it should, for all practical purposes, be either dark blue or mole-colour, or, again, black-and-white check might be chosen . A dark red or a dark blue hat would look well with either the first or last-named costume, while a brown straw hat would adapt itself to a mole oi' dark-blue suit. In choosing a feather boa, the same discretion should l.v observed 11 relation to colour-har-menv. the boa adapting itself agreeably t> an / two costumes selected. If a littlo thought be given beforehand to the important business of

selecting the new outfit, greater satisfaction will result from the purchases. The well-dressed woman makes a po nt of studying detail, and considers every sartorial item she buys in relation to the whole of Iter outfit, and this is why her toillettes are always successful. She takes no risks, but chooses <with a purpose, and has quite made up her mm J what she wants and means to have before she sets out to buy. If she s obliged to cut down expenses as much as possible, she will choose dark, serviceable colours, and her " little ' ciresses, made in the one-piece style, will probably show either dark-blue or brown grounds. Very serviceable arc the navy-blue foulards and double-qual-ity voiles flowered with deep carnationcoloured bouquets or showored with v.hite spots. A new and novel dress for spring wear is illustrated, and one can picture it developed in navy-blue suiting, trimmed with embroidery >:n black soutache o'i a red ground or in Russian colours, and also in shantung or tussore silk, tiimmcd with brown embroidery. The bod'ice, which fastens on the shoulders, is cut low in the neck and filled in with a muslm or ninon chemisette, and at the waist the fiont overhips, while the sides ar,e belted. The s'eev.es are shorter on the top than at the sides, and fall oivr long undersleeves of ninon or muslin. The skirt .s gathered at the waist and hangs soft and full below. This dress would be very useful in marine-blue shantung cr natural-coloured tussore silk.

SPRING HATS Spring hats, with their floral garnitures, are very fascinating, and it ■= gcod to observe that the ever-becoming sailor-shape is with as usual. Flowers are the favourite trimmings, but they are sparsely used—with gre.it effect, however, little knots of mixed blossoms, or a single full-blown rose f-r gardenia, proving a sufficient trimming foi a moderate-sized hat.' Ribons also are much used on bats and are made up into big loops that form high trimmings, and are poise:! either at side of a hat or at tlie hack. , , . , Small, close-fitting hats of straw share honours with the sailor hat 'it moderate-sized brim, and, like the latter. are trimmed with flowers. The sailor lint illustrated on the figure with spring dr.ess described, is a lovely style for silk or straw, trimmed with single flowers round the band »t the crown and light forage in front. The brim is a wide, becoming shape.

SPRING CLKAMXO. The sen son has come round ngam when housewives are faced with the task of turning out rooms and cupboards, getting rid ol accumulations of dust and rubbish and generally overhauling their homes, for the annual Spriiur Clean is recognised as a "necessary evrl" that brings alVr-comfort and cleanliness, though it upsets the liome fOl the time-being. A few nott'.'s oil liow to clean tins, tiiat, and the oth r article, may help t'j quicken the task of Spring Cleaning where much experienic in the art lias not vet lucen had. 'l'o* remove givase-sinvns from wallpaper, nux pipe-c'ay with water to tho consistency ol cream, spread it o\er th**' marks, allow it to remain for a day an.l a night, tlv'ii remove ft with a stiff i rush and tlr >tains should have disanpe.ired. "For cleaning painted walls, dissolve two ounces of borax in-two quarts oi water, add one toaspooiiful of ammonia, and use half the amunt made up to a pailful o£ water. I se to soap. Jlix line saw-dust with gluo to a stiff for filling nail holes or cracks in wood, and tho patch will hardly Tic disu'vnible. \Ya«h japanned ware with a spony.o that has been damped 'n warm v.nfer, and dry immediately with a solt clot 1 Sweet oil anplied with a woollen cloth will remove"obstinate -note

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An easy way of cleaning stuff-chairs is to take a bar of common, rough salt and rub it all over the chair. Jt will not hurt the most delicate coiours, ani it brings off soil easily and quickly, and is recommended for carpets as well u? chairs. When brushed free from salt, the chairs should be much unproved in appearance. \\ hen turning out a room, instead of polishing the furniture with polish, try i leather wrung out of clean, warm water, and then polish" briskly with a duster.

If polished boards are first rubb.u veil with a cloth dipped in turpentine, tr, remove sta.ns, and then polished with beswax and turpentine mixed, t'iey should look very well. lo clean and restore white enamel furniture that has become soiled, treat il thus: —Melt one tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda '-n one quart of boiling water, and when thb water has cioled, wash the furniture with the solution, using an old flannel cloth for the purpose. If a fettle whiteing is used on a clean ius'ter when cleaning windows, it will remove grease and the windows are likely to remain clean longer than t simply washed with a damp cloth.

SIMPLE COSMETICS. There i<~ no need to fly to expensive cosmetics in order to obtain really good creams and lotions for tTie face. There are numbers of cheap articles that do the work quite as well, and some of them may be found in the ordinary household cupboard. To begin with, nothing is better tor a dry skin than oliv'o oil, but comparatively few women think of putting "t to use as a cosmetic. It has an excellent effect upon the skin, feeding tin tissues and preventing wrinkles. A woman who uses the olive oil treatment is in the habit of wiping a little oi the oil over her face with a p'ece of soft linen every night after the usual ablutions, and also on returning from a walk in the day, if the w:nd has been high or the temperature chilly, and her skin is beautifully smooth and in consequence. White of an ,egg, which is always : t hand in the home kitchen, is anothe." hne cosmetic, and is especially helptul ia chas'.ng away wrinkles. There is gen(:aily enough white left in the shell of an egg that has been used fo; cooking t) serve for toilet use. A camel-hair hush should be dipped in the white and applied to all the lines round the eves and mouth, and on the forehead after the faoe has Jiecn bathed with v. arm water. The wii'to of egg must l e allowed to remain for about a quarter of an hour, alter which period 't r: ay be washed off. This treatment will help greatly to avert wrinkles. When the skin needs bracing it should oe bathed with water to which has boon added two teaspoonfuls -.f white vinegar. For removing stains on the hands, lemon is considered as good as anything and it is advisable to keep a cut lemon on the 'Wash-stand for dany use.

OVERALL EROCKS FOR THE HOME. So much are household overalls and aprons in use among modern housewives, that most women would consider thevr everyday wardrobes incomplete without a change of overall for home canteen work. The household overall has, naturally, improved in appearance with the m-

creased demand upon it. and while it is esentially practical in design, it may, at the same tine, be quite dainty in appearance. Smocking and honeycombing are pivtty features introduced into many an overall, and the coat pattorn is also a favourite. The newest idea, however, is tho frock overall which is really made like a one-piece frock, with bodice and sk it sown to one another at the waist, the listening being arranged with buttons iind button-holes all the way up tti3 fiont. .At the waist is a band of the ilivss material, which is not a separate ;.fi'air. but is st'tchcd to the waist and is fastened with a l utton and JiuttonhoL\ Somo of the bodices of these overall-frocks are made with sleeves thiit- develop into yokes. The neck ma b.» turned in to a point of fastened l:;rh. The overall frock illustrated, is made ii,. in striped cotton material. If of ;:('-inch width, IJ yards will be needed. 'J he paper pattern is in seven parts, and includes half the back of bodic.o, one fiont, one sleeve, one cuff, one front of skirt. one sidegorc, and half the back. Ihe diagram indicates tb.e pattern p'ecos laid on the material, folded m half lengthwise. Baboons possess a remarkable instinct for finding water, and haw beet used for that nurpose in South Africa.