Fashion and Things Feminine.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 235, 15 December 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

By IDA MELLER • • Copyright.

A SPORTS COAT OF COTTON" CORDUROY.

One of the popular fashions of the day is the costume made up of a skirt ol one material and a c-oat of another. Ihe skirt may bo of striped and the coat of plain stuff, or vice Versa. The effect is very good when the skirt is of black-and-white striped material and the coat is either plain black or plain white, and, again, good results are obtained from a coat of blue-and-white piqu'e or blue crepon. Cloth and washing materials are, oddly enough, mixed in this way, and the results are new and attractive when the suits are wellmade and the colours carefully chosen, for a chic coat and a smart skirt combined are certain to result in a natty suit.

Jhe sports coat illustrated may be made of cotton corduroy and worn with a skirt of any material. For n mediumsized figure, about three yards of 54inch material will be required to make the coat. The shoulder is cut with ample length, that gives a becoming width to the figure. Each sleeve is cut in one piece, which renders it easy-fitting, and is finished with a deep cuff. The home-dressmaker who carefully follows the cutting-out guide, will lie immune against mistakes or waste of material. To begin with, the corduroy, linen, shantung, or whatever material tire coat l;e made of. should lie folded

in half, and along the lengthwise fold should be placed the back of the belt and 1 back of the coat. To the right of this latter, lay the cuff and pocket, near to the selvedge, and below them a space iwill be found marked out in diagram for the facing of the fronts. Xo pattern of this is given, as the facing should be cut from the coat pattern itself. Immediately below the pattern of buck should be laid the sleeve pattern ; then follow the collar, laid to the fold, and the front patterns, with straight edge on a line with the selvedge. There are seven pattern pieces in all.

A sports coat of this sort- is always useful for summer wear, and would look very well developed in natural-col-oured tussore as well as in saxe-bluo or biscuit-coloured linen or cotton corduroy. The pockets are particularly smart, with their long straps, buttoned on to the belt. The coat fastens with buttons and button-holes and the facing to the fronts form, of course, the face to the revers.

Illustrated wtih the coat is a large sailor hat of straw, trimmed with a band of ribbon.'

It is always a pretty task to dress the children, and ft should be a very enjoyable one this summer, since juvenile- fashions are exceedingly chmrming.

A great many frocics arc made in ■white embroidered muslin, for which there is always a demand, and those for girls of ton years and upwards aro mado with frilled waists. This is a neat style for girls and keeps the waist

turn. The frill need* to be of soft -tuff and to keep dose to the waist. Some pretty little frocks for girls cl six anu seven years of ago are made ol voile, and are supplied with the frilled waists alluded to; others are jf cotton shantung, made quite simply, and are in shades of pink and pale bue Black-and-white small-sized checks, in cotton and other materials, are also very fashionable for girls of .ill ages, and are made up into nice little dresses and also into coats. These latter are fastened with pear'i buttons i;t a fairly hwge size, and are sometimes trimmed with black silk braid in a moderate degree; but the less trimming employed on children's coats and frocks, the better.

A simple and very serviceable little frock for a girl of sis or seven years is illustrated, and it would work out very well in linen or serge. A novel feature is the little vest-piece of tucked lawn or pique, introduced in front and finished with a collar of its own material. This little vest might be "clipped" to the bodice of the frock, so that it coudl be easily removed for laundry purposes. The frock is made as a onepiece model and is loosely belted, and sleeves aro set into large armholes.

THE .MISTAKE OF ACCUMULATING.

TO BRIGHTEN TILES.

THE HOME LAUNDRESS

USEFUL FROCK FOR A CHILD

GOOSEBERRY PUDDING

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Tliere are certain, things it pays to accumulate - health, knowledge, friends, and enough money to keep one from dependence; but to accumulate use loss litter, or if not actually litter, things that give no comfort, and are a constant cause of wasted energy in keeping them clean, is a mistake." et there are numbers of housewives who have mania for hoarding the useless—it may be furniture or clothing--and hording things for the .sole purpose, it would seem, of giving the extra work of constant cleaning, of causing nervous fret, and rendering the living-rooms cramped. How much wiser it would be to get rid of the non-es-sentials?

Possibly they are kept for old associations' sake, possibly because ,f they may come in useful some day.'' When ttho former is tha reason, 'it is truly very hard to part with the " white elephants,'' that one would, all the same, be wiser to relinquish; but when there are 110 tender memories associated with them and they are retained at great personal inconvenience, on the vague chance that they may be of service in the distant future, then the superfluous hoards should be got rid of. Besides saving house-cleaning time and extra sweeping and dusting, getting rid of non-essential furniture and bric-a-brac helps to solve the servant pi obtain, which is more easily overcome when we learn to live with few l>e!ongings.

There are women who accumulate with intei't and purpose, others who do so unconsciously—rather from a spirit of procrastination than anything else. They always mean to discord and tear up, but the throwing-away moment never seems to arrive, and so their accumulations increase.

In order to clean and biighten tiles that have Income slightly stained, they should be rubbed with, a cut lemon dipped in salt, then left for a few minutes, and washed in the usualway. Afterwards, let them be dried with a soft rubber and every stain should have disappeared, the result being that the tiles look bright and shining.

Unless a garment, after it has been washed, is thoroughly well rinsed, it will not look as it should do. Rinse it i?: two waters, roll it up in a dry, clean cloth, and leave it for half an hour to rbsorb the greater part of the moisture. Wincey, delaine, and such-like materials hold j great deal of water. They will "'come up" better if ironed while slightly damp. If rolling them in a cloth does not remove enough moisture to make ironing easy, hang the garments on the lint; for half an hour in a moderately warm place. Silk garments do not hold; moisture like flaniK'i ones, and silk blouses, etc., rarely need more than rolling up and honing shortly afterwards. A hot iron must lie used for delaines, but great care must be taken to avoid anything in the nature of a scorch \\ hen ironing, work as quickly as possible, and avoid aking a back stroke when ironing gathers, or creases will fellow. All embroidery or lace should be ironed on the wrong side over a flannel pad or piece of blanket, to raise the pattern, and care should be taken to iron all thick parts and hems very thoroughly, as they hold a good deal of water.

The edges of lace should be picked nut with the fingers before being iioned, iiiiil should be very carefully dealt with.

To one pound of flour, mx ounces of snot slioihd bo allowed. With these ingredients and some water, a paste, .is for beefsteak pudding should be made ({oil it out thin, and line a well (•uttered pudding-basin with part of it, ii'l it with gooseberries. "topped and tailed." and add a slice or two of lemon peel, cut very thin, if the flavour is approved of. The lemon-peel may be omitted if preferred. Moisten the edges ':! the paste, cut out a piece_from the left-over portion and put it over the t. p of t!iv.> pudding, press the edges will together and cut the paste neatly round th" edges to a level thickness. Put the basin into a floured cloth and tie it tightly over: then put it into a saucepan of boiling waer and boil it. When done, turn the pudding from the iiaMii 011 to a hot dish.

If tliv pudding is boiled in a cloth, without a basin, the cloth. nn:-t be flipped into hot water, dredged with Hour, and laid into an emptv kasin. that the crust may lie formed in )i. Ibis recip • holds good for all !ru:t pvddings.

The man who lives for pleasure ha* 110 real pleasure. Tho man who lives for something better often lias pleasure. and r. great deal more besides.