FRILLS AND FLOUNCES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 4

FRILLS AND FLOUNCES

THE PICTURE FROCK By JOAN' KOSSITER Dance frocks are still made on those well-known straight, brief lines, but i just now most of us are being ! tempted by the more alluring folds of 1 the latest picture models. I Of course, the bouffant style is not ! generally becoming, but there are | slight period effects which can be | adapted to suit every type of girl. ! For instance, for the very-young ; girl, there are demure styles. One ! sleeveless frock in town the other afternoon was of lemon georgette-and I had a low, round neck, finished by a i narrow collar. The full skirt of iuj numerable tiers of flat frills *ss I caught up at the left side under a '■ large Victorian posy, tied with long • sash ends. This mode was labelled ! "picture," without being at all esI treme. Novel Necklines I have seen a pretty gold net frock, with a round neck, a deeper neck-line being traced in coloured silk floweps, in the popular mayoral chain fashion. From the centre of this hung a knot of multi-coloured ribbons, and the skirt of gold tissue was covered with three rows of gold net. arranged very full on the hips. An all-black scheme, which always gives so soignee an appearance, is to be relied upon when it follows the mode I saw recently. Thick bla£*c silk had been used, scalloped and finished with a net hem. The top of the skirt was gauged, and from low on the bodice, across into the skirt, ran a spray of flowers in diamante. Very effective are blue crepe de chine and black satin, when the bodice of blue is on a pointed yoke, and threequarters of the lower part of the skirl | is of the satin, joined by a scroll design in silver ribbon. The satin is also mixed into the ragged shoulder posy. Green and Gold Even more original was the creation showing a green pleated skirt and gold lace bodice, as a {front panel only, under, as it were, an open “coat” of stiff black silk, embroidered with tiny flowers, shaped at the bodice and elaborately hunched on the hips. At a smart ball the other night a white panne-velvet frock in picture style w r as worn, which could well be described as distinctive, because it was not trimmed in any glittering fashion. Just the "key” pattern had been traced in velvet, on the net hem and yoke. Consistent with the scheme was a thick gold cord, worn as a necklace, without any jewel ornament. Undoubtedly. picture frocks are greatly favoured at the moment, and all tones of yellow, including blonde and gold, seem to be the most popular. If the water in your tank is cloudy one packet of Epsom salts will clear a big tankful, and will not be tasted. For tired, aching feet, dip alternately in.hot and cold water. This increases the circulation, and gives instant relief. To clean brickwork (chimney fronts, etc.), wash the bricks with spirits of salts broken down with a little water. Apply with brush, keeping hands out of solution. * * * When cleaning doorbells, knobs, etc., the dirty mark often left round can easily be removed if rubbed well with a small piece of flannel moistened with a little kerosene.