WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 1, 26 June 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

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STRATFORD HOSPITAL BALL.

Despite the inclement weather, there was a fair attendance at the Hospital ball. The hall looked very gay with evergreens and bunting. The stage was arranged as a drawing-room, and looked very cosy. Tho supper-room was tastefully decorated, while the tables were laden with quantities of dainties. The Hoor was in excellent order, and the music supplied by the Orchestral Band left nothing to be desired. Among those • present were:—Mrs. Crawshaw, rich black salk, relieved with emerald green velvet and rich lace; Mrs. Rennall, pyster tray gown of chiffon taffeta, cream Maltese laco trimmings; Mrs. (Lieut.) Cardale, smartly gowned in pale pink i mousselino de soie, with berthe of point lace; Mrs. Curtis, Mack silk; Mrs. Lonnergan wore a charming gown of rich voilat silk, and looked extremely handsome; Mra. (Dr.) Menzies, dainty white silk and added a beautiful cloak; Mrs. Wilkie, dainty pink silk; Miss O'Brien (matron) was handsomely attired in a gown of pink silk, overdress of richly embroidered chiffon; Miss James, pink silk; Miss Stronaok, pale blue silk taffeta; Miss Anderson, blue silk; Miss Andorson, pretty gown of soft blue silk; Miss Fussell, cream silk, with cream lace and insertion, and bands of black velvet; Miss Crawsliaw (Sydney), smart gown of cream chiffon taffeta; Mrs. Davis, white silk. PERSONAL. ■Mrs. Raikes has returned from Auckland looking much improved after her holiday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Riera have returned from their trip to Australia. Mr. and Mrs. .T. MoUluggage have gone to Auckland for a mmrth'ti holiday. By the request of the Mayor the decorations were left until after the hospital collection was completed to-day. j The town looked qui to gay. LONDON FASHIONS. London, May 5. If you would be tnoroughly up-to-date this season you must go garbed in stripes, be that up or down stripes, round about, or Blasting. They would not be dazzling, as they were in what the arrogance of youth terms "the old days," but rather of the quiet, rich description. Nor are they generally broad, but inclined to be thin, and in some cases only faintly defined. AN ORIGINAL GOWN. / Writing of stripes brings to my mind, an uncommon suit I saw this week, -made of a soft material, half silk, half wool,' and in a new style —really the reproduction of one over a hundred years old—eminently becoming to some figures. The corslet skirt was of the striped material, with' a seam down the middle of the front, so tluit each two stripes met in the shape of a V. A wide hem, piped atj the top with plain dark silk, was of the same material aa the skirt, with the stripes running down in straight lines. Only (the jabot of a creamy lace blouse showed through the two large pointed revere of a silk coatee, edged with darker silk, high-waisted, and mado as were the elaborate coats of dandies of George the Third's time, when more elaborate waistcoats were to be shown off. At the back and over the hips the coatee again followed the masculine fashion in having swallow tails, but these somewhat spoiled thfe piquant effect of the costume, it seemed to me, through a row of small buttons on the hips of the swallow tail, and one large and beautiful button fastening one rever ovor the other, just above the swathed silk belt that finished off the coralet skirt. The elbow sleeves had wide cuffs edged with darker silk, and with graceful ruffles of lace to match the blouse. A HAREM VEIL. The harem veil is one of the latest accessories for the dress of the feminine motorists, but why its name no one seems to know. It is made of transparent gauze in different shades, and encasfs the nead in a kind of bag fashion, fitting right over the hat and falling down at the back of the head and over the face to the neck. In short, it is very like the swathing of butter-muslin in which .New Zealand housewives in the backblocks encase their meat safes in midsummer. The harem veil can be worn over a hat of any size, as on either side] there are two elastic switclios hidden by a large rosette of silk, which can tie drawn backwards or forwards over the side scarves, so as to m&ke the headcovering larger or smaller, and leaving the two long scarf ends to tic under the chin. ABOUT TUNICS. According to Paris, per a, friend of tnc writer's, noted for her taste in dress and knowledge of tilings sartorial, tunics—i both transparent or of very thin, supple I material—will still be popular, in spite of the forebodings of those wiio want to seo something new at any price. But jackets for smart morning trottcurs will be shorter and shorter, until we return again to our old love —discarded for so many seasons—.the bolero. The last, of course, is no news, as boleros of a kind are here in London already. While on the subject of tunics I may as well mention the little short Greek chemise, which is made of chiffon or silk voile. It is seen on niaiiy of the new spring frocks, and is most effective. It is really an abbreviated tunic, and as such agrees i wan the fashion for short coats which has taken possession of feminity at pre- , sent. Worn over a slip of soft satin . which has no trimming, it has small . kimono sleeves, and fastens as a rule at , • the back. It is trimmed with a 2in-wide ( fringe, either of silk or crystals, and has 1 a loose girdle, which makes it rather i high-waisted, fastened at the side or in the middle of the back. AN UGLY FASHION.

A very ugly fashion, and one whicli every lover of a beautiful white neck will devoutly trust has not come to stay, is a high black velvet collar band, studded with imitation jewels, and bonea so that it cannot wrinkle. ABOUT PARASOLS.

Sunshades are being displayed in wide variety, from pretty and practical oxaxnples in tussore and strong insertion

to filmy frills and furbelows of painted ninon and delicate tinted silks. Some of the latter show no ribs at all, but, instead, when the parasol is open, there appears an apparent lattice-work of chiffon. One new sunshade has made its appearance for motorists, and i? to be known, I believe, as the "picola," because, when closed, it so resembles a musical instrument. Folded up, it is only ahout half a yard long, with a tube of poliehed wood, banded with metal, and having a wide leather loop t5 hang the shade from the wrist when closed ami to give greater security when it is in U9e. FRINGES. The popularity of fringes is very erratic. No sooner docs one think they are quite out than in they como again with renewed favor. They are now being used extensively in all manner of widths and materials on outdoor and indoor clothes. Evening shoes in all kinds of pretty ; styles are being displayed, and one of the daintiest pairs I saw this week was of dull black satin with a wide-opened pink rosebud in old pink satin apparently nestling on the instep. TO ACQUIRE SNOWY ARMS. Very often, if one but knew their story, it would be found that red arms, just as horny hands often are a sign of honor, in that their owner has been too busy with hard manual work to pay any attention to the development of their beauty. There comes a time, however, when she has more leisure, and wants to go out to parties and to enjoy herself, when thoso same arms can completely spoil the effect of a gown. The method of beautifying them will be found a little tedious, but it is excellent. By the way, a celebrated beauty once declared that three things contribute most to the beauty of the arm, and the first is cleanliness, the second is cleanliness, and the third is cleanliness. Here is the remedy for redness and roughness: Sleep, in kid gloves up to the elbow, with the fingers and palms cut out, and before doning them coat the arms thickly with the following paste, which is both harmless and efficacious:—Melt two ounces of yellow wax in a basin placed in a pan of boiling wilted. Add one ounce of powdered myrrh while hot, beat thoroughly together, then stir in four ounces of money and six ounces of rose-water, and add sufficient glycerine to make a paste that will spread. QUEEN MARY'S COMMON SENSE. I There is no doubt that Queen Mary is I blessed in a large degree with an amount \ of common sense, which she is not afraid 1 to exercise in the smallest details of her j life. One of her sensible ideas threatens to bring in the stiff little early Vic-

torian bouquet with its frill of perforated paper for a holder. When the request of the management of the Drurj Lane Theatre for permission to present her with a bouquet at the gala performance wis made, the permission was give*, but at the same time her Majesty expressed a desire that the bouquet should be of a size that can be comfortably carTied in the hand, as much inconvenience is caused when a bouquet is too large for that purpose. So no doubt the small stiff bouquet will have its vogue, and already the florists are showing them is their windows. I saw one the other day of forget-me-nots and wallflowers. S# aweett A FASHIONABLE WEDDING. IWPI Mr. Jay Gould, the tennis champion, and seeoi\d son of Mr. George Gould (reports the Daily Mail), was married at St. Thomas', the fashionable Fifth-avenue church, New York, m the presence of a brilliant social gathering. The bride, Miss Annio Douglass Graham, figured recently in the papers as the prettiest bridesmaid at Miss Vivien Gould's marriage to Lord Decies.. She is the daughter of Mrs. Hubert Vos, an Hawaiian princess, who married an American portrait painter, and Princess Kawananakoa journeyed all tho way from Honolulu to represent tho former royal house at the wedding. The ceremony was attended by almost all fashionable New York and a great crowd thronged the church doors. Within thero was a brilliant spectacle, of which the pretty, dark-Lair-ed bride was the much-admired centre. She wore a white eatin princess gown, draped with Brussels lace and a veil of tne same lace. Her sole ornament was a collar of pearls once worn by her paternal grandmother, after whom she is named. Her attendants were Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock and the Misses Marjorie Whitman and Anita Vandyke, who were picturesquely attired in ivory marquisette, draped with shadow lace, and hats to match. They carried bouquets of tearoses. Mr. Kingdon Gould acted as his brother's best man. The couple are going to a forest camp in the Adiorndacks for their honeymoon and then to London for tho Coronation. USEFUL HINTS. To clarify drippingAwhen pouring hot fat into a basin add to it an equal quantity of boiling water. This causes any pieces of meat or gristle in the fab to sink to the bottom, and dripping treated in this way will always be found to be beautifully whito and clean. To renovato leather.—Rub well with the well-beaten white of egg. Thon polish with beeswax and turpentine and' Tub well with a clean cloth. To clean white paint.—The following mixture is excellent for cleaning white paint. Mix together equal quantities of soft soap, salt and wluting, and apply it to the paint wrung out of warm water.' Rinse well and dry with a soft cloth. To remove fruit stains.—Stretch the fabric containing the stain over the mouth of a basin and pour boiling water over the stain and rub gently with a little glycerine. To remove grass stains—Rub the material with spirits of wine, then wash in the usual way. For brittle finger-nails—Anoint the nails at the root very night with vaseor. k'' cm ' n warm, sweet oil. This will cause them to grow better, and they will not split. ' Pewter-ware should be washed in hot water with fine silver sand and afterwards polished with leather.