WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 21 August 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). i-ASHION NOTES FROM HOME. London, June 30. The Coronation spirit, as might be surmised, was not slow in allowing itself in the world of dress, and hats and ties were vivid advertisements last week of I the state of London. '•Coronation blue" —a handsome and striking enough color in itself —is, of all colors, the shade that we hope had been its own doom,' for, to our tired eyes, the world seems to have j been placarded with it, and a woman garbed in its brightness now appears twin sister to a carpet, a curtain, a cushion, or a decoration of some description ,and it seems that she should disappear with the other embellishments. Red, strange to say, though as important a color as blue in the national flag, has not been so aggressively prominent; save, indeed, in one millinery ornament, the cherry, which is unusually popular on all descriptions of hats and toques. It is fashioned in velvet and silk, and not in red only, but in black, blue, pink, white and magenta. Very often the berries are arranged on a hat in a single, stalkless row, each cherry having a little upright green leaf at its back. The design is quaint, and gives the hat a chic I appearance.

Flowers, for apparently no reason, are playing a humble part this season, and feathers are to be seen almost ad nauseam. One can grow tired of anything, no matter how expensive and richlooking, and the present lancer style of feather lacks, for most wearers, tKo grace and distinction of the long waved plume. Also, it can be used in so few ways that many hats, at a large assembly, must necessarily be alike. One | wonders that that potent fact alone j does not introduce some new method of' trimming, but presumably the widely-1 known expense of feathers accounts for > their "long run" in a world that adores, the expensive. One aspect of the pre-1 sent-day millinery and its trimming must I strike the observer, and that is its lack of logic! Hats that are high, narrow and almost brimlcss. are so covered with trimmings, bows, feathers or flowers—as to be entirely hidden beneath them, but those that are huge in outline, and provided with very wide brims and immense, broad, flat crowns that offer unlimited space for adornment, are only j considered smart when practically untrimmed, save for a single knot of velvet or an upstanding small feather or a single leafless flower. Apparently the same thing reigns in Paris, for from the gay city a friend of the writer's wrote recently: "After all, the essential function of a. hat ought to be to cover one' head in the most effective manner possible, and o'nc cannot truly say that such is the function of the chic hat of the hour. Brims are turned up at impossible angles, that defy all geometrical laws; brims, when narrow support crowns that (ire phenomenally high, while brims when wide are surmounted by crowns that are so wide that unless they were so fashioned inside as to rest upon th • head they would fall over the face of the wearer, covering it completely from view."

A new idea in millinery belongs, I think I am right in saying, to this season, and is a mode than can be very effective. This might be called the humanitarian plume, since, though in shape like the popular "pletireusc" plume, it is made of delicate Malines lace—that filmy, beautiful stuff that falls so gracefully. The centre of the "plume" is of wire, covered with a piping of satin. With this wire running through the centre it is easy to bend the pleureuse into the required form, and sometimes a very fine wire thread is sewn to either side of the face in order to allow more "movement" to the feather. Another novelty is the serviceable feather of pleated taffetas, gathered down the centre three times upon a piece of wire, and arranged in three layers of silk posed above one another, a capital trimming for a travelling straw or for a neat morning hat for wear with a plain coat and skirt. TOECAPS. Those readers who find that the toes of their stockings wijar through too quickly should wear a little woven toecap made of silk or lisle, which should be slipped over 'he toes, and will prevent the stockings from rubbing against the nails. CORSLET SKIRTS. The Parisienne, I am told, has utterly discarded the skirt requiring a belt. Whereas a good many of the smartest skirts here are made corslet fashion, all in Paris are corslet, and anyone seen wearing a skirt requiring a belt is at once recognised as "English." The corslet skirt reigns triumphant, so far as the separate skirt and blouse is concerned, but most successful of all at the moment is the one-piece dress, complete in itself, and so easy to wear. A very necessary addition, .however, is a coverJ ing coat of sufficient smartness to do duty for many differing occasions. The corslet, it must.be remarked, wherever it is sported, at once gives a costume the appearance of a h6tise gown, and looks unfinished and not at all smart in the street when worn without a coat. If attempted by the home dressmaker, an important fact to ' remember is that the waist should be, at least when new. absolutely tight-fitting, as any soft still!' "gives" considerably with the movement of the both - . A DAINTY SCIIKMK. To introduce color into the white summer blouses of exquisite fineness, the Parisienne has a wonderful under-blouse of ribbon, the ribbon being quite narrow, and made so as to look as if it were plaited. TO REMOVE CROWS'-FEET. I Of the many distressing, if infinitesi-1 I mal, evidences of advancing age, perhaps we dread crows'-feet most, and some, at least, may like to hear of three remedies that are all good. The first recipe is: Squeeze the juice of a lemon into two ounces of rosewater, and add a teaspoon fill of powdered borax. Shake the bottle well before using the lotion, and apply it frequently at night. A good astringent is made as follows:—Take two ounces of eu de Cologne, one ounce of tincture of camphor, half an ounce'of tincture of ben- • zoiii. and six ounces of rosewater. Shake I the bottle, and apply a little to the face j after washing, rubbing it well, but very

gently, with the tips of the fingers in an upward direction. Yet another re- , medy is composed of one part of friar's balsam to 20 parts of rosewater. Shake the bottle well and apply. MISSING SOCIETY BRIDE. A POSTPONED WEDDINO. QUESTS ASSEMBLE AT CHURCH. ' London, 7th July. The disappearance of a society bride caused consternation at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, on Monday. A distinguished, gathering had assembled for the. ewdding of Lady Constance Blanche Alcthea Mary Foljainbe, twelfth child of the late Earl of Liverpool, and the Rev. H. A. K. Hawkins Vicar of Whitwell on the Hill, York. The banns had been read at St. Peter's three times, Lady Constance having stayed at the residence of hear halfbrother, the present Earl of Liverpool, at 44 Grosvenor Gardens, for a month to comply with the legal requirements. The church had hem decorated, the choir had taken its place, and before 2 o'clock, the hour fixed for the ceremony, most of the one hundred and fifty guests had assembled. The four bridesmaids were in attendance, also the bridegroom, Dr. Jolly (best man), and the Dowager Countess of Liverpool, who was to give her daughter away. The Rev. the Hon. Reginald Adderley, who was to perform the ceremony was there too, but the bride had not arrived. There was an anxious wait until a. quarter to 3, when two ushers were despatched post haste to the residence of the Earl of Liverpool, to ascertain the reason for the delay. They returned to the church with the information that nothing had been seen or heard of Lady Constance since th» morning, whn she went out ostensibly to 1 do some shopping.

When, it was known that there was to be no wedding, the guests dispersed to their various homes, instead of going on to the Earl and Countess of Liverpool's' house, where the reception was to have been held. The disappointed bridegroom left the church by the vestry door and went to Lord Liverpool's house, anxiously awaiting nevis of the missing bride. ,

On enquiry it was stated that the family had no information to give concerning the whereabouts of Lady Constance. The lady is said to have been seen near Victoria station soon after 12 •'clock; later in the day membera of her family as well as detectives made enquiries in all likely directions, but without success. Another statement made was to the effect that Lady Constance travelled l>y the afternoon boat train to, Dover, en route lor Paris; and that a gentleman friend of the family left Victoria at 4.20 for Dover. Jlc was seen off by Lady Constance's sisters. Lady Constance was born in 1885, and the Rev. H. A. K. Hawkins is fortyeight yea/rs of age. He became Vicar of Whitwell in 1892. Joy bells were rung from his church at the time fixed for his wedding in. London.