Woman's World

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 51, 21 July 1914, Page 6

Woman's World

SLU .".-i JUTo IS TUB SEA. NEW IX 11ATK1XG • n\n:s. Bathing c<>M»!r. « with slashed skirts, and trimmed villi all kinds of delicate materials, w«l I.- worn this summer, Bays an Knglisi- paper. A number <•>'■ designs were recently seen which huv- been specially ordereil by prominent <wmen, and it is evident that the "skimp''" ha thin}} dress, of which the ciiii ! Mature is a straighthanging short .-kirt, will not be worn this season—or only by those who intend serious business in the water. Tho skirts of (his year's models are shaped and adjusted to the figure with great care; many, however, are shorter than formerly. They are also less full, but hampered mnYomoiit is avoided by following tlie fancy of the moment and slashing the skirt, ehieily at the. side. Sometimes material of a different color is kusseted in behind the slash to form an -artificial opening, but it "gives" when the wearer walks. The upper part of a number of smart models was trimmed profusely with all : manner of delicate fabrics which eouid s never 'be expec ted to withstand the action of sea water. Silks and delicately tinted rilihons were used in the form of dainty bows and knots worn at tho throat and shoulders. Some of ; the new bathing caps were made of silk, tulle, and other diaphanous •materials to which contact with sea water would mean summary disaster.

SLEEVE FASIHOXS. THE EPAULFT FRILL MADE OF TULLE. Arms modelled like the perfect limbs of a masterpiece, white, firm, and exquisitely rounded, are left iincovered sometin!' under the new regime of fashion for evening dress, and the narrow hands o* satin or the string of jewels that act as supports for the corsage leave in unadorned beauty the lovely line of the shoulders, write? •'<M.H. M in the Daily Mail. Tint it is not ewry woman who can afford to d-Hpl/v her arms so simply, and even if her anna are pretty the shoulder line mav not be perfect. So the cvcr-obligir.',- tulle frill is bronplit into use. ill some cases resembling an cpanh t iml.". and in others forming complete sie.'vcs of a very .short length. When thev stand upright the little pleating look very piqumit, lmt they cannot lie expected to maintain their cr'ispness long. A mantle of only the most gossamer is their undoing, or even a hot room.

Till-: XEIV SIUIOVKTTE. The tight >!"i'ves that mould the arm closelv are quite a shock when seen ior the first time, and make one realise the old saying that sleeves date a frock more acniratelv than am- other detail of it. They are the hall-mark at present of the new silhouette, or the <„r<age that outlines the Hgurc, instcr. disguising its natural form. With the tight sleeves mad.- of gossamer lace or net. which are set into the corsage quite higli after the old-time method, 'the pinafore <orsage return;, cut out round the urinholes. or ue hn\c the chemisette, a demurely folded mousseline all'air draped over a crossbar of very precious and cfi'cctivo embroidery. The dressmakers say tiisit their younger customers are quite amused by the new niodelling. and rather pleaded to cxpei'iment with fashions to which they are complete strangers. Kathcr full chill'on sleeves with velvet ribbon waist bands are on the programme. and for the summer, when even any clinging falnic becomes a burden, howsoever thin, will be a grateful resource.

OOUXTKSS ACQVITTKI) OF MURDER. "UXWUJTTF.X LAW" PLKA UPHELD r.v jury. Maria Tiepofo, wlio for six weeks had been nil U ial lit tile Assizes for tbe murder of ber husband's military attendant. a ynun»' mail named Polimanti. was an|iiitt.ed, the jury having that acted in self--1 defence •Oivinff to tile nature of the evidence , the trial was held behind partly cloned doors. The prc.siditi}? .Indue ordered Ihe immediate release of tin 1 Countess, who U subject to e|iile|)tie fits, and is ill c precarious state of health lienevallv. •It v.:is while undergoing a cure for epileptic hysteria at San Renio last Xoveniher tliat she shot the orderly dead, during tlie absenee one evening of hel' husband, Captain She afterwards ileclared that she committed the deed in defence of her honor, as the man entered her room and refused to leave. Tin 1 prosecution contended that the nuii'dci" was premeditated bv the ( ountess, who. it was state.l. wished to remove the proofs of relations she was alleged to have had with Polimanli. One of the latter's comrades related ho-v the dead man had shown him gilts from the Countess, including a Jiohl locket eontaiuinj.' Ikm- photograph jind a lord; of hair. Countess Tiepolo. who is thirty-two years of a.ue, belongs to the lamous Venetian family of hearing that name.