THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2561, 23 July 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

DRESS AND COIFFURE THAT GIVE HEIGHT.

AVhat chance has the short girl of rivalling her tall sister this season when all the fashions seenr adapted to showing off the natural advantages of the latter fortunate Avoman ? Perhaps the experience of a girl who deplored her lack of inches and who sought the advice of an expert on beauty and in the art of dress may be of advantage to other girls who Avish to add apparently to their, height and to gain a certain dignity of appearance. “In the first place,” said the expert,. “I must change the fashion of your coiffure. Short Avomen look still shorter if they Avear the fashionable centre parting, so I shall advise you to arrange your hair in tlie Pompadour style, as this will certainly give you the appearance of height.”. 1 - Accordingly the hair Avas ’.first Avell shampooed Avitk an egg shampoo and then rinsed in camomile tea to give it a reddish broAvn tint. While the hair Avas drying, it Avas arranged over hunches of white tissue paper, so that it Avould dry in .tlio natural Pompadour shape. This is an excellent Avay of drying the hair, as arranged in this fashion Avliile damp over the tissue paper roll it Avill never part, but will assume just the shape that is Avanted. At once the short girl began to look taller, and Avlien the hair was further arranged in a heavy knot at the back and with her tresses also puffed out at the sides, and a few loose puff curls placed well at the back,’ then it seemed as though she had acquired a new air of dignity. —The Wearing of Earrings.— The next step Avas to fix long earrings in her ears. These Avere of amber colored stones, Avhich matched with the Jd combs in her. hair, and rimmed in dangling gold settings these earrings had the effect of lengthening the girl’s face and making her appear still taller. Next came the dressing of the throat. The short .girl should never wea r the loav Dutch collar, but should adhere to the high model. A ruche will make her look shorter, but a tall stock and a jewelled dog collar are always improvements. EA r en a long string of beads seems to make a Avoman look taller, so the short girl may indulge in this form of ornament as often as she likes. She must hang things from her neck, her shoulders' and her belt, as these long Hues produce the effect of slimness and height. Alany short girls are also much improved in appearance by the wearing of strings to their hats, and if the color of- those strings matches the tones of the eyes then the effect is often charming. There is no need nowadays for the short girl to lament her lack of inches, for if she will only go deliberately to Avork on the lines just indicated, her efforts will be croAvned with wonderful success and she will never lack an appearance of dignity.

■HARMONY IN COLORS'. The following general rules on color effects for decoration may be helpful to those Avomen avlio may not have given thought to the subject: Red and violet do not accord well. Orange and yelloAV accord incomparably better than red and orange. Orange and green do not accord well. Orange and A T iolet accord passably. Yellow and green form an agreeable combination. Greenish-yellow and A r iolet blend The arrangement of yellow and blue is more agreeable than that of yelloAV and green, but it is less lively. _ Green and blue produce an indifferent effeot, but better when the colors are deep. Green and violet, especially wlien light, form a combination preferable to green and blue. Red and green intensify each other. Orange-yeiloAV, Avhen placed by tlie side of indigo, increases its intensity and vice versa. ' . YelloAV and indigo combine perfectly. Red and orange accord pretty well, especially if the red is purple-red rather than scarlet, and the yellow rather greenish than orange. Red and blue accord passably, especially if tlie red inclines rather to scarlet than crimson. Blue and violet accord badly. Black never -produces a bad effect when it is associated with two luminous colors. , , While grey never exactly produces a bad effect in its associations with two luminous yet in most cases its assortments arc dull. Blue, Avhen placed by the side or orange, increases the latter’s intensity and vice versa.

GOOD RECIPES. Potato Salad. —Four large potatoes are cooked and mashed smoothly, a con phi of onions minced, and mixed with the potato. A dressing is made from the yolks of throe hard-boiled e™.s, one small cupful of vinegar, one teaspoonful of salt, one dessertspoonful of celery-seed, a little pepper, a teaspoonful of melted butter The yolks are mashed and mixed with the butter, the other ingredients added, and mixed well with the potato. Serve very cold, era mi shed with the whites oi the eggs cut in rings, and with fancy sections of pickled- beets. . , 0 F Chocolate Biscuits. —Grate 3oz. of chocolate, ana .melt it m the even, add the same weight of butter, and loz of sugar, and beat this to a cream. 1 ut in two eggs, one at a time,, and beat a"ain till very frothy. Lastly, stir in rib flour, and half a teaspoonful of hakim" powder. Bake in small patty tins, ami put a blanched almond in the middle 'of each. / ■ Soda Scones. —Rub 2oz of butter into •rib of flour, add one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, and stir in snliicient milk (sour milk is best) to make ■ a paste. Turn it on a board and roll it about an inch thick, cut it into small •rounds, and hake a light brown inf a •quick oven. _ , , .. I To Make a Curry.—Cut any white meat or fish into small square pieces, free from fat, skin, or gristle. Cut up four or six onions in slices or squares, fry them in butter until nicely browned, -add one apple and the meat. Add gradually a .pint of stock or water, and simmer the whole gently for two hours. Stir in a basin two tablespoonfuls of curry powder and one tablespooniul oi flour. Mix it with a little water, and add it to the meat, and stir so that it does not burn. Add a few drops of lemon juiCct just before serving.'' Place the curry on a hot dish with a border of rice, nicely boiled, and drained dry.