FASHION NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 7

FASHION NOTES.

There is so much to talk about that the chief difficulty is what to begin with, and in a provokingly lazy mood I feel inclined to quote literally from my little Russian leather note-book, specially devotedi to those valuable hours spent with- Fashion herself—and one of her very latest trifles by the way, with a neat silver monogram at the corner and in colour matching my newest out-of-door costume. But oh, dear, what a muddle it would all be, if I did ! For my notes are, to say the- best of them, sketchy. And yet what a ravishing finished! picture is promptly before me, when I refer to these slender notes and read “grey silk coat, cords!” Now who would imagine for a moment that those bald words represent in, my mind- one of thei sweetest types of the little jacket with which- young maidenhood is going to storm -the hearts of all beholders?

They are wonders of simplicity and daintiness, these little jackets. Cut Maygar fashion—although having a good deal more -play under the- sleeve seam —and moulded, to the figure, they terminate in a' tiny basquedike frill at the waist, which! frill is- formed by the superfluous fulness being drawn on a piping cord which discovers itself to be of gold, -thread, where it is tied in a knotted how in the front. The sleeves are finished off in ; the same way, and the neck boasts a rather deep lace frill. The only other forai of ornamentation which is allowed on .tire charming little garment is that formed by a few gilt buttons placed here and there. My especial picture is of grey shot with heliotrope, . and was worn with a plain sheath skirt of that particular shade of soft cloth which is not quite mauve or grey, and 1 yet might be called 1 either.

The insistence of Fashion, on the wearing of the sailor collar is making itself felt most perceptibly. On many of the white costumes which are being made (and in spite of all the colours of the thousand tintedi “Coronation flower” being the rage, there is a distinct feeling for the always smart costume of white, either in serge, silk serge, or any of the various figured woollen materials now in vogue)- the collar Marin is seen in black satin or silk, or veiled muslin. Sometimes it is only the sailor shape at the- back and comes down in fichu fashion in the front, but more often the fronts themselves are, of the squared shape, which is universally -'-becoming. Lace of the'. mos t costly 'will be the desired .complement cf all Fashion's triumphs. Tire handsome jabot is to reign .'supreme,' and the single re vers edged"with a lace frill of gigantic proportions will give an opportunity for the displaying of treasures which lately have lain dormant. My only fear is of the cheap imitations Much will sadden our hearts and destroy the charm of the beautiful;,mode. ..But v there is no, doubt that women as a race are growing wise in this generation, and prefer ever so small a quantity of what is good and rich to an enormous display of a cheap and inferior article. The Wardrobe of every fashionable woman will be augmented by a silk, satin or velvet coat, preferably of black s for the early spring, and what a boon this light but close wrap will be for the treacherous spring days! The new idea of putting revers of shot silk to black satin is a happy one, and likely to be- much, appreciated by Fashion’s followers. These revers are supplemented by large, buttons covered in the same shot material, and correspondingly large cuffs of the cavalier type. The newest thing in veils is odd, to say the least of it. I have never really admired veils of Chantilly, and have always wished, that people, would dispose them somewhere- about their frocks instead of disfiguring their faces with them. But Fashion has “gone one better still ” ,(I have been, in the society of a schoolboy nephew, and must apologise for the slang!) and she, has bordered these veils with a! hem- of sable which, although making for costliness, looks for all the world! like a little beard. As our fashionable sisters in Paris are without dbubt bidding farewell to the corset—for the time being at any rate. —there is also* little doubt; that we shall - followi suit. And taken altogether, it is an excellent thing for

health that- this is the case. The new waistless gowns are charming in the extreme, although, as I heard it remarked only to-day, it ..will “take some getting used to,” which is hardly grammar, but quite expressive. New examples of millinery grow up every day.- The favourite morning wear chapeaux; have crowns of black chip or straw and a coloured brim. They are effective if not pretty in themselves, and look well when worn. A quaint little round shape of cerise straw was surrounded) by scalloped flounces of black and,’white check silk, piped! at the edges with cerise -velvet. For the Girls and Boys RIDDLES FOR THE YOUNG FOLK. Two wells of which you cannot- catch sight. A. —The- ears. If you let me live I shall soon die; if you kill me, I shall live long. A. — A lighted- candle. ‘ < I saw two boats; only one person was on board. A. —Shoes. The lotter c (crescent) becomes o, o becomes c., A.—The moon. If you chop it it heals at once. A.— Water. My oow in Manila, whoso mooing is heal'd here. A. —Thunder. What, day is the longest. A.—The day on which you do not eat. SOME QUAINT ANSWERS. The following answers are taken from a number'collected by a teacher in a New Zealand school: “A blizzard is the inside of a hen.” " “Oxygen is a thing that has eight sides.’’ “The cuckoo never lays its own eggs.”

“A mosquito is a child of black and white parents.”