THAT TRIM AND SLENDER LOOK.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3434, 27 January 1912, Page 4

THAT TRIM AND SLENDER LOOK.

ADVICE THAT THE STOUT WOMAN WILL READ WITH INTEREST.

Jf a woman is well corseted and stands correctly, she will find tb it she lias little trouble either with Imr dressing or her dressmaking, writes Eleanor Chalmers in the “Delineator. ’ As for materials, the stout and middle-aged woman should avoid anything cheap looking or tawdry—the stout woman, because there will be so much of it and it will be so conspicuous that, she -ar not hope to have it pass undetected as it would on a smaller woman, becuise her years give her the right to ri'-b, digtiffied materials and colors. Brocades and laces are the special uropertv of the middle-aged woman if she can afford them. The materials she choses should have a certain simplicity -if design, of course. In fact, "the pbiaicr the surface and pattern the better. For that reason henriettas, silk cashmeres, prunella cloths, chiffon broadcloths, Taffeta silks, and so on a:e excellent materials for house dresses, visiting gowns, reception dresses. < u . For your street suit this winter 1 would advise oue of the new, soft worsteds with a smooth finish and a selfcolored or half-tone stripe. The coat should have the new semi-fitting lines rather than a straight sack-like cut. 1 should propose a narrow shawl co’lar and cuffs faced with velvet or satin. In many of the newest tailored coats the seam in the front does not run to the shoulder, but stops at the bust—an excellent cut for a full figure. For a street suit I think you will like a plain gored skirt long enough to clear the ground comfortably in walking, but not short enough to show the feet and ankles unnecessarily.

For your coat lining I would advise satin rather than silk, for although it costs more in the first instance, it is really an economy in the end, for it wears so very well. Self-colored linings are not used as much as they were a. few years ago, though, of course, many women prefer them because they are practical and serviceable. White satin is used to some extent, but the smartest linings are'satins in contrasting colors. If you do not use the pockets on the outside of the coat you can put a patch pocket on the lining of the right front below the waist line. Never carry anything large or clumsy in vour coat pockets, for it stretches an 'outside pocket and makes a bulge in the coat if the pocket is inside. With your suit you should wear, whenever possible, self-colored waists of chiffon, marquisette, silk voile, satin, etc., rather than white lingerie blouses or shirt waists. A white waistcuts the figure in half and makes a stout woman look larger than necessary. A middle-aged woman is apt to grow shorter-waisted as she grows older and the white waist calls attention to the fact. A self-colored waist street skirt long enough to clear the ground makes a woman look trim and slender.