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Then came a BSA.. I did not know that a single-cylinder could develop so much power. "Where the average mingle is get- ting a trifle feverish on its bottom gear, the hefty B.S.A. ir stiff slurging calmly away on cond. I never unearthed a gradient which could bring her down to first, which I used solely for starting purposes or where the surface put much wind up me that I wanted to climb dead slow. And talk about substantia! | The B.S.A. is built Eke a task, and is fundamently incapable of fracturing anything, whilst she creates the pleasant impres sion that nothing will ever wear out. She struck me as thei atilitarian machine par excellenco-the very "bus for the hand rider, who goes a long way in any weather, and isn't ware whether he will ever be in a position to buy another machine.” REVISED PRICES
List price in England.
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Motor Bicycles- From The Motor Cycle, January 13th, 1921,
8/7 h.p. Combination, Lucas):
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Model "H" 4 h.p Chain Drive
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B.K. Price.
$255
£110 £170/10/0
£152/10/0
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PARIS - FASHION NOTES, THREE-PIECE DREN'S MODELS. THE CULT OF EMBROIDERY.
·{DY, DUR, SPECIAL, CORRESPONDENT, ISABEL
TAMBAY
PARIS, February 27th
Navy blue serga frocks are at the pre cus moment almost a uation. The dark background of the material lends an air of lightness to the gure, besides acting Bs a excellent foil to the brilliant, glit tering abroideries which are, so much
a favour.
FRIDAY, APRIL SITE,
the affect is a touch or two of embroiderg in any of the favoured mediumas of the moment, or else a light[note introduced by a scrap of organdie judiciously placed.
́ÄRKRICAN FUOTEST AT PRICES,
During the week, assisted at parados ut adferal.of the big Ruo de la Paix. And Bue Royale shops, parades which lat the eyes blinking, and the brain heavy with their ultra brilliance and novelty. gownay each brie of which was a separate Tafinituly fure mannequins paraded in and distinct work of art, demanding all the creativesgonius and executive ability required for a costly piece of jewellery, a treasured vas or a unique piece of enamel. It is this demand for exclu- aiveness which is responsible, apart from the higher cost of labour and material, for the excessive increase in cost of this
son a models.
A “group “þf Americas bayers showed their dismay in a practical manner by standing up and walking out in a body. when shown plain selveteen-tailor-made- trimmed with a single rose emiroidered. on the side, for which the price of 1,500
francs was asked......
A navy blue dress of the simplest cut may be made to took the last note in style by the addition of strane ar motifs of embroidery, discreetly placed. The gay colours of raffia are particularly suitable for all kinds of treatment in this respect. some preferring to make use of strands in and or two colours; others lavishing a riot of crimson, peacock, blue and green shades on to a design which repays them by looking delightfully Oriental and brightening up the sombre simplicity of their dress. Different coloured wools are And yet, in spite of such exorbitant also used in this way, but it is a long prices, the show-rooms of every designer time since one strand of silk was taken and modist in Paris are overflowing with from a work basket to be utilised bus. buyers, and every afternoon these same Very likely this is far more a question rooms are crowded with women choosing having to do with four hundred or so their frocks and hate (apparently regard per cent, increase in the cost of the pro-less, of price) as they are shown off by ducts of our little friend, the silkworm, the pretty mannequins. than to the actual trend of fashion, but, TRK THREE PIEER DHENS, whatever this cause, silk as method of embroidery has disappeared from the horizna of dress for the time being, "POPULARITY OF WHITE
A model which is bound to become very popular by reason of its double attrac. tion of smartness and economy is the three-piece dress. The particular type White continges to gain in popularity already in vogue shows a short jacket or day by day. As a method of embroidery sue coat over a tight-fitting bodice that it is bore in favour than anything else hits the body like a "severe" coat-of-mail, The blue serge frocks just referred to are moulding, and outlining its every move- invariably trimmed with white..embroi-ment; this is allied to a skirt that is dery worked in a profusion of chain either cased into the waist or is pleated. stitch scrolls, loops and Tinies. Sometimes One striking model was in ivory geor- touches on the bodices and skirt sufichette, the frock part being made quits sometimes a front, panel will be entirely plain and trimmed with a belt and trail- covered with white scroll designs; and ing ends at the side of narrow Davy 'very' often the whole frock will be one"
velvet; the cost was of the sue type and mass of white or cream chain stitch work was ontirely covered with embroidery Scrolls are the commonest form of utilis carried out in navy silk, a collar of ing these embroidery effects, but another ruched, velvet ribbon being added. favourite method is that of long straight Another lovely model was in silver grey lines runding horizontally or vertically duvety, and showed a plain little cont or crossing so as to form squares For bordered with a deep hand of royal blue the serge frock as well as for the taffetas, and silver, and, a frock composed of a white organdie is the last note in snart bodice of the coat-of-mail type joined to ness.A frock may be as simple as a plain skirt by a deep band of em possible in cut, and style, but with the broidery in royal blue and silver tones, addition of collar and cuffs, a front orThe same type was also carried out in a a sash of organdie, it becomes smart and black velvet coatee embroidered with grey dainty enough to please the most fasti silk and worn over a grey frock em dious. What might almost be termedbroidery with black milk and finished with craze for organdie has reached such progray coroza buttons. portions that milliners are now using it frocks are not ouls the last word in Seeing that these for trimming hats, the usual method martness but possess as well the advant being to take a black or navy straw hat age of doing duty for two frocks for the and place therron, at a more or leone price, it will not be surprising it perilous angle, a crushed bow of white they become the chief favourites during organdie. While its freshness" lusts this
the coming season. is ever, so smart, and fresh-looking. Belts of it are also used, for preference on taffetas frocka. The latest creation of one of the great designers is an afternoon froek in black taffetue, made within very short, full skirt, and a perfectly plain, somewhat lightly fitting bodice buttoning down the back with tiny covered buttons which continue down the placket hole of the skirt as well. The rounded out nock and the short puff, sleeves are Bnished with a roll of white organdit cut on the cross, and the waist line is defined by 4 roll of the sanie material which finishes fin loops and lofignüils at the back.........
NEWSPA
SPAPER PRESS FUND.,
JOURNALS IN TOPSY-TURY EYDOM.
At the annual meeting of the News- paper Press Fund, Viscount Burnbam (president), in moving the adoption of the report, remarked that the atmosphere. of newspaper land could not be said to be altogether exhilarating. It seemed to be in a state of topsy-turveydom. After Another Cesigner shows a black taffetas dress raade on the lines of a long dust short gleam of sunshine, due to com coat finished with a deep cowl collar Fans prospectuars and Government tapering away to the waist line This is advertising, they were plunged again into their own peculiar gloom. They were open completely. Fight down the front to standing on their heads, but their feet show a panel of organdie arranged in were kicking out in every direction. It series of tiny frills from the hem to the suggested by a certain school of top. The taffetas part of the frock is
embroidered in white beada,'
IDEAS
IN EMUROIDERY.
thought that the rate of profit of capital ought to be a fixed quantity. He was quite sure newspaper proprietors would The notion for embroidery is so per be glad to receive it, whatever it was, at sistent that the lining to one's cape is the present moment. When they instruct now made an opportunity for a lavish d. as they did, the whole community how display of extra trimming A very pretty to run its business, they might with model of this type which I saw recently advantage reflect how little they managed was made in navy fine serge, vory simply to extract from their own industry. Ra cut, and depending for its only ornamentferring to the question of unemployment. on a sash loosely tied at the side and which all knew was widespread, especially finished with a deep fringe of barnt among journalists, he said it was likely orango silk? With it is worn
a half to increase rather than to diminish, and length cape, also quite simply cut, finish there was all the more necessity for the ed with n sted-up collar of white exercise. on the part of the fund, of wise organdie and a lining of navy silk cover God, sympathetic benevolence, and all the ed with scroll effects worked in burnt greater reason for thrift and providence. orange silk. A block hat covered so that No, question of charity was involved. it looked more like a bird's pest than any What the fund did was rather a return product of a milliner's art, with feathers for self insurance.. Last year's total in a barnt orange zhnde, completed the grants and bonuses were just over £8,000, ensemble of colour, and effect.
a record for any one year. This year the Although the reign of the purely 1800 disbursements were likely to be still models is fast approaching its short-lived heavier. The membership was constantly career, the long waist-line continues to ipereasing, and the fund was in the lucky prevail. Very few bodices finish at more condition of not having to increase its than two or three inches below the actual subscriptions. The council had added 50 waist, some bring even longer than this per cent, to the pensions, and had added Those that are not joined on to the skirt to the grants when necessity required. so as to form a one-piece dress are infsh- ed with nawathed belt fastening at the. stue, with or without ends. The tendency to wear bodices with long waists hea brought forward countless adaptations of the jumper blouse. Of thess there are two types-one very loose and floppy, and the other fitting closely to the tkure like a sheath: The one is invariably long and the other quits short that is to say, the first type reaches in some cases to the knees and the other merely to within four or five inches below the waist-line The floppy type is caught into the waist by a girdle, or else the waist-line is de- fined by an elastic, which draws the
The invested funds now.orceeded £100,000, He always laid stress, Lord Burnham said, on the fact that the fund was the premier institution of the newspaper pro- fession, both in dato and fame. Ho hoped it would not be long before they might be honoured with the presence of the Prince of Wales at their festival.***
The annual festival will take place_ou Thursday, April 28th, at the Hotel Vic toris. Lord Riddell will preside
IF YOUR WEAR GLASSES-
jumper into this part of the figure; the there is almost as much comfort and skimpy type, or the contrary, is perfectly I pleasure in wearing Pince-ces Eye straight in line and inclined to follow the cut of a mad-of-war sailor's jacket. THE DECANDIE TOUCH.
Liberty and the shopy of its kind make the most axpensive and elaborate models
Glasses, as there is in possessing-a perfect pair of eves-for they fit so com- fortable and secure that you forget you have them on the most important-im-
of the first type, with silver and gold provement in eye-glasses in the past laco, georgette and crepe de Chine for
their fashioning. The other type is twenty-five years, Finco-nez Eye Glassce reserved for the art of the smaller shops of any prescription in either regular or and Ides expensive materials, not to men
tion the home dressmaker,
horseCiToric form are manufactured by the
with the kimono sleeves, it is the simplest Hongkong Optical Co., successors to affair in the world to run up the little Clark Co. Manufacturing and Re- jumpers, and, in order to safeguant the
note of simplicity, the simplest of fracting Opticians the most opmpetent materials such ze voile, Jincy and cotton optical manufactoring - establishment in crêpe is all that is needed for their con South Chino-located in "03, Queen's struction. With a simple cut and & sim.
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