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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1927.
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HOW TO PREVENT WRINKLES.
A woman can, keep her face free from lines and wrinkles until most any age if she remembers to keep the skin in a good condition by a few common-sense rules.
YOKE EFFECTS.
-HIP LINES ARE CHIC.
Three points of chic determino just how superior a gown ly, now- adays the belt-line, the hemline and the manner of achieving full-
ness.
There are smart beited gowns After the age of twenty-five the natural oils gradually decrease, and and smart bouffant gowns. But the the lack of them cause the skin to slinky, alluringly feminine gown is form lines and furrows, Cream, the one that has the swathed hip- butter, milk, cheese, olive oil, and line of Oriental sinuousness, who- are splendid anti-ther it gets it by genuine yokes, by cod liver oil
Some people are yoke effects or by tight girdles. wrinkle foods. fastidious over oil, but taken in lemon, juice the oiliness is cradic
taken three ateil. It should be times daily after meals,
A Substitute for Rain Water.
Rain water is the best for toiles purposes-hard water will soon roughen the fine texture of the com- plexion.. Failing rain water add a teaspoonful of borax to a bowl of
water.
Always finish up with a vigorous rinse with cold water, to stimulate the circulation and closo the pores. A skin that has a tendency to line requires feeding with a nourishing
old cream very frequently.
A NEW IDEA.
A charming idea for re- juvenating your last season'a goen, by the addition of a large collar and a rash belt and buckle, as illustrated,
THE NEW COLLAR.
FOR YOUR LAST YEAR'S GOWN.
An old dress can be made to look quite rhic and smart again by the addition" of one of the new large collars. They have a quaint old- world look about them, but many of the newest dresses are modelled on these lines. Such a collar may be made of lace, or georgette the colour of the gown, and if you add to this un effective posy on the shoulder-very fashionable at the moment, as you know-and a soft sash belt with a buckle, as shewn above, you will find that your last year's gown is completely rejuven- ated. Transparent or thin and filmy contees are to be popular dur
Whether Milady shops, teas, or dances--she is apt to wear a gown Suits aro with a smart hip-yoke. introducing them, daytime dresses elaborate them and evening gowns glorify them.
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sura
Two Yokes Instead of One! Pictured to-day is. a little suit that makes doubly of its. yoke. The material novelty of the soft is homespuns, in browns that express nature itself, with one dash of deep woodland green. The blouse, with its unusual neckline that forms a fat jabot, is of silk, in the wood- Innd green.
The skirt has a fitted yoke that dips to points on each hip. To further emphasize this yoke, the deep box pleats in front are stitch- led down for four inches, in line with the yoke. The, back is plain from the yoke down.
The jacket of this suit is, bolero, i with its edges dipping to points, 100, and it is fastened in front with tricky little buckles. The tendency to use boleros with hip yokes Is very now and is important because they bring the hip yokes into pro- minente as hip length coats never could.
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A Slender Effect.
The evening gown of shell pink satin showr to-day achieves its hip yoke effect by a broad. shaped girdle which snugly outlines the feure and, tying in a éhle knot in the front, contributes its circular
This. flare. ends for the front front fullness is gathered up under, the hem. iu the "harem.style" that curresponds to the swathed hipline.
This gown slenderizes the figure with its svelte lines and its semi- cireular front width, which allows Treedom of movement but retains the somewhat straight silhouette. The decolletage is just nicely round- ef in front and dips to a deep U in the rear.
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Sparkling Brilliants. Gorgeously rich and graceful is the third gown to-day which 'merely simulates the hip-yoke as a ges- lure to fashion. Nile green and silver brocade fashions this gown royally, with rippling strands of brilliants flowing from the centre big buckle of brilliants.
Five such strands of brilliants outline a tight hip-line while ns. many more fall from the centre front to simulate drapes. The ever, flared hem-line furthers the illusion of much "fullness in this charming gown.
Both the front and the rear of the neck are modestly decollette.
All three of these frocks are fashioned for the woman of slender or medium proportions. But just because a woman has ample ling she need feel no compunction about wanting a yoke dress. Sometimes
fitted ypke, with a flared lower portion of the skirt will give an attractive dignity and grace to a stout figure.'
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Yokes Must Be Complimentary:
But the yokes that cut the figure ing the forthcoming season. These in two, by having materials run are a wonderful blessing when it crosswise instead of up and down, comes to utilising an old evening those that are of contrasting ma- frock for day wear-espacially aterials or those that are black frock. All you need do is to phasized by gleaming gems and remove the "jig-tways" (otherwise bizarre traceries should all be unsuitable ornamentation, such as avoided. bend trimming, etcetera) from the
frock, and then make a loose coated,
em-
Chic comes by hip-lines it is truc. But they must be complimentary
either of georgette or matching lines or they fail to achieve their stuff. These look very pretty tied purpose.
at the neck loosely with narrow black-velvet ribbon and then hanging free, and the sleeves can be wide and floppy or caught in at the wrist, to suit your taste. Such a toilette will look quite pretty and fresh for afternoons, or informal dinners.
Longer Skirts Assured.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.
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NUT MERINGUES:
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WOMAN'S
WORLD
YOKES NO FEMINIST SHOULD
MIND!
CHIC HIP-LINES, REAL OR SIMULATED THEY FLATTER.
Hip-yokes come by ingenious methods, left to right: shell pink satin has swathed yoke girdle; brocaded youn simulates yoke effect by strands of brilliance, and a tweed suit fakes a pointed yoke and stitched pleats. for double effect.
A VARIETY OF STYLES FOR
THE BLONDE.
RUFFLES, TIERS AND FLOUNCES BECOME HER THE MOST.
Pictured above are the kind of clothes a dainty blonde should wear? (left) tiered cardinal red velvet wrap, with yoke and Elizabethan collar akirred, leaving plain discs of polka dot; "al- most a child's hat" is the demure beige chape u in the centre, with its wreath of autumn leaves in gorgeous velvets; right, dawn pink satin and chiffon imported period gown, with diamante yoke and bow knot girdle.
LUCKY BLONDE.
CAN WEAR ALMOST
ANYTHING.
ELITE STYLES
Blondes come nearer wearing any type of dress, any lines, any colour than either the exotic brunette, or the temperamental Titians.
for--
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NOVELTIES.
IN DAINTY LINGERIE.
Washing satin is one of the most popular materials for lingerie at the moment. White is once again enjoying a vogue, especially when
But there lies the danger. Wear it is trimmed with heavy bands of tinted laco. A sign of the times is is ing anything, fairly well, the blonde may forget her birthrights That the matching negligee which ia to look dainty. She may be five mudo straight and usually unlined, feet tall, or six-as is the beautiful with an all-round edging of a simi wife of a famous portrait painterlar lace to the one, adorning the but the blonde must be dainty to
nightgown. be right. Meticulous grooming and careful choice of clothes achieve this.
Be Fussy, Blondes. Fussy clothes become the blonde more than other women. Such things as ruffles, tiered skirts, flounces and drapes, elaborate lace. yokes, tricky little suits, and all the accessories that the feminine heart scems to crave, detract loss from a blonde than from any other type of beauty..
Pinks, apparently, were made for blondes, they can do so many things to her. A dawn pink enhances her daíntiness and adds a modest note. Rose can make her look like a be
But witching sophisticated flirt. red again makes her demure and dangerous.
Blues are good, from the faint- est robin's ega blue to midnight. Browns arc, ex- So are greens. cellent on the demi-blonde. "Grey" on others. Lavenders, and purples aometimes are a riot on a blonde. But for yellow-the blonde should forego yellows unless she is a honey blonde, when a daffodil yellow sometimes brings out the ambor of her eyes and is stunningly lovely.
-The evening wrap shown to-day is designed with an eye to blonde feminine fussiness, though it is so skillfully worked that it appears simple. It is a rich cardinal red velvet wrap. fashioned in three. tiers, with the yoke and Elizabe than collar shirred tightly, leaving little dises of plain velvet which It is add a polka dotted motif, lined with shell pink crepe and has a spacious pocket inside for the opera glasses, vanity case and what- not a little blonde would. need."
The little hat is another example how the simplest apparel the blonde wears may have frills or furbelows added and she can get away with it. The hat is a charming little mush- room import of beige felt. Most women, for a daytime hat, would have only a banding, but our de signer chooses an ornate wreath of velvet leaves, in rich, gaudy-autumn reds, yellows and browns-and it makes the wearer look demure!
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Perlad Gowns Perfect.
'The period gowns, with their. tightly fitted bodices and bouffant skirts, are perfect on blondes. Nothing on earth is more dainty or more feminine than the fitter bodice .of soft shimmering materials, which flare to give the grace and charm of the old-time full skirts.
The evening gown shown to-day and is. in shell pink, silver diamantė. The little
bodice
is of satin, fashioned tight, with a quaint pointed yoke of silver spangles and diamante. A bow-knot of similar trimming is worked in the girdle of the bodice, with long streamers of the spark- ng rnamentation swinging grace- fully.
Straight, untrimmed cami-knick- ers have a petticoat of pleated lace which is certainly extremely pret- ty, but altogether diaphanous.
drawers
with
Chiffon ballet heavily frilled legs, each frill being ran with sliver or gold thread, are the craze of the moment for even- ing wear. Accompanying each pair is a shaped brassiere of several thicknesses of material, intended miraculously to hold to the figure with a band of elastic.
VERY CHIC.
Delightful pujanas made from tussore silk and embroi- dered in red, blue and gold. The coat has a red chiffon lin- ing which gives it a particular- ly chic air.
EFFECTIVE PYJAMAS..
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AND DAINTY BOUDOIR WRAP. Whether you are an advocate of pyjamas or not, you will admit
the
here has design The bouffant skirt is made in that
certain
of amount charm. of chiffon, each a four sections flaring "section double tiered. In the first place, the jumper
has veat
feminine in like and all floating softly rhythmic motion as the wearer touch, while the boudoir wrap en dances. No jewels are needed suite is cosy and proper enough to The with so dainty a dress as this.antisfy the most critical. More than a tasselled neckline model sketched was in fussore, en- would, in fact, detract from the debroidered in poppy-red, cornflower- licacy of the picture.
blue and gold, and very beautiful Tor while blondes can wear any-it looked. An extra attractive note thing and all the rules their hearts was the red chiffon lining to the desire, the wise blonde knows that coat, and this could of course be the more feminine and child-like blue instead if you favour a pre she appears, the more appealing ahe dominance of the latter colour. in. And she chooses her dainty cotumea accordingly,
Divided Opinions About Picture Frocks.
One should add that the pyjama vast was sleeveless, although there is no absolute reason why it should be except that it looks co dainty like that:
Decorative Tiles.
"Tiles decorated, and fired in an With regard to the much discuss- Chop as fine as possible four
ed robe de style, it is interesting to ordinary electric oven, by two Lo ounces of nuts, hazel nuts prefer.
note that the famous woman-dress- don women artists, are much used ably, and cut into strips,.or chop
What is known as a millinery maker who has for so long ad- to decorate the Dutch dresser, and coarsely another three ounces of
Dressing-tables are now made would in the higher and more of a nuts: mix these with ten ounces of
to the furniture of a woman's room autumn showing a great many drap for teapot or flower vase. A topl- powdered sugar, beat the whites with deep cavities in the centre, or aquat looking-glass. This has been chest is a new and welcome addition vocated it, in season and out, is this when backed with felt make stands It really is true that our knees of four eggs until absolutely stiff, they are curved and quite low, but designed, for the woman who Hat boxes are never pretty and al-ed, often quite short, evening cal example is "Chang, a prancing must now be well covered if we add the sugar and ants, and mix the newest design has a straight preciates painted furniture. It is ways kept in inaccessible places, so frocks. On the other hand, an elephant; the Alsatian design is want to be "in the movement." thoroughly, flavour with a few chest of drawers, standing not more tinted a "brass" colour, with a pat that the chest is likely to find fa-equally famous designer, but this also in request. Animals in blue Just an inch or two added, but the drops of vanilla essence. Pile this than two feet from the ground, tern of coloured wood cuts running your in feminine circles, At the time of the male persuasion, is and white French Delft look attrac difference is already apparent. It meringue in little hilla, or rocks which lower and wider around the edges. The tiny knobs top are double-doored cupboards eagerly in favour of the robe de tive on the open dresser and tiles is quite probable that we shall have on a well-greased oven tin or but than the average,
drawers which take pull-ons and skirt. reached the half-way-between- tered paper, shalo over some grau back of this is a long, nar were multi-coloured, and the glass, with shelves for one's brimmed style and entirely opposed to any from the original Royal Factory at knee-and-ankle length when spring uiated suger, and bake in a slow row, mirror, enabling the owner oddly enough is enamelled with hats, and below that are three thing approaching shortness, Delft can also ba had in vigorous
to see more of herself than ahe black.
comes again.
oven for twenty minutes.
At the
the small hats,
designs."