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May 11, 1939.
The Cold Shoulder
If you have an off-the-shoulder evening dress, there may be times when you go to the play, dine in a restaurant, or are asked out to dinner in a draughty house, when your decolletage may be excessive or merely chilly. So hére is the answer. Have one or two of these little jackets, quite in period, and easily removable.
Mothers!
PROTECT YOUR BABY DRINK MALTONIC DAILY!
"Baby's health dependi-now and
in the future-on the food he receives during the first months.
To ensure that Baby is given rich and uncontaminated milk, a wisel mother will drink Maltonie dally; it
fortifies her body against sickness
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This consists of a back piece and two sleeves of striped taffeta, the back finish- ing in a broad belt, which laces at the front waist, peasant style. The back is cut in one piece round to the front to con- plete the arm-holes.
This little Victorian coat.
2 would be the easiest pos sible thing for your "little dress- maker" to copy. It is cut into. the waist, basqued, and trimmed with braid. Made of Ottoman silk. it would look particularly good over a full-skirted frock.
Feminine Frivolities
WHAT WOMEN WORE IN 1833
RESSES were very elaborate a the latest fashion from Paria,
hundred years ago.
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For those slim and young enough to wear capes, this ruched capelet provides the ideal solution to cold shouldera. Make it in taffeta, which ruches nicely, and line it with some. thing warm to the skin.
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Bolero in slipper satin with crisp organdi frilling round the neck, sides, and back. Frill- ing should be as detachable as possible, because it will need to be laundered more often than the bolero. Keep, if you can, an extra ruffle.
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How Do You Lacy Lingerie for Spring
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New York-It just doesn't do to white or boudoir colours, is run. take one's cye off things, as for Here's the Ideal "something blue"
Removing Wine Stains
Jewellery was much worn, and Imagine modern girl attired in a brooches
of How do you smile? Most women Instance what goes on in smart for the bride who is careful to wear enamel of gold and morning dress of white organdie, various colours, representing fruits think they smile sweetly of shops, I've in mind lugerie see something old, new and blue on her
tions, although the same applies to wedding day. festooned with lilac bows! The short and flowers in their natura: lints course, but few of us realise that most sections, certainly at this sex-
After
decade, at least, of flesh, sleeves were tight at the top, with a were the newest vague.
every time we smile we are uncon- son.
pink and peach lingerie it's posi- long puff below, and the long, full Shawls
decidedly
It stands to renson, with little girl tively thrilling to see popular sciously revealing our character io
of mounds skirt was extended by a stiff, full one hundred years ago,
those who finve eyes to see. and
dresses-mony of them Inade of snowy white lying about and to know petticoat.
worn outdoors and indoors. Large
woman's washable materials-one just nature that it's all yours for the price on its To a keen observer When it came to evening dress the shawls of plain cashmere; silk shawls smile reveals a great deal, for aally wants lingerie in the little-girl sales tag- women of 1830 simply surpassed of various colours; black tulle strawls, beautiful smile la not always the rather than the grand-dane manner. themselves. Picture a buxom matron lined with lilac and blue, and black smile of a beautiful woman. Very And when 1 sey Jingerie I mean un- disporting herself in "n robe of maroon satin shawis for married women all often the plainest women smile Bodies of muslin handkerchief nen velvet, trimmed with blondince enjoyed great popularity. flounces,
The most charmingly that when they smile they unt so on.... and velvet flowers of vivid elegant shawls were trimmed with cease to be plain. Their features are
It works this way: the shirtwaist gypsified or colours." The bodice was cut ex- fringe, a new and highly favoured not faultless, but their beautiful type of dress, be it tremely low, but the modestly wore iden at that tine.
otherwise, is a transparent offulr smile disarms all critlelsm.
and needs to be worn over some- "a chemisette of while tulle, which,
To remove. red wine stains. from rises su
sufficiently high round the bust Elaborate flats.
Other women with far grenter thing pretty provocative, It just table linens, cover the stain with to shade it in a very elegant man-
and salt as quickly as possible and mols- claims to beauty are disappointing doesn't looks right over satin Huts and bonnets were large, and
with cold
waler. After When in full evening dress, young elaborate, and worn well on the back when they smile, for many of them silk crepes. It needs to be some- ten
both, or it needs to be beautifully and wash out in warm water and women were recommended to wear of the head, to display smoothly merely open their mouths and dishing lies, nely embroidered or thirty minutes, rinse in cold water and Arely turked. I've innde it my mild soapsuds. Do not let the salt ularly pretty little caps of tulle parted hair tooned round the ears, play two large rows of teeth.
on the back of the head and Bonnets of leghorn straw, rimmed Some women smile only, with their business to explain about beading: remain too long; it might damage
which dainty ribbon, in the material. encircled with a wreath of flowers," with long white feathers, tipped with lips, while their eyes remain cold and through while matrons were advised to put blue or pink, vied with black lace expressioniers. Such women are apt on "elegant white enps of tulle, oran- bonnets adorned with feathers inter- to repel by their apparent lack of mented with wheat cars.".
mixed with velvet flowers.
sincerity. It is interesting to note that in 1030
Then we all know women with a silk stockings cast from 25 3d to 78 "The "newest maleriais "featured" in Bd-and-cotton stockings could be perpetual smile. These gushing wo- the fashions of 1839 were marcel-bought from 3d per pair upwards, men apparently have not-learned-lat lines, taffetas glace, foulards, Jaconet Satin shoes cust Gd, silk shoes 55, even a sinile enn be overdone. Other musling, and a mixture of cotton and while kid and morocco shoes were women have a delightful, humorous sinile that banishes depression and wool very fashionable for promenade only 4s 6d per pair.
Lace mitchs Embroidered organdie "of
could netually be warms the heart of the beholder. costumes.
slow, Watch these wolnen with a the most exquisite fineness and trans- purchased at ninepence per pair.
Margaret Hillman. coaxing smile. See how they always parency", was recommended as being
manage to get their own way.
"New" Materials
A now sweater-blouse, crocheted in a variation of the shell #ilich, and worked, in 'a tweedy effect from multi-coloured mer. eertred crochet collon, will be gay, and becoming this spring, and summer. Short and figure-moulding, it features a soli turndown -collar and slightly puffed short sleeves.
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Most of us have seen at one time or nother the women who we trs mile of superiority. Somehow such a smile seems to arouse antagonism. The wistful smile that can change anger to pleasure is a gift that most women value beyond price, but this smile is
I usually quite an unconscious. possession.
Women who sometimes smile out.
public benefactors. doors are many women frown and look worried when walking in the street that i cheers our hearts to see any woman with a happy smile.
So
Women who have a sweet, pleasant smile that reffects inward beauty possess one of the greatest secrets of i popularity. for this smile irresistible.
Margaret Hilman.
SHORT CUTS
To make salty gravies and soups palutable, drop a piece of raw po- talo Into the liquid for a few min- utes before removing it from the fre.
Boiled salad dressing will not curdle if the beaten egre are surred into cold vinegar before bolling.
A delicious syrup for waffles or pancakes is made from jelly which turns to sugar. Simply add half a glass of water lo one glass of jelly, heating just enough for jelly to dis-
solve.
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Nicolele Paris demonstrates the ultimate in chic, for the sophisticated woman when she wears this boldly striped, black and, while Jersey, drew wiih matching, full-length cape, one of her own original designs. - The Nicole hat of black, milän straw is topped by three ornamental calls 'lilles of white velvet.
This costume was included in one of the recent fashion shows at the Elix-Carlton in New York,
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