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BUYING IN HASTE.

Waiting for the Spring Modes.

- "I feel so shabby" is a phrase one often hears from one's female ac- quaintances at this time of the year, when bright, sunny periods during the day remind one that 'spring will

n be here..

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Indeed, it is these periods when the sun seems to paint reproachfal Angers at the thin patches on our urs and the shiny places on our coats which sometimes make us rush ol and bay new clothes before the now fashions have really arrived,

There is a danger in doing this which the wise woman, if she wishes to look smart, will do well to avoid,

So often, motles which are intro- duced at this time of the year, and which the fashion experts insist are to be worn this season, turn out to

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930.

The WOMAN'S Page E

INDIVIDUALITY.

For the Ingenious Woman.

There #re smart women and dowdy women, and there are women who always manage to look "differ- ent." They are the fortunate people who have that ingenious knock of making trilling additions to their toilette which lift them from the or- dinary rut and produce the subtle difference which the fashion jour- nals determine as "chic.".

Very often they are not-women with an unlimited dress allowance, but they contrive to look infinitely smarter than the woman who has, and all because they study Dame Fashion and can turn each gesture of that very changeable lady to suit themselves, and also suit their dress allowance.

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An acquaintance of the writer who The a "flop." if one may use a theais gifted in this way, caused quite trical term in this connection. In- a sensation at the theatre one other words it does not ""catch on." evening by wearing a black dress After all, the new fashions are in-with, a jade green hat. "Nothing variably modified before -we get the mode which achieyes universal popularity. Some of the new styles are distinctly exaggerated, and one feels that more sensible and moderate versions will be arrived at in 'the course of month or 50, by a process of eliminating the most exaggerated features,

Do not, therefore, let the first few sunny days, and, the fact that the birds are singing and there seems to be a general Springlike atmosphere, tempt you into making haphazard purchases which you may regret later.

What You May Do.

It is a far better plan to tidy up and renovate as much as possible your winter clothes. It is amazing what a successful result one can achieve by merely cleaning the fur on one's winter coat, rubbing it with hot bran and afterwards shaking it out and combing it up.

very unusual in that," you will say, but-in addition, she wore à pair of cream evening gloves, the top of which had been neatly edged with tiny, jade beads to correspond with a rather striking necklet of the same stones.

'She confided that the neck- let was really a very cheap one, but as she wore no other jewellery the effect was really good. One can "get away" with that sort of thing pro- viding one doesn't fall into the error of overdoing it, which is, of course, fatal to good style.

The same girl bought a pair of cheap black satin evening shoes and by removing the central strap and substituting a narrow strip of dia- mante trimming, achieved the effect of a really expensive pair of shoes! The only way to acquire the art of looking "different" is to make a careful study of fashion, and to keep a constant look-out in the shops.

Fashion Favours Long Skirts.

These three charming disciples of Dame Fashion will let no idle talk on masculine disapproval sway them from their loyalty the long skirts that have been decreed. (Left) A stunning evening gown of white cotton net and black late. It is made with the long slim wa'st and full skirt. (Right) Ono of the stunning ensembles that caused a sensation at the Garment Retailers' Style Show at New York. The demure miss in the centre is of the opinion that trousers, as well as skirts must be long. She is wearing a chic trouser zult of cotton crepe with blouse of Persian print.

WOOLLIES.

Undies Don't Match Frocks.

USE OF DYES.

New Life to Faded.

Material.

HE-MEN.

Design Women's Frocks

in Paris.

There is a world-wide lument that There comes a time in the life Let women deny it if they can: women have forsaken wool for of many a garment of coloured feminist argument can upset the artificial silk, but have those who wash material when the colour it challenge that this is a man-made are making the wail ever paused te once possessed is streaked and fad-world. Even the fashion experts realise that women will never weared. The blue has turned a dirty who have decided that women shall woollens so long as undies do not

hobble their knees are men. Dress conform to the fashions in frocks.

and hat designing is no longer con- Silk and wool slips are made with

sidered among the lady-like jobs of opera tops, but try to buy a woollen

life. garment, and you are faced with something with sleeves, which pro- occur to someone else, and theperly belongs to the era of Victoria

different" woman never follows in and red flannel. the wake of her friends.

You must be quick, however, and Any spots or stains on the cont if you do get a good and original may be removed with little trouble, idea, act upon it at once. Other while buttonholes which have be-wise probably the same idea will come enlarged or stretched can also be given the attention necessary to smarten their appearance.

There is a tendency, of course, to think: "Oh, it's not worth while to carry out these renovations so late in the season," but the result more than justifies the trouble. If one substitutes lighter gloves for the winter ones, perhaps puts a new ribbon pn one's felt or velour hat. and purchases Bay a new scarf or coat poay, it is surprising how much brighter and more springlike one's toiletle will appear.

There will be time enough to choose new spring clothes later, and they will be infinitely fresher and you will be far more interested in them, than if you had purchased them a month or six weeks too early, and had them hanging up in your wardrobe, pending the arrival of a day fine enough to wear them.

HOW YOU WEAR IT.

"It's not what you say, but how you say it," is an expression" we often hear, and the truth of It is equally applicable to another fact which is "It's not what you wear, but how you wear it."

Some women never look well in their clothes, although those clothes may be expensive and exclusive models. Yet we never notice them, and the reason is because they wear their clothes badly.

It is the easiest thing in the world to ruin the effect of the smartest outfit, by being alovenly, by putting things on badly, and by holding oneself awkwardly.

There are, indeed, few women who hold themselves erect, with squared shoulders and heads up. Many women seem deliberately to cultivate a slouch; they droop about the place like so many wilting flowers, sprawi in their chairs, and regard with gratitude anything against which they may lean,

Essential Pointe,

It is essential, in order to get the best out of a garmennt, to put it on properly, with the shoulder seam on the shoulder and the collar, round the neck and not half way down one's back.

Your "undies" are another Im portant point. If you are not neat underneath it is extremely unlikely that you will look well-groomed in

your dress or costume.

A BROOCH WATCH.

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During the dancing season parti

Love-Bird Green Gown.

A very interesting gown worn (shown above), is made of love- bird green.

The gown is made with straight slip in the front and rows of circular flounces forming a semi-train in the back."

BRIDAL PLANS.

These are the days when girls will not allow themselves to be absolutely swamped beneath the avalanche of preparations for their weddings. Those who look well ahead, consult the caterer, the dressmaker and the florist weeks before, and so the last few weeks are fairly quiet,

Now it is not unusual to hear of brides-to-be going away for holl days, and arriving home about three or four weeks before the

great day,

cularly, women

oyster colour, yellow is a streaked tan, green is more yellow than green, lavender l'either very pale or actually turned to light blue through the action of washing pow. ders on the lavender dye.

With children's clothes the places that receive hardest wear-cuffs and collars especially also show discolouration and dirt in spite of careful washing. This is why aome persons prefer pure white for children's clothes. They never dis- colour and they may be boiled free- ly, because of their lack of colour, Bo as to keep them snowy anil spot; less.

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But don't forget that faded and grimy clothes may be dyed so na to give the garments a new lease on life. The colour selected should be darker than the colour of the old material, but this does not mean that it need be dull. It sometimes happens that a child's frock or suit has become faded and is too small. Now, although there may be none of the original material with which to let it down, it la quite possible to dye a little plain material with the faded garment with which to mend it.

It is quite easy for the amateur

to get interesting effects from the process known as tying and dyeing. To do this you tie a knot in the material before you put it in the dye vat so that the dyed port takes on an interesting design, leaving the part of the material within the knot free from the dye. Silk dyed In this way makes Interesting cuahlon tops or lanip-shade covers, especially for the summer cottage. or bungalow where you wish to gain interesting effects at small cost.

ROYALTY LIKES LACES.

The Parisian designers who sit in their Iairs and issue demands about frocks and frills are quite he-men. Watch Paul Poiret bend an iron pipe with his muscular arms, and you know that he is anything but effeminate, in spite of hia. lifelong association with frocks and tape measures.

HAND BEAUTY.

When You Manicure-

What to Do,

Most of us realise how much depends on having well-kept hands, and though not all of ne Are possessors of pretty hands (Indeed large hands are said to be charac teristic of the modern woman), at loast we can create an illusion of beauty with our hands If we spend a little time and care on them,

FORWARD ONE !

Gentlewoman Advances to Centre Stage.

That fragile, gracioua, much- adored person-the gentlewoman! We had almost last her. She very nearly succumbed to knões, sports clothes, Eton crops, cigarettes, and cocktails. Modern bustle is very hard on graciousness, gentleness,

- Fifteen minutes three times a daintiness, and all her attributes. week, if devoted to the care of the | Even, more to blame than modern hands and nails, will, in a compara-

bustle for extinguishing her, was tively short time effect'a great im-

the ultra-modern woman-an ener- provement.

getic person, who pushed into the background anyone less aggressive than herself.

The first thing to do before com- mencing manicuring operations is to soak the Angera in warm, soapy water. After drying, apply a re-

And so the Gentlewoman went. liable cuticle remover to the base of the naila, afterwards loosening the into a decline, and we who still be cuticle with the tip of an orangelieve In fairies, who love romance, stick.

Be careful how you file your nails, following the line of the tip of the finger. Now rub in a little cuticle cream around the base of the nail, afterwards carefully wiping off.

Highly-polished and pointed nolla are, of course, extremely bad taste nowadays, apart from the fact that they are very unsuitable for the girl who has to "pound" a typewriter or wash floors,

Regarding the polish you use. there are many varieties from which to select paste, powder, or varnish. but it is wise to avoid the latter if your balls are inclined to be brittle. As far as the hands themselves are concerned one is wise to start look ing after them to preserve their beauty, rather than to allow them to become thoroughly neglected, and then start a sort of "panicky" cam- paign in search of hand beauty.

The wise housewife will always wear rubber gloves in the morning when she usually performs her hardest work-that portion of her duties which is such a despoiler of beautiful hands.

Extra protection is given if cold, cream is rubbed into the hands be fore putting on the rubber gloves. which by the way should be roomy and comfortable...

would have given up hope if it hadn't been for brief occasional glimpses of her moving quietly, against a tapestry of her own weav Ing.

Before Dawn it is darkest. When it really seemed her end had come, help came from the most unexpected quarter-the Paris costumiere. That most ardent supporter of tho Modern Women, who, for the sea- sons had rendered unto her the things most in keeping with her strenuous way of Hlving, and made a tired world accept her as the vogue, grew-perhaps, weary. Weary of catering to a being so eminently capable of looking after herself, and turned her attention to the Gentle

woman.

The Gentlewoman has been given the centre of the stage again. Her faint like is being warmed by velvets, furs and limelight, and her shy spirit wooed by gossamer lace and shimmering tulle. Looms yield- 'ing a pageantry of apparel rich and rare, which would be the breath of life to most women, and most of all to the Gentlewoman, are working their spell.

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Nor, has over the exotic, the ex- perimenta, the fantastic, or The hands should be well washed grotesque hicen surer of a welcome. in soft water after you have remov- What a joy she is, for is she not a ed your gloves, and the hands will creature of that powerful charm be soft and clean instead of dirt-femininity, which must ever be more

Lady's Bedroom.

The furniture used in this rooms is Macassar ebony relieved by a thin tand of rainct, which makes a striking contrast to the pale fresh green of the walls and soft furnishings. The head cloth behind the bed, which is casily removable, is an interesting note.(Besars. Waring and Gillow," London).

And there is Captain Molyneux, the Briton who won enough' medals in the war to decorate half a dozen

ingrained, with wrinkles and linos, which are the lot of the woman who does not take the trouble to tend her hands.

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Real lace is another of the femto-gowns. Paquin weighs about 14 ine notes of the year, and both the stone, and would be a formidable

The following recipe is splendid Duchess of York and Frincess Mary adversary if anyone decided to argue for whitening the skin: Shred down are wearing Jabota and lingerie about one of his price tickets. about 6 or 7 ounces of brown' Wind- effects trimmed with real lace an

Paul Poiret did not reach his sor soap, and place in a jar with their undercoat frocks. While lace present-day eminence without a half a gill of lemon juice. Place the s seen mostly on silk or silk crepe struggle, and in his youth he sketch-jar In a saucepan of water and let would be glad to dresses, it has also been used oned frocks in between delivering the contents melt over a slow fire. wear woollen shirts, if the texture tweed and charming featherweight umbrellas,

When allghtly cool add half a gil! and cat were right. But how many tweed dresses with heavy ecru Ince Worth is one of the few men who of eau-de-Cologne. manufacturers have taken advantage In the same tone as the tweed by a has lived all bis life in the dress- of the new backless gown to have famous dressmaker at a recent making business. His grandfather ready a dainty woollen slip to be show. But the most interesting founded the luxurious firm in Paris worn with dancing frocka? novelty is the use of fine drawn in 1846.

There are delightful Shetland squares of embroidered lawn as woollens on the market, but the labota. These ard edged with bob- prices are prohibitive, and every bin lace. woman hasn't the time, to make her a own shirts and petticoats of this soft yarn.

bordered handkerchiefs nie, also

SCARF COLLARS. The manufacturers should dis Scarf collars made of coloured abuse women's minds of the notion worn on some of the woollen crepe that woollen underclothing is heavy and fine tweeds, either as contrast and old-fashioned. There dino, reason why woolle slips should not or taking the tone of the dress, A good deal of kilted georgette is need edging.georgette jabots for callu

One recent bride took her brides- maids with her for a seaside holi A novelty which is being shown day, but before she left the threat- just now is a brooch watch In ened them thus "Any of you dare | Laahl enamel, which pins on and recalls, mention wedding voil; rock a var

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effective than efficiency, And, her allure. Not the disturbing frank- ness of skimpy skirts, nor the un- mysterious shapelcasness of the low- belted jumper, but an intangible, slim-waisted something-an clusivo Insinuation, Intriguing, arresting, exciting, irresistible, floats from her velling..draperies,

She is so elegant. It's the expen- sive kind, too, but with the way of the world, it makes her all the more desirable to him who pays. There is modesty about her, also. A quaint, droll thing from which have bean woven air castles and dreams, and other equally' amusing and ridiculous things which make it not such a bad old world after all.

So, advances down centre stage, the Gentlewomana figure vaguely reminiscent of a Dresden shep- herders, of a sweet refrain, half forgotten, of a cherished memory from days afar off and romantic, All these, yet, bless her, the Gentle" woman is very much of the moment.

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