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COATS are LONGER WAISTS

are

HIGHER

MEN shirk wearing formal clothes

In the daytime when they can; but there is at least one occasion iti

la life when the average young man is anxious that such clothes should be correct in every detail, and that is at his wedding.

It would be a réor compliment to the bride in bei lovely gown, to say nothing of her picturesque retinue of bridesmaids, if her bridegroom were not dressed in appropriate mauner to fit in with the picture.

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Such were the sentiments pressed in a letter from a render whe has found my articles helpful. He is hoping to lend his bride to the altar this spring.

Correct Outfit

Y correspondent, included in his

letter

notes smine up-to-date

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about

the outfit of a well-dressed

by 11 bridegroom, given to him taller.

Our bridegroom must wear 3 black

morning coat, of course with striped trousers in greys, or black- and white (the tones of the grey will get lighter as spring advances); pale

grey

or bull waistcoat; winged collar and light tie of the brand Ascot type, or a turn-down collar with long points, and an ordinary scarf tie of neat design; black sill rocks and black Oxford shoes; black silk topper.

The morning coat should be single breasted with doub breasted lapels and a single buttorfastening.

1939 Fashion Points

TAILS of morning coats are getting

tonger and waists "higher and

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What the

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well-defined, so our bridegrown must women who wish their dressmakers

he careful to have his morning coal could do the same for them!

of up-to-date cut.

"If a man hinta gt, tre'ne

pot to make him bug," said the

Broad Shoulders

calyx of a carnation. The buttons on the coat should be bone ones.

The coat, as I have said before, should be black, though some bride- grooms have chosen a dark Oxford Eminent Authority, endorsing the CHOULDERS of morning coats are grey. dictum

slightly broader, and the button- Waistcoat

be of my bridegroom-to-be's D

should

double talior.

hole in the left lapel of the coal breasted, but a single breasted one Maybe there are sine not-so-stim should be large enough to take the is permissible.

SHORT CUTS

Τα provent scratching of linoleum or floor, cut pads from an old felt bat and glue these lo the bottoms of chair and table legs..

Sago And Rice Jelly Lemons And

WASH 1⁄2 oz rice, 1⁄2 oz large sago,

and 1⁄2 oz pearl barley, and put

all into a basin with sufficient water Just to cover. Leave to soak over-

Vinegar

FEW drops of vinegar or of

night. Then put them into a pan Alemon juice added to the water with 1 pint milk and I pint water. in which they are bolled will whiten Wash az semolina and add told potatoes, and a few drops of to the pan with the other Ingredients. lemon juice in the water in which rice is bolled will separate as well Bring to the bolt and simmer until as whilen the grains, A teaspoonful windy weather use two coat hangers reduced to half of the quantity, of lemon juice in the instead of one, reversing them so stirring occasionally to prevent stick-prevent that the hooks form a circle, and ing.

tough. they won't blow of the line.

When airing garments outdoors in

may

Lemon juice

be sub- stituted for vinegar in French dressing.----

Add 2 oz sugar and the Juice of half a lemon, and then strain all through muslin and

into pour wetted mould. Serve with cream.

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The sunbonnet tine makes a hat for cockfalls or dinner. I of black fell with Chantilly lace. The clips are shaded pink enamel, with gold metal leaves.

a

water will bolled meat from being

Lemon juice may be used as a sub- stitute for vinegar when making mint sauce. Sprinkled over sliced fruit or over fruit in salad, lemon juice will prevent fruit from turning dark.

The juice.cf a lemon taken with out sugar before breakfast will often cure a billous headache,

Lemon jules and glycerine mixed together are excellent for removing stains from the hands. A piéce of lemon peel put into the basin when washing up will soften the water, whiten the hands, and remove all trace of smell of fish and onions.

If new shoes will not polish, rub over, with half a lemon and leave until thoroughly dry. Repeat Af

necessary.

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For linen scorched in Ironing, rub the part with lemon juice and lay where bright sunshine will directly on It. The mark will dis- appear, leaving the scorched part as white as before,

April 4, 1939.

say about WELL-DRESSED BRIDEGROOMS

Trousers are very wide, with

pleats at the waist No turn-ups at thei hems.

And no spats!

Gloves should

be of the light champis type.

The same kind W

of outfit Is, of

Pay your bride the

compliment of acting

upon this article

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course, correct for the best man, the higher waists and ushers, and, indeed, for all the male morning coats

wedding. guesta at

trend..

It is right, too, for occasions like Ascot, when a ilght topper can be

worn Instead of a dark one if preferred:

Also (for Ascot) the entire sull may be made in a pale lone of grey. Looking Back

Others have the Napolconie, the Empire and the Directoire touch.

Directoire

of

Co it may not be sut place here to point out that these longer tails of men's show

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Does this mean that tailors are

gradually aiming at getting a greater variety of designin men's formal. clothes?

Let us acknowledge that the well- cut 1039 formal clothes for masculine wear are excellent in every way. They emphasse formally without stressing it, give the impression of height, and achleve 3 waistline where one does not actually exist.

WE

VE women ate fond of tracing back our fashions to different perlod Influences. This spring our clothes show several influences, the predominating ones being those of What more could a well-dressed the Victorian and Empire periods, man wish?

An interesting story in contr asis is told in this picture of Edith Kingden Gould with her sister, Mr. Charles Thompson. The hoop Une but skirt is not as generally worn as the straighter

Miss is nevertheless a favourila with the younger dancing set, Gould's dress is white while her sister's gown with its intricate shoulder strap arrangement is in several shades of fuchsia.

What The Films Have

Done For Women

By TIM WHELAN, THE WELL-KNOWN FILM DIRECTOR

TT is estimated that every week emulate to the best of their ability. We have but to look round, even 250,000,000 people visit cinemas

where drabness quarter women in throughout the world. and

and

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form the greater part of the audience. ugliness were once predominant in It is not surprising, therefore, that such things as dress; to find girls in making a film, producers try to taking a pride in their appearance get a good angle of feminine appeal, and aiming at a new and much higher Cul lemon and salt cleans copper,

but, though women are in this respect standard. More juice can be extracted from a

powerful, they in their turn

Outdoor games and dancing have come lemon by warming It before using.

under the spell of films.

been responsible for great improve- A little vinegar added to the water

Women are, perhaps, more inclined ments in deportment-women walk when washing out cupboards not to self-dramatising' than men. Though infinitely better than they used to- mentally giving them- but the film can also claim a share only keeps them sweet and clean, it the habit

selves

of sentimental roles to credit, herole also keeps moths at bay. Rusty

play may not be new amongst The graceful movements of an curtain rings or hooks soaked in hot women, the film has stirred their accomplished actress cannot fail to vinegar before being polished in the imaginations as no literature has charm, and even if the young woman usual way will look like new.

Chamols leather dipped in vinegar ever done, and to-day many women who is watching her on the screen and water will remove grease and model themselves and their lives is not actually making notes in her mind for her own guidance, she is grime from furniture. Polish after-upon their favourite film stars.

Sometimes this can be carried to subconsciously taking in a lesson. wards with usual furniture cream. extremes, but apart from exceptional Undoubtedly it is the screen that Fur is enally removed from the in- side of

of decanters by rinsing them cases, the influence of the screen has has dealt one of the severest blows with warm vinegar.

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When washing coloured garments,

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tinks and believes, and many evils. A pace has been set by the expert resulting from narrow-mindedness dressing and the grooming of the and "Ingrained superstition" stars. Though only a few women gradually being swept away through the same time, through A MINK cont, sald to have cost can possibly hope to achieve that the cleansing influence of the cinema. producers direct appeal to the £400, lind been given to St. Mat- high standard-since the studios can While some may claim that the

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pert beauty artists, make-up men, copying to the point of absurdity, the world. The curate-in-charge, the Rey, hair-dressers, and dress designers others are equaily positive that one Rowland Smith, advertised it for sale the efforts which women, feel they of the good things taught by the Through the commercial necessity {at £100.

must make to be like other women movies is the virtue of being natural. of mainly presenting women in a "I disclosed the name of the prevent them falling into that sloughi Airs and affectutions which were | favourable light; the producers have donor," he said, "the cost probably of drabness and carelessness which once considered an essential part of given women a new pride, and though. would not sell. Some women don't once one of the marks of a woman's conduct, have given place this may not be so noticeable, in like buying other people's clothes If approaching middle-age,

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