The Use of Gold and Silver Effects in Place of Vivid Colourings - A Spray of White Lace Roses - Silver Lace Flowers and Leaves - A Spray for Hair or Corsage

It is not always desirable in millinery to use coloured flowers as ornaments. The crowning of beauty with wreaths and blossoms is as old as Nature herself, but modern taste decrees that there must be some modification in shape and colouring.

A wreath of forget-me-not in blue, with the vivid green of the foliage, strikes too loud a note with a quietly rich costume; even the rose may be too voyante in Nature's pinks and reds if the gown with which it is worn clothes one of mature years, or one for whom the scheme of natural colour is unsuitable.

Lace flowers come as a delightful novelty and relief when artificial flowers in nature's hues are too daring.

These flowers originated in the atelier of the most exclusive modiste in Paris, and the Parisian woman was quick to see and appreciate their beauty.

A rose spray, with foliage in white lace, is fashioned with two yards of white silk-covered millinery wire and three yards of I 1/2-inch Valenciennes lace. Such a spray will be found inexpensive and not too difficult of achievement by the amateur.

A dainty spray of foliage and white lace roses, suitable for millinery purposes or as trimming of a young girl's dress

A rose spray in white thread lace for the trimming of a summer hat

How to Make the White Lace Rose Spray

Get a small piece of cotton-wool the size of a thimble, cover it with the lace, and insert a 4-inch length of the wire, bent with a small hook, so that it remains firmly in the wool. This forms the centre of the rose. Now stitch a piece of the lace round this centre, so that the frills representing the rose petals can be stitched on. Attach one end of the lace to the centre, and gather it round and round, spreading it out more widely at each layer of frills, so that the effect of outstanding petals is obtained.

Repeat this process for the half-open bud, but as the petals are not required to stand out so far, only the wired knob of wool and a small quilting is necessary. Now that the flower and bud are ready, lay these on one side, and take the rest of the silk-covered wire, twist it in gracefully outspreading shapes for leaves, making the loops sufficiently wide at their extremity to be covered with the lace. The lace is then stretched over the loops and tacked to the wire frame.

Arrange the flower and bud on the group of leaves, and a most dainty millinery or corsage ornament is ready to wear, its cost being considerably less than if bought ready-made.

Lace flowers in combination with natural foliage are also most effective, the illustration giving a good example of an ornament suitable for the trimming of a young girl's dress. Very fine thread lace, I inch wide, fashioned the roses and buds. The lace is twisted in a looped rosette, stitched firmly, and attached to a short piece of millinery wire. The lace flowers, when made, are woven into the green foliage at regular intervals.

A spray of roses and leaves in gold or silver lace is very effective for trimming a large hat, and is made in a similar way.

In order to shape the rose correctly, begin in the centre to roll the lace round three fingers, shaping the upper edge petal-wise, and folding over towards the centre. Do not cut off the lace, but work it round into a not very full frill until the surrounding petals are formed.

When the rose is set in the centre, the spray is ready for fixing in the hat.

A rose spray in gold lace, which would form an effective ornament for a picture hat

This section forms a complete guide to the art of preserving and acquiring beauty. How wide is its scope can be seen from the following summary of its contents:

Beautiful Women in History

Treatment of the Hair

The Beauty of Motherhood and

Old Age The Effect of Diet on Beauty Freckles, Sunburn Beauty Baths Manicure

The Beautiful Baby

The Beautiful Child

Health and Beauty

Physical Culture

How the Housewife may Preserve

Her Good Looks Beauty Foods Secrets Mothers ought to Teach their Daughters

The Complexion

The Teeth

The Eyes

The Ideal of Beauty

The Ideal Figure, etc., etc.