22 
LAND & WATER 
July 13, 1916 
The mm 01 these notes is to bring articles of present-Uay use and interest to tne knowledge 0/ our readers. All articles described have 
been carefully chosen for mention, and in every instance can be recommended from personal knowledge. Names and addresses of shops. 
where the articles mentioned can be obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard addressedto P\!iSE-P\RT:ovT, "Land and Water" 
Empire House, Kingsway, W.C. Any other tuformaiton will be given on request. 
New Blouse 
Coat 
Smock coats which can be worn instead 
of blouses are a feature at a place famed 
for artistic materials and designs. Lately 
they have had 
to keep a great 
hupply to meet 
the demand, 
numbers of wo- 
men having dis- 
covered a need 
for them. 
This is quite 
easy to under- 
stand, for war 
conditions have 
brought a 
change into 
many women's 
lives. A com- 
fortable practi- 
cal garment is 
. what a great 
majority want, 
and the blouse 
coat tends all 
towards this. It 
looks delightful 
worn with any 
odd skirt, and 
can be slipped 
on almost 
instantaneously, 
the wearer al- 
This new aod pretty smock coat is a happy compromise 
bitwLcii blouse and sports coat, and marks a fresh deparltue 
in practical attire 
ways looking 
neat under any 
conditions. 
These smock coats are made in a variety of materials. In 
thick Astron Cotton they are delightful, and cost a guinea. 
This wa.shes beautifully und is in a big range of lovely colour- 
ings. Japanese Osaka crepe is another fabric, and specially 
thick washing silk also looks well. Thi^y will, however, be 
made in anything to order, and built on the graceful lines indi- 
cated in the sketch never fail to please. 
Waterproof 
Kit 
Waterproof kit for women workers has 
received special attention by a firm of 
experts on waterproof garments. They 
make excellent waterproof coats and skirts from 55s. upwards, 
or skirts and jackets will be sold separately, the short full 
skirt is of apron shape buttoning down the front, the belted 
coat properly ventilated is sensibly long and wide skirted, and 
lias big convenient pockets. Ever since the firm started this 
class of garment they have been inundated with enquiries from 
women all over the country, and are executing orders as hard 
as they can go. 
It is well worth while sending for a special catalogue giving 
full descriptions, sketches and prices. Ladies' rubber boots, 
just the thing for wet weather and coming far up the leg, are 
listed, so are some capital oilskins. 
The same people also keep some showerproof cloth suits. 
They cost two guineas and are admirable. 
A British 
Manufacture 
Since the war British industries have had 
a chance they never had before, and some 
of them have forged ahead and flourished. 
This is very true of some delightful woven underwear, an en- 
tirely British manufacture deserving all praise. It is called 
the Meridian Interlock Fabric, and has been taken up by one 
shop who do an immense woven underwear trade. 
Few things they have sponsored have proved so successful. 
Not only is the underwear inexpensive, but it is very durable, 
elastic and soft, being indeed smooth as velvet to the wear. 
Combinations, vests, sp)encers and knickers are all made, and 
during the sale now progressing cost less than ever. A sale 
catalogue giving all particulars will promptly be forwarded. 
Of special interest, however, are some " cliemi " vests. 
These vests are specially long and full, serving the dual pur- 
pose of vest and chemise. They serve for all climates and 
seasons, and during the sale cost but 3s. 3d. each. Delight- 
fully soft, comfortable and strong, these cliemi vests mark an 
epoch in underwear. 
It is almost impossible that fine quality 
table napkins costing originally 16s. to 
i8s. I id. the dozen can be sold at a 
.^M 
Of Immense 
Interest 
shilling each, 
but such is the 
case neverthe- 
less at a most 
enticing sale of 
Table Linen. 
These dinner 
napkins repre- 
sent the break- 
ing up of old 
stock. Some 
come from bro- 
ken packets, or 
the correspond- 
ing table cloths 
have been sold, 
others may be 
slightly soiled, a 
few have minute 
wearer's dam- 
ages, but one 
and all represent 
most genuine 
sale bargains, 
and these are re- 
ductions whi(ih 
will mean even , •,.,,.., ^ ,. . ,., 
. Inexpensive table linen is a feature of the month ; table 
more in tlie near napkins, table cloths anJ the like all being influenced by the 
future than now. ^°'" ""'' ^''^ ''"'=" 
Prices are bound 
to be doubled if not trebled in the hnen markets, if indeed 
shortage of flax does not lead to more serious consequences. 
Cheaper dinner napkins of lesser quality are being sold at 
4^d.. 6'Jd.. and 9^d. each, the reduction of price in every case 
being nothing short of remarkable. 
A feature is also being made of perfect Old Bleach Linen 
Damask cloths for Gateleg and other tables. The name of 
Old Bleach is sufficient to guarantee their worth. Cloths 
originally priced at 15s. iid. are now half a guinea, and the 
chance is one to be eagerly snapped up by all housewives 
Quaint coated frocks are being much used for restaurant 
wear now. and very pretty many of them are, in spite of being 
somewhat unusual to the English eye. The coats are really 
rather deep boleros with long sleeves. Most of them have an 
upstanding collar at the back, opening in front to show a 
low square cut dress beneath. To be at its best the coat shoul''^ 
be of stamped or embossed velvet, the frock being of very full 
ninon or tulle. 
Nothing succeeds like success, and this most certainly is the reason 
why the Sessel Pearls have so easily won their great reputation. So 
alike are they to their costly prototypes that even connoisseurs cannot 
tell the difference without careful and prolonged testing. The main 
dilference is that of price. Where a string of pearls of the Orient would 
cost many hundred pounds a smiilar string from Sessel's, of 14, New 
Bond Street, costs but a small fraction of that amount. Everything 
sold there strikes the perfection of taste, and the setting and workman- 
ship of the jewellery defies criticism. A feature is made of the exact 
copying of historic pearls. Another point is the good price Sessel 
gives for all manner of jewellery. People can take their unwanted 
ornaments here and leave with a most satisfactory casli equivalent. 
