22 
LAND & WATER 
December 6, 1917 
DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY. 
Names and addresses of shops, where the articles mentioned 
can be obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard 
addressed to Passe-Pariout, Land & Water, 5, Omncery 
Lane, W.C. 2. Any other information will be given on request. 
For the Narterj 
People 
Christmas being a time more especially 
set apart for the younger generation, no 
mere grown-up dares to disregard the 
question of their presents, or treat it with anything but the 
•"onsideration it merits. There will be lamentations in the 
nursery world, also, if they don't duly welcome the Christmas 
idea of a well-known furrier— fascinating sets for dollies in 
most artistic combinations of velvet and fur. 
These adorable little sets are made up from left-over pieces 
of fur, such as every furrier in the course of the year is bound, 
to accumulate. They include cap, muff and tie, a trio of 
garments which will enhance tenfold ths look of any doUie, 
and fill the heart of the small owner with pride. Children 
love these sets as can readily be imagined, and they are selling 
literally in dozens, so groat is the demand for them. 
Being sold as soon as they are made, it is diflicult to pick 
out any one set for special mention. Dehghtful results, 
however, are gained with all sorts of fascinating coloured 
velvets ; blue, green, grey, brown, mauve being combined 
with grey, brown or white fur as the case may be, each tiny 
garment of the set being thoroughly en suite with the others. 
A little set like this enables a child to play all sorts of allur- 
ing games with its doll, and pass many "engrossing hours, 
besides a happy Christmastide. And this big happening can 
be gamed for a little cost, the price varying from 3s. 6d. to 
8s. 6d. the complete set, postage being 4d. extra. 
, , . , , ^ As the winter goes on the problem of 
Unde;oo«:'''" keeping warm is an ever-growing one, 
especially now when women are engaged 
on a host of outdoor activities that prior to the war never 
entered their calculations at all. 
One of the methods, of course, is an additional garment of 
sorts, and amongst the very best propositions of the kind 
are some sleeveless undercoats. These are really much Uke 
glorified waistcoats— only they are fuller and builfupon more 
capacious lines than the stereotyped waistcoats usually are. 
These leather undercoats are of the softest most' pliable 
leather, and the warmth they give is considerable. Made as 
they are, they slip under any coat in the easiest, most simple 
manner in the world, at once making all the difference in the 
well-being of the wearer. A belt gathers the fullness together 
at the waist, two large side pockets bear witness to the fact 
that in these utilitarian times a woman can hardly be too be- 
pocketed, and the whole thing is a masterpiece as far as 
workmanship is concerned. 
The firm in question as a matter of fact, are leather experts 
having been mainly responsible for recent developments of 
eather garments. Owing to ruling conditions leather of all 
kinds demands— and gets— its price to-day, and these sleeve- 
less coats cannot be bought for a song. They are however 
io entirely reliable and so needed that they are amongst the 
few things fully warranting their increased price. 
This year there is certainly a great liking 
for neck scarfs, lots of well dressed 
, . . people wearing them in the country and 
even claiming a war-mdulgence for them in town And neck 
scarfs of the super-character a famous London shop is now 
showing are in very truth sans i^al, something for which every- 
one loving pretty things should be duly grateful 
They are artistic to the very last degree, wide, long, warm 
soft and infinitely becoming, a long step on from the narrow 
tape-hke affairs with which in times past we have been 
regaled. To call them neck scarfs is too limiting a term they 
are much more of a wrap-scarf than anything else— the very 
last cry in undeniable charm. With one of these a fair wearer 
IS kept most delightfully warm, A beautiful scarf is much 
more distinctive than an indifferent fur, besides which there 
are countless days when for some reason or other one would 
rather not wear a fur. Then a scarf of this character appeals 
as a most commendable substitute. 
Some alpaca wool scarves are irresistible in this connection, 
of such suj)erfine character they are worth every farthing of 
their twenty-five and sixpence. Softness and lightness itself, 
yet withal most astoundingly warm, they are in most ordinary 
as well as some wonderful " art " shades of colour — f)each 
colour, sea blue, la\ ender and rose. 
U«e ■ Shopplnf 
With notices perfectly rightly asking us 
as much as possible to be our own parcel 
carriers, and with Christmas rather more 
than in the offing, some delightful leather shopping bags 
appeal. These, indeed, though useful at all times and seasons 
of the year, are qui e invaluable now. 
Very light, very commodious, durable and attractive withal, 
these bags are the precise thing that is wanted. Th^y are 
really like an open leather satchel, silk lined, and with a good 
strong handle. Inside all kinds of small parcels c n most 
conveniently go, safe and sound until at last brought home 
through the bag's good ofiices. 
They are kept in dark blue, green, purple and two shades 
of red, costing fron 13s. 6d. upwards — remarkably cheap, 
considering the price of leather. 
A Roon to 
Driyer* 
Th« Vo<ue of th« 
S«(.rr 
From all accounts, many a girl motor- 
driver is finding her work the coldest 
thing she has done in all her life before, 
and will be glad to hear that a well-known firm has been 
specially concerned on her behalf. The result of their re- 
flections is all to the good, for they have introduced slip-on 
overboots — the most commendable affairs. 
These boots sUp on Uke a well-fitting sheath over the 
ordinary boot and draw up the leg. Here they can be secured 
l.elow the knee by a strap or over it by a running tape. 
A word of praise, however, is certainly due to the maker of 
these overboots for the excellence of their shape and general 
design. They are already being hailed with delight by women 
drivers in all directions, and though they are of necessity not 
particularly low-priced, it is emphatically better to buy them 
and keep wa*-^ and well than to suffer perfectly needless 
agonies from he cold by continuing on in the old way. 
People who really feel the cold will be 
delighted with some particular corsets 
so well suited to their needs that they 
might almost have been designed for their special benefit. 
These are of tricot, so comfortable and cosy that they are 
almost like an additional bodice, the difference in warmth 
between them and the customary type of stay being quite 
immense, as all their wearers prove. 
Apart from these properties their shape is all that can be 
desired. For war workers they are an ideal stay, since being 
of the well-liked medium length they give abundant freedom, 
besides being the very reverse of cumbersome. 
They are kept in shell pink and white, the pink ones being 
the wholly reasonable price of lis. gd., the white a few shillings 
more. Corsets will always gladly be sent on approval by the 
obliging firm concerned, their name having been a synonym 
for long years past for the utmost courtesy to customers. 
Cold Weather 
Corsets 
Very few people knowing anything at all about the matter think 
that cleaning the teeth begins and ends with tooth brush and tootk 
powder. Something m the nature of a mouth wash is fully as im- 
portant a detail. Welcome then to Sotol— the mouth wash with a 
difference. Most mouth washes are liquid, but Sotol is nothing of the 
kind, being infinitely more convenient for travelling in consequence 
It is put up into tiny effervescent tablets, one of which dropped into 
hall a tumbler of moderately warm water promptly dissolves the most 
hygienic and refreshing mouth wash being the result. Anyone onca 
using Sotol cannot do without it, its benefits being too prompt and 
great for that. It keeps the mouth delightfully fresh and clean witi» 
the result that teeth and general health alike improve. Most chemist* 
stock Sotol, forty tablets costing is. 6d., or one hundred 2s od. 
while they can also be got direct from the Western Dental Mana- 
factunng Co., Ltd., 74. Wigmore Street, W.i., post free for is. oA. 
and 3S Samples will be sent on receipt of two penny stamps 
