24 
Land Sc Water 
February 7, 1918 
DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY 
Names and addresses of shops, where (he articles mentioned 
can be obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard 
addressed to Passe-Partoitl, Land & Water, 5, Chancery 
Lane, W.C. 2. Any otiter information will be given on request. 
Alpaca Wool M^ny things conspire to make some 
* Q alpaca wool scarves the acceptable things 
bcarves ^j^gy ^^g ^ov one thing they are useful 
rilmost throughout the entire length of the year, being as 
welcome a wrap on many a summer's evening as they are 
now in a mid-winter month. 
These alpaca wool scarves are soft, fleecy, deUghtfuUy warm 
and hght. Being of super quality and with wool the price 
it is they cannot of necessity be specially cheap, but they are 
so good that this could not be expected. Another feature to 
note is the way in which they save furs — and furs, owing to 
their dailv increasing price, are things to be zealously guarded 
now. With a warm cosy scarf like this thrown ove r one 
shoulder and drawn round the neck, a fur simply is not 
needed, one is equipped without. Then an alpaca wool scarf 
is so refreshingly becoming — it- is the wool scarf de luxe, 
establishing a very enviable reputation and showing for all 
time what a superior article the wool scarf at its best can be. 
Scarves of the kind in plain colours, each and all in a lovely 
shade, are the most inexpensive to buy ; but there are all sorts of 
more ambitious varieties. Quite exquisite is a pale apricot 
scarf with mauve and deep iris stripes, besides other designs 
fully as charming and original. Some white scarves with a 
criss-cross pattern again are such miles removed from the 
ordinary that to buy them is aft irresistible impulse. 
These scarves should be cleaned, not risked in the wash. 
Shaped 
Veils 
Small things in dress have a knack of 
counting so much that they hardly rank 
as small things at all. Veils in them- 
selves may be a minor detail, but they are a detail of some 
importance nevertheless, as many a woman with a rather 
shabby hat has proved. The effect a new pretty veil will 
work on a somewhat dashed hat is nothing short of electrifying. 
With this aid it can grow passable again and enter on a new 
phase of life in a war-like way which is nothing if not com- 
mendable. 
Veils, to really look their best and be properly becoming, 
must be fresh — of that there is no gUmmer of doubt. Once 
the " crisp " of a veil has gone the cliarm goes too in an 
irretrievable way. Another important point is the way 
it is put on — no small matter this, for it is amazing how 
different the same veil can look in the hands of two different 
women One wears it just as she should — the other arranges 
it bad.y — and there is a world of difference between. 
In all probability, if the truth was known, the woman whose 
veil lo iks neat and charming has gone to a certain shop where 
the veils are nothing short of an education and delight, and 
what is more she has probably secured one of the special 
" shaped " veils, these having a thread already run along the 
top so that they are bound to fit accurately to a hat. 
Besides being so perfectly shaped, these veils are an 
inexpensive affair into the bargain, some beginning at such a 
small sum as eighteenpence. 
Extra attractive, however, are some fine meshed lace 
shaped veils at half-a-crov/n, these being a wondeiful adjunct 
to a rather plain hat. Shaped veils are kept in blue, brown, 
mole, purple, black and white. 
A chance in From time to time there are events which 
Mfn's Pviamoc nobody can afford to miss, and a special 
iviciis, ryjamas sale of pyjamas now on is one of these. 
It started on Monday and la^ts for a fortnight. 
It is not the least exaggeration to say that pyjamas cannot 
now be made for the price they are going for during the sale. 
Such is the plain and simple truth. The maki.ig and material 
alone without any extras or profit would cost the firm more. 
Once these pyjamas go then, it seems likely to be many a long 
day before they can be bought so wonderfully reasonably again. 
To miss this opportunity means more than missing somo 
unusually inexpensive pj'jamas, it means refusing a chance of 
money-saving 'twere foolishness indeed to overlook. Men's, 
women's, boys' and girls' pyjamas are all concerned, all in a 
great many different varieties, so that everybody's predilec- 
tions and needs are met. 
'Three suits of men's plain striped pyjamas — and all the 
pyjamas are of the famous " Swan " quality — coit a pound 
the three, a sample suit being 6s. iid. With a mercerised 
stripe thirty shillings is the price for three suits, a sample 
one costing los. 6d. Very effective are the pyjamas in shaded 
mercerised stripe, thirty shillings again being the price for 
three, a single sample suit being ids. 6d. 
For sheer comfort few things compare with the wool mixture 
striped pyjamas, three suits here costing forty shillings, or a 
single suit for thirteen and sixpence. Those people liking the 
luxury of silk pyjamas will jump at the prospect of three all- 
silk pairs for eighty shillings, or a sample suit for twenty- 
seven and six, and some all silk satin-striped ones too will not 
fail to rivet attention at their special sale price. All these 
pyjamas can be got in sky and white, pink and white, mauve 
and white, and in some instances gold and white and saxe blue 
and white are available. 
Also for ^° many women have taken to wearing 
,.. J pyjamas that the news that the sale 
W omen and applies to them also is brimful of interest. 
Girls and Boys Before they are gone, tracks sliould 
be made for some crepe" Swan " striped 
pyjamas, and three pairs secured for twenty shillings, 
or one suit for 6s. iid. just to show what they are hke. 
Or three striped wool mixture suits should be bought 
for 40S., a sample suit being 13s. 6d., while those now wearing 
silk pyjamas as blissfully as in the past they wore silk night- 
gowns will not let the bargains in this direction escape. 
Then there are all sorts of good things in the pyjama way^ 
for girls of from five to sixteen years, three pairs in striped 
wool mi.xture going for 28s. 6d. and a sample pair for gs. iid. 
as one example only, while for girls from three to eight are 
some one-piece ones in striped wool mixture — three pairs 
costing 24s. 6d. or one pair 8s. 6d. 
Boys' striped cotton crepe pyjamas are being sold in lots- 
of three for sixteen shillings, a sample suit being five and six- 
pence, while some in heavy wool mixture winter-weight repay 
buying over and over again at their price of three for forty 
shillings or one pair for 13s. gd. 
All these pyjamas will be sent on approval to anyone not 
previously known to the firm, provided they supply a London 
trade reference. There il bound to be such a rush on them 
that application should be made at once. 
Japanese Rest Most of us work so hard now-a-days 
p that nobody grudges the luxury of a 
rest, for even the busiest mortal's v/orking 
day must come to an end somewhere. But nobody can take 
full advantage of this unless they are clad in something as 
restful as they themselves would wish to he. The mere 
process of changing from out-door attire into something loose, 
pretty, simple and fresh takes one a long distance. 
A famous firm whose word on rest-gowns always " goes," 
have just brouglit out any number of new and infinitelv 
effective models, but chief in novelty and charm is the Japanese 
rest gown with contrasting coloured borders. This does not 
hail from Japan ; it is, in fact, taken from a brilliantly successful 
French model, but it is Japanese in its tendency and per- 
suasion to a very large extent. To get into it does not need 
neariy so much time as it takes to tell. It slips over the head, 
has a couple of fastenings, and then all remaining to be arranged 
is the fascinating sash- -an equally brief affair. 
It is made in heavy weight crepe de Chine, and in spite of the 
heights to which good quality crCpe de Cliine has soared is 
bci.ig sold at a special price. The colourings, too, are un- 
usually pretty, and any colour scheme can be carried out to 
order. \\"lute with rose-pink borders looks well, jade green 
and black, yellow and mauve, champagne and royal blue 
as well as a host of others, are all allurin? and effective. 
