only the correct amount — a suggestion — is used. Violet is said to lepresent a lov able character (every woman loves violet) and it is further stated that anyone sur lounded by its influence becomes religious and peace-loving ! Heliotrope means daintiness ; lavendar, exactitude ; lily of the valley, obstinacy ; Jockey Club, Opopanax, and other strong perfumes de note uncertain temper and a mean spirit. ♦ ♦ ♦ The marriage of Miss Shayle George, of Auckland, with Mr. Curtis, of Wellington, takes place very shortly. • » * Quite the newest summer coats are made of holland — a pale shade. They reach the hips, and are cut rather low at the neck, and finished simply with stitched strappings of the same material. These little coats are smart in the extreme, being beautifully cut, and are a sensible addition to one's wardrobe. The one I admired came from the establishment of Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains. * * * Mr J. Frankis Lane, resident secretary of the Citizens' Life Assurance Company, and his wife, have just returned from a most enjoyable trip. After " doing " the Coronation they visited Scotland, and spent some time on the Continent. Al though only away a few months Mr. and Mrs. Lane covered a distance of fifty thousand miles. Poker work is a new idea for table centres and slips. It is done on velvet, and a twine or yellow shade is most suitable. Failing the proper articles for poker work, hot knitting needles may be be substituted. Transfer the design to the velvet in the usual way, then burn the pile of the velvet all round the design, keeping the lines even all the way ; put in the veinings and stamens of the flowers in the same way, to make up line the velvet with a piece of costume linen or holland and edge with two-inch wide lace, making it full only at the corners. Tea cosies are pretty and useful articles, and do not take much time, and look lovely if done in cortecelli ; indeed this handsome work is suitable for almost all articles, from small d'oyleys and tray-cloths to the largest bedspreads. One characteristic of the latest fancy work is that it is almost all of a washing description. 