STAINS ON THE NAILS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

STAINS ON THE NAILS.

Stains on the nails from nicotine or other causes can generally be removed by rubbing with a little lemon juice, and should there be stains beneath them, soak the tips of the fingers in a mixture of warm water and cloudy ammonia, a few drops of the ammonia to a saucer of warm water. This is a'better plan than scrubbing with the nail brush, which is apt to widen the space between the finger and the nail and make it liable to soil quickly.

The Dual Mode—Sports and Femininity. I think we-may say that. Fashion today comes out frankly with two modes— feminine styles, for leisurely occasions, and trim, efficient costumes, for active wear. This is a welcome decisiori, for it banishes for ever from the fashions such horrors as sports dresses with ruffles and tailored evening gowns. Frocks seen at a recent opening show the two parallel lines of development which the fashions have taken. On the one hand is the slender business-like .tweed suit, stripped bare of all useless detail, on the other the frivolous, uncertain, coy charm of the woman in her hours of ease. t

In the leisurely costumes, the most fragile fabrics have been revived. Gold brocades, and cobwebby tulles, diaphanous velvets, and precious furs combine to shame the historic magnificence of Venice and Versailles. In the active costumes, sturdy woollens, silks of subdued lustre, and velvet, are all made up with an eye to comfort. The beauty of these lie in their proportion and in their perfect fitness for the occasion. Interesting Revivals. Many are the details which the dressmakers have .devised where the evening dress is concerned. One couturiere, for instance, has devised a mermaid silhouette for evening, which emphasises the beautiful curves of a woman's torso, and sheathes the hips in liquid lines of drapery that trail the floor. Another conveys a very modernised suggestion of Greek and Egyptian beauties in her evening gowns, indicating the high waistline and the breastplate necklet in subtly coloured diaphanous silks and lames. The opulent elegance of the costumes of 1904 have been revived, and were seen at an opening. This dressmaker does

Our Sketch. The illustration shows, a smart coat for autumn wear. It has been carried out in hrown velours-de-laine, and made somewhat shorter than usual so aa to create a pretty line with the elongated back movement.