SHOPPING WITH A NOTEBOOK

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 20

SHOPPING WITH A NOTEBOOK

Felicity Sees Things (By Betty R.) Felicity has been teaching her kitten to jump, and so far has not been highly successful. .... -The little beggar is so unintelligent,” she told me, when, after an hour of coaxing and feeding and entreating, the kitten still refused to respond to her uplifted arm. ‘Now, Bogney Ogpu,” she went on, 1 will do any thing shake hands, beg. die for the King and fetch sticks, but this stupid little mongrel ” She ended up in a cry of dismay as the kitten made a flying tackle at her stockings. A ladder ran the whole length of one stocking immediately. Felicity was almost in tears. “You brute!” she cried, “now I’ll have to go to town for a new pair. As a matter of fact,” she added, “I rather want to go to hear the latest news in the shopping line.” Here is her news. . . .

Let “Monica" Do Your Daiting. Ask “Monica,” of Burlington Arcade, to cater for your next party with delicious party cakes, savouries and sandwiches. Charges very reasonable. To Country Clients.

“Peggy’s,” Lambton Quay, invite all country clients to take advantage of their home-decorating plan. Airs. Will Lawson, with all the new ideas from Sydney, will design, plan and buy your home furnishings. AVrite to 234 Lambton Quay.

“Dlizalieth’s" Model Mats are Deduced. “Elizabeth” likes to have something up to the minute and new all the time, and that is why she is clearing out all her present stock of beautiful model hats at greatly reduced prices—felts, velvet toques, tweeds are from 8/11 to 19/6 now, and there isn’t a hat there that is not really new and distinctive. Lambton Quay (next Stewart Dawson’s).

Tailored Coats are Smart! What is there more distinctive than a well-tailored costume or coat? Geo. Anderson guarantees a perfect fit and finish. Coats from £5/5/-; costumes, £6/6/-. Telephone 45-464. TLB. Building. Lambton Quay.

Your Carpet Still Jias Life! Lengthen the life of that carpet by having it repaired and renovated at the Carpet Sewing Co., A. J. B. Foote, 71 Victoria Street (2 doors George and Doughty’s). Telephone 43-631. Also carpet altering and making.

Try the “Coffee Cinnamon." The “Red Seal” advocate these two new party cakes, the “Coffee Cinnamon,” deliciously tilled, and the everpopular “Brazil Snow.” Panama Street. Telephone 42-S9l. Physical and Beauty Culture.

Tbo Ruth Hay method of reducing without diet, drugs, exercises or mechanical methods completely eliminates a ]>rotruding abdomen, weak alxlomipal muscles and incorrect poise. A course of this treatment makes every organ in your body function properly and cures all women's every-day ailments, feet, logs, etc. Free advice by Ruth Hay, Albert Flats, 165 AVillis Street.

Black or Purple, Says “Alcthea." If you follow tbo high-lights of fashion you are donning black or purple this season. “Alcthea.” on Lambton Quay, shows that a purple evening gowii can be ever so youthful when it is a gay little net creation. Purple and black hats I saw here, too, and priced as absurdly low as 6/11!

To the Keen Gardener. There is a display of flowering shrubs just now that no gardener should miss. Duncan and Davis, Ltd., of New Plymouth, have taken a shop at. 110 Lambton Quay for a few days only.

Do You Wash Your Clothes White?

The “Ideal” Laundry wash your household linen it snowy white, iron it smooth and glossy, and a full bag costs oulv 6/-. Telephone 63-000 and the “Ideal” will call and deliver with no further trouble to you. Aslt Felicity.

A number of Felicity’s readers have been writing to Iter for information on where to go for this and that; so she has decided to invite everyone to ask where to obtain the best service. All replies will be found in the form of paragraphs in her columns.