SHOPPING WITH A NOTEBOOK

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 208, 30 May 1936, Page 22

SHOPPING WITH A NOTEBOOK

Felicity Sees Things (Br Betty II.) "Ob, dear!” cried Felicity, disconsolately surveying herself in the mirror. “I don’t like these short skirts at all, and yet everyone says that they will have to be worn.” She was in the throes of making a tweed frock and bad arrived at the knotty problem of its length. “I am going to compromise,” she decided at length. “I shall have it fairly short and I shall have a large hem so that I can lengthen it if I do not like it.” “How are you so certain that skirts will be short?” I inquired. “I went very deeply into the question yesterday,” she told me. “I went round the shops looking at advance models, and lam quite convinced. By the way,” she broke off, “while I was in town I had time to collect some shopping news. . . Country Clients—Head This! If you want advice on your home decorating and furnishings, Mrs. Will Lawson has all the latest Sydney ideas and will design, plan and buy for you to your best advantage. Write to ‘‘Peggy’s,” 234 Lambton Quay. Distinction in Tailoring. Geo. Anderson is the perfect ladies’ tailor, for he achieves an essential distinction with perfect fit and linish, specialising in coats and costumes. Telephone 45-464. H.B. Building, Lambton Quay. “Elizabeth” is Clearing Stocks! New goods arc arriving soon at "Elizabeth’s,” on Lambton Quay, so, of course, stocks must clear. I saw a host of glorious model hats there, and they are down to 15/11 and 19/11 — velvet toques, felts in every shade, smart tweeds. Watch out for the big sale window next week—every hat will be a tremendous bargain (next Stewart Dawson’s). Other People Look at Your Carpets— Do You? Look closely and see the need of repair; then dial 43-631, the Carpet Sewing Co.. A. J. B. Foote, 71 Victoria Street, 2 doors George and Doughty’s. They repair make, alter and renovate carpets. 27ic Perfect Hair IFut’C — Is the new “Charnoil” sachet wave, which absolutely eliminates any danger of drving the hair. If you are interested ii/t his wave, which entails the use of the new "Chanioil” sachets, steamed into-the hair, giving it a natural, glossy sheen and a very elegant linish, you will find that it is executed only nt: the Eugene Beauty Shop, Willis Street. Teiphone 45-523. Go a Little Farther— Pay a Lot Less. It is worth while to go a little oft the beaten track for your furniture—if you go to 100 Dixon Street, for instance, "to Yeats’s Furnishing- Showrooms, you find that you save pounds. And Yeats’s furniture and carpets are famous for their quality! Pea Soup for All the. Family. Give it. to the children to warm them up with a solid, nourishing food; give it to Father when lie comes homo tired and weary; give it to your guests and tbev’U wonder how you made it. Preston's delicious pea soup, made from rich veal broth reduced. A lib. packet costs 6(1. and makes a great potful of rich, thick soup! The “Fed Seal" Guarantee Their Goods — To be home-made and made on the dav that you buy them! Telephone 42-891 or call at Panama Street for your order of delicious party cakes, smll cakes, sandwiches and savouries. The W-Jlour Week — Applies to many people, but not to Mother, who still scrubs and polishes and cooks and cleans as hard as ever. 'But the Ideal Laundry wash for her—collect, wash, iron and deliver. Telepbone 63-000. Ask Felicity. A number of Felicity's readers have been writing to her 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 iu her columns.