HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 10, 13 January 1933, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

The Perfect Dress. ',/ : Mr.'Norman Edwards, America's most famous dress-designer, recently visited London. He is the man. , responsible for thel "chic" of Marion Davies, the sophistication oflna Olairo,'the' glamour 'of the Ziegf eld Polly' girls, and the ','tono": of the millionaire'women of New; York.. His secret is:togive every woman a dress sKe never ;Boes on any other woman; He has no mannequins, no models, no showrooms. .He . has '■'you" as the model, and a length of material (states a correspondent); First comes, a talk over tea or cocktails and cigarettes, from which personality and tastes emerge: Then the client stands enclosed in an octagonal mirror, while Mr. Edwards "expresses" her. He may, perhaps, pin a corner of material on her shoulder and work from that, or he may slit, a hole in the centre of the stuff and drop it over her head. Tho client, says Mr. Edwards,- develops her own dress personality from her own natural charms as she help 3 him unconsciously to accentuate them, and recaptures her childhood's fun of "dressing up.'' "There aro only two lines to any frock"" he said. "Repose and movement. ( Get these and you have the perfect dress." • ... . ' . Care of Cut Glass. ' If you would have your out glass goblets and. vases and bowls retain their gleaming .polish, they must be very carefully washed (states a correspondent)'.' You should have the water as hot as possible, and very soapy, but take care to put the glass in sideways to prevent its cracking. Leave the article to cool, without drying, then dip in blue water and dry on a soft cloth. You will find this will give the glass a fine pojish. It is a good plan to treat the glass to this spring cleaning on washing day, as the blue water can then bo. made to serve two purposes. ■'.;-. Answer to Correspondent. •A correspondent inquires if junket can.be -made with the milk supplied by the City Council, as the writer had been informed bj a number of friends

that it could not be', done.-.'. Inquiry at the.head,office of the City Milk De. partment brings the roply that' • beautiful junket can be made of the city milk" if the usual.directions are carried out. The properMieating is fromdOO to 110 degrees> and the amount of rennet is decided, of course, ,by tho quantity of milk.- Junket has been wade from city milk by great numbers of people, and if the inquirer likes to visit tho department in ; Tory street she can get any further information needed. -..■•- ■:„ - - t Quaint Wedding Customs.. ! When Miss Katharine Trevelyan, daughter of Sir Charles Trevelyan. was married in Northumberland to Herr Georg Gotschj last year, some: quaint old North Country customs were observed at the wedding. As the bride and bridegroom left the church they went through the timq-honoured custom of "leaping the potting stool." Then they found that.tho gates of the churchyard were tiea> and had to throw pence to the village children as toll. The ropes winch tie'dtho gate were then cut, and bride and bridegroom had. to jump an- • other stool (states,. a correspondent). The church was beautifully decorated with flowers, and the English Singers took part in.the service,' tinging 15th and 16th century musfaT;Every villager,. with one exception, was at the church for the wedding, the only absentee being the post .office assistant, who was busy receiving telegrams of congratulation, including, many from Germany. Miss Trevelyan. who'ia 23 years of. age, has been called -i the ''Queen of the • Hikers." She has tramped 3000.. miles across; Canada,. and has a fine record as a mountain climber. Obituary, '" The death of Mrs. Faith Brice,' one of the oldest and most respected resi■#S te ?f.,^ arton. reported'by the' Rangitikei Advocate." Mrs B-iee was a, daughter of the late Mr. Kichard Hammond, who arrived, in Hew S^jJiF the shiP George Fife in 1842. .Fellow-passengers were Archbishop Bedwood (then a^cbild of four years), Sir William ana Lady Fox, and Mr. Matthew Hanijnond. Mrs. Brico wa* born at Kaiwarra on .18th; March, 1802, and when she was -four- year's of age her parents-topic up a property.'at Sedgecombe, Upper Tutaehui, and later removed to York Farm. Mrs. B'riee lived there (except for three years when she was. at Waverley) until 1900.- Then till 1908 she lived, at Wanganui, and estabUshed the property "Petherton Hall," where she lived for some time with her son, Mr. F. B. H. Bricei Later Mrs. Briee lived in Grey stTeet,: Marton, and there'she died. She was an ex-president of the Ladies' Club, ana a valuable supporter of the Marton District Nursing League, taking a, vivid" interest in the affairs of the world and her own district.: '•> Up to the last she liked to discuss civic an 3 "general politics, and had "an amazing fund' of knowledge. She was a typical pioneer, and f had kept the old qualities of interest and kindliness to others, which made her well-beloved. She will be much, missed by .a large circle-: of friends. /. .--.' ..'..,.. .' - '-./.'. . ■ Blind Woman Worker. - An item of news from Sydney says that those people who assert that thesprings of. charity are almost dry may alter their opinion when they learn what is being done for one institution by a blind woman. She is ■ Miss Sehardt,'who many years'ago brought about the establishment of the Home .for Incurables, which occasionally provides pleasing proof that the nam« is not entirely accurate. Miss Schardt felt that something ought to be done for those for whom the usual hospital aids were supposed to be no longer of any use, and she has kept the flag flying at her home at Byde. It has not depended entirely upon, her- efforts, "but without her assistance it is probable that it would-have'ceased work.,-. She : . has 'achieved much, and her.- example has stimulated others, so that 'they have done all they..could to .keep.the doors open, All' Australia ought to acclaim a blind woman who, during the years of her ceaseless activity, has collected, more'than £30,000 for this home. Notwithstanding the common talk of de : pression, she personally collected more than £.1600 last year. It is not surprising that in these . circumstances her wonderful record hag been lauded.