BROWN INK

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 19

BROWN INK

FEMININE CORRESPONDENCE

New ideas in modem wi-iting-table equipment have made their appearance in London.

Colour, dignified and charming, has invaded every province of feminine correspondence, states the "Daily Telegraph." .The latest designs in fountain pens and matching pencils are not created to harmonise with a definite colour scheme for, the -writing table only, but the colour of the pen can be matched up. to that of the handbag, to harmonise with a frock, or even a finger-nail lacquer. Pens are made in an artistic series of emerald, silver, and copper colourings in a fine Florentine ray design that is effective and "different."

Onyx and nacre are two other attractive fountain pen effects, which include turquoise, lacquer crimson, 'jade, emerald, and moss agate. With the new type of fountain pen, made in a semi-transparent composition, the contents of the pen can be viewed by holding it up to the light.

Many women are choosing light and dignified colour schemes for their correspondence paper and ink. A grey or russet brown paper may have a coloured ink that blends or contrasts harmoniously with the paper. A pearltinted paper is an artistic foil to one of the colour inks, jade green, a soft orange, or warm brown.

In keeping wth the lighter trend in modern feminine letter, writing, the coloured inks are charming in tint, gay and soft in tone, resembling water colours

A soft sea blue, a warm Spanish tile brown, jade green, and a violet that is really like the colour of the flower are among the attractive shades in which inks are made. Plastic ink containers of modern design and colour arc both decorative and travel proof. One of the latest patterns is a non-spillable "tip-fill" bottle that can be used to the last drop for filling a fountain, pen.

clean, and is warm to the feet. All the rooms are curtained in glazed chintz, patterned in white scollop shells on a blue ground; and those in the day nursery are lined with white, with a blue-fringed tailored pelmet. Table and chairs are of plain wood,, painted to match the blue of the curtains, and the chair seats are upholstered in the curtain fabric. The blue sideboard has white handles. . ' A point that will appeal, to , all mothers is that-the furniture has been specially designed with a plain flat surface, leaving no sharp corners to endanger baby, and no crevices to catch the dust. Coarse, white linen covers, piped With blue, adorn the comfortable sofa and easy chairs. Behind a screen of tooled leather, in shades of brown and gold, stands a white-painted bookcase, with blue lines, waiting to be filled with volumes that will mark the first essays of babyhood into literature. Pleated white muslin shades, bordered and smocked with blue, cover the twin reading lamps, which have decorative bases of white plaster. The pottery inkpots on the inlaid writing desk are in deep blue. A big square clock over the 4oor is painted to match the wall, and has silver figures. Nursery characters disport themselves on the blue rug before the fireplace. MODERN BATHROOM. One door in the day nursery leads straight out of the suite, the other opens on to the little lobby connecting the three rooms. Everything is white in the bathroom, which has a sunken bath with all the taps outside the bath. Four maps, framed in blue passepartout, make a novel decoration for this room, and a heated metal rail holds an array of towels. The blue and white shell-patterned fabric is used not' only for the curtains in the night nursery, but entirely covers' the dressing table standing in the window. This is decorative, but also washable. A three-fold screen, covered with the washable shell chintz, keeps draughts away from the cots. The larger one, used at night, is curtained. The other, a bassinet, designed for day-time slumber, can be carriedfrom room to room. Trimmings are fairy-like—fine cream net and lace over crepe de chine, with rosettes of narrow cream satin ribbon.

Lace edges the pillow slips, and the downy cream blankets are bound with cream satin. A cream wicker basket, lined to match the cots, is filled with nursery paraphernalia. A round basket, also daintily trimmed, is on a stand, ready to be pulled up to the nursing chair when required. A low, rubber-wheeled trolley holds certain necessar.i* equipment.

In the white lobby stands a large white .trolley, adorned with blue, and holding such things as warm boiled water i^ ~ nask, a jar of cotton wool, a small spirit stove, and all the things a nurse must have at hand. Everything in the nurseries is, of course, British made."