EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1130, 18 June 1927, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the “Woman’s Realm” items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear signatures.

SOCIAL NOTES.

Hals, {lower-pots dishes and many other articles are being fashioned J rum pinewood pulp at an English Jaetory. The colour sense is not developed in children until they reach the age 01. about two years.' * * * * To improve the appearance ol Hoots artistic borders in hardwood strips have been devLe'*. a • * * Mrs J. 13. Bradley, who bad been a patient in a. private hospital in Wellington, has returned to her home at Sanson. * • * * Less than five women in every 10.000 never get to bo 100 years old, according to the recent investigations of an American scientist. Paris is considering the enrolment of women police, who will wear a simple tailor-made suit with a badge of Office concealed beneath the lapel. • * • 1 A wonderful crowd was present at the house-warning of the exquisite new May Fair Hotel in Loudon. Prince Arthur of Connaught was with Ins sister-in-law. Lady Maud Carnegie-? and went all over Ihe building, from Llic kitchens to the nma/.ingly beautiful bedroom ruifesAbouf 500 guests attended, including all kinds ot celebrities-; social, artistic, political and sporting. Among the politicians were Lord Stanley-? Mr, J. H. Thomas, and Sir Robert Horne. The Sporting world was represented by W. \\ . Wakefield, England’s former Bugger captain, and A. P. F. Chapman, cricket skipper. A feature of the May bail - is Ihe department helow-sfairs where Peggy, who is supposed to he the best hair waver in London-; and other experts, are prepared to assist ladies to keep themselves beautiful. When the Queen visited this place recently she exclaimed: “Well, this is the first time I was ever in a beauty parlour. Her Majesty was much interested in n machine for putting into the bail' the coveted but rarelv realised long permanent, waves. It is the invention of iwo young Scots, and is said to excel all the foreign devices of this kind which have hitherto held the ficid.

|<TK FASHIONS. Every winter we are presented willi another completely new and original fur, which no one has ever thought of using hot ore, and the last and latest of these is baby calf. The skin is both hard-wearing and attractive, to look at. being very soft and pliable and gjossy. dhe air is shaved (piite shorty and lelt wife its own laiye natural markings of brnv.i and white or black and white, and it makes the most charming hats, coat trimmings and i<l<* hip-hells. 1 1 i s lone time since fur has been used for bats, but the milliners are Irving it again this year. f l he- hats are made about a loot high, wrth practically no brims and pericetlv soft round crowns—no stillness anywhere—you pull them on your head anil pull down the crown into tho shape that suits you—and, somehow? there always is a shape that dues suit you, with these hats. I lu\v sound most unpromising, but their effect is really very good. The fur is always a very short, supple one, almost like a velvet. A. beautiful hat of this pullon shape was one in hand-painted velvet. The foundation colour was deep blue, and the dull reds and purples of the painted pattern, when crushed and fmded down on the wearer's head made a lovely effect. r l his painted chiffon velvet is having rather a vogue just now amongst those who can afford something unusual.

.1)0 VOU KNOW ? 11, is iiuicl l cheaper to buy ammonia Prom the chemist in emu (.nitrated form and .prepare it, yourself than to tuy it already prepared in bottles? i\li\ one (piart of aleobol with one cpnirt of solt water, shake wed together, then add one (piart of coneenefrated spirit ol' anunonia. Hal! a teaspoon In I of ammonia to half a teaspoonl’ul of alcohol, rubbed on with a damp cloth, will remove grease spots? Ink spots on marble, wood or paper

treated with ammonia, can be made to disappear? Ammonia will quickly cleanse a hairbrush? Alter cleansing, rinse well in clean cold water. .lewellery can ho cleaned with equal parts of ammonia ami water? After rinsing in clear water, dry the article with a piece ol silk, and polish with chamois leather. (Bass can he cleaned easily and quickly with ammonia? Spots in clothes can be removed more easily if ammonia be added to the washing water? Let them soak in it for an hour or two before washing. For cleaning the hair ammonia is excellent? A few drops added to the water leaves the hair bright and clean. Biuse well with clear water afterwards. For cleaning silver ammonia- is a labour-saver? Put half a tcaspooufiii into the suds, wash the silver quickly-? using a small brush, rinse in hot water, dry with a clean towel, then polish with a, chamois skin. No further cleaning is necessary. For washing windows, mirrors, etc., ammonia again saves labour? Add a little to tlx' water, and note the vapid Itv with which dust .and dirt Is removed. Ammonia helps to sweeten dishcloths and floorcloths if a little is addial to tile suds in which they arc daily washed? Let them remain in in the suds for about half an hour, then wash, rinse and dry in the open air. Grease can be effectually removed from a carpet by using amiuoniaT Put one tablospoouful into a pint ol warm water, add two tablespoon I ills of oxgall, and sponge the mark very carefully. Rinse off. with pure alcohol, ami wipe dry. with a piece of woollen cloth.

IM I'K PARS. LITTLE HINT'S ABORT THAT ALLIMPORTANT' BEAUTY All). There is no puli' to equal the one made of swansdowii; but a new swansdown puli' is n perfect horror, scattering its Hull's all . over the lace and (Tinging to eyelashes and brows. Here i s the secret told in a few words—-how to make the new puli' bohave properly . First of all, it must be shingled; the “down.” is nearly always too thick in *'t new puli'. Clip it, nearly with, a pair ol manicure scissors until you have a nice, tally surface, shake the puli' free from sn peril nous Hulls, and then filling your left palm with glycerine, commence fo dab the puff into it. - When the glycerine is evenly distributed, dip the puff into your powder jar, and notice the way the powder clings to it, just as it docs to your old pet pulf that is really too soiled lo carry any longer. A back pnlf is a necessity to the daintv girl, for without olio it is impossible |_o keep one’s back in perfect condition. A really nice pulf is an expensive item; but any gild can malic one. Take a slme-lree (one with a flexible steel support), and over the vordeti 00-pie<\. slip ;> I.rub * wool pulf making a little slit in tin- edge of it, then sewing it logoi her when llic loepieee lias been inserted. CHEERFUL MACINTOSHES. Certainly any one could feel cheerful on a wet day in, for instance. a mackinlosh of tomato 'red crepe do chine, witfi a collar of black white and red plaid finished with red silk fringe, worn recently at a I,ondon dress parade. The two-inch wide

belt was fastened with a buckle finished with crepe do chine. Another model in proofed satin in a lovely copper shade had a scarf collar, the end thrown over the left shoulder. At (his parade bolero effects were shown in sports suits and afternoon gowns, says a fashion writer. A scalloped hem to coats was one of the features of Ihe Fifmella display. another being the use of obilque lines to suggest slimness. A gold and black tissue evening dress had the fabric arranged in such a way. that Ihe pattern went in slanting lines over the figure.. As it was of . lame the material was sullicient ornament in itself, the only other decoration being wing draperies of black chiffon from either shoulder, A smart little hat. of silver-grey felt', shaped like a Crusader's helmet and with soft plumage of the same shade coming from the crown down to meet either ear curl, was another of the very pretty items. An all-black dress presented a novelty. since it was made of kashmir serge, the skirt finely pleated and with a narrow hand of chiffon and a broader hand of satin at the hem. The jumper had a similar hem and the neck was linished off to match —a most unusual and effective alliance of ■fabrics. CIIAKLEXTOX OK FOXTKOT. Orders being I lie fashion of the hour, one has been formed to champion the old smooth foxtrot which •tiie Charleston rhythm has almost banished from the ballrooms. “The Ancient Order of Foxt rot tors” tlio new dancers’ order is called, and

members are “entitled" to ask conductors of any dance to play t he slow foxtrot', writes a London dance expert. What is the slow foxtrot V It: is the smooth, gliding walk to music that we were dancing from about IP2O to l!>2n. After I!»LT> the bauds, inspired by changes of dance fashion in Ihe States, began to quicken up their lime. And on the heels of the new quick foxtrot came the Charleston. The physical difference between Ihe fast: and slow varieties of the foxtrot is tiie difference between agility and grace. But, unluckily for the slow foxtrot, which has much in its favour, there is another difference: that between monotony and liveliness. When (In; old foxtrot herd sway people danced with lugubrious faces. Every one commented on Die. boredom of Die ballroom. When the livelier measure appeared. it spread through Die ballrooms like wildfire. The vqunger generation leaped at it and at once began to laugh and have great fun. However, reaction. as always, seems to have gone a trillc too far now. There is room for a dance which is less aggressively lively and bizarre. We have the waltz in ■ Die dance programmes, and Die one-step. The one is too leisurely, the other too fast, to (ill the gap. The tango is out of the running, too. Few hands now play it and few people dance it. One slow foxtrot in every three, or even every other dance, a foxtrot played at -IS to the minute is a good idea. Chariest oners can Charleston quite, as well to it if they do not care to revert to. or acquire, Die graceful foxtrot of yesterday. TWO SIMPLE SWEETMEATS. American Candy. -Put into a saucepan one breakfast cupful of sugar, half a breakfast cupful of milk, one dessertspoonful of cocoa, and stir till the mixture boils. Let if then cook quickly (without stirring) till it hangs in long thick drops from the spoon. Beat vigorously till of a thick creamy consistency. Pour into a greased tin and, when cold- mark into -squares and break up. The candy should he crisp, yet creamy. Cocoa nut Dates.-—. Pour boiling water over one pound of dates and let. them stand for three minutes. Them wash them well in cold water, stoqe them, and (ill the cavities with dps-; sicated cocoa nut and roll in the same.;

TO STARCH LATE CEUTA I NS. Cold Ihr curl ;iins lengthways and dip only the edges in stnreli solution. This saves starch, makes the curtains hang heller, and does not rot them.