EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2136, 15 February 1929, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS Till Lady Editor will b« pleased to receive for publication in the “Woman’o Realm” items of social or pertonal news. Such ite. should be ■ ally authenticated, ana mgagement •«tioee must bear siguatm ec. EMPHASIS ON CURVES The Now York correspondent of The Post writing oil ‘23rd January, makes the following comment on the “reversal of form” to plumpness: — “Girls are to be girls again! Plumpness will be chic! Curves will be emphasised once more! Sucli is the dictum of the [Garment Retailers of America., u 'conference wiUli their spring creations at the Hotel Aster. “Skirts will lengthen to two inche g below the knee. There will ‘be four ‘spoil,sold’ hues. —-‘bonnie blue,’ a (lustrous dark blue; ‘fandango,’. a burnt orange tone for sport and even* ing wear; ‘foliage’ green, an almond green, for 'afternoon frocks; and ‘rosand,’ a rose bqige for sport s wear. Tweeds will lead in spoilt' coats. There will be: Cape effects on sport clothes; scarf treatment, in numerous versions on. coats' and frocks, which will have modernistic Jiouchcs, including fantastic applique trims; ensembles, comprising heavy silks for coat s and sheet weaves for frocks, with, the same, printed motifs on botty; printed chiffons for dinner and afternoon wear; cardigan jackets, as well as tliree-quarter eoajt's, for sports ensembles ; flat crepes and georgettes outnumbering other dress mediums; smooth, oaslinicro-1 iko Woollens for coats; and white ermine and beige fox for formal coat trimmings.”

SHOES AT £OO A PAIR Writing from New York on 23rd January, the correspondent of Tlie Post says:—“The 1929 .suitor who is at his lady’s feet may spend his time pleasantly observing her shoes. There is little danger of bis being bored by the occupation, because the | 1929 shoe s tyles, as exhibited by some 9000 shoe men from all the country, show a variety and beauty that make them highly diverting. Jewellers and embroiderers and weavers and dyers and even scenic artists have 'Contributed theflr talents toward the success of 1920 shoes. A fascinating pair of linen sandals has an embroidered design so delicately done iti seems to) be woven in t’bp material. Joseph Urban has created a pattern for shoe, coverings that is a rhapsody of colouring. In fact, the material is called rhapsody crepe. Linens and crepe de chine and kid, in pastel shades, fashion the new {sVjppel'sl [fib spring n(nd .‘summer; Braided sandals, (the strips as delicate as tiny curds are included in the correct footwear for summer wear. Lizard, "ai a hundred soft yet vivid colours, is used “for daytime shoes. “A pair of evening slippers of gold kicl are set with tiny, rose diamonds and costs £3OO. One dealer, in proof of o:vs contention that highpriced shoes will sell, bought 36 pairs at £6O a pair from a manufacturing firm,. Beige is (the loading shade for spring. and blue second in favour, the shoo men report. And all footwear is “sandalised.” although it may scandalise grandma to have td wear shoes that are little more than soles, held oil by toe coverings of kid or crqpe del chine.

DAY OF DANCING GRANDMOTHERS'

LILIAN BitAITHWALIE ’ S LAMENT

NO GRAND DAME PARTS

London, Dec. 11. In these days of dancing grand-

mothers the “grand dame” parts to \\ J l»ich young. actresses used to look forward to playing when they grew older are gone, said Miss LillianBraithwaite to the members of tho Sovoptimist Club.

“When I first went on ;tho stage,” she said, “I used to think that when I grew older, and my hair bo’ r gan to lose its color, I would he able to play grand dame parts. Bilt nowadays; there are no grand dam© 'parts to Iplayj. Our grandmothers dance at night clubs, and I simply cannot think wliat parts tliiere arc; for us when wo grow older.” The qualities required by a. girl who wanted to become an actress were thei courage of a lion, the hide of a rhinoceros, and the endurance of an A retie ’explorer. A good home to which she could go when she was out of an engagement was also a necessity.

“(Given these things,” she wen I on, “there is no reason why a girl yliould not make a, living on tinstage, (Laughter). “The girl who wishes to make a success must always look as if she lias j,ust stepped out of her own cai insitteud of out of a ’bus or tube. Today, more than ever before, managers are casting by type. The economic (position of the stage as ii. ,career for women was “just about as bad as it could be.” There had been a great many years wl.’en, if she had not previously had a good year, she would have been ‘in 'the oankruptcy court. And yet'she had been one of (the lucky people in the profession. “X adore my profession, and 1 know the men' and women in it. The prejudices (against tlie stage, have, thank goodness, disappeared. In my young days it was looked upon at tlie lovely broad slope doWn which one galloped to. perdition. (Laughter.) “We aro told of actresses who earn £IOO, £l5O, and £2OO a week. I myself bind it difficult to place those ladies —certainly if they exist they can be counted on pehaps two fingers of one hand.” ' ■ OLD CHICKENS MAKE THEM PLUMP AND TENDER The age of the maiurest bird will rouse no suspicions in the mind of the niosjt! fastidious gourmet if it is subjected to the following culinary Icea.tinent: —- 'Soak the chicken, duly cleaned and singed, for a full hour in cold water. Tin’s constitutes the “plumping-up” process. The next step is jlio put inside the fowl an onion, some celery and salt, and over it squeeze a few drops of lemon juice to take off the “feather taste.” Place the bird on the bars of a steaming-pan, and cover it with a wet cheesecloth. Pour into the pan about one cupful of cold water to start the steam. Cover the pan, and place, it in a slow oven. The steaming process performs a sort, of miracle. It renders the chicken tender as a- young bird. The cooking can then be completed in any way desired,by roasting, boiling, or 'stewing.

INCREASE YOUR SELF ACCOMMODATION

SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS

(By Mary Lovat)

Here are some ideas for fixing up shelves in places of which you liavo probably not thought hitherto, thus providing additional accommodation for your possessions. The bedroom towel horse presents an excellent opportunity, for there is a' considerable amount of unoccupied space beneath its (hop. A shelf for boots and s'fJoe s can easily bo fitted some six oil seven inches up from the ground, soi that the ends of the towels will not interfere with them Why mo/ti try it? In the nursery there is no reason why you should not extend the window sill with an added shelf." Let it be wide enough to take the nurse’s workbox and various things which she may wish to keep apart from (the child’, s toys and hooks. A similar shelf fitted in a bedroom will save the necessity for a toilet table Choose a simple mirror in photograph frame style to set open it, and he sure that j'ilio shelf i s • stained to match the woodwork. A shelf fitted Dalf-way between the top of the kitchen table and the floor proves most useful for cooking utensils; there may ho room also for an extra -shelf between the drawers and the pot-board of the kitchen dresser.

Fitments like these may easily save tho necessity for buying another 'table.

Do not forget that an odd corner may he rendered attractive by meansof triangular shelves, supported by metal brackets, on wliich an array of glass oil' china is displayed. In Mil's way you may transform a dark, dull corner into a, charming and interesting one. SONG OF THE ENFRANCHISED We have won through to Freedom. Let us wear our newer robes with somewhat of the grace that made an older Womanhood so fair, despite clipped wings confined in narrow space Let not tho Self that roams a wider world seek only Self’s dominions; not lor tins did Freedom’s martyrs keep the flag unfurled, and sacrifice their mede -of facile bliss. "Not Self,, but

Service, was the shilling creed emblazoned on t'lije banner that they boro down thorny roads, where Faith sowed Freedom’s seed, that we might reap the harvest evermore* Freedom to enter realms where citizens shall strive for peace ’mid-'rebel dissonance freedom to garner knowledge tluijfi shall cleanse-such stains a s shame our listless ignorance Freedom to call men brothers, and good friends, who once were but Eve’s lovers; and to raise to loftier--planes and shape to nobler ends, a Love no longer lost in darkened ways. We have -won through to Freedom. Lcjh the field so bravely fought be sown with flowers as fair as those that still a lingering fragrance yield, from Womanhood’s pale past of patient prayer.

A QUICKLY MADE SOUP The unexpected arrival of a, visitor may often be rather inconvenient as far as dilie larder is concerned As a rule soup making is a matter of time; but there is one soup which can be made 'in a blurry, and is go-, and sustaining. Boil a quart of water, and when it is galloping throw in two tablespoon fills of tapioca.. Boil for -five minutes, add pepper and salt; boil up again for a few more miniUes. Put tlio yolks of two eggs and' about a. tablespoonful of butter into the soup tureen Mix together with a. tablespoonful of water, add the soup, stir -well, and serve