EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 24 August 1931, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS The Lady Editor will bo 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 Mis;* Juliet X'rabb and Miss Eileen -Redwood, left- by car yesterday tor a visit t.o the Chateau Tongariro. LOOPS FUR TRIMMING Coops as a. method of trimming (are the newest idea. Where a dance frock employs loops round tin* hem or in a basque at the hipline they should Ik* made of the same material land must lie Hat and be at least 2in wide. The short evening coat that 'accompanies the frock likewise has its flat loops at. the wrist and contrived so as to form a collar. Tin* Hat bow of material at the back of the neck of a coat has been popular for some time past, with a simple tie belt of the elotli to fasten a dressy coal. Ribbon is used extensively as trimming, in a contrasting colour, and edges, collar, cuffs, and various parts of a frock or bat—as a rule tin* corded or plain I‘etersliam kind—to give that tailored look is very much in favour this season. FUR THE RATH REFRESH I IS 1 1 COM I*o L XDS Fine, milk, barley, rose water, and can tie Cologne toilet preparations all help us to keep fresh and vigorous but women who have never tried a “rice compound.'*’ have missed one of the* best of all refreshing baths, says an Rnglisb writer. "Mix together one ounce of superline lice powder, two ounces of carbonate of so la, and an equal quantity of tartaric acid. Bottle for use. When the bath is prepared, add two tablespoonfuls of the powder to the water. Besides imparting a delightful sense of freshness, this bath ha.a lasting tonic effect. Another invigorating toilet aid is prepared from lemon an I honey, f/lice two good sized lemons into just enough cold water to cover; put aside lor half an hour, squeeze out the juice, and add to it one ounce of liquid honey; stir well until the honey is dissolved : bottle, cork itglitly, and store in a cool place. Add three tablespoonfuls of this lotion to the bath.■■'which, to obtain the best results, should be cool enough for comfort, the temperature being gradually increased or decreased as desired. Still another toilet aid. for those who indulge in sports and out-of-door exercise, is melon and vinegar. Cut the melon into chunks small enough to pass through a lemon squeezer. To each two ounces of tbe juice extracted add a tablespoonful of table vinegar, and bottle for use. Three tablespoon flits of this preparation to the bath water, which should be fairly warm at first, gradually cooling off. Not only is this bath extremely rerfesliing. but it is invaluable for relieving strained muscles, especially when followed by a brisk rub-down. MUSLIN. NOW FOR 13 UiDESM A IDS Spotted muslin i s now being used together with velvet, coatee** for bridesmaids’ frocks. At a- wedding recently there was a group of young maids irom 14 to 18 dressed jn white and pink spotted muslin, made high waisted and with many frills at the foot and pretty hasquel coatees of rod velvet, with which they wore red shoes. Hard sliiiiy satin in a milk white tone bag l>eeii ‘tli© favourite material for six out of seven of the brides at the recent 20 important weddings. One bride had lace covering the silver tissue of her shoes, says a Londoner. SHORT lIAIII Parisian women are all cutting off their hair again; and a good many London women are doing so, too, states a Londoner, “I rather think that, except for the few with long, graceful necks —whom the style, really suits —those little hunched

curls are doomed,” she says. There have always been a few very smart women who would not pander to that longer-hair fashion, believing that it would not suit them and firmly determined to abide by their own taste. COFFEE AND ROLLS Breakfast of coffee and rolls can be servo 1 through the bottom of the bedroom door t<* the guests of a New York hotel. The meal comes in a small pasteboard box, which is pushed] through a door. The edffee is in ,a thermos jug, cream and jam are iii j small jars held In two holes in the car board container, and butter anil rolls aud wrapped in wax paper. Bust is this progress? It is certainly better to have breakfast in bed without having to get out of bed to get WHEN FAMILIES ARE SMALL Small families are the cause of the failure of marriage to-day, declared Dr. < ’lichtoii-Miller. addressing the biennial conference on mental health in London. **\Ve have ample and incessant evidence that western civilisation is making a very limited of its accepted ideal of monogamy.” he said. “If wo were to take marriage as the criterion of hitman relations, we would probably be forced to the conclusion that the capacity of civilised mail for harmonious human relations is definitely mi the wane. “When the parental ideal lias waned, the mere mating aspect of marriage has been inadequate to take its place, and the stability of the marriage bond lias suffered in consequence. In the important sphere of .marital relations the inexorable demands of civilisation are responsible for much discord. “The small family ds the product of economic pressure.* and at the same time the cause of diminished harmony and stability in' marriage.” LONG LIFE FOR FLOWERS WHAT TO DO If flowers Jock tired and tumbled alter a journey by post, shake them very gently, one by one, and stand in warm water to revive them. Then cut off the stalk ends* and put back in the water, wlucli, by this time, wijl have become tepid. Be sure to cut the ends of stalks not straight across j but/ slantw’se. i here are people who believe in the addition of charcoal or little soda or sugar to the water in which flower* are placed, but no good results from do ; ui g this. As to putting in an aspirin it may freshen the flowers or three or four hours, but they fall off and die all the sooner. It i s important to- see that green leaves or petals that fall into the water do not remain there, or the water will soon be polluted. As for violets, if you cut oc the ends off the stalks and drop the bunches, just a** they are, into a jug of cold water and leave them there for the night, all Will look the next morning a s if they had been f real ily gat lie re d. GOBLINS A craze- that was revived a little while i*go in England and is spreading now with great rapidity is one for highly-coloured (gndmo s and gobbling to stand about in gardens (writes a Londoner). Yeats ago these little figures could oiijy be got Irom Nuremberg, and were difficult to buy* Now, mass-made in England, they are to be had in all the big stores. St-one figures in a‘garden represent a fashion of very early date. At Batema'u’s, Mr R uSfnvtl K ipling’s home iii Sussex, are beautiful little statues’ in Elizabethan dress which long ago he christened* “Or Jekyl and Mr Hyde.’’ Sir* John Leigh lias several in the grounds of h s lovely place Witley Park which uc.ed to belong to "Whitaker Wright. BEAUTY FOR THE SKIN GIVE IT A REST SOMETIMES If you can manage to stay indoors for a few days, put nothing whatever oil the face and nook, keeping them very clean with cold cream. Massage the cream in night and morning. Rub it well in on rising, so that you will not be obliged to go through the day with a greasy fa.ee.

When you return to making up after tills brief rest cure, you will be surprised liow well it goes on. In fact, you will feel that if your skin could walk it would have a distinct spring in its step. A CURE FOlt DAMP If j our house is damp put a good sized block of camphor in each corner of the room. In about a week's time the camphor, will have disappeared and' so will the dampness ! It is a much cheaper method than tires and even more efficacious. VOLOVRVJD SHIRTS Men's oufitterg have not had mica •success with h:(ghly coloured liats, so they are now using shirts as the medium for the brighter clothes ovei meat. «i e latest intended primarily for sfjorts wear, are patterned with large lntenvovc'n checks. CREAMKI) EGG SAVOURY Round the yolks of four eggs which have been hard boiled with an ounce of butter. Mix with two teaspoonfuls of cream and another of anchovy essence, and seasonings to taste Spread on wheat biscuits and garnish with waiter cress.