Eve’s Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 2

Eve’s Vanity Case

SOCIAL NOTES

Miss Jean Nairn, of Taranaki; ia on a visit to relatives ill Feilding. * * * Mi « Pat tic Lovett, of Bulls,,leaves Auckland on August 4 as a passenger to England, by the Rangitiki. •-' * - * Miss Janice Niali, ol Auckland, lias been the guest of Miss Merle Tolley, of Tedding. A London cable announces that M»a.y Abcl-Smith (nee ILady May Cambridge) has given birth t° a daughter. The marriage of Miss Rutli Pba.ra" zvn, elder daughter of Air and Mrs Godfrey Pliarazyn, oi Hastings N.Z., and Lieut. John Wostmacott, of liembridge, Isle of Wight , was iclebratcd in England on July 27.

GENERAL NOTES

Says Lady Nurah Churchill: L al <j know why nagged men live longest! Their -: is a daXy dose of tonic. Think of the communal benefit to a, neighbourhood caused by one malicious neighbour. • * * - * Women have great oppe. rtuir lies i. "Finland, where < vc.n girls of, twentyt>w> arc judges; there are also women who hold important posts in the medical, political aud architectural world. • • * » One reason given for the decrease in the number of divorce cases set down for hearing in Br’tain is that people nowadays are much readier to break off a engagement than to risk an unhappy marriage. Pet dogs must bo black or grey in colour to satisfy the “smart” women in Paris, and they wear little eoats to match their owner’s toilet. A woman of Wiisir liglmi ha s just completed a log cabin that differs from others of its kind not only in design, but in tile fact that she did all the work tiuu'dcd, even hauling title log* with an ox team and bowing them. * * * » * “I h jpe. you ladies arc all right?” inquired the Mayor of Blenheim anxiously at the annual meet ng of the Phinkct Society, as the | rooeedings neared conclusion with hardly a speech by any of the large gathering 01 women who were present. “I have u• j*t beard a word from you since we started.” lie proceeded, “and 1 hope you are not all suffering from influenza or anyth ng like that.” The reply was ( instnnta neons and to the point: “I don’t think the Mayor knows how well women behave n 1 meetings,” commented Mr- J. Me Lauehlan. ‘ *Thov are quit prepared to leave all the talking t> tho men!” this sally was greeted w'tli approving applause by the ladies.

THE QTEEN'S M AY

INTKB V 1 IvWS A N I XTF ii VI E\V FB How a woman journalist, on being granted an interview with Queen Mary during the war, found herself tlic ’interviewed rather than the interviewer, is revealed in a book of reminiscences by Mrs Mary .Roberts RineiUu rt. Ip is against all trad "t ion for a in ember of the Royal family to- meet m j; vtrnali t in any olfieial capacity. But Mi's R"ne'hart was so honoured, and there, was not a little heartburning because the privilege had fallen to au American, and a woman. Then now, it is related in “My Story,” she dues not know for ccrta n how the mo-'ting was arranged. But arranged it was following scon after another “scoop” for Airs Rinehart — an interview w’tli the Iving of tho Belgians. She writes : “Save that 1 wa.«s obliged p> repeat to tile Queen tile 'story* of my visit to the K'jig of file Belgians, in the end it was the Queen who interviewed me! She asked innumerable

questions to the conditions*at the front; conditions of th c wounded; of hospitals. 1 ’ The Queen, Airs Rinehart says, was warm, human, and unaffected at the interview. “I was astonished to find her very handsome. Her colouring was soft and beaut ful, her eyes quite lovely. She photographs badly, dresses badly, but she is undeniably handsome- • Also she has a sen se of humour. , When All's Rinehart told how the King of the Belgians was amused tc find that a Court olfieial had told lnh- that she must ll, >t approach within 6ft. of his Majesty duiing the hvtcrvhw Queen Alary laughed heartily. IX THEIR HOME AMERICAN WOMEN ALL TYPES Thiis tho time when We in England may meet all types of Amor can woman from tennis champions .1° sightseers. What are they like at home? Tor any American woman will toil you that you cannot know them until you meet them :’n their i \vii country. Well, then come to a party in Now York and so c how different it i-? from an English one! If is thc women who do all the talk ng there. Not intimate gossiping in armehaiv.s round the fire, but gen oral conversation in which one woman after another tells amusing anecdotein an easy sophisticated, style. They are. entertaining raconteusos, without a, trace of sclf-con-sciousness. and they stigmatise ns “dumb” the lew wlio are ‘less fortunate. Occasionally a murmur about, bus’ncs', but here, too women can hold their own. .Mus ica i parties are lrequent in .Vew York, and, curiously enough in a land of “tinned” music, nearly everyone can take her part fur more adequately than w e can over here. At a New York party V found myself the only guest who was unable to put up a creditable performance as a singer or pianist. ‘‘ It is far from true that there ■ no home Ffe in Amciica. There is—but one hears little of the women who lead it. They live quietly in their apartments on Rivers de Drive or overlooking Central Park, far away from the life ol jazz and night clubs dew’ii town, and disapproving of at heart ly.

Biq hundreds and thousands of women make no attempt w build up any home life. You may see them between eight and nmo in the morning taking breakfast at the high counter of any drug store cn New York. 1 hev gc .straight on t-oi their office nml of course, lunch, and dine out as well The average American woman will be pcrtfCtly dressed and made up: oT»« t v her shoes mar be, less cliie lha:« ilq.’ rest o, her attire. That F lrcause a busy New York woman rarely has lu*r slices cleaned at home, shoe cleaners have their stand on every street and visit every off re. The American woman's domestic jobs are easily disposed of- Sim ran her suits fetched, pressed and returned in a lew hours; cleaning and laundering are cheap and speedy; cooked food is sent in from the neigh bouring delic.a lessen shops at all hours of the day and night, .and beauty pa Fou rs save one the trouble of home treatments. Out s’do her own an d her Incaids’ apartment:.: of course, the American woman drinks water and fruit juices, te a aval oFFy only. Tf sh c geos into a restaurant and orders a cup <>l tea, she will be given, a glass of .ecu water fir t a s a matter of course. There l is no end to the variety et soft drinks, sundaes and water ices Americans take, to say noth ng ol their Hat fruit pics. Their clams are delicious, and appear on many a menu. Sehoolg’rls who are still only ohd C ren clu o-e their oavn careers, I met one g rl who lmd decided at the age of 10 that she would ho a dre ,s designer. Her life was mapped out ?”r years ahead; at lo she was touring Europe as a member of a business women’s association! —From an overseas journal. BABY’S HAIR Those little \i.lky wisps of hair that so pMvtily frame bale’s head ai*e alway.s a source of joy to a mother, especiallv when tiny curls first begin to make tlie’r apuearaigjc

So lnucli depends < u the early care 1 for baby’s hair will repsemd wanderfuijy to- training. , | Then if this is disappoint’ugly,-1 straight, charming little kinks ea.u be* coaxed "nto it which, given time and perservoi aiuve, will develop into a I natural wavincss as the child grows j older. I To bring out the curls, the soft downy hair should, from the hr at, be | brushed upward towards the crown cf the head. Then brush the ends round the tips <»f tlie- fingers, ;md so ' entice Title curb to form.

If the scalp is naturally dry the; hair will la indued to be brttJe and lustreless This will render it liable to split at the ends. A spot of two r castor oil massaged into the roots at had tine s a splendid remedy. Scurf always indicates an unhealthy condition. A slight scaling is quite normal, but tlii s should he so light, as to be- barely perceptible. Anything more than this is due to a faulty condition of tha tiny o 1 glands and hair follicles. Frequent washing ought to- clear a scurfy fcalp ii± abort while.

Thorough rinsing afrer w a siring s most important. Haiti water 's, f ! course, ideal for this, but where it is not t> hand a table spoilnful of i vinegar added to the water w'U j greatly help to soften it, and remove j aJI traces of soap.