MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1933, Page 3

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

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modern jewellery.

KNITTED BRACELETS.

Nowadays, all kinds of unlikely materials are used tp form sets of jewellery to accompany both day and evening frocks. Linked necklets and bracelets of chromium, wool, steel, and brass are fashionable for wear With day frocks, wooden beads and bracelets being particularly suitabl for sports frocks. American shops advertise woollen bracelets, to be worn in sets of four and five on one wrist, as a finish to wool jersey sports blouses. These bracelets _ are merely kliitte'd bfifels, in gay striped designs, and give colour to the sombre woollens of winter. Handbags and scarves to match complete the outfit. , . Precious stones are always good taste in the ballroom, but equally fashionable at present are imitation pearls and diamonds. Pendant earrings have incr.eqs.ed in vogue, and are worn much larger and much longer than those of last year. A set composed of a necklet of chains of tiny platinum leayes holding brilliants, and earrings to match, ending in peai'-shqped pedrls, is the newest note in real jewellery. Hair ornaments, too, have re-appear-ed, and Alice in Wonderland combs, of double bars carried over the top of the head, are worn by young girls with a coiffure brushed back off the forehead. Floral bandeaus are worn in the same fashion by debutapfes, and are sometimes composed of real flowers. ‘ Etriclesmaids favour, these bandeaus in natural flpAvers to match their bouquets, and this pretty fashion is well suited for a wedding. Another jewellpry fashion has been introduced with the backless evening decolletage, and is that of wearing a pendant hanging at the back. Fobs composed of real or imitation gems, with tassels of seed pearls instead of seals, are pinned at the back of the evening gown or at the front of the shoulder. Coral is combined with jade in jewellery sets for wear with white evening gowns, and crystal and onyx sets are also designed for wear with white. Black gowns demand real jewels, and for these the most expensive and most fashionable sets are a platinum combined with pearls and diamonds.

TUBERCULOSIS.

FASHION OF SLIMMING. The “absurd fashipn of slimming,” the irregular hours and jneal's of the younger generation, and the “cocktail hahit” were attacked by doctors at the conference of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at University College, London, states qn Pfigli&lr, (Jqi|y. pr t. R. 0. Rpaf, Superintenpenf pf Hendpri,'’referred to* fep effect pf war-time fopd shorfeges ph.phfeisis in adolescence. 'He'feaid that' affer fee war the mpffeljty' fe'jL fe’ “Jn vipw pf Jhpse fects I should lilye to p'oqfjpipn fee feferd fashion of liinitiqg fee fefepupt pf feod taken in qfeef to lie . slim, H he s*jid. “In some work I ajp dping T haye been im.pj’efepd Jjy fee 'sfrenupys and often pjfeygienic in Whjfe the average youth sp.e'ifes l).is leisure hours, fep fe' the present I haye examined Jn detail fee Jjyes pf feO young adults suffering H’ppi pulmonary ■febercfijpsis, qnd I hqve fe.een struck l)y the lafe ij.qjir at which the youn’g a/feit retires to bed- Qy.er 60 per cent stay up till gfter 11 p.m. h/lp fee ey.eppig', nion.ey feat should be spent pn a' gppid sqpp.er at a proper hour is >?pej)t' pn s|ntpssion to a hipema, iudppr qnd cigarettes. Tiie evening ipeai is reduced to a snack at a c.ofeep-sfejl or a fish-shop. These irr.egujariti.es, following a day’s hard work, pffep far top long, lower the vitality .of the hp'dy and reduce the natural resistance to disease to a minfeiiini?’ 'Dr F. J. H. Coutts, .opening a discussion on “The Protection from Tuberculosis .of the Yppng Adult,” referred to fee suggestion tliat fee increased incidence of phthisis among stable lads apd jockeys might result fi’.qjn under hpuyfelpnent to keep down tii.eir weight. 'The increase in women npgljt ’ also perhaps be accounted for by as increased smoking, CPCKtail di’felfejg, insufficient clothes, and fee greater restlessness pi young p.eqple in search of exciteriipnt.'

- pr Noel Pean pardswpll, referring to the increase in'pglpiopgry tuberculosis ginong young vopien, said that it had ' become ’ increasingly marked since 1901— during the period which had -seen their emancipation and the attendant change in their social habits. He had elicited the histories of many cases, and among the unfavourable features of their everyday lives were: —

Long journeys to and,from home in overcrowded vehicles; Want of rest, generally the result of recreation after a long day’s work; and Unsatisfactory meals, such as what was known as the “tea and bun lunch.”

Better circumstanced young women suffered no less than tl)ose in poor districts, said Dr Bardswell.

HOUSE OF THE FUTURE Mr. C. G. Wornuni, a British architect .described to the Architectural Association the House of the Future, which has been designed by Mr. Buckminster Fuller, an American. The house has transparent walls, no baths or soap, pneumatic beds, cupboards with revolving shelves. There are no taps or sinks —only an air pressure hose which squirts 90 per cent, air and 10 per cent, water. This does away with the need for baths and soap. There are no windows. Light passes through the transparent, walls and air from a. cone on top of the house. Doors open by waving the hand in front of photo-electric cells. A machine converts all sewage into methane gas for light and power. A house of the type can be erected anywhpre regardless of drains, gas, or electric supply. There are vacuum units for cooking and machines for washing dishes and laundry. All the machinery is fitted into an aluminium mast at the centre of the house. There is -ho need even for bed-clothes, because the temperature of the air is controlled.

SIX NEW COLOURS.

ENGLISH EXPECTATIONS

I Six colours will bring £2.000,000 in extra trade to all the British industries concerned in women's clothes next year, according to leading experts’ estimates. The six colours are being secretly announced to manufacturer’s by the British Colom’ Cpuiicil as the fashionable colours for next spring. The council was set up eighteen months ago by British manufacturers to break the Paris monopply of originating fashion colours. The colours of |be are determined by almost exact psychological laws. Paris had always had the knack of prophesying these colours. British manufacturers followed on; weeks or months behind, with their own ideas of which colours would sell. Last November Mr Robert F. Wilson, the creator of colours for the British Colour Council, told manufacturers that certain colours >vpuld be worn, and would sell their cloths, this autumn. But many did not believe he could really know. This autumn exactly the colours he had prophesied \yere shown in Paris. Now that the possibility of forecasting in. Britain has been prqypd, almost all the important manufacturers ami dyers are specialising in the six colours the council predicts. Velvets, chiffons, silks, organdies, georgettes, satin, sateen, woollens, iaces, knitwear, buttons, leather goods, feathers, umbrellas, cottons, straw hats, and felt hat's are all being made at high speed in |lie six colours —the six colours that will sell British goods. They are being made secretly and stored away in warehouses for the spring. Experts believe that about £1,000,000 worth of goods have already been piade in the new colours. Prpbably £10,000,000 worth will be made in all.

"When the goods come out in March they will be either- level with or in advance of the Paris colour styles. And here is the point: The whole’ salers qnd shopkeepers who have heard of the British Colour Council aujurnn forecast know that British colours will be psychologically right next spring. They will buy British.

And because many more manufacturers —about 3000 —are making goods in the new cplpurs thousands more people will find wprjc. Mr Wjlspri said to a Elyr press” representative: “It"Is a conservative estimate to say that ifjl this will mean £2,000,000 mfll’e for British trade.” ‘,Tl)erp are already signs. pt fee bPPffi in British materials. Orders have been received from Santiago, Rio De Janierp, pud other parfe of South America for artificial silks and woollen goods made in the new British colours. British shoes and many other accessories already are being made to tope with the six secret colours. The dye-makers made the dyes—the colours that will be seen -in Paris next spring—nearly a year ago!

“RAFFLES PARTY.” A duke’s daughter and a rearadmiral were among the well-known people who, arnied with ladders, ropes, and picklocks, “burgled” Rutland Lodge, a large house near Richmond, recently, states the paily Telegraph.” The house pelongs to Captain Giles Sebright, a former equerry to the Duke of York. The burglars of both sexes wore masks. Among them were Lady Dorothy Macmillan, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire, Rear-Admiral promley, Lord and Lady Delam,ere, Lord aiid Lady Dunsford, Captain and Lady Ursula Horne, Miss Victoria Keppel, and Lady Elizabeth Murray. The house was in darkness, and every door and window was fastened, but I,he masked burglars had torches concealed in revolvers that provided light for this latest Mayfair escapade. When the burglars had forced their w;,iy into the house Mrs Sebright gave them beer and sausages and they danced into the small hours of the mornipg. The whole thing was u carefully planned “Raffles Party,” the latest idea in entertaining. But the greatest secrecy about the host, and destination had to be observed for fear of real burglars. The party was arranged to create interest in the gala performance of “The lie,turn of Raffles,” which the Prince of Wales attended. Well-known women, including Lady Oxford, appeared in this film.