MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 May 1934, Page 9

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

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latest hair styles. NEW YORK. FASHIONS. One of the fashionable hair stylists in New York has pronounced hat hair-dressing for the evening must be extremely feminine, varied to su t everv age and type of lace, and mind, above all. show some ornament. For daytime, the simply arranged medium hob remains in favour. Gone are the long curls touching the shoulders, but cutis are as popular as ever, and these fortunately allow of a variety of arrangement tor the evenFor instance, says New ’iork, what can be more charming than the “Hara bob” for the formal party night. This would suit almost any type ol face, and need not be confined to the extremely youthful. The Hara may be a. diamante band or a haltcircle of stiff artificial flowers. Ihe hair should be brushed smoothly back from the brow in large waves, mould' di well to the head over the crown, and loose curls are arranged at. the sides gracefully concealing the tiara tips, while the curls at the back of the neck should cluster in seeming carelessness. A headdress like this will make the simplest, frock look festive, and for those of us who cannot always be buying a new party frock a change of'coiffure for the evening will give the illusion of a new gown. Another style that, has charm, but only for the very young is the “shallow banged fringe.” The new fringe, however, is a very different affair from that of a few years ago. It must not be heavy nor long, and the girl who decides to try it should have it cut by a. hairdresser, and if her hair is straight have the fringe permanently waved at frequent intervals. For this style the hair is parted in the middle, the bang or fringe thin and gracefully curled, and plump little curls arranged rather high under the crown of the head. This “banged” effect is particularly becoming to a high forehead. and gives an air of vivacity to a youthful face. The “coronet braid” is very much worn at present at smart New York parties, and there is no doubt that it is distinctive for all types of faces. Needless to say, the plait is not grown on the head, but is purchased to suit one’s own hair. There are at least two chic ways of wearing it. The hair should be arranged with classic smoothness and the braid worn across the top of the head, not too far forward. Another method is to place it diagonally—that is, on the right side it should be placed behind the ear, while on the left it, begins at the edge of the hair line in front of the ear. An eccentric but becoming variation of the coronet style for the brunette is Io have the plait woven of two strands of platinum hair and one strand of dark brown or black, as the case may be. This style looks' particularly groomed and decorative when worn with full evening dress. Clever hair stylists abroad make a great difference in their modes for the elderly woman. They point out that the downward slant of waves accentuates the not so youthful lines of the face. White or grey hair, therefore, should be swerved slightly upwards

above the ears and at the sides of the head, and deep, soft undulations are more becoming than clusters of youthful curls. As to ornaments, there is to be no end to it this season. Flowers (real or artificial), jewelled combs, beaded bandeaus are all much worn and in good taste, while for the true blonde nothing could be more becoming than an arrangement of black ostrich feather tips or aigrettes. Hair is all important to the face. A change of hairdressing is good for Loth the appearance and for the hair itself, and is like a tonic to the personality generally.

SOAP SCIENCE. Some years ago those women who wished to take proper care of their skins followed the popular idea of the time in regarding soap as harmful to the skin of the face. Their sisters who scorned the idea of any beauty treatment at all continued to scour their faces twice a day until they shone like the morning sun, and for some reason, felt rather aloof and superior to frivolities in consequence. Of the two extremes, the soapusers, in spite of their callous indifference to the effect of over-soaping, have had the best of it. Quite as much harm can be done through not using soap at all as from using too much or in a wrong manner. The correct way and the way approved by modern specialists in the art of being beautiful is to use soap for cleansing the face, but with due care for the sensitive nature of the skin. Town dwellers should give their faces a thorough soapy “bath” at least once a week. Country people can usually manage with a similar treatment only once a fortnight.. ‘Whenever there has been a long journey or exposure to fog a soapy wash is essential if the grime is to be removed adequately. This should always be done at night, but never •until at least an hour after coming in from the open air.

|.'UKI. ECONOMIES. A woman who keeps house tor a family of four on a remarkably small sum has taught, me many good ways of saving on fuel, says a writer in an exchange. She keeps all potato peelings, dries them in the oven, and puts them into a box in the coal-cellar. To the peelings, she. adds, day by day, as they accumulate, dry shavings, nut-shells, old match-boxes, and dried orange peel. 'Phis mixture will start any fire, and the housewife who uses it has got so into the habit oi adding to her “firelighter box” that she never wastes even a used match! Another of her economies is to sift all cinders, take a shovelful each night, sprinkle them with a very little paraffin, and leave them ready to start the fire in the stove next morning. Again, she saves empty cot tonreds, soaks them in paraffin, and stores them in a. tin. One of these will serve to start a fire. So will old newspapers, twisted and formed into rings. Use four rings, one on top of another, and add coal, but. no wood. If the fire gets very low my economical friend pushes a couple of old moth-balls between the coal, and--, to use her own words—“off goes the fire again like a furnace.” Finally, a. very good hint I received from her was to save some old tins, and when the fire is really hot, put. one or two on and let them get red hot. The burning of tins, she deciares, keeps the chimney clean and saves the of sweeping. I have tried the scheme and found this to be true.

NOVEL FLORAL SERVICE. A recent census of Mayfair flower budgets has revealed the fact that the London hostess cannot hope to spend less than 10/- a week on flowers, while the chatelaines of the largest Town houses spend from .£1 to 35/a week. The flower problem has become so acute for women with a long season of entertaining ahead that they are welcoming a now plan worked on the lines of a library. By paying a quarterly or annual subscription they have their rooms supplied regularly with fresh flowers. For a quarterly subscription of five guineas, which works out at about S/- per week, women get a bowl of flowers or two vases for the dining table, two good-sized vases for the drawing-room. and an extra vase in summer. Flowers are renewed once or twice a week. The owner of the iarge house pays double this subscription and gets an unlimited supply of flowers. COLOUR OF THE EYES. The colour of eyes depends upon the nature of the pigment secreted in certain cells in the eyes. In many cases a baby is born fully equipped with, this pigment, and so has the lolruvrd eyes which he is going to keep in after-life. As a, general rule, however, this pigment does not dewlop till later, and a baby’s pupils arc practically colourless. In these cases what happens is that the blue

ii’qS of light are those which are the most reflected .from the child’s eyes, and so the mother first sees them as blue. The later coming of the pigmentation, if of a colour other than blue, will, of course, alter the eyes’ appearance.