WOMEN’S NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 254, 24 September 1935, Page 11

WOMEN’S NOTES

FASHIONS.

(By Miss Mary Tallis.) Holiday accessories.—Away on holiday, we need more evening clothes than at any other time, and following are a few tips that may be useful. An enormous tulle collar that clips on to your dress, and is made by cutting, in a circle, three or four layers of tulle, three times the nock measurement, and box pleating, or closely gathering them, to fit the required neckline. The top ■frills must be half the Width of those 'underneath. To make them stand up | well, insert a piece of millinery wire ] between the frills, the edges of which | should be picotod. Of the hundreds of charming ways to wear flowers as accesI series, garlands of them round the neck, I with a wide bracelet to match, look | loveliest. Gardenias on a black frock : and scarlet poppies on white, are very smart. When you wear a very plain, i untrimmed evening frock, let flowers go to your head. Another way to ring the ! changes is with a little cape and muff of broderie Anglaise, cut on the circular, the extra trills and unstanding collar being sewn on afterwards. A tiny ■ strip -of the latter, gathered to a rosette, makes a flower to conceal the press-stud fastening at the throat. The muff can be made any size, from a strip of the material. Before lining it with ; satin or silk, jiut a piece of wadding between the, material ami the lining. Then join the strip and gather up the edges. Muff and cape take about two yards of material. BEAUTY. Resisting wrinkles.—The woman of thirty who glances at this article, de- | cides that it is specially meant for her, and settles down to study it is, of course, perfectly right. But the girl in her twenties who thinks she can wait to read about wrinkles till she has some of her own is making a grave mistake. Even if you have no visible wrinkles at tbe moment you may, unknowingly, bo preparing for a positive network of, them in a few years time. A skin that is allowed to become dry and undernourished is certain to wrinkle early and badly. Other likely causes of wrinkles are rash exposure to sun and wind, j nerve strain, eye strain, headaches, j

poor circulation, and the use of hard water, harsh soap and over-strong astringents. The dry, undernourished skin must be kept supple with plenty of cream. Cleanse, with cream at night, wash with tepid water and superfatted soap, dry, carefully and pat in skin food. In the morning, cleanse with cream again and wipe off the surplus with tissues. Spray your skin with a mild astringent, . fan it dry and then I apply cream and powder. Don’t be | rough with your face when drying it | —rubbing the towel round round ! pulls fhe skin into wrinkles. Use the | towel gently, stroking outwards and I slightly upwards from the centre of the face. Strong sunlight encourages ■wrinkles, both by drying the skin and by making you pucker up your eyes. Sun bathe with caution, especially if you have a delicate, dry skin, or are over thirty. At bedtime, after an outdoor day, oil your face thoroughly and let it stay slightly greasy all night. Motoring is inclined to make frown lines. A wise precaution before starting oil a long run is to use a little skin food under your day-cream and powder, just where the lines conic.

HINTS. Stained marble.—A piece of lemon and some common salt rubbed on to the stained marble of the waslistand will leave a glossy, white surface if left for one hour and then rubbed off with a solution of soap powder and water. Candlesticks.—Excellent candlesticks can be made from empty cotton-reels and a piece of wood. Fix the reels together, the smallest at the top, the biggest at the bottom. Glue them together, running a pencil or small stick through the centres of all but the top reel. Bore a hole in this large enough to hold a candle. Now ’get a 3-in. square of wood and glue it to the bottom reel. When the glue is hard, paint the whole in some bright coloured enamel. Scent sprays.—Never throw these away; fixed in a medicine bottle they make ideal sprinkles for damping down linen when ironing.