WOMEN’S NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 12

WOMEN’S NOTES.

FASHIONS. (By Miss Mary Tallis.) Fashion notes.—Many jacket suits are being made with a full basque or peplum, a particularly good example 1 being a short black jacket worn with a one-piece cloth frock, which has a full peplum of black broadtail. Broadtail also forms the small upstanding collar, making just the kind of oufit we all dream about for cool weather wear. For evening, the peplum drops to tunic length and flares out still more strongly, while for the tall and slim the shaped three-quarter coat, boasting a full skirt falling to tunic length from a fitted waistline, is most becoming. There are examples, too, of the Persian tunic effect and the closer fitting Rajah’s tunic, often embroidered with a multi-coloured trimming of embroidery and sequins, and held with a wide coloured waisthelt or cummerbund. A new, short, and very full skirt which moulds the hips and is straight cut is strongly sponsored by Victor Stiebel. Under it may be worn petticoats of white embroidery, and it will be found becoming for alt sorts of figures. It is made for the classic tailor suit as well as the afternoon frock; a delightful example of the latter is in black cloth edged with a tooth edging of white pique, and, though it looks like a suit, it is actually a one-piece frock, ideal for early and late summer wear. The shoulders are widened with short puff sleeves. There is still the slim-fitting evening frock, fitting close to the hips and falling full at the hem, which seems a perennial favourite. An original version is shown by Ronald Morrel in a lovely lace frock in his new “henna” colour, which gives what he describes as a “sitting-down” effect, the back l>eing sculptured to the figure to just above the knee-back and the front springing out into a flare well above the knees. This designer has taken his inspirations from Spain and Morocco, and the influence is seen both in design and accessories, one white evening frock with tunic being bordered with a scintillating mosaic pattern, copied from the Sultan’s palace in Tangier. BEAUTY. Going to bed. —Here is a way the intelligent, beauty-craving wife can preserve a lovely skin and yet not go to bed with a greasy face. There are many light and fluffy cleansing creams on the market now. First, remove dirt and make-up with one of these and plenty of tissues. Now 6ee that all traces of cream are removed from your skin, either by a soap-and-water wash —there are even special soaps for the dry and greasy skins —or the patting on of a . good freshening lotion. Petal clean, your face is ready for lubrication. For this'you'need less cream, but pat or. work it in well so that as much oil as possible is taken up. by the hungry skin. Never stretch your face down -when manipulating cream. Use brisk up-and-out pats, going gently around your :eyes. Or try very light thumb and forefinger pmchings up along the muscles at the side ■ of your face. Now, press a piece - .of cleansing tissue all over your face, and neck. What cream remains won’t make you feel, or look, greasy. It s all so simple, this one-cream - routine that will keep the average-dry) skin soft and nice well into middle-age.:. But do it every night. , When skins are abnormally dry and tend to wrinkle easily a richer heavier cream should be used for its extra penetrating power. If you want to keep both your husband’s respect,. ; and your "own fine skin texture, use-this cream right. .Cleanse first with a flight cleansing cream that melts immediately and takes the dirt and make-up away with' it, when it is removed .with tissues. After a wash with soap and water, or the application of a freshening lotion, your face is ready for the heavier cream. To get the most good out of such a cream, pat it in gently but firmly. Always allow as much cream as possible to soak in, but press a cleansing tissue all over your face and neck afterwards to take up the excess. HINTS. To ease insect bites, take a piece of soap, dip in cold water, then rub the wet surface lightly on the bite. 1 To rid a room of flies, heat a poker and place it on a piece of camphor. This will give off fumes winch are.disagreeable to all insects. To whiten sinks which have been neglected and from which the stains cannot bo removed in the ordinary way, use a solution of salts of lemon. First, wash the sink well; then-.brush in the solution with an old nail-brush; remove all trace of the acid by .thorough rinsing. Salts of lemon is a poison and should be kept under lock and key. . , , . ~ If a bowl of lime is placed in.the cupboard on the shelf where jams, jellies and preserves are kept, no mould will ever gather on the fruit. To remove all traces of tar from either skin or clothing, rub with pure dripping before washing with soap and water. This will soften the tar and it will come away in the wash. The most economical way to remove stains from saucepans, both inside and out, is to rub them with damp ashes Tan shoes that are badly soiled and spotted should be put on shoe-trees and washed with Banned squeezed out of strong soap suds. Absorb as much moisture as possible by o’cssing with a soft rag. Leave to dry. /While still damp, rub in a little cn-tor oil and. when thoroughly dry, polish as usual.