NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 16, 16 December 1937, Page 12

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE

(By “Nanette.”)

Queen and Princesses. Queen Elizabeth is not always felicitous in her photographs, for she is in the category of those who. “taico” badly. Her perfect complexion, deep blue eyes, and radiant smile, however, have quite a dazzling effect on all who. see her, particularly when she is accompanied by the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, who have her own sweetness of manner and expression. There is no more delightful picture than that presented by the King and Queen and their children when they go in joyous pilgrimage to a circus or a pantomime. The little girls are adored by the public, but their mother has trained them so sensibly that popular worship has left them totally unaffected and modest. Though still too young to appear very frequently with their parents, the Princesses take regular, “airings” in the park with their “Nannie,” and are warmly cheered wherever they go. Beauty And Appeal. For personal wear or for feminine Christmas gifts that have beauty and appeal it would be hard to beat hosiery by Prestige. All of their makes, including the Avon series at 6s lid and 7s lid and the Prestige series at 8s ild to lOs lid, aro obtainable at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, Ltd. * Famous Dancer Marries. It is doubtful if any wedding in Paris in recent times caused greater excitement than that of Josephine Baker, the lithe and charming coffeecoloured dancer, who is lamous throughout the world for her spectacular shows at the Tolies Bergere, which have been enjoyed by thousands of New Zealanders, says an overseas paper. , The marriage ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Grove Coeur, an old-world village outside Paris. The bridegroom, M. Jean Lion, a French businessman, is a young and handsome six-footer, and reputedly very wealthy. Josephine Baker registered her birthplace as Saint Louis, Missouri. She looked radiant, and her dazzling flashing smile greeted everyone. She wore a moulded black satin gown and a mink coat, with a wide-brimmed liat. The Superior Flavour. “I had no idea there could be such a difference in the flavour of icecream,” remarked a recent patron of the Royale Dutch, “I used to buy it just anywhere but, now I have tasted the sweet pure creaminess at the Royale Dutch Lounge, I intend to go there always in future.” * The Modern Girl. The Bishop of Southampton, Dr a. B. L. Karney, has a poor opinion oi the modern girl, and her plans for marriage. “She docs not go through the old formula of ‘tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor,’ biit says instead, ‘highbrow, lowbrow, ’ middlebrow, oaf,’” he is asserted to have said. “And she likes the idea of marrying an oaf because she thinks she can do what she likes with him.” A Widely-known “Secret.” “We have all been remarking on how well you are looking these days,” remarked a guest to her hostess at a recent bridge-party," and we want to know the secret, please.” “Well,” smiled the hostess, ‘‘l’ve been trying the popular Turkish Baths in the Regent Arcade. I’m afraid they are no secret.” An Unusual Job Mrs E. M. Rogers, the transport sister of the Far West Children’s Health Scheme, has a most unusual job. , Railway carriages are more familiar to Mrs Rogers than her own home, for on an average she spends four nights | a week travelling in trains, either on her way to some far distant station to take charge of an ailing child, or on her way back to the country with happy children who have been restored to health. Mrs Rogers said that last year she travelled 65,000 miles by rail and that on an average she travels 61,000 miles by rail a year. She will complete her third year as transport sister next April, and she considers the happiest moments of her work are when she returns the cured children, of which there are a great many, to their parents. She recalled one parent who exclaimed, “Well, sister, I would nave known you; but not my daughter.” A Bright Hearth. “I noticed last week how very shabby the hearth-rug was 'looking after its especially hard wear all winter,” said a friend, “so I went along to Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse. They have a wide selection of Wilton and Axminster rugs from 10s 6d to 21s and I chose a lovely one to match our sitting-room.” * A New Idea. One of the newest ideas in tbe stocking world is the “Plastic” stock- ' ing, which is dyed so that it shades

from light in front to dark at the back. It is definitely slimming to the leg, and does not look at all unusual when worn. A Favourite of the Family. “I like its super comfort,” remarked- Mother. “I prefer its power and performance,” stated Son. “I revel in its roominess,” observed Daughter. “And I appreciate its economy,” added Father shrewdly. Yes, as you’ve guessed, they were • discussing their splendid new Oldsmobile Six, which they had just purchased from Fowler Motors Ltd. * Saint Nicholas.

How many of us wonder about the origin of the delightful custom of gift-giving on Christmas Day I A custom which enables us to forget ourselves in the joy of giving to others. The origin is associated in the popular mind with the gifts presented to Christ by the wise men of the East. Another version is that Saint Nicholas, hearing that a certain poor man needed a dowry in order to marry his three daughters properly, went to the poor man’s home, and for three successive evenings threw a bag of coins through the window, thus providing a dowry for each child. On being detected, he begged the poor man not to reveal the name’ of the giver. In this way Saint Nicholas became a patron of gifts, known to us as Santa Claus, from the Dutch corruption of the spelling of Saint Nicholas, who provides bags of toys for every child on Christmas Eve.