NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 228, 25 August 1938, Page 16

NANETTE NOTICES

• HERE AND THERE (By “Nanette.”) Heroic Nurse. A nurse with her clothing oil fire who refused to run to a telephone box to call the fire brigade because in doing so she would have endangered 12 children, has died from her burns. She was 20-year Miss Gwendoline Mary Jones, of Anglesey. A piece of burning coal fell from the fire in a children’s hospital ward. In moving it Miss Jones’s apron eauglit fire, but in order to reach the fire alarm she would have had to pass the beds of 12 children. Instead, she ran into the grounds .and a man in a nearby lane came to her rescue. Her burns were, however, fatal. Talking Mirrors. Tlie wicked queen in the story of “Snow White” had a magic mirror which talked. I saw some mirrors today which, though not magic, spoke just as eloquently of beauty. Modern and beautifully bevelled—some with

the new spoon pattern—they make an ideal departure from the usual wedding present—l3s 6d to 55s at Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse, 311 Main Street. a * Hair Slides are Back. I was just by the Duchess of Kent at a dress show the other afternoon, says a London writer, and she 'commented on the hairdressing of the mannequins. They all wore their hair dragged up the back of their heads and made into curls on thettop, and they had to wear the old-fashioned slides to keep the little back hail’s in order. The other thing on which the Duchess commented was the number of woollen evening coats, long and straight. There was one in lemon worn over bright blue, one in mauve over another blue, and still another in cherry wool over a black dance dress. So sensible a fashion! Lovely Lingerie. I was so thrilled to see the lovely new underwear that is being shown at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, the Square. Slim-fitting and well-cut, they are made, I was told, of only guaranteed locknit and mylaknit fabrics. A set or two would lie lovely for the new outfit—specially if you are going for a holiday. * Coathanger Queen. Mrs E. R. Tunks, of Mosman, Sydney, says an Australian writer, lias been nominated by fellow-members of the Cumberland branch of the Country Women’s Association as the “Coat-

hanger Queen!” During the past three years, Mrs Tunks has completed 6000 coat-hangers for friends or for sale in aid of funds of the O.W.A. Hats and Hair.

Aren’t the new hats enchanting? Demure poke-bonnets, tied under the chin, romantic picture hats, flirtatious, saucy or absurd ones—they all demand perfect hair sculpture to set them off. Sylvia Kirk makes a point of keepingup to date with the whims of fashion and she can modify a style to suit, yon while retaining its essential chic. * Bloodhounds in a Flat.

Imagine the shock received by a Sydney woman who has a charmingly furnished new flat at Double Bay, when an irate voice on the ’phone said, “Will you' please come and collect your two bloodhounds immediately?” The flat-owner replied feebly that she hadn’t , any bloodhounds, but the voice was emphatic. “They must be yours, they have your telephone number on their collars I” Spring Coats.

The coats this season are mostly in lovely pastel shades, so light in weight, and the ideal garment in which to greet the spring. 1 saw a very smartly cut spring woollen coat in Slaters—cut semi-fitting . and double breasted with large, stitched revers, high collar, unusual sleeve and back treatment and large patch pockets with stitched strapping. * Cleaning Cork Carpets. Cork carpet should be washed as little as possible. Wipe over with a damp cloth if necessary; otherwise do it over with a mop and then polish it with thin beeswax and turpentine or witli paraffin. Scrub it with soap and water at long intervals only when really essential; then do a little piece at a time and before going on to the next. Activity Restored,

This lovely sunny weather makes one impatient of ills that keep one indoors. Some people, without being actually ill, are never really well. They live, in constant dread of rheumatism, lumbago or other ailments.

Rut they will he able to regain youthful activity after a course of Radiant treatment at the Turkish Baths, Regent Arcade, where expert attention is available. * Confidence is Half the Battle. Cultivate your walking and movements as if you were a person of consequence, and in time people will think of you as such. Confidence is all that is needed. Walk along as if you owned the world and were afraid of no one, and in time you will discover that you have automatically acquired a poise and manner which is genuine and unstilted..

>■ / BLIND GIRL’S DOG. ENGLISH BAN ON ENTRY.,, NEW YORK PAPER’S COMMENT. LONDON, Aug. 10. Through the intervention of the American Ambassador, Mr J. P. Kennedy, Miss Hazel Hurst, the blind American girl who appealed to the King because the Alsatian dog which was her guide was not allowed to enter the country, was allowed to take the animal with her on a brief walk on English soil. She is now on her way back to New York. Before this happened, the New York Mirror contended that the British pught to know that an incident involving so much sentiment affords an opportunity to display chivalry. “It can cause more popular resentment in the United States than even the war debt. Here is a pretty American girl standing at a street corner waiting for someone to help her through the traffic. England refuses. “That’s a swell way to get booed when England ought to be bursting every button bending over backwards to be nice to Uncle Sam. The Bull has pulled another boner.” The Ministry for Agriculture has not sought a translation from the United States Ambassador.