NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 47, 24 January 1939, Page 11

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE.

(By “Nanette.”)

Garden News,

Hero is ail idea which might perhaps he copied in Palmerston North to add interest to a walk in the Esplanade. At the entrance to the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch is a small glass case, labelled “Items of Interest.” In this is displayed a list of parts of the gardens which merit the inspection of visitors and the plants in flower there. The many fine trees provide an interesting geography lesson, being labelled not only with their botanical and common names, but also with their country of origin, and it is quite surprising to learn from what distant places some of the most familiar examples have come. Between Seasons' Wear.

Slaters, the Square, are starting their sale at a most opportune time as their coate, frocks, suits and hats are all of the useful type for between seasons wear that our wardrobes need so urgently just now. There are extra special bargains in all these items as everything in tho shop has been reduced amazingly. Advance of Indian Women,

Considering the comparatively short time in which Indian women have had an opportunity of taking part in public life, they have made amazing advances. A case in point is Airs Poonan Lucose a distinguished doctor, who has been working in the State of Travaneore as senior surgeon and superintendent of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and has now been appointed surgeongeneral to the Travaneore Government. She is the first Indian woman to receive such an'appointment. Welcoming Windows. Charming curtains at the windows extend a welcome to your friends- Did you know that you can get delightful silk nets, in a multitude of dainty designs, for only Is 6d yard at Hutchins Furniture Warehouse, 311 Alain Street? Cotton nets are only Is yard and there is a good selection of these also. * Ballet To Circus. A romantic story lies behind the career of Gena Lipkowska, once a Polish ballet dancer who toured Europe with Serge Diaghileff and who made her debut as a circus star in London just before Christmas. When Diaghileff died nine years ago and the ballet company was disbanded, Gena Lipkowska hung up her dancing shoes and took up horse-training. Then she married Czelaw Alroczkowski, who has an equestrian act in the circus, and arrived with him in England from AVarsaw.

A Gift for the Baby, I am sure you are longing to make a dainty gift for the new baby and there are many easily-contrived articles that the busy mother would welcome. Whether it is for a pair of bootees or a complete set of pretty garments you will lind an ideal range of wools at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, the Square. * Golf and the Dog. Perhaps a goliing father caused the malapropism of a small girl the other day. She and her still smaller brothel were apparently afraid to venture out of the front gate on account of the presence of a barking dog in the street. After a wbilo she peered out cautiously and, seeing no sign of the dog, turned to her brother and said, “Jt’s all right. He’s done a bunker.” After Sunbathing.

There seems to have been some sunshine after all, this summer, as several peoplo are returning from their holidays suffering from sunburn and the effects of over-exposure on hair and skin. A visit to Sylvia Kirk’s efficient beauty salon soon restores that elegance and chic necessary to face tho more formal exigencies of town life, however. *

A Beauty Hint. During the hot w T eather you should always remember that it is not wise to allow the sun to shine full on the face for some time after bathing. If you do, the skin u'ill becomo flushed and unduly sensitive. There is nothing better for cooling a flushed face down than to dab it with either honey and almond lotion or cucumber milk.