A Housewife’s Diary

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 39, 16 February 1938, Page 14

A Housewife’s Diary

Hints About The Home Cellophane. Save cellophane wrappings from boxes and use the large pieces to protect shoulders of frocks hanging in the wardrobe. Dance Frock. French chalk is excellent for cleaning a chiffon dance frock. Wine Stains. These can be removed from linen by being put in boiling milk and afterwards washed. Stoppers. Jammed stoppers of bottles usually come out quite easily if some warm olive oil is poured round them and they are left for a few hours. Slippers. When heels get trodden down, or before, sew on an elastic garter to hold them up when the foot is put through. Hot Water Bottles. Use old ones by cutting pieces from the rubber to sew under the comers of rugs on polished floors. This prevents rugs slipping. Silver Shoes. For tarnished silver shoes mix some whitening to a paste and apply evenly to shoes. Leave to dry in cool place. Then brush out powder and tarnish will disappear. Mustard Bath. Mix half ah ounce of mustard with a little cold water to a paste, then gradually add hot water for a bath. Mustard bath i? a good stimulant. Cleaner. Stale bread mixed with French chalk for soiled patches of wallpaper. Dishes. Less danger of cracking if dishes containing hot material are placed on a wet cloth. Washing Forks. After wetting, rub over prongs with a soft nail brush that has been sprinkled with plate powder. Sequin Gloves. "Sequin gloves and sequin veils for evening wear were some of the newest fashion notes in England when I was there,” said Miss Kathryn Wells, who \ with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wells, returned by the Orontes to Sydney from a six months’ tour of England and the Continent. Three distinct evening modes were being worn. There was the draped classical style, adopted by Alix, the wide bouffant style with fullness commencing below the knees, which Vionnet favoured, and the very tight hobble skirt used by Molyneux.

Sparkling artificial jewellery is fashionable—heavy necklaces, heavier bracelets, gleaming belts, ear-rings and hat ornaments. Carefully chosen, the “sparklers” look very well on a plain dark dress.

Though tailored suits were still popular, they were tending to introduce soft folds here and there in the coats. Afternoon frocks were much softer than usual, and black, of course, was fii st favourite, said Miss Wells. Black combined with Romany, the newest and most fascinating colour, which is a combination of burnt sienna and rust, is most attractive. Miss Wells said that shoes were very much turned up, most of them resembling old Turkish shoes with the upturned toe. “There was a tendency towards wearing very soft materials for evening wear. 6uch as chiffons, laces and brocades and satins,” added Miss Wells. Make-up was towards the natural effect, such cosmetics as sun tan being out. “Even at night make-up is still pale,” remarked Miss Wells. “Women do go without stockings in London,” added Miss Wells, “but never do they do it unless their legs have been treated with a special preparation.”

There arc pretty dressing-gown models in printed silk and satin.