ETERNAL EVE

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12211, 8 August 1925, Page 15

ETERNAL EVE

The alarmists are telling us that Eve is selling her birthright for a mess of Brilliantine—and a monocle. That it is Adam who to-day goes in for a waist, colour effects, and marcelled hair, while Eve is waistless, sober in dress, and sleekly, straightly shingled. Behold, they say, the hen-bird of humanity is fast emulating the hen-bird of nature, leaving the allure of colour to the male. NOT WHAT WE SEEM I To which Eve retorts “Fiddlesticks 1” To the outward eye she may appear a bird of sombre plumage, boyish, impatient of furbelows, high-browed of mien and intellectual of diction. But you have only to look in one section of the dress stores to discover that Eve is still Eternal Woman. Take a stroll through the lingerie department! Beneath her severe suit, her fisherman’s jersey, her workmanlike skirt, her dark-hued frock—what feminine loveliness—what silken allure! What miraculous sheen of shimmering fabrics and delicate lace love-knots and posies! When Eve wears calico we shall begin ho believe in this hen-bird theory. But so long as she succumbs to crepe de chine she is a houri still, colourful apd alluring—invincible’, Lovely Woman! M: de F.

USEFUL HINTS

To Wash. Chamois Leather.—Soak the leather for about an hour in a weak solution of washing soda, then for two hours in soapy water. Then rinse in clean water. Next wash in soapy water to which a little 6oda has been added; squeeze out, and put in a warm place to dry. . On no account, sho.uld hot water he used at any stage, as it causes the leather to become stiff. Washing New Curtains.—lf, new curtains are soaked all night in cold water in which a handful of salt has been dissolved they will be much less trouble to wash, as the salt draws out the dressing. To Bemove Fast Stopperß.'—Place the" bottle in a basin with enough hot water to reach to top of neck. The air in the bottle as well as the glass will expand anidl loosen the stopper. To Clean Tarnished Brass. —Put two tablespoonfuls ■ of, common 6alt 'in a saucer; cut a lemon in half and dip in the salt, then apply to the tarnished brass. Leave on till dry. Then rub with metal polish and polish with dry duster. . To Clean Hairbrushes.—Mix a dessertspoonful of borax . with a pint of hot water. Dip the bristles up and down a few times without wetting the hack, and the brush becomes quite clean, no matter how dirty it may be. Olive oil may be applied to* the back of the brush to prevent discolouration.