THE LADIES' CHAIN

NZ Truth, Issue 882, 21 October 1922, Page 14

THE LADIES' CHAIN

FACfS ' AN<D FICTION FOR FEMININITY

(BY MART B. CONTRARY.)

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"Sarah" writes: "Could you give me a remedy for a wind-tanned skin. My friends joke at me for being so brown. It's a bit hot if a girl can't have a brown healthy skin without being told about it." "M.8.C." regards the laugh as being on the other side; there is nothing more attractive than a healthily tanned lace. If your face 1 tends to burn, be sure not to wash it at once when coming m from the sun, and never with soap at such a time. Rub the face over with a soft old cloth and apply a little cold cream bebefore going to bed. Use Creme Simon before going out m the sun, and cut out the silly low-necked 'blouse^. Shy clear of lip salves, eye-brow pencils and cheap Rowders. Sponge the face and eyes and neck with cold water before going out m the sun to restore the elasticity of the skin. "Mrs. s! F." (Gistiorne) : There are a dozen ways of making pea soup, but "MJB.C." finds the following among the best: See that your split peas are wellwashed, and soak them overnight m warm water with "a teaspoonf ul of sugar added. Slice and boil your cart rots with a tfam bone and a little bacon: strain through a colander; add the peas and water, and boil lib again: ' mince two onions fine and boil them well. Then pulp the whole mixture through a colander. A. little thyme and milk or cream may 'be added when heating up, but not more than is necessary for the day's use. Pepper and salt to taste. :: !i !! Scandinavia incontinently rejected the prohibition proposals that were recently put before the people. The towns, as was expected, voted for the continuannce pi the liquor traffic by a vote of two to one; the country voters supported prohibition m. the proportion of seven to five. The women's vote m Stockholm iwas like the men's — overwhelmingly against prohibition, a result Which was counter to the commonlyheld view about the general attitude of women on this question. It is easy to generalise about the way m which women will vote, but events have shown hotw difficult it is to know. , :: :: :: When washing a sills blouse it iwill be found easier to iron If a teaspoomful of methylated spirits . is added to the water m wluch it is rinsed. j j ** 5 • ■ ■ A simple method of cleaning tan shoes is to rub .with a flannel dipped m turpentine, rubbing off with a clean flannel. 'Any dried mud should first be •washed off with water. . : : ; : : : To remove hot-water marks from polished tables, make a thin paste with salad oil and salt, place it on the mark, and let it remain for an hour or so. Then rub well with a soft duster. When carpets are faded, sprinkle salt slightly damp, and brush with a carpet broom. :: :: t: Residents of Dannevirke and district are said to be very curious as to what one Sister at the local Institution said at an inquiry held at the hospital there so far back as May 6th last. It was held m camera, and so far nothing has been publicly divulged, though the subject has cropped up at several meetings of the board since, after the said Sister's dismissal. The board at one meeting asked for a Departmental inquiry into the afEair; at a subseauent one it went back on this, and decided to cut that out, but it committed itself to y the extent otf offering to pay the nurse who had made the allegations the sum of £10 which she alleged was due to her when leaving, provided she was willing to unconditionally withdraw the allegations made by her at the inquiry. But this the fair attender at the bedside of the sick refused to do, as at the last meeting of the board at Waipukurau last week, its solicitors wrote as follows! "Sistei- Simth's solicitors have written me m reply to the board's offer, that she declines to accept your terms.' She adds': If the Hospital Board wants to hold money owing to her they may do so." Whether this is the finish of the affair the board doesn't know. Opinion of members is divided, but the public are very curious to know just what those allagutiona were. II ll II Are women afraid of color? "For a woman to weaT a black hat with a dark costume is just sheer cowardice," Mr. R. G. Liovell remarked m a recent lecture oh women's clothes. The point was put >by a London "Daily Chronicle" representative to an artist who has painted many beautiful women. "English women like drab clothes/ he said. "They are not afraid of color m their houses, but the woman who has orange curtains m her dining room would rarely venture to wear an orange hat. French business -women, irho are th^ best dressed women (workers m the world, wear dark costumes, but they are not afraid of bright hats. Black hats should never be worn with navy blue or nigger -brown; the most vivid shade of red, or green, or yellow is far more 'becoming. Even women who have bad complexions can wear bright hats, ' if the brim is lined* or turned; up with a softer color." A milliner, said women with black hair were usually glad to wear bright colors, but women with hair of any other color kept to dull browns and 'blues and greys. :: :: s: ~ Reverting to my notes on- spring fashions, one of my readers writes to ask what is to be the vogue this season as regards the length of skirts. Well, judging from what I saw m the more classy shops, exaggeration will give place to moderation, and the very short skirt w£ll soon foe regarded as vulgar. That same skirt that did not reach to the 'boot- tops twas never a becoming garment, and cb,uld with advantage have been either shorter or longer. It is now to be apparently a little longer for useful, skirts and longer still for ornamental dresses. The altered waist line may have somethingto do (With this. Apart from tailormade dresses, which are mostly of a.., becoming moderate shortness, skirts are of any length and any; width. The uneven length still holds, though this applies more to light than heavy materials. The skirt is made with etraig-ht lines, even when the hips are reinforced, and the wide Spanish skirt comes into play. ts :: :s With regard to evening di-esses, draperies fall into straight becoming folds, and there is no suggestion of the cur-tain-like draping that used at one time to be so popular. A great deal of play is still being made with side-hangings, the complexity of which is hidden by their apparently simple straight lines. I saw one particularly striking evening dress of dull black satin, with a straight bodice and straight skirt. At the sides were two longer panels of the same material, made to protrude upon the hips m almost pannier fashion. An edging of jet around the waist and round the bottom of the dress was its only trimming. Modern science does keep us on the -move, and the latest device offered to j the world is that of non- detectable false teeth. What a boon for many women, who are,. always more or less conscious of their artificial substitutesfor the teeth with which Nature originally provided them." The new teeth are made exactly to match one's own, without any unsightly plate, and are manufactured, not of bone, but of a combination of rock crystal, china clay> and feldspar, and the greatest CEfre is taken to produce the exact color of the. originals. If the teeth' show slightly blue or transparent at the tips this can be imitated exactly, and even the dis-