LADIES CHAIN

NZ Truth, Issue 985, 11 October 1924, Page 14

LADIES CHAIN

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Moved by "Lilian's" sketch entitled "Our New Neighbor," a correspondent ("Transplanted") gives a glimpse from the other side, as follows: "When we removed from our old home where we had lived ;> for some years, our neighbors seemed scarcely to notice us going, so quietly did we flit away. But when we arrived at our new abode there was no lack of interest. In less than three. minutes from the time the lorry stopped at the gate, all the neighbors seemed to be aware of our presence, especially tlie children, who congregated on the road and footpath, staring round-eyed and open-mouthed. Several grown-ups, too, were quite openly and frankly watching us as wo proceeded to unload our belongings, while we felt as though a hundred pairs of eyes were watching us, themselves unseen. And you don't know how keenly we felt the v position for we knew they would be criticising our modest furniture and passing comments upon it. We wished the; man would be more discreet m handing the things off the load and not expose to view the chair with, the missing leg or the worn carpet, but these things he seemed to take a delight m doing and we felt the while as though nothing could escape the vigilance of those unseen eyes. Of course it may be all imagination on our part; possibly no one was really looking at all. At last everything is unloaded and placed inside the house (m some .disorder we admit) but still it is inside and we begin to put things to rights, wondering all the while who our neighbors are and hoping they will ■be nice. Well, time will tell." Don't forget — especially on Monday mornings — that work well begun is half done. ■ ■ ; Here is, the way a housewife cleans her bathroom walls: When the tub for her bath is being filled with hot water the steam, rises near the cold walls. ' This causes just the right amount of moisture' to form on them to allow for easy pleaning with a soft cloth. ' ' The replies to three questions submitted by "Interested Reader" are" (1) No; (2) Yes; (3) Not necessarily. Women of the United' States, it is estimated, pay out every year £22,---500.000 to beauty experts, according to Emily Lloyd, beauty expert, shop owner and director of several beauty schools. "There are 25,000 people m the United States," said Miss Lloyd, talking before a beauty class, "engaged m beauty culture, with an average of three operators m each shop. This makes a total of 75,000 operators, who average four treatments a day, making a total of 300,000 treatments daily. Allowing 300 working days m the year, this gives a total of 90,000,000 treatments a year. The average cost of a treatment, is just over 6/-. These treatments consist of facial massage and various specific^kin treatments: manicuring, shampooing, waving, hairdressing, hair and scalp treatments; and just at present, although it may not last m such great proportions, bobbing." Blueing will spread evenly through white clothes without' , leaving any noticeable gradation of color if a small amount of soda is dissolved m the blueing water. Are you making- your arrangements and preparations right now for the Christmas and New Year holidays? This is about the time to do so. If you are going some distance away, you will have to make an immediate application . for quarters. More and more difficult is it to get lodgings anywhere m our delectable land by iust dropping i.i without notice. Such a casual system only lands you into trouble, and it isn't fair either to your-' self or to the town or city you are visiting. Stay with friends? Stay with relatives? Why, my clears, that is the very last thing to think of if you are going touring. "Lady Mary" has experienced the horrors of that sort of thing so poignantly that she would like* to spend the rest of her life warning off the unwary and the unsophisticated. Staying with friends, is the limit against enjoyment. Of course, the dear things mean well. But isn't welj-meaning a weariness* to the flesh that is ' out for enjoyment and unshackled freedom? One is tied -up tight enoug-h with apron strings when

I at home to voluntarily get such bonds ; when abroad. How often has "Lady s Mary" had occasion to exclaim to herself: or to her bosom pal when away : from home and staying with friends ■ or relatives. "There goes another wasts ed day — because of awaiting the, convenience of the hostess to 'get ready' before going into town?" Haven't we all? ; There is no such collaboration as friends and freedom. You just can't do as you like when you like and go where you like when you stay other than at an hotel. Every woman who has "gone for a holiday knows that the enjoyment is a thousand times greater wheji she can do just as she jolly Avell pleases where'er she may roam away from home. If you haven't done so previously, make arrangements for it this- time — and make your ar-x-angements rather sooner than later. Coincidence or consanguinity — which? "Lady Mary" was reading her London gossip the other day when she came across a news item of a startling 1 - ly sad nature. It set forth that Mrs. Bertha Bennett Burleigh, widow of the famous war correspondent, was bound over for three years by the S.M. at' the Marlborough , Street Police Court on a charge of begging along the historic Piccadilly. There had previously been an agitation to get Mrs. y ßurleigh placed on the literary pension list. Now, here comes the queer turn of events. Mrs. 8.8.8. who v was thus bound over m London is an artist, 52 years of age. Over m Sydney there is a clever young artist who' gets her work frequently into the papers,, and her pictures are signed Bertha Bennett Burleigh! Mr. and Mrs. Bill Russell have just returned from a successful invasion of the West Coast. Who are the Russells?- Oh, of course— Miss Nellie Bramley and friend hubby. Bill cuts a larger swathe m New Zealand than his namesake of the pictures, for Bill of Aussieland has been upping and clowning and crisscrossing our two islands ' these years past. "Haven't I met you before?" means more than the average guessing when Bill R. puts the question. He is the front of the show for the Bramley tour, whilst Mrs. Bill is nearly the whole works on the stage. Down the West Coast they made good so solidly that, the seasons even at Westport had to be extended, and when other plays were done at Greymouth the charabancs brought the Wostportians to the Grey; Good show towns? Rather! Bill will forever hereafter boost the Coast. Indeed, before they leave for the Other Side sorr\e more they are going back to the Coast where the coal comes from. " The high spots there are goldmine to Bill and the missus. Just now they are flying around the North Island, and then they hike South. Altogether they will have put m just about a year over here before they return to Aussieland. By the way, did you know that Bill is the son of Senator Russell of the Federal Parliament?