Notes for Women.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19736, 12 March 1926, Page 14

Notes for Women.

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PAPER PATTERN SUPPLIES

LITTLE GIRL’S PLAY FROCK. No 5623.—This style is ever popular for the ‘small girl and so easy to make, Material required, liyd, 30in, for frock; 3yd. iOin, for bloomers. Age, four to six years. COMBINATIONS. No. combinations are both comfy and useful to the school girl. No bodice for buttons to keep coming on. Material required, 13yd, 36in material, about 4yd lace. Age, six to eight years. The price of each pattern is Is. Patterns supplied on application to ratterns,” Otago Daily Times Office. Ihe price of the pattern must accompany the application. .. In some cases the supplies of patterns are sold out almost immediately, and as a consequence fresh stocks have to be ordered. Applicants foi patterns whose orders are not fulfilled at once are asked to note that two or three weeks must elapse oetora fresh supplies are available.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Mr and Mrs W. AlWicar, of Blackball, are visiting Dunedin. • • • Sir Frederick and -Lady Mbyte, of India, arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday last. # Mrs Page and Mr John Page, of Mount Gerald Station, Tekapo, and Mias Moira Hickman, of Timaru, are visiting Dunedin. » * * Misses A. Stapleton and P. Thompson, of Hokitika, are among the visitors to Dunedin. # * * Mr and Mrs W. 0. Helm, of Kyeburn, are spending the week in Dunedin. * * * Among the guests at the White Star Hotel, Queenstown, during the last week was Mrs Park, of Dunedin. # * « Miss Fay Ballin, of Christchurch, is visiting Dunedin. Mr and Mrs W. Browne, of Cobden, are paying a visit to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs A. M‘Arthur, of Sydney, have been in Dunedin this week. Mrs Ellingham and Miss J. Ellingham, of Dannevirke, are visitors to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs Carey, of New South Wales, are visiting Dunedin. Mrs Blakely and Miss Alice Blakely, of ■■Clifton,” North Canterbury, are the guests of Mrs MTvinnon, of RoHcrtslee, Central Otago. Misses V. Cotter and N. Gillespie, of Christchurch, are visiting Dunedin. * * * Muir, i.f Gisborne, is visiting the Exhibition. Mrs B. Lloyd, Miss Palmer, and Miss Dorothy Palmer, of Christchurch, arc making a short visit to Dunedin. # ♦ * Mr and Mrs W. Menzies, of Christchurch, are spending a few days in Dunedin. Mrs C. Bryan King, of Hataitai. Wellington, is visiting the Exhibition. Mrs Janies Hay, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs George Roberts. * » » Mrs 0. F. Wilson, C.8.E., widow of Dr Wilson, the Antarctic explorer, has recently arrived in New Zealand from England, and is staying with Lady Kinsey, of Christchurch. * * * Mrs W. T. Bolam and Miss Bolam, of Christchurch, are visiting Dunedin. Mr and Mrs W. Morgan, of Moth von . Canterbury, are visiting the Exhibition. Air and Airs George Albert Aiming, of Christchurch, with their four (laughters, are visiting the Exhibition. They are the guests of Air J. Jelley, Alaclaggan street. Miss M. Smith has returned to her home in Newington avenue, after spending a holiday at Toiro and Warepa. ♦ 4 Mrs De La Mare and her daughter have returned to their home in Christchurch, alter spending a holiday at Warepa. The engagement is announced of ,)oauette, elder daughter of Air and Airs David Russell, St. Leonards, Dunedin, to Lancelot T. Herbert, Pahiatua, Wellington. Air and Airs Russell, of Christchurch, who have been visiting Air and Airs Arthur Barnett, returned north yesterday on their way to their new home in Wanganui. The Misses Fletcher, from Scotland, who have been visiting their brothers in New Zealand, loft Dunedin yesterday for Auckland, whence thev will return Home.

Items of social interest and topics relating to the home are invited. Communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Notices of engagements must be signed by one at least of the primf pats, or by some responsible person, as a guarantee of genuineness.

POINTS ABOUT BEAUTY.

f Miss Myra Jackson, of Wanganui, who has been the guest of Mrs Arthur Barnett, returned north by the through express yesterday. Mr and Mrs J. Gordon of Halaitai Wellington, who have been on a visit to the Southern Lakes, are now spending a holiday at the Exhibition. Mr and Mrs A. H. Allen, accompanied by their daughter, will leave on Monday morning for Great Britain and the Continent. They expect to be away until the beginning of next year. Sister E. Mehnffy, of the staff of the Southland Hospital is at present on a visit to Dunedin. * • • The arrangements for the grand poster and fancy dress ball are reaching a successful conclusion. A lai'ge number of the city linns will compete in the grand poster parade, the result of which will be decided by the spectators present, who will have two voting papers given, to them as they enter the building. The second of these cards is to record the vote on the fancy dress parade, which will take place immediately after the other. » * 0 A very enjoyable evening was spent in the Middlemarch Sunday School Hall on Tuesday last, when a. kitchen evening was given to Miss N. Morris by the choir and Hockey Club members. The first part of the evening was spent in games and competitions. After supper Mrs Finnic, on behalf of the choir, presented Miss Morris with a bouquet. Mr M'Clintock then, on behalf of the choir, spoke of Miss Morris’s good qualities, and presented her with an aluminium kettle suitably inscribed. The president of the Hockey Club, Mrs Wise, expressed regret at losing Miss Morris from the club, and wished ner a bright and happy future. She presented her with numerous kitchen utensils. Mr Wise, on behalf of the church, spoke very feelingly of Miss Morris’s sterling qualities as a church worker, and hoped that the future would find her busily engaged in doing good. Mr J. Dawson suitably responded on behalf of Miss Morris, and returned thanks for the many useful and beautiful presents she had received. A very enjoyable evening was brought to a close by the singing of “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” * » • A pretty wedding was solemnised in St. Luke’s Cnurch, O’amaru, on Wednesday, when Kathleen Edith, daughter of Mr and Mrs F. G. Plunket, of Tees street, was married to Mr John Deuchar, youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. D. Pamilton, of North road. The ceremony was performed by the Ven Archdeacon Russell. Miss Laura Plunket was bridesmaid, and Mr P. Mulligan best man. A reception was given by the bride’s parents, after which the young couple left for Christchurch and Akaroa. * * ,* Messrs C. and W. Hayward fLtd.). of 145 George street, announce that their furniture factory is again in operation. Furniture of all kind on display.—Advt. Londontown, whore Stockings and Gloves are distributed direct from mill; best quality at honest cost; every shade. Art Silk. 2s lid, 3s lid, 4s lid; Pure Threaded Silk from 5s lid. See window display, George street next Dickson’s Shoe Store.— Advt.

BRIEFLETS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

If any boiled starch remains after washday do not throw it away; add it to the water with which linoleum is cleaned, for it will make it shine. Lace can be dyed an attractive string colour with the aid of soot. Pour a pint of boiling water on to a tablespoonful of it, allow it to stand half an hour or so, then strain through very fine muslin. Wash the lace in the usual way, dip it into the soot water and pin out on a cloth till dry. When washing sateen rinse it in borax water to give a good gloss. New kid gloves sometimes split when they are first tried on. Put them between the folds of a damp towel for an hour or two before they are to be worn, and it will be found that they give to the required shape -without splitting.

DO YOU ANSWER LETTERS?

Letters are still important events in our lives, though wo no longer have time to write the long ones that gave such joy to the sender and recipient in a more leisured age. Without making a burden of letter-writ-ing we can give great pleasure to our friends, and the first thing we should remember is that the letters we receive require answering. We are right to assume that our friends are interested to hear what we are doing, to learn our plans for the future, and to be told of our successes and disappointments; but they also want some sympathetic attention paid to their own affairs. What can lie more depressing than to receive a letter in which no mention is made of the one you last sent? Perhaps you were a great success in the amateur theatricals. Mot a word of praise. Your mother is run down and has been to the doctor. No sympathetic remarks; You have a new dress which suits you very well hilt your pleasure is somewhat marred because your best shoos have been ruined by the rain. The blank silence suggests that you never have a dress or a pair of shoos worthy of comment. It is rather like being told that you are an unimportant person whose role in life is to be quiet and appreciate the superior qualities of others. Anyone who has had this experience will know that to give real joy a letter should be news for only one-half, and the other half should be an answer to the one received. This is an age of bustle but wo should never be in such a hurry that we unwittingly make others feel that they arc of value merely as a safety-valve. If we have only time and interest for onr own affairs it were better not to write at all. —Daily Chronicle.

Miss Lily Braytou has put into print some new suggestions on ‘‘What I Think About Beauty”—a series that is contributed weekly to the Daily Chronicle by leading actresses. The worst enemies to beauty include a smoky c it,y (like London), 0 skin that is not kept scrupulously clean, and a speaking voice to whose cultivation little or no attention has been paid. Incidentally, she lets her readers into toilet secrets which should be beneficial to any who may like to try them. Miss Brayton regards smokiness of the air as beauty’s worst enemy. The first essential to combat it is to get into the fresh air as much as possible—the really fresh air of the country. Most people have chances to do ibis quito often, but sometimes don’t bother 1o take them, perhaps because “w* feel tired and think we would rather rest at homo.” But a day in the open air now and then will, in ’ the long run. make you feel over so much fresher than the same amount of time spent resting indoors. “The nc<t thing is to keep your skin as clean as you possibly can. Some people will say, ‘Oh, I iust can’t keep clean in London, it’s hopeless,’ but if you let yourself feel like that it’s one first step towards looking like it! It’s a bother to keep on tidying up, but we just h.avo to do it or look neglected and depressing ‘‘The most important time is bedtime; it’s absolutely necessary to go to bed with a perfectly clean face, and the best plan is to use b very pure cold cream and a soft towel. My cream is made at home from this well-known recipe, which many acturesses use: Melt, in a small saucepan, an ounce of spermaceti and an ounce of white wax, and add eight ounces of almond oil. When the oil is hot pour in very slowly eight ounces of rosewater, stirring all the time. Add a few drops of your favourite perfume, beat the cream well, so that the rosewater is thoroughly mixed into it and allow it, to cool. If almond oil is found to he' rather expensive, olive oil can be used instead.” Hard water is not good for the face, but failing a regular supply of soft rain water, a cleansing lotion can be applied with cottonwool. “I use one made from camphor and distilled water, which has