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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20690, 12 April 1929, Page 15

—lf we could close all the sweet shops round schools and substitute an apple for the biscuits and milk taken during the morning as lunch, we should do a lot towards saving the teeth of the rising generation, according to one dental expert.

rr m t. 2* P FROCKS MAY BE MARRED OR MADE BY THEIR SETTING. f Fashion's growing eclectricism is reflected in the furniture of the moment. The “ suite ” of chairs threatens to be a thing of the past. The up-to-date salon is equipped with seating accommodation of every conceivable type, so that no guest will fail to find a couch or chair that will show off her gown—whatever its style—to perfection. The '■ outside ” circular pouffe divanshown in the above sketch—resembles a thick round mattress about 50 inches in diameter; it is intended as a resting place for the wearer of a voluminous picture ■town. It has been popularised, hv a leading modiste in Paris, who is also associated with a salon for furnishings. The sketch shows to what advantage a picture dress is set off in this way. Frenchwomen sometimes spread the back of a bouffant skirt over the back of the pouffe, giving a striking imitation of one of those frilled sachets surmounted by a porcelain bust that are at the present time so fashionable. It is, of course, the business of the guest to recognise her niche in such a room, or the good offices of the hostess .will be in vain.