LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 3475, 19 October 1920, Page 50

LADIES' GOSSIP.

A Sydney telegram announces that Miss Florence Taylor has been admitted an associate of the Institute of Architects, being the first lady architect in The Sydney University Sports Union has decided to award 10 swimming Blues annually, one for each State Swimming Championship. The decision to recognise swimming is without precedent in the British Empire. A cable from Paris, says:—Two of France's grand old men are marrying. Anatole France, the author, who is 76, is marrying Emma La Prevotte, and M. Camille F'lammarion, the scientist, who is 78, is marrying Gabrielle Eenaudot, who for many years collaborated in his astronomical investigations. The recent celebration of the golden wedding of the Tit. Hon. Eugene "Wason, reminds one that his brother, Mr JT Cathcart -Wason, the six-foot-three Parliamentary representative of the Orkney and Shetland Isles, is an enthusiast on the subject of knitting. He knitted stockings in the House to beguile the tediums of waiting for divisions. , . A NOTABLE WEDDING. The well-known author, Mr Douglas Sladen, was recently married to Miss Christian Dorothea Duthie, daughter of the late Mr John Duthie, of Cults, Aberdeenshire. The marriage ceremony was conducted by Miss Maude Royden. ■ After the pair had been officially married at the Richmond Registry Office a large party assembling in Mr Sladen's garden to hear Miss Royden's address. It is stated that this is the .first occasion a woman minister has conducted a marriage service in Britain.

SOME NEW FASHIONS—ALL EXTRAVAGANT.

Velvet covered eider downs are the latest extravagance in bed-room furnishings, and if you can afford patterned velvet you will be on the very highest pinnacle of fashion. The newest ribbon is so wide that it is quite easy to use it for blouses without joining the front pieces. But it is decidedly costly. Bed-room slippers of birds' plumage are the latest fancy. A pair of these in pale pink, bordered with a narrow line of black, and with little black pom-poms, was included in a representative trousseau. They

were to be -worn with a pale pink Crepe de Chine dressing gown. Long gloves, of kid for choice, but failing this of some good fabric variety, are" being worn with the prevailing short-sleeved dresses, in colours to fit in with the rest of the colour scheme.

PRINCESS MARRIES CHAUFFEUR. "I'd rather be the loved wife of a chauffeur than the unloved wife of a prince." According to a message from Zurich, this is what the beautiful Princess Alexandra Victoria, divorced wife of the fourth son of the Kaiser, now tells her friends.

Her elopement with a chauffeur, Fritz Meyer, has been recently reported. The Princess is a daughter of Prince Frederick, Duke of S'chleswig-Holstein, and her husband was Prince. August Wilhelm of Hohenzollern.

Frau Meyer is- now on her honeymoon, but the people of Berlin are still gasping from the shock of the affair. Meyer, before the war, wore the ex-Kaiser's livery, and became a lieutenant in the German Army. It is understood his romance with Princess Victoria began while he was still piloting the Royal motor cars. Prince August Wilhelm. is reported to be employed still as a bank clerk in Berlin. He was considered the least militaristic of the Kaiser's six sons.

Incompatability was the Teason publicly given for. his divorce from Princess Victoria.

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

If when cleaning silver you>moisten the powder with methylated spirit, it will not tarnish so quickly. A pinch of salt added to a fruit tart with the sugar is a decided improvement. Onions, when* cut, quickly absorb impurities in the air, and therefore they act as disinfectants. But the impurities they take uj> make them unfit for food, so a cut onion should be used at once or thrown away. » . Silk handkerchiefs should be_ washed with borax, in tepid water, with little or no soap. Iron them before dry. Warm, dry salt will clean a white .or light serge costume. Crush the salt as fine as possible, then rub it well into the garment to be cleaned. Use a folded linen handkerchief as a pad. Afterwards put the garment on a hanger, and brush thoroughly with a clean clothes brush. To prevent a 'disagreeable odour when greens are boiling, place a crust of bread in the saucepan with them. Every time a room is turned out all the furniture should be rubbed over with a damp wash leather. This orevents finger marks, and the furniture needs very little cleaning with polish. Brass articles may be treated in the same way, only these should be afterwards polished with a warm duster. For paint and enamelled surfaces all that is required is a damp wash leather. - - ■

When the hands have become soft and spongy after the day's washing or other house work soak thenr'in cold water for a few minutes. This closes the pores and keeps the skin fine and close-grained. Do hot wash the face immediately before going out into the cold, or if having a hasty washing before running out make it a rule to wash with cold water. The "half-moons" at the base of the fingernails may be kept clear of overgrowing skin by pressing the latter down with the towel each time when drying the hands. This skin should never be cutthat merely disfigures the nails. When the nails have been neglected in this particular, it is a good thing to rub a little olive oil round the bases each night; the skin is then loosened and can be pressed down readily. _ When ironing lace, Iplace a piece of flannel underneath and iron on the wrong side. This will bring the uattern up. When flour is genuine or of the best kind it holds together in a mass when squeezed' bv the hand and shows the impression of the finger marks, and even marks of the skin much longer than when' it is bad or adulterated; the dousrh made with it is very gluey and elastic, easily kneaded, and frnay ba elongated, flattened, and drawn in every direction without breaking-