WOMEN’S WINDOW

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 12

WOMEN’S WINDOW

REMOVING STAINS.

1 ‘DRY ’ ’ CLEANING METHODS.

Now that the holidays are over, many a woman is looking ruefully at her summer frocks and surveying such things as fruit stains or wine stains, or any of the other unsightly hut not irreparable marks that usually accompany the picnic season. A trade expert in a London newspaper gives a tew methods of removing holiday stains, together with some dry-clean-ing secrets, which may be of some value, as sending all garments to Ihe trade cleaner is an expensive matter. It may be well to point out, says the expert, that there is no such process as “dry" cleaning in existence; the term simply means that the goods are washed in spirit—petrol or benzine— Instead of water, and most of.the actual stains are removed by “spotting" by hand with chemicals. Many of these stains can be very easily removed at homo with very little t rouble and with safe and simple remedies. Petrol and benzine are dangerous in the extreme—there is always a risk of explosion and also of inhaling fumes. If ’ used at all, the whole garment should be washed in the spirit in the open air, and not be brought into the house at all until thoroughly dry. Most of the professional cleaners’ other stain removers are virulent poisons and are best left alone. A stained garment should never be washed before an attempt is, made to take out the stains—washing will often fix the stain. Thoroughly rinsing afterwards is usually prise, especially if an acid lms begn used. .Where the gown or other article is very 'delicate in color it is wise to try the effect of the remedy to be used qii some part that does not matter—the inside of a hem, for instance —in case the color should not be fast.

Tea and coffee stains can usually bn removed while fresh simply bv pouring.boiling water Through the fabrics. Place the stained part over a basin, and pour the: wafer'from a fair height. If the stains are old it is well to rub borax on them -before using the boiling water.

Cocoa stains will usually yield to soaking in dold water. Mildew forms rapidly on linen or cotton goods that have been rolled up while wet. It can easily be removed by rubbing on a good layer of soap, and then exposing to sunlight. A sprinkling of salt, after the soap and before the exposure, will hasten the euro. Grass stains are a source of much worry, and the best domestic remedy is to rub them with eau clc Cologne. Soaking in paraffin and then washing is another useful remedy. Iron mould, marking and some other inks, and various other strains are removed by the trade cleaner with oxalic acid, but the remedy is dangerous., ami may often do more harm than good. A simple substitute is the application of the juice of a freshlycut lemon to the stain, followed by the careful ,rubbing-in of ordinary table salt (always from, the centre of the stain), and exposure to the sunlight. The only danger is that it may take out .the color of a fabric if there is hny‘tendency to “run," and that is where It is wise to try a bit of the material .first. Where the color is delicate the lemon juice should be rinsed out - .with a little carbonate of soda dissolved in water. Fruit and wine stains will usually give way to pouring boiling water through, as for lea stains, then rubbing with salt, and repeating the boiling water. IT the stains' are old, substitute the lemon and salt treatment for the salt, and use.the boiling water before and after. This latter process will also take out scorch marks. EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR WIVES. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. An eight-hour working day and an annual vacation of two weeks for the wives of American' working men was proposed in a radio speech by James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor. Mr. Davis eulogised the wife of the average wage earner as “the greatest manager in the world." “Her husband knows what it is to have an eight-hour day, but the working man’s wife’s work is never clone, from Sunday morning until Saturday .night," the secretary said. “She often puts in a night or two, if one of the children happens to be sick. “ft seems to me that her 1 husband might see to it that reduction of .working hours begins at home, so that his helpmate could have her work day cut down to the eight-hour standard and be sure of at least one day of rest in seven. And how about giving ljer a two-weeks’ vacation next summer —try it." For the housewife on Monday it’s washing; Tuesday, ironing; Wednesday, sewing; Thursday, odd jobs; Friday, cleaning; Saturday, extra baking and ‘cooking, and Sunday, getting the children off to Sunday school and getting a big dinner, under her working schedule as pictureil by Mr. Davis. “As we look closely at this wife of the working man, we realise that she may not be a saint* or a queen," 1 ho added. “Sometimes she gets tired and occasionally bossy. Why not, considering the load on her shoulders! As we.athl up her list of occupations' —wife, mother, nurse, housekeeper, cook, laundress, seamstress, shopper, financier, 'master of every trade—we gaze at her in wonder and admiration. Jl is only too true to call such a woman the greatest, busiest, business executive in the world." MANUFACTURE OP FACE CREAM FIRST ENGLISH INDUSTRY. LONDON, Dec. 20. Recoil I discoveries of fragments of ppttpry stamped with the name of the Roman tradesman ' whose goods were piit ;iip in Dm jars of .which pieces have been' fotpid, have disclosed the nature of the merchandise .which the earliest known Roman merchant of (London offeted to his customers. The tirijt essepfial industry of England was .the ijjffpilf act lire of cosmetics, X)n p piece' of pottery found dm-

ing excavations at Aloorgnte was: stamped 1 lie advertisement, ‘ ‘ Li vlsenisCrococladaspr’ ’ was the way it read, which doesn’t seem very 'informatory. Expanded, however, the legend becomes “L. lul. iSenis Crocod. ad Aspr," or ‘ Lueius Julius ftenis’ saffron salve for roughness ’’ —of the eyes or eyelids, according to exports on Roman beauty aids. • Mr. iSenis, cosmetician of Londinitim, was evidently an enterprising business man, for another one of his | jugs lias been .found in and!her section of London, indicating a good distribution. He realised, too, the value of 1 the French atmosphere for cosmetics, for ho imported his pots from France. They are of red Samian ware, which was not manufactured in Britain and must, therefore, have been brought from Gaul, which was, in those days, still divided into three parts. The name of another Roman tradesman doing business in Rome lias also been discovered, and oddly enough he seems to have been in the same line as Mr. Sen is. Druggist number two was named T. Yindacius Ariovistus, ami seals aud fragments of pots bearing his name have also boon discovered. “HER CROWNING GLORY," j NEW HAIR FOR OLD. ON WITH THE WIG. When bobbing and shingling wen' still at the beginning of their triumphant vogue, says the London Daily Express, women were rushing to the hairdressers to rid themselves of what man in his lyrical enthusiasm had called their “crowning glbry." I At the end of the operation they j wore asked what they wanted to do with the forlorn remnants of their former splendour. Some foolishly allowed the hairdresser to keep their locks, or accepted the small sum that he was prepared to pay for them. Others, with greater wisdom, foreseeing the fickleness ot fashion, had their shorn tresses dressed and plaited and.put them carefully away for future use. _ ! At last the occasion has arrived j when they are needed once more, j Fashion calls for longer hair, and woman, after a great show ot resistance, has found that she must obey. DEYtANT) FOR LOOSE CURLS. lii consequence, thole is a sudden large demand for those loose curls which niav be attached where nectesar.v to cover the untidy aspect ot growing locks.

: Their preparation entails an inter- j process. First of ail the hair ( is taken from tin* packages in which it has been carefully stowed away during lliese years of shingled tresses. A girl stands with the pile of hair before her, and sorts il with infinite.', care, grading it not only by color but also by texture and quality. A great quantity of split or deeaked hair has to be thrown away. Thus, when a client comes in, her hair may be matched in a few seconds. CHARMINGLY NATURAL. There arc several ways of making those entrancing curls widen, once they are on the head, look so charmingly natural. Usually the tresses are put through a permanent waving process, either by steam, oil, or some other recognised method. They nr® then moistened and cleansed in a basin of water and finally laid out: to dry. Often setting lotion is also employed. Some women are demanding not ordv side curls, but an entire artificial coiffure. The “ t ransformation” — or in good plain English, the wig—consists of a large number of tresses which are used separately for side curls, waved and dressed on the head of a model. | Women who kept their own hair I when if. was cut off can save considerable expense by using it. again for the clusters of curls now in vogue. Oh all sides, therefore, women are frenzied ly turning out old boxes and rummaging in forgotten hiding places for their neglected tresses. When found they are taken triumphantly to the hairdresser to be made new. j sum: waists next. I i SYDNEY AGREES. 1 Slim waists and slightly longer skirts—these are the fashions Miss Sydney is beginning to effect (states the Sun i. Soon they will he a rage, according to authorities in such subjects. “You’ve just got to show your figure, and the effect is a tiny bit .bettor if you don’t show too much knee, ! you know,” was how one shopgirl put : it. j A cable from London declared that ! the subject of waist circumferences had caused a controversy at the Mayfair establishments. It'.was pointed out that if a woman’s figure did not conform to the new waistline, she imd .to alter her figure. ,j “.Wasp” waists had become popular J there, but Sydney was against anything so dra,srie.

“No; give us slim waists, but don’t make us look terrible,” grinned oue pretty miss to-day. “Girls will affect, slim waists because it makes them look younger and daintier. If the men don’t like it, well —but I think they will ! ” MOSTLY FOR FLAPPERS. A woman who is in business in f’itt street says she has' modelled scores of frocks of the new slim, waistline type. “ Mostly for flappers, though, ’ ’ she says,'“but sports girls, too, are adopting them. J. employ 12 girls, and all are working at full pressure producing this type of frock mainly. Oh, yes! Girls like to emphasise their waistline! ” She does not believe the long skirtwill ever become popular, however. She thinks that men will have a voice on that subject. .A King street business woman has found that women of 30 or 40 years are pleased with the notv fashion—it makes them look much younger, if their figure is at all shapely. “The wasp line will not be adopted,” she insisted. “And the realiv long frock will never be reintroduced here, but what girls, term ‘long’ frocks will be worn —that is, about two incdies below the knee. Girls have worn short frocks so long, howover, that, they would not tolerate the , long frock, now, unless it were for evening dress, of course.” i LIVING IN PAULS. j A Tu minium (N..5.W.), girl, writing from Paris on November 30, states: “Weather perfectly niarvQl,.ldus, just like spring; hard to believe it is .winter in Europe. Many big houses having sales. They spy the season has been very ,ba<l jii Paris, and sales are being held • early. I notice everyone in Paris lias short hair. I spent most of a day in fixing up cards of identity. First had to have photos, taken; then interview Prefecture of Police. It took hours. Wo had to stand in a queue with foreigners of every nationality- — Italians, Russians, Slavs, Greeks, and many more. It cost ns over £2 bach for the privilege of being a citizen of Paris, it is impossible for me to belong to a golf club, the entrance fee is £2O. Living is on the.same scalelive chops 4s, one fish 4s fid, eggs As, butler 2s Bd, apples and pears ,8d to Is each, our flat £5 a week, but no linen, which we hire at £1 a week ’laundered; maid, £1 per week.” WOMEN'S BANK. The women’s department fit tlio Bank of Italy, in San Francisco, Oak, is operated entirely by women. There are more than 42,000 accounts on the books, and 4,000,000 dollars ' in deposits.

LEATHER COATS FOR WOMEN, CHARM COMBINED WITH UTILITY. 1 A loath or fair is hold daily in the fl streets oi London, and most becoming it is to London, too. ' W Women, for some unfathomable reason, have suddenly seen the light about the old saving that, there is nothing like leather. Leather coats are the latest craze. It is the ambition of every woman who has not already one to own>xjpe. They will be the most popular Christmas present. They are worn without any of the pretexts, that used to be associated with leather. Their lines are ..hard but neat, the linings are warm,.,and the colors arc bright enough to make a Peter Doody cheerful. They have hats to match, but most women prefer the softer felt. Thjpre arc, oi' course, bags and umbrellas;'to match, and the latest trick is heavy, colored leather gloves. 1 Imagine the complete effect in, say, jade green or red —coat, gloves, handbag, and umbrella in leather, and perhaps shoes as well, and the softening touch of a little felt hat in the. same color. On a slim girl the ensemble is bewitching; on one of the others - well, Joss so. In any case London has to be grateful for gay leather in her drab streets J to vary “serviceable” cloth and masI querading bunny.