WOMEN AND HOME

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 97, 6 December 1928, Page 2

WOMEN AND HOME

NOTES OF INTEREST CHARMING NEW HATS. FASHIONABLE SILK DESIGNS. There are some new designs -recently out in rubber mats (writes a Londoner). The ones I have just seen are a complete change from others, that we have liked so much. The artist who thinks out these patterns has been casting his eyes round for fresh inspiration. He has cribbed ictens, I’m sure, from, the multi-coilourea small-patterned crepe de chine frocks we’ve been wearing this summer. For brightening up a dull bathroom, I liked a mat composed of hundreds of circles in different colours. These appear to be flung in the background in careless profusion. They look like a, bug of giant confetti split outside a church porch. The "border is black, Another pretty mat would loolc well before the built-in wash standi in a chcptzy bedroom. This border is also black and very wide. There is aTcentrepiece of glorious blue, in which a stiff little pO'Sy stands. BITS'-ANSF pieces. “FROCKS, LOOK UNTIDY.” It is a; season of hits land! pieces. The best designers put as few as possible, but there are others who. have succumbed to the concentration on detail and have floating ends, flower trails feet at the waistline, loose floating effect’s at the shoulders, immense bows of tulle that drop from short skirts to the grohncl, 'and any number of other troublesome additions that are hound to get untidy looking after a few wears. It remains to be seen how many of the untidy frocks will he chosen. At the first dress show the preference seemed! to he for the quieter styles, which showed evening clothes generally longer, and day clothes richer in material, but not too ornate in design.

KEEPING THE FAMILY FIT. TRYING TIME IN SUMMER. Summer is far more trying to. children than grown-ups, for they feel the heat intensely land do not save themselves hy resting, as do. their elders, 'but, om the contrary they play, run about, andl climb as busily as in the winter. If they fall ill the children are unlikely to pick up and regain a normal condition until the weather is cooler. Careful feeding on ia fish or chicken, diet, lightly boiled and scrambled eggs, with a greater allowance than usual of fruit and vegetables; regular bathing—a bath night and morning is a necessity to them in hot wci'ther as. long hours of sleep as may no in a well-ventilated room, light clothing, and exclusion of flies from the house, as far as possible, together with outdoor exercise at suitable hours When the weather is not too hot, will help to keep the children in health and save the babies. The simpler the food for them m summer, the better, and it should be very carefully examined, especially fish before it is cooked. Milk Snould not" be allowed to stand in bottles with the sun striking; it, and if there is thunder about, the bottles should be put on ice. All fresh fruit and vegetables must be scrupulously washed and never given if over-ripo or beginning to decay. Oatmeal is very heating in summer time and many children are unable to digest it; white cereals are better. The juice of a small sweet orange the first thing in the morning is excellent ns medicine for a small child. There should be no food eaten between meals, but a glass of plain water, always good, is never so beneficial as in hot weather. FASHION’S HOUR GLASS.

"MY LONDON SUIT." Among the more ordinary models shown by Mr Berille-Terry, at his recent Loudon display, was an interesting one called “The Beloved Vagabond.” It had a short blade flared faced cloth coat trimmed with Persian lamb, and was worn with a plaid skirt, a loose blouse-tunic, and a red sash and red beret. The new tweed in coarse diagonal weaves and very soft was used for many coats, a number of which showed the pointed collar at tb e back which is such a feature of, this • year's fashions. Some of the tweeds were woven with gold, and in the case of a granite tweed it gave the look of a micaflecked paving-stone, as the new colours show a tendency to stone and putty when used for tweeds, these tones and cocoa and nigger Jorown are making themselves felt at the dress shows. Nigger is day suits in faced cloth and in men’s hopsacks is being-shown at all the parades. Mr Reville-Terry had a particularly good suit in nigger brown face cloth which he called ‘•My London suit.” He also treated w leather for motor coats in many decorative ways. One plain redleather coat as soft as blanket doth had a glorified Gladstone collar standing out at 1 each side. v

FACE MASSAGE. THE RIGHT MOVEMENTS. Really very few women have any idea how to apply face cream. They will dip their fingers into the pot and smear it on anyhow, even using a downward movement. The right way is to work from under the chin upwards to the cheek bones, feeling and lifting the muscles as you go. Then a light movement, beginning on either side of the nose and working toward the ears, and a similar starting from just above the nose, following the eyebrows. The skin beneath the « eyes must never -he pulled in any direction. Here the •cream must be patted in very gently. '; For the home massage you will only need some cleansing cream, a tonic lotion, some skin food and a few paper tissues for removing cream.

First of all, cover the face with a towel wrung out in hot! water, and then, when the pores are open, rub in the cleansing cream, removing it thoroughly with a tissue. The last one should look perfectly clean after it has been passed over the face. Then dab the face with a skin tonic—ordinary witch hazel will do very well —and massage with the skin food. Let the cream remain op as long as possible, and after removing it slap the whol e face vigorously with the corner of a towel dipped in cold water. Now you are ready for a coating of powder (use rather more than you would on thej ordinary way) and a touch of lipstick. Rouge, too, if you like, only I think the slapping movement will bring up sufficient colour. i Your face will now look and feel deliciously cool, and sheud need no further attention during the day hejyond an occasional dusting of powder. i '